Northport Wins Division

Area girls

Northport had individual and team highlights to celebrate on Friday.

Karen Sauvola and Candace Young hit important milestones as the visiting Mustangs defeated Inchelium 60-29 to wrap up the Panorama North Division title.

Sauvola scored 17 to surpass 1,500 career points (1,504) and Young added 16 points to eclipse the 1,000-point mark (1,009). Northport is 70-28 during their careers.

Northport opens the Panorama League tournament at home on Tuesday against South No. 4 Springdale. Inchelium completed its season.

Northport 60, Inchelium 29

Northport 18 21 13 8 - 60

Inchelium 7 2 7 13 - 29

Northport (17-3, 13-3) - Wilson 4, Ashurst 0, Simpson 2, Day 6, Goodwin 4, Sauvola 17, Jimenez 0, Young 16, Brunette 11.

Inchelium (1-19, 1-15) - Swan 5, Agapith 5, Baulne 0, Abell 0, Johnson 0, Wapato 0, Seymour 3, Phillips 7, Pakootas 9.

Republic 70, Curlew 38

Lucy Wilson totaled 25 points and 15 rebounds as the Tigers defeated the visiting Cougars to take the No. 2 berth in the North.

Lisa Campobasso hit 4 of 7 3-pointers and Joleen Hover added seven assists for Republic. The Tigers open the league tourney at home on Tuesday against South No. 3 Selkirk.

Curlew 7 8 7 16 - 38

Republic 19 20 15 16 - 70

Curlew (6-14, 5-11) - Edwards 4, Brown 5, Warner 0, Zerck 6, Phillips 12, Strandberg 0, Bi. Branam 4, Bo. Branam 7.

Republic (15-5, 12-4) - Hover 3, Osgood 4, Sattler 0, Hadden 0, E. Ciais 2, C. Merrit 8, Koontz 8, Campobasso 14, A. Merrit 4, Wilson 25, Giddings 2.

Columbia 51, Wellpinit 49

Lyda Nicodemus hit three 3-pointers in the second half and Josie Hudspeth finished with 12 rebounds as the Lions defeated the Redskins at Hunters to earn the No. 3 seed from the North and hand Wellpinit the No. 4.

Columbia’s Becky MacMillan had seven rebounds, three steals and shot 5 of 7 from the line.

Columbia will open the league tourney Tuesday at South No. 2 Northwest Christian. Wellpinit opens at Class B top-ranked and South champ St. George’s (17-2).

Wellpinit 11 12 10 16 - 49

Columbia 4 11 22 14 - 51

Wellpinit (9-10, 6-10) - Covington 14, Flett 3, Sherwood 8, Ramos 4, Ost 0, Andrew 0, M. Payne 20.

Columbia (8-12, 7-9) - Dale 2, Lee 6, Schrack 0, Etue 0, Hudspeth 9, Nicodemus 15, Strickler 2, MacMillan 17.

Selkirk 66, Cusick 37

Rachea Allert had seven rebounds as the Rangers defeated the Panthers at Ione.

Cusick 5 17 9 6 - 37

Selkirk 24 16 15 11 - 66

Cusick (4-16, 3-13) - Norton 12, Pickerel 8, Whiting 0, Haas 1, Nelson 0, Westford 6, Chitwood 8, Cook 1, Lane 1, Ford 0.

Selkirk (14-6, 12-4) - Smith 2, Scherf 15, D. Haney 4, Schmidt 3, Fairbairn 6, M. Haney 0, Kinney 2, Beatty 3, Allert 14, Emrick 13, Smith 2, Chantry 2.

Springdale 67, St. Michael’s 45

Rae Adolph hit 3 of 3 3-pointers and added eight rebounds, four steals and four assists as the Chargers defeated the visiting Warriors.

Tawny Ramseyer added 16 rebounds, 11 on the offensive end, to lead Springdale’s 55-35 edge. Amy Urann scored 25 for St. Michael’s, which ended its first season with a varsity program.

St. Michael’s 6 10 13 16 - 45

Springdale 13 21 17 16 - 67

St. Michael’s (3-17, 1-15) - Berbue 0, M. Urann 0, S. McDonald 0, Bedker 0, McMahon 4, A. Urann 25, Vigil 0, Garza 1, C. Urann 11, South 4, M. McDonald 0.

Springdale (8-12, 8-8) - Stricker 6, C. Rij 2, Olson-Axtell 10, J. Rij 2, Brigman 4, Ramseyer 17, LeBret 6, Rav. Adolph 3, Rae Adolph 17.

Bi-County League

Odessa 48, Valley Christian 44

Sydney Haptonstall and Tanya Strohmaier combined to hit 3 of 4 free throws in the final 40 seconds as the Tigers defeated the visiting Panthers to jump over VC into fourth place.

Nicole Hunt and Andrea Iksic of the Tigers combined to score 23 in the second half. Odessa took the lead with 2:58 left.

Valley Christian 10 13 14 7 - 44

Odessa 6 11 13 18 - 48

Valley Christian (10-7, 7-6) - Teterud 6, Robertson 0, Altmeyer 8, Smith 8, Rosholt 2, Arnhold 11, Lanker 9, Swenson 0, Peterson 0.

