Lady Cardinals Drop Games to Touchet, Gar-Pal

WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg girls' basketball team suffered two losses over the weekend, falling to Touchet on Friday night, 41-32, and to Garfield-Palouse on Saturday, 38-22.

Against Touchet on the road, Waitsburg kept it close in the first half and trailed 17-15 at intermission. But the Lady Cardinals couldn't overcome a 14-5 Indian run in the third quarter.

Devon Harshman scored 20 of Waitsburg's 32 points, including a three-pointer.

Waitsburg 8 7 5 12 - 32

Touchet 11 6 14 10 - 41

Waitsburg - Brannock 0 0-0 0, Harshman 8 3-4 20, Jones 0 0-0 0, Sandau 0 0-0 0, Williams 0 0-0 0, Hays 1 2-2 5, Pearson 0 0-0 0, Araya 3 1-2 7

Touchet - Richartz 0 0-0 0, K. Skramstad 2 8-10 12, E. Skramstad 1 0-0 2, McGreevy 4 3-6 13, Kromm 0 0-0 0, Grudzinski 3 4-6 10, Jagger 1 2-2 4

3-point goals - Wait 2 (Harshman, Hays), Tou 2 (McGreevy 2); Total fouls - Wait 17, Tou 11

Gar-Pal 38, Waitsburg 22

Against Garfield Palouse, the Waitsburg girls fell behind 20-12 at the half, and couldn't make up ground in the second half, as they took the loss, 38-22.

Devon Harshman had 16 points for the game, and Analysea Araya added 8. Harshman also had nine rebounds.

Garfield-Palouse 8 12 15 3 - 38

Waitsburg 6 6 4 6 - 22

GARFIELD-PALOUSE (38) - Brantina 1, Arrasmith 16, Collier 3, Griner 16, Askins 2 

WAITSBURG (22) - Brannock 1-3 0-0 2, Harshman 3-7 0-1 6, Hays 3-4 0-4 6, Araya 4-7 0-1 8, Jones 0-5 0-0 0, Sandau 0-1 0-0 0, Williams 0-1 0-0 0, Pearson 0-2 0-0 0

3-point goals - Garfield-Palouse 2 (Collier, Griner); Total fouls - Garfield-Palouse 13, Waitsburg 22