Upper-Level Seeds Take Spill

B league tournaments

Higher seeds took a hit as the Bi-County League boys basketball tournament began Tuesday with loser-out games at Reardan.

Eighth-seeded Davenport edged No. 5 Ritzville 65-63, while No. 7 Liberty stopped No. 6 Sprague-Harrington 57-46. S-H had defeated Liberty twice during the league season and Ritzville had won its league counter against Ritzville.

The tourney shifts to a double-elimination format Friday night, with Davenport (8-14) against fourth-seeded Almira/Coulee-Hartline (12-8) and Liberty (7-14) against No. 3 Odessa (13-6).

Both games are at 7:30.

Davenport 65, Ritzville 63

Cody Rodenbough and Dale Buchanan combined for seven 3-pointers and 17 third-quarter points to eliminate the Broncos (10-11).

Danny Duff hit five 3-pointers for Ritzville, while league scoring champion Dustan Arlt scored 17 of his 23 in the second half.

Davenport 15 12 25 13 - 65

Ritzville 15 17 16 15 - 63

DAVENPORT - Rodenbough 20, Holderby 9, Johnson 0, Buchanan 21, Swain 0, Telecky 10, Morrison 4, Payne 1.

RITZVILLE - B.Arlt 9, Duff 21, D.Arlt 23, Marcus 2, Johnstone 2, Borth 6.

Liberty 57, Sprague-Harr. 46

The Lancers outscored the Falcons (11-10) from the line 15-4.

Liberty 9 13 16 19 - 57

Sprague-Harr. 10 14 8 14 - 46

LIBERTY - Wiman 4, J.Engle 6, Cousins 9, J.Holling 16, Johnson 8, Pottratz 4, C.Holling 8, Mortimer 0, Horlacher 2.

SPRAGUE-HARRINGTON - Engles 0, Morton 2, Wagner 9, Floyd 9, Carroll 10, Timm 0, Pelissier 2, M.Henry 8, Hoob 0, Young 4, A.Henry 2.

BI-COUNTY GIRLS TOURNEY

ACH 49, Odessa 33

The sixth-seeded Warriors (4-16) snapped a 10-game losing skid by defeating the No. 7 Tigers (6-14) in a loser-out at Reardan.

Odessa 8 5 10 10 - 33

ACH 12 11 13 13 - 49

ODESSA - Iksic 4, Buscher 0, Schmierer 0, Haptonstall 6, Strohmaier 2, Cambell 0, Ryan 2, Hunt 17, Hardung 0, Knerr 2, Weishaar 0.

ALMIRA/COULEE-HARTLINE - Edwards 2, Evans 10, Pinar 2, Maes 0, Horter 3, Malone 14, Stokoe 6, Elder 2, Giese 8, Andersen 2.

PANORAMA LEAGUE GIRLS

St. George’s 55, Inchelium 31

Wenchi Liu had eight assists and seven of her team’s 24 steals as the fourth-ranked Dragons (17-2) used a 19-4 second-half run to pull away from the visiting Hornets (8-12) in an opener of the double-elimination tourney.

Alyssa Henley added 13 rebounds for St. George’s, which has played its last five games without scoring leader Miranda Routh-Corker (viral bronchitis/flu). Routh-Corker is doubtful for Friday’s 6 p.m., winner-to-district home game against Northport.

Inchelium plays a loser-out at the same time at Northwest Christian.

Inchelium 7 9 4 11 - 31

St. George’s 8 12 14 21 - 55

INCHELIUM - T.Finley 10, G.Finley 11, Mollenberg 3, Tonasket 5, Seymour 0, Boyd 2, J.Davis 0.

ST. GEORGE’S - Liu 12, Clarke 6, Philopant 0, Stothart 3, Henley 13, Blume 2, Grant 5, Nielsen 6, DePonty 4, Luber 2, Kutteruf 1, Moore 1.

Northport 61, NWC 37

Karen Sauvola scored 21 and Candace Young made 5 of 5 field goals as the Mustangs (16-5) defeated the visiting Crusaders (8-13).

NW Christian 16 4 12 5 - 37

Northport 17 10 17 17 - 61

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN - Silver 10, Cofer 0, Pilling 5, Ogle 3, Nelson 0, Montague 3, Casimir 3, Strandy 2, Clouse 9, Walker 2.

NORTHPORT - Burke 0, Wilson 0, Day 14, Goodwin 0, Lenhard 2, Sauvola 21, Jimenez 10, Godes 2, Young 12.

