Freeman opens NEA with win

Junior post Megan McIntyre scored 15 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as undefeated Freeman opened Northeast A play Friday night with a 49-33 win over visiting Newport.

The Scotties (9-0) took control in the third quarter by outscoring the Grizzlies (9-4) 18-8, with McIntyre contributing six. MacKenzie Taylor added 12 points for Freeman.

Pamela Bell led Newport with 14 points.

Great Northern League

West Valley 56, Cheney 30: Sophomore Hanna Love had 22 points and 12 rebounds and the Eagles (6-0, 1-0) outscored the visiting Blackhawks (1-6, 0-1) 35-11 in the middle quarters.

Medical Lake 52, Deer Park 33: At Deer Park, Gabrielle Dailey scored 14 points and the Cardinals (3-3, 1-1) dominated the boards to defeat the Stags (1-6, 0-1), who were led by Melissa Brown’s 10 points.

Pullman 56, Riverside 37: Sophomore Shelby Cheslked hit 7 of 10 shots for 16 points and Katie Guettinger added 12 as the visiting Greyhounds (6-2, 2-0) beat the Rams (0-6, 0-1). Rheanna Kaley had 20 for the Rams, who committed 25 turnovers.

Intermountain League

St. Maries 47, Priest River 41: Doris Sines hit a key basket with a minute to go and the Lumberjacks (5-5, 2-0) finished off the visiting Spartans (2-6, 0-1) from the foul line. Sines finished with 14 points and 10 rebounds and Karly Truscott contributed 10 points and five steals. Melissa Hopkins and Taylor Stewart combined for 28 points for Priest River.

Timberlake 37, Kellogg 29: At Kellogg, Kara Wenstrom hit two clutch 3-pointers and scored 10 points as the Tigers (8-3, 3-1) turned back the Wildcats (2-7, 0-2). Kellogg’s Chelsea Morgan had a game-high nine rebounds.

Bonners Ferry 49, Orofino 27: The Badgers (6-2, 2-1) kept the home-standing Maniacs (0-7, 0-3) winless. No details were reported.

Inland Empire League

Moscow 49, Sandpoint 13: At Moscow, the Bears (3-7, 1-3) collected their first league win. Sandpoint is 1-9, 0-5. No details were reported.

Bi-County 2B

Reardan 49, Liberty 43: At Reardan, Sara Wilke and Ashley Perleberg combined for 26 points as the Indians (5-3, 2-1) rallied from 13 points down at halftime to defeat the Lancers (5-2, 0-1).

Perleberg had four steals and nine rebounds while Wilke, who had two clutch 3s down the stretch, had five assists. Kelly Hennessee led Liberty with 14 points.

Davenport 52, Valley Christian 30: Mariah Mielke had 12 of her 19 points in the first half to lead the visiting Gorillas (2-3, 1-2) past the Panthers (0-6, 0-2). Katie Worley had 15 points for VC.

Colfax 75, Northwest Christian 28: At Colfax, the Bulldogs (6-1, 3-0), who shot 47 percent, grabbed 28 steals among 44 forced turnovers in rolling past the Crusaders (4-3, 1-1). Kayla Johnson led the way with 20 points and seven steals.

Panorma League

Selkirk 58, Republic 26: At Ione, Maria Villegas had 10 of her 19 points as the host Rangers (5-4, 2-0) raced to a 24-4 lead in beating the Tigers (1-8, 0-4). Annmarie Cain had 10 rebounds. Angelina Mac-Arthur had five assists and five steals.

St. Michael’s 48, Curlew 32: Senior point guard Tina Raynor had 12 rebounds, 11 points, five assists and three steals and junior wing Marianne Raynor had a season-high 10 points as the Warriors (2-3, 1-2) turned back the visiting Cougars (5-5, 3-4), who made 20 of 24 free throws.

Cusick 65, Wellpinit 35: Ashley Keogh led a balanced attack for the visiting Panthers (7-1, 5-1) with 12 points and the Redskins (2-5, 1-3), who got 18 points from Niquie Ali, had three players foul out.

Bi-County 1B

Almira/Coulee-Hartline 46, Sprague-Harrington 33: The visiting Warriors (9-0, 2-0) led 14-0 after one quarter in defeating the Falcons (2-4, 1-1). Sarah Gloyn made sure that was enough by hitting four 3s for 12 of her 18 points in the third quarter.

District 9 1B North

Colton 39, Garfield-Palouse 28: It was too late, but at least it was a little revenge as the Wildcats avenged last year’s loss in the state title game with the visiting Vikings. The game was tied entering the fourth quarter. Courtney Druffel led Colton with 13 points

St. John-Endicott 47, LaCrosse-Washtucna 35: Kelsey Simon scored 13 points and the Eagles outrebounded the visiting Tigercats 32-18.

Tekoa-Oakesdale 53, Rosalia 45: Senior Shelby Pucket hit 11 of 14 shots from the field and all five of her free throws, scoring 27 points as the Nighthawks defeated the visiting Spartans, who made just 14 of 56 shots.

Pomeroy 54, Asotin 46: Michelle FitzGerald scored 13 points to lead the Pirates over the visiting Panthers, who had three players in double figures, led by Shelby Barnes with 15.

Non-league

Chewelah 45, St. George’s 44: At Chewelah, sophomore Sam Beamer scored with 5 seconds left to lift the Cougars (2-9) past the Dragons (2-4). Beamer and Liz Cobb each scored 12 for Chewelah. Lizzy McQuade had 20 and Lena Leverett-Standall 16 for St. George’s in a losing effort.

Lind-Ritzville 62, Wilbur-Creston 12: Kelsey Arlt scored 18 points and the Broncos (3-3) led the Wildcats (0-6) 38-2 at the half.

Lewiston 70, Clarkston 40: The Bengals (11-3) scored 43 points in the middle two quarters in beating the Bantams (3-3) in Clarkston. Kiki Edwards-Teasley had 17 in the win. Kellie McCann-Smith had 16 in a losing effort.