EV Still Has Wv’s Number

District 8-3A basketball

East Valley finished behind West Valley in this year’s girls Border League standings, but their head-to-head competition continues to be a different matter.

EV overcame the Eagles’ long-range shooting to post a 53-48 win in Tuesday’s District 8-3A first round at Eastern Washington University.

The third-seeded Knights (9-12) are 3-0 against second-seeded WV (10-11) this year. EV advances to a winner-to-regional game, at 6:30 p.m. Friday at EWU against Cheney.

Shannon Groh and Danna Vermeers had a pair of 3-pointers apiece for WV, which plays Clarkston at 3 p.m. Friday in a loser-out.

East Valley 53, West Valley 48

East Valley 15 16 15 7 - 53

West Valley 6 13 9 20 - 48

EAST VALLEY - Conrad 4, Schumacher 7, LeGrant 0, Werner 0, Birdsbill 11, Tomblin 4, Neal 0, Tonani 0, Schultz 4, Triplett 13, Shogrun 10.

WEST VALLEY - Hilsabeck 0, Groh 6, McClintock 8, Huffman 11, Holstrom 10, Pedey 2, Parvey 5, Vermeers 6.

Cheney 44, Clarkston 24

Tiffany Van Matre had 10 rebounds and hit 6 of 6 free throws as the ninth-ranked Blackhawks (16-5) overcame a sluggish start and held the Bantams (2-19) scoreless in the third quarter.

Clarkston 8 10 0 6 - 24

Cheney 7 12 14 11 - 44

CLARKSTON - Blankinship 2, Smith 0, Jones 5, Tucker 8, Murray 0, Strohbehn 0, Blake 0, Johnson 6, Rodgers 0, Haight 3.

CHENEY - Fockler 0, Conrath 0, Weitman 5, Getz 12, Urdahl 3, McLaughlin 0, Birchler 0, Van Matre 16, Boline 8, Krogh 0.

Boys district

WV 77, EV 67

Eric Deno scored 25, eight in both the second and fourth quarters, as the second-seeded Eagles (12-9) defeated the No. 3 Knights (4-17).

WV meets Cheney at 8:15 p.m. Friday at EWU in a winner-to-region game. EV plays Clarkston at 4:45 Friday in a loser-out game.

East Valley 12 12 20 23 - 67

West Valley 16 14 26 21 - 77

EAST VALLEY - Henderson 2, Smith 0, Sitton 18, Quirk 19, Burgess 5, Shogren 4, Sterling 10, Storey 2, Pooley 0, Horgan 7.

WEST VALLEY - Kopp 0, Sly 3, Allen 0, Deno 25, Browning 8, Groh 15, Brosvik 2, Focht 2, Gregg 16, Spivey 6, Lybarger 0, Hilsabeck 0.

Cheney 78, Clarkston 32

The Blackhawks (16-5) used the inside power of Paul Malisani, James Kiger and Chris Bond to more than double the Bantams (5-16).

Clarkston 3 6 8 15 - 32

Cheney 14 14 29 21 - 78

CLARKSTON - Nielson 4, Olson 9, Norland 0, Tucker 0, Smith 2, Blankinship 0, Fuchs 0, Harrington 4, Cummings 3, Cridlebaugh 6.

CHENEY - Stiffler 4, Eggart 0, Oyolokor 4, Goetz 4, Donnelly 2, Ervin 5, Caskey 4, Malisani 16, Kiger 19, Bond 18, Stoddard 2.

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