Cougs Boys Basketball Wins Two Tourney Matchups

For their season opener on Friday, Dec. 5, it wasn’t an exceptionally easy matchup as they faced Tip-Off Tournament host Northport, who were coming off an 81-69 victory over Wilbur-Creston-Keller earlier in the week.

But the Cougars’ offense clicked, and they came up with a 73-63 victory.

The next day, they faced off against an Inchelium squad that had defeated them a year prior. The sharp-shooting Chewelah squad hit six 3-pointers, including three by Ryen McMillin, who finished the game with 13 points to lead all scorers.

The Cougars had a four-point deficit in the first quarter but outscored Inchelium 11-6 in the second quarter for the 18-17 halftime lead. They pushed that lead to six points in the third quarter.

Frank Sety finished with four field goals, including two 3-pointers, for 10 points. Stancil ate at the free-throw line, hitting eight of nine shots for 11 total. Blake Schlining also scored 11 points off four field goals.

Inchelium was led by Derek Perez’s 12 points.

The Cougars traveled to Republic on Tuesday, Dec. 9; results were not available at press time. The team is scheduled to host Omak on Friday, Dec. 12, at 7:30 p.m.