Vc Wins 17Th In A Row

Boys basketball

Valley Christian completed its put-up-or-shut-up weekend by tearing past visiting Sprague-Harrington 75-54 Saturday night in the Bi-County League.

Jared Evans and Eric Smith combined for 45 points, and Brent Decker hit 800 points for his career as the top-ranked Panthers won their 17th consecutive game. VC had a 44-14 rebounding edge.

The weekend began with VC holding a two-game edge on three teams. The Panthers defeated two of those teams, Ritzville and S-H, to leave Wilbur-Creston alone in second place.

Colin Floyd scored 25 to surpass 700 career points for S-H.

VC 75, Sprague-Harrington 54

Sprague-Harr. 3 20 12 19 - 54

Valley Christian 26 8 23 18 - 75

Sprague-Harrington (10-4, 9-3) - Engles 6, Timm 0, McPeak 12, Floyd 25, Green 0, Becker 0, Scholten 3, Henry 8, Whipple 0.

Valley Christian (14-0, 12-0) - Eberle 0, Miller 0, Smith 20, Knigge 3, Stanaway 4, Barriero 5, Decker 16, Evans 25, Bolster 0, Lacy 2.

Ritzville 68, Reardan 49

Brett Arlt and Jason Heider combined to hit 7 of 11 3-pointers, leading the visiting Broncos over the Indians.

Ritzville 18 13 20 17 - 68

Reardan 13 16 8 12 - 49

Ritzville (9-5, 9-3) - Reilly 0, Burt 0, Heider 12, Plager 2, B. Arlt 23, Borth 3, J. Arlt 0, Marcus 0, Kuster 11, Whitman 12, Pflugrath 5.

Reardan (6-8, 5-7) - Soliday 9, Schultz 0, Krupke 7, A. Landreth 5, Falk 10, Addington 10, N. Landreth 2, Altizer 6.

Davenport 49, A/C-H 43

Chris Pauls had 10 rebounds and the Gorillas defeated the visiting Warriors.

Davenport had 24 fewer turnovers than in a 21-point loss to ACH six weeks ago.

ACH 9 5 11 18 - 43

Davenport 10 9 13 17 - 49

Almira/Coulee-Hartline (3-11, 3-9) - Cooper 0, Aldrich 5, Roberts 0, Fuller 4, Carstensen 8, Malone 5, Malloy 2, Jordan 16, Johanson 3.

Davenport (7-7, 5-7) - Paul 0, Buchmann 9, Warwick 13, Hein 0, Schreck 10, Curtis 6, Pauls 11, Dietrich 0.

Odessa 54, Lind 36

Kyle Strohmaier scored 17 and the visiting Tigers finished with a 23-8 edge in offensive rebounds while defeating the Bulldogs.

Odessa 7 13 19 15 - 54

Lind 10 10 13 3 - 36

Odessa (5-9, 4-8) - Dart 2, Ku. Starkel 3, Strohmaier 17, Voise 2, C. Smith 7, Jeske 10, Kagele 11, Ky. Starkel 0, S. Smith 2, Scrupps 0.

Lind (3-11, 2-10) - Kulm 5, Labes 0, Wilson 10, Al. Ritz 0, Starring 2, Horpedahl 3, Fode 4, Coyle 0, An. Ritz 0, Schrenk 12, Alcocer 0.

W-C 71, Christian Heritage 44

Gregg Arden had six assists and combined with J.J. Curo for 16 rebounds, leading the visiting Wildcats over the Patriots.

Wilbur-Creston 16 14 24 17 - 71

Chr.Heritage 9 19 8 8 - 44

Wilbur-Creston (11-2, 10-2) - Arden 10, Sheffels 5, Johnson 3, Morrison 4, Curo 16, Bunnell 0, Erickson 3, Llewellyn 0, Larkin 2, Krause 10, Nelson 13, Dunlap 3.

Christian Heritage (2-12, 1-11) - Klein 11, Bell 6, Stromberger 0, Bishop 1, N. Colvin 0, Flowers 0, Stuhlmiller 5, Busby 12, Brennan 0, Schumacher 6.

Panorama League

Selkirk 69, St. George’s 58

Joe Hodges scored 13 of his 32 in the fourth quarter, finished 11 of 11 from the line and added 12 rebounds as the host Rangers defeated the seventh-ranked Dragons at Ione.

St. George’s 9 13 23 13 - 58

Selkirk 12 18 14 25 - 69

St. George’s (11-5, 9-3) - Johnson 10, Longinotti 14, Holte 7, Thomas 11, Witherspoon 10, Wysham 6.

Selkirk (9-6, 7-5) - Villegas 0, Smith 16, Batch 3, Hodges 32, Carlson 10, Damron 0, Anderson 8.

Curlew 100, Northport 67

Jeremy Groth scored 41, hitting 8 of 16 from the floor and 13 of 14 from the line, and brother Craig Groth tied his season high with 24 points as the Cougars, tied for second in the state B poll, beat the visiting Mustangs.

Jeremy Groth is 14 points shy of becoming the 12th player in state history with 2,000 points.

Northport 19 17 11 20 - 67

Curlew 15 29 32 24 - 100

Northport (3-13, 2-10) - Petersen 0, Gruener 4, A. Weilep 16, Israel 0, Day 4, Rieckers 8, D. Boger 0, Wiley 2, L. Weilep 21, J. Boger 0, Wilson 12.

