Field Narrows In District 9-B Tournament

Southeast B

The long haul to advance in the District 9-B Tournament continued Thursday with four teams extending their seasons and four others reaching the end.

The Tekoa-Oakesdale and GarfieldPalouse girls, and the Asotin and LaCrosse-Washtucna boys won loser-out games at Washington State University’s Friel Court.

The T-O and Gar-Pal girls play today at noon, with the winner advancing to Saturday’s game with the Pomeroy/St. John-Endicott loser. The Asotin and L-W boys play at 1:30 for a shot Saturday at the Dayton/Gar-Pal loser.

GIRLS

Tekoa-Oakes. 56, Asotin 49

Jennifer Hay scored all 14 of her points in the second half as the Nighthawks (17-9) defeated the Panthers (14-9) after trailing by five entering the final quarter.

Hay scored nine during T-O’s 24-point fourth quarter. Teammate Brandi Peringer scored 17 and had a pair of secondhalf 3-pointers. Tennail Wilcox led balanced Asotin with 10 points, including two 3-pointers.

Tekoa-Oakesdale 7 11 14 24 - 56

Asotin 9 12 16 12 - 49

TEKOA-OAKESDALE Crider 2, Bruce 2, Palmer 4, Hay 14, Peringer 17, French 11, Brandt 5, Brown 0, Heaton 0, Wagner 1.

ASOTIN Jones 0, Deyo 0, Wilcox 10, Meshishnek 0, Lisenbee 9, Reeves 3, Smith 2, Grieve 8, Holland 9, McNair 0, Uptmor 8.

Gar-Pal 66, DeSales 55

Michelle Kennedy had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and the Vikings (15-8) made 18 of their first 27 shots from the floor to oust the Irish (17-8).

Kari Gordon scored 23 for DeSales, which made 24 of 35 free throws.

DeSales 8 11 24 12 - 55

Garfield-Palouse 25 16 12 13 - 66

DESALES Saffer 2, E.Hellberg 2, Gordon 23, Jen.Dutton 4, Long 1, Jes.Dutton 6, Peterson 17.

GARFIELD-PALOUSE Kennedy 17, Pfaff 5, Wroe 3, Coles 13, Main 16, Roper 4, Brown 3, Broughton 5, Cattrill 0.

BOYS

LaCros.-Wash. 73, Colton 57

Cory Goll scored six of his 17 in the first quarter, and Troy Nealey scored seven of his 16 in the final quarter as the Tigercats (15-10) sent home the Wildcats (12-13).

Nealey made 10 of 12 free throws. Colton’s Terry Busch scored 20 and went 6 of 6 from the line.

Colton 13 1 15 11 18 - 57

LaCrosse-Washtucna 16 18 14 25 - 73

COLTON Merk 0, Bates 5, Bingeman 4, McArthur 0, Wallace 0, Weber 9, Druffel 0, Truang 0, Busch 20, BeLieu 14, Moss 4, Cuellar 1.

LACROSSE-WASHTUCNA Nealey 16, Swenson 0, Henley 0, Ledbetter 13, Bryan 7, Wigen 0, Daniel 8, Goll 17, Kinch 7, Rouleau 3, Bay 0, Whitman 2.

Asotin 74, Waitsburg 49

Russ Farmer made two 3-pointers during the pivotal second quarter and scored a game-high 17 as the Panthers (14-9) ousted the Cardinals (12-13).

Asotin’s Rob Teasley scored 10 of his 15 during the second quarter. Waitsburg’s Ellis Erickson scored 14.

Asotin 20 21 13 20 - 74

Waitsburg 16 10 12 11 - 49

ASOTIN Thompson 0, Broenneke 2, Faught 0, Way 0, West 7, Smithwick 2, R.Farmer 17, Teasley 15, Erickson 15, Butler 11, VanLeuven 2, Appleford 3.

WAITSBURG Hinchliffe 13, C.Pearson 2, Harris 0, Reser 0, Wilde 0, Riggs 2, Erikson 14, Abbey 0, Shollenberger 3, J.Pearson 2, Largent 0, Wyatt 13.