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turn out for Summit boys basketball
There are 12 boys out for basketball at Summit Academy this year. Summit should be competitive in the White Pine League Division 2 league although they have a couple of huge holes to fill as their top two scorers from last season both graduated. Returning starters are seniors Josh Lustig and Nathan Beckman and junior Dean Stubbers. Sophomore Patrick Chmelik saw a lot of time on the floor last season and he and fellow sophomore Tyler Krogh figure to fill out the starting lineup. Also returning from last year’s team are juniors Thomas Schwartz and Caleb Currier and sophomore Christopher Osborne. New to the team this season are sophomore Alejandro Kopczynski and freshmen Luke Schwartz, Jacob Stubbers and Justin Wassmuth. Returning as coaches this season are Ron Frei and his daughter Kimberly Frei. District 2 gets 1½ teams to state this season, the district champions automatically advance while the second place team faces a play-in game. Summit starts 1-1 The Summit Academy Patriots got their season started this past week, splitting a pair of home games played at the Highland gym in Craigmont. They started their season with a non-league win over Clearwater Valley 58-39 Tuesday, Dec. 2. On Saturday, Dec. 6 they dropped a non-league encounter with Logos of Moscow by a score of 51-67. 
The Patriots held the Rams to just 1 first quarter point while scoring 10. Josh Lustig had 4 points while Dean Stubbers, Tyler Krogh and Nathan Beckman added 2 each. Summit opened the lead up to 17-3 in the second quarter with Krogh scoring off a steal, Patrick Chmelik scoring on a reverse lay-up and then Krogh hitting a 3-pointer. Krogh scored those 5 points despite already having picked up 3 quick fouls in the first quarter. He picked up his fourth just before halftime. C.V. had a lot of trouble against Summit’s zone and scored just 3 baskets in the first half. They were able to hang as close as they did thanks to free throws. After Summit took their 17-3 lead, C.V. came back with 6 straight points, all at the line. Summit pushed the lead back to 27-13 with 3 seconds left then an ill-advised foul on a 40 foot buzzer beating shot allowed C.V. to scored the final 3 points of the half as Tyler Palmer sank all 3 free throws. C.V. wasn’t able to carry any momentum from that into the third quarter though as Summit had a 9-3 run to open the second half and take a 36-19 lead. C.V. never got any closer than 14 the rest of the way. Lustig wound up with 19 points to lead the Patriots in scoring. Krogh added 14 and was able to play nearly the entire second half with 4 fouls as he didn’t foul out until the final minute of play. Chmelik scored 12 with Beckman scoring 5, Stubbers 4, Caleb Currier 3, Thomas Schwartz 2 and Chris Osborne 1. Lustig also led in rebound with 14. C.V had a 42-51 rebounding edge. Krogh had 5 steals and 3 assists. Lustig led with 4 assists while Chmelik also had 3 assists. Summit was 23 for 61 from the field, 38%, and 9 for 24 at the line, 38%, while C.V. was 11 for 50 from the field, 22%, and 13 for 25 at the line, 52%. The JV game was a rout from the get-go as Summit raced to a 22-0 lead on their way to a 52-25 win. Currier scored 8 points in the first quarter to lead Summit to a 15-0 lead after 1 period. Justin Wassmuth scored the first 4 points of the second quarter and Krogh added a tip-in for Summit’s 22-0 lead. C.V. finally scored at the 4:59 mark. Summit went on to take a 32-6 lead by halftime. C.V. was able to find some offense in the third quarter as Summit ratcheted down the defensive pressure with their huge lead. Currier connected on a couple of 3-pointers and Osborne scored a couple of putbacks to help keep C.V. from cutting any into the lead as Summit still led 45-14 after 3 quarters. C.V. did manage to outscore Summit in the fourth, which was played under a running clock. Currier wound up leading the JV’s in scoring with 17 points with Wassmuth adding 13. Luke Schwartz scored 7, Osborne 6, Jacob Stubbers and Krogh 4 each and Thomas Schwartz 1. Osborne had 13 rebounds and Currier 10 to lead Summit to a 48-35 edge on the boards. Currier and Wassmuth had 4 steals each and Currier added 2 assists. The JV’s were 20 for 68 from the field, 29%, and 8 for 19 at the line, 42%. C.V. was 12 for 40 from the field, 30%, and 1 for 4 at the line, 25%. C.V. 1 15 7 16 -39 Summit 10 17 11 20 -58 Summit-Stubbers 2-3, 0-0, 4; Krogh 5-18, 1-3, 12; Lustig 7-17, 5-8, 19; Chmelik 5-9, 2-7, 12; Beckman 2-6, 0-1, 5; Schwartz 1-3, 0-0, 2; Osborne 0-2, 1-4, 1; Currier 1-1, 0-0, 3. 3-pointers-Krogh, Beckman, Currier. C.V.-Palmer 5-20, 3-3, 17; C. Morrow 2-4, 2-6, 6; Pfefferkorn 0-5, 3-8, 3; Owen 0-6, 2-4, 2; Mangun 2-8, 2-2, 6; M. Morrow 2-7, 1-2, 5; Olsen 0-0, 0-0, 0; Kolb 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Palmer 3. Summit led 16-13 at the end of the first quarter and made it stand up at half as they still led by 3 at 27-24. Logos came out and blitzed the Patriots in the third quarter, outscoring them 5-21 to take control of the game. Chmelik scored 18 points to lead the Patriots in scoring with Krogh adding 12. Lustig scored 8, Osborne 7, Stubbers 4 and Beckman 2. Summit is 1-1 on the season and 0-1 in league play. Summit won the JV game, no score available. Logos 13 11 21 22 -67 Summit 16 11 5 18 -51 Summit-Stubbers 2, 0-0, 4; Krogh 3, 6-9, 12; Schwartz 0, 0-0, 0; Lustig 3, 1-2, 8; Chmelik 8, 2-6, 18; Beckman 1, 0-0, 2; Osborne 3, 0-0, 7. 3-pointers-Lustig, Osborne. Logos-Handel 4, 1-2, 11; Wintz 11, 1-4, 25; Ryan 7, 1-3, 18; Bradley 0, 0-0, 0; Whitling 0, 2-2, 2; Stanton 1, 0-6, 2; Costello 3, 2-2, 9. 3-pointers-Ryan 3, Handel 2, Wintz 2, Costello.
Summit Academy 2014-15 Boys Basketball Schedule JV game starts at 6 p.m. unless indicated DECEMBER 6-vs. Logos at Highland, 3 p.m., lost 51-67 9-vs. Kendrick at Highland, won 59-50, details next week 10-at Salmon River, 5 p.m., won 67-53, details next week 15-vs. Nezperce at Highland 18-vs. Timberline at Highland 6-at Deary 14-at Lapwai 15-at Highland (home game) 20-at Lewiston JV, varsity only, 7 p.m. 22-at Nezperce 24-at Kendrick 27-at Timberline 30-vs. Potlatch at Highland 5-vs. Deary at Highland, Senior Night 11-at Highland 12-at C.V. 17-26-District at LCSC 28-play-in, TBA March 5-7-State at Caldwell |
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