First-place Yaks cruise to win

PENDLETON, Ore. — Christina Gough scored a season-high 21 points as Yakima Valley maintained its Eastern Region lead with a 91-69 rout of Blue Mountain on Friday night.

Nicole DeRosier continued her offensive surge with 16 points and Brittany Weaver added 11 for third-ranked YVCC (6-0, 15-5).

Natalie Hansen scored 18 to lead Blue Mountain (0-6, 2-13).

“We’ve been waiting for a game like this from Christina,” Yaks coach Cody Butler said. “She can really shoot it. She was 5 for 7 from 3-point range, and we were pretty close to 50 percent as a team in the second half.”

YAKIMA VALLEY — Swetzof 2-2 3-4 7, Fulton 3-4 0-0 6, Brittany Weaver 3-8 4-4 11, Druffel 2-5 1-2 5, Christina Gough 7-9 2-2 21, Nicole DeRosier 4-12 6-8 16, Urquhart 0-1 0-0 0, Nill 0-2 0-0 0, Belcher 3-3 0-1 8, Feruamini 1-5 3-3 5, Shaw 2-5 3-6 8, Harris 1-1 1-3 4. Totals 28-59 23-34 91.

BLUE MOUNTAIN — Palootas 2-5 1-2 6, Dick 1-8 5-5 8, Axelson 2-7 0-0 5, Alicia Lowe 6-15 4-5 16, Beamer 3-4 0-0 7, Natalie Hansen 6-14 6-10 18, Gulliford 3-5 3-7 9, Funke 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-58 19-29 69.

Halftime — YVCC 46, Blue Mountain 35. 3-point goals — YVCC 12-31 (Weaver 1-4, Druffel 0-2, Gough 5-7, DeRosier 2-8, Nill 0-2, Belcher 2-2, Feruamini 0-2, Harris 1-1), BM 4-22 (Palootes 1-2, Dick 1-7, Axelseon 1-5, Lowe 0-5, Beamer 1-2, Gulliford 0-1). Rebounds — YVCC 36 (Weaver 6), BM 47 (Gulliford 11). Fouls — YVCC 21, BM 24. Assists — YVCC 15 (Harris 4), BM (20 (Gulliford 7). Turnovers — YVCC 16, BM 27. Steals — YVCC 25 (Harris 5, Weaver 4), BM 14.

Sculley, Peltier 1-2 in dive meet

ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Davis divers Jeremey Sculley and Randy Peltier both posted season-best totals in finishing 1-2 in a Central Washington League 4A diving meet Friday at the Central Washington University pool.

Sculley had a total of 434.0 points for 11 dives, while Peltier had a 428.8 total.

Both totals were well above the state-qualifying standard of 300, but each diver had already qualified for state prior to this meet.

West Valley’s Trent Miller won the 3A meet to earn one of two state berths up for grabs. That was determined since there will be no diving competition at next week’s district meet in Vancouver.

Miller had a total of 225.75. Hanford’s B.J. Deatherage was second at 212.45 to nab the other berth.

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CBBN

Sunnyside 65, Southridge 49

SUNNYSIDE — Bermuda 0, Israel Manzo 10, Sanchez 7, Steckler 0, Dailey 0, Johnson 0, Jordan Esqueda 12, Leija 6, Graff 2, Abbott 2, Alfredo De La Barrera 15, Pedro Vargas 11. SOUTHRIDGE — McCullum 0, M. Mendenhall 2, Mickelson 7, McClintock 0, Whitney 3, Andrew Mendenhall 20, Stolley 4, Porter 2, Clayton Homme 11.

Sunnyside 14 11 21 19 — 65 Southridge 13 14 13 9 — 49

Highlights: Vargas (Su) 9 rebounds.

Wenatchee 54, Davis 45

WENATCHEE — Ryan Reese 10, Helm 4, Borrelli 0, Austin Bryan 17, Martin 0, Freund 6, Herron 4, Connor Smith 13, Helton 0. Totals 17-36 16-23 54. DAVIS — Henderson 2, Mendoza 8, Cuevas 0, Lopez 3, Luckett 3, Jackson Marquis 11, Chapman 0, David Trimble 18, Hata 0, Rainey 0. Totals 18-47 4-14 45.

Wenatchee 11 13 14 16 — 54 Davis 10 16 8 11 — 45

3-point goals: Wen 4-9 (Reese 2-3, Bryan 2-4), Davis 5-15 (Marquis 2-7, Trimble 1-1, Mendoza 1-2, Lopez 1-4). Rebounds: Wen 30 (Smith 10, Bryan 5, Helm 5), Davis 28 (Trimble 8, Luckett 7). Turnovers: Wen 16, Davis 17. Total fouls: Wen 17, Davis 19. Fouled out: Herron, Luckett, Trimble.

Kamiakin 71, West Valley 54

WEST VALLEY — Goodman 5, Leman 5, Matt Borton 25, Urquhart 3, Alix Hernandez 14, Berndt 0, Crowshaw 0, Albright 2. KAMIAKIN — Riley Hayfield 17, Moore 0, Holle 3, Jeremey Rojas 12, Chad Fletcher 10, Chase Rada 21, Anderson 8, En’uezoh 0.

