Onrushing Valley Christian Prevails In Bi-County Biggie

Boys basketball

Valley Christian passed another test Saturday in its seasonlong quest for its first State B tournament appearance.

The Panthers (9-1, 4-0) strung together a 12-0 run in the second half to defeat Almira/Coulee-Hartline 51-44 in a Bi-County League meeting of division rivals at Hartline.

Jeremy Decker had three 3-pointers and Brian Sears nine rebounds for VC, which has won seven straight. Brandon Leander had 12 rebounds for ACH, a three-time state placer and the 1991 champion.

Val.Christian 51, ACH 44

Valley Christian 17 10 15 9 - 51

ACH 9 13 8 14 - 44

VALLEY CHRISTIAN - J.Decker 12, Smith 6, Spuler 12, Sears 12, B.Decker 2, Evans 2, Sandin 5, Lacy 0.

ALMIRA/COULEE-HARTLINE - Thomas 8, Elder 2, St. John 2, Pate 2, Leander 6, Emerson 3, Gwinn 10, Durrant 11.

Odessa 47, Liberty 46

Ryan Floch, Jared Praetorius and Michael Jeske combined for 29 rebounds and the Tigers (6-3, 4-2) held off the visiting Lancers (1-7, 0-3) after building a 14-point, third-quarter lead.

The score remained unchanged at 47-46 for the game’s final two minutes. Odessa’s Scott Kramer added six assists.

Liberty 10 6 17 13 - 46

Odessa 13 9 15 10 - 47

LIBERTY - K.Engle 6, J.Engle 9, Cousins 4, J.Holling 10, Johnson 7, Pottratz 4, C.Holling 0, Schmitz 0, Mortimer 4, Horlacher 2.

ODESSA - Kramer 14, Weber 0, G.Schafer 4, Floch 11, Jeske 6, Pitts 8, Z.Schafer 0, Praetorius 4.

Ritzville 87, Davenport 53

Dustan Arlt scored 23 of his 38 points in the first half, and the visiting Broncos (4-5, 3-3) made 24 of 29 free throws to defeat the Gorillas (3-6, 0-2).

Davenport had 35 turnovers.

Ritzville 21 19 22 25 - 87

Davenport 12 12 14 15 - 53

RITZVILLE - B.Arlt 7, Duff 12, D.Arlt 38, Marcus 10, Johnstone 5, Borth 5, Paulson 0, Whitman 8, Heider 2.

DAVENPORT - Rodenbough 11, Holderby 4, Johnson 0, Buchanan 13, Swain 0, Telecky 11, Strate 5, Morrison 4, Payne 2, Honey 3.

Sprague-Harr. 59, Chr.Heritage 35

Jason Carroll had 14 rebounds and the visiting Falcons (7-4, 2-1) held Joe Bell in check to defeat the Patriots (5-5, 1-5) at Edwall.

Bell, averaging nearly 20 points per game, was 2 of 13 from the floor but had nine rebounds. Brett Bishop of CH hit 6 of 12, including two 3-pointers.

Sprague-Harr. 17 21 10 11 - 59

Chr.Heritage 11 7 4 13 - 35

SPRAGUE-HARRINGTON - Engles 0, Morton 1, Wagner 4, Floyd 7, Carroll 18, Timm 2, Pelissier 5, M.Henry 8, Young 11, A.Henry 3.

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE - Newbill 10, A.Bell 0, B.Bishop 14, J.Bell 5, Hattenburg 2, Kirstein 0, Bogle 4.

Non-league

SJE 46, Wilbur-Creston 44

Grant Bafus hit three 3-pointers and scored 24, and the Eagles (6-3) overcame an 11-point, third-quarter deficit to defeat the Wildcats (5-5) at St. John.

Karl Scheuerman added 11 rebounds for SJE, which missed 17 of 24 attempts from the line. W-C, which entered with a five-game winning streak, closed within two on Bryan Marchand’s 3-pointer but couldn’t hit a final attempt.

Wilbur-Creston 11 15 9 9 - 44

SJE 11 9 11 15 - 46

WILBUR-CRESTON - B.Marchand 12, Villars 9, Grant 0, Leonard 6, Samuels 9, Arden 0, Nelson 8, J.Marchand 0.

ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT - Shawgo 0, Miller 0, Bafus 24, Strader 0, Stoner 0, Hames 1, Scheuerman 8, Thompson 2, Siler 6, Stolmeier 5.

Panorama League

Selkirk 76, Inchelium 47

Jim Huffine and Sheridan Pyeatt combined for 19 rebounds, and both shot 53 percent or better from the floor to lead the Rangers (9-1, 6-0) over the visiting Hornets (2-6, 2-4) at Ione.

Selkirk shot 54 percent from the floor and 71 percent, 15 of 21, from the line. The Rangers were 21 of 24 from the line Friday in defeating St. George’s to break a first-place deadlock in the South Division.

