12 turn out for Lady Patriots basketball
The St. John Bosco Lady Patriots have 12 players turned out for basketball this season.
They are led by 4 seniors, Rachel Sonnen, Julia Wassmuth, Noelle Chmelik and Sarah Waters. Savannah Perrin is the lone junior on the squad.
Also returning from last season are sophomores Catherine Seubert and Miah Mager.
New to the team this year are sophomore Presley Schoo and freshmen CeCe Remacle, Brianne Nuxoll, Madeline Wassmuth and Catherine Beckman.
Nuxoll is the only player that did not also play volleyball.
Alyssa Wemhoff returns as head coach with Susan Wassmuth, Mandy Crea and Gene Weckman serving as assistant coaches.

Lady Patriots win 1 of 2
The St. John Bosco Lady Patriots split a pair of non-league home games to open their season. On Tuesday, Nov. 19, they hosted Clearwater Valley and lost 30-38. On Saturday, Nov. 23, they hosted Logos and picked up their first win of the season, 36-31.
In their opener against C.V. they trailed 5-9 at the end of the first quarter with Savannah Perrin and Miah Mager each scoring a basket and Julia Wassmuth a free throw.
They cut the margin in half by halftime as they trailed 15-17. Wassmuth scored 4 points in the second quarter while Mager and Rachel Sonnen scored 2 each and Catherine Seubert added a free throw.
C.V. outscored them 6-10 in the third quarter to take a 21-27 lead into the fourth quarter.
Noelle Chmelik scored 4 points in the quarter while CeCe Remacle scored the other 2.
In the fourth the Patriots were outscored 10-11. Mager scored 4 points in the final frame while Wassmuth, Chmelik and Sarah Waters scored 2 each.
Mager wound up as the leading scorer with 8 points while Wassmuth scored 7, Chmelik 6, Sonnen, Perrin, Remacle and Waters 2 each and Seubert 1.
Bosco was 15 for 38 from the field, 39%, and 2 for 8 at the line, 25%. C.V. was 15 for 25 from the field, 60%, and 6 for 11 at the line, 56%.
SJB 5 9   6 10 -30
CV 9 8 10 11 -38
SJB-Sonnen 1-1, 0-0, 2; Seubert 0-1, 1-2, 1; Schoo 0-1, 0-0, 0; Perrin 1-5, 0-0, 2; J. Wassmuth 3-12, 1-4, 7; Chmelik 3-6, 0-2, 6; Remacle 1-2, 0-0, 2; Nuxoll 0-0, 0-0, 0; M. Wassmuth 0-1, 0-0, 0; Mager 4-6, 0-0, 8; Waters 1-1, 0-0, 2. 3-pointers-none.
C.V.-Pfefferkorn 2-4, 1-1, 5; Shira 0-1, 0-0, 0; Logan 0-0, 0-2, 0; Martinez 3-3, 0-0, 7; Ward 6-10, 2-2, 14; E. Lundgren 0-0, 0-0, 0; Willard 0-0, 0-0, 0; Reuben 1-1, 2-4, 5; Funderburg 0-1, 0-0, 0; T. Lundgren 3-4, 1-2, 7. 3-pointers-Martinez, Reuben.
In the game against Logos, Bosco never lead until the final 3 minutes.
Logos jumped out to a 0-4 lead but Bosco tied it as Seubert and Wassmuth each scored a basket.
Logos then outscored Bosco 2-8 with Chmelik scoring Bosco’s only points. Wassmuth scored on a full-court drive to the hoop to close out the first quarter with Bosco trailing 8-12.
Logos sank a pair of 3’s against a scooping lay-up by Wassmuth to build a 10-18 lead. The Patriots then reeled off 6 straight points to pull within 2 at 16-18. Chmelik made 2 free throws while Waters went 2 for 4 at the line. Chmelik added a drive to the hoop for a lay-up following a steal by Wassmuth. Logos then closed out the half with a basket for a 16-20 lead at the break.
