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Cusick boys open season at Inchelium CUSICK – The Cusick boys basketball team opened their season Tuesday, Dec. 2, with a home game with Clark Fork. Many of the players were on Cusick’s football team, which just finished its season. Friday, Dec. 7, the Panthers have a game at Inchelium. Following Inchelium, Cusick will return home for a game with Columbia Saturday, Dec. 8 at 6 p.m. The following Tuesday, Dec. 11, the Panthers will travel to Selkirk for a game that starts at 7:15 p.m.
Cusick girls begin basketball season CUSICK – The Cusick girls basketball team has its first game of the season Tuesday, Dec. 11 against county rivals Selkirk. Selkirk hosts and tipoff is at 6 p.m.
Lady Rangers beat Valley Christian IONE – The Selkirk girls basketball team defeated Valley Christian 43-22 in the Rangers’ first game of the season Saturday, Dec.1. Selkirk dominated most of the game, leading 11-2 at the end of the first quarter. They added two points to their lead, scoring nine in the second. Valley Christian scored four points in the third while holding Selkirk to five, but 18 points for the Ranger in the fourth solidified the win. Katie Couch scored 22 for Selkirk and Jessika Reiber scored eight. Georgie Shafer scored three and Anna Kotzian and Mackenzie McAnerin each scored two. The Rangers hosted St. Michael’s Tuesday, after The Miner went to press. They travel to Northport Friday, Dec. 7 to play at 5:45 p.m. and then host Inchelium Saturday, Dec. 8 at 4 p.m. and Cusick Tuesday, Dec. 11 at 6 p.m.
St. Maries wrestling tournament coming up PRIEST RIVER – The Spartan wrestlers got their first taste of competition at the Lake City Timberwolves Preseason Takedown Tournament in Coeur d’Alene Thursday, Nov. 29. Results were not available. The boys will travel back to Coeur d’Alene for a match with Lake City, Lakeside and Coeur d’Alene Wednesday, Dec. 5 at Coeur d’Alene High School. Junior varsity matches start at 4 p.m. with varsity to follow. The Spartans will be at the St. Maries Tournament Friday and Saturday, Dec. 7 and 8. Matches start at 3 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday. The annual Battle of the Border with Newport was scheduled for Monday, Dec. 10, but it had to be canceled along with the Jan. 10 Post Falls meet because Priest River had too many meets on their schedule.
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time break down 35-15. St. George’s continued the pressure, outscoring Newport in the third quarter 19-8. Newport continued to play hard, Bryant said, and did not give up. Rapp had a teamhigh 14 points, the only Grizzly to score in double figures. Newport will be at home Saturday, Dec. 8 for a game with Bonners Ferry. That game will start at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, the Grizzlies will travel to Priest River for a game that starts at 7:30 p.m.
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Lady Spartans hit losing streak BY MICHELLE NEDVED OF THE MINER
PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River girls basketball team had a rough week, losing to Sandpoint, Northwest Christian and Washington’s Lakeside. The Spartans are now 2-3 overall. Priest River hosted Sandpoint Tuesday, Nov. 27, and lost 42-39. Priest River led 13-5 at the end of the first quarter, and maintained the lead into the half but Sandpoint gained on them to trail by only one point. Sandpoint scored 15 in the third, holding Priest River to two points, putting an end to Priest River’s domination. Priest River scored 15 in the fourth to pull within four, but couldn’t grab the win.Steffie Pavey led the Spartans with 16 points, including two three-pointers. Kelsie Fink scored 15, Jill Weimer six and Karly Douglas scored two. Northwest Christian domi- O N D EC K: nated the entire VS. RIVERSIDE, FRIDAY, game when they Dec. 7, 6 p.m. beat Priest River 50-31 Thursday, AT DEER PARK, SaturNov. 29. NWC day, Dec. 8, 5:30 p.m. scored 14 points in the first and led 34-15 at the half. They scored an additional nine points in the third. Priest River outscored NWC in the fourth, but couldn’t recover. Pavey scored 10 for Priest River, including a three-pointer. Weimer scored seven, Katlyn Summers scored five and Douglas scored four. Anna Pavey scored three and Allysa Deal scored two. Priest River played Lakeside from Washington Saturday, Dec. 1, and lost 53-33. Lakeside led 27-17 at the half and scored 16 to Priest River’s 10 in the third. They added four points to their lead in the fourth for the win. Steffie Pavey scored 10, Melissa Trost scored nine and Weimer scored six. Summers scored five, Amber Trantum scored two and Douglas added one. The Spartans host Riverside Friday, Dec. 7 at COURTESY PHOTO|JASON DUCHOW / JASON DUCHOW PHOTOGRPAHY 6 p.m. and then travel to Deer Park Saturday, Priest River’s Kelsey Fink takes a shot against Sandpoint Tuesday, Nov. 27 in Priest River. The Spartans lost Dec. 8 to play at 5:30 p.m. 43-39.
