Shorts Helps Rams End Eagles’ Streak

Area girls

Kelicia Shorts made sure that second-ranked Lakeside had a long night.

Shorts hit four crucial free throws Friday night and Riverside defeated visiting Lakeside 40-38 in overtime to snap the Eagles’ 11-game winning streak.

Riverside led the Great Northern League game 38-36 after Shorts made two free throws late in regulation. Lakeside’s Kati Tikker forced OT with a final basket.

Shorts’ two free throws were the only points in OT.

Riverside 40, Lakeside 38 (OT)

Lakeside 16 7 8 7 0 - 38

Riverside 10 12 6 10 2 - 40

Lakeside (13-2, 7-1) - K. Tikker 10, K. Reome 6, Giampietri 0, J. Reome 0, Vojtech 3, Ross 0, J. Tikker 0, Barcus 12, Grubbs 4, Stillar 3.

Riverside (11-4, 5-2) - Arras 3, Korling 3, Welch 0, Rizzuto 8, Wood 1, Ke. Shorts 4, Shearer 0, Prichard 11, Ko. Shorts 10, H. Shorts 0.

Newport 58, Chewelah 46

Rose Sauer scored 19 of her 29 in the first half, and totaled four 3-pointers and eight rebounds as the Grizzlies upset the visiting Cougars.

Chewelah won the earlier matchup by 14 points. Newport’s Cari Wiese had seven rebounds, seven steals and five assists.

Chewelah 9 12 7 18 - 46

Newport 12 12 18 16 - 58

Chewelah (10-6, 3-5) - S. Walker 10, Hoffman 0, Landram 0, Davis 0, Erickson 0, J. Walker 6, White 9, Kinley 4, C. Hartill 4, Stone 7, Halle 3, Garner 1, Shamion 2.

Newport (6-10, 3-5) - Wiese 8, Ward 0, J. Schulz 0, Klein 0, Taylor 0, Almond 6, Sauer 29, C. Schulz 13, Elliott 2.

Pullman 68, Medical Lake 26

Christa Brossman scored 23, hitting 8 of 14 field goals and 4 of 4 free throws, and added nine rebounds and five steals as the visiting Greyhounds defeated the Cardinals to tie for first place.

ML had 34 turnovers.

Pullman 16 29 19 4 - 68

Medical Lake 5 8 3 10 - 26

Pullman (13-3, 7-1) - Brossman 23, Sheridan 14, McEldowney 0, Dickson 2, Toth 7, Sodorff 4, K. Dickson 4, Chamberlain 4, Curry 10, Lees 0, Brown 0.

Medical Lake (0-15, 0-8) - Muelken 12, Ehresman 0, Higgins 0, Reitmeier 1, Jones 6, Cox 2, Stallworth 2, McConnell 3, Traylor 0, Daily 0.

Panorama League

St. George’s 88, NWC 41

Alyssa Henley scored 20 of her 23 in the first half and the No.1-ranked Dragons wrapped up a perfect regular season with a win over the visiting Crusaders.

Henley shot 8 of 11 from the field in the first half, when the Dragons were 20 of 33. The Dragons’ Wenchi Liu added 11 assists and 10 steals.

The double-elimination league tournament begins Tuesday with four 7 p.m. games: North No. 4 Inchelium at South No. 1 St. George’s; North No. 3 Columbia at South No. 2 Selkirk; South No. 3 NWC at North No. 2 Wellpinit; and South No. 4 Springdale at North No. 1 Republic.

NW Christian 8 5 9 19 - 41

St. George’s 26 21 25 16 - 88

Northwest Christian (11-9, 10-6) - Nicolai 2, Meyers 0, Casimir 17, Proffitt 5, Knaggs 5, Ryman 3, Strandy 0, Smith 5, Walker 4.

St. George’s (20-0, 16-0) - Wenc. Liu 15, Clarke 6, Philopant 2, Stothart 6, Henley 23, Blume 4, Kutteruf 0, DePonty 16, Beren 0, Davis 2, Witherspoon 6, Luber 2, Crimmins 0, Van Stone 0, Bingham 2, Nally 4, Comar 0, Weni. Liu 0.

Republic 66, Curlew 28

Joleen Hover totaled 10 assists and six steals to help the visiting Tigers over the Cougars.

Curlew shot 6 of 43 from the floor in its final game of the season.

Republic 24 9 23 10 - 66

Curlew 2 7 13 6 - 28

Republic (17-3, 15-1) - Hover 12, Osgood 8, Sattler 2, Hadden 0, Ciais 4, C. Merritt 2, Koontz 12, Brake 2, A. Merritt 12, Giddings 12.

Curlew (6-14, 4-12) - Larsen 2, Warner 0, T. Somday 4, Phillips 12, Miller 2, Strandberg 2, Branam 6.

