Tigercats In Hunt

High school boys

LaCrosse-Washtucna was no factor in last year’s Whitman County League race after finishing the 1996-97 season with an unbeaten league record.

The Tigercats are back in a big way, as they notched their sixth consecutive win on Saturday with a 70-66 win over Class B eighth-ranked Garfield-Palouse at Palouse.

Cole Schweiger scored 25 points for L-W, which is tied with St. John-Endicott with a 4-0 league record after last year’s 9-16 mark, 5-5 in league.

The Tigercats finished 16 of 22 from the free-throw line and Gar-Pal was 17 of 20. The Vikings’ Jason Fox scored 20.

LaCrosse-Washtucna 70, Garfield-Palouse 66

LaCrosse-Wash. 19 16 16 19 - 70

Garf.-Palouse 20 16 9 21 - 66

LaCrosse-Washtucna (10-2, 4-0) - Colter 4, Schweiger 25, Henley 13, Wigen 1, Meyers 3, Stueckle 4, Whitman 11, Goll 2, Schneider 3, Hammond 4.

Garfield-Palouse (8-4, 2-2) - Kimble 12, Tharp 10, Aa. Elder 2, M. Kriebel 6, Fox 20, Johnson 8, Smick 3, Rosebrook 5.

St. John-End. 70, Colton 36

Grant Bafus scored 23 in three quarters, hitting 10 of 12 from the floor, and added five steals as the Eagles defeated the Colton Wildcats at St. John for their sixth consecutive win.

Bafus scored 51 over the weekend in six quarters. Josh Hames added eight rebounds and six steals, and Derek Miller seven assists for SJE. The Eagles shot 70 percent from the floor.

Colton 6 6 14 10 - 36

SJE 27 13 17 13 - 70

Colton (2-11, 0-4) - Busch 8, Wolf 8, T. Weber 7, R. Weber 4, Moehrle 8, Schlee 1, Pewitt 0, Jones 0, Stout 0.

St. John-Endicott (12-2, 4-0) - Riehle 0, Johnstone 6, Miller 2, Siler 7, Bafus 23, Strader 3, Hames 13, Scheuerman 16, Shields 0, Howell 0.

Tekoa-Oakesdale 52, Rosalia 39

Shawn Ellis hit 7 of 9 free throws and added six rebounds as the Nighthawks defeated the Spartans at Tekoa.

T-O’s Anthony Buergel scored six in the first quarter and was 4 of 5 from the floor, including two 3-pointers, in the second quarter. Rosalia was outrebounded 33-16.

Rosalia 7 6 15 11 - 39

Tekoa-Oakes. 8 17 8 19 - 52

Rosalia (3-10, 0-4) - Bernard 2, Willey 0, Watkins 7, Nelson 0, Slemp 8, Vandyke 0, Shindler 15, Conradi 7, Workman 0, Brown 0.

Tekoa-Oakesdale (5-7, 2-2) - Brown 8, Buergel 18, Heaton 5, G. Smith 4, Wagner 0, Perrins 0, E. Smith 4, Ellis 11, Crossett 2, Taylor 0.

PANORAMA LEAGUE

Curlew 55, Northwest Christian 40

Junior Jeremy Groth scored 28, surpassing 1,210 for his career, as the Cougars defeated the visiting Crusaders in the meeting of division leaders.

Groth added four assists and combined with J.B. Olsen for 18 rebounds and six blocked shots. NWC’s Gabe Goldman had nine rebounds and two blocked shots.

NW Christian 12 13 6 9 - 40

Curlew 18 15 10 12 - 55

Northwest Christian (8-5, 7-3) - DiStefano 0, Proffitt 0, Orr 0, Smith 3, Descoteaux 0, Strandy 4, Malott 6, Sharkey 0, Goldman 14, Crouch 13.

Curlew (14-0, 10-0) - Andreas 0, Anderson 0, C. Groth 8, J. Groth 28, Edwards 4, Olsen 12, March 3, Stotts 0, Wheaton 0, Somday 0.

St. George’s 48, Republic 47

Drew Moser scored 19 and the visiting Dragons edged the Republic Tigers to tie NWC for first place in the South.

Dan Hanks and Kris Krohn combined for 15 Republic rebounds. Republic edged NWC in double overtime, on the road, Friday night.

