Whits nudge Bi-County

Whitman County’s team prevailed 76-74 Saturday night in the collision of Whitman County and Bi-County players at Rosalia. The Whitman-Bi County collision has been played at Sprague for several years, but was moved to Rosalia this year.

Host coach Rob Hudkins said they also attempted to organize a matchup of girls teams but ran into too many schedule conflicts. He said they aim to line up both a boys and girls event back at Rosalia for next year.

Hudkins coached the Bi-County team, and Tekoa/Oakesdale Coach Adam Ellis headed Whitman.

The Whitman team had a one point lead at the half, 40-39, and kept the pace to add another point at the final.

Gavin Burt of Garfield/Palouse topped the winners with 19. Jim Maley of Rosalia pulled down 18 rebounds, and Warren Miller of SJE had 16. Other scorers for Whitman were Miller 14, Maley 17, Taylor Christopher-GP 5, Dylan Schmick-SJE 7, John Kuhn-Rosalia 9, and Zach St. John 5.

Chase Druffel and Spencer Jacobs of Colton had also been named to play for the Whits, but had schedule conflicts.

Bronco James Stevenson led Bi-County with 25. He had 10 boards and blocked four shots. Bulldogs Caleb Bravard and Tanner Gay each hit 9.

Also scoring for Bi-C were Kramer Schutz-Odessa 2, Justin Clouse-SH 3, Grant Schultz-Rdn 7, Jarod Gunning-Dav 7, Josh Zeiler-Dav 2, Stefan Plesser-Lib 4, and Morgan Scharff-Dav 6.