Scotties Own Nea Title

Boys basketball

Freeman started the season 0-2 but has been unstoppable since Dec. 7.

Tanner Townsend totaled 21 points and six steals Saturday night, and the hot-shooting Scotties wrapped up their perfect Northeast A League season with a 79-57 win over visiting Colfax.

Fifth-ranked Freeman, winner of 18 straight, opens the District 7 1A tournament on Friday against No. 4-seeded Kettle Falls. Colfax, No. 3 seed, opens vs. No. 2 Liberty in the tourney at Mead High.

Freeman 79, Colfax 57

Colfax 10 22 15 10 - 57

Freeman 26 17 24 12 - 79

Colfax (7-12, 2-4) - Gylling 6, Maj 2, Danaher 2, Watts 23, White 7, Vuletich 4, Pittman 8, Davis 3, Carter 0, Kirkpatrick 2.

Freeman (18-2, 6-0) - Carrell 11, Reed 2, Townsend 21, Taylor 0, Schrempp 13, B. DePell 17, J. DePell 3, Hendrickson 8, Johnson 4.

Liberty 56, Kettle Falls 46

Jake Holling hit 3 of 4 3-pointers and the Lancers made 17 of 24 free throws to defeat the visiting Bulldogs.

Kettle Falls 13 9 16 8 - 46

Liberty 14 17 11 14 - 56

Kettle Falls (5-15, 0-6) - Bohren 5, Mace 2, Azzarito 16, Combs 4, Holguin 0, Jo. Payne 8, Slater 0, Boone 3, Je. Payne 8.

Liberty (14-6, 4-2) - I. Smith 0, B. Holling 15, J. Holling 17, H. Smith 8, Repp 4, Frampton 0, Wiman 8, Greenwalt 4, Brumley 0.

Border League

West Valley 59, Colville 49

Lance Pecht scored 24, hitting 4 of 8 3-pointers, and John Focht added 14 rebounds as the Eagles defeated the visiting Indians to clinch a tie for the league title.

The Eagles play at Cheney on Tuesday, when they will try to claim the title outright.

Colville 12 8 9 20 - 49

West Valley 12 12 20 15 - 59

Colville (9-9, 7-9) - Trudgeon 1 1-1 4, S. Goble 1 2-2 4, Sprangers 1 0-0 2, Banich 5 1-2 13, N. Goble 1 0-0 2, Drozdowski 0 0-0 0, Bassett 2 2-4 6, Mostek 3 1-2 8, Bradeen 3 1-2 8, Johnson 1 0-0 2, Ferguson 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 8-13 49.

West Valley (18-1, 16-1) - Kopp 1 0-0 3, Sly 2 1-1 5, McIntyre 1 4-4 6, Pecht 8 4-6 24, Hamilton 0 1-2 1, Gordon 2 4-4 8, Harris 0 0-0 0, Focht 3 4-5 10, Hollifield 0 0-0 0, Allen 0 0-0 0, French 0 2-2 2, Bullock 0 0-2 0. Totals 17 20-26 59.

3-point goals - Trudgeon, Banich 2, Mostek, Bradeen, Kopp, Pecht 4. Total fouls - Colville 20, West Valley 14. Fouled out - Bassett. Technicals - none.

Cheney 58, Clarkston 40

Shon Volk made 7 of 12 field goals and the Blackhawks jumped to a 13-0 lead to cruise past the visiting Bantams.

Clarkston 7 6 14 13 - 40

Cheney 15 15 12 16 - 58

Clarkston (4-14, 4-12) - Pfeifer 0 0-0 0, Holly 0 1-2 1, Fraser 3 3-4 11, Shelden 4 4-6 12, Bolland 0 0-0 0, Howell 0 0-0 0, Hayes 1 0-0 2, Blume 2 2-4 7, Entel 1 2-2 4, Madison 1 0-0 3. Totals 12 12-18 40.

Cheney (16-2, 14-2) - Humphrey 1 0-0 2, Larson 1 0-2 2, Harris 1 2-2 4, Volk 6 5-7 18, Randall 2 2-3 7, Hegney 1 0-0 2, Mount 2 0-0 4, Woodard 5 2-2 12, Laughlin 1 1-2 3, Marsh 0 2-4 2, Stoddard 1 0-0 2. Totals 21 14-22 58.