West Valley 16 10 8 20 — 54 Kamiakin 14 12 15 30 — 71

Highlights: Borton (WV) 7 rebounds; Hernandez 6 (WV) 6 rebounds.

Eisenhower 70, Walla Walla 40

WALLA WALLA — Winston 4, Richards 0, Spencer Hessler 11, Michael Weisner 15, Arias 6, James 0, Heitzmann 2, Clothier 2, Patton 0, Byrdsong 0. Totals 12-42 16-23 40. EISENHOWER — James Lopez 12, Taylor Elmo 13, Robert Bonser 10, Tyler Berman 14, Jordan Gaut 15, Watson 6, Mount 0, Fowler 0, Kline 0, Mount 0. Totals 26-52 15-20 70.

Walla Walla 6 12 10 12 — 40 Eisenhower 11 14 23 22 — 70

Shooting percentages — FG: WW .286, Ike .500; FT: WW .696, Ike .750. 3-point goals — WW 0-9 (Winston 0-3, Richards 0-1, Weisner 0-4, Heitzmann 0-1); Ike 3-10 (Lopez 0-2, Elmo 0-2, Bonser 2-2, Porter 0-1, Gaut 1-3). Fouled out — None. Rebounds — WW 27 (Hessler 6); Ike 34 (Elmo 6, Bonser 6, Berman 5). Turnovers — WW 16, Ike 9.

CWAC

Grandview 62, East Valley 42

GRANDVIEW — Vela 0, Rogi Fajardo 19, Newhouse 4, Hernandez 0, Christian Schrank 13, Adrian Reyes 10, Bertsch 4, Magana 0, Contreras 0, Rodriguez 9, Babcock 3. EAST VALLEY — Jonathan Janis 14, Jensen 0, Cameron 3, Sauve 0, Partida 2, Jon Buchanan 13, Stubbs 3, Olson 0, Klein 0, Pruneda 7, Aiken 0.

Grandview 16 18 12 16 — 62 East Valley 8 15 10 9 — 42

Highlights: Buchanan (EV) 10 rebounds; Gilberto Partida (EV) 7 rebounds.

Selah 57, Ephrata 51

SELAH — Chavez 1, Washut 7, Valencourt 4, Ricky Escalera 10, Trevor DAllman 12, Dodeward 4, Fife 5, Nick Longmire 14. EPHRATA — Tinnell 9, J. Prescod 7, Ross Buchert 21, R. Turpling 4, T. Prescod 6, Christiansen 2, Todd 2.

Selah 13 19 11 14 — 57 Ephrata 10 13 13 15 — 51

Highlights: Brett Dodeward (S) 9 rebounds, Mark Valencourt (S) 7 rebounds, 3 steals; Dallman (S) 3 assists; Jake Fife (S) 2 blocks.

Quincy 48, Prosser 35

PROSSER — Durbin 0, Young 2, Flores 7, Hazzard 4, Crawford 8, Milne 8, Heintz 6, Zediker 0, Zocher 0. QUINCY — Richardson 4, Grigg 0, Booth 0, Eric Martin 20, Gonzales 2, Cedargreen 4, Daniel Guzman 11, Dearie 4, Keller 0, Gordillo 3, Perez 0, Sorto 0.

Prosser 8 6 4 17 — 35 Quincy 8 11 12 17 — 48

Highlights: Martin (Q) 7 rebounds; Richarson (Q) 5 assists.

Wapato 79, Ellensburg 76 (2OT)

ELLENSBURG — Gigsted 6, Ben Luce 15, Mancinelli 9, Ethan Sterkel 17, Hinkle 8, O’Neal 5, Pfeiffer 4, Garrett Harris 12 WAPATO — Willie Blodgett 34, Nicholoff 3, Alvarado 5, Garza 2, Thomas 4, Ramos 2, Pitt 0, Lamebull 0, Howe 2, Matt Guevara 25.

Ellensburg 13 15 17 13 12 6 — 76 Wapato 14 12 20 12 12 9 — 79

Highlights: Guevara 10 rebounds; Blodgett (W) 5 steals; Garza (W) 5 assists.

Othello 66, Toppenish 55

TOPPENISH — Gawhega 2, S. Sanchez 4, Josh Schutz 10, Patrick Peters 15, R. Ramirez 8, M. Sanchez 2, Mesplie 2, Chendo Aguilar 12. OTHELLO — Gardner 8, Cerillo 2, David Garza 2, Jakob Scott 11, Sam Harris 14, Judah Gowan 29.

Toppenish 8 19 18 10 — 55 Othello 19 10 12 25 — 66

Highlights: Gowan (O) 5-5 3 pt. attempts; Aguilar (T) 10 rebounds; Peters (T) 6 rebounds, 2 steals.

SCAC

Naches Valley 53, Granger 48

NACHES VALLEY — Wilcox 8, Flory 0, Gillespie 4, Weston Parker 11, Alexander 9, Weigel 6, Adam Ranger 15. Totals 15-41 16-28 53. GRANGER — Oswalt 5, Cortez 0, Mychal Lopez 17, C. Carpenter 2, Jochen 2, Mitchell Zapien 15, A. Carpenter 5, Reddout 0, Paul 4. Totals 19-43 5-7 48.

