Odessa Uses A Big Finish To Win As Valley Christian Goes Cold

Area boys

Expectations didn’t hold up for seventh-ranked Valley Christian, which went silent during the final quarter Saturday and dropped a 42-38 Bi-County League decision to visiting Odessa.

The Tigers (8-4, 6-2) hit 12 of 20 free throws, 10 of 14 in the fourth quarter, to rally past the Panthers (12-2, 7-1) and tie Almira/Coulee-Hartline and Wilbur-Creston for first place in the West Division.

Valley Christian, the home team, led 38-24 after three quarters, but Odessa outscored the Panthers 18-0 in the final eight minutes.

Odessa’s Michael Jeske had seven rebounds.

Jeremy Decker had eight with four steals for VC, which had its 10-game winning streak snapped. VC still leads Sprague-Harrington by 3 games in the East.

Odessa 42, Val.Christian 38

Odessa 5 12 7 18 - 42

Valley Christian 9 13 16 0 - 38

ODESSA - Kramer 10, G.Schafer 10, Floch 6, Jeske 7, Pitts 5, Z.Schafer 0, Praetorius 4.

VALLEY CHRISTIAN - Troyer 0, J.Decker 9, Smith 2, Spuler 9, Meyer 0, Sears 8, B.Decker 0, Evans 3, Sandin 7.

Liberty 63, ACH 60

Brad Wiman continued his hot pace and the visiting Lancers (4-9, 3-5) held off a rally by the Warriors (7-6, 6-2) at Hartline.

Wiman has averaged 21 points for his last four games after averaging 4.3 for his first three. Brandon Leander scored 15 of his 27 in the third quarter and Craig Elder hit two 3-pointers in the fourth for ACH.

Liberty 18 14 18 13 - 63

ACH 14 11 22 13 - 60

LIBERTY - Wiman 19, K.Engle 0, J.Engle 11, Cousins 2, J.Holling 12, Johnson 3, Pottratz 0, C.Holling 15, Horlacher 1.

ALMIRA/COULEE-HARTLINE - Dormaier 5, Elder 9, St. John 2, Pate 0, Higginbotham 0, Leander 27, Emerson 0, Gwinn 3, Durrant 14.

Ritzville 65, Sprague-Harr. 46

Dan Duff hit 7 of 11 from 3-point range to score 25 points as the visiting Broncos (7-6, 5-4) defeated the Falcons (8-7, 3-4) at Harrington.

Ritzville shot 46 percent from the field, S-H 32 percent. Jason Carroll had eight rebounds and scored 22 for the Falcons, connecting on 7 of 14 from the floor.

Ritzville 19 11 21 14 - 65

Sprague-Harr. 16 17 8 5 - 46

RITZVILLE - B.Arlt 3, Duff 25, D.Arlt 14, Marcus 6, Johnstone 0, Borth 4, Paulson 0, Whitman 13, Beckley 0.

SPRAGUE-HARRINGTON - Engles 0, Morton 0, Wagner 5, Floyd 7, Carroll 22, Timm 6, Pelissier 2, M.Henry 4, Young 0, A.Henry 0.

Chr. Heritage 69, Davenport 42

Joe Bell scored 27 on 11-for-12 shooting from the floor, and added 11 rebounds before fouling out in the fourth quarter as the Patriots (6-7, 2-7) defeated the visiting Gorillas (5-9, 2-5) at Edwall.

Ben Newbill added six steals and three assists for the Patriots. Davenport’s Dale Buchanan was held to less than 13 points for the first time in league play.

Davenport 9 13 10 10 - 42

Chr.Heritage 20 14 20 15 - 69

DAVENPORT - Rodenbough 2, Holderby 0, Johnson 2, Buchanan 9, Swain 2, Telecky 18, Morrison 6, Payne 2, Honey 1.

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE - Klein 0, Newbill 12, A.Bell 0, B.Bishop 17, J.Bell 27, Hattenburg 5, Stuhlmiller 0, Kirstein 0, Bogle 8.