Columbia 45, Wellpinit 42

The visiting Lions avenged a 47-45 loss to the Redskins from Dec. 17.

Wellpinit missed a 3-point attempt with 9 seconds left.

Columbia 9 10 14 12 - 45

Wellpinit 12 14 6 10 - 42

Columbia (8-12, 8-8) - Hoiland 0, Lee 2, Schrack 4, Etue 6, Hudspeth 8, Nicodemus 4, Strickler 12, K. Anderson 9.

Wellpinit (11-9, 9-7) - Green 2, Sherwood 1, Ramos 2, Flett 2, Pakootas 5, Allen 15, Andrew 15, Payne 0.

Selkirk 57, Cusick 20

The 10th-ranked Rangers had 12 steals in the first half and pulled away from the host Panthers.

Selkirk 16 16 11 14 - 57

Cusick 5 2 7 6 - 20

Selkirk (17-3, 13-3) - Fairbairn 10, Scherf 8, D. Haney 5, M. Haney 2, Dorn 2, D. Beatty 1, M. Beatty 0, Allert 13, Emrick 5, Schmidt 8, Gonzalez 0, Shaw 3.

Cusick (6-14, 6-10) - Hills 2, Scott 0, Nenema 3, Maslonka 0, Gives 0, Haas 5, Nelson 4, Westford 6, Pickerel 0, Whiting 0, Andrews 0.

Inchelium 59, Northport 37

Genie Agapith scored a season-high 30, including four 3-pointers, and added nine rebounds to guide the visiting Hornets over the Mustangs.

Inchelium’s Bobbie Mollenberg added 10 assists. Northport’s Courtney Brunette totaled 21 points and 16 rebounds.

Inchelium 18 9 13 19 - 59

Northport 10 10 7 10 - 37

Inchelium (6-13, 6-10) - Mollenberg 5, A. Swan 1, Mason 0, Baulne 0, Abell 9, Johnson 3, Agapith 30, N. Swan 3, Phillips 7, Trudell 0, Simmons 1, Henning 0.

Northport (2-16, 1-15) - Burke 2, Wilson 4, Perazzo 0, Darling 0, Goodwin 10, Brunette 21, Krieger 0.

Spring. 76, St. Michael’s 24

Rae Adolph scored 19 and the visiting Chargers picked up a win by holding the Warriors to 8-for-50 shooting from the floor.

Springdale 12 19 30 15 - 76

St. Michael’s 3 10 0 11 - 24

Springdale (9-11, 8-8) - Starke 2, Rij 6, OlsonAxtell 16, Stricker 14, Lyons 2, Hubert 6, Lebret 5, Tomsha 4, Adolph 19, Wallette 2.

St. Michael’s (0-19, 0-16) - Odom 5, S. McDonald 0, Bedker 0, Sebesta 0, Holmes 0, A. Urann 14, M. McDonald 0, M. Urann 5, Knight 0.

Bi-County League

Ritzville 47, S-H 43

Carlye Zicha scored 11 points in the fourth quarter to help the Broncos rally from a 12-point deficit and upset the visiting Falcons, who won the earlier league game by 20.

The S-H loss and Valley Christian’s win gave VC at least a tie for its first league title.

Sprague-Harr. 6 19 11 7 - 43

Ritzville 7 9 15 16 - 47

Sprague-Harrington (12-4, 9-4) - Whipple 9, Ernst 0, Maurer 6, Charlton 2, Hatten 8, Kramer 4, Hatcher 2, Scoles 12.

Ritzville (7-10, 7-6) - Kennedy 2, H. Whitman 1, Cr. Zicha 12, K. Benzel 2, Ca. Zicha 17, A. Whitman 2, Janzen 11.

Reardan 68, W-C 60

Adeidra Jones and Kayla Moos scored eight apiece in the fourth quarter and Kristi Plummer had 10 rebounds as the Indians defeated the visiting Wildcats to create a three-way tie for third place.

Wilbur-Creston 13 9 20 18 - 60

Reardan 9 17 16 26 - 68

Wilbur-Creston (10-6, 8-5) - Thayer 9, Sherwood 8, Johns 0, Dreger 24, Nelson 0, Snavely 19, Seylor 0, Schroeder 0, Cox 0.

Reardan (10-7, 8-5) - Mason 0, Seyler 0, Ad. Jones 15, Plummer 10, Krupke 9, Rinker 8, Moos 12, As. Jones 12, Hammer 2.

Valley Christian 68, Lind 57

Carli Smith scored a season-high 31 to guide the fifth-ranked Panthers over the host Bulldogs.

Lind’s Angela Hentges scored 20, hitting 7 of 12 from the line, and added six steals.