Naches Valley 10 12 8 23 — 53 Granger 12 12 9 15 — 48

Mabton 52, Zillah 40

ZILLAH — Skye Kinter 12, Winckler 2, Ziegler 8, Rodriguez 2, Garcia 2, Mendoza 4, Patterson 4, Riojas 5, Dasso 0, Bounds 1, Seaman 0, Gonzalez 0. MABTON — Carrasco 6, Frankie Smith 10, Mendez 2, Huecias 2, Brambila 0, Nash 0, Conradt 2, Peralez 4, Rodriguez 6, JT Reynolds 14.

Zillah 5 11 5 19 — 40 Mabton 10 10 7 25 — 52

Highlights: Kristian Carrasco (M) 7 rebounds.

Highland 57, Goldendale 37

HIGHLAND — Joel Weise 11, Perez 7, Ramos 0, Fuller 3, M. Newman 7, Podruzny 3, Patrick Newman 25, Hampton 1. GOLDENDALE — Bartkowski 0, Cameron 4, Kaden Milliren 11, Ross 6, Wing 3, Cochran 3, Thiele 6, Foley-Jones 2, Lesko 0, Lindhe 2.

Highland 14 14 7 22 — 57 Goldendale 8 15 3 11 — 37

B LEAGUES

Sunnyside Christian 80, Bickleton 16

BICKLETON — Maeder 2, Osborne 0, Reese 0, A. Venema 4, Clingan 0, Hernandez 2, N. Venema 0, Alcantar 0, Aramal 0, Nguyen 0, Molna 8, Sampson 0. SUNNYSIDE CHRISTIAN — Trevor Wagenaar 18, Kevin DeJong 12, Van Boven 3, Bosma 6, DeVries 6, Matt Crabtree 14, Van Belle 7, Steven Broersma 14.

Bickleton 4 4 4 4 — 16 Sunnyside Christian 16 20 28 16 — 80

Highlights: DeJong (SSC) 9 rebounds; Wagenaar (SSC) 8 rebounds; Crabtree (SSC) 6 rebounds; Van Boven (SSC) 7 assists.

White Swan 61, Riverside Christian 59 (OT)

RIVERSIDE CHRISTIAN — Jeremy Pynch 10, Gartrell 0, M. Stein 2, Derrick Byrne 24, Steven Stein 12; Schuel 2, Neiffer 4, Shivley 5. WHITE SWAN — Drew Blodgett 17, George 0, T. Fiander 0, Dimalanta 6, Sanchey 9, L. Fiander 9, J. Williams 2, Yellow-Owl 2, Cory Williams 18.

Riverside Christian 8 10 18 14 7 — 59 White Swan 15 12 11 11 9 — 61

Highlights: Williams (WS) 7 rebounds; Guy Sanchey (WS) 7 rebounds.

La Salle 43, Lyle-Wishram 30

LA SALLE — Satler 2, Mike McGree 10, Kilsimer 7, Jake DeGooyer 13, Tri 2, Duffy 9, Smith 0, Cacchiotti 0, Glazier 0. LYLE-WISHRAM — K. Murphy 0, Adam Snyder 10, Freemantle 4, A. Matai 8, M. Murphy 4, H. Matai 2, Eiseland 2.

La Salle 10 10 14 9 — 43 Lyle-Wishram 17 2 4 7 — 30

Highlights: Mike Murphy (LW) 9 rebounds; M. Eisland (LW) 8 rebounds.

Manson 49, Kittitas 37

KITTITAS — Morris 2, Newcomb 0, Dixon 4, Hunt 4, Oursland 4, Victor Romo 11, Tilton 2, Spencer Slyfield 10. MANSON — Guillen 10, Ness 8, Escelara 5, J. Pittman 10, Gross 11, R. Pittman 7.

Kittitas 10 10 5 12 — 37 Manson 20 11 10 8 — 49

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CBBN

Southridge 48, Sunnyside 26

SOUTHRIDGE — M. Sorenson 2, Jamia Lyons 10, Heather Worley 18, Erica Colton 10, Wallace 2, Mickelson 0, Upton 2, Rotchford 0, Hui 2, P. Sorensen 2, Wallace 0, Gramling 0. SUNNYSIDE — Wright 4, Maya 2, Wutzke 9, Partida 2, Tyler 6, Castillo 3, Villa 0, Herrera 0, Robert 0, Marro 0.

Southridge 10 12 16 10 — 48 Sunnyside 3 11 7 5 — 26

Wenatchee 53, Davis 33

DAVIS — Osuna 2, Cobane 2, Winckler 9, Castaneda 4, Weaver 7, Tejada 0, Serrano 1, Kaluzny 6, Houston 2, Shervey 0. WENATCHEE — Douglass 0, Martin 8, Schuemann 0, Duhamel 2, Harris 2, Whitmire 1, Gustafsson 2, Michaela George 11, Dani Hallberg 24, Pacard 1, L. Hallberg 2.

