St. George’s Wins Showdown

Girls prep basketball

Selkirk looked primed to continue its hex on St. George’s when freshman Samantha Clarke took control Friday.

Clarke made five free throws in the final 3 minutes, guiding a 10-0 run that lifted the Dragons (7-2, 4-0) to a 54-40 win over the visiting Rangers (7-2, 3-1) in a game for the Panorama League South Division lead.

Clarke won the State A/B cross country meet two months ago.

Selkirk, which had won seven straight, defeated St. George’s three times last year, all by three points or less.

The Dragons’ Miranda Routh-Corker scored 22, including 8 of 9 from the line, and added 11 rebounds and seven steals.

St. Geo. 54, Selkirk 40

Selkirk 10 10 9 11 - 40

St. George’s 17 12 10 15 - 54

SELKIRK - Fairbairn 2, Scherf 8, Barnes 2, Pettis 9, Smith 0, Haney 0, Jones 0, Allert 2, Carlson 17.

ST. GEORGE’S - Liu 2, Clarke 7, Henley 6, Blume 0, Grant 2, DePonty 6, Routh-Corker 22, Moore 9.

Wellpinit 91, Inchlm. 50

Miranda Payne scored 34 on 15-of-23 shooting from the field, and added 13 rebounds as the Redskins (8-0, 5-0) defeated the visiting Hornets (4-4, 3-2).

Wellpinit’s Celeste Allen added seven assists and six steals, including five in the final quarter.

Wellpinit hit 14 of 20 free throws and shot 51 percent from the floor.

Inchelium 10 15 12 13 - 50

Wellpinit 25 15 15 36 - 91

INCHELIUM - T.Finley 4, G.Finley 3, Mollenberg 8, Tonasket 8, Campbell 0, Seymour 0, Stensgar 15, Phillips 0, Boyd 12, J.Davis 0.

WELLPINIT - Covington 8, Pakootas 14, Stearns 10, Allen 14, Ramos 4, Tonasket 7, Barnaby 0, Payne 34.

Northport 51, Curlew 38

Candace Young and Amanda Day combined to hit 12 of 24 from the field to guide the Mustangs (7-3, 4-1) over the visiting Cougars (2-6, 1-3).

Young added 14 rebounds for Northport, which played its reserves in the fourth quarter.

Curlew’s Stephanie Brown scored 16 of her 23 in the fourth quarter.

Curlew 3 5 12 18 - 38

Northport 19 11 12 9 - 51

CURLEW - Brown 23, Peterson 0, Paul 9, Barkley 1, Zerck 2, Phillips 0, Craw 1, Bi.Branam 2, Bo.Branam 0.

NORTHPORT - Burke 0, Wilson 0, Day 15, Goodwin 2, Lenhard 8, Sauvola 6, Jimenez 2, Godes 0, Young 18, Brunette 0.

Republic 54, Colmb. 36

Lucy Wilson’s 24 points led the visiting Tigers (2-4, 1-3) over the Lions (0-9, 0-5) at Hunters.

Columbia has dropped 10 consecutive games.

Republic 11 19 17 7 - 54

Columbia 8 14 10 4 - 36

REPUBLIC - Campobasso 5, Ciais 4, Hover 1, An.Merrit 0, C.Merrit 3, Am.Merrit 6, Sattler 0, Starkey 0, Wilson 24, Young 11.

COLUMBIA - Dale 2, Sampson 9, Lee 2, Schrach 0, Etue 2, Hudspeth 3, Nicodemus 8, Strickler 0, MacMillan 8, Horne 2, Anderson 0.

NWC 60, Springdale 34

The visiting Crusaders (3-5, 2-2) defeated the Chargers (0-10, 0-4), who had 35 turnovers and shot 31 percent from the field.

NWC made 28 of 82 field goals (34 percent).

Springdale is looking to snap a 13-game losing streak.

NW Christian 17 18 15 10 - 60

Springdale 7 3 13 11 - 34

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN - Nicolai 2, Silver 8, Cofer 0, Moen 8, Klees 0, Pilling 4, Ogle 7, Nelson 0, Montague 14, Casimir 9, Strandy 4, Clouse 4.

SPRINGDALE - Olson-Axtell 2, Ramseyer 0, C.Rij 0, Tomsha 2, J.Rij 15, Franks 2, LeBret 5, Rav.Adolph 0, Rae.Adolph 7.

Bi-County League

Ritzville 44, W-C 36

In a championship rematch, the host Broncos (9-0, 4-0) won their 19th straight by holding the Wildcats (5-4, 3-1) to 2-of-9 shooting from the floor in the third quarter.

Ritzville made 18 of 39 from the floor, including 7 of 9 for Amy Fitch. The Broncos’ Shannon Russel hit two 3-pointers.

Ritzville won its last 10 games of 1996-97, including a State B title-game win over Wilbur-Creston.

Wilbur-Creston 8 6 6 16 - 36

Ritzville 4 8 13 19 - 44

WILBUR-CRESTON - Sherwood 5, Harris 0, Mann 0, Deahl 7, Dreger 3, Erickson 11, Arden 0, Kemp 4, Nelson 6.

RITZVILLE - Wellsandt 5, Weber 8, Fitch 14, Russel 7, Yerxa 5, Alspach 5, Janzen 0, Zicha 0.

Lind at Odessa, forfeit

The Bulldogs (0-7, 0-4) forfeited to the host Tigers (4-4, 1-3). Lind, which hasn’t won since the final game of the 1994-95 season, also forfeited its previous game.

Liberty at Davnprt., ppd.

The game was rescheduled for Tuesday.

Non-league

S-H 57, Reardan 40

Mandi Walters scored 23 on 9-for-14 shooting from the field to guide the Falcons (5-4) over the visiting Indians (4-3) at Harrington.

Walters added nine rebounds and seven steals.

Reardan shot 34 percent from the field.

Reardan 9 15 6 10 - 40

Sprague-Harr. 14 10 16 17 - 57

REARDAN - Cassaro 7, Schwartz 1, Seyler 4, Krupke 2, Rinker 0, Hicks 6, Plummer 2, Turner 18.

SPRAGUE-HARRINGTON - Sewall 2, Whipple 8, Ernst 0, Walters 23, Hatten 7, Harding 0, Engles 15, Morse 0, Scoles 2.

K.Falls 63, Cusick 36

Leslie Fredrickson totaled 21 points, 11 rebounds and six assists to guide the Bulldogs (4-4) over the visiting Panthers (1-8).

Vonda Holland had five of KF’s 18 steals.

Cusick 8 6 10 12 - 36

Kettle Falls 13 15 21 14 - 63

CUSICK - Norton 10, Pickerel 2, Cutshall 4, Scott 0, Car.Haas 6, Cas.Haas 12, Heath 0, Cook 0, Maslanka 0, Chitwood 2, Ziesmer 0.

KETTLE FALLS - Holland 4, Schneider 0, Fredrickson 21, Azzarito 6, Bruce 0, Link 10, Newton 6, Olson 2, Marcum 1, Graves 1, McDaniels 12.

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