Moser’S Heroics Rescue St. George’S

Boys basketball

Drew Moser hit a jump shot with 11 seconds left on Tuesday and St. George’s escaped with a 42-41 win over visiting Northwest Christian and held on to first place in the Panorama League South Division.

The win made the Dragons the first 8-0 team in the area.

NWC used a 35-22 rebounding edge and 13-of-18 freethrow shooting to keep pressuring the Dragons.

The Crusaders missed a final shot and possession went to St. George’s with 2 seconds left.

St. George’s 42, Northwest Christian 41

NW Christian 10 11 10 10 - 41

St. George’s 15 15 7 5 - 42

Northwest Christian (4-3, 3-2) - DiStefano 2, Mortlock 8, Akins 4, Clouse 4, Descoteaux 10, Hutchins 13.

St. George’s (8-0, 5-0) - Dhillon 3, Golden 0, Johnson 6, Longinotti 0, Moser 14, Thomas 10, Witherspoon 9, Wysham 0.

Inchelium 83, Northport 58

Jacolby Simpson scored 23 and the North Division-leading Hornets defeated the host Mustangs.

Northport’s Pat Timmering totaled 12 rebounds and eight blocked shots.

Inchelium 19 19 22 23 - 83

Northport 18 11 14 15 - 58

Inchelium (5-0, 5-0) - T. Hoffman 4, Eaglebear 11, C. Hoffman 2, Baulne 2, Simpson 23, Fry 3, Tonasket 17, Simmons 11, Burch 10.

Northport (1-7, 1-4) - Boger 5, Butorac 2, Carlson 0, R. Israel 10, V. Israel 0, Taylor 7, Timmering 7, A. Weilep 9, L. Weilep 18.

Selkirk 56, Cusick 53

Sean Williams scored 25, including two free throws with 1 second left to seal the visiting Rangers’ win over the Panthers.

Williams scored 18 in the first half and finished with four 3-pointers. Cusick, trailing by one with 6 seconds left, had a field-goal attempt bounce off the rim four times.

Selkirk 19 13 9 15 - 56

Cusick 7 15 14 17 - 53

Selkirk (3-5, 2-3) - Batch 6, Haney 8, Huffine 2, P. MacArthur 10, R. MacArthur 2, Villegas 3, Williams 25.

Cusick (1-6, 0-5) - Person 3, Reijonen 2, K. Haikkila 10, N. Ernst 8, E. Ernst 4, S. Hardwick 4, T. Hardwick 8, Delanoy 6, Pease 5, J. Haikkila 3.

Curlew 48, Republic 37

Craig Groth scored 23, hitting 8 of 17 from the floor with four 3-pointers, and the Cougars toppled the visiting Tigers.

Curlew’s Travis Lindgren had seven rebounds. Cory Rickard had a game-high 14 rebounds for Republic, six on the offensive end.

Republic 14 5 7 11 - 37

Curlew 9 14 9 16 - 48

Republic (3-4, 3-2) - Burnside 3, Lembcke 5, Long 3, Maycumber 0, Rickard 17, Walden 7, Wilson 2.

Curlew (4-2, 3-1) - Andreas 4, Baker 4, Garrison 9, Groth 23, Lindgren 8, Morrison 0.

Springdale 87, St. Michael’s 71

Lyle Norman’s 21 points led five players in double figures and the visiting Chargers topped the Warriors.

Kevin Vogel scored 31 for the Warriors, who had 17 turnovers.

Springdale 23 24 25 15 - 87

St. Michael’s 19 13 14 25 - 71

Springdale (8-1, 4-1) - Adolph 7, Banks 11, McClure 12, Norman 21, Roll 16, Sanchez 1, Swearngin 17, Vanderholm 2.

St. Michael’s (2-5, 1-4) - Czapla 6, A. Durazo 15, C. Durazo 3, M. Durazo 7, Edwards 3, Schelstrate 0, South 6, Vogel 31.

Columbia 73, Wellpinit 57

Thomas Preston hit four of his five 3-pointers in the first half, and the visiting Lions defeated the Redskins.

Preston added nine rebounds and Kris Benson had three 3-pointers for Columbia.

Columbia 20 24 25 4 - 73

Wellpinit 6 16 7 28 - 57

Columbia (3-2, 2-2) - Benson 16, Berg 0, Donohue 1, Eli 6, Erickson 0, Kieffer 0, Montgomery 0, Preston 17, Schurger 7, Strickler 9, Turner 4, Weston 0, Young 11.

Wellpinit (1-6, 0-5) - Abrahamson 7, D. Flett 8, J. Flett 17, C. Ford 3, M. Ford 7, Smallwood 6, M. Wynne 4, Allen 5.

