Tigercats Get Even With Nighthawks

Area girls

LaCrosse-Washtucna and Tekoa-Oakesdale are as identical as two teams can be after 18 games.

Amy Bay hit 7 of 9 free throws to lead a 15-for-21 team effort as L-W defeated the Nighthawks 54-44 at Washtucna on Saturday to tie for first place in the Whitman County League. T-O had won eight straight.

Both teams are 13-4 overall and 7-1 in league.

The score in their first meeting was 56-44 for T-O.

Stefanie Wigen added six rebounds and Rochelle Schneider five assists for the Tigercats, the defending league champs. The Nighthawks were hurt when leading scorer Heather Cox had early foul trouble. She eventually fouled out.

LaCrosse-Washtucna 54, Tekoa-Oakesdale 44

Tekoa-Oakes. 9 11 14 10 - 44

LaCrosse-Wash. 11 15 14 14 - 54

Tekoa-Oakesdale (13-4, 7-1) - Driscoll 2, Smith 4, Wagner 0, Smart 0, Hurley 13, Graffis 10, Bruce 1, Cox 14.

LaCrosse-Washtucna (13-4, 7-1) - Ayers 6, Schneider 6, Cronrath 11, Wigen 0, Hei. Kinch 10, Bay 15, Kel. Mays 4, Ker. Mays 2, Hea. Kinch 0.

St. John-Endicott 51, Rosalia 36

Heather White made 15 of 18 free throws to guide a 25-for-38 effort as the Eagles defeated the Spartans at St. John.

White added nine rebounds. Rosalia’s Cari Heinemann had nine steals.

Rosalia 9 17 6 4 - 36

SJE 4 20 11 16 - 51

Rosalia (6-12, 0-8) - Dube 8, Henning 0, Heinemann 9, Dale 2, Blank 4, Pittmann 0, Bothman 0, Bruce 9, York 4.

St. John-Endicott (10-8, 4-4) - Gossard 0, Ki. Colyar 7, Loomis 0, Ko. Colyar 0, Kjack 4, White 19, Schmick 11, Zuger 4, Bass 2, Hedlund 4.

Garfield-Palouse 84, Colton 44

Jenny Iverson scored 22 and the seventh-ranked Vikings had 18 steals in defeating the Wildcats at Garfield.

Colton 17 6 6 12 - 44

Garfield-Palouse 17 29 23 15 - 84

Colton (5-13, 1-7) - Truong 10, Crim 0, Hall 2, Meyer 1, Maston 8, Morrison 1, Buck 15, Stout 2, Van Ausdle 2.

Garfield-Palouse (11-5, 5-3) - Nelson 3, Iverson 22, Fox 0, Tronsen 9, Coles 15, Hayden 9, Swinney 12, Sheffler 6, Kildew 6, Hershaw 2.

Bi-County League

Wilbur-Creston 54, Sprague-Harrington 40

Amanda Matt hit three of her four 3-pointers in the decisive third quarter as the ninth-ranked Wildcats defeated the No. 8 Falcons at Creston to take over second place with their 11th consecutive win.

W-C’s Alyssa Erickson, who missed the Wildcats’ 52-42 loss to S-H earlier in the season, had 14 rebounds and hit 6 of 13 from the field. Cherie Dreger added seven rebounds for the Wildcats, who held the Falcons to 26-percent shooting from the floor after the first quarter.

Sprague-Harr. 18 6 6 10 - 40

Wilbur-Creston 9 13 21 11 - 54

Sprague-Harrington (13-4, 10-3) - Sewall 0, Whipple 6, Ernst 0, Maurer 0, Charlton 0, Hatten 9, Walters 10, Morse 0, Scoles 15.

Wilbur-Creston (15-3, 11-3) - Matt 18, Sherwood 2, Dreger 7, Erickson 14, Snavely 13, Pakootas 0, Lasz 0.

Ritzville 60, Davenport 26

Amy Fitch hit 3 of 5 3-pointers and the third-ranked Broncos defeated the visiting Gorillas to clinch a tie for the league title.

Ritzville is two games ahead of W-C with two left. The Broncos are assured of a berth in the District 7 tournament.

Megan Yerxa surpassed 1,300 career points for Ritzville but sprained her ankle. The injury didn’t appear serious.

Davenport 3 6 11 6 - 26

Ritzville 20 16 13 11 - 60

Davenport (6-11, 3-10) - Hutsell 2, Pebles 2, Reed 0, Guhlke 12, Swain 4, Lust 2, Kunz 3, McBurney 0, Buchanan 0, Cowdrey 1.

Ritzville (17-1, 13-1) - Wellsandt 0, Sackmann 8, Benzel 0, Fitch 17, Wood 0, Yerxa 8, Alspach 14, Janzen 11, Zicha 2.

Odessa 54, Almira/Coulee-Hartline 49

At Hartline, four players scored in double figures to help the Tigers defeat ACH and keep the Warriors from moving into fifth place.

Stephanie Giese had nine rebounds and Callie Clark hit 9 of 9 from the line for ACH. The Warriors shot 26 percent from the floor.

Odessa 13 12 12 17 - 54

ACH 8 9 11 21 - 49

Odessa (9-8, 7-6) - Iksic 11, Schmierer 0, Haptonstall 10, Strohmaier 4, Hunt 11, Knight 6, Weishaar 12.

Almira/Coulee-Hartline (8-10, 6-8) - Butler 2, Fuller 0, Oliver 0, Evans 6, T. Giese 8, Elder 3, Stokoe 7, Clark 15, S. Giese 8.

