Valley Christian Picks Up Where It Left Off Last Season

Boys basketball

Valley Christian’s hot streak from the end of last year hasn’t cooled.

Derek Sandin hit a pair of third-quarter 3-pointers Saturday to lift the Class B Panthers (2-0) to a 50-39 non-league win over the visiting, Class A Scotties (0-3).

VC nearly made the state tournament last year after entering district with a losing record. Just three players graduated, giving the Panthers solid footing heading into the Bi-County League season, which begins Friday.

V.Christian 50, Freeman 39

Freeman 9 12 7 11 - 39 Valley Christian 2 11 15 22 - 50

FREEMAN - Odle 7, Hill 2, Miller 15, Simmons 4, Schmidt 1, Jones 2, Sheffield 7, Goldsmith 1.

VALLEY CHRISTIAN - Decker 11, Evans 4, Spuler 8, Sears 10, Sandin 11, King 6.

Gar.-Palouse 65, Liberty 47

Brad Bischoff and Logan Coles combined to shoot 21 of 32 from the floor and score 44 as the visiting Vikings (2-0) beat the Lancers (1-1).

Jeremy Fox added 10 assists and Mark Gearhart 10 rebounds for Gar-Pal.

Garfield-Palouse 12 12 23 18 - 65 Liberty 7 14 16 10 - 47

GARFIELD-PALOUSE - Tiegs 2, Flansberg 1, Bischoff 23, Coles 21, Fox 7, Gearhart 5, Million 1, Hall 5.

LIBERTY - Widman 7, Cory 2, Engle 2, Horlacher 5, Johnson 5, Cooper 7, Casey Holling 6, Tee 4, Greenwalt 9.

Ritzville 69, Sunny.Christian 49

John Galbreath scored 21 and the Broncos (2-0) used a 29-1 second-half run to stop the visiting Knights.

Dustan Arlt had three 3-pointers, and Galbreath and Bobby Russel two apiece for Ritzville.

Sunny.Christian 15 3 13 18 - 49 Ritzville 8 25 16 20 - 69

SUNNYSIDE CHRISTIAN - Moomey 4, East 8, Westenberg 0, Saenz 4, Smeenk 0, Schilperoot 11, Haak 6, Van Beek 9, DeGroot 7,.

RITZVILLE - Arlt 16, Benzel 2, Duff 5, Boness 9, Marcus 2, DeVore 2, J.Galbreath 21, S.Galbreath 2, Russel 10, Taylor 0.

Colton 72, Asotin 65

Nick Bates scored 14 fourth-quarter points to help the Wildcats (1-1) beat the visiting Panthers (0-1) and snap an 18-game losing streak that stretched back to early last year.

Asotin 21 21 8 15 - 65 Colton 13 13 13 33 - 72

ASOTIN - Neace 6, Milionis 20, Ater 5, Ambroon 4, Nesbitt 0, Fisbeck 8, Appleford 16, Uptmor 2, Faught 4.

COLTON - T.Truong 2, B.Truong 1, Weber 1, Busch 11, Druffel 9, Bates 19, Hopwood 14, Meyer 13, Stout 2.

LaCrosse-Wash. 73, Davenport 57

Casey Rouleau scored 20 and the Tigercats (2-1) dominated the boards to defeat the visiting Gorillas (1-1) at La-Crosse.

Rouleau, Troy Nealy, Clint Ledbetter and Greg Whitman all had eight rebounds or more for L-W. Rouleau added four steals and three blocked shots.

Davenport 14 9 15 19 - 57 LaCrosse-Wash. 12 19 21 21 - 73

DAVENPORT - Holderby 0, Johnson 4, Buchnan 17, Orvis 4, Gunning 6, Telecky 10, Bailey 11, McClure 2, Doucette 2, Becker 1.

LaCROSSE-WASHTUCNA - Nealey 18, Colter 2, Schweiger 9, ledbetter 11, Rouleau 20, Henley 2, Whitman 8, Wigen 0, Meyer 3.

Lakeside 78, Springdale 42

Bill Bender made 9 of 17 field goals, and added eight steals and seven rebounds to lead the Eagles (1-1) over the visiting Chargers (2-1).

Lakeside’s Vince Nelson added seven rebounds, seven steals and five assists.

Springdale 12 13 12 5 - 42 Lakeside 22 18 15 23 - 78

SPRINGDALE - Brisbois 10, Farnsworth 2, Klemish 4, D.Peterson 2, B.Peterson 10, Montgomery 5, Lozano 9.

LAKESIDE - Nelson 7, Petticrew 11, Bender 19, Feider 10, Day 5, Spiger 6, Dasenbrock 6, Coe 6, Skinner 7.

Pomeroy 45, St.John-Endicott 42

The host Pirates held on for the win when the Eagles (1-2) missed a 3-pointer with 6 seconds left.

SJE’s Nick Strader had 13 rebounds.

St. John-Endicott 14 7 9 12 - 42 Pomeroy 13 8 15 9 - 45

ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT - Colyar 2, Bafus 5, Strader 14, Stoner 2, Scheuerman 5, Smith 1, Stolmeier 13.

POMEROY - Cox 15, McCabe 2, McKiernan 3, Young 8, Fruh 9, Ledgerwood 8.

Wilb.-Creston 57, Tekoa-Oakes. 49

Mike Samuels had 10 rebounds and Brian Marchand hit a pair of 3-pointers early in the second quarter to guide the Wildcats (2-1) over the visiting Nighthawks (1-2) at Creston.

Tekoa-Oaksdale 13 13 6 17 - 49 Wilbur-Creston 15 20 9 13 - 57

TEKOA-OAKESDALE - Fox 8, Brown 3, Teal 6, Parringer 2, Zornes 7, Gaffis 12, Wall 11.

WILBUR-CRESTON - Marchand 8, Leonard 12, Villars 2, Tonasket 6, Bahr 2, Samuels 7, Kuchenbuch 9, Nelson 4, Katich 7.

Curlew tournament

Curlew 66, Oroville 23

Freshman Jeremy Groth had 29 points, nine steals and five assists to lead the Cougars (3-0) over the Hornets in the title game.

Groth made 3 of 4 3-pointers. Curlew shot 52 percent from the floor and 90 percent from the line.

Oroville 4 10 5 4 - 23 Curlew 15 12 24 15 - 66

OROVILLE - Gonzalez 6, Jacobson 0, Silva 0, Gilbert 0, Cleman 6, Bell 2, Tofte 0, McFadden 5, VanBuskirk 4,.

CURLEW - J.Miller 8, Prazak 10, Nelson 0, Groth 29, Olsen 8, Cribby 2, E.Edwards 3, B.Miller 0, C.Edwards 6.

Kettle Falls 52, Northport 33

The Bulldogs (1-2) used their height advantage to beat the Mustangs (0-2) in the consolation game.

Kettle Falls 18 15 13 6 - 52 Northport 8 4 8 13 - 33

KETTLE FALLS - Weathers 7, Spangler 2, Miller 5, Delony 10, Kulusza 6, Berryman 7, George 7, Williams 8, Lickfold 0, Gordon 0.

NORTHPORT - Dufresne 9, Morrow 2, Carlson 5, Aa.Day 8, Ar.Day 2, Ad.Day 3, Fredrickson 2, Reed 0, Bennetch 2, Paff 0.

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