Valley Christian, St. George’S Roll

Northeast District B girls

St. George’s and Valley Christian took the first step toward an anticipated championship-game collision when the Northeast District B girls basketball tournament opened Monday night at two sites in Spokane.

Unbeaten St. George’s (24-0) dispatched Wilbur-Creston 80-36 and twice-beaten Valley Christian (19-2) whipped Springdale 70-36 as the top seeds from the Panorama and Bi-County, respectively, led a first-night split by the leagues.

Action resumes Wednesday with St. George’s facing Sprague-Harrington at 5 p.m. and Valley Christian drawing Selkirk at 6:45 in winner-to-state matchups at Spokane Falls Community College.

In loser-out games at the same times at Spokane Community College, Republic meets Wilbur-Creston and Davenport plays Springdale.

Boys district action begins today).

St. George’s 80, Wilbur-Creston 36

Alyssa Henley hit 9 of 12 shots from the field and all five of her free throws in a 23-point game that led the Dragons.

St. George’s last loss was to W-C in last year’s State B championship game.

Wilbur-Creston 8 11 8 9 - 36

St. George’s 24 20 16 20 - 80

Wilbur-Creston (15-8) - Vaughan 3, Thayer 4, Sherwood 0, Johns 0, Dreger 9, Nelson 2, Snavely 10, Sliger 2, Seylor 2, Schroeder 2, Cox 2.

St. George’s (24-0) - Wenc. Liu 15, Clarke 11, Philopant 3, Stothart 2, Henley 23, Blume 2, DePonty 4, Davis 6, Witherspoon 3, Bingham 2, Nally 4, Weni. Liu 5.

Valley Christian 70, Springdale 36

Carli Smith and Kasie Cupp were too much for the Chargers as the Panthers broke on top early and cruised.

Smith hit 9 of 13 shots in a 21-point game and grabbed 15 rebounds, while Cupp was 8 of 19 from the field in an 18-point game and grabbed eight rebounds as the duo outscored the Chargers by themselves. Springdale shot just 21 percent to VC’s 45 percent.

Valley Christian 23 8 22 17 - 70

Springdale 4 7 12 13 - 36

Valley Christian (19-2) - Teterud 2, Lanker 7, Altmeyer 2, Smith 21, Rosholt 0, Arnhold 4, Evans 0, Cupp 18, Monforton 11, Ke. Robertson 1, Peterson 3, Ka. Robertson 2.

Springdale (11-14) - Starke 2, Rij 1, Olson-Axtell 6, Stricker 4, Lyons 0, Hubert 4, Lebret 4, Tomsha 2, Adolph 13.

Sprague-Harr. 35, Republic 28

The Falcons prevailed in this one in which both teams struggled from the field. S-H shot just 34 percent, Republic 22 percent.

Amanda Scoles hit 5 of 9 in a game-high 14 points for the Falcons.

Sprague-Harr. 8 8 10 9 - 35

Republic 4 14 6 4 - 28

Sprague-Harrington (16-5) - Whipple 12, Ernst 0, Maurer 4, Charlton 0, Hatten 2, Kramer 0, Hatcher 3, Swift 0, Scoles 14.

Republic (20-5) - Hover 9, Osgood 4, Hadden 2, Ciais 0, C. Merritt 3, Koontz 8, Sattler 0, Giddings 2.

Selkirk 57, Davenport 41

The Rangers got 40 points from the trio of Christina Fairbairn (15), Rachea Allert (14) and Wynne Scherf (11) in cruising past the cold Gorillas.

Davenport hit just 14 of 49 shots for 28 percent. Selkirk was 22 of 58.

Davenport 8 9 10 14 - 41

Selkirk 16 12 9 20 - 57

Davenport (15-8) - Paul 0, Pebles 0, Bell 6, Hutsell 4, Guhlke 7, Swain 11, A. Lust 2, Kunz 6, E. Lust 2, Buchanan 1, Guhlke 0, Cowdrey 2.

Selkirk (20-4) - Fairbairn 15, Scherf 11, D. Haney 0, Pettis 3, M. Haney 4, D. Beatty 0, M. Beatty 2, Allert 14, Emrick 2, Schmidt 6, Gonzales 0, Dorn 0.