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Oakesdale girls, dribbling
Oakesdale's Logan Reed takes the ball up the floor against Sydney Watko of Pomeroy Jan. 6.
A big game looms Friday at home for the Oakesdale girls.
Colton will arrive with an 11-1overall record, 6-0 in league for a matchup which Oakesdale may need to win to climb into the top two in league after a loss to Garfield-Palouse Dec. 8 and Pomeroy last Saturday, Jan. 6.
In that game, the Nighthawks led 22-19 at halftime, then scored no points in the third quarter, losing 41-36.
“The third quarter, that was the game for us right there,” said Oakesdale coach Dan Brown,
Pomeroy’s (10-2, 5-1) Maddy Dixon and Emma Severs both scored 10 points while Sydney Watko added seven. Logan Reed paced Oakesdale with 15 points and Emma Perry had 10.
Over Christmas break, the Nighthawks (10-2, 3-2) beat Riverside at Chattaroy 43-13 followed by a 57-11 home win over Dayton and a 48-40 league win over Touchet. Starting January, Oakesdale played non-league Inchellium at Spokane, winning 56-48.
Non-league play is now complete.
“Thank God it’s over,” said Brown, the former Tekoa-Oakesdale leader who took over from Ken Lindgren this year. “Don’t have to travel as far, get on a school bus for as long,” he said.
His two Perrys, two Reeds and a Shrope team has a starting five of two sets of sisters – junior Logan Reed and freshman LouEllen, and senior Emma Perry and sophomore Lizzie. Senior Madison Shrope completes the lineup.
Logan, a forward, is Oakesdale’s leading scorer and rebounder. The roster is now without senior Anne Hockett, a starter at forward last year, who played in the first two games of 2017-18 before going down for the season with a nagging calf issue.
Overall, Brown indicated he is happy with the team’s results so far.
“We beat the teams we should’ve probably and lost to the teams that could’ve gone either way,” he said.
Now looking at matching up with Colton, Oakesdale has a chance to get back among the top spots in the Southeast 1B.
“Colton is right there where they usually are,” said Brown. “They’re not blowing as many teams out but they are as good as they were last year.”
In March 2017, Colton and Oakesdale entered the state tournament as the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds, before the Oakesdale lost in the quarterfinals and Colton lost in the semifinals. Both teams then dominated their next opponent to finish third and fourth.
GIRLS RESULTS
Garfield/Palouse 46, Lakeside 28
Playing on the road Tuesday night, the Vikings (7-3, 3-2) picked up a non-league win as Katie Arrasmith scored 25 points. Payson Griner added nine and Paige Collier eight.
Pomeroy 60, Garfield/Palouse 43
Emma Severs led the Pirates with 19 points, five assists and five three-pointers as Pomeroy won at home Jan. 6. Sydney Watko added 11 points and six rebounds for Pomeroy.
Katie Arrasmith led Gar/Pal with 17 points while Payson Griner scored 11 and Paige Collier eight.
Colton 63, Waitsburg 16
On a trip to Waitsburg Jan. 6 the Wildcats dominated.
Holding Waitsburg to single-digit scoring in each quarter, Colton was led by freshman Rylee Vining, who had 18 points off six three-pointers and got five steals. Dakota Patchen added 15 points while Josie Schultheis had seven points and eight rebounds. Jordyn Moehrle posted six assists and Georgia Meyer got five rebounds.
Colton 71, St. John/Endicott/LaCrosse 21
Playing at home Jan. 5, the Wildcats handled the Eagles after a tight start.
Beginning halfway through the third quarter, Colton went on a 38-6 run which ended with a 42-10 halftime score. Dakota Patchen led in the game with seven three-pointers and 25 points. Jordyn Moehrle had 12 points, seven rebounds and seven assists while Emily Schultheis totaled 10 points and seven rebounds. Vining added eight points and five steals.
For the Eagles, Kierstyn Ray scored six points and Glory Dickerson five.
Garth Meyer is a former Whitman County Gazette reporter.
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