Wellpinit 79, Cusick 51

Miranda Payne scored 35, hitting 9 of 12 from the line, and added 16 rebounds as the Redskins (17-3) defeated the visiting Panthers (2-18).

Celeste Allen added eight assists and seven rebounds for Wellpinit, which hosts Selkirk at 6 p.m. Friday in a winner-to-district game. Cusick travels to Republic at 6 Friday for a loser-out.

Cusick 18 6 15 12 - 51

Wellpinit 17 16 24 22 - 79

CUSICK - Norton 3, Pickerel 14, Cutshall 3, Whiting 2, Scott 0, Car.Haas 4, Cas.Haas 18, Cook 0, Maslanka 0, Chitwood 7, Nelson 0.

WELLPINIT - Pakootas 9, Stearns 1, C.Allen 13, Ramos 5, Tonasket 5, Barnaby 0, Wynecoop 6, M.Payne 35, A.Payne 3, Andrew 2, W.Allen 0.

Selkirk 48, Republic 19

Rachea Allert had six assists, and she and Molly Carlson combined for 27 rebounds as the seventh-ranked Rangers (18-3) defeated the visiting Tigers (10-11) at Ione.

Republic 6 5 2 6 - 19

Selkirk 12 9 15 12 - 48

REPUBLIC - Campobasso 4, Ciais 0, Hover 6, An.Merrit 2, C.Merrit 2, Am.Merrit 0, Sattler 2, Starkey 0, Young 3.

SELKIRK - Fairbairn 10, Scherf 0, Barnes 0, Pettis 7, Smith 2, Haney 0, Jones 4, Allert 9, Carlson 16, Kinney 0, Emrick 0.

PANORAMA LEAGUE BOYS

Curlew 86, Cusick 44

Erich Prazak, Jeremy Groth and Gunner Olsen combined for 22 rebounds, seven assists and eight blocked shots as the second-ranked Cougars (18-3) defeated the visiting Panthers (8-12).

Curlew, winner of nine straight, hosts a Saturday winner-to-district game against today’s winner between Wellpinit (10-8) and St. George’s (15-5). Cusick plays at the Wellpinit-St. George’s loser Saturday in a loser-out.

Cusick 9 10 9 16 - 44

Curlew 20 22 19 25 - 86

CUSICK - Cratty 0, Reijonen 2, Bridges 6, Martin 14, Chantry 7, Jones 0, Sattleen 0, Hamilton 11, Tinker 2, Dimick 2, Kramer 0.

CURLEW - Conger 3, G.Olson 22, Groth 20, Edwards 4, J.B. Olson 6, Prazak 14, Cribby 5, Stotts 0, March 0, Strandberg 12.

WHITMAN CO. BOYS SEEDING

Gar.-Palouse 58, SJE 56

Brad Bischoff hit two free throws with 2 seconds left and the Vikings (17-4) used an 8-0 run in the final 2 minutes to edge the Eagles (15-5) at Endicott and secure the No. 1 seed to the league tournament and automatic district berth.

The Vikings will play for the tourney title at 5:30 p.m. Monday. The opponent will be Saturday’s winner between No. 2 SJE and No. 3 LaCrosse-Washtucna (7-13).

Gar.-Palouse 8 23 13 14 - 58

SJE 10 14 18 14 - 56

GARFIELD-PALOUSE - Bischoff 17, Coles 12, Power 6, Flansburg 8, Cronk 2, Fox 4, Kimble 0, Johnson 3, Tharp 6.

ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT - Miller 0, Bafus 17, Strader 0, Stoner 6, Hames 6, Scheuerman 17, Thompson 0, Jo. Siler 8, Stolmeier 2.

WHITMAN CO. GIRLS SEEDING

Rosalia 50, Colton 41

Sara Blank scored eight of her 20 in the third quarter as the Spartans (3-17) defeated the Wildcats (3-18) at Endicott for the fifth seed into the league playoffs.

Rosalia opens tourney play at 7:30 p.m. Friday against No. 4 St. John-Endicott (10-9). Colton is the sixth seed and opens at 4:30 Friday against No. 3 Garfield-Palouse (12-8). Both games are winner-to-district, loser-out.

Colton 1 16 8 16 - 41

Rosalia 13 6 18 13 - 50

COLTON - Crim 1, Truong 10, Maston 13, Morrison 2, Buck 1, Brotherton 0, Stout 14.

ROSALIA - Henning 2, Heinemann 0, Dale 8, Peringer 3, Blank 20, Willey 10, Bruce 7.

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