Ritzville Keeps Rolling, Wraps Up Division Title

Area girls

Ritzville collected the Bi-County League West Division title after defeating Wilbur-Creston 48-38 Saturday night in Creston.

It was Ritzville’s 28th straight win.

The Broncos (18-0 overall, 9-0 league) hit 20 of 37 from the field, including Shannon Russel’s four 3-pointers.

Erin Weber had five assists and Jammie Alspach combined with Megan Yerxa on 13 rebounds for the No. 1 Broncos. W-C (11-5, 6-2), which shared the West title with Ritzville last year, has secured second place.

Ritzville 48, W-C 38

Ritzville 14 12 17 5 - 48

Wilbur-Creston 13 7 11 7 - 38

RITZVILLE - Wellsandt 4, Warriner 0, Weber 6, Fitch 10, Gibler 0, Russel 17, Yerxa 10, Alspach 1, Janzen 0, Zicha 0.

WILBUR-CRESTON - Desautel 0, Sherwood 0, Harris 4, Mann 0, Deahl 0, Dreger 0, Erickson 19, Arden 6, Aubertin 2, Kemp 0, Nelson 7.

Sprague-Harrington 65, Liberty 40

The Falcons (11-7, 6-2) wrapped up first place in the East Division, defeating the second-place Lancers (11-8, 4-4) in Harrington.

Mandi Walters scored a game-high 21 points to go with nine rebounds, six assists and five steals, and Kristy Engles had 12 rebounds for S-H.

Liberty shot 10 for 51 from the field and 20 for 33 from the line. The Falcons hit 20 of 48 field-goal attempts and 21 of 31 free throws.

Liberty 9 4 11 16 - 40

Sprague-Harrington 16 19 8 22 - 65 LIBERTY - Cory 17, Leslie 1, Bothman 2, Cain 2, Prince 0, Gardner 14, Nadler 1, Adams 3, Hodgson 0.

SPRAGUE-HARRINGTON - Whipple 4, Ernst 1, Walters 21, Hatten 14, Harding 0, Engles 15, Morse 0, Scoles 4, Maurer 4, Charlton 2.

Whitman County League

LaCrosse-Wash. 66, Gar.-Pal. 47 The Tigercats (11-7, 7-1) maintained first place by defeating the Vikings (11-7, 5-3) in Palouse.

LaCrosse-Wash. 11 17 18 20 - 66

Gar.-Palouse 14 9 7 17 - 47

LaCROSSE-WASHTUCNA - Bay 5, J.Wigen 2, Cronrath 12, Kinch 2, N.Schneider 7, R.Schneider 15, Larsen 11, Baumann 2, S.Wigen 2, Mays 4.

GARFIELD-PALOUSE - Nelson 1, Shelden 13, Smick 0, Tronsen 5, Coles 11, Smith 2, Swinney 6, Sheffler 0, Kildew 3, Hayden 6, Nelson 1.

Tekoa-Oakesdale 61, Rosalia 28

Heather Cox scored 20 points on 7-for-13 shooting from the floor and 5 for 6 from the line and added nine rebounds as the second-ranked Nighthawks (15-2, 6-2) sprinted past the Spartans (2-15, 1-7) in Tekoa.

Rosalia 4 13 7 4 - 28

Tekoa-Oakesdale 15 12 11 23 - 61

ROSALIA - Quintana 0, Henning 0, Heinemann 3, Dale 2, Peringer 5, Blank 11, Willey 4, Bruce 3, Wood 0.

TEKOA-OAKESDALE - K.Driscoll 2, S.Driscoll 9, Smart 3, Brown 7, Hay 2, Graffis 11, Je.Bruce 4, Ja.Bruce 3, Cox 20.

SJE 76, Colton 36

The Eagles (10-7, 5-3) ran past the visiting Wildcats (2-16, 0-8).

SJE outrebounded Colton 51-20, led by Dale Stolmeier’s 10.

Colton 4 7 12 13 - 36

SJE 17 23 29 7 - 76

COLTON - Crim 0, Truong 6, Harrell 6, Maston 16, Morrison 2, Buck 0, Brotherton 0, Hall 2, Stout 4.

ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT - Ki.Colyar 4, Ko.Colyar 2, Kjack 2, Bass 0, Stolmeier 10, Loomis 4, Schmick 11, Zuger 6, Gossard 8, Hedlund 13, White 8, Curtis 5.

Panorama League

Northport 54, Wellpinit 45

Amanda Day’s 20 points on 5-of-14 shooting from the floor and 7 for 12 from the line helped the Mustangs (13-5, 10-3) past the visiting Redskins (14-3, 11-2), despite 27 points from from Wellpinit’s Miranda Payne.

Candace Young had 12 rebounds for Northport.

Wellpinit 8 9 15 13 - 45

Northport 16 20 8 10 - 54

WELLPINIT - Covington 0, Pakootas 5, Stearns 0, Allen 10, Ramos 0, Tonasket 3, Payne 27.

NORTHPORT - Day 20, Lenhard 3, Sauvola 15, Jimenez 9, Godes 0, Young 7, Brunette 0.

St. George’s 64, Cusick 22

Wenchi Liu and Alyssa Henley combined for 35 points as the fifth-ranked Dragons (14-3, 11-1) defeated the host Panthers (2-15, 2-10).

St. George’s 18 25 8 13 - 64

Cusick 4 4 9 5 - 22

ST. GEORGE’S - Liu 18, Clarke 7, Stothart 0, Henley 17, Blume 0, Grant 0, Nielsen 6, DePonty 0, Luber 0, Kutteruf 0, Moore 12.

CUSICK - Norton 8, Pickerel 4, Cutshall 0, Whiting 0, Car.Haas 0, Cas.Haas 6, Cook 0, Chitwood 2, Nelson 2.

Selkirk 77, Springdale 34

Molly Carlson hit 7 of 8 from the floor, including 5 for 5 in the first quarter, and the No. 7 Rangers (16-3, 11-2) defeating the visiting Chargers (1-18, 1-12). Selkirk’s Jenny Jones had 17 rebounds.

Springdale 7 4 12 11 - 34

Selkirk 24 12 24 17 - 77

SPRINGDALE - Ramseyer 0, C.Rij 0, Tomsha 2, J.Rij 2, Franks 6, LeBret 10, Rav.Adolph 0, Rae.Adolph 9, Olson-Axtell 4, Rigman 0.

SELKIRK - Fairbairn 4, Scherf 12, Barnes 8, Pettis 6, Smith 2, Haney 4, Jones 12, Allert 14, Carlson 15.

Republic 50, Inchelium 45

The Tigers (9-8, 7-6) clinched the third seed in the North when they hit 9 of 12 fourth-quarter free throws to hold off the host Hornets (6-10, 5-8).

Lucy Wilson of Republic scored 10 of her game-high 21 in the fourth and had 16 rebounds. Teammate Melissa Young hit 5 of 6 free throws in the final period.

Republic 11 10 10 19 - 50

Inchelium 12 11 12 10 - 45

REPUBLIC - Campobasso 2, Hover 6, An.Merrit 0, C.Merrit 2, Am.Merrit 4, Whitney 0, Wilson 21, Young 13, Ciais 2.

INCHELIUM - T.Finley 11, G.Finley 8, Campbell 0, Swan 0, Seymour 2, Stensgar 10, Boyd 14.

Curlew 42, Columbia 33

Johanna Paul and Carmen Craw combined for 14 rebounds as the Cougars (5-12, 4-9) held off the visiting Lions (2-16, 2-11). Curlew hit 16 of 37 field goals, while Columbia was 15 for 69.

Columbia 12 2 8 11 - 33

Curlew 12 4 9 17 - 42

COLUMBIA - Dale 6, Nicodemus 12, Hudspeth 4, MacMillan 11, Lee 0, Etue 0, Strickler 0.

CURLEW - Meyer 0, Brown 5, Peterson 2, Paul 9, Zerck 6, Phillips 13, Guizar 0, Craw 7, Bi.Branam 4, Bo.Branam 2.

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