Rosalia upsets Eagles to alter playoff script

Eagle forward Trisha Luft wraps her arms around a rebound as Spartans Samantha Wilson and Briann Maley apply defensive pressure.

Rosalia girls threw a wrench at the season’s SJE-Colton girls league saga when they upset the Eagles 48-43 Friday night on the Spartan court. Samantha Wilson knocked down a trey from the right sideline with 34 seconds left and her Spartan teammates canned a set of free throws in the waning ticks.

Rosalia jumped out to an early lead, but the Eagles came back in the second quarter. The Spartans countered with a fiery 15-7 fourth quarter in which they turned up the offense and clamped down on the powerhouse Eagles.

Coach Dave St. John credited his back court defense for shutting down Eagle senior guard Kelsey Simon.

Wilson finished the game with 10 points. Briann Maley knocked down a game high 21. Kelli Van Lith had 15 points to top the birds.

Colton, which hammered LaCrosse /Washtucna in the last league round Friday, finished on top of the league race, and SJE gets the number-two slot. Both will sit out the start of the 10-day SE playoff saga which started with teams in the bottom slots matching up Wednesday night.

Tri-Cities Prep at 6-4 and Touchet at 4-6 will join the 1B mix.

Winners of the Wednesday rounds will go up against Colton and SJE Friday and the show will move to Endicott Monday with two rounds of losers games.

Other action Friday saw Tekoa/Oakesdale defeat Garfield/Palouse in a matchup of the county 2B entrants.

SE GIRLS NORTH

Colton 9-1 19-1

St. John/Endicott 8-2 18-2

Asotin 8-2 13-7

Rosalia 5-5 12-8

Tekoa/Oakesdale 4-5 9-9

Pomeroy 3-6 7-10

LaX/Washtucna 2-8 7-13

Garfield/Palouse 0-10 2-16

Garfield/Palouse bounced back to roust Waitsburg/Prescott 40-31 in the Saturday rounds with Kaycie Adair hitting 23. The Viking defense held the Cardinals to a single point in the final quarter.

Playoff action for the 2Bs, which conclude a week later with state playoffs at Spokane, will start Monday with Dayton, a 1-6 qualifiers on the south end, traveling to Palouse for a play-in eliminator with the Vikings.

Second round will be next Wednesday with Asotin host Walla Walla Valley Academy and Tekoa/Oakesdale hosting the Cards.

FRIDAY SCORING

Rosalia 48-St. John/Endicott 43: 13/6 11/22 9/8 15/7: Maddie St. John 1, Taylor Nelson 2, Briann Maley 21, Katelyn Maley 8, Samantha Wilson 10, Kristen Paulson 6. SJE: Alli Winters 10, Gretchen Van Lith 6, Kaylea Newton 2, Trisha Luft 4, Erin Schuster 5, Kelli Van Lith 15,

Colton 68-LaX/ Washtucna 23: 5/3 17/3 22/8 24/8: Kelsey Moser 11, Haley Moser 14, McKenzie Heaslet 11, Grace Druffel 8, Mikayla Nygreen 2, Kaitlin Druffel 8, Payton Meyer 3. LaX/Washtucna: Taylor Burke 3, Gladys Martinez 9, Logan Harder 2, Della Fleming 9.

Tekoa/Oakesdale 46-Garfield/Palouse 31:14/2 11/8 13/7 8/14: Kimberly Pakootas 4, Desiree Chappell 19, Cheriese Neill 4, Alexandra Overton 12, Myranda Neill 4, Courtney Perry 2, Tayler Dub 3. Garfield/Palouse: Kaycee Adair 19, Mikayla Martin 5, Madi Woltering 3, Lacee Hendrickson 4, Lilli Hendrickson 4.

SATURDAY SCORING

St. John/Endicott 71-Touchet 42: 21/7 21/13 10/11 22/11: Winters 18, Kelsey Simon 30, Newton 4, Luft 2, E. Schuster 6, Jensema 4, Emily Kucklick 5, K. Van Lith 5. Touchet: Pedrosa 7, Frazier 6, Weaver 13, Intnarelli 4, Butler 3, Kessler 2, Warner 2, Huesby 2, Owens 2.

Rosalia 32-Tri Cities Prep 27: 6/9 9/8 6/5 11/5: St. John 3, B. Maley 12, K. Maley 4, Wilson 9, Paulson 4. TCP: Brown 2, Ledesma 4, Roach 15, Becker 2, LeBrun 5.

Garfield/Palouse 40-Waitsburg/Prescott 31: 7/10 14/1 4/7 15/13: Holly Leendertsen 2, Kacie Adair 23, Lilli Hendrickson 6, Terrie Taylor 2, Madisyn Woltering 2, Lacee Hendrickson 5. WP: Potter 8, Stringham 3, Hafen 2, Harris 3, Hulse 4, Weis 8, Withers 2, Pearson 1.

DeSales 44-Tekoa/Oakesdale 27: 17/6 14/6 8/8 6/7: Koren 3, Higgins 5, Acock 3, Duncan 7, Gust 12, Majerus 6, Ferrel 8. Tekoa/Oakesdale: Katie Graffis 2. Desiree Chappell 6, Katherine Groom 2, Overton 13, M. Neill 2.