Patriots boys lose at C.V.
The St. John Bosco Patriots fell 54-63 to the Clearwater Valley Rams on Tuesday, Jan. 9 at Kooskia.
Both the boys and girls teams were scheduled to play Kendrick on Thursday, Jan. 11, but those games were postponed due to weather. As of yet we aren’t aware of a makeup date.
The Rams got off to a strong start against the Patriots as they jumped out to a 6-21 lead behind four 3-pointers from Matthew Louwien and 8 points by Landon Schlieper.
Bosco trailed 8-23 at the end of the first quarter with Stallone Hoene scoring 3 points, Cody Weckman and Levi Wassmuth 2 each and Sam Weckman 1.
Neither team scored much in the second quarter as Bosco scored 6 and C.V. 7, all by Schlieper. Bosco got 2 points each from Cody Weckman and Nathan Wassmuth and 1 point each from Levi Wassmuth and Sam Weckman. The Patriots trailed 14-30 at the half.
C.V. came out and scored the first 6 points of the third quarter then Hoene started to heat up. Despite 4 points from Hoene and 2 free throws from Cody Weckman, Bosco trailed 20-43 at the 3:52 mark of the third quarter. Bosco then closed out the third quarter with a 15-2 run to cut the deficit to just 10 points.
Hoene started the run with a 3-pointer and a lay-up. C.V. scored then Bosco scored 10 straight. Cody Weckman drove to the hoop for a lay-up. Hoene then scored a pair of baskets. Sam Weckman stole the ball and drove for a lay-up and Levi Wassmuth closed out the quarter with a putback to make it 35-45.
The end of the quarter gave C.V. a chance to gather themselves and they were able to hold the Patriots off in the fourth quarter as the Patriots were unable to get any closer than 9 points.
C.V.’s Schlieper provided the bulk of the Rams offense in the second half as he scored 23 of C.V.’s 33 second half points on his way to 38 total points.
Hoene scored 20 points to lead the Patriots with 13 of those coming in the third quarter as he hit 6 of 7 shots in 1 stretch. Cody Weckman scored 14, Levin Wassmuth 11, Sam Weckman 4, Tommy Rose 3 and Nathan Wassmuth 2.
C.V. had a 36-39 edge on the boards. Levi Wassmuth had 11 to lead the Patriots.
Cody Weckman had 6 steals while Sam Weckman had 4. Levi Wassmuth, Rose, Nathan Wassmuth, Cody Weckman and Sam Weckman each had 2 assists.
The Patriots were 19 for 61 from the field, 31%, and 13 for 20 at the line, 65%. C.V. was 27 for 54 from the field, 50%, and 4 for 9 at the line, 44%.
The Patriots are now 2-8 on the season and 0-4 in league play.
SJB    8 6 21 19 -54
C.V. 23 7 15 18 -63
SJB-Beckman 0-3, 0-0, 0; Rose 1-4, 0-0, 3; Hoene 9-18, 1-2, 20; C. Weckman 4-11, 5-6, 14; L. Wassmuth 3-11, 5-8, 11; Nuxoll 0-2, 0-0, 0; S. Weckman 1-8, 2-4, 4; N. Wassmuth 1-4, 0-0, 2. 3-pointers-Rose, Hoene, C. Weckman.
C.V.-Louwien 4-10, 0-0, 12; T. Wellard 0-4, 1-2, 1; Raff 1-4, 0-0, 2; Schlieper 17-28, 3-6, 38; Moses 3-4, 0-0, 6; Osborn 0-0, 0-0, 0; Gardner 2-3, 0-1, 4; H. Willard 0-1, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Louwien 4, Schlieper.