Curlew (15-1, 12-0) - Lindgren 0, Anderson 4, C. Groth 24, J. Groth 41, H. Barkley 2, Olsen 17, Stotts 5, Baker 0, Garrison 7, W. Barkley 0.

Northwest Christian 59, Springdale 42

Douglas Malott scored 12 in the fourth quarter and John Proffitt added 6-of-6 shooting from the line to lead the Crusaders past the visiting Chargers at East Valley High. NWC’s Gabe Goldman surpassed 900 career points.

Springdale 15 4 15 8 - 42

NW Christian 14 14 8 23 - 59

Springdale (3-13, 3-9) - Lane 4, Swearngin 4, Guistini 6, Lebret 13, Brigman 7, Roll 0, Norman 8.

Northwest Christian (12-3, 10-2) - DiStefano 0, Proffitt 10, Orr 0, Hutchins 4, Descoteaux 0, Strandy 4, Malott 21, Sharkey 6, Goldman 14.

Wellpinit 64, Inchelium 62

Trenton McCrea scored all nine of his points in the fourth quarter and the visiting Redskins hit 17 of 23 free throws in the final quarter to rally for the win.

Wellpinit 14 18 9 23 - 64

Inchelium 14 19 14 15 - 62

Wellpinit (6-8, 5-7) - Filkins 0, I. Abrahamson 17, V. Wynne 0, M. Wynne 0, G. Abrahamson 2, Flett 9, M. McCrea 14, T. McCrea 9, Moyer 13.

Inchelium (8-7, 6-6) - Hoffman 4, Jolley 2, Eaglebear 0, Simpson 14, Baulne 3, Michel 7, Mason 2, Tonasket 9, Simmons 2, Burch 19.

Republic 57, Columbia 46

Kris Krohn scored 22, hitting 11 of 12 free throws, and added 12 rebounds and six blocked shots to lead the Tigers’ home win.

Columbia 8 15 13 10 - 46

Republic 10 12 16 19 - 57

Columbia (4-12, 3-9) - K. Donohue 0, Turner 0, C. Young 5, Benson 16, Preston 11, Weston 0, J. Young 12, Hudspeth 0, Schurger 0, Berg 0, Montgomery 0, S. Donohue 2.

Republic (11-5, 10-2) - Haggerty 0, Russell 11, Burnside 5, Lembcke 0, J. Bauer 0, Krohn 22, C. Bauer 0, Rickard 9, Wilson 0, Walden 6, Long 0, Maycumber 4.

St. Michael’s 74, Cusick 47

Kevin Vogel scored 22 and Chris Vogel hit 6 of 8 free throws to lead a 14-for-21 night, as the Warriors won on the road.

St. Michael’s 19 10 18 27 - 74

Cusick 10 11 11 15 - 47

St. Michael’s (9-7, 5-7) - C. Vogel 17, J. Schindler 15, Edwards 6, Durazo 7, K. Vogel 22, Spruil 7.

Cusick (0-16, 0-12) - Person 8, Sattleen 0, K. Haikkila 10, J. Smith 4, A. Smith 3, Wykes 14, Foster 0, Robinson 8, Ford 0.

Whitman County

Gar-Pal 68, LaC-Wash 49

At LaCrosse, Jeremy Kimble scored 19 of his 25 in the first half to lead the Vikings to their 10th consecutive win.

Garfield-Palouse 19 25 8 16 - 68

LaCrosse-Wash. 9 8 21 11 - 49

Garfield-Palouse (12-1, 6-0) - Evenson 0, Aa. Elder 3, Kriebel 6, Riedinger 5, Kimble 25, Fox 15, Wride 2, Smick 0, Ad. Elder 7, Rosebrook 5.

LaCrosse-Washtucna (7-7, 3-3) - B. Colter 0, D. Colter 6, Goll 9, Schneider 10, Webley 0, Meyers 0, Stueckle 13, Hammond 11, Henley 0.

T-O 73, Colton 45

Gabe Smith, Pat Heaton and Anthony Buergel combined to hit 8 of 14 treys for the Nighthawks.

Colton 9 8 18 10 - 45

Tekoa-Oakes. 23 12 21 17 - 73

Colton (9-5, 3-3) - Wolf 16, R. Weber 2, Shaffer 2, T. Weber 2, Moehrle 0, Schlee 0, Busch 10, Stout 8, Olson 0, Mcintosh 5.

Tekoa-Oakesdale (8-6, 4-2) Buergel 14, Heaton 19, Smith 13, A. Ellis 13, Wagner 2, Thompson 0, S. Ellis 4, Crossett 8, Sperber 0, Bruce 0.

Asotin 58, Rosalia 33

Brad Smith scored 17, Ryan Uptmor had eight rebounds and the Panthers totaled 24 steals.

Rosalia 10 2 9 12 - 33

Asotin 14 18 10 16 - 58

Rosalia (2-10, 0-6) - S. Nelson 3, Slemp 0, Van Dyke 3, Shindler 16, Porter 11, Workman 0, A. Nelson 0.

Asotin (7-7, 1-5) - Wilsey 0, Dickinson 4, Rozell 2, Peer 10, Appleford 3, Witty 2, Vantrease 6, Weiss 6, Uptmor 8, Smith 17.