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Challengers move into tie for second Jan 30, 2000 12:00 AM A A Challengers move into tie for second — Girls prep basketball — CENTRAL POINT-- Cascade Christian's girls basketball team picked up the win but no style points Saturday in Southern Cascade League play at Scenic Middle School. — — The Challengers and Bonanza staggered to an 8-8 tie at halftime before Cascade Christian finally found an answer to its scoring woes for a 35-21 victory. — — Both teams just stifled each other in the first half, said Cascade Christian Loren King. It was more like a chess match, and almost as exciting. — — Kelly Clarke helped stem the tide with eight of her team-high 14 points in the third quarter as the Challengers erupted for a 17-7 surge in the period. — — Christine McCandless picked up the slack in the fourth quarter, posting seven of her 12 points to close out Bonanza. — — We were just going hard at the basket in the second half, King said of Cascade's late burst in scoring. I told them if we couldn't make our offense work we'd go to the line and try to get something going there. — — The win helped Cascade Christian (13-6 overall) move into a tie for second place with Bonanza at 3-1 in the SCL. Lost River leads the pack at 4-0. — BONANZA (21)-- Nelson 5, Havern 5, Nieraeth 5, Hess 4, Shaw 2, Wiseman 0, Parrish 0, Mortensen 0, Callahan 0. Totals: 9 0-1 21. — CASCADE CHRISTIAN (35)-- Clarke 14, Chr. McCandless 12, Flood 4, Conley 3, Roos 2, Gettman 0, Bostwick 0, Longan 0, Tiedemann 0, Salamone 0. Totals: 12 11-20 35. — Bonanza ......................2 6 7 6 -- 21 Cascade Christian ....6 2 17 10 -- 35 — 3-point goals -- Bonanza — (Nieraeth 1, Havern 1, Nelson 1). Fouled out -- Nieraeth. — JV result -- Bonanza won. — ST. MARY'S 43, CHILOQUIN 33--At Chiloquin, St. Mary's took advantage of a big disparity at the foul line to defeat Chiloquin in the Southern Cascade League game. — — Lani Brophy scored 15 points and Annie Maurer had 11 for the Crusaders, who sank 21 of 39 free-throw attempts compared to Chiloquin's 4-of-15 performance. — — St. Mary's led 20-14 at halftime and gradually pulled away in the final two periods. — ST. MARY'S (43)--Brophy 15, Maurer 11, Benard 9, Dode 4, Jackson 3, Smith 1, DeArmond 0. Totals: 10 21-39 43. — CHILOQUIN (33)-- Miller 12, Gambino 9, Baker 6, Corbin 2, Koon 2, Bair 2, W. Foster 0, L. Foster 0, Ochoa 0. Totals: 12 4-15 33. — St. Mary's .................7 13 14 9 -- 43 Chiloquin ...................5 9 10 9 -- 33 — 3-point goals -- St. Mary's 2 (Brophy 2), Chiloquin 5 (Baker 2, Gambino 2, Miller 1). — JV result -- St. Mary's won. — Skyline A League — PROSPECT 57, HOSANNA CHRISTIAN 24-- At Prospect, Addie Stockebrand, Ginny Lewis and Jessica Kraemer each had strong outings to help Prospect improve to 8-1 in Skyline A League play. — — Stockebrand had 10 points, 10 rebounds and seven steals, while Lewis countered with 17 points, nine rebounds and seven steals to pace Prospect. — — Kraemer chipped in nine points, seven assists and seven steals as the Cougars opened an 18-6 lead in the first quarter and never looked back. — — Lindsay Brown scored 13 of her team's 24 points to pace Hosanna (2-7 Sky A). — HOSANNA CHRISTIAN (24)-- Childers 0, Bri. Smith 2, Dovel 2, Metcalf 0, Tippett 0, VanBurskirt 0, Pederson 1, Bry. Smith 3, Areola 3, Brown 13. Totals: 8-42 8-15 24. — PROSPECT (57)-- Gordon 4, Applegate 4, Bennett 0, Stockebrand 10, Sheilds 0, Wood 0, Kraemer 9, G. Lewis 17, H. Lewis 2, Lenderman 11, Baker 0. Totals: 24-58 6-10 57. — Hosanna Christian ...............6 6 4 8 -- 24 Prospect .......................18 10 13 16 -- 57 — 3-point goals -- Prospect — (G. Lewis 2, Kraemer 1). — BUTTE FALLS 58, NEW HOPE CHRISTIAN 35-- At Butte Falls, the Loggers rolled to their seventh Skyline A League victory in nine attempts despite going only 8-for-31 from the free-throw line. — — Lindsey Stockton had 13 points and eight steals for Butte Falls, while Liz McLauchlan added 12 points and eight rebounds. — — Jessica Dunlap turned in a nice all-around game with eight steals, six assists and five points for the Loggers. — NEW HOPE CHRISTIAN (35)-- B. Hashek 6, Sanchez 4, Ward 2, Bowdoin 0, Stanley 2, Allaire 1, Smith 0, Lockard 6, Miller 0, F. Hashek 6, Ridgeway 6, McGillivray 0, Luce 2. Totals: 17 1-4 35. — BUTTE FALLS (58)-- Dunlap 5, Hamilton 2, McLanahan 8, Bechler 2, Karalewska 2, Stockton 13, McKibben 8, Petersen 0, Rowley 6, McLauchlan 12, Newbey 0. Totals: 25 8-31 58. — New Hope Christian .......12 6 5 12 -- 35 Butte Falls ..................12 12 20 14 -- 58 — Fouled out -- F. Hashek.