Wildcats seeded no. 1 in state/regionals: Colton outlasts Pomeroy for district title

Garth Meyer, Gazette Reporter | Feb 21, 20190

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The 2019 Southeast 1B/District Nine champions, left to right, Assistant Coach Ben Emerson, Abby Kelly, Taylor Thomas, Maggi Pluid, Addison Kinzer, Emily Schultheis, Maggie Meyer, Coach Clark Vining. Front row, left to right, Rylee Vining, Dakota Patchen, Jordyn Moehrle and Josie Schultheis.

Nervous moments made no appearance in two regular season games between the Colton girls and Pomeroy.

They arrived, however fleeting, on the night of the district championship game, as the Pirates cut Colton's lead to four points, 40-36 with 1:08 left in the game.

Before this, Jordyn Moehrle drove to put Colton up 40-33 and then Dakota Patchen got surrounded for a shot-clock violation. Pomeroy hit a three-pointer and it was a game.

Patchen soon drove for a score to put Colton back up by six.

Pomeroy failed to answer and Patchen finished it off with two free throws for a 46-36 final.

Moehrle led the Wildcats with 13 points in the game while Patchen had 10.

Colton advances with a regional no. 1-seed to play Concordia Christian Academy of Saturday at West Valley High School in Spokane. The Tacoma school is seeded no. 8.

Gametime is 6 p.m.

Pomeroy 53-Oakesdale 42

Sophomore Emma Severs led the Pirates with 27 points Feb. 16 in an elimination game for the last slot on to regionals for Southeast 1B girls. Severs scored 13 of her team's16 points in the fourth quarter as they held off Oakesdale.

Sydney Smith added 11 points and five rebounds for Pomeroy, a no. 2 seed for regionals. They advance to meet Taholah Saturday at Richland High School.

Logan Reed, in her last game for Oakesdale, scored 13 points while LouEllen Reed and Lizzy Perry both had 11.