Wilbur-Creston Wins Division Title

Boys basketball

Sorrel Katich scored with 30 seconds left and then Wilbur-Creston forced two turnovers to grab the Bi-County League West Division title with a 47-45 win over Odessa Saturday night.

Katich scored all 15 of his points in the second half for the visiting Wildcats (13-6, 12-2), who were down six points at the half and five entering the fourth quarter.

W-C takes the No. 2 seed into the league tournament this week.

Four players scored in double figures for Odessa (13-6, 11-3), which wound up third-seeded. East Division champion Valley Christian has the top seed.

Wilbur-Creston 47, Odessa 45

Wilbur-Creston 11 13 10 13 - 47

Odessa 20 10 9 6 - 45

WILBUR-CRESTON - B.Marchand 11, Villars 6, Leonard 5, Samuels 10, Nelson 0, Katich 15.

ODESSA - Kramer 11, G.Schafer 10, Floch 10, Jeske 12, Pitts 0, Z.Schafer 0, Praetorius 2.

ACH 72, Ritzville 43

Ben Durrant had 16 points, 12 rebounds and seven blocked shots to lift the Warriors (12-8, 10-4) past the Broncos (10-10, 7-7) at Ritzville.

ACH used a 16-2 run early in the third quarter to break the game open.

Ritzville 15 9 12 7 - 43

Almira/Coulee-Hartline 16 12 22 22 - 72

RITZVILLE - B.Arlt 6, Duff 13, D.Arlt 14, Marcus 0, Johnstone 6, Borth 4, Beckley 0.

ALMIRA/COULEE-HARTLINE - Evans 2, Dormaier 2, Thomas 3, Elder 6, St. John 4, Pate 3, Higginbotham 9, Leander 14, Emerson 3, Gwinn 7, Durrant 16, Neilsen 3.

Liberty 74, Davenport 69

Jeremy Engle had 16 of his 18 points in the second half and Brad Wiman had 18 points as the Lancers (5-14, 4-8) survived a 3-point attack by the visiting Gorillas (6-14, 2-10).

Dale Buchanan hit five of six 3s for 28 points and Cody Rodenbough four of seven for 21 points for Davenport.

Liberty plays Lind and Davenport meets Christian Heritage in loser-out tournament games tonight.

Davenport 14 19 16 20 - 69

Liberty 12 22 22 18 - 74

DAVENPORT - Rodenbough 21, Holderby 6, Buchanan 28, Swain 0, Telecky 8, Morrison 4, Payne 0, Honey 2.

LIBERTY - Wiman 18, K.Engle 7, J.Engle 18, Cousins 1, J.Holling 10, Johnson 8, Pottratz 0, C.Holling 8, Horlacher 4.

Christian Heritage 67, Lind 42

Joe Bell poured in 26 points, 17 in the middle two quarters when the Patriots (8-11, 3-11) broke the game open against the visiting Bulldogs (2-18, 0-14).

Bell had eight rebounds, and Ben Newbill had nine assists and four steals.

Lind 15 13 4 10 - 42

Christian Heritage 15 26 16 10 - 67

LIND - Wills 7, Labes 3, Parkins 7, Sheckells 9, Olson 0, Thompson 6, Widger 9, Williamson 1.

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE - Newbill 14, A.Bell 0, B.Bishop 18, J.Bell 26, Hattenburg 5, Kirstein 0, Bogle 4.

PANORAMA LEAGUE

Curlew 62, Republic 30

Erich Prazak hit eight of 11 shots and scored 20 points as the second-ranked Cougars (17-3, 13-3) rolled to an easy win over the Tigers (15-5, 13-3) for the North Division title.

The Cougars held the Tigers without a field goal for the first 11-1/2 minutes. Jeremy Groth had six assists and six steals for Curlew, Gunner Olsen had four blocked shots and Prazak pulled down eight rebounds.

Republic 1 9 5 15 - 30

Curlew 12 15 14 21 - 62

REPUBLIC - Dansel 0, Davenport 7, Dinkins 9, Gliddon 2, Hadden 0, Hanks 2, Hutton 0, Krohn 1, Kuchenmeister 6, R.Rickard 0, T.Rickard 2, Russell 1.

CURLEW - Conger 0, G.Olsen 11, Groth 8, Edwards 12, J.B. Olsen 6, Prazak 20, Cribby 3, March 0, Strandberg 2, Stotts 0.

Wellpinit 61, Columbia 53

D.J. Flett hit seven of eight free throws in the fourth quarter as the Redskins (10-8, 9-7) made 16 of 19 to turn back the visiting Lions (4-16, 4-12).

Wellpinit made 27 of 31 from the line in the game that featured 52 fouls. Mike McCrea led four players in double figures and grabbed 12 boards.

Columbia 16 11 8 18 - 53

Wellpinit 10 14 19 18 - 61

COLUMBIA - Wass 4, Benson 2, C.Young 0, Etue 8, Denison 4, Pakootas 0, J.Young 3, Neidhart 17, Strickler 13, K.Donohue 2, S.Donohue 0.

WELLPINIT - Tonasket 13, Carter 3, Abrahamson 0, D.J.Flett 10, T.McCrea 0, T.Flett 4, M.McCrea 15, Covington 5, Stearns 11, Moyer 0, Bair 0, Cotton 0.

Northport 50, Inchelium 45

Matt Fredrickson scored 23 points and Lyle Weliep grabbed 17 rebounds as the Mustangs (6-14, 3-12) rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the visiting Hornets (6-13, 5-11).

