West Valley Sticks To Script That Works, Trips Sandpoint

Border League basketball

West Valley won a state title last March by setting a tournament record for successful 3-pointers.

The Eagles’ game plan appears the same, as long-range shots helped them defeat Sandpoint 56-47 Friday in a girls Border League game at West Valley.

Gabby McClintock and Heather Huffman combined to hit five of their team’s eight 3-pointers in the second half to lift the Eagles (5-4, 3-2) over the Bulldogs (3-9, 1-7).

McClintock is the lone returning starter from the State AA-title team that made 25 3-pointers in four tourney games, including nine in the title contest against Prosser.

Huffman added 12 rebounds as the Eagles overcame 2-for-19 long-range shooting in the first half. Natalie Ward had nine rebounds and Jill Verby four steals for Sandpoint.

West Valley 56, Sandpoint 47

Sandpoint 16 13 6 12 - 47

West Valley 15 7 16 18 - 56

SANDPOINT - Allmaras 7, Verby 16, Bymaster 0, Ward 15, Cargill 2, Ross 7, James 0, Jensen 0.

WEST VALLEY - Hilsabeck 1, Groh 6, McClintock 16, Huffman 18, Holstrom 5, Pedey 0, Parvey 8, Vermeers 2.

Lewiston 52, East Valley 51

Kim Wegner made 8 of 11 from the field and hit 1 of 2 free throws with 1 minute left as the visiting Bengals (4-7, 4-3) overcame the Knights (3-5, 2-3).

East Valley missed three final fieldgoal attempts. Michelle Bausch had seven rebounds and Loren Albright eight assists for the Bengals.

For EV, April Tomblin scored 22 on 10-of-12 shooting from the floor, Rachelle Schultz had eight rebounds and Jessica Conard added six assists.

Lewiston 10 18 16 8 - 52

East Valley 11 24 8 8 - 51

LEWISTON - Gill 4, Zobel 6, Scharnhorst 0, Sullivan 0, Albright 8, Roberts 0, Boling 0, Wegner 20, Bausch 6, Ostheller 8, Presnell 0.

EAST VALLEY - Conard 2, Schumacher 11, LeGrant 0, Werner 0, Tomblin 22, Neal 0, Tonani 0, Schultz 2, Brittain 0, Triplett 12, Shogren 2.

Boys

Lewiston 55, East Valley 54 (OT)

Chris Reineke tipped in a basket with 8 seconds left in overtime to lift the visiting Bengals (6-3, 3-2) over the Knights (0-8, 0-5).

Jesse Quirk of East Valley had a tipin at the regulation buzzer and a jumper with 28 seconds left in OT for a onepoint lead. The Knights’ Andrew Burgess missed an 8-foot running jumper at the end.

Lewiston’s Carson Egland scored 11 second-half points. EV’s Adam Sitton hit three 3-pointers before fouling out.

Lewiston 14 19 8 6 8 - 55

East Valley 13 5 19 10 7 - 54

LEWISTON - Egland 19, Pierce 2, Holmes 2, Maurer 4, Couch 4, Eck 6, Holder 3, Klamper 0, Reineke 2, Johnson 13.

EAST VALLEY - Henderson 0, Sitton 8, Johnson 10, Quirk 7, Burgess 12, Shogren 0, Sterling 4, Storey 3, Pooley 4, Horgan 6.

West Valley 74, Sandpoint 65

Brad Groh made 5 of 6 free throws in the fourth quarter, when the Eagles (5-4, 3-2) made 13 of 21 to hold off the visiting Bulldogs (3-4, 2-3).

Kris Sly had nine first-quarter points, seven assists and four steals for West Valley, which used a 16-3 second-half run to rally. Chris Gregg had eight rebounds and WV hit nine 3-pointers.

Sandpoint’s Paul Nieman hit four 3-pointers and scored 20 of his 26 in the second half.

Sandpoint 18 13 19 15 - 65

West Valley 16 20 19 19 - 74

SANDPOINT - Nieman 26, Bowman 3, Gehring 10, Kleinert 17, Menard 3, Singleton 0, Rust 0, Watson 6.

WEST VALLEY - Kopp 0, Sly 19, Allen 0, Deno 2, Browning 0, Groh 20, Brosvik 0, Gregg 7, Spivey 9, Lybarger 0, Sorenson 4, Hilsabeck 13.

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