Kettle Falls Wins On Free-Throw Binge

Free throws did in Newport as Kettle Falls, nailing 25 of 44 from the line, went to the stripe down the stretch to pull out a 63-58, double-overtime, non-league girls basketball win over the visiting Grizzlies on Monday night.

Aubri Azzarito sank 9 of 12 free throws in the two extra periods, including 4 of 4 in the second OT, as Kettle Falls improved to 6-1.

Azzarita led three double-figure scorers for the Bulldogs with 16 points. Rose Sauer scored 20 for Newport, which went to the line just 12 times in the game and made seven.

Newport missed a layin at the buzzer at the end of regulation that would have ended it, then got a 3-pointer from Amy Klein at the buzzer at the end of the first overtime to force the second OT.

Kettle Falls 63, Newport 58 (2OT)

Newport 8 12 14 7 11 6 - 58

Kettle Falls 8 13 7 13 11 11 - 63

Newport - Chichester 2, Ward 0, Schlotthauer 0, Schulz 2, Klein 13, Taylor 2, Almond 15, Sauer 20, Bailey 0, Dahlin 4.

Kettle Falls (6-1) - Azzarito 16, Combs 14, Crandall 0, George 8, Howell 0, Lebret 1, Lindsey 15, Mack 9.

Rosalia 65, St. John-Endicott 41

The Spartans got fat on turnovers, capitalizing on 30 St. John-Endicott miscues to carve out a Whitman County League win at home.

Four Spartans scored in double figures, led by Kelli Koppel and Jenn York with 14 apiece. The Eagles had no one in double figures.

Rosalia 17 16 16 16 - 65

St. John-Endicott 3 21 7 10 - 41

Rosalia - Bothman 2, Dube 10, Heinemann 13, Henning 8, Koppel 14, Messinger 2, Paulson 2, J. York 14.

St. John-Endicott - Jeffries 9, D.Kyle 4, A.Kyle 0, Britain 6, Anderson 2, Coleman 5, Stolmeir 6, Scheuerman 7, Hedlund 2, Loomis 0.

Boys

St. John-Endicott 71, Rosalia 43

The Eagles came up with 20 steals, producing the majority of the Spartans’ 31 turnovers, and got off 70 shots in rolling to a Whitman County League victory at home.

While St. John-Endicott was hitting 31 shots, Rosalia managed just 33, hitting 13. Nick Hames was 4 of 4 in SJE’s 23-point third quarter as the Eagles hit 10 of 15 from the field in the period.

Rosalia 8 8 5 22 - 43

St. John-Endicott 18 16 23 14 - 71

Rosalia (0-3) - Brown 0, Holling 0, Nelson 18, Slemp 10, Grafton 0, Lindhag 5, Porter 10.

St. John-Endicott (4-0, 6-1) - Bafus 11, Bailey 7, Behrens 6, Clifton 5, Corder 6, Gfeller 6, Hames 13, Johnstone 7, Simpson 8, Dowling 2.

Kettle Falls 62, Newport 56

Jeremy Payne scored six straight points in the final 2 minutes as the Bulldogs held off the Grizzlies in the non-league game at Kettle Falls.

Matt Almond hit two 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to get Newport within a point with 2:10 to play before Payne finished up. Payne and Almond scored 20 points apiece.

Newport 5 17 14 19 - 56

Kettle Falls 16 12 14 20 - 62

Newport - Almond 20, Byrd 0, Patterson 4, Reyes 7, Hastings 5, Schlotthauer 3, Melendez 0, Jordan 5, Willenbrock 6, Oliver 6.

Kettle Falls (6-1) - Azzarito 6, Boone 0, Combs 9, Fredrickson 0, Lebret 0, Mace 7, Payne 20, Rogalette 3, Slater 17, Vaughn 0.