Local girls dominate Upper Columbia

RITZVILLE – The Broncos girls basketball team lost a hard-fought game to Medical Lake on Dec. 5, but rebounded to dominate the Lions on Dec. 7.

The Medical Lake Cardinals won handed the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague girls their first loss, 60-49, on Tuesday, Dec. 5.

But the local girls crushed the Upper Columbia Academy Lions, 58-13, on Dec. 7.

Against Medical Lake, the Cardinals’ Charde Luat scored 33 points to lead all scorers.

Despite Luat’s performance, the Broncos were never really out of the game.

The Cardinals led 14-10 after the first quarter and 32-28 at the half. A strong third-quarter push...