EV Girls, Wv Boys Win Spirited Frontier Games

Somewhere amid the painted bodies, pounding music and unbridled enthusiasm at East Valley High School Friday night, they managed to work in a little basketball.

And shortly after the East Valley girls claimed a 65-56 Frontier League victory with a huge fourth quarter, the West Valley Eagles flew from the opening tip to an 85-63 win in the boys contest.

It was the Frontier salute to spirit known as the Golden Throne game, a battle for a gilded toilet and bragging rights to the school demonstrating the noisiest, most positive support for its team.

East Valley won that prize, but West Valley’s Frontier champion Eagles (9-1, 17-3) broke to a 15-2 lead in the first 3 minutes, hit eight 3-pointers in the first half and never led by fewer than 17 in the second.

The loss finished a winless first season (0-10, 0-20) for East Valley coach Richard King, but King coached like a guy who expects better things ahead.

“This whole season has been a learning process,” he said as the victorious Eagles cut down the nets in celebration of their fifth league championship under coach Joe Feist.”Those are qualities you don’t see as much as you should anymore, but there are 12 guys at East Valley who understand those things. They never gave up.”

The Knights closed to 20-14, but were outmanned by the swift, sharpshooting Eagles, who were led by guard David Schillinger, who scored 24 points and hit five 3s.

Sabron Stone added 13 points for WV, Joe Bonner had 11 and Brian Lindley 10, all in the first half. Schillinger scored 16 in the first two periods. EV’s Aaron Wilkinson had 11 points and 11 rebounds, and Cory Huston - who dislocated a pinkie finger in the first 2 minutes of the game - also scored 11.

“We played very well early,” said Feist, shortly before ascending the ladder to cut the last few strands, “and that’s important in an atmosphere like this.”

West Valley 85, East Valley 63

West Valley 23 29 15 18 - 85

East Valley 14 21 11 17 - 63

WEST VALLEY Elias 2 2-3 7, Schillinger 6 7-8 24, Lindley 4 0-0 10, Stone 6 0-0 13, Jones 4 0-0 9, Bonner 3 5-6 11, Pecht 2 0-0 4, Gregorak 1 1-1 3, Dilloo 1 2-2 4. Totals - 29 17-20 85.

EAST VALLEY Lunneborg 0 0-0 0, Schindler 2 4-4 9, LeGrant 2 0-0 4, Peshlakai 4 1-1 9, Halttunen 1 0-0 2, McLachlan 2 0-1 4, Freund 0 1-2 1, Wilkinson 5 1-2 11, Huston 3 4-7 11, Sanchez 1 0-0 2, Shogren 1 0-0 2, Ostrander 4 0-0 8. Totals - 25 11-17 63.

3-point goals - Elias, Schillinger 5, Lindley 2, Jones, Stone, Schindler, Huston. Total fouls - WV 18, EV 19. Fouled out - Gregorak.

Colville 74, Clarkston 47

The Indians (6-4, 10-10) took a 21-7 lead and rolled past the Bantams (2-8, 2-18). Joe Wilson scored 20 points for Colville and Jeremy Klug led Clarkston with 23.

Clarkston 7 16 12 12 - 47

Colville 21 16 19 18 - 74

CLARKSTON Klug 10 0-2 23, Orr 0 0-0 0, Johnson 1 0-0 2, Dickson 0 0-2 0, Martin 1 0-0 2, Van Tine 1 2-2 4, Wilson 1 0-2 2, Wald 4 2-7 10, Chatigny 2 0-0 4. Totals 16 4-15 47.

COLVILLE Hardison 3 0-0 8, Mostek 5 2-2 13, Sprangers 3 1-2 9, Kane 1 0-0 2, P.Smith 1 0-1 2, Grittner 0 0-4 0, Wilson 8 4-6 20, M.Smith 6 1-1 13, Salina 0 4-4 4, Anderson 1 1-1 3. Totals 27 13-31 74.

3-point goals - Klug 3, Hardison 2, Mostek, Sprangers 2. Total fouls - Clarkston 19, Colville 19. Fouled out - None. Technicals - None.

Cheney 61, Pullman 56

The Blackhawks (6-4, 8-12) handled the No. 2 Greyhounds (7-3, 14-6), but they’ll have to face West Valley in the first round of the district tournament next Friday.

The score was tied at 44 when sophomore Tucker Urdahl hit a 3 to give the Hawks the lead for good.