Bi-County League

Valley Christian 48, Reardan 31

The visiting Panthers shot 17 of 34 from the floor to knock the Indians out of first place.

Reardan finished 10 of 26 from the field and had 11 turnovers.

Valley Christian 13 14 10 11 - 48

Reardan 5 13 2 11 - 31

Valley Christian (4-1, 3-0) - Anderson 0, Barriero 7, Bradley 2, Decker 14, M. Fomenko 2, V. Fomenko 0, Knigge 12, Miller 3, Stanaway 0.

Reardan (3-1, 3-1) - Nelson 0, Schultz 0, Rinker 7, Bocook 6, Soliday 4, Dilg 0, Larson 0, Falk 0, Addington 12, Hicks 2, Meyer 0.

Odessa 61, Sprague-Harrington 60

The visiting Tigers made 12 free throws in the fourth quarter and finished 21 of 43 from the field to hold off the Falcons.

The Falcons’ Colin Floyd had 14 rebounds, seven assists and two late 3-pointers to keep pressure on Odessa.

Odessa 13 15 18 15 - 61

Sprague-Harr 14 15 10 21 - 60

Odessa (2-3, 2-3) - Dart 11, Ku. Starkel 0, Strohmaier 8, Harris 0, Voise 15, Knight 0, Kagele 12, Ky. Starkel 13, Smith 2.

Sprague-Harrington (1-2, 1-2) - Engles 8, Floyd 19, Henry 5, McPeak 20, Oestriech 2, Scholten 0, Shields 4, Swift 0, Whipple 2.

Lind-Kahlotus 44, Ritzville 42

Kevin Cochrane had 10 rebounds and scored 22, including two free throws with 56 seconds left for the winning margin, and the undefeated Bulldogs edged the visiting Broncos.

Lind’s Allen Schrenk added 15 rebounds.

Ritzville 6 13 17 6 - 42

Lind-Kahlotus 6 8 18 12 - 44

Ritzville (2-2, 2-2) - B. Arlt 14, Pflugrath 7, Reilly 0, Burt 3, Borth 0, J. Arlt 0, Kuster 6, Whitman 12.

Lind-Kahlotus (5-0, 3-0) - Akins 0, Cochrane 22, Fode 0, Hille 0, Schrenk 13, Starring 1, Tomren 0, Van Hollebeke 7, Wilson 1.

Davenport 64, Christian Heritage 59

Andy Schreck scored 24 and the Gorillas defeated the visiting Patriots to snap an eight-game losing streak stretching back to last season.

Davenport played without leading rebounded Alan Curtis, who sprained his ankle against Reardan last Saturday. The Patriots led by four in the third quarter.

Christ. Heritage 7 12 22 18 - 59

Davenport 10 21 17 16 - 64

Christian Heritage (1-5, 0-4) - Bishop 15, Busby 11, Colvin 6, Ebert 0, Flowers 2, J. Klein 0, N. Klein 15, Stromberger 10.

Davenport (1-3, 1-2) - Parsons 6, Buchmann 12, Holderby 6, Hein 4, Schreck 24, Hall 10, Dietrich 2.

Wilbur-Creston 60, Almira/Coulee-Hartline 46

A.J. Nelson scored 17 to eclipse 700 career points and the visiting Wildcats stopped the Warriors, who had 26 turnovers.

ACH’s Jeff Malone had six rebounds.

Wilbur-Creston 12 16 18 14 - 60

ACH 14 8 9 15 - 46

Wilbur-Creston (2-2, 1-1) - Arden 8, Sheffels 2, Johnson 12, Morrison 0, Erickson 14, Llewellyn 0, Larkin 5, Nelson 17, Dunlap 2.

Almira-Coulee/Hartline (2-3, 1-2) - Roberts 3, Aldrich 10, Thomas 0, T. Jess 8, Maes 0, B. Jess 0, Edwards 2, Carstensen 3, Malone 11, Pierce 2, Jordan 5, Johanson 2.

Non-league

Freeman 66, Pullman 57

Tanner Townsend scored 17 of his 22 in the second half to guide the visiting Scotties over the Greyhounds.

Townsend finished 3 of 6 on 3-pointers and 7 of 9 from the line. Freeman’s Jeff Hyndman added 7-of-11 shooting from the field and eight rebounds.

Freeman 15 15 21 15 - 66

Pullman 13 16 15 13 - 57

Freeman (7-1) - Brune 0, DePell 7, Hyndman 18, Johnson 0, Love 6, Reed 4, Schrempp 9, Townsend 22.

