Area boys: Campbell Winter leads Clarkston over East Valley

Campbell Winter led four in double figures with 18 points and visiting Clarkston (10-2, 6-0) topped East Valley (7-6, 2-3) 77-55 on Tuesday to win its ninth straight and keep its 2 1/2-game lead in the Great Northern League.

Winter hit four of Clarktson’s 11 3-point field goals. Travis Hansen made four 3s as well and finished with 14 points. Jett Sobotta had 13 points and Jake Albright added 12.

Clarkston made three straight baskets early – including consecutive 3-pointers by Hansen and Winter – and led 19-10 after the first quarter. Both teams put up an impressive 30 points apiece in the second, then the Bantams held the Knights to four in the third while dropping 18 to seize the momentum.

Jeremiah Hillard led East Valley with 17 points and Gage Rogers added 11.

West Valley 46, Cheney 43: Collin Sather scored 18 points to help the visiting Eagles (8-5, 3-2) down the Blackhawks (6-6, 0-5) and pull into second in the league.

Tied at the half, West Valley used a 13-8 third-quarter run to take the lead, then withstood a late charge by Cheney.

Conner Whitney added nine points and Ariez Daniels chipped in eight for the Eagles.

The Blackhawks were led by Jaylen Worthem with 15 points.

Northeast A

Freeman 76, Deer Park 44: Michael Coumont scored 15 of his 22 points in a commanding second quarter and the Scotties (11-1, 6-0) defeated the visiting Stags (4-8, 2-4) to retain the top spot in the league.

Ryan Maine scored 19 points, including five 3s, with six assists for Freeman. Jake Nickerson added 11 points – all in the fourth quarter.

Chase Wisinger led Deer Park with 11 points and Austin Wisinger grabbed eight rebounds.

Medical Lake 61, Lakeside (WA) 60: Nizhole Sherman scored 19 points to help the Cardinals (9-2, 5-1) push past the visiting Eagles (6-6, 4-2) in the last seconds to stay one game behind first-place Freeman in the league.

The Cardinals were down by 14 points with only four minutes left in the game and pulled out the win utilizing a full-court press.

Trenten Garza added 16 points for Medical Lake.

Tristan Cox and Micah Holmes led Lakeside with 15 points apiece, while Jacob Gifford chipped in with 11.

Newport 57, Colville 50: Koa Pancho scored 14 points with nine rebounds and six assists to lift the Grizzlies (7-5, 4-2) over the visiting Indians (3-9, 1-5).

Owen Leslie scored 16 points and Danny Bradbury had 13 for Newport, which used a 24-9 second quarter to take control.

Alberto Cisneros scored 14 points, Devin Lembcke added 13 and Ty Sandaine had 10 for Colville.

Chewelah 42, Riverside 36: Gavin Parrott scored 13 points and Niles Berger added nine to lift the visiting Cougars (5-5, 2-4) over the Rams (2-11, 0-6).

With ledd than one minute left, the Cougars forced several turnovers and knocked down their free throws to seal it.

Mikel Bias led Riverside with 14 points and Thaddeus Trepanier added 11.

Northeast 2B

Liberty 75, Wilbur-Creston 28: Tyler Haas led five in double figures with 16 points to help the Lancers (8-4, 6-2) rout the visiting Wildcats (4-8, 4-6) and take a half-game lead for first over idle Colfax in the South Division.

The Lancers forced 20 turnovers and outrebounded the Wildcats 41-27. Brandon Bolling scored 13 points and Thomas Redder had 12, while Justin Jeske and Isaak Ottmar added 10 points apiece.

Blaine Bandy led Wilbur-Creston with 10 points.

Northeast 1B

Almira/Coulee-Hartline 64, Valley Christian 16: Payton Nielson scored 17 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to help the Warriors (11-2, 8-0) rout the visiting Panthers (0-13, 0-8).

Gage Burchill added 16 points for ACH and Charlie Hunt chipped in with 11.

Wellpinit 77, Odessa-Harrington 70: Brandon Flett scored 33 points, grabbed 16 rebounds and had five assists to push the Redskins (10-1, 6-1) past the visiting Titans (5-4, 5-3).

Cedric Bowen scored 14 points and Shaylon Tonasket added 10 for Wellpinit, which led 22-9 after the first quarter and withstood a 30-point fourth quarter by O-H.

Odessa-Harrington was led by Ryan Moffet with 41 points and Colton Hunt added 10.

Selkirk 48, Republic 20: Jacob Couch scored 21 points with 13 rebounds and the Rangers (10-2, 7-1) routed the visiting Tigers (4-8, 2-7).

Austin Robertson added 12 points for Selkirk, which used a 21-4 third quarter to pull away.

Curlew 56, Northport 47: Liam Chamberlain scored 12 of his 20 points in the decisive third quarter and the visiting Cougars (4-8, 4-7) topped the Mustangs (4-8, 2-6).

Michael Mumford added 20 points for Curlew, which forced 30 turnovers.

Aiden Middlesworth led Northport with 20 points.

Inchelium 60, Cusick 49: Kobe Seymour and Jaden Erickson scored 18 points apiece to help the visiting Hornets (7-5, 7-3) defeat the Panthers (4-8, 4-4).

Inchelium forced 20 turnovers and used a 14-8 run in the third quarter to establish a cushion.

Dylan Hendershott led Cusick with 17 points.