Down 3 At Half, Sje Wins By 18

Area boys

Josh Hames scored 14 points in the second half Friday as St. John-Endicott, opening defense of its Whitman County League title, rallied for a 60-42 victory over visiting Tekoa-Oakesdale.

Karl Scheuerman added 13 rebounds and Grant Bafus four steals for fifth-ranked SJE. The Eagles tied Garfield-Palouse for last year’s league title, then finished third at the State B Tournament.

St. John-Endicott 60, Tekoa-Oakesdale 42

Tekoa-Oakes. 10 14 11 7 - 42

SJE 12 9 20 19 - 60

Tekoa-Oakesdale (3-6, 0-1) - Brown 10, Buergel 6, Heaton 9, G. Smith 5, Wagner 0, E. Smith 6, Ellis 4, Crossett 0, Taylor 2.

St. John-Endicott (8-2, 1-0) - Riehle 3, Johnstone 0, Miller 2, Siler 1, Bafus 17, Strader 2, Shawgo 0, Hames 19, Scheuerman 16, Shields 0, Howell 0.

Garfield-Palouse 68, Rosalia 39

The visiting Vikings, ranked seventh, shot 46 percent from the floor to defeat the Spartans.

Garfield-Palouse 17 17 16 18 - 68

Rosalia 8 11 6 14 - 39

Garfield-Palouse (7-2, 1-0) - Kimble 9, Tharp 12, Aa. Elder 7, M. Kriebel 0, Fox 4, Johnson 13, Ad. Elder 4, Smick 0, Parberry 2, J. Kriebel 0, Rosebrook 5, Riedinger 10.

Rosalia (3-7, 0-1) - Bernard 5, Watkins 3, Nelson 0, Slemp 6, Vandyke 0, Shindler 17, Conradi 2, Workman 4, Brown 0, D. Slemp 0.

LaCrosse-Washtucna 64, Colton 34

Cole Schweiger scored 13 in the second and third quarters, when the Tigercats used a 30-8 run to pull away from the Wildcats at Washtucna.

Colton’s Blake Wolf scored 12 in the first half.

Colton 10 16 4 4 - 34

LaCrosse-Wash. 9 11 21 23 - 64

Colton (2-7, 0-1) - Busch 2, Wolf 16, T. Weber 2, R. Weber 0, Moehrle 8, Schlee 0, Pewitt 0, Jones 5.

LaCrosse-Washtucna (7-2, 1-0) - Colter 1, Schweiger 17, Henley 7, Meyers 9, Stueckle 4, Whitman 5, Startin 0, Goll 3, Schneider 3, Hammond 15.

Non-league

Freeman 53, Lakeside 42

At Nine Mile Falls, the visiting Scotties shot 18 of 34 (53 percent) from the field to hand the Eagles their first loss.

Lakeside shot 35 percent from the field and 1 of 5 from the line.

Freeman 10 16 16 11 - 53

Lakeside 11 4 16 11 - 42

Freeman (8-4) - Townsend 0, Love 16, Carrell 2, Snyder 10, Custer 0, DePell 2, Pope 18, Shkuratoff 5, Hyndman 0.

Lakeside (6-1) - Maruca 0, Day 13, Stillar 0, Rowse 9, Parker 5, Mortlock 4, Clocherty 0, Zambryski 0, Bjork 11.

Potlatch 74, Colfax 66

Four players scored in double figures as the visiting Loggers built a 20-point lead and defeated the Bulldogs.

Colfax outscored Potlatch by 11 points at the line, hitting 24 of 40.

Potlatch 17 19 18 20 - 74

Colfax 11 12 11 32 - 66

Potlatch (6-1) - Nicholson 12, Siebert 9, Alsterlund 6, Bryngelson 0, Wilkins 6, Lovell 11, Hadaller 16, Strong 14.

Colfax (4-6) - Gylling 8, Ju. Hall 15, Kirkpatrick 18, Maj 0, Dhillon 18, Ja. Hall 1, Danaher 0, T. Watts 2, Burke 0, Aune 1, K. Watts 3.

Panorama League

Curlew 55, Selkirk 46

Jeremy Groth had 11 rebounds from the guard position and the third-ranked Cougars, the third-highest scoring team in the area, overcame subpar shooting to defeat the visiting Rangers.

Selkirk shot 44 percent from the floor, 11 percent better than Curlew.

The Rangers’ Ryan Yellowjohn had six rebounds.

