Touchet Tops Patriots

Mon., Feb. 14, 2000

Girls basketball

Lindsay Dorman made 12 of 18 free throws Saturday night to lift third-seeded Touchet to a 61-55 win over No. 2 Liberty Christian during the Blue Mountain Tournament at DeSales High in Walla Walla.

Touchet hit 25 of 35 free throws to outscore the Patriots by 20 points at the line.

Touchet will play No. 1 DeSales (14-5) tonight for the 1-2 seeds to the District 9 B tournament. Also tonight, Liberty Christian will meet Waitsburg for the 3-4 district seeds.

Touchet 61, Liberty Christian 55

Touchet 10 24 10 17 - 61

Liberty Christian 8 13 12 22 - 55

Touchet (16-5) - Dorman 18, Short 10, Richards 2, Brt 6, Plucker 7, McKenna 16, Bussell 2.

Liberty Christian (17-4) - Dunham 24, E. McNair 6, B. McNair 12, Loeffler 0, Brauer 11, Franklin 0, Krause 2.

Waitsburg 45, Pomeroy 37

Melissa Wyatt scored 12 and the Cardinals qualified for district and eliminated the Pirates.

Pomeroy shot 21 percent from the floor.

Pomeroy 7 16 4 10 - 37

Waitsburg 12 14 6 13 - 45

Pomeroy (2-19) - Utke 0, Waldron 1, Ledgerwood 4, Heytvelt 13, Dixon 11, Deal 2, Kelly 6, Slaybaugh 0, Des Jardin 0, Van Ausdle 0.

Waitsburg (7-14) - Henze 9, Wyatt 12, Seeney 6, Smith 4, Robinson 1, Hulce 7, Lehr 2, Branson 4.

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