Wildcat, Pomeroy girls await first round winners

Four teams in the SE league started the playoff part of the season Wednesday at St. John and Rosalia with the winners advancing to a semi-final round Friday.

Colton, the league dominator which finished their league run at 14-0, will host the winner of Wednesday’s Tekoa/Oakesdale/Rosalia game.

Pomeroy, which landed in the number-two berth after a draw, will host the winner of Wednesday’s SJE vs. Garfield/Palouse game.

Friday’s semi winners get a guarantee for the next level of playoffs. They will collide next Saturday at the Colfax gym in the SE title game.

Top six teams in the SE are competing to for three slots in the state grid which will start with regional play Feb. 25.

The top SE team and the number-three SE team will land at Walla Walla High for the regional round Feb. 25. Number two will land at Eastmont.

Aim for all entrants over the next three weeks is one of the eight slots in three days of the all-B show which will crank up at Spokane March 3.

Pomeroy girls dealt the last card in the league race Saturday night when they pegged a 48-37 revenge win over the SJE Eagles at the Pirates’ court. HayLee Koller broke out for 20 points and eight rebounds to put the Pirates out front.

Alli Winters hit eight to lead the Eagles who lost ground after posting a 12-12 tie in the first quarter.

Pomeroy bagged the number-two slot for this week’s tourney start by virtue of a draw. SJE took the number-three slot and hosted Garfield/ Palouse Wednesday. That winner travels to Pomeroy Friday.

Pomeroy dropped Touchet 36-28 in last Friday’s round.

Touchet Saturday traveled to Oakesdale in need of a win to stay in the playoff picture. They pegged a two-point lead at the half, but the Nighthawks battled back for a 42-38 win.

That ended the season for the Indians.

SE 1B GIRLS FINAL STANDINGS

Colton 14-0 19-1

Pomeroy 11-3 17-3

St. John/Endicott 11-3 16-3

Rosalia 8-6 13-7

Tekoa/Oakesdale 5-9 9-11

Garfield/Palouse 4-10 7-11

Touchet 3-11 4-16

LaX/Washtucna 0-14 2-18

Courtney Perry and Alexandria Overton each hit 11 in the league finale.

The Nighthawks, who pegged a 63-38 win over the Tigercats Friday at LaCrosse, finished fifth in the league and were booked at Rosalia Wednesday night in the first round.

Rosalia finished fourth, behind the SJE-Pomeroy tangle, with a 42-27 home win over the GP Vikings Friday and a 57-33 edge over the LW Tigercats at Washtucna Saturday.

Mackenzie Reddish hit 18 against the Vikings Friday, and Briann Maley hit 15 for the Spartans who had a 14-point lead at the half. At Washtucna, Maley hit 24.

Colton’s strong defensive game chugged down the tracks for the league’s final weekend with another pair of crunch games. They dropped the SJE Eagles 62-21 in the Friday round and then took out the Vikings 70-33 in the league closer at Palouse.

The win over SJE, then number-two in the league race, ended with a 21-0 shutout of the Eagles in the last quarter. Haley Moser led the `cats with 14.

Colton’s top slot means they will host the winner of Wednesday’s Spartan-Nighthawk game Friday at 6 p.m.

FRIDAY SCORING

Colton 62- St. John/Endicott 21: 17/4 8/7 16/10 21/0: Jenna Moser 4, Haley Moser 14, Mackenzie Heaslet 10, Grace Druffel 8, Mikayla Nygreen 5, Kaitlin Druffel 2, Erin Weber 7, Mollie Kramer 9, Payton Meyer 3. SJE: Emily Kucklick 2, Gretchen Van Lith 4, Emily Jones 4, Alli Winters 11.

Pomeroy 36-Touchet 28:14/4 8/6 7/107/8: Torrie Koller 6, Melissa Bartlow 3, Karlie Martin 13, Kinsey Bott 7, HayLee Koller 6. Touchet: Hillary Intineralli 3, Carley Frazier 7, Kristie Warner 4, Emily Huseby 14.

Tekoa/Oakesdale 58-LaX/Washtucna 48: 12/11 13/10 10/13 23/14: Alexa Lindgren 9. Courtney Perry 13, Maria Haxton 5, Kayler Dub 8, Kimberlee Marston 8, Alexandria Overton 25. LaX/Washutcna: Jena Goude 4, Taylor Weekes 9, Haley Dorman 4, Logan Harder 11, Anne Fleming 10.

Rosalia 42-Garfield Palouse 27: 14/10 16/4 6/6 7/6: Briann Maley 15, Taylor Nelson 7, Mackenzie Reddish 18, Hannah Sims 2. GP: Sarah Bofenkamp 1, Mickala Martin 1, Holly Leendertsen 4, Kaycie Adair 5, Taylor Redman 6, Sammi Johnson 2, Terry Taylor 6, Madisyn Woltering 2.

SATURDAY

SCORING:

Pomeroy 48-St. John/Endicott 37: 12/12 10/4 12/6 14/15: T. Koller 5, Bartlow 8, Martin 12, Bott 3, H. Koller 20. SJE: Kucklick 4, Haley Reiber 4, Kaylee Newton 2, Van Lith 2, Michal Schuster 1, Erin Schuster 7, Jones 6, Devan Bafus 4, Alli Winters 8.

Colton 70-Garfield/Palouse 33: 13/7 26/9 14/2 17/15: J. Moser 11, H. Moser 16, Heaslet 15, Druffel 3, Weber 6, Kramer 6, P. Meyer 6. Garfield/ Palouse: Adair 12, Redmond 6, Woltering 2, Taylor 12.

Rosalia 57-LaX/Washtucna 33: 22/8 15/7 15/4 5/14: Maley 24, Nelson 9, Paulson 9, Reddish 10, Maddy St. John 3. LaX/Wash: Weekes 3, Bennett 3, Harder 12, Katie Whinery 4, Fleming 11.

Tekoa/Oakesdale 42-Touchet 38: 10/6 6/12: 11/9 15/11: Lindgren 6, Perry 11, Dub 10, Marston 3, Overton 11, Mendoza 1. Touchet: Intinarelli 11, Frazier 4, Christopher 7, Warner 12. Huseby 4.