Wilbur-Creston Nips Ritzville

Boys prep basketball

The more Wilbur-Creston tried to lose Friday’s game, the more Ritzville wouldn’t let them.

Bryan Marchand made three 3-pointers in the second half, and Mike Samuels and Sorrell Katich had big baskets in overtime as W-C (5-4, 4-1) defeated host Ritzville 54-50 in a Bi-County League game that featured 52 turnovers.

Dan Duff of Ritzville (3-5, 2-3) hit two free throws with 1 minute left in regulation for a tie at 45. W-C had two turnovers down the stretch, and missed the front end of a 1-and-1 with 4 seconds left.

W-C also had six turnovers in OT.

W-C 54, Ritzville 50 (OT)

W-C 10 12 14 9 9 - 54

Ritzville 13 14 8 10 5 - 50

WILBUR-CRESTON - B.Marchand 15, Villars 2, Grant 0, Leonard 3, Samuels 6, Arden 0, Nelson 14, Katich 14, J.Marchand 0.

RITZVILLE - B.Arlt 6, Duff 11, D.Arlt 22, Marcus 5, Johnstone 0, Borth 0, Whitman 6.

ACH 68, Chr.Heritage 58

The Warriors (6-3, 5-0) remained atop the West Division after coming alive in the fourth quarter to defeat the Patriots (5-4, 1-4) at Edwall.

Joe Bell scored 22 for Christian Heritage, which led 31-27 after shooting 7 of 14 from the floor in the second quarter. Starter Adam Bogle fouled out for the Patriots, who finished with 39 percent field-goal shooting.

ACH 18 9 11 30 - 68

Chr.Heritage 11 20 11 16 - 58

ALMIRA/COULEE-HARTLINE - Dormaier 3, Thomas 6, Elder 6, St. John 2, Pate 9, Leander 12, Emerson 8, Gwinn 12, Durrant 10.

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE - Newbill 8, A.Bell 0, B.Bishop 16, J.Bell 22, Hattenburg 6, Kirstein 0, Bogle 6.

Odessa 76, Lind 33

Ryan Floch had 17 rebounds and Scott Kramer added seven assists to lead the Tigers (5-3, 3-2) over the visiting Bulldogs (2-8, 0-5).

Lind’s Chris Widger scored 24.

Lind 4 13 15 11 - 33

Odessa 16 18 21 21 - 76

LIND - Kulm 1, Labes 5, Parkins 8, Sheckells 2, Thompson 1, Widger 24, Williamson 2.

ODESSA - Kramer 15, Weber 7, G.Schafer 10, Floch 19, Hardung 4, Jeske 6, Luiten 0, Pitts 4, Z.Schafer 4, Walter 0, Praetorius 7.

Liberty at Davenport, ppd.

The game was rescheduled for Tuesday.

Panorama League

Selkirk 62, St. George’s 53

Jim Huffine and Sheridan Pyeatt combined to make 17 of 18 free throws, guiding the team’s 21-for-24 effort, as the visiting Rangers (8-1, 5-0) defeated the Dragons (6-3, 4-1) to break a first-place tie in the South Division.

Both teams shot less than 44 percent from the field, but Selkirk’s 10-for-12 free-throw shooting in the second half provided the difference. Tom DePonty of St. George’s had six rebounds.

Selkirk 11 17 10 24 - 62

St. George’s 12 11 15 15 - 53

SELKIRK - MacArthur 0, Reed 0, Yellowjohn 3, White 2, Farris 7, Gere 0, Huffine 20, Lopes 8, Pyeatt 18, Hodges 0, Carlson 4, Edwards 0.

ST. GEORGE’S - Blume 18, Dhillon 5, Taylor 0, Moser 2, Davis 0, Helms 2, DePonty 11, Spencer 2, Yi 0, Witherspoon 11, Thomsen 2.

Curlew 86, Northport 31

Gunner Olson totaled 24 points, 14 rebounds, six assists and three blocked shots, and added a reverse dunk as the Cougars (9-0, 5-0) defeated the host Mustangs (2-6, 1-4).

Curlew’s Jeremy Groth added 11 rebounds, four blocked shots and three steals. Adam Day of Northport had 10 rebounds, five assists and three steals.

