Flaa Meets Challenge In Reardan’S Win

Area boys

Jared Flaa stepped up to help the shorthanded Reardan boys on Friday.

Flaa matched teammate Reece Jenkin with 20 points as Reardan edged visiting Kettle Falls 55-51 in the season’s first Northeast A League game.

Jenkin has averaged nearly 18 points per game and Flaa 6.6 ppg. Peter Eastman, Reardan’s second-leading scorer, missed the game and is expected back next week.

Nathan Krupke had eight assists and Aaron Falk seven rebounds for Reardan.

Reardan 55, Kettle Falls 51

Kettle Falls 13 15 11 12 - 51

Reardan 19 5 21 10 - 55

Kettle Falls (4-9, 0-1) - Rogalette 0, Lickfold 6, M. Azzarito 0, Musson 7, Jo. Payne 6, Urhausen 4, Boone 15, Je. Payne 13.

Reardan (7-5, 1-0) - Bocook 3, Alexie 0, Wynecoop 1, Krupke 0, Jenkin 20, Anderson 0, Landreth 6, Falk 5, Flaa 20, Hicks 0.

Whitman County

LaCrosse-Washtucna 62, Tekoa-Oakesdale 53

Cole Schweiger scored 21 points, hitting 7 of 11 from the field and 6 of 6 on free throws, and the Tigercats outscored the Nighthawks 28-8 from the line to pick up the win at Tekoa.

T-O led most of the first half, but never by more than four. The Tigercats took charge in the second half with an 11-point lead.

LaCrosse-Wash. 11 17 17 17 - 62

Tekoa-Oakes. 12 18 11 12 - 53

LaCrosse-Washtucna (9-2, 3-0) - Colter 0, Schweiger 21, Henley 14, Wigen 1, Meyers 4, Stueckle 3, Whitman 10, Startin 0, Goll 0, Schneider 3, Hammond 6.

Tekoa-Oakesdale (4-7, 1-2) - Brown 8, Buergel 7, Heaton 11, G. Smith 5, Wagner 2, Perrins 0, E. Smith 10, Ellis 3, Crossett 2, Taylor 5.

SJ-E 73, Rosalia 27

Grant Bafus scored 28, hitting 9 of 17 from the floor and 7 of 10 from the line, as the visiting Eagles, ranked No. 4 among B’s, defeated the Spartans.

Rosalia’s Craig Shindler had 11 rebounds.

SJE 23 20 12 18 - 73

Rosalia 13 6 4 4 - 27

St. John-Endicott (11-2, 3-0) - Riehle 2, Johnstone 7, Miller 2, Siler 4, Bafus 28, Strader 4, Hames 8, Scheuerman 13, Shields 0, Howell 2.

Rosalia (3-9, 0-3) - Bernard 8, Willey 0, Watkins 5, Nelson 0, Slemp 2, Vandyke 0, Shindler 9, Conradi 3, Workman 0, Brown 0.

Garfield-Palouse 74, Colton 40

The visiting Vikings, ranked No. 8, earned a win by holding the Wildcats to eight field goals.

Gar.-Palouse 20 21 10 23 - 74

Colton 10 9 7 14 - 40

Garfield-Palouse (8-3, 2-1) - Kimble 4, Tharp 13, Aa. Elder 4, M. Kriebel 1, Fox 16, Johnson 14, Ad. Elder 0, Smick 7, Parberry 3, J. Kriebel 2, Rosebrook 4.

Colton (2-10, 0-3) - Busch 0, Wolf 13, T. Weber 11, R. Weber 5, Moehrle 4, Schlee 2, Pewitt 0, Jones 1, Stout 3, Olson 1.

Bi-County

Valley Christian 53, Ritzville 42

Eric Smith scored 20 points, hitting 7 of 11 from the floor, and added 10 rebounds as the top-ranked Panthers defeated the visiting Broncos for their 24th win in 25 games.

Valley Christian played without starting point guard Jeremy Decker, who was sick. Ritzville’s Dustan Arlt hit 6 of 6 free throws and scored 21.

Ritzville 11 4 14 13 - 42

Valley Christian 12 11 16 14 - 53

Ritzville (6-6, 6-4) - Heider 2, D. Arlt 21, B. Arlt 6, R. Borth 4, Day 2, Kuster 0, Whitman 7.

Valley Christian (11-0, 9-0) - Smith 20, Troyer 2, Barriero 7, B. Decker 8, Evans 10, Bolster 6, Lacy 0.

Odessa 78, Wilbur-Creston 49

Ryan Floch totaled 26 points and 10 rebounds to lead the 10th-ranked Tigers over the Wildcats at Wilbur.

Odessa outrebounded W-C 41-25. The Tigers shot 55 percent from the field and 20 of 24 from the line.

Odessa 16 20 19 23 - 78

Wilb.-Creston 13 15 16 5 - 49

Odessa (10-2, 9-1) - Dart 5, Kramer 12, Weber 5, G. Schafer 10, Fisher 2, Floch 26, Smith 0, Pitts 4, Z. Schafer 6, Walter 8, Shaw 0.

Wilbur-Creston (4-8, 4-6) - Arden 1, Johnson 2, Morrison 0, Warnecke 3, Grant 2, Gorr 8, Larkin 0, Krause 5, Snavely 7, Nelson 11, Erickson 10, Kuchenbuch 0.

Liberty 61, Davenport 43

The visiting Lancers had a strong second quarter and defeated the Gorillas, who had 24 turnovers.

Liberty 17 20 16 18 - 61

Davenport 18 4 13 8 - 43

Liberty (6-5, 6-4) - B. Wiman 5, Smith 11, Engle 15, B. Holling 12, J. Holling 6, Johnson 3, Repp 3, Frampton 2, R. Wiman 1, Brumley 3.

