Vc Takes League Title Game

B boys

Valley Christian, on target for its first State B tournament appearance, completed a near-perfect Bi-County League season Thursday.

Brian Sears hit 8 of 11 field goals as the sixth-ranked Panthers (19-2) defeated Wilbur-Creston (14-7) 69-59 in the championship game of the league tournament at Reardan.

VC has won seven consecutive games since its lone league loss to Odessa on Jan. 17.VC opens play at the District 7-B tournament at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday at Spokane Community College against Panorama No. 4 Selkirk. W-C, the Bi-County No. 2, opens district at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Spokane Falls Community College against Panorama No. 3 St. George’s.

Valley Christian 69, W-C 59

Wil.-Creston 11 18 9 21 - 59

Val.Christian 16 14 24 15 - 69

WILBUR-CRESTON - B.Marchand 25, Villars 0, Leonard 8, Samuels 5, Arden 0, Nelson 10, Katich 11.

VALLEY CHRISTIAN - J.Decker 10, Smith 6, Spuler 13, Sears 18, B.Decker 6, Evans 4, Sandin 12.

ACH 44, Odessa 41

Craig Elder hit three 3-pointers in the second quarter as the Warriors (15-9) built a six-point lead and held off the Tigers (15-8) to earn district berth No. 3.

ACH opens district at 6 p.m. Tuesday at SCC against Panorama No. 2, either Curlew or Republic, who meet in the league title game tonight. Odessa draws the Panorama champion for a district opener, at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday at SFCC.

Odessa 5 8 15 13 - 41

ACH 4 15 11 14 - 44

ODESSA - Kramer 15, G.Schafer 7, Dart 0, Floch 6, Jeske 8, Pitts 4, Walter 0, Praetorius 1.

ALMIRA/COULEE-HARTLINE - Evans 0, Dormaier 4, Thomas 2, Elder 9, Pate 3, Higginbotham 0, Leander 9, Gwinn 6, Neilsen 0, Durrant 11.

Panorama League tourney

St. George’s 55, Selkirk 50

Dan Dhillon scored 10 fourth-quarter points, including a three-point play with just less than 2 minutes left for a five-point lead, as the Dragons (18-6) defeated the Rangers (19-5) at Colville for the third seed to district.

St. George’s 7 14 12 22 - 55

Selkirk 17 14 8 11 - 50

ST. GEORGE’S - Blume 4, Dhillon 12, Taylor 0, Moser 12, Davis 0, Helms 0, DePonty 11, Spencer 3, Yi 0, Witherspoon 0, Thomsen 13.

SELKIRK - Farris 11, Huffine 7, Gere 3, Lopes 8, Pyeatt 11, White 2, Yellowjohn 2, Hodges 0, Reed 0, Edwards 0, Carlson 6, Damron 0.

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