Curlew Keeps Perfect Record Intact

Area boys

Defense ruled as second-ranked Curlew won a meeting between Panorama League divisional leaders at Ione Friday.

The Cougars (11-0, 7-0) held Selkirk to 28 percent shooting from the floor, including 1 of 17 from 3-point range, during a 58-42 win.

Selkirk (9-2, 6-1) slowed the high-scoring Cougars, who entered with four players averaging in double figures and a fifth (Erich Prazak) nursing an injured shoulder.

Russell Lopes and Jim Huffine had eight rebounds apiece for Selkirk.

Curlew 58, Selkirk 42

Curlew 15 15 18 10 - 58

Selkirk 9 8 12 13 - 42

CURLEW - Conger 0, G.Olson 14, Groth 13, Edwards 3, J.B.Olson 14, Cribby 9, March 2, Strandberg 3.

SELKIRK - MacArthur 0, Reed 0, Yellowjohn 2, White 0, Farris 12, Gere 2, Huffine 14, Lopes 3, Pyeatt 7, Hodges 0, Carlson 2, Edwards 0.

NWC 42, Northport 37

A bad pass by the Mustangs (2-8, 1-6) in the closing seconds allowed the visiting Crusaders (6-4, 5-2) to clinch the win. Northport had the ball, trailing by three with 10 seconds left. Northport’s David Timmering had 10 rebounds.

NW Christian 7 15 4 16 - 42

Northport 2 10 12 13 - 37

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN - Orr 0, Greenup 1, Proffitt 0, Wolf 4, Smith 8, Warren 0, Thomas 2, Strandy 2, Malott 2, VanGerpen 0, Bell 2, Goldman 12, Crouch 5.

NORTHPORT - Aa.Day 0, Godes 0, Ad.Day 13, Fredrickson 14, Timmering 6, Lenhard 0, Wilson 2, Weliep 2.

St. George’s 55, Inchelium 47

Tom DePonty and Drew Moser hit late 3-pointers and the visiting Dragons (8-3, 6-1) hit 7 of 12 free throws in the fourth quarter to pull away from the Hornets (2-7, 2-5).

The game was tied at 43 with 4 minutes left.

The Hornets’ Jacolby Simpson had seven blocked shots, eight rebounds and four assists.

St. George’s 11 14 11 19 - 55

Inchelium 8 13 13 13 - 47

ST. GEORGE’S - Blume 6, Dhillon 10, Taylor 0, Moser 12, Davis 0, Helms 0, DePonty 13, Spencer 2, Yi 0, Witherspoon 4, Thomsen 8.

INCHELIUM - Bradshaw 0, Jolley 4, Simpson 11, R.Swan 11, Michel 5, Mason 0, Tonasket 4, Simmons 12, J.Swan 0, Signor 0.

Springdale 53, Columbia 50

Luther Hammack scored 27, hitting 10 of 18 from the field, and the Chargers (3-8, 3-4) rallied with seven fourth-quarter steals to defeat the visiting Lions (0-10, 0-7). Springdale’s Jake Gilstrap made his first start and had six steals.

Columbia 19 12 15 4 - 50

Springdale 16 11 11 15 - 53

COLUMBIA - Wass 4, Denison 13, J.Young 2, Neidhart 19, Strickler 6, K.Donohue 6.

SPRINGDALE - Gilstrap 18, Stevens 0, Farnsworth 3, Meyers 0, Ralph 0, Nortz 2, Thompson 0, Hammack 27, Ely 0, Carlson 3.

Republic 49, Cusick 36

Danny Hanks hit two free throws to stop a rally as the visiting Tigers (7-3, 6-1) overcame the Panthers (3-7, 2-5). Cusick closed within six with 2 minutes left. Cusick’s Charles Martin had three 3-pointers and four steals.

Republic 13 16 8 12 - 49

Cusick 2 17 10 7 - 36

REPUBLIC - Dansel 0, Davenport 4, Dinkins 7, Gliddon 15, Hadden 6, Hanks 8, Hutton 0, Krohn 0, Kuchenmeister 6, R.Rickard 0, T.Rickard 0, Russell 3.

CUSICK - Cratty 4, Reijonen 2, Bridges 4, Martin 14, Chantry 0, Sattleen 0, Hamilton 6, Tinker 6, Dimick 0.

Wellpinit 77, St. Michael’s 58

Joe Tonasket totaled 21 points, two 3-pointers and 15 rebounds, and the visiting Redskins (5-4, 4-3) made 11 of 13 free throws to defeat the Warriors (0-10, 0-7).

Wellpinit 19 22 14 21 - 76

St. Michael’s 9 12 13 24 - 58

WELLPINIT - Tonasket 21, Carter 2, D.J.Flett 11, T.McCrea 0, T.Flett 18, M.McCrea 17, Covington 3, Stearns 4, Moyer 0.

ST. MICHAEL’S - Mendoza 0, Vigil 0, Urann 0, Edwards 22, Bittner 6, Sandquist 0, Sarquillia 0, Muglia 5, Durazo 11, South 9, Spruill 5.