Davis 1 11 5 16 — 33 Wenatchee 14 14 11 14 — 53

West Valley 48, Kamiakin 34

KAMIAKIN — Meyer 0, Tina Miller 15, Bannan 0, Wiltz 5, Wilde 5, Toure 0, Feser 0, Larson 9, McDowell 0. WEST VALLEY — Herzog 2, LArson 0, Kiara Martinez 11, Curry 7, Bealer 2, Curtis 6, Sillery 4, Erin Richardson 10, Toner 1, Winfield 3, A. Richardson 0, Jaeger 2.

Kamiakin 8 7 10 9 — 34 West Valley 10 17 9 12 — 48

Highlights: Kassy Larson (K) 15 rebounds; E. Richardson (WV) 10 rebounds; Leah Bealer (WV) 4 steals.

Walla Walla 60, Eisenhower 36

EISENHOWER — Gaut 0, Espinoza 3, Franck 3, Kinney 0, Kristina Van Alstine 11, Avila 1, Roosma 0, Martin 6, Jessica Bush 12. WALLA WALLA — Baker 2, N. Klicker 5, Jamie Weisner 17, M. Rivard 6, McDaniels 2, Wayla Rivard 16, Hope Klicker 10, Hamada 2, Anderson 0.

Eisenhower 5 11 9 11 — 36 Walla Walla 23 15 14 8 — 60

Highlights: Bush (E) 9 rebounds; Taylor Martin (E) 8 rebounds; Melissa Roosma (E) 4 steals.

CWAC

East Valley 40, Grandview 33

GRANDVIEW — Lopez 6, Kinzi Poteet 13, Montalongo 4, Gomez 0, Navarro 0, M. Smasne 1, H. Smasne 1, Vantress 1, Lupercio 8. EAST VALLEY — Ramynke 0, Mosenian 3, Merkle 0, Orthmann 9, Gonzales 6, Hull 6, Lauren Walker 12, West 0, K. Walker 2, Martinez 2.

Grandview 11 8 6 8 — 33 East Valley 6 7 8 19 — 40

Highlights: Poteet (G) 12 rebounds; L. Walker (EV) 9 rebounds.

Ephrata 47, Selah 27

SELAH — Graff 2, Smeback 2, McCallister 6, Hernandez 5, Cable 3, Jones 7, Head 2, Fickes 0. EPHRATA — Yenney 9, Lutz 5, Smith 2, Bohnet 5, Selig 8, Lange 2, Margret Eisen 12, Hintz 4, A. DeHoog 2, Couture 5, K. DeHoog 3, Lotz 0.

Selah 2 9 3 13 — 27 Ephrata 15 10 12 20 — 57

Highlights: Eisen (E) 9 rebounds.

Prosser 50, Quincy 33

PROSSER — Wilson 4, French 8, Hunt 7, Danielle Morrow 2, Rachel Anderson 10, Dana Morrow 0, Petersen 0, Evans 4, Robert 0, Flores 1, Tamara Jones 14. QUINCY — D. Lopez 7, Misasi 2, Lerman 0, Horning 7, M. Lopez 0, Kunkel 7, Knodell 8, Figueria 2.

Prosser 12 13 10 15 — 50 Quincy 8 9 11 5 — 33

Ellensburg 73, Wapato 38

ELLENSBURG — S. Bland 2, Kim Kelly 10, Deaira Gordon 15, Prigge 7, Demory 0, Andrea Bland 10, Casey Kelleher 16, Bailey Carlson 11, Quirk 2. WAPATO — Cordova 6, Macias 4, Draculan 5, A.J. Yarlott 14, Velasco 4, Strom 5, Imperial 0, Blodgett 0, Fiander 0, Campos 0.

Ellensburg 25 10 19 19 — 73 Wapato 7 8 15 8 — 38

Highlights: Yarlott (W) 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals, 3 blocks.

Othello 61, Toppenish 50

TOPPENISH — Aracely Zuniga 27, C. Rodriguez 4, F. George 5, L. Rodriguez 5, Monoian 5, J. George 2, Bennett 1, Prieto 1, Sammaripa 0. OTHELLO — Mollotte 15, Garza 2, Allison Walker 23, Kirkwood 11, Juarez 3, Martinez 3, Villareal 3, Quesada 1.

Toppenish 4 4 17 25 — 50 Othello 8 16 11 26 — 61

Highlights: Walker (O) 24 rebounds; Kylee Mollotte (O) 11 rebounds.

SCAC

Granger 42, Naches Valley 40

NACHES VALLEY — Justine Benner 14, Curtsinger 4, Koszty 6, Risley 5, Powers 4, Huck 7, Bogardus 0., GRANGER — Gunnier 0, Klarich 6, Carpenter 7, Italia Mengarelli 11, Reddout 4, Sam Zapien 14, Rodell 0.

Naches Valley 12 12 6 10 — 40 Granger 10 16 6 10 — 42

Zillah 36, Mabton 24

ZILLAH — B. Ziegler 7, Gay 1, A. Ziegler 0, Cameron 0, Slack 3, Korie Duce 10, Uasike 8, Bounds 0, Guthrie 7. MABTON — Reynolds 2, Enriquez 0, Gutierrez 3, Flores 5, Sustaita 7, Campbell 0, Rocha 5, Martinez 2.

