Mid-Columbia: Northrop drops 31, Richland holds off LC in opener

Cole Northrop knocked down four 3-pointers en route to scoring a game-high 31 points to lead the Richland High School boys basketball team to a season-opening, 76-68 win over Lewis and Clark on Tuesday at Art Dawald Gymnasium.

The last time the teams met was an instant classic, as the MCC champion Bombers barely managed to hold off an upstart Tigers team 70-67 in the first round of the MCC-GSL sub-regional playoffs.

This game didn’t have quite as much intrigue, but a 21-point performance (including 12 of 16 from the free-throw line) by Jonathan Love kept LC around in a contest that featured eight lead changes and six ties.

Rhett McCullough came off the bench to lead the Bombers with 10 rebounds, and Riley Sorn had 10 points, seven rebounds and two blocks. Garrett Streufert doled out a game-high six assists.

HANFORD 80, EISENHOWER 68 (2OT): Blake Vandertop went 7-for-7 from the free-throw line to score 25 points, Connor Woodward sank seven treys as part of his 23-point perfrmance, and the host Falcons had the legs to win their nonleague season opener in two extra periods, outscoring the Cadets 13-1 in the final session.

Efrain Araujo led Ike with 32 points and eight steals.

Garrett Horner — the Hanford football team’s quarterback — showed his passing prowess extends to the basketball court, as he dished a game-high nine assists to go along with his seven points and seven rebounds.

DAVIS 56, CHIAWANA 53: Taylor Kroll had 16 points, seven rebounds and four assists, but the visiting Riverhawks let a late lead slip away against the reigning Big 9 champion Pirates in their nonleague season opener.

Led by Alexzander Delgado’s game-high 25 points, Davis won the fourth quarter 16-4 to snatch the late victory.

Collin Kelley added 11 points and a game-high 10 rebounds for Davis. Seth Schmidt had eight rebounds and Austin Penny nine points for Chiawana.

RIVER VIEW 41, LA SALLE 39: Abel Khatthavong scored 14 points and Jon Sailor added nine points and 10 rebounds as the Panthers held off a late charge by the Lightning in their nonleague season opener.

River View led 25-17 at halftime, but was outscored 17-12 in the fourth quarter. Darrin Roberts scored 10 poins for the Panthers.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

CHIAWANA 63, DAVIS 39: Macey Morales scored a game-high 13 points to lead the host Riverhawks past the Pirates in nonleague action.

Kennedy Cartwright and Alyssa Agundis each chipped in 11 points for Chiawana, which trailed 24-23 at halftime.

WRESTLING

Juan Fernandez won all three of his matches to take top honors in the 145-pound weight class to lead Grandview at the nine-team Eisenhower Takedown Tournament.

Other Greyounds placers included Angel Morales (2nd, 138), Adrian Benitez (3rd, 120), Ian Campuzanno (4th, 138) and Jorge Hernandez (4th, 220).

BOWLING

CHIAWANA 4, CONNELL 0: Caitlynne Burke scored a match-high 233 in the second scratch game to help the Riverhawks roll past the host Eagles.

Ziera Barrios helped also had a stellar second game for Chiawana, rolling a 183. The Riverhawks won the baker games 136-70 and 164-114, and won the total pin count 1,800-1,115.

HANFORD 3, SELAH 2: Sara Harris led the Falcons to victories in each of the scratch games, rolling high scores of of 243 and 211, and reigning Class 4A state runner-up Hanford beat 2A state champion Selah on a 2,073-1,796 pin count.

Other high scores for Hanford included Emily Goodnight’s 204 and Chyanne Big Mountain’s 199.

This story was originally published November 28, 2017 at 9:47 PM with the headline "Mid-Columbia: Northrop drops 31, Richland holds off LC in opener."