Curlew 21 31 14 20 - 86

Northport 8 7 9 7 - 31

CURLEW - Conger 2, G.Olson 24, Groth 17, Edwards 17, J.B. Olson 5, Cribby 13, March 0, Strandberg 8.

NORTHPORT - Aa.Day 0, Godes 8, Ad.Day 5, Fredrickson 11, Lenhard 0, Phaff , Rieckers 0, As.Day 0, Wilson 1, Wiley 2, Weliep 4.

NWC 59, Springdale 45

Gabe Goldman had five steals and Doug Malott six rebounds as the visiting Crusaders (4-3, 3-2) defeated the Chargers (2-7, 2-3).

Springdale’s Josh Farnsworth scored 23, including 3 for 3 on fourth-quarter 3-pointers. The Chargers’ Chris Carlson added eight rebounds.

NW Christian 11 11 21 16 - 59

Springdale 0 12 16 17 - 45

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN - Orr 0, Greenup 0, Proffitt 0, Wolf 5, Smith 5, Warren 0, Thomas 1, Strandy 16, Malott 2, VanGerpen 0, Bell 4, Goldman 17, Crouch 9.

SPRINGDALE - Gilstrap 0, Farnsworth 23, Meyers 0, Ralph 0, Nortz 0, Thompson 0, Peterson 3, Crawford 0, Hammack 14, Ely 0, Carlson 5.

Wellpinit 63, Inchelium 54

Tom Flett scored 10 points in the third quarter and the host Redskins (4-3, 3-2) hit 9 of 11 fourth-quarter free throws to hold off the Hornets (2-5, 2-3). Inchelium freshman Jon Simmons scored 17 of his 25 in the second half, and added eight rebounds.

Inchelium 13 9 12 20 - 54

Wellpinit 12 14 18 19 - 63

INCHELIUM - Bradshaw 0, Jolley 1, Simpson 13, Johnson 0, R.Swan 6, Michel 0, Mason 0, Tonasket 7, Simmons 25, J.Swan 0, Signor 2.

WELLPINIT - Moses 3, Tonasket 18, Carter 0, Abrahamson 0, D.J.Flett 14, T.McCrea 0, T.Flett 18, M.McCrea 4, Covington 6, Stearns 0, Bair 0.

Republic 77, Columbia 34

The defending statechampion Tigers (5-2, 4-1) shot 59 percent from the floor, 30 of 51, in defeating the host Lions (0-8, 0-5) at Hunters. Columbia had 27 turnovers and shot 29 percent.

Republic 21 17 18 21 - 77

Columbia 5 10 9 10 - 34

REPUBLIC - Dansel 0, Davenport 12, Dinkins 12, Gliddon 12, Hadden 8, Hanks 11, Hutton 1, Krohn 3, Kuchenmeister 12, R.Rickard 0, T.Rickard 2, Russell 4.

COLUMBIA - Wass 2, Etue 4, Denison 11, Pakootas 3, J.Young 2, Neidhart 6, Strickler 0, K.Donohue 3, S.Donohue 0, Benson 3, C.Young 0.

Cusick 92, St. Mchl. 55

Tell Hamilton hit three 3-pointers and the visiting Panthers (2-6, 1-4) had seven players in double figures in handing the Warriors (0-8, 0-5) their 13th straight loss.

Cusick hit 19 of 25 free throws. The Warriors missed 12 of 14 fourth-quarter shots.

Cusick 27 22 15 28 - 92

St. Michael’s 21 15 15 4 - 55

CUSICK - Cratty 10, Reijonen 13, Bridges 11, Martin 13, Chantry 12, Jones 0, Sattleen 3, Hamilton 18, Tinker 12, Dimick 0, Kramer 0.

ST. MICHAEL’S - Mendoza 0, Vigil 0, Urann 0, Edwards 13, Bittner 9, Sandquist 7, Sarquillia 5, Vopalensky 2, Muglia 1, Durazo 0, South 16, Spruill 2.

Non-league

Reardan 61, S-H 39

The visiting Indians (4-4) defeated Sprague-Harrington (6-4) at Harrington. No details were reported.

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