Pullman (2-3) - Bray 1, Brossman 3, Christie 8, Clark 3, Dhillon 2, Minefee 4, Nolting 16, Rurangirwa 14, Wood 6, Zeches 0.

Liberty 63, St. John-Endicott 56

James Jydstrup scored 22, hitting five of his six 3-pointers in the first half, and the Lancers defeated the visiting Eagles to avenge an overtime loss from two weeks ago.

Henry Smith added seven assists for Liberty. Levi Johnstone hit two 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to help SJE close within six.

SJE 12 14 16 14 - 56

Liberty 22 18 11 12 - 63

St. John-Endicott (6-2) - Bafus 17, Behrens 6, Clifton 1, Hames 10, Johnstone 18, Simpson 4.

Liberty (3-3) - Conley 0, Greenwalt 7, Hein 6, Holling 6, Jydstrup 22, H. Smith 14, I. Smith 8, Van Tine 0.

Lakeland 51, Lakeside 47

Bryan Klingaman hit three 3-pointers, including a late long-distance shot for the lead, as the visiting Hawks defeated the Eagles at Nine Mile Falls.

Lakeside’s Greg Smith hit two free throws for a 47-46 lead and the Eagles’ final points. Shane Hubbard hit 2 of 4 free throws down the stretch to protect the Hawks’ undefeated record. Smith made 4 of 5 3-pointers and scored 22.

Lakeland 11 8 11 21 - 51

Lakeside 13 11 10 13 - 47

Lakeland (5-0) - Foster 2, J. Hansen 2, R. Hansen 0, Hubbard 19, Kiefer 4, Klingaman 11, Milks 0, Myers 4, Ploetzner 9, Sandford 0.

Lakeside (1-3) - Fairbanks 7, Hatch 2, Heebink 0, J. Mortlock 4, T. Mortlock 6, Peterson 2, Smith 22, Spiger 2, Tikker 2.

Chewelah 57, J.L. Crowe 41

Jess Trampush had 13 rebounds and Kenny Stone added four steals to help the Cougars defeat the visitors from British Columbia and remain unbeaten.

J.L. Crowe 6 13 7 15 - 41

Chewelah 15 9 16 17 - 57

J.L. Crowe (4-2) - Naka 7, Wucherer 2, Pasquali 4, Viau 11, Ashman 6, Scotland 11.

Chewelah (5-0) - Belzer 10, Boone 14, Feist 2, Hagen 3, King 1, Nitschke 0, Oneal 0, Puthoff 3, Schanzenbach 0, Stone 16, Trampush 6, Wilson 2.

Deer Park 55, Bonners Ferry 45

Zack Axel scored 15 and the visiting Stags defeated the Badgers despite zero points from Adam Swinyard (1,282 career points).

Deer Park 10 15 14 16 - 55

Bonners Ferry 12 6 4 23 - 45

Deer Park (3-1) - Axel 15, McLean 0, Epler 7, Swinyard 0, Lane 2, Bowman 11, Pittam 0, Worden 0, Lewis 6, Hardie 2, Bennett 12.

Bonners Ferry (1-5) - Behrens 1, Braden 0, Dinning 3, Greenslitt 9, Newhouse 0, Riebli 13, Sanburg 2, Stephens 5, Vogl 12.

Troy 46, Colfax 43 (OT)

Randy McCall scored 19 and Shawn Heath hit three 3-pointers as the Trojans ended the undefeated season of the visiting Bulldogs.

Colfax 12 11 12 3 5 - 43

Troy 10 13 7 4 8 - 46

Colfax (6-1) - Carter 0, Davis 13, Hall 4, Kirkpatrick 4, Pittman 3, Templeton 5, Vuletich 5, Watts 8, D. White 0.

Troy - Trout 0, Potter 0, Heath 13, Bigford 7, Vandenbark 0, Buzga 0, McCall 19, Whitney 5.

Colton 74, Deary (Idaho) 46

Matt Weber and Zach Wolf combined for 46 points, hitting 19 of 29 from the floor, as the Wildcats topped the visiting Mustangs.

Wolf had 10 rebounds.

Deary 11 16 8 11 - 46

Colton 12 19 20 23 - 74

Deary (3-2) - Cannon 13, McGinty 0, Harper 0, Warner 2, Fuller 0, Eggers 11, Dawson 0, Orr 16, Strandbakke 3, Semriet 1.

Colton (3-5) - Druffel 2, Elmore 7, Keller 7, Olson 2, Shaffer 8, Stout 2, M. Weber 26, N. Weber 0, Wolf 20.