Shadle Seals District 8 Spot

GSL girls basketball

With a playoff berth on the line, Shadle Park played like it does in practice. University left its game at practice.

The Highlanders clinched a spot in the Greater Spokane League girls basketball District 8 tournament by blitzing the Titans 74-53 at U-Hi on Friday night.

“We play that good in practice every week,” Shadle Park senior leader Sara Harchuck said. “We just finally did it in a game. We’re going to play that way the rest of the way.”

With two games left, the five-team battle for the final three playoff games is sorting out. Lewis and Clark and Shadle Park are in. U-Hi, Rogers and Gonzaga Prep are in a battle for the last spot, which won’t be decided until Prep plays Rogers in the last game next Thursday.

“I have no idea how we could come out so flat,” University coach Bob Finn said. “They came out in man (defense), I thought they would come out in a 2-3 (zone). They were in our face, we couldn’t do anything. Their posts just killed us.

”(At halftime) we tried to make a couple of adjustments on offense and we couldn’t even get into it… . They looked like they wanted it. They played a great game.”

The Titans (6-12 overall, 6-10 GSL) beat the Highlanders (10-8, 8-8) by 15 at Shadle Park a month ago.

“That’s the (team) I’ve been waiting to see all season,” Shadle Park coach Linda Sheridan said. “We have a talented team… . I told them to quit worrying about winning and losing and go have fun.”

The fun started in the third quarter when Harchuck had eight of her game-high 15 points and the Highlanders blitzed the Titans 25-4 to open a 57-32 lead.

“We were really disciplined tonight,” said Harchuck, who hit 7 of 11 shots. “We came in with the mentality we had to win this game. If we get off to a good start, we dictate the game … they have to respond to us.”

With reserve Rochelle Stockman scoring eight of her 10, the Highlanders led most of the first half. Another reserve kept U-Hi in the game as Katie Oglesbee had nine of her 11, seven in the second quarter.

The game turned just before the half. U-Hi pulled within one with 15 seconds left and the Highlanders turned the ball over. The Titans used a 20-second timeout to try to grab the lead but put up an airball that Shadle Park turned into a fastbreak three-point play by Brooke Olzendam for a 32-28 lead.

Harchuck started the second half with two quick baskets as the Highlanders started with a 9-2 run for an 11-point lead. Then a 12-0 run, highlighted by back-to-back three-point plays by Amy Ridings and Michelle Etter, broke the game open.

Point guard Aubrie Caldwell added 12 points and Etter had 10 to give Shadle Park, a team with no player averaging in double figures, four players in double figures. Katie Schurra and Olzendam added nine points apiece.

Shadle Park 74, University 53

Shadle Park 16 16 25 17 - 74

University 16 12 4 21 - 53

SHADLE PARK - Ridings 1 1-1 3, Caldwell 4 3-4 12, Schurra 4 1-2 9, Fay 1 1-2 3, Harchuck 7 1-2 15, Stockman 5 0-0 10, Olzendam 3 1-1 9, Buckley 0 0-0 0, Alake 0 0-0 0, Etter 3 4-9 10, McGrath 0 0-0 0, Kiritz 1 1-2 3. Totals 29 13-23 74.

UNIVERSITY - Conant 2 0-0 6, Frost 2 1-2 5, Lektorich 1 0-0 3, Nelson 0 0-0 0, Oglesbee 4 3-5 11, Owen 2 5-6 9, Parker 0 0-0 0, Schroeder 1 2-2 5, Shelton 5 0-0 11, Valkenaar 1 1-2 3. Totals 18 12-19 53.

3-point goals - Caldwell, Olzendam 2, Schroeder, Shelton, Conant 2. Total fouls - SP 17, U-Hi 21. Fouled out - Owen.

Mead 48, Rogers 41

Allie Bailey scored 17 and the Panthers (14-4, 14-2), sank 16 of 20 free throws, against the Pirates (9-9, 7-9) at Rogers.

Rogers’ Angel Fairbanks scored 18.

Mead 15 15 5 13 - 48

Rogers 6 13 10 12 - 41

MEAD - Zelinski 3 1-2 9, Slater 1 3-4 5, Kehl 0 0-0 0, Ferguson 0 0-0 0, Bailey 8 1-2 17, Bennett 3 3-4 9, Leaf 0 0-0 0, Curry 0 2-2 2, Schuerman 0 4-4 4, Myers 0 2-2 2. Totals 15 16-20 48.

