Highlanders Gain Spot In District Lineup

GSL/Border basketball

Shadle Park rounded out the District 8 4A boys basketball field by eliminating University 50-44 in a Greater Spokane League tiebreaker at North Central.

Andrew McGinn’s three first-half 3-pointers helped the Highlanders take a double-digit lead.

Shadle, as the No. 6 seed, will open district Tuesday night at No. 3 Gonzaga Prep (15-5). The night’s other game will have No. 5 Rogers (11-9) at No. 4 Lewis and Clark (13-6). Both games are loser-out.

No. 1 Central Valley (19-1) and No. 2 Ferris (18-2) have opening-round byes.

Shadle Park 50, University 44

University 14 4 17 9 - 44

Shadle Park 13 17 11 9 - 50

University (8-13) - Gazaway 3 2-3 10, Davidow 0 0-0 0, Benefield 0 0-0 0, Burningham 0 0-0 0, Moore 1 0-0 2, Roberts 4 2-4 12, Renz 5 1-3 11, Spear 0 0-0 0, Kaiser 0 0-0 0, Neal 1 7-8 9. Totals 14 12-18 44.

Shadle Park (10-11) - Howlett 0 2-2 2, Scott 3 2-2 9, Bishop 0 0-0 0, K. Johnson 0 0-0 0, McGinn 7 1-3 18, Bell 0 0-0 0, Gabriel 0 0-0 0, Fergen 0 0-0 0, J. Johnson 1 0-0 2, Singleton 5 1-1 13, Weisner 2 0-0 5, Pariseau 0 1-2 1. Totals 18 7-10 50.

3-point goals - Gazaway 2, Roberts 2, Scott, McGinn 3, Singleton 2, Weisner. Total fouls - University 14, Shadle Park 16. Fouled out - None. Technicals - None.

BORDER LEAGUE BOYS

West Valley 93, Clarkston 62

Eric Deno scored a season-high 34 points and added five rebounds and four assists as the visiting Eagles, ranked No. 7, defeated the Bantams to end their regular season.

WV’s Ryan Spivey and John Focht added eight rebounds apiece.

The same teams will meet again to open the District 7 3A tournament Tuesday night at 8 at East Valley. Cheney (10-9) and EV (13-7) will open district play at WV at the same time.

West Valley 16 20 33 24 - 93

Clarkston 16 15 15 16 - 62

West Valley (16-4, 14-4) - Kopp 0 0-0 0, Sly 1 0-0 2, Hamilton 0 0-0 0, Pecht 1 0-0 3, Deno 9 14-14 34, Browning 5 2-4 14, Groh 3 4-10 10, Hollifield 0 0-0 0, Focht 1 0-0 2, Gregg 3 1-1 8, Spivey 7 0-0 14, French 0 0-0 0, Sorensen 2 2-3 6. Totals 32 19-22 93.

Clarkston (1-19, 1-17) - Hayes 0 0-0 0, Smith 5 2-2 12, Cridlebaugh 3 0-1 9, Bolland 1 0-0 2, King 0 0-0 0, McCall 2 2-3 6, Howell 1 0-2 2, Cummings 2 0-0 4, Harrington 5 2-2 13, Storm 2 2-4 6, Sheldon 3 2-3 8. Totals 24 10-17 62.

3-point goals - Pecht, Deno 2, Browning 2, Gregg, Cridlebaugh 3, Harrington. Total fouls - West Valley 18, Clarkston 24. Fouled out - Focht, Cummings. Technicals - Groh.

BORDER LEAGUE GIRLS

Clarkston 54, West Valley 45

The Bantams defeated the visiting Eagles and tied them for third place as the regular season ended.

The teams had a postgame free-throw shoot to determine the third and fourth seeds to the District 7 3A tournament. Clarkston earned the No. 3 spot by hitting 9 of 10 to WV’s 4 of 10.

District will open Tuesday with a pair of 6 p.m. games. WV plays No. 1 Cheney (13-7) at East Valley, and Clarkston plays No. 2 EV (12-8) at WV.

West Valley 10 12 10 13 - 45

Clarkston 9 11 12 22 - 54

West Valley (3-17, 2-16) - Nowaski 0 3-4 3, Wieber 2 1-2 7, Groh 0 3-6 3, Knapp 0 0-0 0, Holstrom 2 0-0 4, Thomas 3 0-0 6, Parvey 5 8-10 19, Hilsabeck 1 0-0 3, Cortez 0 0-0 0 Totals 13 15-22 45.

Clarkston (2-18, 2-16) - Franzese 0 0-0 0, King 2 1-4 7, Smith 5 2-5 13, Tucker 0 0-2 0, Murray 0 0-0 0, Jones 1 0-1 3, Johnson 4 6-11 15, Pavey 3 0-2 6, Rodgers 2 4-7 8, Munden 0 2-2 2. Totals 17 16-34 54.

3-point goals - Wieber 2, Parvey, Hilsabeck, King 2, Jones, Johnson. Total fouls - West Valley 26, Clarkston 23. Fouled out - Groh, Holstrom. Technicals - None.