Tekoa-Oakesdale Perfect Against Bi-County Rivals

Area girls basketball

Tekoa-Oakesdale reached the halfway point of the Whitman County League season with a perfect record on Friday.

Heather Cox scored 20 as the Nighthawks (5-0 league) held off Class B fourth-ranked Garfield-Palouse 43-37 at Palouse.

The Vikings cut T-O’s lead to three with less than 2 minutes left, but came no closer. Gar-Pal’s Katie Coles had eight rebounds and five steals.

Tekoa-Oakesdale 43, Garfield-Palouse 37

Tekoa-Oakes. 9 12 9 13 - 43

Garfield-Palouse 6 10 8 13 - 37

Tekoa-Oakesdale (10-3, 5-0) - Driscoll 7, Smith 2, Wagner 2, Smart 3, Hurley 2, Graffis 5, Bruce 2, Cox 20.

Garfield-Palouse (9-4, 3-2) - Iverson 2, Fox 0, Tronsen 4, Coles 9, Hayden 5, Swinney 9, Sheffler 2, Kildew 2, Hershaw 4.

LaCrosse-Washtucna 55, St. John-Endicott 51

Rochelle Schneider had seven steals and the Tigercats hit 19 of 33 free throws to rally past the Eagles at LaCrosse.

SJE broke to a 9-0 lead but couldn’t overcome the Tigercats’ 11 fourth-quarter points from the line. L-W’s Stefanie Wigen hit two free throws with 4 seconds left to seal the win.

SJE 11 14 9 17 - 51

LaCrosse-Wash. 8 13 15 19 - 55

St. John-Endicott (8-7, 2-3) - Gossard 4, Ki. Colyar 6, Loomis 6, Ko. Colyar 0, Kjack 6, White 7, Schmick 11, Zuger 7, Bass 0, Hedlund 4.

LaCrosse-Washtucna (10-4, 4-1) - Ayers 1, Schneider 12, Cronrath 11, Wigen 7, Hei. Kinch 4, Bay 7, Kel. Mays 10, Ker. Mays 3.

Colton 54, Rosalia 45

Leslie Maston scored 24 as the Wildcats defeated the visiting Spartans to escape the cellar.

Rosalia 12 11 15 7 - 45

Colton 8 19 9 18 - 54

Rosalia (5-9, 0-5) - Dube 0, Henning 4, Heinemann 0, Dale 1, Paulson 0, Blank 21, Pittmann 3, Bruce 10, York 6, Bogtman 0.

Colton (4-10, 1-4) - Truong 4, Crim 0, Hall 10, Meyer 5, Maston 24, Morrison 3, Buck 6, Stout 2, Van Ausdle 0.

PANORAMA LEAGUE

Selkirk 48, Northport 47

Rachea Allert hit two free throws with 1 second left as the Rangers, who trailed the whole game, defeated the North Division-leading Mustangs at Ione.

Selkirk trailed 23-6 with 6 minutes left in the first half and was down by as many as seven points in the fourth quarter. Northport’s Karen Sauvola surpassed 1,400 points for her career.

Northport 17 8 12 10 - 47

Selkirk 6 17 7 18 - 48

Northport (11-3, 8-3) - Wilson 0, Ashurst 0, Day 13, Goodwin 0, Sauvola 16, Jimenez 6, Young 10, Brunette 2.

Selkirk (12-3, 10-1) - Smith 2, Scherf 16, D. Haney 4, Schmidt 2, M. Haney 0, Kinney 0, Beatty 4, Allert 15, Emrick 5, Williams 0.

St. George’s 61, Wellpinit 34

Wenchi Liu had nine of her 11 assists in the first half as the No. 2-ranked Dragons defeated the visiting Redskins for their 12th consecutive win, tops among area girls.

St. George’s had 27 steals, eight by Samantha Clarke. Wellpinit’s Miranda Payne scored 20.

Wellpinit 4 9 2 19 - 34

St. George’s 22 18 17 4 - 61

Wellpinit (8-6, 5-6) - Covington 2, Flett 3, Sherwood 2, Ramos 2, Ost 0, Andrew 5, A. Payne 0, M. Payne 20.

St. George’s (13-2, 11-0) - Liu 5, Clarke 8, Philopant 2, Stothart 6, Henley 18, Blume 2, R. Kutteruf 0, DePonty 12, Nielsen 2, Witherspoon 6, Luber 0, M. Kutteruf 0, Longinotti 0.

Republic 64, Springdale 41

Lucy Wilson had nine rebounds and seven steals as the 10th-ranked Tigers defeated the visiting Chargers to tie for first place in the North.

Springdale hit 7 of 11 free throws while the Tigers were 5 of 17.

Springdale 13 7 6 15 - 41

Republic 20 14 18 12 - 64

Springdale (5-10, 5-6) - Stricker 6, C. Rij 0, Olson-Axtell 2, J. Rij 0, Brigman 0, Hubert 1, Ramseyer 12, LeBret 4, Rav. Adolph 1, Rae Adolph 15.

