Upstart Republic Blots Curlew’S Record Again

Tournament roundup

Leave it to Republic to ruin Curlew’s perfect ways.

Steve Davenport scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half Friday as the Class B fifth-ranked Tigers defeated top-ranked Curlew 48-41 at Colville in the Panorama League boys tournament title game.

Curlew entered with a 22-0 record. Republic also defeated Curlew in last year’s league tourney title game, after Curlew went through the regular season without a loss on the court. (The Cougars forfeited three wins.)

Republic played without its head coach Rory Rickard, who was too sick to attend. The Tigers held Curlew junior Jeremy Groth (23.9 points per game) to 11, although Groth surpassed 1,400 points for his career.

The District 7 B tournament begins Monday with Republic against Bi-County No. 4 Almira/Coulee-Hartline at 6:45 p.m. at Spokane Falls Community College. Curlew, the No. 2 seed, opens at 5 p.m. at Spokane Community College vs. Bi-County No. 3 Liberty (14-8).

Republic 48, Curlew 41

Republic 10 9 14 15 - 48

Curlew 8 10 10 13 - 41

Republic (19-4) - Dinkins 3, Russell 6, McCurdy 0, Dansel 0, Hanks 8, Krohn 9, C. Rickard 0, R. Rickard 0, Davenport 18, Hutton 0, T. Rickard 4, Grundei 0.

Curlew (22-1) - W. Barkley 0, Andreas 0, C. Groth 2, J. Groth 11, Edwards 8, Olsen 16, March 0, Stotts 0, H. Barkley 0, Somday 4.

PANORAMA LEAGUE GIRLS

St. George’s 60, Northport 37

Katie DePonty scored 12 of her 22 in the fourth quarter, finished 9 of 10 from the field, as the Class B top-ranked Dragons defeated the Mustangs at Colville for their eighth league tourney title in 10 years.

Wenchi Liu added eight assists and six steals, and Alyssa Henley had nine rebounds as the Dragons won their 20th consecutive game.

St. George’s opens the District 7 tournament on Tuesday against Bi-County No. 4 Valley Christian at 6:45 p.m. at SCC. Northport opens at 5 at SFCC vs. Bi-County No. 3 Wilbur-Creston (19-4).

Northport 6 7 11 13 - 37

St. George’s 15 15 9 21 - 60

Northport (19-4) - Burke 0, Wilson 0, Ashurst 2, Simpson 0, Day 0, Goodwin 0, Sauvola 14, Jimenez 2, Young 17, Brunette 0.

St. George’s (21-2) - Liu 13, Clarke 6, Philopant 0, Stothart 0, Henley 11, Blume 8, R. Kutteruf 0, DePonty 22, Nielsen 0, Witherspoon 0, Luber 0, M. Kutteruf 0, Crimmins 0, Longinotti 0.

BI-COUNTY LEAGUE BOYS

Valley Christian 64, Odessa 47

Brent Decker and Eric Smith combined for 33 points as the Class B eighth-ranked Panthers defeated the seventh-ranked Tigers to repeat as league tourney champion at Reardan.

The teams had split their regular-season series, a pair of seven-point games.

Odessa senior Ryan Floch (1,009) surpassed 1,000 career points.

Top-seeded VC opens district at 6:45 p.m. Monday at SCC against Panorama League No. 4 Inchelium (12-10). Odessa, the No. 2 seed, opens at 5 p.m. at SFCC vs. Panorama No. 3 Northwest Christian (16-7).

Odessa 9 24 5 9 - 47

Valley Christian 16 16 15 17 - 64

Odessa (16-5) - Dart 0, Kramer 6, Weber 0, G. Schafer 11, Fisher 0, Floch 10, Smith 0, Jeske 16, Pitts 4, Z. Schafer 0, Walter 0, Shaw 0.

Valley Christian (19-2) - Knigge 0, J. Decker 9, Smith 16, Troyer 0, Brecto 0, Barriero 9, B. Decker 17, Evans 13, Bolster 0, Lacy 0.

Almira/Coulee-Hartline 63, Sprague-Harrington 50

Also at Reardan, Jamie Gwinn and Tom Dormaier combined for 39 points as the Warriors eliminated the Falcons and earned the No. 4 seed to district.

Sprague-Harr. 9 15 10 16 - 50

ACH 14 11 16 22 - 63

Sprague-Harrington (12-11) - Engles 5, A. Timm 0, McPeak 14, Floyd 7, Green 0, J. Timm 8, M. Henry 4, Darling 0, Johnson 0, A. Henry 8, Young 4.

Almira/Coulee-Hartline (16-7) - Evans 0, Carstensen 2, Thomas 8, Elder 0, Murray 5, Dormaier 19, Gwinn 20, Neilsen 9.