St. George’s 9 17 8 14 - 48

Republic 9 15 13 10 - 47

St. George’s (7-7, 7-3) - Johnson 0, Thomas 0, Longinotti 0, Dhillon 5, Holte 0, Moser 19, Davis 10, Helms 5, DePonty 9, Witherspoon 0, Fix 0, Wysham 0.

Republic (11-3, 8-2) - Dinkins 7, Russell 11, McCurdy 0, Dansel 0, Hanks 9, Krohn 14, Davenport 6, Hutton 0, Walden 0, T. Rickard 0, Stabenfedlt 0.

Selkirk 68, Wellpinit 47

Russell Lopes, Joe Hodges and Cody Carlson combined for 24 rebounds and 56 points, each shooting better than 50 percent from floor, as the Rangers defeated the Redskins at Ione.

Selkirk shot 69 percent from the line and had a 32-16 rebounding edge.

Wellpinit 6 7 17 17 - 47

Selkirk 13 20 18 17 - 68

Wellpinit (6-7, 4-6) - Abrahamson 3, Carter 8, M. McCrea 11, Flett 17, T. McCrea 6, Moyer 0, Stearns 2.

Selkirk (8-5, 6-4) - Yellowjohn 5, Lopes 21, Carlson 17, Hodges 18, Smith 2, Anderson 4, Damron 1.

Springdale 50, Northport 48

T.J. Lebret scored 32, hitting 8 of 19 from the floor and 13 of 22 from the line, and Dan Peterson added 15 rebounds as the visiting Springdale Chargers held off the Mustangs.

Northport had four offensive rebounds in the final 9 seconds but couldn’t score the tying points. The Mustangs’ Lyle Weilep and Dave Timmering combined for 35 rebounds.

Springdale 10 16 13 11 - 50

Northport 8 5 10 25 - 48

Springdale (4-10, 4-6) - Lebret 32, Brigman 0, Peterson 7, Norman 2, Hammack 5, Ely 0, Gluth 4.

Northport (3-10, 3-7) - Lenhard 0, Ad. Day 11, Timmering 11, Weilep 10, Wiley 3, Fredrickson 11, Wilson 2, Rickers 0.

Columbia 54, Cusick 52

Mark Strickler’s layup right before the buzzer allowed the visiting Lions to edge the Panthers.

Cusick’s first basket came 13 minutes into the game, but the Panthers were 26 of 37 from the line. Cusick’s Charles Martin scored all of his 18 points in the second half.

Columbia 14 17 10 13 - 54

Cusick 2 22 14 14 - 52

Columbia (4-10, 3-7) - Wass 4, C. Young 5, Benson 7, Preston 3, J. Young 15, Strickler 14, Cunningham 6, K. Donohue 0.

Cusick (1-13, 1-9) - Person 5, Hamilton 6, Cha. Reijonen 17, Martin 18, A. Smith 0, J. Smith 0, Wykes 6.

Inchelium 54, St. Michael’s 40

Jacolby Simpson hit 7 of 11 from the floor and added eight rebounds and four steals to lead the Hornets over the visiting Warriors.

Jon Simmons and Nigel Michel combined for 13 rebounds, and Casey Johnson added seven fourth-quarter points for Inchelium. St. Michael’s hit 9 of 13 free throws.

St. Michael’s 16 8 5 11 - 40

Inchelium 12 8 13 21 - 54

St. Michael’s (4-10, 2-8) - J. Schindler 23, Bittner 6, Sandquist 0, Urann 0, B. Schindler 3, Muglia 0, K. Vogel 2, South 6, Durazo 0.

Inchelium (7-5, 5-5) - Bradshaw 0, Jolley 3, Simpson 14, Johnson 9, Swan 4, Michel 2, Mason 0, Tonasket 10, Simmons 12, Burch 0.

BI-COUNTY LEAGUE

Odessa 50, Ritzville 44

Ryan Floch scored 16 of his 22 in the first half and George Schafer added 10 fourth-quarter points as the visiting Tigers defeated the Broncos.

Ritzville’s Dustan Arlt scored 22 and matched Floch’s eight rebounds.

Odessa 14 16 6 14 - 50

Ritzville 11 7 8 18 - 44

Odessa (11-2, 10-1) - Dart 0, Kramer 4, Weber 4, G. Schafer 16, Fisher 0, Floch 22, Smith 0, Pitts 2, Z. Schafer 0, Walter 2, Shaw 0.