Whitman County League

Gar.-Palouse 43, Tekoa-Oakes. 36

At Oakesdale, the visiting Vikings (9-4, 4-1) hit 13 of 19 free throws and edged the Nighthawks (8-5, 2-2), who played without coach Ron Cox.

Cox accompanied his daughter, Heather, to the hospital for X-rays after she took a shot to the midsection during the girls game. Jason Fox had eight rebounds and Jason Cronk hit 4 of 4 from the floor for Gar-Pal.

Gar.-Palouse 7 18 8 10 - 43

Tekoa-Oakes. 9 10 11 6 - 36

GARFIELD-PALOUSE - Bischoff 10, Coles 7, Flansburg 4, Cronk 8, Fox 5, Kimble 2, Johnson 2, Tharp 5.

TEKOA-OAKESDALE - Brown 0, Buergel 2, G.Smith 6, E.Smith 4, Brogan 0, Crossett 10, Wall 14, Taylor 0.

SJE 56, LaCrosse-Wash. 37

Karl Scheuerman made 8 of 10 field goals and Josh Siler and Josh Hames had eight rebounds apiece as the Eagles (10-3, 4-0) topped the Tigercats (3-11, 1-3) at St. John for their seventh consecutive win.

SJE shot 24 of 45 from the floor and totaled 14 steals.

LaCrosse-Wash. 5 11 12 9 - 37

SJE 8 17 11 20 - 56

LaCROSSE-WASHTUCNA - McIntosh 0, Colter 5, Henley 10, Wigen 7, Stueckle 2, Whitman 7, Blankenship 6, Goll 0, Schnieder 0.

ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT - Shawgo 2, Miller 2, Bafus 14, Strader 0, Stoner 6, Hames 3, Scheuerman 18, Thompson 2, Siler 3, Stolmeier 6, Riehle 0.

Colton 59, Rosalia 46

Brian Busch scored 24 on 9-for-19 shooting from the field, including two 3-pointers, as the visiting Wildcats (4-6, 1-3) defeated the Spartans (1-12, 1-4).

Rosalia’s Craig Shindler and Lucas Schmidt had 10 rebounds apiece.

Colton 12 15 14 18 - 59

Rosalia 10 7 12 17 - 46

COLTON - Wolf 5, B.Busch 24, G.Busch 2, Bri.Keller 2, Bates 9, Hopwood 11, Meyer 4, Stout 2.

ROSALIA - Benard 3, Heinemann 1, Watkins 6, S. DeGon 4, D. DeGon 2, Peterson 2, Shindler 13, Bothman 6, Schmidt 8, Workman 1.

Panorama League

St. George’s 31, Republic 27

Drew Moser had six rebounds and hit a pair of 3-pointers as the Dragons (10-4, 8-2) defeated the visiting Tigers (9-4, 8-2) despite missing 5 of 6 free throws in the fourth quarter.

The Dragons led by 10 late in the game when Dorian Russell hit two 3-pointers. Four of Republic’s top-five scorers in league play were held to season lows.

Republic 8 3 6 10 - 27

St. George’s 4 10 6 11 - 31

REPUBLIC - Dansel 0, Davenport 1, Dinkins 5, Gliddon 4, Hadden 0, Hanks 2, Hutton 0, Krohn 0, Kuchenmeister 5, R.Rickard 0, T.Rickard 0, Russell 10.

ST. GEORGE’S - Blume 1, Dhillon 0, Taylor 0, Moser 10, Davis 0, Helms 0, DePonty 11, Spencer 9.

Curlew 69, NWC 43

Gunner Olson hit 10 of 19 from the field and the second-ranked Cougars (14-0, 10-0) were nearly perfect during the first quarter of their win over the host Crusaders (7-6, 6-4) at Mount Spokane High.

Curlew hit 10 of 11 from the field in the first, missing on a 3-point attempt at the buzzer. The Cougars finished 5 of 10 on 3-pointers and 14 of 18 from the line. NWC’s Doug Malott made 5 of 8 from the field and 5 of 5 from the line.