Davenport (3-10, 3-8) - Holderby 3, Paul 0, N. Warwick 12, Hein 0, Swain 6, Schreck 0, Strate 6, Curtis 4, Morrison 12.

Almira/Coulee-Hartline 70, Christian Heritage 26

Jake Carstensen and Troy Thomas hit two 3-pointers apiece and the Warriors defeated the Patriots at Edwall.

Joe and Anthony Bell had 11 rebounds apiece for the Patriots.

ACH 20 16 14 20 - 70

Chr.Heritage 10 6 6 4 - 26

Almira/Coulee-Hartline (7-5, 7-3) - Evans 4, Carstensen 18, Thomas 14, Elder 3, Murray 4, White 6, Dormaier 8, Malone 1, Gwinn 6, Jess 2, Neilsen 4.

Christian Heritage (2-10, 0-10) - J. Colvin 0, N. Colvin 0, A. Bell 8, Stromberger 0, B. Bishop 6, J. Bell 4, Olsen 0, Stuhlmiller 2, Kirstein 2, Greer 4.

Panorama League

Republic 57, Northwest Christian 53 (2OT)

Chad Dinkins scored 20 points, all after the third quarter, including a 3-pointer that banked in at the end of regulation, and the fourth-ranked Tigers defeated the Crusaders in two overtimes at Deer Park.

Republic made 16 of 17 free throws, 6 of 6 in the final OT. Gabe Goldman scored 22 for NWC, which was 12 of 22 at the line.

Republic 16 11 6 9 6 9 - 57

NWC 14 7 9 11 6 5 - 53

Republic (11-2, 8-1) - Dinkins 20, Russell 0, McCurdy 0, Dansel 0, Hanks 13, Krohn 6, C. Rickard 0, R. Rickard 0, Davenport 16, Hutton 0, Walden 0, T. Rickard 2, Stabenfedlt 0.

Northwest Christian (8-4, 7-2) - Proffitt 10, Orr 0, Smith 2, Descoteaux 0, Strandy 10, Malott 1, Sharkey 0, Goldman 22, Crouch 8, DiStefano 0.

Inchelium 58, Springdale 54

The visiting Hornets shot 60 percent from the floor in the first half and finished 17 of 29 from the line to edge the Chargers.

Jacolby Simpson scored 20 and David Tonasket hit 1 of 2 free throws with 8 seconds left for Inchelium.

Inchelium 15 18 11 6 - 58

Springdale 8 12 18 16 - 54

Inchelium (6-5, 4-5) - Bradshaw 0, Jolley 9, Simpson 20, Johnson 0, Swan 9, Michel 0, Mason 0, Tonasket 4, Simmons 6, Burch 10.

Springdale (3-10, 3-6) - Lebret 17, Peterson 7, Norman 8, Hammack 12, Ely 6, Gluth 2, Brigman 2.

Selkirk 69, Columbia 44

Joe Hodges scored 24 and the Rangers shot 53 percent from the field and 27 of 36 from the line to defeat the Lions at Hunters.

Columbia was 16 of 48 from the field and missed 15 of 23 free-throw attempts.

Selkirk 13 23 8 25 - 69

Columbia 9 12 11 12 - 44

Selkirk (7-5, 5-4) - Yellowjohn 7, Lopes 12, Carlson 16, Hodges 24, Smith 0, Anderson 8, Porter 0, Damron 2.

Columbia (3-10, 2-7) - Wass 6, Turner 4, C. Young 7, Benson 3, Preston 0, Weston 2, J. Young 7, Strickler 7, Cunningham 7, K. Donohue 0, Schurger 1, S. Donohue 0.

Wellpinit 71, Cusick 58

Matt McCrea hit 5 of 7 field goal attempts in the fourth quarter, when the Redskins used a 12-0 run to pull away from the visiting Panthers.

McCrea finished with 24 points and 14 rebounds. Wellpinit’s Brandon Stearns hit all eight of his free-throws in the fourth quarter.

Cusick 12 11 19 16 - 58

Wellpinit 18 14 12 27 - 71

Cusick (1-12, 1-8) - Person 9, Hamilton 13, Cha. Reijonen 18, Martin 8, Smith 1, Wykes 7, Ford 2, Ernst 0.

Wellpinit (6-6, 4-5) - Abrahamson 16, Carter 1, Davis 0, M. McCrea 24, T. Flett 7, T. McCrea 6, Wynne 0, Moyer 0, Stearns 17, D. Flett 0.

Northport 72, St. Michael’s 64

The visiting Mustangs used a quick start to defeat the Warriors.

Northport 21 16 12 23 - 72

St. Michael’s 10 12 16 26 - 64

Northport (3-9, 3-6) - Lenhard 2, Gruener 0, Ad. Day 6, Timmering 16, Darling 0, Weilep 16, Wiley 5, Fredrickson 17, As. Day 0, Wilson 2.

St. Michael’s (4-9, 2-7) - J. Schindler 14, Edwards 17, Bittner 8, Sandquist 0, Urann 2, B. Schindler 11, Muglia 0, K. Vogel 10, South 2, Durazo 0.

Non-league

Troy (Idaho) 63, Colfax 53

Zak Payne totaled 19 points and seven assists and the Trojans hit 20 of 26 free throws to defeat the visiting Bulldogs.

Colfax 9 20 5 19 - 53

Troy 17 12 15 19 - 63

Colfax (4-8) - Gylling 2, Ju. Hall 9, Kirkpatrick 15, Maj 6, Ja. Hall 0, Danaher 4, T. Watts 0, Burke 2, Aune 5, K. Watts 10.

Troy (8-5) - Payne 19, Heath 12, Bigford 5, Brazington 4, McCall 17, Fredenburg 6.