Inchelium 11 17 11 8 - 47

Selkirk 12 25 12 27 - 76

INCHELIUM - Bradshaw 2, Jolley 2, Simpson 15, Johnson 4, Swan 8, Signor 3, Mason 1, Tonasket 10, Simmons 2, Sawn 0, Michel 0.

SELKIRK - MacArthur 6, Reed 0, Yellowjohn 8, White 3, Farris 6, Gere 0, Huffine 18, Lopes 11, Pyeatt 16, Hodges 4, Carlson 2, Edwards 2.

Republic 76, St. Michael’s 23

Kris Kuchenmeister totaled 24 points, on 12-of-20 shooting from the floor, and added 13 rebounds to guide the Tigers (6-2, 5-1) over the visiting Warriors (0-9, 0-6).

Chad Dinkins added nine assists, and Danny Hanks and Steve Davenport combined for 17 rebounds for Republic. Joe Mendoza of the Warriors hit two 3-pointers.

St. Michael’s 0 8 6 9 - 23

Republic 17 21 15 23 - 76

ST. MICHAEL’S - Mendoza 6, Urann 0, Edwards 6, Sandquist 0, Sarquillia 4, Vopalensky 0, Muglia 1, Durazo 0, South 2, Spruill 4.

REPUBLIC - Dansel 0, Davenport 13, Dinkins 12, Hadden 8, Hanks 7, Hutton 0, Krohn 4, Kuchenmeister 24, R.Rickard 2, T.Rickard 1, Russell 5.

St. George’s 60, Columbia 37

Drew Moser hit three 3-pointers in the first half and finished 7 of 13 from the floor to guide the Dragons (7-3, 5-1) past the visiting Lions (0-9, 0-6).

Tom DePonty and Whit Spencer had five rebounds apiece for St. George’s. The Dragons shot 24 of 45 (53 percent) from the field, Columbia 15 of 41.

Columbia 10 3 13 11 - 37

St. George’s 19 24 11 6 - 60

COLUMBIA - Wass 4, Benson 0, C.Young 0, Etue 4, Denison 8, Pakootas 3, J.Young 10, Neidhart 2, Strickler 2, K.Donohue 4, S.Donohue 0.

ST. GEORGE’S - Blume 7, Dhillon 2, Taylor 0, Moser 17, Davis 0, Helms 8, DePonty 14, Spencer 1, Yi 2, Witherspoon 3, Thomsen 6.

Curlew 85, Springdale 33

Gunner Olson scored 32 on 13-of-16 shooting from the field and added 13 rebounds as the Cougars (10-0, 6-0) steamed ahead with a win over the visiting Chargers (2-8, 2-4).

Caleb Edwards had four early steals and Jeremy Groth finished with six assists for Curlew.

Curlew started the 1994-95 season 24-0.

Springdale 6 4 9 14 - 33

Curlew 22 28 18 17 - 85

SPRINGDALE - Gilstrap 1, Farnsworth 4, Meyers 0, Ralph 0, Nortz 0, Thompson 0, Peterson 8, Crawford 0, Hammack 17, Ely 4, Carlson 0.

CURLEW - Conger 2, G.Olson 32, Groth 19, Edwards 10, J.B. Olson 10, Cribby 4, March 0, Strandberg 8.

Cusick 59, Northport 51

Matt Bridges scored 20 and Josh Tinker had 12 rebounds as the host Panthers (3-6, 2-4) defeated the Mustangs (2-7, 1-5) for their first back-to-back wins in at least three years.

Cusick, however, missed 20 of 26 free throws in the second half. Adam Day hit three 3-pointers for Northport, which totaled 28 turnovers.

Northport 14 13 7 17 - 51

Cusick 18 13 18 10 - 59

NORTHPORT - Aa.Day 4, Godes 5, Ad.Day 16, Fredrickson 14, Lenhard 2, As.Day 0, Wilson 2, Weliep 8.

CUSICK - Cratty 2, Reijonen 3, Bridges 20, Martin 10, Chantry 4, Sattleen 2, Hamilton 10, Tinker 8, Dimick 0, Kramer 0.

NWC 62, Wellpinit 47

The Crusaders (5-3, 4-2) made 5 of 11 3-point attempts and had a 15-8 scoring edge at the line to defeat the visiting Redskins (4-4, 3-3) at Mead Junior High.

Wellpinit’s Joe Tonasket hit 4 of 8 from long range.

Wellpinit 10 12 10 15 - 47

NW Christian 12 16 14 20 - 62

WELLPINIT - Moses 0, Tonasket 12, Carter 0, Abrahamson 0, D.J.Flett 2, T.McCrea 0, T.Flett 8, M.McCrea 12, Covington 3, Stearns 10.

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN - Orr 0, Greenup 0, Proffitt 0, Wolf 13, Smith 2, Warren 0, Thomas 6, Strandy 8, Malott 9, VanGerpen 0, Bell 4, Goldman 11, Crouch 9.

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