Selkirk 10 8 16 12 - 46

Curlew 10 21 15 9 - 55

Selkirk (6-4, 4-3) - Smith 2, Yellowjohn 14, Lopes 12, Batch 0, Hodges 4, Carlson 14, Porter 0.

Curlew (11-0, 7-0) - Andreas 0, Anderson 0, C. Groth 11, J. Groth 15, Edwards 7, Olsen 8, March 8, Stotts 0, Somday 6, Wheaton 0.

Northwest Christian 61, Northport 58

Doug Malott had 27 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Crusaders over the Mustangs at Mead Junior High.

NWC’s Mark Crouch added seven assists and seven steals. Northport hit 13 of 19 free throws in the second quarter to start a rally.

Northport 8 19 14 17 - 58

NW Christian 23 11 9 18 - 61

Northport (2-8, 2-5) - Lenhard 2, Gruener 0, Ad. Day 8, Timmering 18, Darling 0, Weilep 7, Wiley 5, Fredrickson 13, As. Day 0, Wilson 5.

Northwest Christian (7-3, 6-1) - Proffitt 11, Orr 0, Smith 6, Descoteaux 0, Strandy 5, Malott 27, Sharkey 0, Goldman 3, Crouch 9.

St. George’s 70, Inchelium 58

Drew Moser scored 20 and Dan Dhillon added seven assists and eight rebounds for the Dragons against the visiting Hornets.

Inchelium’s Jacolby Simpson and Casey Johnson combined for 43 points.

Inchelium 11 14 10 23 - 58

St. George’s 22 17 13 18 - 70

Inchelium (5-4, 3-4) - Bradshaw 0, Jolley 6, Simpson 23, Johnson 20, Swan 15, Mason 2, Tonasket 1, Simmons 4, Burch 8.

St. George’s (5-5, 5-2) - Johnson 2, Thomas 0, Longinotti 0, Dhillon 12, Holte 8, Moser 20, Davis 4, Helms 7, DePonty 17, Wysham 0.

Republic 58, Cusick 32

Kris Krohn had 11 rebounds and five blocked shots to help the fifth-ranked Tigers past the visiting Panthers.

Republic’s Chad Dinkins added five assists and three steals.

Cusick 8 5 8 11 - 32

Republic 14 11 13 20 - 58

Cusick (1-10, 1-6) - Person 6, Hamilton 5, K. Haikkila 0, Cha. Reijonen 2, Martin 6, J. Haikkila 0, Smith 2, Wykes 8, Smith 3.

Republic (9-1, 6-1) - Dinkins 16, Russell 2, McCurdy 2, Dansel 0, Hanks 9, Krohn 17, C. Rickard 0, R. Rickard 0, Davenport 6, Hutton 0, Walden 0, T. Rickard 6, Stabenfedlt 0, Grundei 0.

Wellpinit 73, St. Michael’s 59

Mike McCrea finished with 16 rebounds as the Redskins defeated the visiting Warriors.

Wellpinit shot 37 percent from the floor and the Warriors shot 47 percent, but Wellpinit had 46 more attempts.

St. Michael’s 13 17 11 18 - 59

Wellpinit 15 13 29 16 - 73

St. Michael’s (4-7, 2-5) - J. Schindler 13, Edwards 9, Bittner 5, Sandquist 0, Urann 2, B. Schindler 11, K. Vogel 17, South 2, Durazo 0.

Wellpinit (5-5, 3-4) - Abrahamson 26, Carter 4, Davis 0, M. McCrea 11, Flett 10, T. McCrea 3, Wynne 0, Moyer 8, Stearns 11, Presler 0, Smallwood 0.

Springdale 46, Columbia 36

T.J. Lebret hit 6 of 16 from the field, including three 3-pointers, and was 4 of 4 from the line as the Chargers defeated the Lions at Hunters.

Columbia’s Mark Strickler had 12 rebounds to go with 15 points, hitting 7 of 15 from the field.

Springdale 13 5 11 17 - 46

Columbia 7 11 6 12 - 36

Springdale (2-9, 2-5) - Lebret 19, Peterson 1, Norman 7, Hammack 12, Ely 4, Gluth 2, Brgman 1.

Columbia (2-9, 1-6) - Wass 4, Turner 6, Benson 9, Preston 2, Young 0, Strickler 15, C. Young 0.

Bi-County League

Almira/Coulee-Hartline 60, Liberty 58

Jamie Gwinn scored 13 in the second half and the Warriors had just nine turnovers in defeating the Lancers at Hartline.

Liberty, guided by Jeremy Engle’s 23 points, led halfway through the fourth quarter, but ACH built a six-point lead with 1 minute left.

