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Serving Whitman County since 1877
Gar Pal boys
Last Friday at Pomeroy, Gar-Pal sophomore Matt Holbrook hit a half-court shot with no time left to win the game for Gar-Pal, 48-47.
The final play came after Zach Kuehner made a three-pointer to tie the score at 45-45 with nine seconds left, and Pomeroy made two free throws. Holbrook then dribbled to to the top of the center circle and leapt forward to take the shot.
It banked in to lift Gar-Pal to victory in a game they trailed almost the entire way.
Shooting only 15-for-27 from the free-throw line, they outscored Pomeroy 24-17 in the fourth quarter.
Holbrook led the Vikings with 18 points while Tyler Thurman had 11. In addition, Jesse Lopez scored eight and Kuehner had eight as well.
Cody LaMunyan led the Pirates with 14 points while Riley Bott and Tyson Fieder both scored 12.
TUESDAY NIGHT
Colton 45,
Gar-Pal 37
Expected to vie for the district title, Colton and Gar-Pal met for the first time in the 2013-14 season and the Wildcats got a definitive win.
Still playing without injured star Jake Straughan, they took down the Vikings (10-2, 6-2) as Dalton Patchen scored 13 points with 10 rebounds and Austin Meyer had 11 points and 12 rebounds.
The win lifted Colton’s record to 6-3 overall and 5-2 in league.
Tyler Thurman led Gar-Pal scorers with 13 points.
Pomeroy 63, L/W 42
Cody LaMunyan led the Pirates with 17 points while Riley Bott added 13 and Tyson Fieder scored 10 in a win at Washtucna
Darcy Stamper led the Tigercats with 19 points while Riley Roberts scored 10.
Rosalia VS. TEKOA-OAKESDALE - Postponed until Wednesday night due to a leaky roof at Oakesdale.
WEEKEND
Gar-Pal 72, LaCrosse-Washtucna 30
A matchup of memorable games last year at Garfield-Palouse proved lopsided Saturday night as the Vikings hosted L/W.
In the process, the weekend of Matt Holbrook continued.
Moved to shooting guard by coach Tim Coles, he scored 27 points, including 6-for-6 for three-point attempts. In addition, he had five steals.
Tyler Thurman scored 14 points, with six assists and five steals while Jesse Lopez scored nine.
Darcy Stamper led the Tigercats with 16 points
The Tigercats played without Joe Guske, who was in plainclothes on the bench.
Tekoa-Oakesdale 64, St. John-Endicott 62
Zach Dabolt scored 21 points and Cooper Angelo had 13 as the Nighthawks came from behind in the fourth quarter to beat the Eagles (0-9, 0-5). Trailing by eight in the third quarter, Tekoa-Oakesdale (1-5, 1-4) outscored S.J.E. 19-9 in the fourth quarter to take the game.
Liberty Christian 72, Rosalia 69
Craig Nelson scored 24 points and Ryan Maley added 22 for the Spartans (5-4, 3-2) but it wasn’t enough in the Patriots’ gym. Liberty Christian (1-4, 1-3), had five players score in double figures in their first win of the season.
Colton 55, Lacrosse-Washtucna 51
A late spark by Colton’s Dillon Frank and some key free throws by his teammates proved enough to hold off Darcy Stamper’s 32 points for L/W Friday night in Lacrosse.
Colton (4-3, 3-2) was down by four points in the last two minutes of the game when two turnovers led to baskets and Frank, Carter Dahmen and Dalton Patchen all made two free throws each.
Patchen led the team with 14 points while Frank and Dahmen added 12 each.
Riley Roberts scored nine points for L/W (3-6, 2-3)
Pomeroy 46,
Rosalia 42
After losing their first game of the year the night before due to a halfcourt shot by Gar-Pal’s Matt Holbrook, Pomeroy traveled to Rosalia Saturday for a four-point win.
Pomeroy led most of the game, taking an eight-point lead into the fourth quarter, before Rosalia cut the lead to four.
The Pirates hit one of two free throws with 10 seconds left to help insure the victory.
Bott led the team with 19 points while Cody LaMunyan added 11.
Craig Nelson led the Spartans with 15 points while Ryan Maley added 13.
Garth Meyer is a former Whitman County Gazette reporter.
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