Ritzville (6-7, 6-5) - Reilly 0, Plager 0, Heider 10, D. Arlt 22, B. Arlt 6, R. Borth 0, Day 2, Kuster 0, Whitman 4.

Liberty 57, Almira/Coulee-Hartline 56

Jeremy Engle scored 21 on 7-of-10 shooting from the floor and Jake Holling hit a free throw with 13 seconds left as the Lancers edged the visiting Warriors to tie Almira/Coulee-Hartline for third place.

ACH missed two final shots. The Warriors had a 29-20 rebounding edge as Liberty played without top rebounder Matt Horlacher, who was on a recruiting trip.

ACH 7 15 20 14 - 56

Liberty 18 11 11 17 - 57

Almira/Coulee-Hartline (6-6, 6-4) - Evans 0, Carstensen 10, Thomas 13, Elder 2, Murray 6, White 2, Dormaier 6, Gwinn 14, Neilsen 3.

Liberty (6-5, 6-4) - B. Wiman 6, Smith 0, Engle 21, B. Holling 9, J. Holling 15, Johnson 4, Repp 2, R. Wiman 0.

Wilbur-Creston 56, Davenport 54

The Wildcats scored the game’s final 12 points, capped by Sean Gorr’s jumper with 10 seconds left, to defeat the visiting Gorillas at Creston.

Davenport led most of the game but didn’t score in the final 4 minutes. Davenport’s Mark Swain and W-C’s A.J. Nelson had 11 rebounds apiece.

Davenport 15 18 15 6 - 54

Wilbur-Creston 16 14 10 16 - 56

Davenport (3-10, 3-8) - Holderby 2, Paul 2, N. Warwick 11, Hein 0, Swain 16, Schreck 5, Strate 13, Curtis 0, Morrison 5.

Wilbur-Creston (5-8, 5-6) - Arden 7, Johnson 3, Morrison 0, Warnecke 0, Grant 0, Gorr 10, Larkin 10, Krause 0, Snavely 3, Nelson 14, Erickson 7, Kuchenbuch 2.

Sprague-Harrington 90, Christian Heritage 46

Colin Floyd scored 20, hitting 4 of 7 3-pointers, and the Falcons shot 58 percent from the field to defeat the Patriots at Sprague.

S-H’s Travis McPeak had eight steals and combined with Matt Henry for 15 assists. The Patriots shot 36 percent from the field.

Chr.Heritage 7 15 13 11 - 46

Sprague-Harr. 26 27 26 11 - 90

Christian Heritage (2-10, 0-10) - N. Colvin 1, A. Bell 10, Stromberger 0, B. Bishop 13, J. Bell 16, Olsen 0, Stuhlmiller 0, Kirstein 2, Greer 4, G. Bishop 0.

Sprague-Harrington (7-6, 6-5) - Engles 10, A. Timm 3, McPeak 18, Floyd 20, Green 1, J. Timm 10, M. Henry 7, Darling 14, Johnson 5, A. Henry 2, Young 0.

Valley Christian 79, Lind 26

Jared Evans scored 22 and the visiting Panthers had a 31-19 rebounding edge to defeat the Bulldogs for their 25th win in 26 games.

Lind had 23 turnovers.

Valley Christian 16 19 27 17 - 79

Lind 3 3 11 9 - 26

Valley Christian (12-0, 10-0) - Smith 17, Troyer 6, Brecto 0, Barriero 9, B. Decker 10, Evans 22, Bolster 7, Lacy 7.

Lind (2-9, 1-9) - Robertson 2, Kulm 0, Wills 6, Labes 5, Wilson 5, Horpedahl 0, Fode 4, Sikorski 0, Ritz 3, Schrenk 1.

FRIDAY’S RESULT

Sprague-Harrington 70, Lind 23

Travis McPeak scored 18 as the visiting Falcons defeated the Bulldogs.

Sprague-Harr. 14 13 20 23 - 70

Lind 4 6 5 8 - 23

Sprague-Harrington - Engles 11, A. Timm 4, McPeak 18, Floyd 4, Green 2, J. Timm 10, M. Henry 2, Darling 4, Johnson 2, A. Henry 6, Young 7.

Lind - Parkins 0, Robertson 0, Kulm 1, Wills 0, Labes 0, Wilson 3, Horpedahl 0, Fode 10, Sikorski 0, Ritz 3, Schrenk 6.