Liberty 19 6 15 18 - 58

A/C-Hartline 24 8 11 17 - 60

Liberty (4-4, 4-3) - B. Wiman 11, Smith 0, Engle 23, B. Holling 4, J. Holling 4, Johnson 8, Repp 0, Horlacher 8.

Almira/Coulee-Hartline (5-5, 5-3) - Evans 0, Carstensen 2, Thomas 11, Elder 6, Murray 8, White 0, Dormaier 16, Malone 0, Gwinn 15, Jess 0, Neilsen 2.

Odessa 52, Ritzville 48

Ryan Floch finished with 21 points and 16 rebounds, and Paul Dart hit two late free throws as the Tigers edged the visiting Broncos.

Floch surpassed 800 points for his career.

Ritzville 14 17 9 8 - 48

Odessa 17 6 16 13 - 52

Ritzville (5-5, 5-3) - Marcus 0, Reilly 0, Heider 5, D. Arlt 7, B. Arlt 11, R. Borth 6, Day 2, Kuster 0, Whitman 17, Pflugrath 0, B. Borth 0.

Odessa (8-2, 7-1) - Dart 5, Kramer 19, Weber 0, G. Schafer 5, Fisher 0, Floch 21, Smith 0, Pitts 2, Z. Schafer 0, Walter 0, Shaw 0.

Wilbur-Creston 59, Davenport 54

Brian Johnson hit a 3-pointer with 2 minutes left for a four-point lead, and the visiting Wildcats held off the Gorillas.

Darin Erickson and A.J. Nelson of W-C combined for 20 rebounds. Davenport’s Todd Strate totaled 25 points and eight rebounds.

Wilbur-Creston 9 14 21 15 - 59

Davenport 15 7 12 20 - 54

Wilbur-Creston (3-7, 3-5) - Arden 5, Johnson 6, Morrison 2, Warnecke 0, Grant 0, Gorr 7, Curo 8, Larkin 0, Krause 0, Snavely 4, Nelson 12, Erickson 15, Kuchenbuch 0.

Davenport (3-7, 3-5) - Holderby 0, N. Warwick 6, Swain 3, Schreck 5, Strate 25, Curtis 2, Morrison 9, Payne 4.

Valley Christian 65, Lind 30

Brent Decker scored 20, hitting 7 of 12 field goals, and Jeremy Decker added eight assists to lead the second-ranked Panthers over the visiting Bulldogs.

Eric Smith added 10 rebounds for Valley Christian, and he and Jared Evans had five steals apiece. Lind finished with 28 turnovers, 24 of which were Panthers steals.

Lind 11 7 6 6 - 30

Valley Christian 20 16 12 17 - 65

Lind (2-7, 1-7) - Parkins 0, Robertson 0, Kulm 0, Wills 9, Labes 7, Wilson 8, Horpedahl 0, Fode 0, Sikorski 3, Ritz 0, Sherwood 0, Schrenk 3.

Valley Christian (9-0, 7-0) - J. Decker 0, Smith 16, Brecto 3, Barriero 4, B. Decker 20, Evans 15, Bolster 6, Lacy 1.

Sprague-Harrington 58, Christian Heritage 36

John Young had 11 rebounds and the visiting Falcons scored 22 points off turnovers to defeat the Patriots at Edwall.

Anthony Bell had 11 rebounds for the Patriots, who finished with 37 turnovers.

Sprague-Harr. 16 18 10 14 - 58

Chr.Heritage 10 9 11 6 - 36

Sprague-Harrington (5-5, 4-4) - Engles 6, McPeak 15, Floyd 15, J. Timm 6, M. Henry 0, Darling 4, A. Henry 2, Young 10.

Christian Heritage (2-8, 0-8) - N. Colvin 0, A. Bell 6, Stromberger 0, B. Bishop 4, J. Bell 18, Stuhlmiller 0, Kirstein 0, Greer 8.

Exhibition

Reardan 57, Reardan alumni 48

Reece Jenkin scored 19 to lead the current Indians over a team of former players.

Reardan 14 12 10 11 - 57

Alumni 7 5 16 20 - 48

Reardan - Bocook 3, Alexie 4, Wynecoop 4, Krupke 3, Jenkin 19, Anderson 5, Landreth 0, Falk 2, Flaa 13, Addington 0, Hicks 4.

Alumni - Harkness 4, Busse 4, S. Krupke 10, J. Flaa 4, Schultz 2, Huffman 2, R. Soliday 5, T. Soliday 5, M. Soliday 12.