Zillah 12 3 16 5 — 36 Mabton 5 7 2 10 — 24

Goldendale 56, Highland 40

HIGHLAND — Karnitz 6, Hudson 4, Morton 6, Am. Wickenhagen 4, Adams 4, Rice 8, T. Wise 6, Am. Wickenhagen 0, A. Wise, Preston 0. GOLDENDALE — Traci Bailey 11, Cameron 9, Bellamy 6, Ashley Barrett 10, Sadie Shattuck 18, Kartes 2, Counts 0, Whitmire 0, Gaston 0, Hoffman 0.

Highland 8 12 9 11 — 40 Goldendale 16 11 18 11 — 56

B LEAGUES

Sunnyside Christian 70, Bickleton 18

BICKLETON — S. Kibby 2, N. Kibby 2, Osborne 0, Raschko 2, T. McBride 0, M. McBride 3, Clinton 8, Molina 0, Goodnight 1. SUNNYSIDE CHRISTIAN — Abby Bangs 13, den Hoed 2, Bosma 4, Duim 0, Long 4, Van Oostrum 7, Haak 0, Jolene Van Wingerden 10, Melanie Van Wingerden 16, Newhouse 9, Darymple 5.

Bickleton 2 10 5 1 — 18 Sunnyside Christian 20 22 15 13 — 70

Highlights: Kelly Newhouse (SSC) 10 rebounds.

White Swan 56, Riverside Christian 53

RIVERSIDE CHRISTIAN — Amy Van Beek 11, Van Horn 2, Madison Hahn 31, Griffith 0, Lawson 3, Kinder 2, Calhoun 2, Staymates 2, Fulton 0. WHITE SWAN — Pruneda 2, Espindola 9, Danika Pimms 14, James 7, Moore 1, Amber Jones 20, Sheppard 2.

Riverside Christian 22 12 8 11 — 53 White Swan 21 8 10 17 — 56

Highlights: Hahn (RSC) 5 assists, 4 rebounds; Espindola (WS) 8 rebounds; Jones (WS) 6 rebounds; 4 assists.

La Salle 56, Lyle-Wishram 14

LA SALLE — Vickers 3, Hernandez 4, Bonney 7, Ashby 9, McCanna 8, McGree 2, Sullivan 4, Stephanie Wytko 12, DeGooyer 6. LYLE-WISHRAM — Roth 1, Price 9, Cloud 3, Fox 1, Risley 0, Gidley 0, Churchwell 0, Becker 0, Benash 0, Wright 0, Newton 0.

La Salle 21 17 12 6 — 56 Lyle-Wishram 0 4 10 0 — 14

Highlights: McGree (L) 8 rebounds; Bella Newton (LW) 9 rebounds.

Kittitas 47, Manson 33

KITTITAS — Uceny 3, Ali Kilgore 10, Natalie Gibb 17, Vaver 7, Jordan Paul 10, Hudson 0, Garnich 0. MANSON — Vetta Maynard 13, Nelson 4, England 8, Lacourse 0, Bridgewater 0, Vanderholm 6, Elsworth 2.

Kittitas 9 12 15 11 — 47 Manson 10 8 9 6 — 33

Highlights: Kayvonne Vaver (K) 5 steals; Gibb (K) 15 rebounds.

Central still standing after slugfest

ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Greg Sparling called it “an old-fashioned street fight,” and the analogy fit in more ways than one.

It wasn’t pretty. Nor was it fluid, crisp or any number of other adjectives that might describe an especially well-played basketball game.

But to Central Washington’s credit, not to mention the Wildcats’ everlasting relief, it was the only team standing after Thursday night’s 72-69 scuffle with Northwest Nazarene in Nicholson Pavilion.

And the difference might well have been CWU’s ability to take a punch.

There clearly were cobwebs after the 20-point beat-down suffered five days earlier at the hands of Western Washington — the first time in 49 years that the Vikings had abused Central so badly in Ellensburg. The Crusaders, meanwhile, had been leveled by 30 the same evening at Montana State Billings.

So despite the sometimes sluggish, sometimes sloppy performance, Sparling’s squad maintained its position on the GNAC’s upper tier at 5-2 while improving to 11-4 overall.

Next up is a Saturday visit to Seattle Pacific, a team Central beat 77-62 at home on Jan. 15. The Falcons (5-1, 12-5) haven’t lost since, though, and along with Western were ranked ahead of No. 5 CWU in this week’s Division II regional poll.

Had it not been for Johnny Spevak and Chris Scott on Thursday, the Wildcats might presently be in free fall.

Spevak complemented his typical lock-down defense with a season-high and team-leading 15 points. Scott, a backup point guard, produced eight points, six assists and four steals — none of which loomed larger than a mid-court fleecing of NNU’s Anthony Golden with 2:37 left.

He then fed Matt Penoncello for a breakaway layup for a 70-65 Central lead.

“I read what the other guy likes to do when he brings the ball upcourt,” said Scott, a 5-foot-8 junior transfer from South Puget Sound CC. “This particular player, he likes to spin. I anticipated that and was able to make the steal.”

Said Sparling, “Chris Scott was huge. That was his best game as a Wildcat.”

