Points Are Piling Up For Area Basketball Stars

Three of the area’s top career scorers were in action Monday when Lakeside’s girls defeated St. George’s in a non-league basketball game.

St. George’s seniors Katie DePonty (847 points) and Samantha Clarke (670), and Lakeside junior Jen Barcus (835) are among the top 15 or so career scorers in the area’s 2A, 1A and B leagues.

DePonty and Barcus are likely to become 1,000-point scorers before the season ends. Also on target to reach 1,000 this year are Sprague-Harrington senior Colin Floyd (972), Valley Christian junior Carli Smith (945), Garfield-Palouse senior Jason Fox (874) and Newport junior Rose Sauer (820).

Already in the 1,000-point club are five seniors: Adam Swinyard, Deer Park, 1,260; Drew Moser, St. George’s, 1,226; Cherie’ Dreger, Wilbur-Creston, 1,158; Brent Decker, Valley Christian, 1,053; and Josh Whitman, Ritzville, 1,020.

At least 14 other local players have eclipsed 500 career points.

Coaches with information on top scorers may call 459-5502 or send e-mail to chrisd@spokesman.com. Totals on any player with more than 400 points would be appreciated.

Here are the top eight winning streaks for Class B girls basketball after Lakeside snapped the St. George’s streak at 33 on Monday:

Raymond (1988-90), 52; Ritzville (97-99), 52; Tekoa-Oakesdale (86-88), 50; St. John-Endicott (95-97), 38; St. George’s (93-94), 36; Wishkah Valley, (94-95), 36; Davenport (92-93), 35; and St. George’s (99-2000), 33.

Lakeside of Seattle won a state-record 56 consecutive AAA games from 1991-93.

Thanks to David Maley of Rosalia for extra research.

Around the state

Nic Crosta of Highline High has signed a letter of intent to play baseball at Texas. Crosta is projected as a third baseman and relief pitcher. … Kyle Larsen of Eastlake has signed a letter of intent to play baseball at Washington. … Eric Patrick, a 6-foot-6 forward from Kennewick’s Kamiakin High, has signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Northern Arizona. Patrick averaged 11 points and six rebounds last season. … Landon Kafentzis, a 6-1, 190-pound defensive back at Richland High, has committed to Arizona. … Six-foot-3 Teresa Borton of Yakima’s West Valley High has signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Notre Dame. She chose Notre Dame over Connecticut and Washington.

Move over, South Puget Sound League, there’s a new super league on the horizon as the Narrows League has voted to add five more schools. With 11 schools already stretched across two divisions, the Narrows League recently voted to bring Port Angeles, Bremerton, Central Kitsap, North Kitsap and Olympic into the fold in the fall. The league will still have two divisions. The SPSL has 17 teams.