Northport Loses Title Game In Overtime

One free throw here or there would have given Northport’s girls varsity first place at the Chewelah Junior Varsity basketball tournament.

The Mustangs (6-3) certainly had their chances Wednesday. They missed 11 of 14 free-throw attempts, allowing J.L. Crowe of Trail, British Columbia, to overcame a six-point, third-quarter deficit for a 54-52 overtime win.

Northport’s Candace Young scored 25.

J.L. Crowe 54, Northport 52 (OT)

J.L. Crowe 11 18 8 11 6 - 54

Northport 13 15 15 5 4 - 52

J.L. CROWE - Campbell 4, Eccles 4, Bay 4, Ferro 9, RaniSeth 6, Manning 14, Fricke 11, Doig 0, Shannon 2 NORTHPORT - Day 3, Goodwin 0, Lenhard 4, Sauvola 18, Jimenez 2, Godes 0, Young 25, Brunette 0.

Chewelah JV 54, Columbia 51

The host Cougars withstood a rally by the Lions’ varsity (0-8) to claim third place.

Columbia trailed by 12 but had two chances in the final 30 seconds to catch the Cougars.

Columbia 8 17 13 13 - 51

Chewelah JV 12 19 13 10 - 54

COLUMBIA - Dale 2, Sampson 9, Lee 7, Etue 2, Hudspeth 11, Nicodemus 4, Strickler 0, MacMillan 8, Horne 8.

CHEWELAH JV - Smith 2, Hoxie 14, Davis 10, Burgess 0, Kinley 5, Anderson 2, White 2, Rizzo 2, Pierce 17.

Boys basketball

Northport 45, Columbia 32

Adam Day hit 8 of 13 free throws, and added 10 rebounds and five steals as the Mustangs varsity (3-5) defeated the Lions varsity (0-8) for third place at the Chewelah JV tourney.

Northport shot 44 percent from the field, Columbia 26 percent. The Lions were 0 for 8 from the floor in the third quarter.

The title game, pitting the host Cougars against J.L. Crowe, wasn’t reported.

Columbia 9 14 3 6 - 32

Northport 12 13 8 12 - 45

COLUMBIA - Wass 0, Denison 2, Pakootas 8, Young 3, Neidhart 11, K.Donohue 5, S.Donohue 0, Benson 3.

NORTHPORT - Aa.Day 2, Godes 6, Ad.Day 16, Timmering 15, Lenhard 2, As.Day 0, Wilson 0, Weliep 4.

Women’s golf

Pullman’s Stapanie Coleman and Jenny Ballou finished in the top 14 in the 19-24 age group at the Hewlett Packard Arizona Silver Belle championships in Phoenix.

Coleman finished the three rounds at Papago Golf Course in fifth place, at 21-over-par 237. Ballou shot 248 to tie for 14th.

Mead’s Sara Northcutt finished tied for 12th at 249, while Bridget Johnson of Ferris shot 255 for 18th, both in the 17-18 age bracket.

, DataTimes