Panorama No. 2 Takes Another Spill

Boys basketball

Having the second seed has proved troublesome at the Panorama League tournament.

Joe Hodges made 8 of 8 free throws Wednesday night and Selkirk held on for a 48-47 overtime win at Republic in a tourney opener.

Republic’s Cory Rickard missed a 3-point attempt with seconds left. Dorian Russell rebounded the miss and scored a put-back basket for the final points. Republic defeated Selkirk 54-50 during the regular season.

Republic entered as the No. 2 seed from the North Division, while Selkirk was the No. 3 from the South. St. George’s, the South No. 2, was upset Tuesday by Inchelium.

The tournament continues Saturday night. In winner-to-district games, Selkirk plays vs. Northwest Christian at Deer Park Middle School, and Inchelium is at Curlew. Wellpinit plays at Republic and St. Michael’s is at St. George’s in loser-out games.

Selkirk 48, Republic 47 (OT)

Selkirk 8 13 10 8 9 - 48

Republic 11 8 10 10 8 - 47

Selkirk (13-8) - Villegas 6, Smith 10, Batch 0, Hodges 16, Carlson 8, Damron 0, Anderson 8.

Republic (13-8) - Russell 12, Burnside 0, Krohn 14, Rickard 10, Wilson 2, Walden 9, Maycumber 0.

Curlew 92, St. Michael’s 63

J.B. Olsen scored a season-high 27 and Jeremy Groth became the state’s No. 8 all-time scorer as the second-ranked Cougars defeated the visiting Warriors for their 11th consecutive win.

Groth’s 30 points gave him 2,147 for his four-year career. He passed Clint Richardson (2,121) of O’Dea (1972-75) and Blaze Burnham (2,122) of St. John-Endicott (1985-88) on the night. Blaine senior Luke Ridnour is tied with Richardson heading into a Friday game.

Groth and his brother Craig combined for 25 assists. Olsen and Jeremy Groth combined for 19 rebounds. John Schindler led St. Michael’s with 23 points.

St. Michael’s 8 21 15 19 - 63

Curlew 26 26 28 12 - 92

St. Michael’s (11-10) - C. Vogel 10, J. Schindler 23, Edwards 9, Durazo 0, B. Schindler 4, K. Vogel 17, Portilla 0, Spruil 0, South 0.

Curlew (20-1) - Lindgren 0, Anderson 2, C. Groth 12, J. Groth 30, H. Barkley 0, Olsen 27, Stranberg 4, Stotts 3, Baker 2, Garrison 10, W. Barkley 2.

NWC 72, Wellpinit 42

Gabe Goldman and Douglas Malott combined for 39 points and 20 rebounds to guide the Crusaders over the visiting Redskins at Riverside High.

NWC shot 23 of 31 from the line. Wellpinit had 19 turnovers and was limited to six free-throw attempts, all made by Trenton McCrea.

Wellpinit 13 2 13 14 - 42

NW Christian 12 14 19 27 - 72

Wellpinit (7-12) - Filkins 0, I. Abrahamson 11, V. Wynne 2, Ford 0, G. Abrahamson 0, Flett 7, M. McCrea 10, Allen 0, T. McCrea 12, Moyer 0, Brigman 0, Evans 0.

Northwest Christian (17-4) - DiStefano 5, Proffitt 3, Orr 0, Hutchins 3, Descoteaux 2, Strandy 8, Malott 19, Sharkey 7, Goldman 20, Akins 0, Clouse 0, Mortlock 2, Iranon 3.

Border League

Coeur d’Alene 60, Lake City 56

Sam Conley scored 23, including four free throws in the final 21 seconds, as the Vikings ended the visiting Timberwolves’ 12-game winning streak.

Lake City trailed by 13 with less than 4 minutes left, but nearly caught CdA with a 10-0 run. The Timberwolves (13-3 BL) were attempting to keep pace with West Valley (16-2) and Cheney (15-2) in the league’s title chase.

Lake City 8 16 11 21 - 56

Coeur d’Alene 15 16 16 13 - 60

Lake City (15-3, 13-3) - Longwell 2 1-1 5, Quinn 7 0-0 14, Dlouhy 2 2-2 7, Lenz 2 3-6 8, Hammons 2 0-0 6, Chisholm 3 0-0 7, Wilder 3 0-0 9, Anderson 0 0-1 0, Carper 0 0-0 0, Dennis 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 6-10 56.

Coeur d’Alene (9-10, 7-10) - Simon 0 0-1 0, Rupp 1 0-0 2, Bligh 2 0-0 6, Rogers 3 2-2 10, Wilkey 1 1-2 3, Sather 0 0-0 0, Conley 6 7-8 23, Findley 4 2-5 10, Alderman 3 0-0 6. Totals 20 12-18 60.

3-point goals - Dlouhy, Lenz, Hammons 2, Chisholm, Wilder 3, Bligh 2, Rogers 2, Conley 4. Total fouls - Lake City 18, Coeur d’Alene 16. Fouled out - Dennis. Technicals - none.

Sandpoint 43, Post Falls 38

Scott Evans made 4 of 9 3-pointers and the visiting Bulldogs held off the Trojans after starting with an 11-0 lead.

Sandpoint 11 9 13 10 - 43

Post Falls 6 9 10 13 - 38

Sandpoint (6-12, 5-11) - Evans 5 1-1 15, Mire 0 0-2 0, Mills 0 0-0 0, Malone 3 0-0 6, Gunter 3 4-6 10, Oliver 0 0-0 0, Lopshire 1 0-0 2, Rinaldi 4 2-2 10. Totals 16 7-11 43.

Post Falls (2-17, 0-17) - Smith 1 0-0 2, Fetters 5 1-2 12, McKinnon 4 1-2 10, Garrett 0 0-0 0, Hutchison 0 1-2 1, Ward 1 0-0 2, Da. Adams 2 0-0 6, De. Adams 0 0-0 0, Haas 2 0-0 5. Totals 15 3-6 38.

3-point goals - Evans 4, Fetters, McKinnon, Da. Adams 2, Haas. Total fouls - Sandpoint 8, Post Falls 10. Fouled out - None. Technicals - None.