Area girls: Keelie Lawler helps Timberlake top East Valley

Keelie Lawler reeled in 21 points, 10 in a big second quarter, and visiting Timberlake (8-2) defeated East Valley (5-3) 66-55 in a nonleague match on Saturday.

Allison Kirby, last year’s Idaho 3A state player of the year, scored 14 points for the defending state champ Tigers, which used a 26-16 second-quarter run to grab the momentum.

Brie Holecek led the Knights with 16 points.

Northeast 2B

St. George’s 43, Davenport 40: Hailey Higashi and Daysha Melendez scored 12 points apiece as the visiting Dragons (7-0, 5-0) defeated the Gorillas (7-1, 4-1) in an early battle for supremacy in the Northeast 2B North.

St. George’s used a 14-8 fourth-quarter run to escape with the win.

Sydney Abbott led Davenport with 15 points and Madison Abbott had 13 points and 13 rebounds.

Northwest Christian 75, Kettle Falls 31: Natalie Smith scored 22 points and the Crusaders (2-3, 2-3) beat the visiting Bulldogs (3-4, 1-4).

Northwest Christian featured four players in double digits, as Steffanie Kiourkas and Jordan Rabe scored 12 points while Savanna Morasch had 10.

Kettle Falls was led by Iris Armstrong with 11 points.

Wilbur-Creston 49, Springdale 29: Karlee Maioho scored 20 points, Jessi Reed added 13 and the visiting Wildcats (3-3, 3-2) defeated the Chargers (1-6, 0-5).

Springdale was led by Nichole Beckman with 10 points.

Northeast 1B

Republic 72, Cusick 20: Shania Graham scored 30 points and the Tigers (7-0, 5-0) dominated the visiting Panthers (1-5, 1-4) in the Northeast 1B North.

Republic got 17 points off five 3-pointers from Lily Beckwith and Michelle VanSlyke added 12 points.

Selkirk 70, Northport 41: Jenna Couch scored 16 points and Gabi Rick had 14 to lead the visiting Rangers (7-1, 4-1) past the Mustangs (0-9, 0-6).

Northport’s Hailey Young pulled down 16 rebounds to go with 14 points.

Curlew 57, Inchelium 38: MeganJoe Beedle scored 19 points and the Cougars (5-3, 3-2) defeated the visiting Hornets (3-3, 2-3).

Korin Baker scored 17 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for Curlew, which outscored Inchelium 30-7 in the second half – including a shutout in the third quarter.

Inchelium was led by Rylee Desautel with 14 points.

Almira/Coulee-Hartline 66, Wellpinit 37: Berlyn Hunt led four in double figures with 18 points and the Warriors (6-1, 4-0) dropped the visiting Redskins (2-2, 1-2) in a Northeast 1B South game

Gabi Isaak had double-double with 12 points and 17 rebounds for ACH. Sarah Bradshaw scored 13 points and Kaitlyn O’Neil added 12.

Odessa-Harrington 46, Columbia 25: Maleah Davison and Caitlyn Schuh scored nine points apiece and the visiting Titans (1-3, 1-2) defeated the Lions (0-7, 0-4).

After an even first quarter, Odessa-Harrington locked down defensively and held Columbia to a total of 15 points the rest of the game.

Columbia was led by Gabreanna Singer with 13 points.

Southeast 1B

Colton 90, Prescott 13: Dakota Patchens scored 18 points and the Wildcats (6-0, 3-0) trounced the visiting Tigers (0-1, 0-1).

Abby Kelly scored 14 points, Meghan Devorak had 13, Jordyn Moehrle chipped in with 11 and Emily Schulthies added 10 points for Colton.

Garfield-Palouse 40, St. John-Endicott 34: Katie Arrasmith scored 20 points, Jaeden Askins added 12 and the visiting Vikings (1-3, 1-2) defeated the Eagles (0-5, 0-2).

After only scoring five points in the first half, Garfield-Palouse surged in the third quarter with an 18-9 run.

St. John-Endicott was paced by Kierstyn Ray with seven points.

Oakesdale 47, Waitsburg 38: Jacey Johnson scored 17 points with 11 rebounds and three steals, Emma Perry added 11 points and the visiting Nighthawks (5-2, 3-0) defeated the Cardinals (0-2, 0-2).

Waitsburg was led by Devon Harshman with 12 points and 17 rebounds.

Nonleague

St. Maries 58, Kellogg 49: Shelby Holder scored 15 points, Kelsey Auer added 14 and the visiting Lumberjacks (4-2) topped the Wildcats (4-4).

St . Maries was up by one at intermission and used a 21-11 third-quarter run to take control. Rylee Riekena led Kellogg off the bench with 15 points and Abby Arthur added 13.

Priest River 39, Newport 31: Melissa Krampert brought in 12 points for the Spartans (3-4), all of which came on 3-point field goals in the second half, to help her team knock off the visiting Grizzlies (2-5).

Rachel Akre scored nine points with eight rebounds for Priest River, while Avery Summers had 11 points.

Coeur d’Alene Charter 50, Valley Christian 49: Emma Bartlett scored 13 points with 14 rebounds to help Coeur d’Alene Charter (6-2) defeat visiting Valley Christian (4-4) in overtime.

Down one late in OT, a putback by freshman Sandy Faulkner gave Charter the win. May Alexander scored 14 for Charter and Faulkner ended with 10.

Veronica Alexyenko scored nine in the fourth quarter for Valley Christian to help get it to the extra session. She finished with 15 and Kaleen Pope added 13.

Genesis Prep 54, Colville 44 : Rachel Schroeder scored 21 points and the Jaguars (4-0) beat the visiting Indians (3-4).

Bella Murekatete scored 18 points and hauled in 31 rebounds with seven blocked shots.

Colville was paced by Hallie Cox with 11 points.