Liberty, Ach In Title Test

Girls basketball

Almira/Coulee-Hartline took the long route toward the title game of the Liberty Christmas Tournament.

The Warriors hit 4 of 8 3-pointers on Thursday to topple Rosalia 56-37 in a tournament opener.

Callie Clark and Sheena Henderson had seven rebounds apiece for the Warriors.

ACH will play the host Lancers at 6 tonight for the title. Rosalia will meet Sprague-Harrington at 2 for the consolation.

Almira/Coulee-Hartline 56, Rosalia 37

ACH 14 13 18 11 - 56

Rosalia 9 11 9 8 - 37

Almira/Coulee-Hartline (4-3) - Balcom 8, Fuller 11, Butler 2, Evans 0, King 0, Elder 0, Stephens 3, B. Clark 6, C. Clark 17, Giese 4, Henderson 5.

Rosalia (5-3) - Dube 13, Messinger 0, Henning 4, Heinemann 12, M. York 0, Paulson 2, Coe 0, Bothman 2, J. York 2, Koppel 2.

Liberty 48, Sprague-Harrington 42

Jamie Gerard scored the Lancers’ final four points and Darci Hodgson had six rebounds during a win over the Falcons.

The Falcons’ Noel Hatten scored all of her 10 points in the fourth quarter.

Sprague-Harr. 9 5 12 16 - 42

Liberty 9 12 10 17 - 48

Sprague-Harrington (2-3) - Harder 2, Smith 3, Maurer 0, Kramer 9, Hatten 10, Swift 12, Whipple 4, Kostoff 2.

Liberty (5-3) - Fuchs 8, Ja. Gerard 11, Je. Gerard 2, Hodgson 8, Kuster 7, Loeffler 6, Martensen 0, Troyer 6.

Kettle Falls Tourney

Colville 58, Chewelah 47

Candi Doolin had 10 rebounds to help the Indians defeat the Cougars.

Colville will play host Kettle Falls at 5:30 tonight for the title. Chewelah will meet Adelaide, Australia, at 2 in the consolation.

Chewelah 17 7 13 10 - 47

Colville 11 18 19 10 - 58

Chewelah (4-3) - S. Walker 2 1-2 7, Landram 1 0-0 3, Davis 1 0-0 2, J. Walker 2 0-0 4, Hoffman 2 0-0 4, Hartill 5 0-0 10, Stone 0 1-2 1, Carpenter 0 2-2 2, Garner 1 0-0 2, Shamion 5 2-2 12. Totals 19 6-8 47.

Colville (4-2) - Adams 1 4-4 6, T. Meinhold 4 0-0 10, Kara Pein 1 0-1 2, A. Meinhold 3 2-6 8, Smith 2 0-0 5, Karl. Pein 1 0-2 2, Doolin 6 1-2 13, McGrane 5 1-2 12. Totals 23 8-17 58.

3-point goals-S. Walker 2, Landram, T. Meinhold 2, Smith, McGrane. Total fouls- Chewelah 17, Colville 12. Fouled out-None. Technicals-None.

Kettle Falls 63, Adelaide (Australia) 38

Chelsea Combs and Carrie Crandall combined for 38 points and 20 rebounds to lead the Bulldogs past the Australian visitors.

KF finished with a 41-33 rebounding edge.

Adelaide 11 6 8 13 - 38

Kettle Falls 19 10 18 16 - 63

Adelaide, Australia - Clark 0, Stewart 8, Brett 2, Duggan 2, Geddes 6, Fulwood 9, Burnham-Post 0, Moran 11.

Kettle Falls (7-1) - Lindsey 5, Lebret 7, Combs 20, Tabor 6, Mack 0, Azzarito 5, George 2, Crandall 18, Howell 0.

Freeman Tourney

Bonners Ferry 52, Freeman 48

Julie Bateman made 7 of 17 from the floor and the Badgers held the host Scotties to one field goal in the fourth quarter to earn the win.

BF finished 23 of 63 from the field, Freeman 16 of 39.

Krista Freeman of the Scotties made 4 of 7 field goals and 6 of 9 free throws.