Non-league

Reardan 45, Medical Lake 43

Rhett Soliday’s jumper near the free-throw line with 11 seconds left allowed the visiting Indians (6-4) to knock off the 2A 10th-ranked Cardinals (4-3) in a non-leaguer for their fifth consecutive win.

ML tied the score at 43 with 45 seconds left on Jeff Nichols’ layin. Reardan soon missed two free throws, but the Cardinals responded with a turnover.

ML’s Brandon Moore had 16 rebounds and scored 20 on 8-for-16 shooting from the field.

Reardan 11 13 13 8 - 45

Medical Lake 8 10 12 13 - 43

REARDAN - Eastman 12, Soliday 18, Jenkin 10, Nollmeyer 3, Brown 0, Hopper 0, Flaa 2.

MEDICAL LAKE - Jackson 10, Brown 0, Headlee 6, Shirley 0, Meeks 0, Mitchell 0, Miller 1, Alexander 0, Nichols 6, B.Moore 20.

Freeman 53, Lakeside 45

Steve Simmons had nine rebounds in three quarters to guide a 38-22 advantage, but his injury dampened a Scotties (8-2) win over the visiting Eagles (2-5).

Simmons was taken to the hospital after falling on his back. His status was uncertain. Freeman’s Matt Miller added six assists. Lakeside was within three with 1:25 left.

Lakeside 14 2 13 16 - 45

Freeman 18 12 9 14 - 53

LAKESIDE - Day 2, Purkheiser 12, Rouse 11, Spiger 4, K.Skinner 4, Noland 12, Mortlock 0, Clockerty 0, Bjork 0.

FREEMAN - R.Snyder 7, M.Miller 18, Simmons 7, Freeman 0, Shkuratoff 2, Goldsmith 8, White 2, Pope 9.

Newport 50, Kettle Falls 34

Will Balcolm had 11 rebounds and the Grizzlies (4-4) knocked off the visiting Bulldogs (3-6), who had 17 turnovers.

Kettle Falls 4 8 9 13 - 34

Newport 15 14 11 10 - 50

KETTLE FALLS - George 0, Weathers 12, Miller 7, Brodehl 0, Madlin 0, Musson 1, Lickfold 9, Payne 5.

NEWPORT - Kiehn 0, Frandrup 11, Meade 7, Ellersick 9, Drum 6, Marsh 0, Balcolm 11, Martindale 0, Vlasman 4, Mumford 0, Parker 2.

Whitman County

SJE 53, Gar-Pal 42 (OT)

Grant Bafus and John Stoner hit 3-pointers in overtime as the Eagles (7-3, 1-0) defeated the visiting Vikings (5-4, 0-1) at St. John for their first win over Gar-Pal since 1989.

Josh Siler added 11 rebounds for SJE, which had 23 steals. The Vikings shot 38 percent from the floor, SJE 27 percent.

Gar.Palouse 8 5 11 15 3 - 42

SJE 9 10 8 12 14 - 53

GARFIELD-PALOUSE - Bischoff 18, Coles 8, Flansburg 3, Cronk 0, Fox 4, Kimble 0, Johnson 4, Tharp 4, Demand 0.

ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT - Miller 0, Bafus 17, Strader 0, Stoner 9, Hames 4, Scheuerman 11, Thompson 0, Siler 10, Stolmeier 2.

Rosalia 57, LaCrosse-Wash. 45

Craig Shindler scored 20 on 10-of-20 shooting from the floor and added 12 rebounds as the Spartans (1-8, 1-0) snapped an 11-game losing streak by knocking off the visiting Tigercats (2-9, 0-1).

Rosalia had lost 17 consecutive games to L-W over eight years.

Lucas Schmidt added 17 rebounds and 6-of-6 shooting from the line for Rosalia, which last won Feb. 1, 1997, against Colton.

LaCrosse-Wash. 11 10 9 15 - 45

Rosalia 16 16 7 18 - 57

LaCROSSE-WASHTUCNA - McIntosh 4, Colter 9, Henley 11, Wigen 9, Meyers 0, Stueckle 4, Whitman 8, Blankenship 0.

ROSALIA - Heinemann 2, Watkins 8, S.DeGon 0, D.DeGon 0, Peterson 3, Shindler 20, Bothman 5, Schmidt 16, Workman 3.

Tekoa-Oakes. 52, Colton 33

John Wall had 10 rebounds and Patrick Heaton hit a pair of 3-pointers to help the Nighthawks (6-3, 1-0) over the visiting Wildcats (3-4, 0-1) at Oakesdale.

T-O hadn’t played since Dec. 23.

Colton 8 7 6 12 - 33

Tekoa-Oakes. 13 13 8 18 - 52

COLTON - Moehrle 0, Wolf 0, B.Busch 7, G.Busch 12, Weber 0, Bri.Keller 0, Bates 7, Hopwood 0, Meyer 3, Stout 4.

