Colfax Rolls Into District Title Round

Girls tournaments

Becky VanTine led three players in double figures with 15 points Saturday night, and Colfax defeated Kettle Falls 53-34 in the District 7 1A tournament winner-to-region game at Mead High.

Colfax advanced to the district championship round, which begins Friday. Colfax has qualified for the region tournament against the Caribou Trail League. The Bulldogs need just one more district win to also qualify for a return trip to the state tournament.

Heather Lebret had two 3-pointers for KF. The Bulldogs play Freeman on Tuesday night for a regional berth. The loser will be eliminated.

Colfax 53, Kettle Falls 34

Kettle Falls 10 9 4 11 - 34

Colfax 13 12 15 13 - 53

Kettle Falls (9-14) - Marcum 0, Schneider 2, Lebret 8, Combs 8, Fredrickson 9, Mack 3, Azzarito 2, George 2, Olson 0, Crandall 0, Edwards 0.

Colfax (16-5) - Lee 0, Mellor 11, Pierce 2, Tribbett 11, Baldree 4, Hall 6, Ken. VanTine 2, B. VanTine 15, McPherson 2, Swan 0, Kel. VanTine 0, Johnson 0.

Freeman 45, Liberty 42

Laura Halverson and Heidi Tibbetts combined to make 7 of 9 free throws in the final minute, and the Scotties eliminated the Lancers.

Freeman’s Heather Wilkerson had 10 rebounds.

Freeman 8 13 6 18 - 45

Liberty 5 6 16 15 - 42

Freeman (8-13) - Floch 8, Larson 10, Wilkerson 8, Morphy 2, Freeman 3, White 4, Halverson 7, Tibbetts 3.

Liberty (4-19) - Kuster 1, Je. Gerard 11, Leslie 0, Olson 2, M. Harchuck 2, Ja. Gerard 5, Hodgson 1, Nadler 9, Fuchs 11.

Whitman County League Tournament

LaCrosse-Washtucna 59, St. John-Endicott 47

At Endicott, Danielle Ayers-Stamper scored eight of her 19 points in the second quarter, boosting the Tigercats over the Eagles and into the title game.

Seniors Rochelle Schneider of L-W and Breanna Schmick of SJE both surpassed 800 career points. Schmick also had 11 rebounds.

L-W will play top-seeded Garfield-Palouse (17-2) Monday night for the 1-2 seeds to the District 9 B tournament. SJE will play Asotin on Monday for the 3-4 seeds.

SJE 15 13 6 13 - 47

LaCrosse-Wash. 15 19 10 15 - 59

St. John-Endicott (14-7) - D. Kile 0, A. Kile 0, Cronrath 6, Gossard 8, Schmick 16, Zuger 13, Hedlund 4, Britton 0, Taylor 0.

LaCrosse-Washtucna (16-5) - Kinch 2, Schneider 10, Whitman 0, Ayers-Stamper 22, Wigen 4, Ker. Mays 4, Evans 3, Kel. Mays 3, Baumann 11.

Asotin 55, Tekoa-Oakesdale 43

Mandy McCann had six assists and six rebounds, and the Panthers hit 13 of 22 fourth-quarter free throws to eliminate the Nighthawks.

Michelle Faunce, Betsy Smart and Janette Bruce combined for 23 rebounds for the Nighthawks. T-O had played in 16 consecutive district tournaments.

Tekoa-Oakes. 10 13 12 8 - 43

Asotin 12 8 16 19 - 55

Tekoa-Oakesdale (14-8) - Driscoll 11, Smith 9, Smart 6, Hurley 0, Buergel 0, Bruce 9, Faunce 8, Gumm 0.

Asotin (13-9) - D. Witters 6, King 14, Schnider 2, Deffer 0, Walburn 4, Eller 0, McCann 14, S. Witters 15.

Bi-County League tiebreaker

Reardan 53, ACH 51

Lindsay Krupke and Kim Rinker scored all the points during a 9-0 run to start the third quarter, and the Indians defeated the Warriors at Creston to earn the sixth and final seed to the league tournament.

ACH missed two 3-point attempts in the final 22 seconds. Callie Clark of ACH had nine rebounds, one more than Reardan’s Kristi Plummer.

Reardan will open the tournament Monday night at home against No. 3 Davenport (13-7). The other opener at Reardan is No. 4 Wilbur-Creston (12-7) vs. No. 5 Ritzville (8-12).

ACH 11 20 7 13 - 51

Reardan 9 18 16 10 - 53

Almira/Coulee-Hartline (9-11) - Fuller 1, Butler 7, J. Evans 12, Giese 7, Elder 1, Stevens 3, Stokoe 5, Clark 15.

Reardan (11-10) - Mason 8, Seyler 0, Ford 0, A.D. Jones 5, Plummer 8, Krupke 8, Rinker 14, Moos 2, Taylor 0, A. Jones 4, Hammer 4.