Sly, Groh Keep West Valley From Falling To Cda

Border League

Kris Sly and Brad Groh saved West Valley from the Border League boys basketball upset of the year on Wednesday.

Sly hit three free throws with 27 seconds left and Groh drove for a layup with 3 seconds left as the Eagles edged Coeur d’Alene 58-57 to break a first-place tie with East Valley.

WV is 5-0 in league, EV 4-0. CdA dropped to 1-7.

CdA led 56-53 when a Vikings player fouled Sly on a 3-point attempt. Jeff Rupp of the Vikings followed Sly’s free throws by making the first of two free throws for a 57-56 edge with 9 seconds left.

WV’s Chris Gregg had 11 rebounds. Rupp and his brother Jason combined for 38 Vikings points.

West Valley 58, CdA 57

West Valley 12 19 8 19 - 58

Coeur d’Alene 13 14 14 16 - 57

West Valley (7-0, 5-0) - Kopp 2 0-0 5, Sly 1 3-3 6, Deno 4 0-0 10, Browning 2 0-0 5, Groh 5 2-3 12, Focht 1 0-2 2, Gregg 5 2-3 14, Spivey 1 3-4 5, Sorensen 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 10-14 58.

Coeur d’Alene (2-7, 1-7) - Chambers 2 3-5 7, Ja. Rupp 8 4-5 20, Je. Rupp 8 1-2 18, Keil 0 0-0 0, Sather 0 0-0 0, Schmidt 4 0-0 8, Alderman 2 0-1 4, Findley 0 0-0 0, Duplessis 0 0-0 0. Totals 24 8-13 57.

GIRLS

CdA 68, West Valley 39

Brittany Douglas and Shaylia Davis combined for 28 points and 18 rebounds as the Vikings defeated the visiting Eagles.

The Vikings committed just 10 turnovers.

West Valley 3 8 7 21 - 39

Coeur d’Alene 12 15 26 15 - 68

West Valley (2-5, 1-4) - Wieber 0 0-0 0, Groh 1 2-3 4, Knapp 0 0-0 0, Holstrom 3 3-6 9, Thomas 3 0-0 7, Parvey 3 2-3 8, Hilsabeck 4 0-0 9, Cortez 1 0-0 2, Lawler 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 7-12 39.

Coeur d’Alene (7-3, 6-2) - Lenz 3 0-0 6, Stranger 0 0-0 0, Holte 1 0-0 2, Roetter 0 0-0 0, Vig 1 0-0 2, Ruiz 4 5-6 13, Douglas 7 3-5 17, Bielec 2 0-0 6, Griffitts 2 1-2 5, Budvarson 1 4-7 6, Davis 5 1-4 11. Totals 26 14-24 68.

3-point goals - Thomas, Hilsabeck, Bielec 2. Total fouls - West Valley 14, Coeur d’Alene 14. Fouled out - Parvey. Technicals - None.