Scotties Keep Up The Pace, Wrap Up Spot In Regionals

Boys tournaments

Freeman had 20 reasons to be happy after Saturday night, but the 20th stood out the most.

Jeff Hyndman scored 18 points to lead Freeman to its 20th consecutive win, a 54-41 win over Liberty in the District 7 1A basketball tournament at Mead High.

The win advanced the Scotties to the district championship round and gave them a berth to the regional tournament against Caribou Trail League teams. One more district win and Freeman will also qualify for a return to the state tournament.

Liberty’s Jake Holling scored 10 in the fourth quarter. Liberty plays Kettle Falls on Tuesday night in a winner-to-region, loser-out game.

Freeman 54, Liberty 41

Liberty 6 9 9 17 - 41

Freeman 8 16 10 20 - 54

Liberty (15-7) - I. Smith 0, B. Holling 5, J. Holling 18, H. Smith 10, Repp 4, Wiman 4, Greenwalt 0, Jydstrup 0.

Freeman (20-2) - Carrell 8, Townsend 13, B. DePell 11, J. DePell 0, Hendrickson 4, Johnson 0, Hyndman 18.

Kettle Falls 59, Colfax 56

Richy Bohren scored eight in the second quarter and Jon Payne added 10 points in the third quarter, helping the Bulldogs eliminate Colfax.

Colfax 13 12 16 15 - 56

Kettle Falls 10 15 20 14 - 59

Colfax (7-14) - Gylling 5, Maj 0, Hall 14, Danaher 7, Watts 10, White 4, Vuletich 1, Pittman 15, Davis 0, Kirkpatrick 0.

Kettle Falls (6-16) - Bohren 8, Mace 0, Rogalette 9, Azzarito 6, Combs 2, Jo. Payne 13, Slater 0, Boone 12, Je. Payne 9.

Whitman County

SJE 52, Tekoa-Oakesdale 47

Wydell Duncan hit four consecutive free throws early in the fourth quarter for a 38-34 lead, and the Eagles held off the Nighthawks at Endicott to advance to the title game.

St. John-Endicott finished 27 of 37 from the line, with a 16-for-20 effort in the fourth quarter. SJE’s Neill Bafus had seven rebounds. T-O’s Sam Crossett had six rebounds and three blocks.

SJE will play top-seeded Garfield-Palouse (17-2) at 5:30 p.m. Monday for the 1-2 seeds to the District 9 B tournament. T-O will play Colton at 2:30 Monday for the 3-4 seeds.

Tekoa-Oakes. 6 10 15 16 - 47

St John-Endicott 8 12 10 22 - 52

Tekoa-Oakesdale (10-11) Buergel 11, Heaton 11, Smith 1, A. Ellis 4, Wagner 2, Thompson 0, S. Ellis 0, Crossett 16, Bruce 2.

St. John-Endicott (17-4) - Riehle 0, Siler 6, Bafus 4, Bezdicek 8, Duncan 12, Hames 9, Scheuerman 13, Johnstone 0.

Colton 59, LaCrosse-Washtucna 44

Brandon Mcintosh scored all 15 of his points in the second half, including 10 in the fourth quarter, and the Wildcats eliminated the Tigercats while qualifying for their second district tournament in 16 years.

Brian Busch added 11 rebounds and four assists for Colton, which has only played at district in 1995 since 1984. Dustin Colter had eight rebounds for L-W, which had qualified for the last 10 districts.

LaCrosse-Wash. 10 12 10 12 - 44

Colton 12 12 15 20 - 59

LaCrosse-Washtucna (12-10) - B. Colter 4, D. Colter 10, Goll 12, Schneider 0, Webley 0, Meyers 8, Hammond 10, Henley 0.

Colton (14-8) - Wolf 13, R. Weber 2, T. Weber 3, Moehrle 2, Schlee 0, Busch 10, Stout 14, Mcintosh 15.