Liberty Christian girls lose on late 3-pointer
Bella Loera and Maddie Godwin combined to score 35 points, but a 3-pointer with 17 seconds left in the game spelled doom for the Liberty Christian girls in a 54-53 loss to Pomeroy on Monday in a Southeast 1B district elimination game at Walla Walla Community College.
Carmen Gingerich hit the winning shot for the Priates, who will play Oakesdale on Friday after beating St. John-Endicott 60-58.
Loera also had 10 rebounds and five steals in her final game for the Patriots (11-11). Melody Bush added five points, six rebounds, four assists and three steals.
“They really, honestly played great,” LC coach Angel Ojeda said of her charges. “I am so proud of them.”
In boys elimination games, Touchet beat Colton 61-35, and Pomeroy beat Oakesdale 69-47. They will play Friday in a loser-out game.
In the 2B subregional for boys: Northwest Chrisitan beat DeSales 72-31, and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague beat Liberty 76-55.
In the girls bracket: Lind-Ritzville/Sprague beat Liberty 40-35, and Davenport beat Walla Walla Valley Academy 43-40.
LIBERTY CHRISITAN: Bella Loera 18, Maddie Godwin 17, Horne, Souve 7, Bush 5, Gregg 2, Croskrey, Steele 4.
POMEROY: Kacey Halbert 20, Gingerich 12, Jentz 5, Halverson, Smith 12, Mayfield 5, Cloud.
Liberty Christian | 12 | 11 | 12 | 18 | — | 53 |
Pomeroy | 14 | 13 | 7 | 20 | — | 54 |
Highlights — Melody Bush 6 rebs, 4 asts, 3 stls; Loera 10 rebs, 5 stls; Godwin 4 stls.
Swimming
The Hanford Falcons dominated again at the Class 3A District 4/5 swim meet Saturday in Kelso.
With wins in eight swimming events — and Remi Marvel’s district diving victory last weekend in Moses Lake — the Falcons took the team title with 432 points. Kelso was second with 303.
One state allocation was available in each event. Hanford was first in all three relays and got individual wins from Brady Myers (50-yard freestyle), Skyler Younkin (100 butterfly), Matt Wagnon (100 free), John Markillie (500 free) and Daniel Dohnalek (100 backstroke).
Markillie was second in the 200 free but swam a state-qualifying time of 1 minute, 49.60 seconds. Younkin was third in 1:50.09, under the state time standard of 1:50.20.
Younkin and Myers both went under the state time standard of 54.50 in finishing 1-2 in the 100 butterfly. Younkin touched the wall in 52.37, and Myers was timed in 54.26.
Team scores: Hanford 432, Kelso 303, Columbia River 100, Fort Vancouver 69, Prairie 63. 200 medley relay: 1, Hanford (Daniel Dohnalek, Jack Elliott, Brady Myers, Matt Wagnon) 1:47.03. 200 freestyle: 1, Josh Bottelberghe (CR) 1:47.40 (SQ). 200 individual medley: 1, Jake Laes (K) 2:09.79. 50 freestyle: 1, Myers (H) 22.77. Diving (last week in Moses Lake): 1, Remi Marvel (H) 243.75. 100 butterfly: 1, Skyler Younkin (H) 52.37 (SQ). 100 freestyle: 1, Wagnon (H) 51.39. 500 freestyle: 1, John Markillie (H) 4:53.12 (SQ). 200 freestyle relay: 1, Hanford (Myers, Younkin, Wagnon, Markillie) 1:33.54. 100 backstroke: 1, Dohnalek (H) 59.85. 100 breaststroke: 1, Bottelberghe (CR) 58.93 (SQ). 400 freestyle relay: 1, Hanford (Markillie, Matt Brink, Wagnon, Younkin) 3:27.60.
This story was originally published February 15, 2016 at 7:53 PM with the headline "Liberty Christian girls lose on late 3-pointer."