TEKOA-OAKESDALE - Brown 4, Buergel 0, Heaton 12, G.Smith 6, Teal 2, Wagner 0, E.Smith 2, Brogan 7, Crossett 2, Wall 11, Taylor 6.

Great Northern

Chewelah 67, Deer Park 44

Travis Meserve totaled 21 points, 10 assists and six steals and the visiting Cougars (6-3, 3-1) used a 10-0 fourth-quarter run to pull away from the Stags (3-4, 1-3).

Chewelah 16 15 11 25 - 67

Deer Park 8 10 14 12 - 44

CHEWELAH - Landram 8, Forsberg 11, Meserve 21, Miller 2, Nitschke 7, Churape 0, Kinley 2, Sunday 4, Parrish 12.

DEER PARK - Holmes 6, Westerman 0, Santonocito 0, S.Mitchell 0, J.Mitchell 6, Martin 2, Zimmerer 10, Sebright 0, Frickey 10, Thompson 10.

Colville 69, Riverside 54

Jed Ortner made 8 of 9 free throws and the Indians (5-3, 3-1) finished 15 of 20 to defeat the visiting Rams (2-5, 0-2).

Ortner made 5 of 7 field goals and added seven assists. Colville’s Eric Anderson had seven rebounds.

Riverside 14 10 6 24 - 54

Colville 14 15 16 24 - 69

RIVERSIDE - Kapelke 7, Remington 0, Murphy 8, Boone 2, Rizzuto 6, Frowick 6, Crance 6, Dinning 2, Miller 17.

COLVILLE - Weaver 7, Anderson 15, Ortner 19, Bateman 6, Meinhold 5, Spies 2, Mostek 6, Bradeen 4, I.Gordon 0, Shaw 0, E.Gordon 5.

Bi-County

Ritzville 68, Liberty 59

Dan Duff scored 26 of his 32 in the second half, hitting 6 of 8 3-pointers to lead an 11-for-20 effort, as the visiting Broncos (6-5, 4-3) defeated the Lancers (1-9, 0-5).

Dustan Arlt, averaging 28 points for his last four games, added four 3-pointers for Ritzville. Liberty’s Mike Johnson had 13 rebounds.

Ritzville 10 20 19 19 - 68

Liberty 15 11 23 10 - 59

RITZVILLE - B.Arlt 2, Duff 32, D.Arlt 18, Marcus 0, Johnstone 0, Borth 4, Whitman 12.

LIBERTY - Wiman 21, K.Engle 0, J.Engle 7, Cousins 4, J.Holling 14, Johnson 6, Pottratz 0, C.Holling 2, Schmitz 2, Horlacher 3.

V.Christian 73, C.Heritage 32

Michael Spuler had 24 points and six rebounds, and Jeremy Decker and Derek Sandin combined for 10 steals and 15 assists as the eighth-ranked Panthers (10-1, 5-0) knocked off the visiting Patriots (5-6, 1-6) for their eighth consecutive win. VC played without starting post Brian Sears (slight illness). CH’s Joe Bell had 11 rebounds.

Chr.Heritage 2 10 12 8 - 32

Val.Christain 24 22 12 15 - 73

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE - Newbill 10, A.Bell 3, B.Bishop 6, J.Bell 4, Hattenburg 4, Kirstein 2, Bogle 3.

VALLEY CHRISTIAN - Troyer 2, J.Decker 2, Smith 8, Spuler 24, Meyer 9, B.Decker 8, Evans 6, Sandin 10, Lacy 4.

Wil.-Crest. 66, Davenport 49

Bryan Marchand had 10 assists and Ceth Leonard added 11 rebounds as the Wildcats (6-5, 5-1) defeated the visiting Gorillas (4-7, 1-3) at Creston.

Davenport 16 9 12 12 - 49

Wilbur-Creston 18 12 19 17 - 66

DAVENPORT - Rodenbough 6, Holderby 3, Johnson 0, Buchanan 22, Swain 0, Telecky 15, Morrison 1, Payne 2, Honey 0.

WILBUR-CRESTON - B.Marchand 15, Cairns 0, Villars 9, Grant 0, Leonard 11, Samuels 7, Arden 4, Nelson 0, Katich 17, J.Marchand 0, Hall 3.

Sprague-Harr. 78, Lind 28

Matt Wagner had nine assists and Jacob Timm added nine rebounds to guide the Falcons (8-4, 3-1) over the visiting Bulldogs (2-10, 0-6) at Sprague. The Falcons held a 41-14 rebounding edge.

Lind 6 10 2 10 - 28

Sprague-Harr. 21 16 9 32 - 78

LIND - Kulm 8, Labes 3, Sikorski 0, Sheckells 0, Thompson 6, Widger 9, Williamson 2.

SPRAGUE-HARRINGTON - Engles 7, Morton 5, Wagner 8, Floyd 9, Carroll 17, Timm 3, Pelissier 2, M.Henry 11, Young 9, A.Henry 7.

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