Valley Christian 12 19 18 19 - 68

Lind 9 13 19 16 - 57

Valley Christian (15-2, 12-2) - Teterud 0, Lanker 6, Altmeyer 2, Smith 31, Rosholt 2, Arnhold 8, Cupp 15, Monforton 0, Peterson 4, Ka. Robertson 0, Ke. Robertson 0, Evans 0.

Lind (4-13, 1-13) - Robertson 14, Wahl 7, Hentges 20, Palmer 4, Strohmier 0, Starring 0, Miller 0, Whiteside 5, Hickox 7, Biermann 0, Sanger 0, Haight 0.

Davenport 77, Odessa 42

Cindy Swain had nine rebounds and five assists and the Gorillas finished with a 44-26 rebounding edge in defeating the visiting Tigers.

Davenport’s Kristy Guhlke added seven rebounds and six steals. Odessa’s Andrea Iksic hit four 3-pointers.

Odessa 12 10 11 9 - 42

Davenport 23 16 20 18 - 77

Odessa (3-14, 1-13) - Iksic 15, Jurgens 0, Wagner 0, Hunt 2, Walter 0, Ramm 2, Kuch 2, Hardung 0, Coleman 0, Knight 13, Knerr 0, Weishaar 8.

Davenport (11-6, 8-5) - Pebles 4, Bell 3, Hutsell 6, Guhlke 15, Swain 10, A. Lust 10, Kunz 15, E. Buchanan 4, Morton 3, Cowdrey 7.

Whitman County

LCW 52, T-O 43

Kelli Mays and Stef Wigen combined to make 8 of 9 free throws in the final 1-1/2 minutes, and the Tigercats defeated the Nighthawks at Washtucna to move into second place.

Tekoa-Oakes. 10 10 10 13 - 43

LaCrosse-Wash. 9 11 13 19 - 52

Tekoa-Oakesdale (13-6, 7-4) - Driscoll 14, Smith 13, Smart 4, Hurley 0, Gardner 0, Buergel 0, Bruce 10, Faunce 2.

LaCrosse-Washtucna (13-5, 7-3) - Kinch 0, Schneider 7, Whitman 0, Ayers-Stamper 14, Wigen 13, Ker. Mays 0, Evans 2, Kel. Mays 9, Blankenship 0, Baumann 7.

SJE 52, Asotin 26

Christine Cronrath surpassed 900 career points as the Eagles defeated the Panthers at St. John.

Asotin 6 3 6 11 - 26

SJE 13 7 14 18 - 52

Asotin (10-8, 4-6) - Wood 0, D. Witters 1, Johnsen 0, King 2, Schnider 2, Walburn 4, Eller 0, McCann 11, S. Witters 6, Welencott 0.

St. John-Endicott (13-5, 6-4) - D. Kile 1, A. Kile 2, Cronrath 13, Olson 3, Gossard 6, Schmick 12, Zuger 9, Hedlund 8.

Rosalia 54, Colton 46

Jen York scored 13 in the second half and Sara Henning hit four 3-pointers, leading the visiting Spartans over the Wildcats.

Colton’s Andrea Meyer scored a season-high 25.

Rosalia 11 15 21 7 - 54

Colton 10 10 10 16 - 46

Rosalia (5-13, 2-8) - Henning 14, Heinemann 9, M. York 4, Paulson 2, Coe 0, Bothman 4, Dale 4, J. York 17, Wood 0, Koppel 0.

Colton (2-17, 0-11) - Truong 11, Hall 7, Meyer 25, Stout 2, Waitt 2.

Northeast A League

Colfax 58, Liberty 43

The visiting Bulldogs had a 41-29 rebounding edge to defeat the Lancers for their sixth straight victory and clinch at least a tie for the league title.

Colfax 14 10 21 13 - 58

Liberty 16 9 9 9 - 43

Colfax (13-5, 5-0) - Lee 0, Mellor 11, Pierce 5, Tribbett 12, Baldree 7, Hall 8, Ken. Vantine 3, B. Vantine 10, McPherson 0, Swan 0, Kel. Vantine 0, Johnson 2.

Liberty (3-16, 0-5) - Kuster 5, E. Harchuck 0, Je. Gerard 2, Leslie 1, Olson 0, M. Harchuck 15, Ja. Gerard 9, Hodgson 1, Nadler 0, Fuchs 10.

Freeman 54, Kettle Falls 49

The visiting Scotties hit 8 of 14 field goals in the third quarter to turn back the Bulldogs.

Freeman 11 14 17 12 - 54

Kettle Falls 10 13 13 13 - 49

Freeman (7-11, 4-1) - Floch 6, Larson 16, Wilkerson 6, Morphy 0, Freeman 2, White 14, Halverson 10, Tibbetts 0.

Kettle Falls (7-12, 1-4) - Marcum 0, Schneider 2, Lebret 6, Combs 10, Fredrickson 10, Mack 11, Azzarito 3, Olson 3, Crandall 4.