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The Oakesdale girls had four days off from practice over Christmas and then regrouped to win the Reardan tournament Dec. 28-29.
Opening with a 55-38 win over the hosts, Logan Reed led with 25 points while Lizzy Perry added 14 and freshman guard Bree Rawls 13. Rawls has started the last three games.
The next day, Oakesdale met Inchelium in the final of the four-team tournament, winning 53-42 as Reed scored 21 points and Perry 16.
Oakesdale (9-1, 3-1) will play next at home Friday against Genesee followed by a trip to Colton (8-2, 3-0) Saturday to meet the Southeast 1B league’s first-place Wildcats, who are coming off two straight losses to bigger schools at the Spokane Valley tournament.
“I don’t know if they’ll be any hungrier, because they’re always hungry,” said Dan Brown, Oakesdale coach.
Pomeroy (9-1, 4-1) remains in second place for Southeast 1B girls followed by Oakesdale.
Davenport 57, Colton 54
The Colton girls picked up their first loss of the season Dec. 27 at the Eagle Holiday Classic tournament at West Valley High School in Spokane Valley. The Wildcats met Davenport and went down 57-54.
A potential game-tying three-pointer for Colton at the end was blocked.
The loss ended a 26-game winning streak, going back to Dec. 28, 2017, when Colton lost to Cashmere.
The Wildcats’ Jordyn Moehrle hit six three pointers for 21 points against 2B Davenport while Dakota Patchen, another Colton senior, added 10 points. Emily Schultheis scored nine and Rylee Vining seven. Davenport’s Janaye Wilkie had 21 points.
East Valley 65, Colton 53
After losing to Davenport in the opening round in Spokane Valley, Colton took the floor against 2A East Valley and went down 65-53.
It marked two consecutive losses for the Wildcats for the first time in more than 10 years.
East Valley went to 11-1 on the season, shooting 18-for-19 at the free-throw-line in the fourth quarter. Dakota Patchen led Colton scorers with 24 points while Emily Schultheis had 12 points and six rebounds. Abby Kelly got six rebounds as well.
Genisi Wilkinson led East Valley with 24 points.
THIS WEEK
Garfield/Palouse (6-4, 1-3) plays at home against Touchet (1-5, 1-2) Friday followed by another home game Saturday against non-league Troy.
The St. John/Endicott/LaCrosse girls (5-4, 2-2) host Colton Friday at St. John followed by a non-league trip to Reardan Saturday.
Garth Meyer is a former Whitman County Gazette reporter.
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