West Valley Stays Cool In Fourth

Border basketball

West Valley’s boys shot 16 of 20 from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter to seal their 69-56 win over visiting Sandpoint in the Border League on Saturday.

WV tied idle Colville for first place, one-half game ahead of idle Coeur d’Alene.

Luke Gordon and Kyle Gazaway combined to hit 11 of 13 free throws during WV’s final quarter.

Gazaway finished 8 of 8 from the line and 4 of 9 from the floor, with two 3-pointers. He added four steals.

West Valley 69, Sandpoint 56

Sandpoint 10 19 15 12 - 56

West Valley 18 16 19 16 - 69

Sandpoint (1-4, 0-4) - Aumick 1 0-0 2, DaVault 0 0-1 0, Dyck 2 2-2 7, Fitchett 0 0-0 0, Holland 0 0-0 0, Kingsland 0 0-0 0, Lissy 0 0-0 0, Lopshire 2 2-2 6, Malone 10 3-4 26, Mire 2 4-6 8, Oliver 2 1-2 5, Zentner 1 0-0 2. Totals 20 12-17 56.

West Valley (4-0, 3-0) - Allen 2 0-0 4, Deshazer 1 0-0 2, Gazaway 4 8-8 18, Gerrells 2 1-3 5, Gordon 3 8-11 15, Hamilton 0 0-0 0, Harris 2 2-4 6, Ingram 0 0-0 0, McIntyre 3 4-4 11, Ohman 0 1-2 1, Pecht 2 3-5 7, Rouse 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 27-37 69.

3-point goals-Dyck, Malone 3, Gazaway 2, Gordon, McIntyre. Total fouls-Sandpoint 29, West Valley 19. Fouled out-Zentner. Technicals-None.

Moscow 52, Cheney 39

Darnell Williams scored 16 and Brandon Richards added 11 rebounds as the Bears defeated the visiting Blackhawks.

Moscow began the season 0-3 while Cheney was 3-0 until Friday’s loss at Lake City. Cheney played without 6-foot-4 senior Ben Woodard.

Cheney 10 12 11 6 - 39

Moscow 13 15 12 12 - 52

Cheney (3-2, 2-2) - Ewen 0 0-0 0, Gardner 0 0-0 0, Harris 3 3-3 9, Hegney 1 0-0 3, Humphrey 7 1-5 17, Larson 1 0-0 3, Marsh 0 0-0 0, Oswald 1 0-0 2, Strampe 2 1-2 5. Totals 15 5-20 39.

Moscow (1-3, 1-2) - Helbling 0 2-2 2, Dail 0 1-2 1, S. Sumner 2 0-3 5, J. Sumner 0 1-2 1, Williams 6 4-6 16, Penoncello 1 0-0 2, Harkins 3 0-0 6, Davis 0 0-0 0, Gibbs 0 0-0 0, Richards 4 3-6 11, Burton 2 4-6 8. Totals. 18 15-27 52.

3-point goals-Hegney, Humphrey 2, Larson, S. Sumner. Total fouls-Cheney 24, Moscow 14. Fouled out-Marsh, Larson. Technicals-None.

Lewiston 65, Clarkston 55

Five players scored in double figures as the Bengals knocked the visiting Bantams out of first place.

Justin Fraser hit four 3-pointers and scored 21 for Clarkston.

Clarkston 11 14 14 16 - 55

Lewiston 14 12 13 26 - 65

Clarkston (3-1, 3-1) - Pfeifer 1 1-2 3, Hally 2 2-2 6, Fraser 8 1-5 21, Shelden 4 3-4 12, Howell 0 4-4 4, DeTray 0 0-0 0, Burke 3 0-2 6, Blume 0 0-0 0, Entel 0 0-1 0, Gillie 1 1-2 3. Totals 19 12-20 55.

Lewiston (3-2, 1-2) - Anderson 4 3-3 11, Balmer 0 0-0 0, Broemeling 0 0-0 0, Bruce 3 4-9 11, Haines 3 2-6 8, Huff 3 4-5 10, Judd 0 0-0 0, Martin 4 1-4 11, Nightingale 0 0-0 0, Roberts 0 0-0 0, Severance 0 0-0 0, Sullivan 1 0-0 2, Zager 3 5-6 12. Totals 21 19-33 65.

