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Serving Whitman County since 1877
The St. John/Endicott/LaCrosse boys are off to a 1-2 start, opening their season Dec. 4 with a 43-36 win over Waitsburg. Losses followed to Pomeroy and Oakesdale to begin league play.
Second-year coach Mario Adams guides the Eagles, who graduated two starters from last year; forward Griffin Parrish and guard Dustin Fox, along with guard/forward Levi Bailey, a sometimes starter in 2017-18.
Back again is a young roster, including sophomore point guard Ty Harder, who started last year, Kameron Greenhalgh, a 6’6” sophomore center, also returns, along with a roster of players to move around the lineup.
“They will play multiple positions,” said assistant coach Mike Stubbs.
The Eagles have no seniors.
“We’ve got a group of student-athletes that continue to work hard every week,” Stubbs said.
“Starters will largely be determined by the week of practice. We have a good, solid eight or nine on the varsity.”
SJEL plays again Friday at Springdale and Saturday for their home opener against Garfield/Palouse.
WEEKEND GAMES
Colton will meet Garfield/Palouse at Palouse Friday. Game time is 7:30 p.m. The Wildcats will then travel to Pomeroy Saturday. Gar/Pal will play at St. John/Endicott/LaCrosse (St. John) Saturday. The Oakesdale boys go to Pomeroy Friday followed by a home game against Prescott Saturday.
Garfield/Palouse 54, Lakeside 43
Playing at Plummer Tuesday night, the Vikings dropped their record to 2-4. It was Gar/Pal’s second loss to the Knights this season, including a 58-50 result Dec. 1.
Asotin 62, Oakesdale 61
Tuesday night, Dec. 11, at Oakesdale, former Colton coach Seth Paine’s team left town with a narrow win as the Nighthawks’ chance to tie the game with a late three-pointer missed. They hit the putback in the waning seconds to leave the final score a one-point margin.
Kieron Anderson led the Nighthawks with 27 points in the game while Wesley Castanon added 15.
Eli Engledown lead 2B Asotin with 21 points as his team shot 14-for-32 from three-point range.
Colton 63, Touchet 56 (Double OT)
Down 15 points in the third quarter at home against Touchet Dec. 8, the Colton boys came back to push the game to double-overtime, winning 63-56 to stay unbeaten.
Reece Chadwick scored 21 points with 14 rebounds while Parker Druffel had 21 points and 11 rebounds. Omar Martinez led Touchet (1-2, 0-1) with 20 points.
The win put Colton’s record at 3-0 overall, 1-0 in league.
Garfield/Palouse 58, Pomeroy 46
The Vikings picked up a second Southeast 1B league win Dec. 8 at Pomeroy to put their record at 2-3 overall, 2-0 in league, after an 0-3 overall start.
Tanner Anderson led Gar/Pal with a career-high 21 points and Blake Jones delivered 18 points, nine steals, eight rebounds and five assists. Austin Jones added nine points and eight assists.
For Pomeroy, Jace Gwinn and Trent Gwinn each scored 14. Jace, a senior, has returned to the lineup after missing all of last year due to injury.
Pomeroy 50, St. John/Endicott/ LaCrosse 23
Jace Gwinn scored 24 points and pulled in 13 rebounds in a win over the Eagles Dec. 7 at Pomeroy.
Ty Harder led SJEL with eight points while Owen Swannack scored six.
Garth Meyer is a former Whitman County Gazette reporter.
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