Some wild turkey hunts are still open
Konkright honored as St. Maries coach ST. MARIES – A former Cusick area resident, who has many family members still in the area, was honored this month for his coaching career at St. Maries High School in Idaho. Steve Konkright was Kronkright inducted into the Lumberjack Boosters Hall of Fame at a banquet Nov. 9. He started coaching JV volleyball in 1978, and when he quit they had a league record of 160-0, he says. The St. Maries volleyball program took off under varsity coach Mitch Santos, and the school won 11 state championships. Konkright also coached softball
in the early 90s, winning five state championships. He was named Idaho Assistant Volleyball Coach of the year, was four-time Idaho Softball Coach of the Year and fourtime North Idaho Softball Coach of the Year. Konkright spent his early years in Pend Oreille County, but as the Diamond Match Mill closed in the early 1960s, his family moved to Superior, Mont. He graduated with the SHS class of 1966, having played football, track and basketball. He studied elementary education at Eastern Montana College in Billings, where he also played baseball. He first taught in Polson, Mont., before going to St. Maries to teach sixth grade.
|| BOYS BASKETBALL THURSDAY, NOV. 29 At Priest River Priest River d. Clark Fork 62-28 Clark Fork 10 7 4 7 -28 Priest River 20 20 19 3 -62 Scoring: Clark Fork: Bowen 0, Nesbitt 0, Klein 5, Anderon 6, Hazingsky 7, Buodousquie 0, Bristol 9, Das 1. Priest River: Akre 15, Riley 9, Linton 0, Sommer 20, Reynolds 2, Stelow 4, Nunley 2, Koch 5, Low 0, White 4, Duley 1, Roland 0.
FRIDAY, NOV. 30 At Deer Park Newport d. Deer Park 46-34 Newport 10 11 12 13 -46 Deer Park 5 8 11 10 -34 Newport: Konkright 27, Rapp 5, Schultz 1, Burges 9, Young 4. Deer Park: Ferguson 9, De Hart 4, Neilson 6, Cloud 5, C. Guske 2, N. Guske 2, Irish 6.
SATURDAY, DEC. 1 At St. George’s St. George’s d. Newport 66-34 Newport 2 13 8 11 -34 St. George’s 19 16 19 10 -66 Newport: Konkright 7, Ownbey 0, Hoadley 2, Worley 0, Rapp 14, Schultz 8, Hunt 0, Allen 0, Burgess 2, Young 1. St. George’s: Kenney 6, Peplinski 9, Worrall 4, Muelheims 6, Spalding 8, Furbeyre 2, Tender 10, Liam Sienko 0, Dexter Sienko 21.
At Priest River Priest River d. Lakeside 44-41 Lakeside 9 10 8 14 -41 Priest River 15 6 13 10 -44 Lakeside (WA): Moffatt C. 7, J. Moffatt 6, Watkins
BOISE – There’s still time lands only. Remember to ask to bag a wild turkey for permission to hunt on private Christmas dinner. Though land. many fall wild turkey hunts Turkey hunters need a valid have closed, others are open Idaho hunting license and through the middle or end turkey tag. of December in A general fall This hunt is open on turkey tag costs Idaho. A fall general private lands only. $19.75. season is open A special unit through Dec. 15 Remember to ask tag, valid in the in Game Manfall in units 1, permission to hunt agement Units 2, 3 and 5, costs 1, 2 (except Far- on private land. $5. ragut State Park Wild turkeys and Farragut WMA) 3, 4, 4A, are not native to Idaho but 5 and 6. The fall general seawere transplanted here beson also is open through Dec. ginning in 1961. Since then, 31 in units 8, 8A, 10A, 11, more than 150 translocations 11A, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 18. have been conducted stateThis hunt is open on private wide.
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0, Reynolds 3, Watson 0, Christianson 2, Perkins 4, Jones 2, Collins 8, Campasino 1, Dunkin 0, Quigley 8 Priest River: Akre 12, Riley 9, Linton 0, Sommer 9, Reynolds 2, Stelow 7, Nunley 0, Koch 3, Low 0, White 0, Duley 0, Roland 2.
At Selkirk Valley Christian d. Selkirk 59-46 Valley Christian 5 20 13 21 -59 Selkirk 5 13 16 10 -46 Valley Christian: Gage 6, Dickinson 4, N. Cox 26, Marchant 11, Hirschel 4, B. Cox 4, Piersol 4. Selkirk: Volquardsen 0, Avey 2, Cain 13, Mailly 0, A. Miller 16, Dawson 13, L. Miller 2, Batiste 0.
