Boys basketball: West Valley qualifies for regionals with crossover win
Collin Sather and Connor Whitney scored 16 points apiece and West Valley eliminated visiting Toppenish 64-58 in a 2A Great Northern League-Central Washington Athletic Conference crossover on Saturday.
The Eagles advance to the regional round of state starting on Friday.
Cletis Hydrick and Bryan Andrews added 11 points for West Valley (16-8), which trailed by two at halftime and used a 15-9 third-quarter spurt to take control.
Isaac Perez, Isiah Perez and Adonis Shaul scored 14 points apiece for Toppenish (17-6).
Cheney 74, Wapato 69: Cole Omlin scored 15 points – including a 3-pointer to force overtime – and the visiting Blackhawks (10-13) upset the Wolves (16-8) in a GNL-CWAC crossover to earn a berth to the regional round of state.
Cheney trailed at half by six and made up the difference in the fourth quarter. Justace Reiter added 14 points for Cheney. Manuel Delgadillo scored 22 for Wapato.
1A
Lakeside 54, Cashmere 51: Tristan Cox scored 18 points and Micah Holmes added 12 as the Eagles (13-10) eliminated the Bulldogs (14-8) in a Northeast A-Caribou Trail League crossover. Lakeside advances to the regional round of state. Noah Phillips’ 25 points led Cashmere.
Newport 62, Omak 45: Robbie Owen scored 23 points with 13 rebounds and the Grizzlies (17-6) ousted the Pioneers (17-5) in a NEA-CTL crossover. Newport qualifies for the regional round of state. Omak was rated No. 7 in Class 1A in the WIAA’s RPI calculations.
2B
St. George’s 60, Liberty 58: Erik Farias scored the game-winning layup in the final seconds of the game and the No. 3-rated Dragons (23-0) edged the No. 6-rated Lancers (20-3) in the District 7 championship game at West Valley. Both teams advance to the state tournament.
Ben Adams led St. George’s with 18 points and Xander Werkman added 12. Isaak Ottmar led Liberty with 21 points. Thomas Redder had 17 and Justin Jeske scored 12 points with 12 rebounds.
Colfax 61, Davenport 52: Carson Cloaninger and Cal Gregory scored 16 points apiece and the Bulldogs (18-6) eliminated the Gorillas (14-12) in the District 7 third-place game at West Valley to earn a berth at regionals. Peyton Buchanan and Jay Burt led Davenport with 12 points apiece.
1B
Odessa 53, Wellpinit 39: Ryan Moffet scored 19 points, Marcus King added 11 and the No. 6-rated Tigers (22-3) eliminated the No. 8-rated Redskins (16-8) in the District 7 second-place game. Odessa advances to the regional round of state. Butch Flett paced Wellpinit with 11 points.
Garfield-Palouse 64, Colton 56: Blake Jones scored 18 points and the Vikings (18-6) eliminated the Wildcats (8-16) in the District 9 second-place game. Gar-Pal advances to the regional round of state. Caden Sanderson scored 15 points for Gar-Pal. Matt Wolf led Colton with 21 points.