3-point goals - Fraser 2, Blume, Madison, Volk, Randall. Total fouls - Clarkston 17, Cheney 16. Fouled out - None. Technicals - None.

CdA 62, Post Falls 51

The Vikings had a 15-4 run in the second quarter and a 12-1 run in the third to hand the Trojans their 16th consecutive loss.

Coeur d’Alene 15 15 16 16 - 62 Post Falls 17 11 9 14 - 51 Coeur d’Alene (8-10, 6-10) - Simon 1 0-0 3, Rupp 3 0-0 7, Bligh 0 0-0 0, Sande 1 0-0 2, Rogers 6 5-5 17, Wilkey 0 0-0 0, Sather 5 0-0 10, Conley 5 3-3 15, Findley 2 0-0 4, Alderman 2 0-0 4. Totals 25 8-8 62.

Post Falls (2-16, 0-16) - Smith 3 2-3 8, Fetters 0 0-0 0, McKinnon 5 4-7 16, Garrett 1 0-0 2, Hutchison 0 2-2 2, Ward 1 0-0 2, Da. Adams 6 2-3 17, De. Adams 0 1-2 1, Haas 1 1-2 3. Totals 17 12-19 51.

3-point goals - Simon, Rupp, Conley 2, McKinnon 2, Da. Adams 3. Total fouls - Coeur d’Alene 11, Post Falls 13. Fouled out - Smith. Technicals - none.

Lewiston 61, Sandpoint 51

Dan Haines scored 17 to lead the Bengals over the visiting Bulldogs.

Sandpoint 8 15 17 11 - 51

Lewiston 23 14 13 11 - 61

Sandpoint (5-12, 4-11) - Evans 5 3-5 17, Mire 1 0-0 3, Mills 3 2-2 9, Malone 3 1-2 7, Oliver 0 1-2 1, Lopshire 0 0-0 0, Rinaldi 4 2-4 10, Scott 1 0-0 2. Totals 17 11-17 51.

Lewiston (10-8, 8-8) - Martin 0 6-8 6, J. Huff 0 0-0 0, Johnson 0 0-0 0, Zager 1 0-3 3, Anderson 6 0-2 12, Sullivan 1 0-0 2, Forth 0 0-0 0, Klamper 4 3-5 12, C. Huff 1 0-0 3, Bruce 2 0-0 6, Haines 7 3-4 17. Totals 22 12-22 61.

3-point goals - Evans 4, Mire, Mills, Zager, Klamper, C. Huff, Bruce 2. Total fouls - Sandpoint 19, Lewiston 14. Fouled out - none. Technicals - none.

Great Northern

Deer Park 80, ML 66

Adam Swinyard scored 23 of his 31 in the first half and finished with 12 rebounds as the Stags defeated the visiting Cardinals to move within one game of first-place Chewelah.

Zack Axel added eight assists and six steals, and Ty Thompson had eight rebounds for Deer Park.

Medical Lake 21 12 13 20 - 66

Deer Park 18 23 18 21 - 80

Medical Lake (7-9, 5-4) - Oberg 3, Berryhill 11, Blayne 0, Moultrie 8, Mosley 3, Jackson 2, Berry 8, McMillian 10, Butorac 14, Schmidt 4.

Deer Park (12-4, 6-2) - Axel 12, Epler 8, Swinyard 31, Henry 4, Mitchell 0, Phillips 2, Ti. Thompson 3, Zimmerer 6, Langbehn 0, Ty Thompson 8, Bowman 3, Lewis 3.

Pullman 52, Newport 36

Zach Hinsdale made 9 of 13 field goals as the Greyhounds beat the visiting Grizzlies.

Fred Rurangirwa and Trent Bray combined for 12 rebounds for Pullman. For Newport, Adam Wickey made 11 of 12 free throws.

Newport 9 5 13 9 - 36

Pullman 12 10 16 14 - 52

Newport (2-15, 0-9) - Wickey 16, Johnson 0, Reyes 2, Byrd 2, Melendez 2, Hastings 1, McClean 2, Jordan 11.

Pullman (10-7, 6-3) - Druffel 2, Wood 7, Paulson 0, Christy 2, Baumgartner 2, Nolting 0, Clark 0, Rurangirwa 8, Everton 0, Law 4, Bray 9, Hinsdale 18.