Colville Girls Basketball Puts Together Strong Holiday Stretch

The Colville girls basketball team showed strong competition during the holiday break, winning two of three nonleague contests to improve to 6-4 overall heading into January.

Colville closed the week with a decisive 56-22 road victory over the Chewelah Cougars on Saturday, Jan. 3. The Crimson Hawks set the tone early, jumping out to a 17-7 first-quarter lead and holding Chewelah scoreless in the second quarter to take a commanding 35-7 advantage into halftime.

Andee Kroiss led Colville with 15 points, while Aubree Kubesh added 13 points as the Crimson Hawks used balanced scoring and defensive pressure to pull away. Colville limited Chewelah to just eight field goals in the game. Sara Vioni paced the Cougars with 14 points.

Earlier in the week, Colville narrowly defeated the 2A North Central Wolfpack 47-46 in a thriller on Dec. 30 at West Valley High School. Kroiss scored a game-high 21 points to lift the Crimson Hawks, who survived a tight contest that remained in doubt until the final seconds.

Colville led 15-7 after the first quarter, but North Central battled back behind 19 points from Arkayla Brown. Georgia Beardslee added 11 points for the Crimson Hawks before fouling out, while Colville held on despite being outscored at the free-throw line.

The Crimson Hawks opened the tournament on Dec. 29, with a 44-30 loss to the Colfax Bulldogs. Colville led 11-5 after the first quarter, but Colfax took control in the middle periods behind a 19-point performance from Allie Jenkin.

Beardslee led Colville with 11 points, while Kroiss added nine. The Crimson Hawks struggled offensively after the opening quarter, scoring just 19 points over the final three periods.

The Lady Hawks faced East Valley on Tuesday, Jan. 6; results were not available at press time. The team is scheduled to play Okanogan on Friday, Jan. 9, at 7:15 p.m.