Inchelium 12 8 15 10 - 45

Northport 10 9 10 21 - 50

INCHELIUM - Bradshaw 1, Jolley 2, Simpson 8, Johnson 15, R.Swan 2, Michel 7, Mason 0, Simmons 6, J.Swan 2, Signor 2.

NORTHPORT - Aa.Day 0, Godes 4, Ad.Day 3, Fredrickson 23, Timmering 6, Lenhard 0, Wilson 4, Weliep 10.

Selkirk 70, Cusick 40

The Rangers (17-3, 14-2) secured the top seed out of the South Division by forcing the visiting Panthers (8-11, 7-9) into 27 turnovers.

Jim Huffine and Ryan Yellowjohn combined for 16 rebounds and Tim Farris and Russell Lopes 14 for the Rangers.

Cusick opens the playoffs at Curlew on Wednesday, Selkirk plays host to Inchelium.

Cusick 9 7 15 9 - 40

Selkirk 20 28 14 8 - 70

CUSICK - Cratty 7, Reijonen 0, Bridges 10, Martin 3, Chantry 2, Jones 0, Sattleen 0, Hamilton 18, Tinker 0, Dimick 0, Kramer 0.

SELKIRK - Farris 10, Huffine 7, Gere 2, Lopes 8, Pyeatt 17, White 8, Yellowjohn 12, Hodges 0, Reed 0, Edwards 0, Carlson 4, Damron.

St. George’s 56, NW Christian 51

Tom DePonty poured in 31 points, hitting 12 of 18 shots including six of 10 3s, to lead the Dragons (15-5, 13-3) past the Crusaders (12-8, 11-5).

Dan Dhillon had six assists for the Dragons, who opened a 30-19 lead at the half and went on to shoot 20 of 34 from the field.

Northwest Christian 10 9 23 9 - 51

Saint Georges 9 21 15 11 - 56

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN - Orr 0, Greenup 0, Proffitt 0, Wolf 14, Smith 5, Warren 0, Thomas 0, Strandy 0, Malott 15, VanGerpen 0, Goldman 9, Crouch 8.

ST. GEORGE’S - Blume 0, Dhillon 11, Taylor 0, Moser 8, Davis 0, Helms 0, DePonty 31, Spencer 2, Yi 0, Witherspoon 2, Thomsen 2.

Springdale 61, St. Michael’s 47

Dan Peterson scored 16 points to lead the visiting Chargers (4-16, 4-12) past the Warriors (0-20, 0-16).

The Warriors, who got 18 points from Matt Edwards, hit just three of 14 free throws.

Springdale 20 19 7 15 - 61

Saint Michaels 14 6 16 11 - 47

SPRINGDALE - Gilstrap 3, Meyers 0, Ralph 13, Nortz 0, Peterson 16, Crawford 0, Hammack 12, Ely 8, Carlson 9.

ST. MICHAEL’S - Mendoza 3, Vigil 0, Edwards 18, Sandquist 5, Sarquillia 0, Vopalensky 14, Muglia 2, Durazo 0, South 5, Spruill 0.

WHITMAN COUNTY

SJE 49, T-O 48

The Eagles (15-4, 9-1) earned a tie for the league title, escaping with the road win when the Nighthawks (11-9, 4-6) missed a last-second shot.

John Wall, who scored 23 points, scored with 1.9 seconds left to pull T-O within one.

St. John-Endicott 11 14 11 13 - 49

Tekoa-Oakesdale 14 11 13 10 - 48

ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT - Miller 2, Bafus 10, Strader 0, Stoner 9, Hames 2, Scheuerman 12, Siler 5, Stolmeier 9.

TEKOA-OAKESDALE - Brown 2, Buergel 0, Heaton 8, G.Smith 4, Teal 3, E.Smith 4, Brogan 2, Crossett 2, Wall 23, Taylor 0.

Garfield-Palouse 74, Rosalia 45

Zach Johnson had 14 points, 12 rebounds and five blocks as the Vikings (16-4, 9-1) earned a share of the league title by beating the Spartans (11-8, 1-9).

Logan Coles had 21 points and eight rebounds for Gar-Pal.

Garfield-Palouse 10 23 18 23 - 74

Rosalia 7 13 8 17 - 45

GARFIELD-PALOUSE - Bischoff 6, Coles 21, Power 5, Flansburg 7, Cronk 6, Kimble 11, Johnson 14, Tharp 3, Demand 0, Kriebel 1.

ROSALIA - Heinemann 0, Watkins 2, DeGon 2, Slemp 8, Peterson 5, Shindler 4, Bothman 4, Schmidt 9, Workman 2, Watkins 2, Bernard 9.

LaCrosse-Wash. 63, Colton 58

Derek Henley scored 21 points and made six steals to carry the Tigercats (7-13, 5-5) past the Wildcats (6-12, 2-8) to secure third place.

Cole Schweiger added 18 for visiting L-W. Brian Busch and Blake Wolf had three 3s each for Colton.

LaCrosse-Washtucna 10 20 17 16 - 63

Colton 12 13 11 22 - 58

LaCROSSE-WASHTUCNA - McIntosh 0, Colter 12, Schweiger 18, Henley 21, Wigen 0, Meyers 0, Stueckle 3, Whitman 5, Blankenship 4.

COLTON - Wolf 11, B.Busch 11, G.Busch 15, Bri.Keller 0, Bates 10, Hopwood 4, Meyer 7.

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