Colfax Wins League Title

Girls basketball

Becky Vantine scored 21 points Saturday night to help Colfax wrap up the Northeast A League title with a 59-47 win at Freeman.

Colfax took control by starting a 13-2 run midway through the second quarter.

Colfax is the No. 1 seed to the District 7 1A tournament, which begins Friday at Mead. The Bulldogs open against the No. 4. Freeman, the No. 2 seed, opens against the No. 3.

Colfax 59, Freeman 47

Colfax 13 19 16 11 - 59

Freeman 8 14 13 12 - 47

Colfax (14-5, 6-0) - Mellor 6, Pierce 3, Tribbett 2, Baldree 9, Hall 10, Ken. Vantine 2, B. Vantine 21, Kel. Vantine 6.

Freeman (7-12, 4-2) - Floch 13, Larson 12, Wilkerson 7, Morphy 0, Freeman 4, White 5, Halverson 0, Tibbetts 6.

Liberty 56, Kettle Falls 54

Courtney Fuchs scored 14 in the second half, including two free throws for the lead with 20 seconds left, and the Lancers defeated the visiting Bulldogs to tie for third place. Fuchs also had nine rebounds.

The teams will play a tiebreaker on Tuesday to determine district seeding.

Kettle Falls 12 11 13 18 - 54

Liberty 11 13 13 19 - 56

Kettle Falls (7-13, 1-5) - Schneider 2, Lebret 5, Combs 14, Fredrickson 16, Mack 4, Azzarito 11, Olson 0, Crandall 2.

Liberty (4-16, 1-5) - Kuster 9, E. Harchuck 2, Je. Gerard 5, Leslie 5, Olson 0, M. Harchuck 0, Ja. Gerard 10, Hodgson 6, Nadler 0, Fuchs 19.

Great Northern

Pullman 53, Newport 32

Christa Brossman surpassed 1,600 career points and combined with Debbie Curry for 18 rebounds as the Greyhounds defeated the visiting Grizzlies to move into first place alone.

Brossman also limited Rose Sauer (22.5 ppg) to two field goals. Newport hit 16 of 19 from the line.

Newport 6 6 9 11 - 32

Pullman 14 13 15 11 - 53

Newport (6-11, 3-6) - Wiese 2, Ward 0, J. Schulz 0, Klein 1, Taylor 3, Almond 3, Sauer 14, C. Schulz 7, Elliott 2.

Pullman (14-3, 8-1) - Brossman 19, Sheridan 1, McEldowney 0, Ka. Dickson 0, Toth 2, Sodorff 4, Ke. Dickson 4, Chamberlain 13, Curry 10, Lees 0.

Deer Park 67, Medical Lake 36

Jill Watts and Jenny Olson combined for 33 points and 24 rebounds as the Stags overcame a 27-17 deficit to defeat the visiting Cardinals.

DP finished with 60 rebounds.

Medical Lake 18 10 4 4 - 36

Deer Park 13 14 21 19 - 67

Medical Lake (0-16, 0-9) - Muelken 3, Ehresman 0, Higgins 5, Reitmeier 7, Jones 3, Daily 4, Cox 0, Stallworth 5, McConnell 9, Traylor 0.

Deer Park (6-10, 3-5) - Hill 2, Greer 2, Anderson 7, Hardie 14, Allen 7, Russell 0, Shaw 2, Watts 16, Carnline 0, Olson 17.

Border League

Colville 60, West Valley 52

Ellen Shaw hit three 3-pointers on the way to 18 points, and added 5-of-6 shooting from the line in the fourth quarter to help the visiting Indians hold off the Eagles.

Colville is seeded No. 1 into the district tournament. WV will play Cheney in the district opener.

Colville 21 15 9 15 - 60

West Valley 11 19 9 13 - 52

Colville (13-5, 11-5) - Adams 1 1-2 3, Shaw 3 9-10 18, Meinhold 5 3-6 13, McConnell 1 3-4 5, Fondell 2 1-2 5, Kroiss 1 1-4 3, Sinn 0 0-0 0, Doolin 0 0-0 0, Pein 2 1-2 5, McGrane 4 0-0 8. Totals 19 19-30 60.

West Valley (9-10, 8-9) - Erdahl 4 0-0 9, Wieber 0 0-0 0, Groh 0 7-8 7, Holstrom 5 5-8 16, Thomas 3 0-0 7, Parvey 4 2-7 10, Cortez 0 1-2 1, McLachlan 1 0-0 2. Totals 17 15-25 52.

3-point goals - Shaw 3, Erdahl, Holstrom, Thomas. Total fouls - Colville 18, West Valley 22. Fouled out - Pein. Technicals - None.

Cheney 49, Clarkston 38

Julie Marsh scored 10 of her 19 in the second quarter and totaled eight rebounds to lead the Blackhawks over the visiting Bantams.

Cheney’s KDee Anderson added seven steals and five assists. Blackhawks freshman Ali Camp made her first start and scored five.

Clarkston 8 12 10 8 - 38

Cheney 8 21 14 6 - 49

Clarkston (2-17, 2-15) - Ball 0 1-2 1, King 2 2-3 6, Smith 2 0-0 4, O’Kelley 2 0-0 4, Gribble 0 0-0 0, Woodbury 0 0-0 0, Jones 2 2-2 6, Pavey 3 2-2 9, Larson 0 0-0 0, Barnes 0 0-0 0, Atkinson 4 0-0 8. Totals 15 7-9 38.

Cheney (7-11, 6-10) - Conrath 3 1-2 7, Anderson 3 0-0 7, Brannan 0 0-0 0, McLauchlin 2 0-0 5, Regnier 0 0-1 0, Callahan 1 0-1 2, Marsh 4 11-14 19, Oyolokor 2 0-2 4, Whitfield 0 0-0 0, Camp 2 1-3 5. Totals 17 13-23 49.

3-point goals - Pavey, Anderson, McLauchlin. Total fouls - Clarkston 20, Cheney 15. Fouled out - Atkinson. Technicals - None.

A-1 Region I tourney

Moscow 48, Post Falls 40

Courtney Goetz made 11 free throws, and Kim Hawley and Andrea Sorbel combined to hit 10 of 10 from the line as the Bears eliminated the visiting Trojans.

Moscow will play at Coeur d’Alene (21-1) Tuesday night in the championship round.

Post Falls 8 12 6 14 - 40

Moscow 11 13 7 17 - 48

Post Falls (16-8) - Eberle 1 3-3 6, Kane 0 0-0 0, Stockwell 0 0-0 0, Ridenour 3 0-0 6, Roberge 0 0-0 0, Holland 0 0-0 0, Olson 2 0-0 4, A. Johnson 4 2-2 10, D. Johnson 5 4-6 14, Young 0 0-0 0, Reaves 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 9-11 40.

Moscow (17-6) - Brown 0 2-2 2, LeFors 0 1-2 1, Robinson 0 3-4 3, Vasquez 0 0-0 0 Sorbel 5 4-4 14, Bisbee 1 0-0 2, Hawley 2 6-6 11, Goetz 2 11-18 15. Totals 10 27-36 48.

3-point goals - Eberle, Hawley. Total fouls - Post Falls 25, Moscow 13. Fouled out - Eberle, Ridenour A. Johnson, D. Johnson. Technicals - none.