Ach In Hunt After Big Win

Area boys

Almira/Coulee-Hartline has put itself in position for the upcoming dash for state tournament berths.

Jamie Gwinn had 10 rebounds, and Tom Dormaier and Troy Thomas hit three 3-pointers apiece on Saturday to lead ACH to a 57-43 win over Odessa in a Bi-County League game at Harrington.

Odessa (12-3 league), which defeated ACH 67-35 earlier this year, was seeking to wrap up at least second place and an automatic berth to the District 7 tournament.

ACH (10-4 league) had just four turnovers and caught fire with less than 4 minutes left in the third quarter, when it led by just two. The Warriors’ Willie Murray scored a season-high 14.

ACH 57, Odessa 43

Odessa 8 10 13 12 - 43

ACH 14 13 13 27 - 57

Odessa (13-4, 12-3) - Dart 0, Kramer 6, Weber 0, G. Schafer 13, Floch 19, Jeske 3, Pitts 2, Z. Schafer 0, Walter 0, Shaw 0.

Almira/Coulee-Hartline (10-6, 10-4) - Evans 3, Carstensen 0, Thomas 14, Elder 1, Murray 14, Yirak 0, White 2, Dormaier 17, Malone 2, Gwinn 12, Neilsen 2.

Sprague-Harrington 55, Wilbur-Creston 47

Matt Henry scored 10 of his 20 in the fourth quarter, when the Falcons hit 9 of 10 free throws to hold off the Wildcats at Creston.

S-H finished 12 of 16 from the line. A.J. Nelson had 15 rebounds and Darin Erickson added nine for the Wildcats.

Sprague-Harr. 15 10 11 19 - 55

Wilbur-Creston 11 10 14 12 - 47

Sprague-Harrington (10-7, 9-6) - Engles 4, McPeak 12, Floyd 11, J. Timm 4, M. Henry 20, Darling 2, A. Henry 2.

Wilbur-Creston (6-11, 6-9) - Arden 2, Johnson 3, Morrison 4, Warnecke 0, Gorr 4, Larkin 2, Krause 0, Snavely 6, Nelson 7, Erickson 19.

Ritzville 62, Davenport 46

Dustan Arlt scored 22, Josh Whitman had 11 rebounds and the Broncos had just one turnover in the second half to defeat the visiting Gorillas.

Davenport’s Todd Strate had eight rebounds.

Davenport 6 18 8 14 - 46

Ritzville 9 15 21 17 - 62

Davenport (3-14, 3-12) - Holderby 3, Paul 0, N. Warwick 7, Swain 7, Schreck 9, Strate 12, Curtis 4, Morrison 4.

Ritzville (9-8, 9-6) - Marcus 0, Reilly 0, Plager 0, Heider 2, D. Arlt 22, B. Arlt 5, Johnstone 2, R. Borth 6, Day 5, Kuster 4, Whitman 14, Pflugrath 0, B. Borth 2, Wahl 0.

Liberty 59, Lind 43

The visiting Lancers defeated the Bulldogs to maintain their one-half game lead over Ritzville and Sprague-Harrington for fourth place.

Lind’s Allen Schrenk had nine rebounds.

Liberty 14 17 15 13 - 59

Lind 9 16 6 12 - 43

Liberty (10-6, 9-5) - B. Wiman 17, Smith 3, Engle 16, J. Holling 6, Johnson 8, Repp 2, Horlacher 7.

Lind (3-14, 2-13) - Parkins 2, Robertson 1, Kulm 4, Wills 4, Labes 10, Wilson 4, Fode 8, Sikorski 4, Ritz 0, Schrenk 10.

Valley Christian vs. Christian Heritage

The Patriots (2-14, 0-14), battling illnesses, forfeited to third-ranked Valley Christian (15-1, 13-1).

Whitman County

St. John-Endicott 77, Rosalia 38

Grant Bafus and Josh Hames combined to hit 15 of 20 from the field as the 10th-ranked Eagles defeated the Spartans at St. John for their 10th consecutive win.

Karl Scheuerman added five of SJE’s 22 steals, and Mike Shawgo had six assists. Rosalia had 32 turnovers.

Rosalia 3 14 14 7 - 38

SJE 27 17 19 14 - 77

Rosalia (3-15, 0-8) - Bernard 9, Watkins 7, Nelson 0, Slemp 7, Vandyke 0, Shindler 8, Conradi 5, Workman 0, Brown 2.

St. John-Endicott (16-2, 8-0) - Riehle 4, Johnstone 7, Miller 0, Siler 2, Bafus 20, Strader 6, Shawgo 3, Hames 16, Scheuerman 10, Shields 2, Duncan 7.

Colton 53, Garfield-Palouse 49

The Wildcats hit 19 of 32 free throws to upset the seventh-ranked Vikings at Garfield.

The Vikings defeated Colton 74-40 two weeks ago.

Colton 8 14 15 16 - 53

Garfield-Palouse 9 10 17 13 - 49

Colton (5-13, 2-6) - Busch 15, Wolf 12, T. Weber 7, R. Weber 14, Moehrle 1, Schlee 1, Jones 3.

Garfield-Palouse (11-6, 4-4) - Kimble 12, Tharp 6, Aa. Elder 4, M. Kriebel 0, Fox 12, Johnson 9, Ad. Elder 2, Smick 0, Parberry 0, J. Kriebel 0, Rosebrook 4.

LaCrosse-Washtucna 54, Tekoa-Oakesdale 49

The eighth-ranked Tigercats hit 7 of 11 free throws in the fourth quarter to defeat the Nighthawks at Washtucna.