Odessa (10-8, 8-6) - Iksic 14, Campbell 0, Schmierer 0, Haptonstall 6, Strohmaier 7, Hunt 12, Knight 7, Weishaar 2.

Wilbur-Creston 54, Liberty 33

Cherie Dreger scored 12 third-quarter points as the visiting Wildcats, ranked No. 6, won their 12th consecutive game.

W-C moved closer to locking up second place and an opening-round bye to the league tournament.

Wilbur-Creston 16 7 19 12 - 54

Liberty 7 7 9 10 - 33

Wilbur-Creston (16-3, 12-3) - Thayer 0, Matt 7, Sherwood 3, Egbert 0, Dreger 17, Erickson 16, Snavely 9, Pakootas 2, Lasz 0, Johns 0.

Liberty (2-15, 2-11) - Howard 0, Harchuck 0, Kuster 2, Leslie 6, Olson 3, Cain 4, Hodgson 0, Gardner 4, Nadler 0, Tusler 8, Fuchs 6.

Sprague-Harrington 55, Almira/Coulee-Hartline 31

Mandi Walters had 22 points and 10 steals as the 10th-ranked Falcons won at Harrington.

Carly Morse and Amanda Scoles of the Falcons combined for 15 rebounds.

ACH 7 7 12 5 - 31

Sprague-Harr. 13 14 18 10 - 55

Almira/Coulee-Hartline (8-11, 6-9) - Butler 2, Fuller 0, Oliver 0, Evans 4, T. Giese 6, Elder 2, Stephens 0, Stokoe 2, Clark 12, S. Giese 3.

Sprague-Harrington (14-4, 11-3) - Sewall 0, Whipple 11, Ernst 0, Maurer 0, Charlton 0, Hatten 6, Walters 22, Hatcher 2, Morse 0, Scoles 14.

Davenport 57, Lind 40

Kristy Guhlke made 6 of 12 shots from the floor and 5 of 7 from the line to lead the Gorillas over the visiting Bulldogs.

Guhlke added six rebounds and five steals.

The Gorillas must defeat ACH today, then finish with a win against Liberty on Friday to knot ACH at 6-10 and possibly make the league tournament.

Lind 7 11 10 12 - 40

Davenport 12 15 24 6 - 57

Lind (0-14, 0-14) - Robertson 12, Wahl 8, Hentges 11, Garza 0, Haase 6, Palmer 1, Hickox 2.

Davenport (7-11, 4-10) - Hutsell 4, Pebles 2, Reed 0, Guhlke 17, Swain 6, A. Lust 13, Kunz 6, McBurney 2, Buchanan 2, Cowdrey 1, E. Lust 4, Morton 0.

Northeast A League

Colfax 62, Reardan 35

Jessica Rohner scored 20 of her 27 in the first half and finished with 13 rebounds as the Bulldogs clinched at least a tie for the league title.

Tiffany Pittman added eight rebounds, four assists, 4-of-6 shooting from the floor and 4-of-4 shooting from the line for Colfax. The Bulldogs lead Freeman by two games with two left.

Reardan 12 6 10 7 - 35

Colfax 19 12 21 10 - 62

Reardan (2-14, 1-4) - Seyler 8, Plummer 7, Krupke 5, Rinker 4, Moos 4, Ford 0, Jones 2, Schwartz 5.

Colfax (13-5, 4-0) - L. Mellor 0, Widman 0, Pittman 12, J. Mellor 2, Hall 0, B. VanTine 15, McPherson 0, Rohner 27, Baldree 4, Cocking 0, Tribbett 2.

Whitman County

LaCrosse-Washtucna 65, Garfield-Palouse 60

The Tigercats scored 15 points on free throws in the fourth quarter, and rallied from an eight-point deficit in the final 4 minutes to remain tied for first place with Tekoa-Oakesdale.

The regular season ends tonight, with Gar-Pal on the road against T-O and L-W at St. John vs. St. John-Endicott.

Gar.-Palouse 12 15 15 18 - 60

LaCrosse-Wash. 10 20 10 25 - 65

Garfield-Palouse (13-6, 5-4) - Nelson 6, Iverson 14, Tronsen 10, Coles 5, Hayden 2, Swinney 13, Sheffler 0, Kildew 4, Hershaw 4, Smick 2.

LaCrosse-Washtucna (14-4, 8-1) - Ayers 6, Schneider 17, Cronrath 8, Wigen 15, Hei. Kinch 5, Bay 5, Kel. Mays 5, Ker. Mays 4, Hea. Kinch 0.

Tekoa-Oakesdale 46, Rosalia 30

The visiting Nighthawks defeated the Spartans despite shooting 18 of 65 (28 percent) from the floor.

Tekoa-Oakes. 10 16 11 9 - 46

Rosalia 8 14 4 4 - 30

Tekoa-Oakesdale (15-4, 8-1) - Driscoll 5, Smith 6, Wagner 0, Smart 9, Hurley 0, Graffis 8, Bruce 4, Cox 14.

Rosalia (6-13, 0-9) - Dube 1, Henning 3, Heinemann 6, Dale 0, Paulson 0, Blank 12, Pittmann 6, Coe 0, Bothman 0, Bruce 2, York 0, Wood 0.