Reardan Hangs On For Win

Boys basketball

Reardan nearly waited too long.

The Indians almost blew a 25-point lead on Thursday, but held on to edge Columbia 58-55 in an opener of the Reardan Christmas Tournament.

Reardan took the 25-point lead into the final quarter, but Columbia’s Kris Benson scored 14 of his 23 points to guide a wild rally.

Reardan put its starters back in with 2 minutes left, then held on after the Lions pulled within one point with a minute left.

Reardan will play Cusick at 7:30 tonight for the title. Columbia will meet Riverside at 4:30 in the consolation.

Reardan 58, Columbia 55

Columbia 7 8 7 33 - 55

Reardan 20 12 15 11 - 58

Columbia (3-3) - Erickson 6, I. Turner 2, Benson 23, Preston 11, Eli 12, Strickler 1, Schurger 0, Montgomery 0.

Reardan (4-1) - Nelson 1, Schultz 2, Rinker 8, Bocook 8, Soliday 11, Dilg 5, Larson 0, Falk 2, Addington 8, Hicks 7, Meyer 2.

Cusick 57, Riverside 52

Dustin Person and Trevor Pease both hit 6 of 8 free throws and the Panthers finished 21 of 32 from the line to rally past the Rams.

Cusick snapped a six-game losing streak. Nathan Martin hit two 3-pointers to help Riverside to a first-quarter lead.

Cusick 10 9 14 24 - 57

Riverside 12 17 13 10 - 52

Cusick (2-6) - Person 16, Reijonen 3, K. Haikkila 5, N. Ernst 6, E. Ernst 3, S. Hardwick 0, T. Hardwick 11, Delanoy 1, Pease 9, J. Haikkila 3.

Riverside (0-6) - Stoner 1, Vander Meer 4, Westenskow 4, Lorenz 2, Reedy 11, Gellatly 0, Martin 8, Watt 5, Hoener 0, Bond 3, Crance 6, Mazulo 8.

Freeman Tourney

Freeman 77, Lakeland 68

Tanner Townsend scored 24 in the first half, and the Scotties hit 5 of 6 free throws in the final minute to hold off the Hawks.

Lakeland led 67-66 with 1:06 left, but Jake DePell had two late steals to fuel Freeman’s comeback.

Townsend finished 14 of 17 from the line and combined with Jeff Hyndman for 16 rebounds.

Freeman will play Okanogan at 7:30 tonight for the title. Lakeland and Bonners Ferry will play at 4 in the consolation.

Lakeland 17 20 14 17 - 68

Freeman 18 25 16 18 - 77

Lakeland (5-1) - Foster 3, Kiefer 0, Sandford 4, Klingaman 13, Milks 5, Myers 0, R. Hansen 16, Hubbard 15, Ploetzner 12, J. Hansen 0.

Freeman (9-1) - Love 3, Reed 8, Townsend 27, DePell 10, Schrempp 13, Brune 0, Johnson 3, Hyndman 13.

Nooksack Tourney

Deer Park 67, Ilwaco 62 (OT)

Zack Axel hit 3 of 4 free throws in overtime and Shawn Epler totaled six steals to lead the Stags over the Fishermen.

Ilwaco stole an inbounds pass with 16 seconds left in regulation, but missed a field-goal attempt. The Stags called timeout with 4 seconds left, then missed a shot at the buzzer.

The Stags overcame the absence of Adam Swinyard (24.3 points per game), who made the trip but is recovering from an injury to his kneecap.

The tourney drew several teams that played at last year’s State 2A Tournament. Deer Park will meet Omak at 6 tonight.

Deer Park 15 16 14 12 10 - 67

Ilwaco 26 4 5 22 5 - 62

Deer Park (4-1) - Axel 18, McLean 3, Epler 10, Lane 2, Bowman 5, Pittam 12, Worden 0, Lewis 2, Hardie 7, Bennett 8.

Ilwaco - Kimbrough 9, Ketel 17, Bittner 8, Hudkins 0, Hersey 1, Leback 2, Fritts 23, Lyster 0, Oman 2.

Goldendale 69, Chewelah 56

Andy Jackel scored 25 and the Timberwolves held the Cougars to 3-for-15 shooting from the field in the second quarter to build a huge lead.

Chewelah will play Cashmere at 4 p.m. today. Cashmere lost to the host Pioneers.

Goldendale 15 20 12 22 - 69

Chewelah 10 7 19 20 - 56

Goldendale (6-1) - Jackel 25, Scott 14, Carlson 5, Cook 4, Ridley 9, Myra 2, Schultz 6, Musser 4.

Chewelah (5-1) - Stone 11, Schanzenbach 0, Feist 3, Puthoff 15, Belzer 3, Boone 15, Hagen 2, Trampush 5, King 2, Oneal 0.

Liberty Tourney

Liberty 68, Rosalia 42

James Jydstrup hit 4 of 6 on 3-pointers in the first half, and Henry Smith totaled four steals to guide the host Lancers over the Spartans.

Rosalia finished with 22 turnovers.