GIRLS BASKETBALL TUESDAY, NOV. 27 Sandpoint (3-3, 0-0) 5 16 15 7 -43 Priest River (2-3, 0-0) 13 9 2 15 -39 Scoring: Sandpoint: Corless 1 0-2 2, Williams 0 0-2 0, Schoening 4 4-7 12, Liband 1 0-0 2, Olin 4 2-2 10, Young 4 0-0 8, Speelmon 1 0-0 2, Delgado 1 0-0 2, Alamillo 1 2-5 4, Martin 0 1-2 1. Totals 17 9-20 43. Priest River: Douglas 1 0-0 2, Trantum 0 0-0 0, Luckey 0 0-0 0, Weimer 3 0-0 6, Trost 0 0-0 0, S. Pavey 7 0-2 16, A. Pavey 0 0-0 0, Deal 0 0-0 0, Bradbury 0 0-0 0, Summers 0 0-0 0, Urmann 0 0-0 0, Fink 6 3-3 15. Totals 17 3-5 39.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28 Newport (2-0, 0-0) 18 15 9 6 -48 Deer Park (0-2, 0-0) 6 2 4 4 -16
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Northwest Christian (1-0, 0-0) 14 20 9 7 -50 Scoring: Priest River: Douglas 1 2-6 4, Trantum 0 0-2 0, Luckey 0 0-0 0, Weimer 2 3-5 7, Trost 0 0-0 0, S. Pavey 4 1-1 10, A. Pavey 1 1-2 3, Deal 1 0-0 2, Bradbury 0 0-0 0, Summers 2 1-3 5, Urmann 0 0-0 0, Fink 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 8-19 31. Northwest Christian: Me. Guske 0 0-0 0, Dietzen 3 3-4 9, McFaul 1 0-0 2, Ma. Guske 2 0-0 4, Grey 1 3-4 5, Shellerud 1 0-0 2, Farmer 5 1-1 13, Knight 4 2-2 11, Bozlee 1 0-0 3, Gray 0 1-2 1. Totals 18 10-13 50.
FRIDAY, NOV. 30 Newport (2-0, 0-0) 17 5 10 13 -45 St. George’s (0-2, 0-0) 3 9 6 2 -20 Scoring: Newport: Newcomb 2, Frederick 6, Wiese 23, Behrens 2, Rohrer 2, Malsbury 6, Lewis 0, Vaughn 2, Cunningham 0, Stratton 0, Siemsen 2. St. George’s: Stamper 1, Hayes 2, Farias 7, Johnson 0, Rankin 0, Karel 0, Kwasman 0, Wert 3, Moye 3, Russell 4.
SATURDAY, DEC. 1 Lakeside (WA) (1-0, 0-0) 16 11 16 10 -53 Priest River (2-3, 0-0) 11 6 10 6 -33 Scoring: Lakeside (WA): Swannack 4, A. CookCox 19, Kyllo 2, Jones 2, St. Marikis 2, Jacobson 0, Brittos 0, Widman 8, So. Marikis 0, Mahowalby 2, J. Cook-Cox 14, Clark 0. Priest River: Douglas 1, Trantum 2, Luckey 0, Weimer 6, Troust 9, S. Pavey 10, A. Pavey 0, Deal 0, Bradbury 0, Summers 5, Urmann 0.
Valley Christian (0-2, 0-0) 2 7 4 9 -22 Selkirk (1-0, 0-0) 11 9 5 18 -43
Scoring: Newport: Newcomb 8, Frederick 10, Wiese 8, Behrens 2, Rohrer 4, Malsbury 12, Lewis 2, Vaughn 2, Cunningham 0, Stratton 0, Siemsen 0. Deer Park: Barcellos 4, May 4, Rodrigues 4, C. Sitton 2, S. Sitton 2, Adams 0, Rose 0, Hatfield 0, Irish 0.
Scoring: Valley Christian: Riggan 14, Pope 4, Fields 2, Walzer 2, Hayek 0, Purvis 0, Weik 0, Graf 0, Valenti 0, Petrinovich 0. Selkirk: Couch 22, Rick 5, Kotzian 2, McAnerin 2, Reiber 8, Shafer 3, Curran 0, Jensen 0, Graff 0.
