Selkirk, St. George’s Reach District Tourney
B girls basketball
South Division rivals Selkirk and St. George’s won Friday to clinch the Panorama League’s first two berths to the District 7-B tournament.
Selkirk edged Wellpinit 62-58 and St. George’s pulled away from Northport 54-35 in Panorama tournament semifinals. Selkirk and St. George’s meet at 6 p.m. Friday in Colville in the tourney title game, for the top two seeds to the Feb. 23-28 district tourney.
St. George’s 54, Northport 35 Wenchi Liu hit three 3-pointers while scoring 25 and added five assists, and the fourth-ranked Dragons (18-2) won their fifth straight and stopped the six-game winning streak of the visiting Mustangs (16-6).
Katie DePonty added nine rebounds for St. George’s, which had 17 steals and a meager three turnovers. Northport was limited to four points in the first 12 minutes.
The Mustangs host a winner-to-district game at 6 p.m. Monday against Republic.
Northport 3 9 11 12 - 35
St. George’s 8 13 16 17 - 54
NORTHPORT - Day 5, Lenhard 2, Sauvola 18, Jimenez 2, Young 8, Brunette 0.
ST. GEORGE’S - Liu 25, Clarke 6, Henley 6, Blume 4, Grant 0, DePonty 9, Moore 4.
Selkirk 62, Wellpinit 58
Molly Carlson had 14 rebounds and hit 5 of 6 free throws as the seventh-ranked Rangers (19-3) won their seventh straight and avenged a league-season loss to the Redskins (17-4).
Selkirk’s Darby Pettis scored all seven of her points in the second quarter, when the Rangers began a rally. Selkirk outscored the Redskins 11-5 from the free-throw line.
Miranda Payne had 12 rebounds for Wellpinit, which hosts Northwest Christian at 6 p.m. Monday in a winner-to-district game.
Selkirk 8 22 19 13 - 62
Wellpinit 19 13 12 14 - 58
SELKIRK - Fairbairn 9, Scherf 11, Barnes 4, Pettis 7, Smith 6, Jones 0, Allert 12, Carlson 13.
WELLPINIT - Pakootas 2, Stearns 3, C.Allen 15, Tonasket 5, Barnaby 0, Wynecoop 14, Payne 19, W.Allen 0.
Republic 58, Cusick 43
Freshman Amanda Merrit scored nine of her career-high 23 in the fourth quarter as the Tigers (11-11) eliminated the visiting Panthers (2-19).
Melissa Young added nine rebounds, six steals and six assists for Republic. The Tigers expect leading scorer Lucy Wilson (ankle sprain) to return Monday after missing three consecutive games.
Cusick 14 13 8 8 - 43
Republic 12 17 10 19 - 58
CUSICK - Norton 10, Pickerel 4, Cutshall 0, Whiting 0, Car.Haas 14, Cas.Haas 12, Cook 0, Chitwood 3.
REPUBLIC - Campobasso 6, Ciais 2, Hover 12, An.Merrit 2, C.Merrit 2, Am.Merrit 23, Sattler 0, Young 11.
NWC 62, Inchelium 47
Damiah Casimir and Sara Montague combined for 17 rebounds as the Crusaders (9-13) eliminated the visiting Hornets (8-13).
NWC’s Abi Ogle added seven steals.
Monday’s losers will play at 6 p.m. Wednesday, tentatively at Wellpinit, for the league’s fifth seed. The No. 5 plays Bi-County No. 4 on Feb. 21 for a district berth.
Inchelium 11 5 22 9 - 47
NW Christian 15 12 22 13 - 62
INCHELIUM - T.Finley 4, G.Finley 14, A.Davis 0, Mollenberg 0, Tonasket 7, Swan 0, Seymour 0, Stensgar 10, Boyd 12, J.Davis 0.
NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN - Silver 11, Cofer 0, Moen 0, Pilling 8, Ogle 10, Montague 14, Casimir 8, Strandy 1, Clouse 10.
