U-Hi needs wins at home for post-season play

Call it the “Year of Living Dangerously” for University football.

Every Titans (3-2 overall, 3-3 in the Greater Spokane League) game has come down to the final series or play this year and Thursday’s 27-24 loss to Mead was the second straight heartbreaker for the team.

U-Hi trailed 7-0 after a half, but rallied for a 14-7 lead in the third quarter on quarterback Danny Jordan’s one-yard plunge on the fifth play following a fumble recovery at Mead’s 23-yard line. Jordan and running back Tyler Carlson later engineered a drive that totaled 76 yards.

The Titan quarterback completed five passes for 33 yards and a TD to receiver Dalton Puyear and gained 12 more yards on the ground. Carlson, who gained 118 yards on 30 carries, added 31 yards rushing.

Mead tied following a U-Hi turnover and the teams traded field goals to send the game into overtime. Both scored touchdowns, U-Hi’s by Carlson at the end of the first tiebreaker that began from 25 yards out. The second tiebreaker was decided by field goals. U-Hi missed and Mead converted.

U-Hi has four GSL home games remaining to end its season and now faces the need to win all four for a shot at the post-season.

Central Valley (3-1, 3-1) played East Valley (2-2, 2-2) on Friday. West Valley (1-3, 0-1) hosted unbeaten Colville and Freeman (2-2) was home against Lakeside (4-0) in other pivotal games.

Knights keep winning

East Valley’s junior-oriented volleyball team continues to be the surprise of Greater Spokane League season.

The Knights defeated Central Valley 25-16, 25-20, 25-18 on Thursday to improve to 4-1. EV also beat Gonzaga Prep as Justine Simpson and Allie Riggin had 11 kills each. Thursday the team plays Mt. Spokane in a pivotal Class 3A positioning match.

Loss dropped CV to 3-3 in league and in seventh place, just behind University (3-2) which also topped the Bears, 24-26, 25-19, 25-18, 25-10. Eileen Chatfield had 15 kills, and Chanel Ratkovich 25 digs.

West Valley, which dropped out of first place in a loss at Pullman, bounced back to tie with a dramatic win over Colville. The Eagles trailed 23-25, 15-25 before winning the final three games 25-17, 25-17, 15-8 to hand the Indians their first loss. Alyssa Wold had 32 assists and 15 digs and Bailey Wold had 15 kills.

Bears keep pace

Central Valley’s league-leading girls and second-place boys kept pace with wins this week in GSL cross country season.

The Bears girls (6-0) and boys (5-1) cruised past Lewis and Clark 20-40 and 24-35 by each placing seven runners in the top 10.

The boys ran without Jayson Taylor and Jason Stoker, who had gone 20th and 33th during the Bob Firman Invitational in Boise the previous Saturday, but still won easily.

University’s girls won twice over East Valley and Ferris. Knight Lauren Bergam won the race. But Titans Stevie Gildehaus and Maddie Fuchs finished right behind.

WV boys and girls beat Riverside in their Great Northern League opener. Eagles boys finished in a pack second through sixth, led by Michael White‘s 16:50 time, in their 20-39 triumph. The girls had three placers among the top five, Krystal Hughes second by one second with a 19:46 finish.

Soccer teams falter

Greater Spokane League soccer teams have had a rough go over the past three matches.

During that span Central Valley (2-2) dropped into a tie for fifth place in league, losing to Mead and, after beating Rogers 5-0, to Ferris 3-1 on Wednesday. It was the Saxons’ first victory.

University (1-2) lost 4-1 to Mead and 1-0 to Lewis and Clark.

East Valley (1-2) earned its first victory this year, 5-0 over North Central.

Titans create tie

University’s slowpitch softball team scored early and made it stick during a 5-2 win over Central Valley that created a 3-way first-place tie.

The Titans, Bears and Lewis and Clark all finished the week with 7-1 records with six dates yet to play.

Painted Hills season ends

The Painted Hills Ladies League ended its golf season following a three-week series of rounds in September.

Jeanne Allemand had low gross A flight scores of 45 and 48 on Sept. 10 and 17, and Sherrell Roshdy won with 46 on Monday.

B flight winners were June Hathaway the first two weeks with low gross 56 scores, and Carol Grebe shot 55 in the season finale.

C flight’s Ellen Spalding shot 55 on Sept. 10 and 53 on Monday as did Joan Koch with 67 and 63 in D flight. On Sept. 17 the winners were Penny Lancaster with 55 in C, and Lynn Vierling with 66 in D.

Net winners included Sue Greany with 39, and Arlene Koth with 36 in A flight. There was no reported score on Monday. In B flight the respective winners were Grebe with 38, Pat Gore with 37 and Delores Hanson with 38.

C flight went to Virginia Lemmer with 36, Margaret Tirk with 31 and Nancy Wendleburg with 30. Ina Grunwald in D flight had net scores of 38, 40 and 37 to win all three weeks.

Monday’s final outing also honored golfers with the fewest putts. Hanson had 15 in B flight, Vivian Zagelow, Carol Schjodt and Ellen Spalding took 16 in C and Lorraine Higuchi used 17 in D.

Liberty Cup final

Championship round for the Liberty Cup during Liberty Lake Women’s 18-Hole Golf Club was conducted this past week.

Dorothy Womach, who had low net of 72, is this year’s winner.

Medal play during the day saw Patsy Lynn and Elsa Metting in A and B flights record low gross 90s. Reiko Takamori shot 100 in C flight and Jan Hussey had 115 in D.

Net winners included Jean Hatcher with 73 in A flight, Connie Hatfield with 72 in B and Jean Fulks with 74 in C. There was a tie in B flight at 81 between Marion Jordan and Frances Martin.

Final outing

Liberty Lake Ladies 9-Hole Golf Club conducted its final gathering of the seson.

Arla Beck shot 55 to win first flight, Carol Maycock shot 56 in second flight and Ethel Rankin 65 in third flight.

Net winners were Nancy Lampe with 37 in first flight, Darlene Reilly with 34 in second and Sandy Maxwell with 37 in third.