THURSDAY, NOV. 29 Priest River (2-3, 0-0) 5 10 5 11 -31
TUESDAY, NOV. 28
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Rangers drop opener BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER
IONE – The Selkirk Rangers boys basketball team lost their first game, although it was to a school that finished second in the state last year. Valley Christian beat the Rangers 59-46 Saturday, Dec. 1. O N D EC K: “I was AT NORTHPORT really happy with how we FRIDAY, Dec. 7, 7:15 p.m. did in our first game,” VS. INCHELIUM Selkirk SATURDAY, Dec. coach Kelly Cain said. 8, 5:30 p.m. “I mean, we VS. CUSICK TUES- have some DAY, Dec. 11, things to 7:30 p.m. work on. We turned the ball over too much. But everyone played hard.” Selkirk, playing at home, played to a 5-5 tie at the end of the first quarter before the Valley Christian Panthers got untracked. The Rangers went into the break down 25-18. Selkirk came out after the half and outscored Valley Christian 16-13 in the third period but the Rangers got in foul trouble, with three players fouling out before the end of the game. The Panthers took “I was really advantage, happy with outscorhow we did ing Selkirk 21-10 in the in our first fourth quargame.” ter to finish the game. Kelly Cain Avery Miller led Selkirk Coach Ranger scoring with 16 points. He also grabbed six rebounds, as did Dominic Cain who also scored 13 points. Freshman Cole Dawson went 9-14 at the free throw line. He also scored 13 in the game. Selkirk will play St. Michaels after deadline Tuesday, Dec. 11. Friday, they start league play in Northport with a game that starts at 7:15 p.m. Saturday they’re back at home for a game with Inchelium. That game will start at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, the Rangers will host cross county rival Cusick in a game that starts at 7:30 p.m.
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Lucky Ladies Team Won Lost Turtles 32 20 Country Lane 31 21 Morning Glories 27.5 24.5 Golden Girls 25 27 State Line Tavern 21 31 Bling and Sparkles 19.5 32.5 High game scratch: Jackie Zorica 243. High game handicap: Jackie Zorica 273. High series scratch: Laura O’Brien 625. High series handicap: Jackie Zorica 693. High team game scratch: Turtles 791. High team game handicap: Turtles 914. High team series scratch: Turtles 2,153. High team series handicap: Turtles 2,522. Converted splits: Jan Edgar 2-7, Kim Rusho 5-7-9, Sharon Smith 3-10, Pat Shields 2-7, Shirley Ownbey 5-8-10, Jackie Zorica 5-7, Marcia York 5-7-9, Esther Wilkinson 3-10, 3-10.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28 Wednesday Night Loopers Team Won Lost McCroskey Defense 202.5 147.5 Action Auto 193.5 156.5 McCroskey Atty @ Law 190 160 H & D Diesel 178.5 171.5 Pend Oreille Marine 166 184 Pooch Parlor 165.5 184.5 Club Rio 150.5 199.5 OK Lanes 148.5 201.5 High scratch game: Duane Jones 269. High handicap game: Duane Jones 269. High scratch series: Duane Jones 629. High handicap series: Esther Wilkinson 660. High team scratch game: McCroskey Atty @ Law 942. High handicap game: Club Rio 1,068. High team scratch series: McCroskey Atty @ Law 2,656. High handicap series: McCroskey Defense 3,015. Converted splits: Arlo Hoisington 4-5-7-10.
THURSDAY, NOV. 29 Thursday Niters
Team Won Lost OH $#!+ 33 15 Wilkinson Rental 29 19 Plain Nasty’s 26 22 OK Lanes 25 23 Club Rio Pooch Parlor 23 25 Country Lane 21 27 4 Amigos 18 30 Wanna Bees 17 31 High score game: Team - Country Lane 669, Men - John Bushby 209, Women - Karen Batsch 194. High handicap game: Team - Wanna Bees 884, Men - Ralph Le Grand 234, Women - Karen Batsch 264. High score series: Team - Country Lane 1,909, Men - John Bushby 559, Women - Liz Pope 528. High handicap series: Team - Wanna Bees 2,543, Men - Pinky Ownbey 630, Women - Karen Batsch 687.
FRIDAY, NOV. 30 Friday Night Leftovers Team Won Lost Newport Equipment 35.5 8.5 The Lakers 34 18 Party of Four 32.5 19.5 Cusick Tavern 29 23 Timber Room 28.5 23.5 San Souci Sandbaggers 26 26 Gutter Gang 23 29 O.K. Lanes 23 29 Screamin 4 Ice Cream 22.5 29.5 Weber Enterprises 21 31 EZ-Rider 20 32 Team Twelve 9 35 High scratch game team: Timber Room 753. High scratch game: Jeff Huling 226, Laura O’Brien 222 High handicap game team: Timber Room 902. High handicap game: Mike Radan 263, Pat Shields 252. High scratch series team: Timber Room 2,111. High scratch series: Jeff Huling 593, Laura O’Brien 596. High handicap series team: The Lakers 2,569. High handicap series: Don Plattenberger 687, Inge Simeral 691. Converted splits: Pat Shields 2-7-8.