GSL girls: Central Valley completes third consecutive undefeated regular season

It seems only fitting that for the third season in a row Central Valley enters postseason play without a blemish on its record.

Lexie Hull scored 21 points, becoming the fourth all-time leading girls scorer in the Greater Spokane League, and the Bears cruised to a 79-40 win over Gonzaga Prep, finishing the season 20-0 and 14-0 in league for the third consecutive season.

Hull was surprised by the personal accolade.

“Really? I had no idea,” she said when informed postgame. “That’s so cool.”

It’s the Bears’ fourth straight league title and and seventh overall for the program. Central Valley is rated No. 1 in Class 4A in WIAA’s RPI system.

“They’ve worked really hard and to go the last three years undefeated in league that’s a testament to how hard they worked,” Central Valley coach Freddie Rehkow said.

“It’s definitely a thing (undefeated) we want to get every year, but it’s not our end goal,” Hull said.

“We’re just shooting for that last game of the year and hopefully we get there.”

Hull, last season’s Gatorade player of the year for Washington, and twin sister Lacie – both bound for Stanford after graduation – went 19-5 in their freshman season and haven’t lost again in the regular season.

“It doesn’t feel quite real. We’re lucky to have such a good team and players that make this possible,” said Lacie Hull. “It’s unbelievable.”

But they still have their eyes on the bigger prize.

“Our goal is the end,” Lacie Hull said. “We want to end No. 1 after state.”

Camryn Skaife added 12 points and Hailey Christopher finished with 10 for CV.

Makena Dodson and Mia Scelfo led Gonzaga Prep (12-8, 8-6) with 11 points apiece. The Bullpups finished fourth in 4A and will host fifth-place Mead in a play-in game to the district tournament on Monday.

With 4:31 left in the first quarter and Central Valley up 11-2, the fire alarm went off in the gym. The “all clear” was sounded before the building had been fully evacuated though and once they resumed play it was the Bears that were on fire.

Skaife buried a 3-pointer, Lexie Hull scored inside, and Sciafe hit from outside again to make it 19-2. Lacie Hull’s 3-pointer near the end of the frame put the Bears up by 24, and CV led 28-6 after one.

Rehkow went with his second five at the start of the second quarter and Gonzaga Prep didn’t get any traction. Tomekia Whitman scored on a couple of fast breaks and when Rehkow went back to his starters the Bears had things well in hard with a 38-8 advantage.

Lexie Hull took over with a pair of layups and a floater and Central Valley led 46-12 at intermission.

Gonzaga Prep found a little bit of offense in the third quarter, and outscored the Bears 12-11 in the frame, led by Makena Dodson with eight points.

CV came back to put 22 points up i the fourth quarter, while G-Prep stayed competitive with 16.

Rehkow said he mixed his player combinations up in the second half.

“I give Gonzaga Prep a lot of credit coming out and playing hard after halftime,” Rehkow said.

Around the league

Lewis and Clark 69, University 63 (OT): Jacinta Buckley scored seven of her 23 points in overtime to lead the Tigers (13-5, 11-3) over the visiting Titans (13-67, 10-4).

Lewis and Clark finished second in 4A, while University placed third. U-Hi will travel to Richland in the first round of the 4A district playoffs while LC hosts Walla Walla. Both games are on Wednesday.

Dominique Arquette also poured in 23 points for Lewis and Clark, which led 24-13 at intermission, while Anna Reeves added 10 points, nine rebounds, two steals and a pair of blocks.

Ellie Boni led U-Hi with 23 points, while Claire Dingus added 21.

Mt. Spokane 44, North Central 30: Aspyn Adams, Averi Adams and Emma Main scored 10 points apiece and the Wildcats (11-9, 7-5) defeated the visiting Indians (11-10, 6-6).

Mt. Spokane earned the top seed in the 3A district playoff bracket while North Central is the third seed.

Quincy McDeid led North Central with 17 points.

Mead 70, Ferris 31: Jordynn Hutchinson scored 26 points and the visiting Panthers (8-12, 6-8) beat the Saxons (3-17, 2-12).

Mead led 34-18 at the break and gave up 13 points in the second half. Erica Nessan added 13 points with a pair of 3-pointers for the Panthers.

Carin Scott led Ferris with nine points.

Shadle Park 55, Rogers 32: Jillian Groves scored 16 points with three 3-pointers and the visiting Highlanders (3-17, 2-10) defeated the Pirates (1-19, 0-12).

Willow Risinger added 11 points for Shadle Park, which led 37-14 at halftime. Shadle earned the fifth seed in the 3A bracket, while Rogers is the seventh seed.

Akon Aleu and Savanna Wickering scored 11 points apiece to lead Rogers.