Gar-Pal Defeats Sje To Knot Race

Area boys basketball

Fine shooting has given Garfield-Palouse another shot at the Whitman County League title.

Brad Bischoff scored 23, hitting 8 of 10 from the floor and 7 of 8 from the free-throw line, as the Vikings (11-4, 5-1) topped visiting St. John-Endicott 49-40 Saturday to tie for the league lead.

Gar-Pal hit 15 of its 20 free throws while SJE (11-4, 5-1) finished 4 of 15. The Eagles had won eight consecutive games.

Garfield-Palouse 49, SJE 40

SJE 6 10 11 13 - 40

Gar.-Palouse 6 16 13 14 - 49

ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT - Miller 0, Bafus 11, Strader 0, Stoner 2, Hames 8, Scheuerman 12, Siler 3, Stolmeier 4.

GARFIELD-PALOUSE - Bischoff 23, Coles 6, Power 0, Flansburg 8, Cronk 2, Fox 4, Kimble 0, Johnson 4, Tharp 2.

LaCro.-Wash. 52, Rosalia 40

Cole Schweiger, in his second night back from a monthlong injury, hit 8 of 12 from the floor, including four 3-pointers, as the Tigercats (5-11, 3-3) defeated the visiting Spartans (1-14, 1-5) at LaCrosse.

Keith Wigen of L-W added 11 rebounds.

Rosalia 12 7 10 11 - 40

LaCrosse-Wash. 12 9 14 17 - 52

ROSALIA - Watkins 5, DeGon 2, Slemp 2, Peterson 3, Shindler 2, Bothman 4, Schmidt 10, Workman 4, Burnard 8.

LaCROSSE-WASHTUCNA - McIntosh 3, Colter 8, Schweiger 18, Henley 10, Wigen 5, Meyers 0, Stueckle 2, Whitman 6.

Tekoa-Oakes. 51, Colton 35

The visiting Nighthawks (9-6, 3-3) defeated the Wildcats (4-8, 1-5).

Tekoa-Oakes. 15 16 12 8 - 51

Colton 17 6 7 5 - 35

TEKOA-OAKESDALE - Brown 2, Buergel 6, G.Smith 3, Teal 0, E.Smith 10, Brogan 4, Crossett 2, Wall 12, Taylor 12.

COLTON - Wolf 5, B.Busch 8, G.Busch 8, Bri.Keller 0, Bates 9, Hopwood 0, Meyer 2, Stout 3.

Panorama League

Selkirk 62, St. George’s 57

Russell Lopes totaled 20 points, 11 rebounds and four assists as the Rangers (13-3, 10-2) defeated the visiting Dragons (11-5, 9-3) at Ione to sweep the season series and break a South Division tie for first place.

Selkirk shot 25 of 42 (60 percent) from the floor and 10 of 13 from the line. Dan Dhillon hit 5 of 8 field goals for the Dragons, who were 15 of 21 from the line.

St. George’s8 11 18 8 20 - 57

Selkirk 16 16 9 21 - 62

ST. GEORGE’S - Blume 5, Dhillon 14, Taylor 0, Moser 11, Davis 0, Helms 0, DePonty 9, Spencer 6, Yi 0, Witherspoon 1, Thomsen 11.

SELKIRK - Yellowjohn 8, White 0, Farris 10, Gere 4, Huffine 4, Lopes 20, Pyeatt 12, Carlson 4.

Curlew 73, Northport 44

Gunner Olson totaled 20 points, 11 rebounds and five blocked shots and second-ranked Curlew (16-0, 12-0) welcomed the return of Erich Prazak while defeating the visiting Mustangs (5-11, 3-9).

Prazak, out since mid-December with a shoulder injury, had five assists and four rebounds. Northport’s Adam Day finished with 26 points and seven rebounds.

Northport 11 10 8 22 - 44

Curlew 14 20 21 25 - 73

NORTHPORT - Aa.Day 0, Godes 0, Ad.Day 26, Fredrickson 2, Timmering 5, Lenhard 2, Phaff 0, Rieckers 0, As.Day 0, Wilson 9, Weliep 0.

CURLEW - Conger 0, G.Olson 20, Groth 12, Edwards 13, J.B.Olson 5, Prazak 11, Cribby 10, Stotts 0, March 0, Strandberg 2.

Republic 65, Columbia 26

Kris Kuchenmeister hit 8 of 13 from the field and had 12 rebounds as the Tigers (11-4, 10-2) defeated the visiting Lions (1-15, 1-11).

Steve Davenport added 10 rebounds, Chad Dinkins seven assists and Danny Hanks four steals for Republic. Columbia had 30 turnovers, Republic five.

Columbia 3 9 9 5 - 26

Republic 21 13 12 19 - 65

COLUMBIA - Wass 0, Benson 0, C.Young 0, Etue 0, Denison 5, Pakootas 2, J.Young 6, Neidhart 5, Strickler 8, S.Donohue 0.

REPUBLIC - Davenport 10, Dinkins 14, Gliddon 9, Hadden 0, Hanks 13, Hutton 0, Krohn 0, Kuchenmeister 16, R.Rickard 3, T.Rickard 0, Russell 0, Dansel 0.

NWC 50, Springdale 41

At Mt. Spokane High, Mark Crouch, Doug Malott and Gabe Goldman combined to hit 18 of 26 from inside 3-point range as the Crusaders (10-6, 8-4) defeated the visiting Chargers (3-13, 3-9) in a game with just three free-throw attempts.

