Republic Takes Its Opener

Girls basketball

Even Republic isn’t certain how much time has elapsed since it won an opening-round game at the Panorama League girls basketball tournament.

The Tigers’ best estimate is at least 12 years, but that’s old news after their 51-45 win over visiting Selkirk inaugurated the league tourney Tuesday.

Lucy Wilson had nine rebounds and Breeann Osgood made 4 of 4 free-throw attempts in the late stages as the Tigers, the No. 2-seeded team from the North Division, advanced to Friday’s tourney semifinal at South champion St. George’s.

Selkirk, the defending league-tourney champ, rallied in the second half behind Rachea Allert’s 14 points. But the Rangers fell back after pulling within two points with 4 minutes left.

The tourney continues Friday with Wellpinit at Selkirk and Springdale at Columbia in loser-out games, and Northwest Christian at Northport in the other semifinal.

Republic 51, Selkirk 45

Selkirk 8 13 14 10 - 45

Republic 17 15 9 10 - 51

Selkirk (14-7) - Smith 0, Scherf 9, D. Haney 0, Fairbairn 8, M. Haney 0, Kinney 0, Beatty 3, Allert 17, Emrick 4, Schmidt 4.

Republic (16-5) - Hover 2, Osgood 14, C. Merrit 6, Koontz 8, Campobasso 0, A. Merrit 4, Wilson 14, Giddings 3.

St. George’s 76, Wellpinit 35

Samantha Clarke and Alyssa Henley combined to hit 15 of 20 from the floor, and the South No. 1 Dragons, the state’s top-ranked team, defeated the North No. 4 Redskins at St. George’s for their 18th consecutive win.

Henley added 11 rebounds, and Clarke teamed with Wenchi Liu for 13 of the Dragons’ 30 steals. Wellpinit’s Miranda Payne scored 18 of her 22 in the second half.

Wellpinit 10 2 11 12 - 35

St. George’s 14 20 25 17 - 76

Wellpinit (9-11) - Covington 5, Flett 0, Sherwood 1, Ramos 3, Ost 0, Andrew 4, M. Payne 22.

St. George’s (19-2) - Liu 15, Clarke 16, Philopant 0, Stothart 2, Henley 14, Blume 2, R. Kutteruf 4, DePonty 12, Nielsen 3, Witherspoon 6, Luber 2, M. Kutteruf 0.

Northport 63, Springdale 37

Candace Young scored 27, hitting 13 of 17 from the field, and added nine rebounds and four steals as the North No. 1 Mustangs defeated the South No. 4 Chargers.

Karen Sauvola added 12 rebounds and four steals, and Amanda Day had nine assists for Northport. Rae Adolph scored 22 for Springdale, which had 33 turnovers.

Springdale 4 5 17 11 - 37

Northport 15 19 16 13 - 63

Springdale (8-13) - Stricker 1, C. Rij 2, OlsonAxtell 0, J. Rij 0, Brigman 0, Hubert 0, Ramseyer 12, LeBret 0, Rav. Adolph 0, Rae Adolph 22.

Northport (18-3) - Wilson 0, Ashurst 6, Simpson 0, Day 6, Goodwin 2, Sauvola 13, Jimenez 2, Young 27, Brunette 7.

Northwest Christian 51, Columbia 30

Jenn Love hit 7 of 12 from the field and Allyson Clouse added seven rebounds as the South No. 2 Crusaders defeated the North No. 3 Lions at Deer Park High.

Clouse and Abi Ogle added four steals apiece as NWC totaled 19. NWC shot 50 percent from the field while the Lions hit 10 of 33 field goals and 10 of 13 free throws.

Columbia 6 9 6 9 - 30

NW Christian 12 13 16 10 - 51

Columbia (8-13) - Budweg 0, Dale 1, Lee 0, Schrack 6, Etue 2, Hudspeth 4, Nicodemus 7, Strickler 0, MacMillan 8, Sigmund 0, Anderson 2.

Northwest Christian (15-5) - Nicolai 5, Ogle 10, Love 14, Knaggs 0, Da. Casimir 2, De. Casimir 9, Clouse 7, Walker 4, Hunter 0, Goldman 0, Ryman 0.

WHITMAN COUNTY LEAGUE TIEBREAKERS

Garfield-Palouse 48, St. John-Endicott 43

Jenny Iverson and Sandra Tronsen combined for 10 steals as the Vikings defeated the Eagles at Endicott to determine the third and fourth seeds to the league tournament.

Kenon Kildew and Eva Hershaw added five rebounds apiece for Gar-Pal. Kobi Colyar had eight rebounds and Breanna Schmick five steals for SJE.

The league tournament begins Friday night, also at Endicott, with two winner-todistrict, loser-out games. GarPal plays No. 6 Colton at 4:30, and SJE plays No. 5 Rosalia at 7:30.

SJE 9 7 14 13 - 43

Garf.-Palouse 6 9 13 20 - 48

St. John-Endicott (11-10) - Gossard 4, Loomis 7, Ko. Colyar 9, Kjack 3, White 6, Schmick 4, Zuger 8, Bass 0, Hedlund 2.