Still, the Crusaders (2-5, 10-7) stuck with Central like a bad cold.

Sustained by 9-for-17 3-point shooting (53 percent), they never trailed by more than six. And after a bucket by 6-7 Kendall Gielow (who led all scorers with 23 points) with 2:18 to play, NNU was within 70-67.

Jake Beitinger scored inside at 1:56 for CWU, but the Crusaders’ Tyler Roberts broke free for a layup at 1:42.

Central’s Colton Monti and Penoncello missed 3-balls in remaining time, and Nazarene had a shot at overtime in the final three seconds. But a triple by Joel Ryman, who two years ago starred for the Community Colleges of Spokane, missed and Penoncello ran down the rebound.

“They always play us like that,” said Spevak. “It doesn’t matter what their record is or where we play, they make things tough for us.”

Said Sparling, “It was just one of those games. Neither team could get started. It was 1-0 forever.”

Or the first 6:18, in fact, until Beitinger dunked. Though Nazarene missed its first 15 shots and didn’t score until 12:38 of the first half, the Wildcats had only a 5-0 lead.

NORTHWEST NAZARENE — Adam Shildmyer 4-7 0-0 11, Kendall Gielow 10-21 1-2 23, Barkdoll 3-6 0-0 6, Roberts 2-6 0-0 5, Beech 3-6 0-0 6, Burk 0-0 0-0 0, Joel Ryman 4-9 2-2 13, Lippman 1-2 1-2 3, Mgebroff 0-2 0-0 0, Golden 0-3 2-2 2. Totals 27-62 6-8 69.

CENTRAL WASHINGTON — Matt Penoncello 5-14 3-5 14, Sprinker 2-4 0-0 4, Jake Beitinger 7-12 0-0 14, Clift 1-4 0-0 2, Johnny Spevak 6-10 2-5 15, Woods 0-0 0-0 0, Monti 2-6 2-2 8, Scott 3-5 0-0 8, Foote 2-4 2-2 7, Nelson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 28-60 9-14 72.

Halftime — CWU 36, NNU 31. 3-point goals — NNU 9-17 (Shildmyer 3-5, Gielow 2-2, Roberts 1-2, Beech 0-2, Ryman 3-6); CWU 7-24 (Penoncello 1-4, Sprinker 0-1, Beitinger 0-2, Clift 0-3, Spevak 1-3, Monti 2-5, Scott 2-3, Foote 1-3). Fouled out — None. Rebounds — NNU 39 (Barkdoll 10, Gielow 8); CWU 32 (Sprinker 6, Penoncello 5, Beitinger 5). Assists — NNU 14 (Barkdoll 5); CWU 21 (Scott 6, Penoncello 5). Turnovers — NNU 16, CWU 10. Total fouls — NNU 12, CWU 13.

Trio shares CWAC wrestling title

YAKIMA, Wash. — At the start of the season, CWAC wrestling coaches were in agreement: The chase for the dual title was wide open with considerable parity among the upper-level teams.

Turns out that was right on the mark.

Toppenish, Ellensburg and Selah all won their final dual matches Thursday night to finish in a three-way tie for the conference crown at 8-1.

It wasn’t easy as Selah rallied to beat Othello 41-29, Toppenish won the last five matches to top Ephrata 39-31 and defending champ Ellensburg defeated East Valley 49-25.

Moses Lake (6-0) wrapped up the CBBN Columbia title with a 51-14 win over Sunnyside (4-2), and Davis finished 3-3 with a 50-22 victory at home over Pasco.

In the SCAC West, Granger closed out its 6-0 run with a 60-13 win over Cle Elum as the Spartans extended their streak of conference titles to four.

Zillah finished second at 5-1 with a 43-27 victory over Naches Valley.

CBBN

Davis 50, Pasco 22

At Davis

145: Austin Wagner (D) d. Marco Romero 5-4; 152: Gabe Ramirez (D) d. James Garza 11-5; 160: Mario Corrales (P) md. George Alcia 8-0; 171: Tito Gonzalez (D) p. Adam Salceda 3:22; 189: Frank Garza (P) p. Damen Lybeck 1:45; 215: Santos Larios (D) p. Ubaldo Reyes 1:35; 285: Damien Adams (P) won by forfeit; 103: Alexio Garcia (D) won by forfeit; 112: Courtney Nalley (D) p. Ryan Johnson 1:42 (Nalley 27-2); 119: Jorge Cardenas (D) d. Spencer Van Sickle 6-3; 125: Zach Nalley (D) md. Nick Garcia 22-10 (Nalley 29-1); 130: Nick Sauceda (D) p. Macias Ramirez 5:10; 135: Juan Mendes (P) p. Isreal Hernandez 1:25; 140: Tony Yocum (D) p. Cameron Schlotman 5:59.