Liberty will meet Sprague-Harrington at 7:30 tonight for the title. Rosalia and St. Maries will play at 4 in the consolation.

Rosalia 4 12 9 17 - 42

Liberty 18 24 17 9 - 68

Rosalia (0-6) - Brown 0, Widman 4, Holling 0, Nelson 13, Slemp 0, Vandyke 0, Lindhag 0, Porter 12, Taylor 5, Parker 8.

Liberty (4-4) - Conley 6, Holling 9, Jydstrup 14, Slesar 6, H. Smith 10, Van Tine 4, Greenwalt 3, Hein 4, Piersol 1, Rogers 0, Heller 0, I. Smith 5.

Sprague-Harrington 73, St. Maries 53

Colin Floyd accounted for 25 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists to lead the Falcons over the Lumberjacks in an opener.

Floyd surpassed 1,000 points for his career.

The Falcons’ Travis McPeak added 20 points and eight assists.

Sprague-Harr. 21 22 15 15 - 73

St. Maries 9 11 16 17 - 53

Sprague-Harrington (2-2) - Engles 6, Shields 4, McPeak 20, Floyd 25, Oestriech 0, Scholten 0, Henry 12, Whipple 6, Wagner 0.

St. Maries (3-3) - Landrum 4, Montgomery 2, Adams 3, Bentcik 3, Larsen 14, Barden 0, Howland 7, Stogsdill 3, Ware 0, Brown 4, Schwartz 13, Collins 0.

Kettle Falls Tourney

Colville 75, Curlew 55

Matt Trudgeon hit 8 of 13 field goals, including 3 of 6 on 3-pointers, to help the Indians over the Cougars.

Colville finished 32 of 63 from the floor, with nine 3-pointers. Craig Groth scored 27 and his Cougars hit 19 of 24 free throws.

Colville will play host Kettle Falls for today’s title. Curlew will meet Adelaide, Australia, in the consolation.

Curlew 8 10 13 24 - 55

Colville 26 19 17 13 - 75

Curlew (4-3) - Andreas 5, Groth 27, Garrison 6, Morrison 13, Baker 2, Shannon 0, Scriver 2.

Colville (5-1) - Sprangers 3, Trudgeon 19, Goble 9, Banich 9, Cox 0, May 8, Salina 6, Cornwell 5, Bassett 6, Johnson 4, Ferguson 6.

Kettle Falls 61, Adelaide (Australia) 52

Josh Combs had 11 rebounds during the host Bulldogs’ win over the visitors from Australia.

Adelaide 8 12 18 14 - 52

Kettle Falls 17 17 16 11 - 61

Adelaide (Australia) Roos - Walsh 4, Gresswell 7, Pearce 0, Todd 0, O’Farrell 6, Brewer 10, Wood 4, Philp 10, Slovinski 11, Hawks 0, McDonald 0.

Kettle Falls (7-2) - Vaughn 0, Mace 12, Azzarito 2, Combs 6, Holguin 0, Fredrickson 0, Lebret 3, Aubertin 0, Slater 4, Boone 12, Payne 14, Rogalette 8.

Non-league

Cheney 58, Medical Lake 55

Rhett Humphrey hit 6 of 8 field goals, including 3-for-4 shooting from long range, as the visiting Blackhawks held off the Cardinals.

ML made a run after trailing by 11 with 2:30 left. Bobby Jackson scored seven during the Cardinals’ run.

Cheney 14 15 12 17 - 58

Medical Lake 16 11 7 21 - 55

Cheney (6-2) - Humphrey 16, Larson 7, Harris 6, Hegney 14, Oswald 0, Woodard 9, Marsh 0, Strampe 6.

Medical Lake (4-4) - Blayne 3, Tareski 0, B. Jackson 17, Mosley 18, Williams 0, C. Jackson 2, Butorac 15.

Lakeside 70, Kellogg 30

Taylor Mortlock scored 19, and Greg Smith and Jared Tikker had six rebounds apiece to guide the visiting Eagles over the Wildcats.

Lakeside 23 13 19 15 - 70

Kellogg 8 5 6 11 - 30

Lakeside (3-3) - J. Mortlock 7, Peterson 7, Smith 13, T. Mortlock 19, Shasky 1, Tikker 11, Spiger 4, Hatch 6, Fairbanks 2.

Kellogg (0-6) - Bush 2, Figueroa 3, Groth 2, Groves 4, Keene 0, Lonn 8, Moore 0, Peterson 7, Strom 0, Zupan 4.

Davenport 45, Wellpinit 34 Alan Curtis totaled 20 rebounds and Ryan Buchmann hit 6 of 7 field goals to guide the Gorillas over the visiting Redskins.

Wellpinit 9 4 5 16 - 34

Davenport 2 15 15 13 - 45

Wellpinit (1-7) - C. Ford 12, Abrahamson 2, D. Flett 4, M. Ford 11, M. Wynne 0, Allen 5.

Davenport (2-3) - Parsons 1, Buchmann 15, Semprimoznik 0, Holderby 6, Hein 0, Schreck 12, Curtis 11.