Swinyard Keeps Deer Park Alive

District 7 2A

Adam Swinyard scored 13 of his game-high 25 points in the pivotal third quarter and Deer Park went on to a boys District 7 2A loser-out basketball victory over Riverside at Mt. Spokane High on Friday night.

Swinyard’s third-period effort keyed a 20-9 run after No. 6 seed Riverside (5-16) played third-seeded Deer Park to a tie at 28 at the half.

Kevin Hersom had 13 points and seven rebounds to pace Riverside’s effort.

Deer Park takes on No. 2 seed Medical Lake today at 3:30 at Mt. Spokane as the tournament moves into double elimination.

Riverside 16 12 9 14 - 51

Deer Park 10 18 20 12 - 60

Riverside (5-15) - Hodgson 6, Vandermeer 0, Westenskow 6, Steiner 9, Hoffman 14, Watt 1, Crance 0, Thomas 0, Hersom 13, Stoner 2.

Deer Park (15-7) - Axel 10, Epler 6, Swinyard 25, Henry 0, Bowman 2, Mitchell 2, Ti. Thompson 6, Zimmerer 9, Ty Thompson 0, Lewis 0.

Pullman 46, Lakeside 35

Fred Rurangirwa scored a game-high 17 points and snared nine rebounds to spark the fourth-seeded Greyhounds (13-9) to a loser-out victory over the fifth-seeded Eagles (7-13).

Rurangirwa scored eight points in the second quarter to help Pullman rally from a two-point deficit to a 23-15 advantage at the half.

Jordan Bjork led Lakeside with 13 points.

Pullman takes on No. 1 Chewelah tonight at 8:45.

Lakeside 8 7 8 12 - 35

Pullman 6 17 9 14 - 46

Lakeside (7-12) - Brown 2, Barcus 6, Day 7, Bjork 13, Stillar 3, Spiger 0, Tenny 0, Zambryski 2, Peterson 0, Clochorty 0, Mortlock 2.

Pullman (12-9) - Druffel 0, Wood 2, Paulson 7, Christy 1, Baumgartner 4, Nolting 4, Clark 0, Rurangirwa 17, Everton 3, Law 0, Bray 8, Hinsdale 0.

Girls

Lakeside 66, Deer Park 32

The Eagles shot 54 percent (25-46) from the field for the game and held the Stags scoreless in the fourth quarter en route to a loser-out victory at Mt. Spokane High.

Jen Barcus had 12 points and seven rebounds to lead Lakeside. The third-seeded Eagles (17-5) take on second-seeded Riverside today at 2 p.m. as the tournament moves to double elimination.

Jill Watts topped Deer Park (6-15) with 10 points.

Deer Park 14 8 10 0 - 32

Lakeside 22 13 15 16 - 66

Deer Park (6-14) - Hill 0, Anderson 8, Hardie 3, Allen 6, Russell 0, Watts 10, Carnline 0, Olson 5, K. Shaw 0.

Lakeside (16-5) - K. Tikker 5, K. Reome 8, Giampietri 7, J. Reome 10, Vojtech 10, Ross 2, J. Tikker 3, Barcus 12, Grubbs 0, Stillar 6, Silver 0, Jones 3.

Newport 53, Chewelah 44

Rose Sauer connected on 11 of 19 shots from the floor, including five 3-pointers, and finished with a game-high 30 to lead the fourth-seeded Grizzlies (9-12) to a loser-out win over the Cougars (11-10).

Newport hit 58 percent from the floor for the game, while holding Chewelah to 33 percent shooting.

Newport takes on top-seeded Pullman tonight at 7 in a double-elimination game.

Michelle Kinley had 11 points for the Cougars.

Chewelah 3 13 18 10 - 44

Newport 17 8 16 12 - 53

Chewelah (11-9) - S. Walker 8, Hoffman 0, Davis 0, Erickson 0, J. Walker 6, White 2, Kinley 11, C. Hartill 0, Halle 7, Garner 2, Shamion 8.

Newport (8-12) - Wiese 5, Klein 0, Almond 4, Sauer 30, C. Schulz 8, Elliott 2, Dahlin 4.