Hanford 49, Eisenhower 24

At Hanford

160: Thomas Ruane (H) p. Matt Voelker, 3:20; 171: Aaron Fenton (H) p. Dustin Martin, 3:56; 189: Joel Cements (H) p. Joel Ortega, 3:33; 215: Raul Martinez (E) p. Paul Mateo, 2:58; 285: R.J. Harris (H) p. Jesus Andrade, 1:24; 103: Will Bricker (H) d. Jesse Martinez, 8-4; 112: Ricky Sanchez (E) p. Ben Tynan, 1:00; 119: Marcus Fedusco (E) p. Haydon Gaylord, 2:29; 125: Mike Maier (H) p. Jeren Tilley, 2:57; 130: Andres Capi (E) d. Isaac Mata, 6-1; 135: Mike Lowery (H) p. Michael Stiltner, 3:48; 140: Taylor Gifford (H) md. Humberto Acevedo, 18-8; 145: Mike Ruane (H) p. Miguel Verduzco, 2:50; 152: David Gonzalez (E) d. Jeff Watkins, 7-5.

Moses Lake 51, Sunnyside 14

At Moses Lake

215: Spencer Fackrell (M) md. Franki Ochoa, 13-0. 285: Kabe Fluaitt (M) d. Adam Peters, 5-1. 103: Christian Reyes (S) d. Hayden Wise, 8-3. 112: Steven Romero (S) tf. Andrew Valdez, 17-2. 119: David Didales (S) d. Omar Suarez, 11-7. 125: David Peralez (M) tf. Juan Barajas 15-0. 130: Ricco Moreno (M) p. Nick Martinez, :50. 135: Cameron Chlarson (M) p. Sean Olivarez, 1:24. 140: Tyler Vela (M) p. Baltzar Avalos, 5:27. 145: Leroy Rodelo (S) d. Cameron Alvardo, 4-1. 152: Sam Villegas (M) won by injury default. 160: Logan Phelps (M) p. Josue Pinedo, 1:50. 171: Chris Lacelle (M) d. Lupe Mendoza, 13-11. 189: Brian Chamberlain (M) p. Adrian Ramirez, 1:07.

CWAC

Ellensburg 49, East Valley 25

At Ellensburg

145: Tait Tucker (E) tf. Jeremy Stanfield 15-0; 152: Tyler Coates (E) p. Andre Uribe 1:59; 160: Ben Simpson (E) p. Nick Hernandez 1:07; 171: Cameron Rainford (EV) d. Steven Boisso 3-1; 189: Devin McCary (E) d. Jacob Moser 8-2; 215: Josh Cole (E) p. Luis Hernandez 2:39; 285: Blake Nichols (E) p. Joey Sparks :49; 103: Eddie Cuevas (E) won by forfeit; 112: Conner Hopkins (EV) p. Riley Sny 2:53; 119: Liston Idler (E) p. Tanner Nester 3:47; 125: Kenny Sanders (E) tf. Benji Montany 15-0; 130: Mason Yates (EV) p. Colby Coates :40; 135: Jacob Stanfield (EV) md. John Cole 10-2; 140: Jaimie Wilson (EV) p. Kamal Qteishat 5:18.

Toppenish 39, Ephrata 31

At Toppenish

130: Adrian Chavez (T) tf. Jesus Valencia 17-2; 135: Curt Nygard (E) d. Miguel Montiel 14-6; 140: Ryan Rebellosa d. Preston Henderson 9-3; 145: Rafael Osorio (T) won by forfeit; 152: Quentin Hendrickson (E) p. Cenon Gomez 3:42; 160: Chris Jones (E) p. Andres Chaves 3:28; 171: Robert Mocekus (E) p. Oscar Ramirez 5:26; 189: Curtis Preicer (E) d. Narcisco Gutierrez 9-7; 215: Devon Gurksworth (E) p. David Chavez 1:26; 285: Luis Rodriguez (T) p. Michael Moral :53; 103: Jose Barrera (T) d. Seth Kulakoski 6-1; 112: Isaiah Garza (T) p. Andy Childs 3:15; 119: Julian Romero (T) p. Anthony Bush 1:25; 125: Ammon Stancliff (T) d. Oscar Mata 4-1.

Selah 41, Othello 29

At Selah

130: Kiki Rebuelta (O) md. Tyler Peterson 12-2; 135: Josh Cruz (S) md. Anthony Melo 12-0; 140: Ruben Lopez (O) p. Jose Prado :45; 145: Armando DeLeon (O) d. Chris Rowe 5-4; 152: Eddie Garza (O) p. Zach Bales 3:05; 160: Tyler Noble (S) p. Tyson Alvarez 1:58; 171: Ryan DePaz (S) md.. Stevie Garza 10-1; 189: Willie Hayes (S) p. Justin Lynch 3:34; 215: Joey Gomez (O) p. Jake Lunceford (S) 3:10; 285: Richie Rodriguez (S) p. Paul Eppin 1:05; 103: Nico Rodriguez (S) p. Gilberto Villa 3:45; 112: Levi Needles (S) p. Francisco Maldonado 2:58; 119: Demi Anaya (S) d. Jake Smith 3-2; 125: Matt Jordan (O) md. Jonathon Cruz 14-2.