Liberty 63, Lind 43

The visiting Lancers defeated the Bulldogs to snap a nine-game losing streak.

Liberty 11 19 18 16 - 63

Lind 9 11 6 17 - 43

Liberty (2-14, 2-10) - Howard 0, Harchuck 0, Kuster 6, Leslie 5, Olson 6, Cain 9, Hodgson 2, Gardner 13, Nadler 7, Fuchs 4, Tusler 11.

Lind (0-13, 0-13) - Robertson 7, Wahl 0, Hentges 10, Garza 0, Haase 4, Palmer 10, Miller 0, Whiteside 12, Hickox 0.

Panorama League

Springdale 51, Selkirk 49

Tawny Ramseyer stole the ball with 7 seconds left and hit a layup with 1 second remaining as the Chargers upset the visiting Rangers, who had been tied for second place in the South Division.

Springdale’s Jenilee LeBret stole Selkirk’s inbounds pass after the layup. Rae Adolph added five steals, and teamed with Ramseyer for 18 rebounds.

Selkirk 16 10 10 13 - 49

Springdale 11 8 13 19 - 51

Selkirk (12-6, 10-4) - Smith 2, Scherf 17, D. Haney 0, Schmidt 3, Fairbairn 12, M. Haney 2, Kinney 0, Beatty 0, Allert 12, Emrick 1.

Springdale (7-11, 7-7) - Stricker 9, C. Rij 0, Olson-Axtell 4, J. Rij 4, Brigman 0, Ramseyer 12, LeBret 8, Rae Adolph 14.

Northport 47, Wellpinit 46 (OT)

Amanda Day hit two 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and scored four in overtime as the North Division-leading Mustangs held off the host Redskins.

Wellpinit had two fieldgoal attempts in the final 5 seconds of OT, but both rolled around the rim. The Redskins’ Miranda Payne had 10 rebounds and surpassed 1,400 points for her career.

Northport 8 9 11 13 6 - 47

Wellpinit 13 9 10 9 5 - 46

Northport (15-3, 11-3) - Wilson 0, Ashurst 0, Day 18, Sauvola 12, Jimenez 2, Young 15, Brunette 0.

Wellpinit (9-8, 6-8) - Covington 3, Flett 8, Sherwood 2, Ramos 9, Ost 0, Andrew 10, M. Payne 14.

Northwest Christian 73, St. Michael’s 24

The Crusaders shot 35 of 61 (57 percent) from the floor to defeat the visiting Warriors and take over second place in the South by themselves.

Suzanne South of St. Michael’s hit four 3-pointers.

St. Michael’s 2 2 12 8 - 24

NW Christian 21 19 21 12 - 73

St. Michael’s (3-15, 1-13) - Berbue 0, M. Urann 0, McMahon 0, A. Urann 2, Vigil 2, Garza 0, C. Urann 6, South 14, M. McDonald 0.

Northwest Christian (13-4, 11-3) - Nicolai 5, Ogle 12, Love 16, Knaggs 5, Da. Casimir 4, De. Casimir 6, Clouse 10, Walker 4, Goldman 2, Ryman 9.

St. George’s 87, Cusick 37

Wenchi Liu scored her 20 in one half, hitting 6 of 6 field goals and 6 of 8 free throws, as the No. 1-ranked Dragons defeated the visiting Panthers for their 15th consecutive win.

The Dragons’ Alyssa Henley hit 9 of 11 from the field and sat after scoring her 20th point, 30 seconds into the second half. Katie DePonty added nine rebounds and Abbey Blume six steals for St. George’s.

Cusick 7 7 16 7 - 37

St. George’s 28 26 13 20 - 87

Cusick (4-14, 3-11) - Norton 9, Pickerel 2, Whiting 0, Haas 10, Nelson 2, Westford 14, Chitwood 0.

St. George’s (16-2, 14-0) - Liu 20, Clarke 6, Philopant 0, Stothart 4, Henley 20, Blume 2, R. Kutteruf 2, DePonty 9, Nielsen 2, Nally 4, Witherspoon 4, Luber 10, M. Kutteruf 0, Crimmins 4, Longinotti 0.

Republic 64, Inchelium 13

Lucy Wilson surpassed 1,000 career points on a driving basket in the first quarter, and the Tigers defeated the visiting Hornets.

Wilson had 11 points in the first quarter and stands at 1,009 points for her four-year career. Republic’s Liz Ciais had a career-high seven rebounds.

Inchelium 0 2 6 5 - 13

Republic 21 15 22 6 - 64

Inchelium (1-17, 1-13) - Swan 2, Agapith 2, Abell 0, Johnson 0, Wapato 3, Seymour 0, Phillips 0, Pakootas 6, Simmons 0.

Republic (13-5, 10-4) - Hover 4, Osgood 8, Sattler 6, Payne 0, Hadden 0, E. Ciais 0, C. Merrit 8, Koontz 5, Vangemert 4, Campobasso 2, A. Merrit 8, L. Ciais 2, Wilson 17.

Columbia 49, Curlew 47

At Hunters, the Lions seized the lead in the third quarter and held off the Cougars, who missed 19 of 29 free-throw attempts.

Curlew 21 10 5 11 - 47

Columbia 10 21 10 8 - 49

Curlew (5-13, 4-10) - Edwards 2, Brown 11, Warner 0, Somday 0, Zerck 10, Phillips 6, Strandberg 3, Bi. Branam 5, Bo. Branam 10.

Columbia (7-11, 6-8) - Dale 9, Lee 8, Schrack 4, Etue 10, Hudspeth 7, Nicodemus 3, Strickler 4, MacMillan 4.