St. John Bosco to host Highland in District opener
The St. John Bosco Patriots won one loser-out game at District but lost the second one as their season came to an end.
On Thursday, Feb. 20, they hosted Highland and had their biggest scoring game of the season in a 73-53 win. On Saturday, Feb. 22, they traveled to Deary where they kept it close with the Mustangs before losing 50-58.
The game against Highland was close through the first quarter as the teams were knotted at 17-17 at the end of the period.
Bosco started to pull away in the second as they out scored Highland 15-9 in the second quarter to take a 32-26 halftime lead. They third quarter saw them outscore the Huskies 19-9 to take a 51-35 lead into the fourth quarter.
Numerous Highland turnovers which turned into lay-ups for the Patriots helped them build their lead.
They outscored the Huskies 22-18 in the fourth quarter to win by 20.
Nathan Wassmuth led the scoring with 19 points and added 12 rebounds. Cody Weckman scored 18 and had 11 steals. Connor Nuxoll scored 10, Henry Baldwin 8, Ignatius Parmentier and Pierce Frei 5 each and Tommy Rose and Wyatt Crea 4 each.
St. John Bosco 17 15 19 22 -73
Highland           17   9   9 18 -53
SJB-Frei 2, 0-0, 5; Hagen 0, 0-0, 0;  Crea 2, 0-0, 4; Rose 1, 2-5, 4; Weckman 7, 3-3, 18; Baldwin 4, 0-0, 8; Parmentier 2, 0-0, 5; Murdoch 0, 0-0, 0; Wassmuth 7, 5-6, 19; Nuxoll 4, 2-5, 10. 3-pointers-Frei, Weckman, Parmentier.
Highland-Smith 4, 0-0, 9; Knowlton 6, 3-4, 15;Kinzer 2, 0-0, 5; Crow 4, 2-4, 11; Miller 4, 0-0, 8; Lunders 1, 0-0, 2; Martinson 0, 2-2, 2; Trueblood 0, 1-2, 1. 3-pointers-Smith, Kinzer, Crow.
In the game at Deary, The Patriots were able to keep it close.
Deary scored first with Nuxoll tying it. After a free throw and a basket by Deary, Bosco took their first lead with an 8-0 run. Nuxoll scored in side then Crea hit from 12 feet. Weckman stole the ball and scored and Wassmuth scored a putback to make it 10-5.
After a Deary basket, Nuxoll scored to make it 12-7. Deary then closed out the first quarter with 2 baskets and a 3-pointer for a 12-14 lead.
Nuxoll tied it with a basket to start the second quarter then Daery went on a 2-10 run. Baldwin scored Bosco’s only points in the run as Deary took a 16-24 lead.
Bosco responded with an 8-2 run to get back within 2 at 24-26. Nuxoll and Wassmuth scored then Deary scored. Weckman scored again and was fouled. He missed the free throw but Wassmuth rebounded and scored to make it 24-26.
Daery responded with 5 straight points before Wassmuth scored after making a steal as the half ended with Deary up 26-31.
In the third quarter Deary scored first then Wassmuth scored a putback, Rose score a free throw and Wassmuth scored on an inbounds play to make it 31-33. After a Deary basket, Wassmuth scored a basket and Weckman scored 2 free throws to tie it. Wasmuth then converted a 3-point play to give the Patriots at 38-35 lead with 4 minutes to play in the third quarter. After a free throw by Deary, Parmentier scored to make it 40-36. Deary then scored 6 straight to retake the lead. Wassmuth scored a pair of free throws to tie it at 42 with 1:03 left in the third. Deary then scored to take a 42-44 lead into the fourth quarter.
The Mustangs opened the fourth with 8 straight points to push their lead to 42-52.
Rose scored to break the drought but Deary answered with a basket. A 3 by Weckman and a free throw by Nuxoll cut the lead to 48-54. Deary scored a free throw but Baldwin scored to cut the deficit to 5 with 15 seconds left. Deary then closed out the game by making 3 of 4 free throws.
Wassmuth again led the scoring with 19 points. Nuxoll scored 11, Weckman 9, Baldwin 6, Rose 3 and Crea and Parmentier 2 each.
Bosco had the rebounding edge at 35-39 with Wassmuth leading the team with 9 while Rose added 7.
Weckman had 7 steals and Rose and Baldwin each had 3 assists.
Bosco was 21 for 58 from the field, 36%, and 7 for 10 at the line, 70%. Deary was 22 for 45 from the field, 49%, and 9 for 18 at the line, 50%.
Bosco ends their season with a record of 4-14.
SJB    12 14 16 8 -50
Deary 14 17 13 14 -58
SJB-Rose 1-5, 1-2, 3; Weckman 3-8, 2-3, 9; Baldwin 1-3, 0-0, 2; Wassmuth 8-14, 3-3, 19; Nuxoll 5-10, 1-2, 11; Crea 1-11, 0-0, 2; Frei 0-1, 0-0, 0; Parmentier 1-4, 0-0, 2. 3-pointers-Weckman.
Deary-Beyer 3-3, 0-0, 6; Vincent 6-11, 5-8, 18; Hubbard 7-14, 0-1, 18; Mechling 1-8, 3-4, 5; Clark 3-6, 1-2, 7; Keen 2-3, 0-4, 4. 3-pointers-Hubbard 4, Vincent.