Garfield-Palouse (14-7) - Nelson 5, Iverson 12, Fox 0, Tronsen 1, Coles 2, Hayden 4, Swinney 13, Sheffler 4, Kildew 7, Hershaw 0.

Rosalia 44, Colton 41

Cari Heinemann totaled 10 rebounds, six steals and five assists as the Spartans defeated the Wildcats to earn the fifth seed.

Jenny Dale, Angie Bruce and Jennifer York added eight rebounds apiece to help Rosalia’s 47-33 advantage.

Colton 14 7 13 7 - 41

Rosalia 14 6 9 15 - 44

Colton (5-16) - Truong 9, Crim 0, Hall 7, Meyer 5, Maston 9, Morrison 0, Buck 8, Rederick 0, Stout 3, Van Ausdle 0.

Rosalia (8-13) - Dube 8, Henning 2, Heinemann 4, Dale 8, Paulson 0, Blank 11, Pittmann 0, Coe 0, Bothman 0, Bruce 7, York 4, Wood 0.

GREAT NORTHERN LEAGUE

Newport 75, Colville 39

Carey Sauer scored 23 of her career-high 38 in the first half and added 16 rebounds as the Class 2A top-ranked Grizzlies defeated the visiting Indians.

Sauer and teammate Erica Olsen added seven assists apiece, and Mary Lindburg scored 20.

Newport hit 17 of 19 free throws.

Colville 6 16 15 2 - 39

Newport 22 24 16 13 - 75

Colville (8-9, 5-6) - Braff 0, Entwistle 9, Shaw 8, Janke 0, Fondell 6, Kroiss 0, Terry 4, Sinn 0, Cornwell 10, Stanford 0, McConnell 2.

Newport (18-0, 12-0) - Wiese 0, Haptonstall 7, Lindburg 20, Olsen 2, S. Almond 0, C. Sauer 38, R. Sauer 3, Schulz 0, A. Almond 5, Dahlin 0.

Lakeside 76, Medical Lake 32

Nikki Petticrew had a quadruple double and surpassed 1,000 career points as the second-ranked Eagles defeated the Cardinals at Nine Mile Falls.

Petticrew, whose 18 points gave her 1,011 for her career, also accounted for 12 rebounds, 11 steals and 10 assists. Lakeside hit 21 of 32 free throws.

Medical Lake 11 0 10 11 - 32

Lakeside 23 16 17 20 - 76

Medical Lake (0-16, 0-11) - Muelken 6, Mahmood 0, Higgins 2, Deming 0, Daily 10, Jones 5, Hamel 0, McConnell 6, Traylor 3.

Lakeside (15-1, 9-1) - Tikker 7, Giampietri 16, Petticrew 18, Ryan 12, Barcus 15, Wilkins 0, Stillar 8, Thain 0.

Pullman 83, Deer Park 43

Christa Brossman scored a career-high 36, hitting 15 of 19 from the floor and 4 of 5 from the line, as the 10th-ranked Greyhounds defeated the visiting Stags.

Brossman, whose previous best was 30 three times, added five assists and five steals. Debbie Curry added eight rebounds and Jamie Rydbom seven steals for Pullman.

Deer Park 6 9 14 14 - 43

Pullman 25 23 13 22 - 83

Deer Park (6-11, 1-10) - Michaels 4, Anderson 13, Hardie 0, Allen 2, Oswalt 9, Hill 0, Watts 7, Pierce 4, Plummer 0, Ebel 4.

Pullman (12-6, 7-5) - Brossman 36, Rose 0, Sheridan 4, Keck 2, Sodorff 4, Mirkovich 2, Rydbom 8, Chamberlain 6, Neill 8, Curry 6, Stolmeier 2, McEldowney 2, Toth 0, Dickson 3, Crum 0.

Riverside 48, Chewelah 42

Jamie Rizzuto hit four 3-pointers as the visiting Rams upset the third-place Cougars. Chewelah shot 15 of 58 from the floor.

Riverside 10 8 16 14 - 48

Chewelah 12 12 6 12 - 42

Riverside (7-9, 3-7) - Arras 0, S. Korling 0, Koesel 5, Rizzuto 15, Wood 5, Friebus 1, Ke. Shorts 0, Lyons 0, Prichard 13, Ko. Shorts 9, A. Korling 0.

Chewelah (11-6, 7-4) - Franklin 4, Davis 0, Moore 16, White 2, Kinley 2, Oneal 14, Grytdal 4.

BI-COUNTY LEAGUE

Valley Christian 40, Liberty 26

Carli Smith had 11 rebounds, and she and Melanie Altmeyer added six steals apiece as the Panthers defeated the visiting Lancers.

Liberty 8 5 0 13 - 26

Valley Christian 15 10 8 7 - 40

Liberty (2-17, 2-13) - Howard 0, Harchuck 2, Kuster 4, Leslie 0, Olson 12, Tusler 2, Cain 2, Hodgson 0, Gardner 0, Nadler 0, Fuchs 4.

Valley Christian (11-8, 8-7) - Teterud 4, Robertson 0, Altmeyer 5, Smith 7, Rosholt 1, Arnhold 6, Lanker 14, Swenson 3, Peterson 0.