Scrappy Shadle takes down Lewis and Clark

The Shadle Park Highlanders cleared a major hurdle Thursday.

When they needed it most, the scrappy Highlanders stepped up and delivered a balanced attack, asserting themselves as one of the top volleyball teams in the Greater Spokane League this season.

The Highlanders handed host Lewis and Clark its first GSL loss of the season in a 25-22, 22-25, 25-19, 19-25, 17-15 victory.

“The win was huge for us,” said Shadle senior Brianne Brown, who had the match-winning kill. “It was awesome because I didn’t think I was doing very good. We get to move up in the standings and we haven’t beat LC in a long time, so this is big.”

In the decisive fifth game, Shadle (4-1), which placed eighth in the State 4A tournament last year, jumped out to a 9-2 lead courtesy of a slew of hitting errors by LC (5-1).

The Tigers – last year’s runners-up at state – chipped back, catching up with the Highlanders at 14-all on a Kristen Santos ace. Shadle earned a match point on the next play when an Oceana Bush block sailed long by inches.

Bush came up with an explosive kill on the ensuing play, holding off one match point, before another Tiger block went long and Brown killed an over pass to seal the win for the Highlanders.

Brown, Lexie Pettersen and Amanda Bettinson collected nine kills each to lead Shadle.

Junior setter Lindsay Niemeier finished with 40 assists and junior libero Kaylee Rector had a match-high 18 digs.

“These kind of wins are confidence-builders for us,” Shadle coach Brooke Cooper said. “We know we do good when we play together, and to put it together when it mattered the most is just a great feeling.”

Bush led all players with 21 kills and added 13 digs for LC, which survived a five-game thriller on Tuesday against North Central.

“We needed to change the game early and we just didn’t,” LC coach Julie Yearout said. “Shadle played great – they’ve come a long way, and coming off the game with NC, where it was basically a battle for our lives, I just don’t think we had another one in us.”

Senior Laurie Yearout finished with 20 assists and eight digs and junior Chloe Rowand had 12 kills and five blocks for LC.

In other GSL matches, Brie Schau had eight kills and Kelsey Kunz finished with 21 assists and nine digs as East Valley (4-1) swept host Central Valley 25-16, 25-20, 25-18. Justine Simpson led all players with three blocks and four aces for EV. Shannon Giusti had 17 assists and 10 digs for Central Valley (3-3). … Visiting Gonzaga Prep (1-4) played its fourth five-game match of the season and held on to defeat the Ferris Saxons 19-25, 25-20, 25-23, 20-25, 15-11. Shelby Wendt led the Bullpups with eight kills and three aces. Carianna Rath led Ferris (0-6) with 15 digs. … Solid serving from Mary Konis and eight Caitlin Barschig kills led Mt. Spokane (4-2) past visiting Rogers 3-0. Krysta Bingle had five kills for Rogers (0-5).

•In Great Northern League action, the West Valley Eagles (5-1) moved into a tie with Colville for first place, beating the visiting Indians (5-1) in five games – 23-25, 15-25, 25-17, 25-17, 15-8. Bailey Wold had 15 kills and Alyssa Wold finished with 32 assists, 15 digs and two blocks for the Eagles. Jordan Emmill led Colville with 11 kills, 16 assists and four aces. … Carly Dorshorst had a match-high 16 kills, two aces and two blocks as Medical Lake topped Cheney 25-17, 18-25, 13-25, 25-16, 15-10 at Cheney. Liz Caldwell had 28 digs for Medical Lake (1-5). Shaley Ham had 12 kills and Lindsey Ham had five aces for Cheney (1-5). … Jordan Levenseller finished with eight kills and two blocks as Pullman (4-1) topped host Deer Park 25-7, 25-16, 25-18. Ariana Obert led Deer Park (3-3) with 13 digs and two blocks.

Girls soccer

Dee Dee Garbe and Laura Estey each scored second-half goals, guiding West Valley (6-1, 5-1) to a 2-1 win over visiting Lakeside in the Great Northern League. Kasey Rubosky put the Eagles (4-5, 4-3) on the scoreboard with a goal in the 72nd minute. … Elsewhere in the GNL, LeAnne Daubel’s hat trick lifted Riverside to a 6-2 win over visiting Clarkston (1-6, 1-5). Daubel opened the scoring with a goal in the third minute and scored again three minutes later to give the Rams an early 2-0 advantage. Riverside (5-3, 5-2) held a 10-2 edge in shots on goal. … After trailing 2-0 at the half, Medical Lake responded with five second-half goals and beat host Deer Park 5-4. Courtney Kelly and Chelsea Hardenbrook each scored twice in the second half to guide the Cardinals (3-5, 2-4). Stevie Harris had two goals for the Stags (3-7, 2-5). … Kellie Zakrzewski scored a goal in the first and second half as Cheney shut out host Colville (2-5, 1-5) 3-0. Kaitlyn Proctor capped the scoring for the Blackhawks (7-2, 6-1) with a goal in the 66th minute. … Niina Al-Hassan, Cory Druffel and Anna Albrecht scored two goals apiece as Pullman routed host Chewelah 7-0. Kendra Heim added a goal for the Greyhounds (8-1, 7-0), who held the Cougars (0-9, 0-7) to three shots.

Football

Zach Young completed 10 of 22 passes for two touchdowns and 176 yards as Tekoa-Oakesdale/Rosalia (3-1) defeated the Cheney junior varsity 29-12 at Rosalia. Josiah Tampien had five receptions for 113 yards and two TDs for the Nighthawks, and Reid Wagner added 10 carries for 70 yards.