Wapato 40, Grandview 30

At Wapato

103: No match; 112: Santos Guillen (G) p. Jesus Gomes 4:57; 119: Edwin Rodriguez (W) p. Eduardo Velasquez 1:35; 125: Angelo Perea (W) d. Marco Gonzalez 19-16; 130: KC Fraizer (W) d. Raul Gamboa 9-2; 135: Garrett Walker (G) p. Kenny Garza 2:57; 140: Efrain Ramos (G) won by forfeitl 145: Eddie Galindo (G) p. Johnny Noyola 1:08; 152: Roy Torres (W) won by forfeit; 160: Jose Martinez (W) p. Enrique Ochoa 1:40; 171: Francisco Padilla (W) p. Jose Garza 2:57; 189: Adam Morales (G) p. Chris Estrada 4:57; 215: Lucas Velasquez md. Sebastian Ramirez 11-0; 285: Isaiah Littlebull (W) p. Martin Torres :47.

Quincy 60, Prosser 17

At Quincy

103: Irving Jaimez (P) won by forfeit. 112: Tony Lee (Q) won by forfeit. 119: Osmar Jaimez (P) d. Carlos Magana, 11-2 . 125: Tim Silvas (Q) won by forfeit. 130: Armando Herrera (Q) p. Ethan Groom, 1:46. 135: Manny Ybarra (Q) won by forfeit. 140: Ben Horning (Q) won by forfeit. 145: Jordan Medrano (Q) p. Rudolfo Cruz, 3:13. 152: Benjamin Valsquez (P) d. Keaton Webley, 8-7. 160: Breck Webley (Q) p. Taurino Hurtado, 1:29. 171: David Godinez (P) d. Bald Valdobinos, 11-2. 189: Michael Reyes (Q) p. Drew Renollet, 1:01. 215: David Benitez (Q) p. Kenneth Corles, 1:29. 285: Max Melburn (Q) p. PJ Chung, 1:17.

SCAC West

Zillah 43, Naches Valley 27

At Zillah

103: Jason Telles (N) d. Juan Diaz 4-0; 112: Michael Ramsey (N) won by forfeit; 119: Skylor Davis (Z) p. Jesse Fredrickson 2:47; 125: Zach Moser (N) p. Alex Gonzalez, 3:43; 130: Junior Cabrera (N) d. Fidencio Nickols 8-4; 135: Tyler Slick (N) d. Juan Nickols, 6-0; 140: Jacob Fraizer (N) p. Juan Mendoza, 2:33; 145: Rodney Treece (Z) d. JD Ring, 4-0; 152: Kyle Tynan (Z) p. Tanner Slick, 1:21; 160: Chris Castillo (Z) p. Cody Guerard 1:02; 171: Rafael Guzman (Z) p. Alberto Pizano 3:52; 189: Kane Koerner (Z) p. Jason Schuler 1:40; 215: Nathan Deardorff (Z) d. Logan Robert 19-8; 285: Trevor Schell (Z) p. Noble Stoneman 3:44.

Granger 60, Cle Elum 13

At Granger

103: Rylee Iacolucci (CE) won by forfeit; 112: Jonathan Salcedo (G) p. Daniel Boehme 2:23 (Salcedo 18-2); 119: Joe Salcedo (G) won by forfeit (Salcedo 19-2); 125: Sammy Salcedo (G) won by forfeit (Salcedo 19-2); 130: Wally Almaguer (G) p. Connor Briggs 1:12; 135: Carlos DeLeon (G) won by forfeit; 140: Brendan Loyer (CE) md. Ernesto Martinez 13-2; 145: Jamie Martinez (G) p. Cody Chiles 3:35; 152: Alejandro Ochoa (G) won by forfeit; 160: Jason Ornales (G) p. Jackson Crump :51; 171: Humberto Morales (G) p. Ryan Foust 2:26; 189: Joshua Chiles (CE) d. Abraham Guadarrama 8-4; 215: No Match; 285: Pete Almaguer (G) p. Tanner Houghton 1:08 (Almaguer 20-4).

TLG knocks off Klickitat

TROUT LAKE, Wash.  — Junior Andy Wells hit two free throws with six seconds left as Trout Lake-Glenwood handed Klickitat its first loss, 59-57, in Greater Columbia 1B play Thursday night.

Klickitat’s girls won the first half of the doubleheader but no score was reported.

KLICKITAT — Tyler Linville 22, Ramsey 3, Brewer 6, Davis 5, McConville 6, Sanchey 11, Keys 4. TROUT LAKE-GLENWOOD — Luke Dearden 22, Tygh Schuster 11, Alex Whitefield 15, Andy Wells 11, Connell 0, King 0.

Klickitat 14 11 22 10 — 57 Trout Lake-Glenwood 12 18 17 12 — 59

Highlights: Wells (TLG) 13 rebounds; Schuster (TLG) 6 assists.

Jordan Gaut, Eisenhower basketball, senior

Gaut’s versatile floor game as helped the third-ranked Cadets build a 15-0 record, averaging 13 points on 54.7-percent shooting, 6.7 rebounds, 3.2 steals and 2.7 assists.

Lacie French, Prosser basketball, senior

With 17 of her career-high 25 points coming in the first half, French helped the top-ranked and unbeaten Mustangs win at Othello. She also had eight rebounds and four steals.

Mychal Lopez, Granger basketball, senior

The Spartans earned their fifth straight win in the SCAC West as Lopez scored 22 points in a victory at Zillah last Friday. Lopez has averaged 12.6 points during the win streak.

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