BI-COUNTY LEAGUE GIRLS

Ritzville 45, Sprague-Harrington 43

Amy Fitch’s 13 points led three players in double figures as the Class B fourth-ranked Broncos defeated the eighth-ranked Falcons at Reardan to repeat as league tourney champion.

Megan Yerxa returned from a two-game absence (sprained ankle) to surpass 1,300 career points for the Broncos.

Ritzville, as the No. 1 seed, opens the District 7 tournament at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday at Spokane Falls Community College against Panorama No. 4 Selkirk (16-8). The second-seeded Falcons open at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Spokane Community College against Panorama No. 3 Republic (18-6).

Sprague-Harr. 12 13 7 11 - 43

Ritzville 13 12 10 10 - 45

Sprague-Harrington (17-5) - Whipple 2, Maurer 8, Hatten 16, Walters 4, Morse 0, Scoles 13.

Ritzville (20-1) - Wellsandt 5, Sackmann 11, Fitch 13, Yerxa 10, Janzen 2, Zicha 4.

Valley Christian 51, Odessa 46 (OT)

Also at Reardan, Sarah Teterud and Carli Smith scored 15 apiece as the Panthers, despite falling behind 10-0, eliminated the Tigers and earned their first berth to district in school history.

Odessa defeated the Panthers twice during the regular season, and again in overtime to open the league tourney on Tuesday, but VC advances after playing its fourth consecutive overtime game.

Odessa’s Nicole Hunt finished her career with 917 career points (minus one unreported game).

Val.Christian 4 16 11 12 8 - 51

Odessa 12 14 8 9 3 - 46

Valley Christian (13-10) - Teterud 15, Altmeyer 4, Smith 15, Rosholt 3, Arnhold 2, Lanker 10, Peterson 0, Cupp 2.

Odessa (12-11) - Iksic 17, Schmierer 0, Haptonstall 2, Strohmaier 7, Hunt 13, Knight 6, Knerr 0, Weishaar 1.

DISTRICT 9 B BOYS

L-W 51, DeSales 49

Derek Henley and Dustin Colter combined for 14 of their 20 points in the second half as the fifth-ranked Tigercats held off the Irish in an opener at Walla Walla Community College.

Pat Barry and Casey Richard scored seven apiece in the fourth quarter, and combined for 21 rebounds, as DeSales rallied from an eight-point deficit.

Both teams play again Monday at Washington State University, with DeSales vs. Pomeroy at 2:30 p.m. in a loser-out and L-W vs. Waitsburg at 8 for a berth in the championship game.

DeSales 12 8 9 20 - 49

LaCrosse-Wash. 11 10 16 14 - 51

DeSales (9-10) - Lindgren 11, Barry 13, Dutton 0, Baffney 0, Richard 21, Wolfram 4, Donnelly 0, Hacci 0.

LaCrosse-Washtucna (16-5) - Colter 8, Schweiger 10, Henley 12, Wigen 0, Meyers 4, Stueckle 1, Whitman 8, Startin 0, Goll 0, Schneider 2, Hammond 6.

Waitsburg 63, Pomeroy 59 (OT)

Curtis Johnson scored six points in overtime after Derek Martin scored six in the fourth quarter as the top-seeded Cardinals avoided an upset by edging the fifth-seeded Pirates.

Jesse Archer added seven rebounds, and T.J. Scott six assists and four steals for Waitsburg. Pomeroy’s Seth Claasen hit four 3-pointers and Jory Feider had seven rebounds for Pomeroy.

Pomeroy 9 16 15 15 4 - 59

Waitsburg 11 15 12 17 8 - 63

Pomeroy (7-16) - Cox 6, Greene 2, Kelly 14, Neal 6, Claassen 19, Feider 10, Matheny 2.

Waitsburg (17-6) - Archer 9, Zuercher 2, Scott 7, Ruzicka 10, Martin 19, Mason 4, J. Landin 1, Johnson 11.

DISTRICT 9 B GIRLS

Garfield-Palouse 65, Touchet 27

Katie Coles and Sandra Tronsen combined for 23 of their 32 points in the first half as the Vikings defeated the Indians in an opener at Walla Walla CC.

Both teams play Monday at WSU with Touchet against Asotin at 1 p.m. in a loser-out game and Gar-Pal vs. Tekoa-Oakesdale at 6:30 for a berth in the championship game.

Touchet 7 10 2 8 - 27

Garfield-Palouse 15 21 14 15 - 65

Touchet (11-12) - Sansom 0, Town 2, Dorman 5, Richards 2, Plucker 0, Short 7, Brt 0, Bussell 8, McKenna 3, Gibson 0.

Garfield-Palouse (18-7) - Nelson 11, Iverson 6, Fox 0, Smick 0, Tronsen 14, Coles 18, Swinney 10, Sheffler 4, Kildew 2, Hershaw 0, Roper 0.