Republic (11-4, 8-3) - Hover 11, Osgood 4, Sattler 2, Hadden 1, E. Ciais 0, C. Merrit 4, Koontz 5, Campobasso 9, A. Merrit 4, L. Ciais 2, Wilson 14, Giddings 8.

Cusick 68, Inchelium 43

Shawnee Pickerel and Leeana Westford combined for 39 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Panthers past the visiting Hornets.

Cusick’s Cassidy Haas and Inchelium’s Genie Agapith had two 3-pointers apiece.

Inchelium 11 10 12 10 - 43

Cusick 17 16 18 17 - 68

Inchelium (1-14, 1-10) - Swan 2, Agapith 12, Baulne 0, Abell 2, Johnson 2, Wapato 1, Seymour 2, Phillips 11, Pakootas 11, Simmons 0.

Cusick (4-11, 3-8) - Norton 7, Pickerel 20, Haas 14, Nelson 0, Westford 19, Chitwood 6, Lane 2.

Curlew 65, St. Michael’s 42

Eligia Guizar had eight steals and the Cougars shot 44 percent from the floor to defeat the visiting Warriors.

The Warriors’ Amy Urann had 11 rebounds. St. Michael’s shot 24 percent from the field and had 35 turnovers.

St. Michael’s 14 17 1 10 - 42

Curlew 13 15 17 20 - 65

St. Michael’s (2-13, 0-11) - Berbue 2, M. Urann 0, McMahon 3, A. Urann 12, Vigil 0, Garza 2, C. Urann 15, South 8.

Curlew (4-11, 3-8) - Edwards 8, Brown 12, Warner 0, Somday 0, Zerck 10, Phillips 3, Guizar 4, Strandberg 5, Bi. Branam 12, Bo. Branam 11.

NW Christian 55, Columbia 22

Abi Ogle had six steals as the Crusaders defeated the Lions at St. Michael’s.

Columbia 3 2 13 4 - 22

NW Christian 16 18 8 13 - 55

Columbia (5-10, 4-7) - Budweg 0, Dale 0, Lee 2, Schrack 0, Hudspeth 6, Nicodemus 4, Strickler 2, MacMillan 8, Anderson 0, Sigmund 0.

Northwest Christian (10-4, 8-3) - Nicolai 1, Ogle 17, Love 6, Knaggs 3, Da. Casimir 6, De. Casimir 11, Clouse 6, Walker 5.

BI-COUNTY LEAGUE

Sprague-Harrington 53, Davenport 32

Stacey Whipple and Amanda Scoles combined for 17 rebounds and the visiting Falcons defeated the Gorillas for their ninth consecutive win.

S-H shot 22 of 49 from the floor. Natasha Kunz had 12 rebounds and Cindy Swain three steals for Davenport.

Sprague-Harr. 12 8 15 18 - 53

Davenport 6 8 8 10 - 32

Sprague-Harrington (12-2, 9-1) - Sewall 3, Whipple 11, Ernst 0, Maurer 2, Charlton 0, Hatten 7, Walters 15, Gravning 0, Kostoff 0, Morse 4, Scoles 11.

Davenport (6-8, 3-7) - Hutsell 3, Pebles 0, Reed 0, Guhlke 6, Swain 9, Lust 5, Kunz 5, Buchanan 2, Cowdrey 2.

Almira/Coulee-Hartline 49, Valley Christian 47 (OT)

Stephanie Giese fed Callie Clark for a basket with 4 seconds left as the Warriors edged the Panthers in overtime at Hartline.

VC hit the rim with its final shot. Shawna Stokoe hit two 3-pointers in OT for ACH, and Giese and Clark finished with eight rebounds apiece.

Val.Christian 15 8 5 13 6 - 47

ACH 8 14 8 11 8 - 49

Valley Christian (9-5, 6-4) - Teterud 0, Altmeyer 0, Smith 16, Rosholt 4, Arnhold 15, Lanker 8, Swenson 0, Peterson 2, Cupp 0, Stager 2.

Almira/Coulee-Hartline (6-8, 5-6) - Fuller 2, Oliver 0, Evans 6, T. Giese 4, Elder 0, Stokoe 18, Clark 13, S. Giese 6.

Odessa 45, Liberty 39

Sally Knight had 13 rebounds and the Tigers finished with 14 steals in their win over the visiting Lancers.

Odessa had 25 turnovers.

Liberty 9 11 10 9 - 39

Odessa 14 8 13 10 - 45

Liberty (1-12, 1-9) - Howard 0, Kuster 1, Leslie 8, Olson 4, Cain 4, Gardner 6, Nadler 6, Fuchs 8.

Odessa (7-8, 5-6) - Iksic 4, Schmierer 2, Haptonstall 10, Strohmaier 4, Hunt 8, Knight 13, Weishaar 4.