Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
Blake Holman of Colfax goes up for a shot between Spencer Gehring and Drew Kelly of the Broncos.
Damian Demler attempts to block out for a rebound in the Saturday game at Colfax.
Colfax boys roared during the second half Saturday on their home court to defeat the LRS Broncos literately in the final second of the game, 50-49.
After the home win over the Broncos, the Bulldogs rolled north to Spangle Tuesday to play the undefeated Liberty Lancers. Colfax actually posted a lead in the early going, but Liberty steadied up and extended their season mark to 13-0 on a 76-52 win.
Liberty Junior Van Ricker put down 31 points for the Lancers in the first round win.
Liberty, which last year ended a Bulldog bid for state action in the final day of playoffs at the district tournament, graduated just two seniors off last year's team.
In the Saturday night game on the home court, Colfax lost a lot of ground to the big Bronco club and trailed 14-28 at the half.
They made a few adjustments at halftime and charged for 22 points in the third quarter. The frame finished in a 36-36 tie.
Colfax broke out to a 43-41 lead early in the fourth quarter, but the Broncos laced together a string of foul shots to reclaim the edge at 47-43.
Cole Baerlocher dropped a pair of toss shots, and Hunter Claassen hit a bucket to leave Colfax short by two points.
The Bulldogs took the ball down court, and John Lustig drove the key in the final seconds to hit a bucket and tie it at 49-49 with a second left.
Lustig was fouled on the play and he dumped in the single foul shot to put Colfax in front 50-49.
He capped the night by tapping the LRS inbound pass in a one-second Bronco attempt to score in that last second.
Lusting finished with 19 points, all but two of them in the second half.
Blake Holman, who hit three shots under the bucket to fuel the second-half charge, finished with 14 points.
The loss at Liberty left Colfax at 3-2 in league play after the first round on the NE-South.
The Bulldogs will travel to Tekoa Friday night for a rematch with the Timberwolves who came close to derailing Colfax in the first-round game on the Bulldogs' home court.
Colfax 50-LRS 49: 7/13 7/15 22/8 14/ 13: Hunter Claassen 2 0-0 4, Cole Baerlocher 0 2-4 2, Blake Holman 7 0-0 14, John Lustig 7 3-3 19. Total 19 8-10 50.
Lind/Ritzville/Sprague: Austin Thompson 4 2-5 11, Spencer Gehring 1 0-0 3, Drew Kelly 8 5-6 23, Cole Cameron 1 0-0 2, Josh McClure 1 0-0 2, Carson Ayers 2 2-2 8. Total: 17 9-13 49.
Liberty 76-Colfax 52: 19/17 19/11 21/12 17/13: Colton Marsh 2 1-2 5, Jacob Holling 2 (3pt) 1-2 6, Austin Flaig 4 1-2 9, Tayshawn Colvin 11 3-4 25, Van Ricker 12 (4 3pt) 4-6 31. Total 31 10-15 75.
Colfax: Claassen 4 0-0 8, Baerlocher 1 1-2 3. Lustig 9 (2 3pt) 2-3 22, Cotton Booker 1 0-0 2, Holman 6 0-0 12, Gingerich 2 (3 pt) 0-0 5. Total 23 3-5 52.
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