The Badgers will play Lakeland at 6 tonight for the title. Freeman will meet Okanogan at 2 in the consolation.

Bonners Ferry 12 14 14 12 - 52

Freeman 19 8 16 5 - 48

Bonners Ferry (7-4) - Bateman 15, Blackmore 0, Cady 8, Copeland 2, Eby 2, Florea 0, Foust 2, Hays 2, Mein 6, L. Rice 10, Robertson 5.

Freeman (3-7) - Miller 12, Larson 9, Lamon 0, Morphy 0, Freeman 16, Oberst 2, Salisbury 0, Hendrickson 9.

Lakeland 56, Okanogan 34

Micki Desmarais scored six during an 18-0 first-quarter run, boosting the Hawks over the Bulldogs.

Desmarais and Ashley Jamison finished with eight rebounds apiece.

Lakeland 20 13 10 13 - 56

Okanogan 6 12 10 6 - 34

Lakeland (10-1) - Douglas 8, Jamison 2, Hansen 4, VonBehren 9, Desmarais 12, Austad 11, Harwood 4, Curran 2, Bertsch 2, Kiefer 2.

Okanogan - K. Attridge 5, Mitzner 14, Lisenbey 2, J. Attridge 6, Mosaueda 0, Roberts 0, Tugan 2, Spaet 2, Walker 3.

Reardan Tourney

Riverside 52, Cusick 22

Abby Shepherd scored 12 in the second half as the Rams defeated the Panthers.

The Rams had lost five consecutive games, stretching back to last season.

Riverside will play Reardan at 6 tonight for the title. Cusick will meet Columbia at 3 in the consolation.

Cusick 6 6 7 3 - 22

Riverside 8 18 12 14 - 52

Cusick (2-6) - Price 0, Sherwood 6, Scott 5, Johnston 2, Frisque 0, C. Whiting 4, Montgomery 0, Westford 5, Paduaro 0, T. Whiting 0.

Riverside (1-4) - Russel 2, Tallant 2, Prichard 13, Shearer 4, Shepherd 17, Couch 0, S. Sturchio 6, L. Sturchio 8, Falk 0.

Reardan 41, Columbia 23

Adeidra Jones hit three 3-pointers to guide the host Indians over the Lions.

Columbia 5 8 6 4 - 23 Reardan 13 8 8 12 - 41 Columbia (1-5) - S. Budweg 2, Hoiland 2, M. Budweg 6, Lee 3, Denison 0, Colvin 2, Erickson 6, Sampson 0, Thurman 2, Hammond 0.

Reardan (4-2) - R. Moos 2, Stuhlmiller 3, Ad. Jones 12, Plummer 6, Mason 6, K. Moos 6, As. Jones 3, Taylor 0, Baumgartner 0.

Non-league

Cheney 47, Medical Lake 18

The visiting Blackhawks cruised to a win when the Cardinals misfired on 35 of 40 field-goal attempts.

Cheney 11 10 12 14 - 47

Medical Lake 7 5 2 4 - 18

Cheney (3-5) - McAlister 14, Swegle 2, Whitfield 8, Weston 0, Van Matre 0, Swenson 5, Marsh 8, Smith 0, Camp 10.

Medical Lake (2-6) - King 2, Marcus 0, Reid 0, Jones 10, Daily 6, S. McConnell 0, Birge 0, Stallworth 0, Woods 0.

Davenport 66, Wellpinit 46

The Gorillas hit 10 of 19 field goals in the second quarter and finished with a 39-24 rebounding edge in defeating the visiting Redskins.

Wellpinit missed 15 of its 18 free-throw attempts.

Wellpinit 13 13 10 10 - 46

Davenport 13 24 13 16 - 66

Wellpinit (4-4) - Sherwood 2, V. Green 9, Carter 5, Pakootas 8, Stearns 4, Ost 2, Allen 9, Andrew 3, E. Green 4, Payne 0.

Davenport (5-1) - Deking 0, Becker 0, Pebles 16, Bell 16, Hutsell 4, Paul 3, Swain 16, Buchanan 4, Booth 2, Guhlke 5.