B Champs Fall To Chewelah

Prep basketball

Bryce Meserve came off the bench to score 25 points and also had seven rebounds as Chewelah defeated defending State B boys champion Chief Leschi 65-56 in the Chelan Tournament on Monday.

Josh Parrish had 10 rebounds for Chewelah, which plays Brewster at 4:30 p.m. today.

The Cougars pressed all game and overcame an 8-2 Chief Leschi run to start the second half.

Chewelah 65, Chief Leschi 56

Chewelah 12 14 18 21 - 65

Chief Leschi 9 13 18 16 - 56

Chewelah (2-2) - N. Garner 4, Meserve 25, Carpenter 10, Culler 1, Putoff 6, Tupek 0, Grubb 8, Miller 5, K. Garner 3, Parrish 2.

Chief Leschi (6-1) - Richardson 5, Lawrence 8, Brown 2, Dillon 0, Zigan 0, Davie 10, Trent 11, Andrisek 20.

Falls Christian 52, Troy 47

Drew Baker scored 10 points and dished out five assists in his first game back after a hamstring injury as the Eagles defeated the Trojans in the semifinals of the Troy Tournament.

Baker had missed four games. Falls Christian meets Lapwai in the title game at 7:30 tonight.

Falls Christian 6 16 17 13 - 52

Troy 15 7 8 17 - 47

Falls Christian - A. Bligh 17, Dowers 0, Beck 2, D. Baker 10, Walker 4, Hanks 3, Wild 8, J. Bligh 8.

Troy - Haarr 3, Payne 17, Heath 16, Bigford 6, Brazington 0, McCall 0, Fredenburg 5.

Australia 79, NC 67

The Indians committed 28 turnovers in their exhibition loss to visiting Australia.

North Central’s Jake Martyn made 5 of 11 shots and 6 of 8 free throws for 17 points. He also had six rebounds.

Australia 18 22 23 16 - 79

North Central 11 24 17 15 - 67

Australia - Chiswell 12, Harben 10, Bevan 12, James 16, VanDommele 7, Haltin 2, Jensen 10, Rumpler 0, Gamer 1, Pass 5, Prout 0.

North Central - Peterson 2, Liljenberg 10, Rogers 12, Lattin 4, Johnson 8, Lamanna 5, Hare 0, Martyn 17, Smith 9.

Richland 66, Lake City 47

Justin Nipp made 4 of 9 field goals and had six rebounds in the Timberwolves’ loss to the Bombers in the Coca-Cola Christmas Classic in Richland.

Lake City 10 9 14 14 - 47

Richland 28 12 17 9 - 66

Lake City - Novotny 5, Barlow 2, Bramlet 5, Schuh 4, Reiswig 0, Lenz 8, Wilder 0, Nipp 10, Keefer 0, Stroh 2, Quinn 7, Dennis 4.

Richland - Pierney 20, Leonard 10, Mortimer 13, Crow 7, Salisbury 7, Gonzales 2, Evans 1.

Wellpinit 61, Chewelah JV 52

Mike McCrea converted 4 of 6 free throws down the stretch and finished with 25 points as the Redskins defeated the young Cougars to move into tonight’s championship of the Chewelah JV Tournament.

Wellpinit 14 19 15 13 - 61

Chewelah JV 9 11 10 22 - 52

Wellpinit (2-4) - Abrahamson 14, Carter 4, Davis 0, M. McCrea 25, Flett 1, T. McCrea 2, Wynne 0, Moyer 7, Stearns 8. Totals - 23 11-19 61.

Chewelah JV (2-1) - Stone 17, McClure 3, Lessig 0, Ross 1, Shamion 11, Edwards 2, Boone 12, Trampush 6. Totals - 16 17-24.

Crowe 61, Columbia 38

J.L. Crowe of Trail, British Columbia, held Columbia of Hunters to two first-quarter points en route to moving into tonight’s title game of the Chewelah JV Tournament against Wellpinit.

Columbia 2 7 13 16 - 38

J.L. Crowe 12 14 19 16 - 61

Columbia - Turner 2, Benson 9, Preston 6, Weston 0, Young 5, Strickler 6, Cunningham 9, Donohue 0, Dal. Schurger 0, Dar. Schurger 1.

J.L.Crowe - R. Naka 7, Boating 9, Blackwood 16, Coledi 13, P.Naka 7, Viau 5, Foyle 0, Sommerset 2, Remezoff 0, McIntyre 2.

GIRLS

Chewelah 43, Brewster 41

Chrissy Oneal made a 3-pointer and converted a three-point play in the fourth quarter as the Cougars defeated the Bears in the Chelan Tournament.

Oneal also had seven rebounds. Piper Moore had five steals and four rebounds and Michelle Kinley had four assists and four steals.

Nancy Rois and Brianna Brown had 10 points each for Brewster. Chewelah plays Chelan at 6 p.m. today.

Chewelah 11 10 8 14 - 43

Brewster 13 10 12 6 - 41

Chewelah (2-1) - Franklin 6, Davis 2, Moore 8, White 6, Kinley 3, Oneal 14, Grytdal 4, Shamion 0, Culler 0. Totals 20 2-8 43.

Brewster - Rois 10, Brown 10, Flynn 5, Hallet 2, Kennell 6, Riggan 8, Knowlton 0, Shaw 0. Totals 16 8-10 41.