3-point goals-Fraser 4, Shelden, Bruce, Martin 2, Zager. Total fouls-Clarkston 22, Lewiston 22. Fouled out-Anderson, Shelden, Burke. Technicals-None.

Girls

West Valley 67, Sandpoint 52

Shannon Groh and Chelsey Thomas had seven rebounds apiece, and the Eagles doubled their season scoring average to defeat the visiting Bulldogs.

Sandpoint came within six points in the third quarter, but WV’s full-court pressure ended the threat. WV’s Jamie Allen and Nikki Sweet came off the bench to combine for 15 points.

Sandpoint 11 15 8 18 - 52

West Valley 23 15 7 22 - 67

Sandpoint (2-7, 1-6) - Brown 3 0-6 6, Dyck 2 5-10 9, Gaston 0 1-2 1, Gates 1 1-3 3, Hoogland 0 0-0 0, Keller 3 14-19 20, Lane 0 0-0 0, Pratt 0-2 1, Reina 1 1-2 3, Rinaldi 3 1-2 7, Scott 1 0-2 2. Totals 14 24-48 52.

West Valley (2-3, 1-3) - Allen 2 2-2 7, Crossman 1 0-1 2, Goodman 0 1-4 1, Groh 1 4-4 6, Holstrom 4 5-6 14, James 0 1-4 1, Knapp 2 0-1 4, Mainer 1 0-0 2, Nowaski 2 2-4 8, Sweet 3 0-2 8, Thomas 6 2-2 14. Totals 22 17-30 67.

3-point goals-Allen, Holstrom, Nowaski 2, Sweet 2. Total fouls-Sandpoint 28, West Valley 34. Fouled out-Rinaldi, Groh, Knapp, Mainer. Technicals Sandpoint Bench, Crossman, Knapp.

Moscow 48, Cheney 40

Britanni Bisbee hit 9 of 16 free throws, and the Bears outscored the visiting Blackhawks by 14 at the line to pick up the win.

Cheney 10 5 8 17 - 40

Moscow 14 14 8 12 - 48

Cheney (1-4, 1-3) - Brannan 1 0-0 3, Camp 5 0-0 10, Marsh 4 0-0 8, McAlister 0 3-6 3, Smith 1 0-0 2, Swegle 0 0-0 0, Swenson 1 0-1 2, Van Matre 3 0-0 7, Whitfield 1 3-7 5. Totals 16 6-14 40.

Moscow (5-5, 3-5) - Anderson 0 0-0 0, Beyerlien 0 0-0 0, Bisbee 3 9-16 15, C. Brown 1 3-6 5, Bohn 0 0-0 0, Crocker 0 0-0 0, Ford 1 1-2 3, Hodgins 2 4-8 8, LeFors 3 0-0 6, Nygaard 1 0-0 2, Sorbel 3 3-4 9. Totals 14 20-37 48.

3-point goals-Brannan, Van Matre. Total fouls- Cheney 25, Moscow 18. Fouled out-McAlister, Hodgins. Technicals-none.

Clarkston 61, Lewiston 55

Ellen Smith scored 25 to guide the visiting Bantams over the Bengals.

Lewiston’s Cami Kalbfleisch scored 22, hitting 9 of 12 free throws.

Clarkston 8 12 16 25 - 61

Lewiston 15 13 10 17 - 55

Clarkston (2-2, 2-2) - Holland 1 2-7 4, Ball 0 0-0 0, King 3 0-0 8, Smith 11 2-7 25, O’Kelley 1 1-5 4, Zimmerman 0 2-2 2, Woodbury 0 0-0 0, Atikinson 8 2-5 19, Gribble 0 0-0 0, Larson 0 0-0 0. Totals 24 9-26 61.

Lewiston (4-5, 4-4) - Blazzard 1 0-0 2, Forsman 0 1-2 1, Kalbfleisch 5 9-12 22, Kinyon 1 0-0 3, Mattoon 2 0-2 4, Oakes 4 3-11 11, Rainville 4 3-7 11, Ka. Stellmon 0 0-0 0, Kr. Stellmon 0 1-2 1, Tweedy 0 0-0 0, Wullenwaber 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 17-37 55.

3-point goals-King 2, Smith, O’Kelley, Kalbfleisch 3, Kinyon. Total fouls-Clarkston 26, Lewiston 24. Fouled out-King, Blazzard, Oakes. Technicals- none.