Tekoa-Oakes. 7 18 13 11 - 49

LaCr-Wash. 14 18 10 12 - 54

Tekoa-Oakesdale (7-10, 3-5) - Brown 3, Buergel 5, Heaton 16, G. Smith 7, Wagner 0, Perrins 0, E. Smith 12, Ellis 0, Crossett 2, Taylor 4.

LaCrosse-Washtucna (13-3, 7-1) - Colter 2, Schweiger 19, Henley 10, Wigen 0, Meyers 0, Stueckle 4, Whitman 4, Goll 8, Schneider 3, Hammond 4.

Panorama League

St. George’s 58, Cusick 32

Drew Moser scored 21, hitting 9 of 19 from the floor including three 3-pointers, as the Dragons defeated the visiting Panthers to stay tied for first place in the South Division with Selkirk and Northwest Christian.

Tom DePonty and Ben Helms of St. George’s combined for 20 rebounds. Cusick shocked the Dragons 65-47 seven weeks ago.

Cusick 6 14 5 7 - 32

St. George’s 21 15 14 8 - 58

Cusick (2-16, 2-12) - Person 4, Hamilton 9, K. Haikkila 0, Cha. Reijonen 14, Martin 0, Smith 3, Wykes 2, Dimick 0, Chr. Reijonen 0.

St. George’s (10-8, 10-4) - Johnson 6, Thomas 0, Longinotti 0, Dhillon 0, Holte 2, Moser 21, Davis 10, Helms 5, DePonty 12, Witherspoon 2, Fix 0, Wysham 0.

Northwest Christian 84, St. Michael’s 46

Gabe Goldman and John Proffitt combined to hit 17 of 24 from the floor as the Crusaders remained in the three-way race by defeating the Warriors at Mead Junior High.

St. Michael’s hit 11 of 33 3-pointers.

St. Michael’s 12 12 5 17 - 46

NW Christian 20 16 23 25 - 84

St. Michael’s (4-14, 2-12) - C. Vogel 9, J. Schindler 21, Edwards 0, Bittner 8, Sandquist 0, Urann 0, B. Schindler 0, Muglia 0, K. Vogel 3, South 0, Durazo 5.

Northwest Christian (11-6, 10-4) - DiStefano 3, Proffitt 17, Orr 2, Smith 2, Descoteaux 0, Strandy 6, Malott 17, Sharkey 10, Goldman 22, Crouch 5.

Selkirk 70, Springdale 50

Russell Lopes hit five 3-pointers as the visiting Rangers defeated the Chargers to remain tied for first place in the South.

Springdale’s T.J. LeBret hit three 3-pointers and scored 20.

Selkirk 10 19 22 19 - 70

Springdale 7 7 17 19 - 50

Selkirk (13-5, 10-4) - Yellowjohn 12, Lopes 18, Carlson 14, Hodges 17, Smith 4, Anderson 2, Damron 3.

Springdale (5-13, 5-9) - Lebret 20, Brigman 0, Peterson 7, Hammack 6, Ely 9, Gluth 8.

Curlew 61, Columbia 51

Jeremy Groth scored 21 and the top-ranked Cougars hit 8 of 10 free throws in the fourth quarter to defeat the Lions at Hunters.

Curlew opened the final quarter with a 6-0 run.

Groth finished 9 of 11 from the line. Columbia’s Thomas Preston hit all three 3-pointers he tried.

Curlew 19 10 15 17 - 61

Columbia 13 13 8 17 - 51

Curlew (18-0, 14-0) - C. Groth 8, J. Groth 21, Edwards 13, Olsen 10, March 8, Stotts 0, Wheaton 1, Somday 0.

Columbia (4-14, 3-11) - Wass 2, Turner 0, Benson 17, Preston 9, J. Young 2, Strickler 11, Kiefer 0, K. Donohue 6, Schurger 0, S. Donohue 4.

Republic 58, Inchelium 36

Dan Hanks hit 7 of 11 free throws and combined with Steve Davenport for 15 rebounds as the second-ranked Tigers defeated the visiting Hornets.

Republic had 12 fewer turnovers than Inchelium and held the Hornets to 22-percent shooting from the field. The Tigers shot 21 of 55 from the field.

Inchelium 13 7 9 7 - 36

Republic 13 16 12 17 - 58

Inchelium (9-7, 7-7) - Jolley 3, Simpson 10, Johnson 6, Swan 3, Michel 2, Mason 0, Tonasket 6, Simmons 4, Burch 2.

Republic (15-3, 12-2) - Dinkins 2, Russell 6, McCurdy 0, Dansel 8, Hanks 19, Krohn 8, C. Rickard 0, R. Rickard 0, Davenport 13, Hutton 2, Walden 0, T. Rickard 0, Stabenfedlt 0, Grundei 0.

Wellpinit 69, Northport 60

Five players scored in double figures as the Redskins defeated the visiting Mustangs.

Northport 5 13 19 23 - 60

Wellpinit 14 19 19 17 - 69

Northport (3-14, 3-11) - Lenhard 0, Gruener 0, Rickers 0, Ad. Day 5, Timmering 11, Darling 3, Weilep 13, Wiley 2, Fredrickson 16, As. Day 0, Wilson 10.

Wellpinit (8-9, 6-8) - Abrahamson 13, Carter 3, Davis 0, D. Flett 0, M. McCrea 10, T. Flett 11, T. McCrea 13, Wynne 0, Moyer 8, Stearns 11.