Whitman County tourney
Gar.-Palouse 68, Colton 18
Katie Coles had nine rebounds and five steals as the third-seeded Vikings (13-8) eliminated the No. 6 Wildcats (3-19) at Endicott to clinch a berth to the District 9-B tourney.
Jenny Iverson added five steals for Gar-Pal, which plays second-seeded Tekoa-Oakesdale (18-2) at 2:30 p.m. today in a semifinal. T-O swept the Vikings during the league season.
Colton had 43 turnovers and shot 25 percent from the floor.
Colton 4 4 4 6 - 18
Garfield-Palouse 19 15 18 16 - 68
COLTON - Crim 2, Truong 2, Harrell 6, Maston 3, Morrison 0, Buck 1, Brotherton 0, Hall 0, Dunbarr 0, Stout 2, Van Ausdale 0, Meyer 2.
GARFIELD-PALOUSE - Nelson 2, Shelden 4, Smick 6, Tronsen 2, Coles 11, Smith 2, Swinney 11, Sheffler 4, Kildew 12, Hayden 6, Iverson 4, Hershaw 4.
SJE 66, Rosalia 37
Also at Endicott, Breanna Schmick, Desi Zuger and Dale Stolmeier combined for 22 rebounds as the No. 4 Eagles (11-9) clinched a district spot and eliminated the No. 5 Spartans (3-18).
Kim Colyar added seven steals for SJE, which meets Whitman champion LaCrosse-Washtucna (13-7) at 5:30 p.m. today in the other semi. SJE and L-W split this year, the lone Whitman loss for L-W.
Angie Bruce had six rebounds, and Jenny Dale and Sara Blank four steals apiece for Rosalia.
Rosalia 14 13 8 2 - 37
SJE 19 18 18 11 - 66
ROSALIA - Heinemann 2, Dale 4, Peringer 10, Blank 17, Willey 2, Bruce 2.
ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT - Ki.Colyar 7, Ko.Colyar 0, Kjack 0, Bass 2, Stolmeier 10, Loomis 8, Schmick 10, Zuger 6, Gossard 9, Hedlund 10, White 4, Curtis 0.
Bi-County tourney
Davenport 64, Liberty 48
At Reardan, Kylene Marriott scored 23, including a pair of 3-pointers and 7-of-11 shooting from two-point range, as the Gorillas (7-13) avenged two league-season losses to the Lancers (12-9).
Davenport plays top-ranked and defending state champion Ritzville (20-0) at 5:45 p.m. for a berth to the District 7-B tourney. Liberty plays a winner-to-district, loser-out on Tuesday.
Davenport 12 12 18 22 - 64
Liberty 14 8 13 13 - 48
DAVENPORT - Swain 1, Marriott 23, Smith 6, Guhlke 0, Schreck 10, Lust 8, Kunz 0, Emory 12, Pauls 4, Calgary 0.
LIBERTY - Cory 10, Leslie 0, Olson 0, Bariether 0, Bothman 12, Cain 1, Prince 2, Gardner 18, Nadler 2, Adams 3, Kuster 0, Hodgson 0.
Wilbur-Creston 59, ACH 33
Also at Reardan, Cherie Dreger and Alyssa Erickson combined for 13 first-quarter points as the ninth-ranked Wildcats (14-5), seeded third, defeated the sixth-seeded Warriors (4-17).
W-C plays Sprague-Harrington (13-7) at 5:45 p.m. today in a winner-to-district game. ACH plays a Tuesday winner-to-district, loser-out game.
ACH 9 7 6 11 - 33
Wil.-Creston 20 9 17 13 - 59
ALMIRA/COULEE-HARTLINE - Edwards 6, Evans 3, Pinar 2, Maes 2, Horter 4, Malone 5, Stokoe 3, Elder 0, Giese 8, Andersen 0.
WILBUR-CRESTON - Desautel 3, Sherwood 0, Harris 2, Mann 4, Deahl 6, Dreger 16, Erickson 14, Arden 2, Aubertin 3, Kemp 4, Nelson 3, Snavely 2.
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