Dynamic Duo Has Big Night For T-O

Southeast B Tournament

Patrick Heaton and Anthony Buergel combined for 46 points and 17 rebounds Friday in Tekoa-Oakesdale’s 72-68 overtime win over Pomeroy during the first day of the Southeast District 9 B Tournament.

T-O entered as the No. 3 seed from the Whitman County, Pomeroy as the No. 2 from the Blue Mountain. The day turned sour for Blue Mountain teams, which finished 0-4.

Heaton, Buergel and Gabe Smith combined for nine of T-O’s 10 points in overtime. Smith finished with eight rebounds, Heaton with six assists.

Pomeroy’s Jory Feider scored 14 of his 20 in the first half and finished with 10 rebounds. Justin Kelly added a game-high 10 assists.

When the tournament shifts to Washington State University on Monday, T-O will play Garfield-Palouse at 8 p.m. for a berth in the championship game. Pomeroy will play Liberty Christian at 2:30 in a loser-out game.

Tekoa-Oakes. 72, Pomeroy 68 (OT)

T-O 13 17 11 21 10 - 72

Pomeroy 12 18 15 17 6 - 68

Tekoa-Oakesdale (12-11) Buergel 21, Heaton 25, Smith 8, A. Ellis 0, Wagner 4, Thompson 0, S. Ellis 4, Crossett 8, Sperber 0, Bruce 2.

Pomeroy (15-7) - J. Cox 8, Green 4, Kelly 14, B. Cox 3, Schulte 2, Vantrease 0, Feider 20, Neal 1, Bramhall 2, Matheny 14.

Gar-Pal 64, Liberty Christian 38

Jeremy Kimble had seven assists and combined with Jason Fox for 35 points as the fourth-ranked Vikings defeated the Patriots for their sixth consecutive victory.

Kimble and Mitch Kriebel combined for 12 points in the third quarter, when the Whitman No. 1-seeded Vikings pulled away from the fourth-seeded Blue Mountain team.

The Patriots’ Josh Jarrett had 10 rebounds.

Liberty Christian 7 13 5 13 - 38

Garfield-Palouse 16 11 16 21 - 64

Liberty Christian (11-13) - Ja. Jarrett 1, Laefler 13, Lewis 6, Patterson 5, Jo. Jarrett 5, Kalhoun 0, Katize 0.

Garfield-Palouse (19-2) - Evenson 0, Aa. Elder 3, Kriebel 8, Riedinger 0, Kimble 19, Fox 16, Wride 2, Smick 4, Ad. Elder 6, Million 0, Rosebrook 4, Ad. Smith 2.

Girls

Asotin 36, DeSales 31

Tiffani King scored 10 points in the fourth quarter, including two 3-pointers, and the Whitman fourth-seeded Panthers upset the Irish, the top Blue Mountain seed.

Asotin hit 10 of 16 free throws in the fourth quarter to overturn a third-quarter deficit. Sarah Witters had 11 rebounds and Mandy McCann added five steals for the Panthers. Mackenzie Lilwall had eight rebounds and Whitney Power five steals for DeSales.

Monday night at WSU, Asotin will play LaCrosse-Washtucna at 6:30 for a berth in the championship game. DeSales will play Waitsburg at 1 p.m. in a loser-out game.

Asotin 9 6 2 19 - 36

DeSales 7 8 6 10 - 31

Asotin (14-10) - D. Witters 0, King 11, Schnider 6, Deffer 0, Walburn 0, Eller 3, McCann 11, S. Witters 5.

DeSales (15-6) - A. Power 0, Lindgren 6, Smith 0, Watko 2, Lilwall 8, W. Power 10, Bohn 0, Lyons 5, Wolford 0.

LaCrosse-Wash. 43, Waitsburg 27

Stef Wigen totaled 10 rebounds, seven assists and four steals to lead the Whitman second-seeded Tigercats over the Blue Mountain third-seeded Cardinals.

L-W’s Kate Baumann added 10 rebounds to help a 42-31 advantage. The Cardinals’ Emily Seney and Melissa Wyatt combined for 22 rebounds.

Waitsburg 11 6 5 5 - 27

LaCrosse-Wash. 14 14 6 9 - 43

Waitsburg (8-15) - Hazelbaker 0, Hulce 7, Menino 0, Henze 3, Smith 0, Branson 0, Lehr 0, Seeney 5, Cunz 0, Robinson 0, Wyatt 12.

LaCrosse-Washtucna (17-6) - Kinch 3, Schneider 6, Whitman 0, Ayers-Stamper 3, Wigen 10, Ker. Mays 5, Evans 2, Kel. Mays 9, Blankenship 1, Baumann 4.