ROGERS - Abrahamson 5 0-3 10, Hatch 2 0-0 4, Zahrowski 0 0-0 0, Perry 1 0-1 2, Logue 2 1-2 5, Delger 1 0-0 2, Fairbanks 8 2-3 18, Bayne 0 0-0 0, Wright 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 3-9 41.

3-point goals - Zellinski 2. Total fouls - Mead 11, Rogers 19. Fouled out - none.

CV 76, Gonzaga Prep 51

The seventh-ranked Bears (16-2, 14-2) got off to a fast start with seven 3-pointers in the first half and never looked back as Lindsay Shoquist scored a career-high 19 points to defeat the Bullpups (6-12, 6-10).

Gonzaga Prep 7 16 9 19 - 51

Central Valley 20 21 15 20 - 76

GONZAGA PREP - Bloom 1 2-2 4, Laney 4 4-5 12, Green 2 3-4 7, Gibbon 0 2-2 2, Machtolf 0 0-0 0, Boren 1 1-2 4, Barnes 0 0-0 0, Jordan 5 1-6 12, Lindstrom 1 1-4 3, So.Housam 0 1-2 1, St.Housam 1 0-0 2, Millersmith 2 0-0 4. Totals 17 15-27 51.

CENTRAL VALLEY - Phinney 2 2-2 7, Wilson 4 5-8 14, Donaldson 1 0-0 2, Grafos 2 0-0 6, Jackson 2 3-4 7, Shoquist 7 1-4 19, Liepman 0 4-6 4, J.Coyle 7 0-0 17, P.Coyle 0 0-0 0, Bragdon 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 15-24 76.

3-point goals - Boren, Jordan, Phinney, Wilson, Grafos 2, Shoquist 4, J.Coyle 3. Total fouls - G-Prep 16, CV 26. Fouled out - Lindstrom, Phinney. Technicals - Jackson.

Ferris 65, North Central 33

Five Saxons (15-3, 14-2) scored in double figures to overcome Alice Stearns’ 16 points and eight rebounds for the visiting Indians (2-15, 2-14).

North Central 15 4 3 11 - 33

Ferris 18 15 17 15 - 65

NORTH CENTRAL - Graesser 2 2-2 6, Ellenwood 1 0-2 2, Eschenbacher 0 0-0 0, Westland 0 0-0 0, White 0 0-0 0, Kennedy 2 0-2 5, Holdren 2 0-0 4, Stearns 7 2-10 16. Totals 14 4-16 33.

FERRIS - Pruett 4 3-4 12, Lytle 4 0-0 10, George 5 3-5 13, Brazzle 1 0-0 3, Martin 5 0-0 11, McCaffery 2 0-0 4, Benzel 5 0-1 10, Taylor 1 0-0 2, Foster 0 0-0 0. Totals 27 6-10 65.

3-point goals - Kennedy, Pruett, Lytle 2, Brazzel, Martin. Total fouls - NC 10, Ferris 15. Fouled out - McCraffery.

LC 50, Mt. Spokane 12

The Tigers (9-9, 9-7) defeated the visiting Wildcats (0-18, 0-16).

Mount Spokane 0 9 1 2 - 12

Lewis and Clark 11 12 18 9 - 50

MT. SPOKANE - Gemmill 0 0-0 0, Gee 0 0-0 0, Anderson 1 0-0 2, Klobucher 1 1-4 3, Neihart , Monroe 0 0-0 0, Louck 2 0-0 4, Brumleve 0 1-2 1, Atwood 0 2-4 2. Totals 4 4-10 12.

LEWIS AND CLARK - Hamre 0 0-0 0, Storey 4 0-1 8, Gill 0 0-0 0, Babin 2 0-0 4, Wendle 2 2-2 7, Travis 2 0-0 4, Marquess 3 0-0 7, Glotfelty 3 0-0 6, Thompson 1 1-2 3, Hansen 2 0-0 5, Lopes 0 0-0 0, Ford 2 2-2 6. Totals 21 5-7 50.

3-point goals - Wendle, Marquess, Hansen. Total fouls - MS 9, LC 17. Fouled out - None.

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