Curlew Qualifies

Boys basketball

Jeremy Groth became the state’s No. 6 all-time scorer Saturday night as his Curlew Cougars qualified for the District 7 B tournament.

Groth totaled 37 points, 10 rebounds, eight assists and six steals to lead the Cougars to a 94-63 win over visiting Inchelium in a Panorama League tournament semifinal.

Groth jumped to 2,184 career points and passed Colfax’s Jon Kincaid (2,150 from 1989-93) and Raymond/Aberdeen’s omm’A Givens (2,182 from 1990-94) on the night. Groth is 88 points shy of the top five.

Craig Groth added 22 points - including four long 3-pointers - 11 assists and six steals for Curlew.

Curlew will play Northwest Christian on Friday night at Colville for the 1-2 seeds to district.

The tournament continues Tuesday night with two winner-to-district, loser-out games. Inchelium will play at Republic and Selkirk will travel to St. George’s.

Curlew 94, Inchelium 63

Inchelium 10 17 12 24 - 63

Curlew 22 28 26 18 - 94

Inchelium (11-10) - Hoffman 0, Jolley 4, Eaglebear 2, Simpson 14, Baulne 2, Michel 13, Mason 5, Tonasket 8, Burch 15.

Curlew (21-1) - Lindgren 0, Anderson 6, C. Groth 22, J. Groth 37, H. Barkley 1, Olsen 10, Stotts 0, Baker 2, Garrison 8, W. Barkley 0, Strandberg 8.

NW Christian 37, Selkirk 28

Gabe Goldman totaled 23 points, 11 rebounds and three blocked shots to guide the Crusaders over the Rangers at Deer Park Middle School.

Goldman finished 8 of 10 from the floor and 7 of 8 from the line. The teams were a combined 2 of 19 on 3-pointers.

Selkirk 8 9 5 6 - 28

NW Christian 10 6 13 8 - 37

Selkirk (13-9) - Villegas 2, Smith 0, Batch 4, Hodges 7, Carlson 10, Damron 0, Anderson 5.

Northwest Christian (18-4) - DiStefano 0, Proffitt 4, Orr 0, Hutchins 0, Descoteaux 3, Strandy 4, Malott 3, Sharkey 0, Goldman 23.

St. George’s 50, St. Michael’s 45

Drew Moser scored 23, hitting 9 of 18 from the field including four 3-pointers, and the Dragons eliminated the visiting Warriors.

St. Michael’s finished 4 of 22 on 3-pointers, with a 0-for-11 effort in the first half.

St. Michael’s 12 0 13 20 - 45

St. George’s 17 10 14 9 - 50

St. Michael’s (11-11) - C. Vogel 7, J. Schindler 13, Edwards 13, Durazo 3, B. Schindler 7, K. Vogel 2, Spruil 0, South 0.

St. George’s (14-8) - Johnson 10, Longinotti 0, Milicevic 0, Dhillon 0, Holte 0, Moser 23, Thomas 10, Fix 0, Witherspoon 7, Golden 0, Welt 0, Hill 0, Wysham 0.

Republic 66, Wellpinit 43

Dorian Russell scored 22 and the Tigers had a 37-23 rebounding edge while eliminating the visiting Redskins.

Wellpinit’s Mike McCrea finished his career with 751 points.

Wellpinit 14 12 4 13 - 43

Republic 11 12 18 25 - 66

Wellpinit (7-13) - Filkins 0, I. Abrahamson 9, V. Wynne 8, Ford 1, G. Abrahamson 0, Flett 7, M. McCrea 15, Allen 0, T. McCrea 0, Moyer 3.

Republic (14-8) - Haggerty 1, Russell 22, Burnside 2, Lembcke 0, J. Bauer 2, Krohn 17, C. Bauer 0, Rickard 16, Wilson 0, Walden 4, Long 0, Maycumber 2.

Blue Mountain League Tournament

Waitsburg 46, DeSales 39

Derek Martin scored 18 to lead the Cardinals over the Irish at DeSales High in Walla Walla.