Logos opened the second half with 4 straight points but Bosco answered with 7 straight. Chmelik and Presley Schoo each scored on fast break lay-ups and Remacle scored the season’s first 3 pointer for the Patriots to pull the Patriots within 1 at 23-24.
Logos scored a free throw then the Patriots tied it with a running 1-hander by Remacle. Logos scored to close out the third quarter with a 25-27 lead.
Logos opened the fourth quarter with a basket. Wassmuth answered with a hook shot off the glass.
Logos answered with a steal and drive for 2 for what turned out to be their final points of the game with 3:55 to play.
Wassmuth scored on a drive for a lay-up  and then cut the deficit to 1 with a free throw at the 3:16 mark.
Bosco took their first lead on another drive for a lay-up by Wassmuth with 2:53 to play. She added another lay-up with 2:16 left and made it a 4 point lead with a free throw with 1:28 left. Waters then scored the final point of the game on a free throw with 1:04 left.
Wassmuth wound up scoring 10 of Bosco’s 11 fourth quarter points as they outscored Logos 11-4.
Wassmuth led all scorers with 16 points. Chmelik added 8 with Remacle scoring 2, Waters 3 and Schoo and Seubert 2 each.
Seubert had 12 rebounds to lead the Patriots to a 52-46 edge on the boards. Waters was also in double figures with 10.
Wassmuth had 9 steals and Waters had 5. Wassmuth, Schoo, Waters and Chmelik each had 1 assist.
The Patriots were 14 for 51 from the field, 27%, and 7 for 19 at the line, 37%. Logos was 13 for 69 from the field, 19%, and 2 for 5 at the line.
The Patriots are 1-1 on the season and have yet to play a league game.
In a 2-quarter JV game, the Patriots lost 13-15 to the Knights.
Logos scored the first 4 points before Catherine Beckman scored Bosco’s first JV points of the season. After a 3 by Logos, Perrin scored a pair of baskets to tie the game at 6-6. Logos added a 3 in the final seconds to take a 6-9 lead at the end of the first quarter.
Logos built an 8-15 lead in the second quarter with Sonnen scoring Bosco’s only points on an inbounds play.
Bosco tried to rally in the final 2 minutes as they scored the game’s final 5 points. Chmelik scored a putback  then Julia Wassmuth scored a lay-up and a free throw in the final minute to cut the final margin to 2.
Perrin scored 4 to lead the JV scoring. Julia Wassmuth scored 3 while Beckman, Sonnen and Chmelik each added 2 each.
Bosco dominated on the boards 35-11 with Madeline Wassmuth leading the team with 6 while Brianne Nuxoll and Chmelik added 5 rebounds each.
Beckman and Remacle each had 2 steals while Nuxoll had a 2 assists.
Bosco was 6 for 34 from the field, 18%, and 1 for 4 at the line, 25%. Logos was 6 for 23 from the field, 26%, and 1 for 1 at the line. The scoring difference was due to a pair of 3-pointers by Logos while Bosco had no 3-pointers.
SLB      8 8 9 11 -36
Logos 12 8 7   4 -31
SJB-Seubert 1-5, 0-0, 2; Schoo 1-4, 0-0, 2; Wassmuth 7-16, 2-9, 16; Chmelik 3-9, 2-2, 8; Waters, 0-8, 3-8, 3; Sonnen 0-1, 0-0, 0; Perrin 0-3, 0-0, 0; Remacle 2-5, 0-0, 5. 3-pointers-Remacle.
Logos-Taylor 3-22, 1-2, 7; Monjure 0-2, 0-0, 0; Crawford 2-16, 0-0, 5; Bowen 0-1, 0-0, 0; Spillman 3-14, 1-1, 7; Driskill 4-11, 0-0, 10; Wilson 0-1, 0-0, 0; Bentley 0-1, 0-2, 0; Rench 0-0, 0-0, 0; Porras 1-1, 0-0, 2. 3-pointers-Driskill 2.