Casimir Leads Nwc
Girls
DeMecia Casimir was at her best Tuesday night, as was most of the Panorama League South Division.
Casimir scored a season-high 23 points, including two 3-pointers, to guide NWC to a 53-28 win at Wellpinit in one of four league tournament openers.
The South defeated the North in three of four openers. NWC was the No. 3 seed from the South, Wellpinit the No. 2 from the North.
The tournament continues Friday night. Winner-to-district games will have NWC at South No. 1 St. George’s, and South No. 2 Selkirk at North No. 1 Republic. Inchelium plays at Wellpinit and Springdale at Columbia in loser-out games.
NW Christian 53, Wellpinit 28
NW Christian 8 14 16 15 - 53
Wellpinit 4 9 11 4 - 28
Northwest Christian (12-9) - Nicolai 4, Meyers 1, Casimir 23, Hunter 0, Proffitt 2, Saffle 0, Goldman 0, Greer 0, Knaggs 2, Ryman 6, Strandy 2, Smith 0, Walker 13.
Wellpinit (11-10) - Green 1, Sherwood 0, Ramos 8, Flett 0, Pakootas 9, Ost 0, Allen 9, Andrew 1, Wynecoop 0, Payne 0, Orr 0.
St. George’s 92, Inchelium 37
Wenchi Liu had a career-best 17 assists, and she, Alyssa Henley and Samantha Clarke scored six points apiece in the first quarter to lead the No. 1-ranked Dragons over the visiting Hornets.
The Dragons led 25-3 after 6 minutes.
Inchelium 5 10 10 12 - 37
St. George’s 32 16 19 25 - 92
Inchelium (6-14) - Mollenberg 10, A. Swan 4, Abell 0, Johnson 1, Agapith 11, N. Swan 3, Phillips 6, Simmons 2.
St. George’s (21-0) - Wenc. Liu 11, Clarke 8, Philopant 6, Stothart 4, Henley 12, Blume 2, DePonty 18, Davis 6, Witherspoon 12, Bingham 5, Nally 4, Weni. Liu 3.
Selkirk 64, Columbia 41
Wynne Scherf scored 17 and the ninth-ranked Rangers overcame 21-percent field-goal shooting in the first quarter to defeat the visiting Lions at Ione.
Columbia 13 4 13 11 - 41
Selkirk 12 19 15 18 - 64
Columbia (8-13) - M. Budweg 0, S. Budweg 0, Hoiland 0, Lee 3, Schrack 4, Etue 8, Hudspeth 5, Nicodemus 17, Strickler 2, K. Anderson 2.
Selkirk (18-3) - Fairbairn 11, Scherf 17, D. Haney 4, Pettis 6, M. Haney 0, Dorn 0, D. Beatty 0, M. Beatty 4, Allert 13, Emrick 5, Schmidt 4, Gonzalez 0.
Republic 67, Springdale 38
Breeann Osgood totaled 18 points and seven rebounds to lead the Tigers over the visiting Chargers.
Katy Giddings added 16 rebounds and Joleen Hover nine assists for Republic.
Springdale 9 5 14 10 - 38
Republic 16 16 16 19 - 67
Springdale (9-12) - Rij 0, Olson-Axtell 8, Stricker 0, Lyons 0, Hubert 3, Lebret 11, Tomsha 2, Adolph 14.
Republic (18-3) - Hover 16, Osgood 18, Sattler 0, Hadden 1, Ciais 2, C. Merritt 0, Koontz 8, Brake 2, A. Merritt 12, Giddings 6, Lindsey 2.
Border League
W. Valley 69, Cheney 61 (OT)
Vanessa Parvey scored 20 of her 26 after halftime, including a three-point play to force overtime, and the visiting Eagles edged the Blackhawks.
Chelsea Thomas hit a 3-pointer in OT for WV, and Parvey and Amanda Holstrom added four free throws apiece. Cheney’s Lani McLauchlin made a career-high six 3-pointers, all in the second half, and fueled a 13-0 run.
The teams will meet again Feb. 18 in a District 7 3A tournament opener at Mt. Spokane High. WV is 2-0 this year against the Blackhawks.
WV 12 10 16 16 15 - 69
Cheney 9 11 11 23 7 - 61
West Valley (10-10, 9-9) - Erdahl 4 0-2 9, Wieber 1 0-2 2, Groh 3 0-0 7, Holstrom 3 5-10 11, Thomas 4 0-0 11, Parvey 7 10-15 26, Cortez 1 1-2 3, Brosvik 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 16-31 69.
Cheney (7-12, 6-11) - Conrath 1 2-2 4, Anderson 1 1-3 4, Brannan 0 0-0 0, McLauchlin 6 0-0 18, Regnier 0 0-0 0, Callahan 7 3-6 17, Marsh 5 4-8 14, Oyolokor 1 1-6 3, Camp 0 1-2 1. Totals 21 12-27 61.
3-point goals - Erdahl, Groh, Thomas 3, Parvey 2, Anderson, McLauchlin 6. Total fouls - West Valley 19, Cheney 22. Fouled out - Marsh. Technicals - None.
Great Northern League
Riverside 57, Chewelah 47
Katie Prichard scored 13 in the first half and Jamie Rizzuto finished 8 of 9 from the line, leading the visiting Rams over the Cougars.
Riverside 13 23 6 15 - 57
Chewelah 8 12 13 14 - 47
Riverside (12-4, 6-2) - Arras 3, Korling 8, Rizzuto 14, Wood 0, Ke. Shorts 6, Prichard 18, Ko. Shorts 8.
Chewelah (10-7, 3-6) - S. Walker 4, Hoffman 0, Landram 0, Davis 2, J. Walker 13, White 2, Kinley 9, C. Hartill 2, Stone 0, Halle 15, Garner 0, Shamion 0.
