Saturday’s State 2B results
Boys
First place/Second place
Erik Muelheims scored 26 points and the top-ranked Dragons routed the defending champion Bulldogs in the title game.
As was the case in their four previous meetings this season, Colfax didn’t have an answer for St. George’s suffocating defense. Bulldogs’ star Brandon Gfeller, who averaged 22.3 points per game during the regular season, scored just five points.
Gfeller saw double teams and multiple defenders all game and failed to get into any kind of rhythm.
Will Tender added 13 points and Dexter Sienko chipped in nine points and 15 rebounds for the Dragons.
St. George’s will have a vast majority of their team, including all of their key players, back next year.
Colfax | 7 | 4 | 11 | 6 | - 28 |
St. George’s | 13 | 12 | 15 | 10 | - 50 |
Colfax (22-8) – B. Gfeller 5, Ellis 9, Kramlich 0, Webber 2, K. Gfeller 6, Weitze 0, Johnson 3, Becker 0, Brown 0, Mellor 0, Simonson 3.
St. George’s (29-1) – Kenney 0, Peplinski 0, Worrall 2, Culbertson 0, Schulte 0, Cremers 0, Muelheims 26, Spalding 0, Furbeyre 0, Tender 13, L. Sienko 0, D. Sienko 9.
Third place/Fifth place
Wahkiakum used a 16-3 second-quarter run to pull ahead of Lind-Ritzville/Sprague and defeat the Broncos.
Lars Bix scored a game-high 22 points and the Mules held Lind-Ritzville/Sprague to just 35.3 percent shooting. Dylan Hartz led the Broncos with 14 points on 4-of-10 shooting and collected a team-high four rebounds.
Both teams shot well from the 3-point line as Wahkiakum made 10 of its 22 attempts and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague was 9 of 28.
Wahkiakum | 9 | 23 | 10 | 20 | - 62 |
Lind-Ritzville/Sprague | 11 | 14 | 9 | 20 | - 54 |
Wahkiakum (21-8) – Souvenir 5, Doumit 6, Good 0, Blix 22, Weiler 10, Blix 0, LaBerge 0, Budd 0, Doumit 6, McElroy 13, Peacock 0,
Lind-Ritzville/Sprague (22-10) – Saetre 0, O’Neill 5, Smith 6, Hartz 14, Ruzicka 2, Starring 9, Canaday 0, Whitmore 6, Morley 0, Frederick 12, Anderson 0, Jantz 0.
Fourth place/Sixth place
La Conner used a 22-11 fourth quarter and a game-high 28 points from Spencer Novak to come from behind and defeat Northwest Christian.
Northwest Christian led 53-39 in the fourth quarter before La Conner stormed back. La Conner made 15 of its 20 second-half free-throw attempts in a game that featured nine ties and 13 lead changes.
Novak was 10 of 12 from the free-throw line and added seven rebounds, three assists and two steals.
Nick Kiourkas led the Crusaders with 18 points and Jeremiah Sander scored 16 on 7-of-11 shooting.
La Conner | 17 | 12 | 10 | 22 | - 61 |
Northwest Christian | 14 | 16 | 16 | 11 | - 57 |
La Conner (24-2) – Krueger 0, Novak 28, Hulbert 6, Zavala 5, James 6, Tyler 16.
Northwest Christian (20-12) – Kilpatrick 0, Morris 11, Friedly 6, Kiourkas 18, Kershinar 4, Sander 16, Stephens 2.
Girls
First place/Second place
Led by Kelsey Moos’ dominance on both ends, the Reardan girls pulled away in the second half and captured their third straight title.
Northwest Christian held an early seven-point lead and led by two at half. Then Reardan passed NWC and started to build a comfortable lead in the third quarter. Charlene Gray hit a 3-pointer to put the Indians ahead by six. Moos followed with seven points in 70 seconds to give Reardan an 11-point advantage.
The Crusaders chipped away and narrowed the gap to four points early in the fourth, but Gray and Chantel Heath hit back to back 3s to put Reardan back up by 10.
Moos made 10 of 16 shots and finished with 28 points and 15 rebounds. Heath added 17 points and Gray chipped in 10.
Northwest Christian’s Courtney Gray scored 25 points.
Reardan | 10 | 12 | 24 | 21 | - 67 |
Northwest Christian | 15 | 9 | 11 | 17 | - 52 |
Reardan (29-1) – Moos 28, Gray 10, Johnson 0, Heath 17, Anderson 0, Wynecoop 6, Wollweber 0, Burge 6.
Northwest Christian (23-7) – Dietzen 2, McFaul 0, Ma. Guske 2, C. Gray 25, Farmer 5, Knight 7, Bozlee 3, M. Gray 6, Zwanzig 2.
Third place/Fifth place
Pe Ell withstood a late charge from Morton-White Pass to win.
After missing two crucial free throws a night before in a loss to Northwest Christian, Pe Ell’s Sami Robinson made both her attempts with 7.1 seconds left to give the Trojans a four-point lead and the eventual win.
Kylie Allen’s only shot attempt of the game for the Timberwolves was a 3-pointer with 8.1 seconds left to bring Morton-White Pass within two, but Robinson’s free throws put the game out of reach.
Robinson led the Trojans with 18 points and three assists and was 7 of 7 from the free-throw line. Whitney Elledge and Ashley Kelly led the Timberwolves with 14 and 12 points, respectively.
Morton-White Pass | 12 | 18 | 6 | 12 | - 48 |
Pe Ell | 14 | 15 | 5 | 18 | - 52 |
Morton-White Pass (17-8) – Elledge 14, Atkinson 6, Kelly 12, Allen 3, Hieronymi 6, Robbins 3, Eveland 4.
Pe Ell (23-2) – Robinson 18, Alden 0, Ratkie 3, Skeen 0, Brooks-Johnson 7, Duncan 0, Capps 17, Miller 7.
Fourth place/Sixth place
Napavine got a game-high 21 points from Demi Sahlinger and outscored DeSales 21-11 in the second half to overcome a five-point halftime deficit and defeat the Irish.
The Tigers held DeSales to 4-of-26 shooting in the second half and made 8 of 12 free-throw attempts in the third and fourth quarters.
Abby Crowley scored 10 points for DeSales and was the only Irish player to score in double figures. She also led the team with two assists.
Napavine | 11 | 6 | 10 | 11 | - 38 |
DeSales | 11 | 11 | 5 | 6 | - 33 |
Napavine (21-7) – Erven 0, Sahlinger 21, Dekoker 3, Hamre 0, Brown 4, Peters 9, Atkins 1, Bornstein 0,
DeSales (15-8) – Baumgart 4, Lyons 0, Acock 2, Conley 4, Lesko 2, Al. Lyons 0, Wujek 9, Leahy 2, As. Lyons 0, Lizardi 0.