Tekoa-Oakesdale 56, Asotin 32

Heather Cox scored 12 in the first half and surpassed 1,300 career points, and Christen Smith added eight points in the second quarter as the eighth-ranked Nighthawks defeated the Panthers.

Tekoa-Oakes. 17 20 13 6 - 56

Asotin 8 9 8 7 - 32

Tekoa-Oakesdale (18-5) - Driscoll 8, Smith 14, Wagner 0, Smart 5, Hurley 0, Graffis 7, Bruce 7, Cox 15, Buergel 0, Perrins 0.

Asotin (13-10) - Wood 0, Mendoza 0, Johnson 0, King 12, Schnider 3, Sandaine 0, McCann 10, Eller 0, Andrews 0, Wotters 7.

DISTRICT 7 1A BOYS

Freeman 46, Kettle Falls 43

Bill DePell, Jared Pope and Ryan Snyder combined to hit 11 of 13 free throws as the top-seeded Scotties held off the fourth-seeded Bulldogs at Mead High School.

The tourney continues today at Mead, with Freeman vs. Reardan in a winner-to-state game at 7 p.m., and Kettle Falls vs. Colfax at 3:30 in a loser-out game.

Kettle Falls 9 16 7 11 - 43

Freeman 16 11 10 9 - 46

Kettle Falls (4-17) - Rogalette 2, A. Azzarito 0, Lickfold 10, M. Azzarito 2, Musson 7, Jo. Payne 4, Urhausen 6, Boone 6, Je. Payne 6.

Freeman (15-7) - Love 8, Carrell 0, Snyder 13, Custer 0, DePell 6, Pope 10, Shkuratoff 8, Hyndman 1.

Reardan 65, Colfax 42

Also at Mead, Peter Eastman scored 25 points, hitting 9 of 9 from the field as the Indians defeated the Bulldogs.

Reardan finished 25 of 43 from the field and had a 35-26 rebounding edge.

Colfax 17 7 7 11 - 42

Reardan 18 18 18 11 - 65

Colfax (7-14) - Gylling 0, Ju. Hall 7, Kirkpatrick 15, Maj 2, Ja. Hall 2, Danaher 2, T. Watts 5, Burke 0, Aune 0, K. Watts 5, Robinson 4.

Reardan (13-8) - Bocook 2, Alexie 0, Eastman 25, Wynecoop 0, Krupke 0, Jenkin 15, Anderson 2, Landreth 0, Falk 5, Flaa 10, Addington 2, Hicks 3.

DISTRICT 7 1A GIRLS

Colfax 69, Reardan 33

Becky VanTine hit 9 of 15 from the floor in scoring 20, and Joanna Baldree added eight rebounds as the league-champion Bulldogs defeated the Indians at Mead High School.

Tiffany Pittman and Jessica Rohner combined to hit 12 of 23 from the field and 10 of 13 from the line for Colfax, which finished with a 44-30 rebounding edge. Reardan’s Lindsay Krupke hit 4 of 4 free throws.

The tourney continues today at Mead with Colfax against Freeman at 8:30 p.m. for a berth in the championship round. Reardan plays Kettle Falls at 5 p.m. in a loser-out.

Reardan 2 8 12 11 - 33

Colfax 14 22 15 18 - 69

Reardan (2-16) - Mason 0, Seyler 3, Plummer 3, Krupke 10, Rinker 0, Moos 4, Ford 0, Jones 5, Smith 2, Schwartz 6.

Colfax (16-5) - L. Mellor 4, Widman 0, Pittman 18, J. Mellor 2, Hall 4, K. VanTine 0, B. VanTine 20, McPherson 0, Rohner 16, Baldree 3, Cocking 0, Tribbett 2.

Freeman 52, Kettle Falls 37

Lindsey Floch’s 18 rebounds and 5-of-10 shooting from the floor helped the Scotties defeat the Bulldogs in another opener at Mead.

Laura Halverson’s half-court shot gave Freeman a double-digit lead heading into halftime. The Scotties hit three 3-pointers toward the end of the third quarter, two by Krista Freeman, to seal the win.

KF shot 1 of 19 from the free-throw line. Leslie Fredrickson of the Bulldogs had 13 rebounds and four assists.

Kettle Falls 4 11 8 14 - 37

Freeman 8 18 19 7 - 52

Kettle Falls (7-14) - Haynes 0, Madlin 10, Combs 9, Fredrickson 8, Azzarito 3, Link 4, Olson 3, Mack 0, Graves 0, Crandall 0.

Freeman (8-13) - Floch 13, Dahmen 4, Pratt 6, Wilkerson 0, Freeman 8, White 6, Davey 10, Halverson 5, Murphy 0, Tibbetts 0.