AREA ROUNDUP: Salmon River dams up Council’s late surge in girls hoops
Rylee Walters led Salmon River (11-5) with 26 points in the win
AREA ROUNDUP
RIGGINS — Early offensive success helped Salmon River survive a 14-point fourth quarter from Council and win 47-44 in a girls basketball game Wednesday in Riggins.
Rylee Walters led Salmon River (11-5) with 26 points, including a massive 10-for-13 clip from the foul line. Taylor Ewing added nine points.
Salmon River put together a 20-point second quarter in the win over Council (4-6) after scoring just five points in the first quarter.
COUNCIL (4-6)
Ava Eppich 8 3-4 19, Jaycee Daugherty 1 0-0 2, Natalie Yantis 0 0-0 0, Eva Warner 0 0-0 0, Bentlee Freedman 2 2-2 6, Kassidy Iverson 1 1-5 3, Hattie Nunn 0 0-0 0, Eliza Bingham 5 2-4, Sara Codaway 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 8-15 44.
SALMON RIVER (11-5)
Shyanne Nourse 0 0-0 0, Audrey Tucker 0 0-0 0, Elizabeth Markley 0 0-0 0, Taylor Ewing 3 2-2 9, Rylee Walters 8 10-13 26, Steevie Herzig 0 0-0 0, Kennedy Wilson 2 1-4 6, Jaycee Case 2 0-0 4. Totals 15 13-19 47.
Council 8 9 13 14—44
Salmon River 5 20 12 10—47
3-point goals — Bingham 2, Ewing, Wilson.
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL
Council 49, Salmon River 38
RIGGINS — Salmon River lost to Council in a 1A Long Pin game.
Riley Davis (11 points) was one of three Salmon River players to hit double figures, joining Aaron Markley and Kingston Pyle, who had 10 points apiece.
COUNCIL (11-4, 7-2)
Garrison Z. 6 4-7 18, Wade V. 3 0-0 6, Andrew M. 3 0-0 6, Owen H. 1 0-0 2, Decker M. 5 0-0 10, Ayden H. 1 1-2 3, Camdenn H. 0 0-0 0, Jim T. 2 0-0 4, Wyatt H. 0 0-0 0, Wyatt T. 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 5-9 49.
SALMON RIVER (1-10, 0-7)
Gage Crump 3 0-0 6, Hayes Pratt 0 0-0 0, Blake Shepherd 0 1-5 1, Riley Davis 4 2-2 11, Aaron Markley 3 2-2 10, Kingston Pyle 4 2-3 10, Boden Akins 0 0-0 0, Devon Herzig 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 7-12 38.
Council 14 13 12 10—49
Salmon River 9 7 8 14—38
3-point goals — Garrison Z. 2, Markley 2, Davis.
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING
Asotin girls travel to Newport for scramble
NEWPORT — Asotin’s Hannah Appleford recorded three wins and one loss at the Newport Scramble.
COLLEGE HONORS
WSU’s De Mello, Paredes Sweep MPSF weekly awards in track and field
PULLMAN — Washington State’s Micaela De Mello and John Paredes were named the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Women’s and Men’s Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week, respectively, the conference announced Wednesday.
De Mello, a senior from Palhoca, Brazil, captured the win in the 60-meter hurdles in a blazing time of 8.02 seconds at the Spokane Sports Showcase on Saturday. De Mello’s time marked the fastest in the nation this season and the second-fastest time in WSU program history. The performance also set a Brazilian national record and ranks as the seventh-fastest time in the world for the 2025 indoor season.
Paredes, a junior from Cali, Columbia, ran a lifetime best of 7.67 seconds in the 60 hurdles to finish second at the meet. Paredes’ time moved him up WSU’s list to fourth place all-time in school history and is the seventh-fastest in the nation this season.
WSU’s Murphy Named WCC tennis Singles Player of the Week
SAN BRUNO, Calif. — Washington State junior tennis player Maxine Murphy has been named the West Coast Conference Singles Player of the Week, it was announced.
Murphy, from Laguna Nigel, Calif., went 3-0 on the week, all at No. 2 singles, to help the Cougars win all three of their matches. Against Idaho, Murphy was first off the court following a 7-5, 6-0 victory. She won the final 10 games of the match after trailing 3-5 in the first set. Later that afternoon, Murphy completed a 6-4, 6-2 win over Eastern Washington.
In Sunday’s match against Michigan State, Murphy’s 6-3, 6-3 win clinched the team victory as the Cougars defeated the Spartans 6-1 to move to 4-0 on the season.
This is Murphy’s first WCC Singles Player of the Week award and her second conference award overall in 2025, having teamed with Eva Alvarez Sande to earn the WCC Doubles Team of the Week two weeks ago.
WSU’s Renner named to WCC men’s golf preseason team
SAN BRUNO, Calif. — Washington State golfer Sam Renner has been named to the 2025 All-West Coast Conference men’s golf preseason team, the conference announced.
Renner, a junior from Bend, Ore., was one of 10 players selected and the only WSU Coug on the list.
In the 2024 fall season, he captured medalist honors at the Wisconsin Badger and Oregon State Invitationals as the first WSU male golfer to win back-to-back tournament titles in program history.