Curlew 23 19 15 12 - 69

NW Christian 14 4 9 16 - 43

CURLEW - Conger 2, G.Olson 23, Groth 16, Edwards 7, J.B.Olson 6, Cribby 9, March 2, Strandberg 4, Stotts 0.

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN - Orr 0, Greenup 0, Proffitt 4, Wolf 5, Smith 1, Warren 2, Thomas 0, Strandy 2, Malott 17, VanGerpen 0, Bell 2, Goldman 8, Crouch 2.

Selkirk 58, Wellpinit 46

Jim Huffine scored 10 third-quarter points and hit three 3-pointers in the second half as the visiting Rangers (11-3, 8-2) topped the Redskins (6-6, 5-5).

Selkirk’s Tim Farris added seven assists. D.J. Flett hit three 3-pointers for Wellpinit. The Redskins played without three starters, two for disciplinary reasons and one for low grades.

Selkirk 14 4 27 13 - 58

Wellpinit 17 13 12 4 - 46

SELKIRK - Reed 0, Yellowjohn 4, White 0, Farris 10, Gere 0, Huffine 13, Lopes 8, Pyeatt 12, Hodges 0, Carlson 11, Edwards 0.

WELLPINIT - Tonasket 10, Abrahamson 0, D.J.Flett 15, T.McCrea 0, T.Flett 5, M.McCrea 8, Covington 2, Stearns 6.

Cusick 51, Columbia 49

Tell Hamilton made 8 of 10 free throws to guide a 21-for-36 effort as the visiting Panthers (5-8, 4-6) rallied past the Lions (1-13, 1-9) at Hunters.

Cusick shot 12 of 25 from the field in the second half, while Columbia was 8 of 23. Columbia played without Keith Donohue (torn ligaments) and Grant Denison (disciplinary reasons).

Cusick 9 5 19 18 - 51

Columbia 12 12 9 16 - 49

CUSICK - Cratty 9, Reijonen 0, Bridges 8, Martin 8, Chantry 2, Sattleen 0, Hamilton 18, Tinker 6, Dimick 0.

COLUMBIA - Wass 6, Benson 6, Pakootas 5, J.Young 9, Neidhart 5, Strickler 12, S.Donohue 6, Gibson 0.

Northport 49, Springdale 42

Matt Fredrickson and Adam Day combined to hit 16 of 19 free throws and the visiting Mustangs (5-9, 3-7) picked up the win by outscoring the Chargers (3-11, 3-7) from the line, 24-2.

Northport shot 75 percent from the line. Luther Hammack hit 6 of 9 from the floor and Jerrad Ely had eight rebounds for Springdale.

Northport 7 8 17 17 - 49

Springdale 5 14 8 15 - 42

NORTHPORT - Aa.Day 2, Godes 0, Ad.Day 19, Fredrickson 12, Timmering 6, Lenhard 2, Wilson 0, Weliep 8.

SPRINGDALE - Gilstrap 6, Farnsworth 12, Ralph 0, Peterson 8, Hammack 14, Ely 0, Carlson 2.

Inchelium 75, St. Michael’s 62

Rich Swan finished 5 for 5 from the line and the visiting Hornets (4-8, 4-6) hit eight free throws in the fourth quarter to hold off the Warriors (0-13, 0-10).

St. Michael’s outscored Inchelium 16-9 at the line but couldn’t overcome six missed free throws in the fourth quarter.

Inchelium 19 23 19 14 - 75

St. Michael’s 19 15 13 15 - 62

INCHELIUM - Bradshaw 2, Jolley 4, Simpson 16, Johnson 9, R.Swan 20, Michel 8, Mason 2, Tonasket 9, J.Swan 2, Singar 3.

ST. MICHAEL’S - Mendoza 0, Vigil 0, Urann 0, Edwards 21, Bittner 7, Sandquist 3, Sarquillia 2, Vopalensky 4, Durazo 3, South 20, Spruill 2.

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