Pullman 10 12 11 23 - 56

Cheney 19 6 15 21 - 61

PULLMAN Mirkovich 0 0-0 0, Evermann 0 0-0 0, Donati 3 0-0 6, Berry 2 1-2 5, Wang 4 3-4 13, Kallaher 4 0-0 8, Wilde 6 2-2 14, Yrazabal 0 0-0 0, Diestler 3 3-4 10. Totals 22 9-12 56.

CHENEY Randall 2 5-9 9, Urdahl 3 0-0 8, Chodorowski 2 5-6 9, Adood 2 0-0 4, Just 2 0-0 5, Holmes 4 0-0 8, DeMulling 7 4-4 18. Totals 22 14-19 61.

3-Point goals - Wang 2, Diestler, Urdahl 2, Just. Total fouls - Pullman 19, Cheney 13. Fouled out - Wilde, Chodorowski.

Girls

East Valley 65, West Valley 56

The Knights (2-8, 4-15) outscored WV (4-6, 8-12) 25-12 in the fourth. Star Olson scored 19 points for EV while Colleen Lawler had 17 and Dawn Salfer 16 for the Eagles.

West Valley 18 15 11 12 - 56

East Valley 11 18 11 25 - 65

WEST VALLEY Lydon 2 0-0 4, Simpson 0 0-0 0, Inman 1 1-2 3, Schell 2 0-2 5, Salfer 6 2-5 16, Nelson 0 0-0 0, Lawler 5 7-9 17, Stansbury 4 3-4 11. Totals 19 13-22 56.

EAST VALLEY Cook 0 0-0 0, Jackowich 0 0-0 0, Arnot 4 5-10 13, Porter 2 0-0 5, Olson 7 5-6 19, Jensen 5 0-2 11, Overdorff 0 0-0 0, Parsley 5 1-2 11, Knisley 1 1-2 4, Hall 1 1-3 3, Cochran 0 0-0 0, Smith 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 13-24 65.

3-point goals - Porter, Knisley, Schell, Salfer 2. Total fouls - WV 23, EV 16. Fouled out - Salfer, Stansbury. Technicals - Schell (thrown out).

Cheney 64, Pullman 24

The Blackhawks (10-0, 20-0) led 20-4 early in the second period and destroyed the second-place Greyhounds (6-4, 12-8). Lisa Anderson and Jenny Hoots scored 14 points each for Cheney.

Pullman 4 6 6 8 - 24

Cheney 18 11 16 19 - 64

PULLMAN Nelson 0 0-0 0, Linehan 0 2-3 2, Fisher 0 1-2 1, Schlettert 3 1-2 7, Scharnhorst 1 0-0 2, Montez 0 1-2 1, Werner 4 1-1 11, Mumford 0 0-0 0, Wilde 0 0-0 0, Weeks 0 0-0 0. Totals 8 6-10 24.

CHENEY Ewing 0 2-2 2, Soliday 4 1-2 9, Getz 5 1-2 13, Richer 1 0-0 2, Day 0 2-2 2, Anderson 7 0-3 14, Sooy 0 0-0 0, Krogh 2 0-0 4, Reagan 1 0-0 2, Webster 1 0-0 2, Hoots 6 2-6 14. Totals 27 8-17 64.

3-point goals - Werner 2, Getz 2. Total fouls - P 10, C 11. Fouled out - Weeks. Technicals - none.

Colville 63, Clarkston 50

A big first-quarter edge was the difference for the Indians (5-5, 10-10), who led by 14 at halftime. Heather Wood hit five 3-pointers on her way to 20 points for Colville. Krissy Burt scored 15 for Clarkston (3-7, 5-15).

Clarkston 6 11 14 19 - 50

Colville 17 14 15 17 - 63

CLARKSTON Frei 2 0-0 4, Knopes 3 0-0 7, King 4 0-0 9, Maughan 4 0-0 8, Craig 0 0-0 0, Metcalf 2 0-0 4, Hearsey 1 0-0 2, Burt 7 1-2 15, Heytvelt 0 1-2 1. Totals - 23 2-4 50.

COLVILLE Wood 7 1-2 20, Sherwood 1 0-0 2, Brozik 6 5-6 17, Ewan 5 1-1 11, Hedrick 2 1-2 5, Rukke 0 0-0 0, Brown 2 0-0 4, Anderson 0 0-0 0, Kuh 2 0-2 4, Snook 0 0-0 0. Totals - 25 8-14 63.

3-point goals - Knopes, King, Wood 5. Total fouls - Clarkston 15, Colville 12. Fouled out - none.