Springdale’s Josh Farnsworth made 4 of 6 3-pointers.

Springdale 13 8 8 12 - 41

NW Christian 13 17 10 10 - 50

SPRINGDALE - Gilstrap 5, Farnsworth 18, Meyers 0, Ralph 0, Nortz 0, Thompson 0, Peterson 6, Crawford 0, Hammack 10, Ely 2, Carlson 0.

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN - Orr 0, Greenup 0, Proffitt 0, Wolf 6, Smith 2, Warren 0, Thomas 3, Strandy 0, Malott 13, Bell 0, Goldman 16, Crouch 10.

Cusick 70, St. Michael’s 54

Matt Bridges and Charles Martin combined to hit 18 of 34 from the floor to lead the Panthers (6-9, 5-7) over the visiting Warriors (0-16, 0-12).

Cusick was otherwise 9 of 41 from the field. The Panthers’ Tell Hamilton had nine assists.

St. Michael’s 12 11 16 15 - 54

Cusick 14 23 12 21 - 70

ST. MICHAEL’S - Mendoza 3, Vigil 0, Edwards 8, Sandquist 10, Vopalensky 2, Muglia 6, Durazo 3, South 18, Spruill 2, Nardecchia 2.

CUSICK - Cratty 0, Reijonen 6, Bridges 21, Martin 22, Chantry 2, Jones 0, Sattleen 5, Hamilton 6, Tinker 8, Dimick 0.

Wellpinit 46, Inchelium 35

Brandon Stearns scored 23 points as the visiting Redskins (7-7, 6-6) defeated the Hornets (5-9, 5-7).

Inchelium’s Jacolby Simpson had 12 rebounds.

Wellpinit 12 15 13 6 - 46

Inchelium 15 2 9 9 - 35

WELLPINIT - Carter 3, Abrahamson 0, D.J.Flett 0, T.McCrea 0, T.Flett 11, M.McCrea 7, Covington 2, Stearns 23, Bain 0.

INCHELIUM - Bradshaw 2, Jolley 1, Simpson 8, Marchand 0, Johnson 6, R.Swan 9, Michel 0, Mason 0, Tonasket 5, Simmons 4, J.Swan 0, Signor 0.

Bi-County League

ACH 68, Lind 36

The visiting Warriors (9-6, 8-2) shot 46 percent from the field and had a 33-30 rebounding edge in defeating the Bulldogs (2-14, 0-10).

ACH 22 16 14 16 - 68

Lind 8 6 14 8 - 36

ALMIRA/COULEE-HARTLINE - Evans 2, Dormaier 17, Thomas 8, Elder 6, St. John 3, Pate 4, Higginbotham 0, Leander 8, Emerson 9, Gwinn 11, Neilsen 0, Durrant 0.

LIND - Kulm 0, Wills 4, Labes 0, Parkins 6, Sikorski 4, Sheckells 6, Olson 0, Thompson 0, Widger 16, Williamson 0.

W-C 69, Chr.Heritage 54

Mike Samuels scored 11 of his 23 points in the second quarter and added 10 rebounds as the visiting Wildcats (9-6, 8-2) beat the Patriots (7-8, 2-8) at Edwall.

Joe Bell totaled 21 points and seven rebounds for CH.

Wilbur-Creston 18 22 12 17 - 69

Chr.Heritage 10 15 16 13 - 54

WILBUR-CRESTON - B.Marchand 10, Cairns 2, Villars 9, Grant 0, Leonard 2, Samuels 23, Arden 0, Nelson 14, Katich 5, J.Marchand 2, Hall 2.

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE - Newbill 13, A.Bell 2, B.Bishop 13, J.Bell 21, Hattenburg 2, Kirstein 0, Bogle 3.

Odessa 67, Ritzville 53

Ryan Floch scored 19 of his 25 points in the second half, hitting 8 of 10 from the floor, as the visiting Tigers (10-4, 8-2) defeated the Broncos (8-8, 5-5) to remain tied for first place in the West Division with Alimira/ Coulee-Hartline and Wilbur-Creston.

Odessa hit 9 of 10 field goals in the second quarter, including two 3-pointers by Scott Kramer. Ritzville crept as close as eight in the second half after trailing by 20.

Odessa 10 21 21 15 - 67

Ritzville 9 7 23 14 - 53

ODESSA - Kramer 12, Weber 0, G.Schafer 3, Floch 25, Jeske 14, Pitts 10, Z.Schafer 0, Walter 1, Praetorius 2.

RITZVILLE - B.Arlt 9, Duff 14, D.Arlt 12, Marcus 4, Johnstone 8, Borth 4, Paulson 2, Beckley 0.

Sprague-Harr. 60, D’port 55

Jacob Timm’s 3-pointer with 2:30 left gave the Falcons (9-8, 4-5) a 57-55 lead as they rallied past the visiting Gorillas (5-11, 2-7) at Harrington.

Jason Carroll added 24 points and 11 rebounds, and Matt Wagner hit two late free throws for S-H. Davenport’s Dale Buchanan scored 24 points.

Davenport 19 8 16 12 - 55

Sprague-Harr. 19 11 12 18 - 60

DAVENPORT - Rodenbough 11, Holderby 3, Buchanan 24, Swain 2, Telecky 5, Morrison 10, Payne 0, Honey 0.

SPRAGUE-HARRINGTON - Engles 0, Wagner 7, Floyd 7, Carroll 24, Timm 3, Pelissier 4, M.Henry 8, Young 7.

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