State B boys capsules

Wellpinit 60, Reardan 54

The Redskins used a couple of late runs to pull away from the Indians despite being outrebounded by a wide margin and a game-high 25 points from Mike Matson.

With 5:34 remaining in the third, Wellpinit’s Cody Stensgar sank a basket to begin a 10-2 run. The streak gave the Redskins momentum, and they opened the final quarter with another spurt, 11-3.

But Wellpinit struggled with rebounding, and Reardan controlled the glass and grabbed 35 rebounds to Wellpinit’s 18.

Matson shot 71 percent from the field en route to his 25 points, but Reardan could not overcome Stensgar, TJ Flett, Cody Flett and Cheyenne Swift, who combined to score all but two of Wellpinit’s 60 points.

Reardan - Androes 3, Carstens 0, R.Schulz 9, G. Schulz 3, Nesbitt 0, Ustimenko 3, Teaford 9, Bell 2, Hight 0, Matson 25.

Wellpinit - Abrahamson 0, B.Flett 0, Stensgar 14, Sherwood 0, T.Flett 12, Brown 0, R.Seyler 0, C.Flett 19, K. Seyler 2, Wynne 0, McCrea 0, Swift 13.

NWC (Lacey) 54, Napavine 46

Northwest Christian needed a final-quarter scoring binge to edge Napavine and escape with a win. Ryan Fox led all scorers with 19 points and was instrumental in the closing streak.

Northwest Christian caught fire with 4:55 remaining in the final quarter and went on a 16-3 run – that included six points from Fox – to finish the game and Napavine’s season. Napavine was scoreless the last 3:50.

Napavine - Hamre 0, Keller 0, Carroll 7, J.Brown 5, Carns 6, Lantua 0, M.Brown 0, Anthony 9, Ramirez 10, Vigre 9.

Northwest Christian (Lacey) - Fox 19, Chase 3, Hamilton 7, Armstrong 0, Mailhot 5, Cook 0, Owens 3, Dunn 4, Morgan 3, Groeschell 9, Sowers 1.

Bear Creek 54, Seattle Luth. 39

The Grizzlies saved their best for last, erupting for 23 points in the fourth quarter.

The hot hand of Jamie Meyer, who scored a game-high 20 points, and the steady play of Ryan Strandin carried the Grizzlies.

Bear Creek School - C.Castle 0, Meyer 20, Blankenbeckler 7, Peterson 0, Benson 9, Strandin 8, N.Castle 7, Rehfeld 2, Davisson 1, Richardson 0.

Seattle Lutheran - Larson 11, Bigliardi 0, Severson 0, Lisko 2, Severson 5, Mullan 14, Morgan 2, Burza 0, Simmons 5, Driscoll 0, Lusher 0.

St. George’s 39, Life Christian 36

Jordan Dickson scored six of his nine points in the final 40 seconds and hit the winning shot to carry St. George’s past Life Christian Academy.

St. George’s shot only 27.3 percent for the game but benefited from the timely scoring of Dickson, who was only 3 of 16 from the field. With about 40 seconds remaining in the contest, Dickson sank a 3-pointer to tie the game at 36.

After a missed free throw by Life Christian, St. George’s grabbed the rebound, and Henry Butler brought the ball up the floor. He penetrated toward the key and kicked the ball out to Dickson, who drained the winner with 3 seconds remaining.

St. George’s – Yetter 5, Livingston 3, Dickson 9, Livingston 2, Evans 2, Butler 16, Orme 2.

Life Christian – Haynes 2, Watkins 8, Gourlarte 12, Crawford 5, Swaab 0, Curry 0, Cubean 0, Lawyer 0, Samuels 9.

Liberty Bell 60, La Conner 50

Liberty Bell, after starting slow, put the game into the hands of senior guard Connor Walsh, who didn’t disappoint. Walsh scored 12 of his game-high 23 points in the third quarter and the Mountain Lions advanced to the semifinals with a victory over the Braves.

The Mountain Lions stepped up on defense, shutting down La Connor senior guard Jason Lindeman, who was coming off a 37-point performance in the first round, holding him to only six points.

Seniors Tre Aherns and Louis Donnet scored 13 and 10 points, respectively.

Liberty Bell - Childs 3, Peters 4, Walsh 23, Donnet 10, Hutchinson 4, Aherns 13, Dy.Oliver 0, De.Oliver 0, Dod 1.

La Conner - J.Lindeman 6, Edwards 3, Thostenson 8, Greathouse 2, McKnight 10, Marble 6, Kegel 6, Willey 0, Vander Lei 3, Pierson 6.

NWC (Colbert) 66, Darrington 43

The Crusaders took care of business against the Loggers to move into the semifinals.

Senior John Graham and junior Chase Ramey each scored 15 points to go with junior Matt Zandbergen’s double-double of 12 points and 12 rebounds.

The Loggers were led by junior Mike Parris, who had a game-high 18 points to go with five rebounds.

Northwest Christian (Colbert) - Ch.Ramey 15, Graham 15, Co.Ramey 0, Buttrick 2, Stephens 10, Kuiper 0, Descoteaux 1, Kinney 1, McConkey 2, Winfrey 0, Huffman 8, Zandbergen 12.

Darrington - ODell 5, Hoveskeland 4, Buchanan 0, Green 3, Barquest 0, Parris 18, Schillhammer 0, Jones 8, Gillette 0, Monteith 5, Olsen 0.

Riverside Chr. 55, Lind-Ritzville 49

The Crusaders trailed for the first 27 minutes but stepped up late when it counted to pull out a win over the Broncos.

Senior guard Chris Pynch led Riverside Christian down the stretch, scoring seven of his 18 points in the fourth quarter. He also came up with some huge rebounds, leading the team with six.

Senior Jered Cates led the team with 19 points.

The Broncos were led by sophomore Jamie Stevenson, who scored 16 of his game-high 20 points in the first half.

Riverside Christian - C.Pynch 18, Byrne 0, Crockett 6, Hargrave 0, Cates 19, Doornink 6, Allan 6.

Lind-Ritzville - Maier 0, Pfeifer 13, Stevenson 20, Whitmore 6, Saetre 8, S.Olson 0, Kiesz 2.

Toutle Lake 56, Wahkiakum 51

Senior Jeston Harris scored all 10 of his points in the fourth quarter as the Ducks defeated the Mules for the fourth time this season.

After losing the first three times by an average of 22 points, the Mules played the Ducks much closer and even led by nine in the second quarter. But in the end it was the Ducks who finished the game on a 7-2 run for the win.

The league rivals changed leads 11 times.

Wahkiakum (23-2) - K.Benson 4, Rongey 9, Windsor 0, Fritzie 0, C.Olson 14, Miles 12, Helms 8, T.Benson 4, Bain 0.

Toutle Lake (22-0) - Lindquist 2, Schnebly 0, Gardner 2, Hoff 7, Breece 11, Bartlett 15, Campbell 3, Schilter 0, Harris 10, Foster 6.