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Griffitts lifts Coeur d’Alene over East Valley

The Spokesman-Review

Kama Griffitts scored 14 points, including the go-ahead basket with 23 seconds left, as Coeur d’Alene used its size to overpower East Valley 53-50 in a non-league matchup Saturday at East Valley.

Lindsay Stark added 11 points for the Vikings (7-3), who shot 21 of 40 from the floor, including 5 of 11 from 3-point range.

East Valley (4-2), which has no one taller than 5-foot-10, got just 18 rebounds and was led by Elise Olk and Ashley Grater with 11 points each.

In other non-league action, Betsy Hechtner scored a game-high 15 points as Lewiston (6-5) held off visiting Clarkston (3-3) 42-40. Brittney Devorak added 13 for the Bengals, while Misty Atkinson led Clarkston with 13 points. … Amber Enyeart had 10 points and 13 rebounds and hit a pair of big shots in overtime as host Selkirk (3-5) held off Clark Fork (1-5) 51-47 at Ione. Bailey Hewitt led the Wampus Cats with 17 points. … Maria Barranco scored a game-high 28 points to lead Newport (3-4) to a 62-52 win over Cusick (4-1) in the championship game of the Priest River Tournament. Heather Alkire, who along with Barranco was named to the all-tournament team, finished with 17 points for Newport. Amanda Smith led Cusick with 21 points, while Misty Ostlie added 18 for the Panthers. Both were named to the all-tournament team. … Tabitha Clark finished with 20 points, and Lacey Hopkins added 14 points and 10 rebounds as Priest River (3-5) beat Kettle Falls (1-5) 66-41 in the consolation game of the Priest River Tournament. Clark and Hopkins were both named to the all-tournament team, as was Kettle Falls’ Liz Beardslee, who finished with a game-high 25 points.

Kayla Stiegemeier finished with 22 points, seven steals and four assists as host Lakeland (9-2) pulled out a 53-50 win over Colfax (4-2) at Rathdrum. Jordan Harazin led the way with 12 points for the Bulldogs. … Kristin Schramm had a game-high 27 points as Chelan knocked off Chewelah (2-2) 65-56 in a non-league matchup in Chewelah. Jochell Schatz led the Cougars with 15 points as Chewelah was held to 25-of-59 shooting from the floor. Chelan was 24 for 47. … Claire Moberg had a game-high 25 points and 11 rebounds as Freeman (5-1) knocked off Lake Roosevelt 66-52 at Freeman. Jessie DePell added 19 points and six steals for the Scotties, while Rowena St. Pierre led Lake Roosevelt with 17 points.

Nichole Miller had 23 points and Amanda Grumbach each scored 13 points as Curlew (5-2, 3-1) cruised past first-place Wellpinit 52-31 in a Panorama League matchup at Curlew. Curlew held the Redskins (5-1, 4-1 North Division) to just 13-of-60 shooting from the field, including 1 of 8 from 3-point range. … Jessee Rouse had 18 points and five assists to lead St. George’s (5-1, 3-0) past St. Michael’s (3-5, 0-4) at St. Michael’s. The Dragons had 12 steals, including five in the fourth quarter that allowed them to pull away. … Chelsi Pakootas had 12 points, and Leah Dick eight points, seven rebounds, four steals and four assists as Inchelium (6-1, 4-1) cruised past Columbia (1-5, 1-3) 53-22 at Inchelium. Ashley Smith and Samantha Montgomery had six points each for Columbia. … Chanel Ford finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds as Republic (2-3, 2-3) led 34-13 at halftime and cruised to a 66-37 win over Northport (1-7, 0-5) at Northport. Kaprina Goodwin led Northport with 20 points and eight rebounds.

Andrea Kuch had 21 points, and Jenni Harp had seven points and nine rebounds as Odessa (4-2, 2-2) beat Northwest Christian (1-4, 1-3) 49-40 in Bi-County League action at Odessa. Hannah Winters had 14 for NWC. … Darci Dehn had 16 points and eight rebounds and Stephanie Morrison had eight points and 10 boards as Davenport (3-2, 3-2) beat Reardan (2-1, 2-1) 51-45 at Davenport. Brooke Ferderer had 13 points and Jen Christianson 11 for Reardan. … Roni-Jo Mielke and Natalie Deking finished with 13 points and Stacie Shields added 12 as Sprague-Harrington (7-0, 5-0) remained unbeaten with a 65-26 rout of Lind-Ritzville (2-4, 2-3) at Lind. The Falcons forced L-R into 21 turnovers. … Shawn Hennessey led all scorers with 21 points as visiting Liberty (5-0, 3-0) broke open a tight game with a 12-2 run with less than 4 minutes left to beat host Wilbur-Creston (3-3, 2-2) 54-45. Zenda Reidt led W-C with 15 points. … Brittany Croft had 10 points as visiting Valley Christian (1-5, 1-4) held off Almira/Coulee-Hartline (0-5, 0-4) 45-42 at Hartline. Andrea Edwards finished with 13 points for ACH.

Clarissa Harston had 18 points and 13 rebounds, and Susan Hodges added 10 points and nine boards as Rosalia (2-1, 1-0) routed visiting Asotin (1-6, 0-2) 50-23 to snap a 17-game Whitman County League losing streak. The Spartans outrebounded Asotin 46-30 and took 40 more shots. … Casey Smith had a career-high 27 points and was 4 of 5 from 3-point range as Tekoa-Oakesdale (5-1, 2-0) beat Colton (1-2, 0-2) 73-50 at Tekoa. Colton shot just 17 percent from the floor in the first half, 34 percent in the second. … Ellen Miller had 18 points and Sydney Gossard had 13 as St. John-Endicott (6-2, 2-0) forced LaCrosse-Washtucna (2-2, 1-1) into 31 turnovers en route to a 58-43 win at LaCrosse. Alisa Koller had a game-high 19 points and 14 rebounds for L-W.

Idaho

Becky Lowther scored 18 points and Katie Poston added 16 as Bonners Ferry (6-3) outlasted Post Falls (5-4) 61-51 in non-league action at Bonners Ferry. Sean Topp led Post Falls with nine points and nine rebounds.