Cheney Keeps EV On Skids

Cheney’s comeback win on Friday continued a trend for East Valley’s entire season: good start, poor finish.

Chris Oyolokor and Chris Bond shared 13 fourth-quarter points as Cheney (8-7 Border League) rallied for a 55-52 boys basketball win.

EV’s nine-point lead after three quarters slipped away when the host Knights were held scoreless for the first 4 minutes of the final quarter.

Bond’s two free throws with 3 seconds left sealed the win.

Adam Sitton had 11 rebounds for the Knights (9-5 BL), who started the league season 9-2.

Cheney 55, East Valley 52

Cheney 7 15 11 22 - 55

East Valley 10 16 16 10 - 52

Cheney (8-8, 8-7) - Larson 1 0-0 2, Volk 2 0-0 4, Stoddard 0 2-2 2, Oyolokor 3 2-6 9, Mount 3 3-5 10, Berryhill 2 4-8 9, Woodard 2 0-0 4, Mansell 1 0-0 2, Bond 2 2-4 6, Marsh 1 0-0 2, Randel 2 0-0 5. Totals 19 13-25 55.

East Valley (10-6, 9-5) - Brown 0 0-0 0, Henderson 0 2-2 2, Sitton 4 0-2 11, Kann 2 0-0 4, Pooley 3 1-4 7, Burgess 9 1-2 19, Storey 0 1-2 1, Horgan 3 2-3 8. Totals 21 7-15 52.

3-point goals - Oyolokor, Randel, Mount, Barryhill, Sitton 3. Total fouls - Cheney 16, East Valley 19. Fouled out - Burgess. Technicals - None.

West Valley 67, Clarkston 40

Chris Sorensen and Ryan Spivey combined for 14 second-half points, and Brad Groh and Eric Deno teamed for eight rebounds and eight steals as the Class 3A sixth-ranked Eagles defeated the visiting Bantams.

WV increased its league lead to two games over idle Lake City (10-5).

Clarkston’s Drew Storm had seven rebounds and two blocked shots.

Clarkston 13 7 8 12 - 40

West Valley 18 14 13 22 - 67

Clarkston (1-15, 1-13) - Hayes 0 0-0 0, Smith 1 2-2 4, Cridlebaugh 1 0-0 3, Bolland 0 0-4 0, King 0 0-0 0, McCall 2 0-0 4, Howell 1 2-2 4, Cummings 2 0-0 5, Harrington 3 0-0 6, Storm 4 4-6 14, Sheldon 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 8-14 40.

West Valley (14-3, 12-3) - Kopp 1 0-0 2, Sly 2 1-1 5, Hamilton 0 0-0 0, Pecht 1 0-0 2, Deno 5 4-5 15, Groh 7 3-5 17, Hollifield 0 0-0 0, Focht 3 0-0 6, Gregg 1 0-2 2, Spivey 3 3-4 9, French 0 0-0 0, Sorensen 3 3-5 9, Fusare 0 0-0 0. Totals 26 14-22 67.

3-point goals - Cridlebaugh, Cummings, Storm 2, Deno. Total fouls - Clarkston 19, West Valley 13. Fouled out - None. Technicals - None.

Lewiston 64, Coeur d’Alene 29

Mike Rogers hit three of his five 3-pointers during a 9-2 run to open the second half as the Bengals routed the visiting Vikings.

Coeur d’Alene 9 6 4 10 - 29

Lewiston 18 16 20 10 - 64

Coeur d’Alene (4-14, 2-14) - Goodwin 0 0-0 0, Chambers 0 0-0 0, Ja. Rupp 8 3-3 20, Batchelder 0 0-0 0, Je. Rupp 0 1-3 1, Keil 0 0-0 0, Sather 1 0-0 2, Schmidt 0 0-0 0, Alderman 2 0-0 4, Findley 1 0-0 2, Duplessis 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 4-8 29.

Lewiston (10-7, 9-6) - Holder 2 0-0 5, Raykovich 1 2-2 4, Winterbottom 0 2-5 2, Holmes 3 0-0 8, Johnson 0 0-0 0, Cone 4 0-0 10, Rogers 6 1-1 18, Wolf 0 0-0 0, Klamper 1 0-0 2, Haines 3 1-2 7. Totals 24 6-10 64.

3-point goals - Ja. Rupp, Holder, Holmes 2, Cone 2, Rogers 5. Total fouls - Coeur d’Alene 14, Lewiston 12. Fouled out - None. Technicals - None.