Deer Park Rolls Over Riverside

Wyatt Zimmerer scored a season-high 18 points Thursday night, including 12 in the first quarter, and Deer Park’s boys defeated visiting Riverside 72-32 to close within one game of first place in the Great Northern League.

Zimmerer and Shane Mitchell combined for 15 rebounds for the Stags, and Zack Axel added five steals.

Deer Park trails Chewelah (8-1) with three league games left. The Stags play at Chewelah on Tuesday.

Deer Park 72, Riverside 32

Riverside 8 8 12 4 - 32

Deer Park 21 19 17 15 - 72

Riverside (4-13, 1-8) - Robison 0, Hodgson 2, Vandermeer 2, Westenskow 0, Steiner 6, Reedy 2, Watt 2, Crance 2, Thomas 4, Hersom 12, Stoner 0.

Deer Park (13-4, 7-2) - Axel 6, Epler 8, Swinyard 18, Henry 1, Bowman 4, Mitchell 5, Phillips 3, Ti. Thompson 2, Zimmerer 18, Ty Thompson 0, Pittam 3, Lewis 4.

Girls

Riverside 69, Deer Park 40

Jamie Rizzuto matched a season high with 18 points, including 15 in the first half, and the visiting Rams defeated the Stags to close within one game of first-place Pullman.

DP had 25 turnovers and shot 12 of 51 from the floor.

Riverside 22 22 6 19 - 69

Deer Park 4 8 20 8 - 40

Riverside (13-4, 7-2) - Arras 6, Korling 4, Welch 0, Rizzuto 18, Wood 13, Ke. Shorts 12, Shearer 0, Prichard 12, Ko. Shorts 4, H. Shorts 0.

Deer Park (6-11, 3-6) - Hill 3, Greer 0, Anderson 5, Hardie 7, Allen 7, Russell 0, Shaw 0, Watts 9, Carnline 0, Olson 9.