NEA tiebreaker
Kettle Falls 55, Liberty 44
Leslie Fredrickson and Chelsea Combs combined for 29 points as the Bulldogs defeated the Lancers at Mead High, earning the No. 3 seed to the District 7 1A tournament.
The double-elimination district tourney begins Friday at Mead. Openers are Kettle Falls vs. No. 2 Freeman (7-12) and No. 4 Liberty vs. No. 1 Colfax (14-5).
Kettle Falls 14 10 13 18 - 55
Liberty 12 12 8 12 - 44
Kettle Falls (8-13) - Marcum 0, Schneider 4, Lebret 3, Combs 14, Fredrickson 15, Mack 6, Azzarito 8, George 0, Olson 5, Crandall 0.
Liberty (4-17) - Kuster 6, E. Harchuck 2, Je. Gerard 8, Leslie 0, Olson 6, M. Harchuck 2, Ja. Gerard 6, Hodgson 2, Nadler 9, Swenson 3.
Bi-County League
Sprague-Harrington 51, Reardan 38
Amanda Scoles scored 20, hitting 9 of 16 from the field, and added 12 rebounds as the visiting Falcons defeated the Indians to wrap up at least a tie for second place, which brings with it an automatic district berth.
Noel Hatten scored eight in the final 5 minutes to help the Falcons pull away from a 34-32 lead.
Sprague-Harr. 7 16 6 22 - 51
Reardan 6 5 13 14 - 38
Sprague-Harrington (14-4, 11-4) - Whipple 11, Ernst 2, Maurer 0, Charlton 0, Hatten 13, Kramer 2, Hatcher 2, Scoles 20, Swift 1, Hostoff 0.
Reardan (10-9, 8-7) - Mason 5, Seyler 0, Ford 2, Jones 0, Plummer 10, Krupke 7, Rinker 10, Moos 2, Jones 2, Hammer 0.
Davenport 53, Ritzville 40
Cindy Swain scored seven in the fourth quarter and the Gorillas held off the visiting Broncos despite poor shooting.
Ritzville pulled within two points with 6 minutes left, but then had five turnovers. The Gorillas shot 34 percent from the floor and 39 percent from the line.
Ritzville 9 4 18 9 - 40
Davenport 12 11 13 17 - 53
Ritzville (8-11, 8-7) - Kennedy 4, H. Whitman 0, Cr. Zicha 12, K. Benzel 6, Sackmann 0, Ca. Zicha 5, A. Whitman 3, Janzen 10.
Davenport (13-6, 10-5) - Pebles 5, Bell 2, Hutsell 5, Guhlke 6, Swain 13, A. Lust 7, Kunz 7, Buchanan 2, Morton 0, Cowdrey 6.
Wilbur-Creston 52, Lind 31
Cherie’ Dreger scored eight of her 21 in the third quarter, and added nine rebounds and four steals as the Wildcats defeated the Bulldogs at Creston.
W-C’s Leanne Snavely added 11 rebounds and five assists.
Lind 5 9 8 9 - 31
Wilbur-Creston 12 15 18 7 - 52
Lind (4-14, 1-14) - Robertson 8, Wahl 0, Hentges 16, Palmer 0, Miller 0, Whiteside 1, Hickox 2, Sanger 4.
Wilbur-Creston (11-7, 9-6) - Thayer 0, Vaughan 1, Sherwood 4, Johns 7, Dreger 21, Nelson 0, Snavely 15, Seylor 2, Schroeder 0, Cox 2.
Almira/Coulee-Hartline 63, Odessa 35
Tiffany Giese and Callie Clark combined for 17 rebounds and the Warriors shot 13 of 16 from the line to defeat the Tigers at Hartline.
ACH’s Shawna Stokoe added four assists.
Odessa 7 9 4 15 - 35
ACH 16 8 16 23 - 63
Odessa (3-16, 1-15) - Iksic 16, Jurgens 0, Wagner 0, Hunt 0, Walter 0, Ramm 2, Kuch 0, Hardung 2, Coleman 0, Knight 2, Knerr 3, Weishaar 10.
Almira/Coulee-Hartline (8-10, 7-8) - Balcom 0, Fuller 6, Butler 6, J. Evans 10, Giese 6, Elder 6, Stevens 7, Stokoe 6, Clark 17, King 0.
A-1 Region I
Coeur d’Alene 52, Moscow 37
Dani Bielec scored 10 in the third quarter and finished 4 of 6 on 3-pointers, leading the Vikings over the visiting Bears and into the state tournament.
The Vikings, riding a 21-game winning streak, will open state next Wednesday. Moscow must defeat a Boise-area team on Saturday to advance to state.
Moscow 8 8 13 8 - 37
Coeur d’Alene 16 8 19 9 - 52
Moscow (17-7) - Brown 0 0-0 0, LeFors 0 0-0 0, Robinson 3 0-0 7, Vasquez 0 0-0 0, Thornton 0 0-0 0, Nygaard 0 0-0 0, Sorbel 2 0-0 4, Bisbee 4 0-0 10, Hawley 1 0-0 2, Goetz 7 0-0 14. Totals 17 0-0 37.
Coeur d’Alene (22-1) - Lenz 1 0-0 3, Stranger 3 1-1 7, Roetter 0 0-0 0, Vig 0 1-2 1, Baracco 0 1-2 1, Hauck 3 0-0 8, Bielec 6 0-0 16, Douglas 3 0-0 6, Budvarson 1 0-2 2, Davis 4 0-0 8. Totals 21 3-7 52.
3-point goals - Robinson, Bisbee 2, Lenz, Hauck 2, Bielec 4. Total fouls - Moscow 10, Coeur d’Alene 9. Fouled out - none. Technicals - none.