Cottonwood Chronicle

Boys win, girls lose at Salmon River
The St. John Bosco Patriots split their games against Salmon River at Riggins Tuesday, Dec. 21. The boys won 59-54 while the girls lost 30-39.

Boys at Salmon River

The Patriots trailed after the opening quarter, 16-18 but took a 28-26 lead at the half. They led 49-42 after 3 quarters and held on in the fourth to win by 5.
Tory Chmelik had a big game with 27 points with Cody Wassmuth and Clay Weckman also in double figures with 14 and 12 points respectively.
Dustin Kaschmitter scored 4 points and had 4 blocked shots while Luke Stubbers scored 2 points.
The Patriots close out 2021 with a 4-2 record.
St. John Bosco 15 12 20 11 -59
Salmon River 18 8 16 12 -54
SJB-Rauzi 0, 0-0, 0; C. Wassmuth 6, 0-1, 14; Stubbers 1, 0-0, 2; Hoene 0, 0-0, 0; Weckman 5, 1-2, 12; Chmelik 12, 1-2, 27; Kaschmitter 2, 0-0, 4. 3-pointers-Chmelik 2, C. Wassmuth 2, Weckman.
SR-Shepherd 6, 0-0, 15; Bovey 1, 0-2, 2; Zavala 6, 2-2, 18; Swift 5, 1-2, 11; Whitney 4, 0-0, 8; Davis 0, 0-0, 0; Herzig 0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Zavala 4, Shepherd 3.

Girls at Salmon River

In the girls’ game, St. John Bosco dug themselves a hole in the first quarter as Salmon River took a 3-11 lead. The Lady Patriots were outscored by just 1 point the remainder of the game.
They trailed 7-19 at the half but closed with 22-30 after 3 quarters.
Jade Prigge led the scoring with 16 points. Sarah Waters scored 7, Dani Sonnen, Noelle Chmelik and Julia Wassmuth scored 2 each and Raylie Warren scored 1.
Waters scored the Lady Patriots only 3-pointer.
The Lady Patriots finish 2021 with a 0-5 record.
The next action for the Patriots are home games against Clearwater Valley on Tuesday, Jan. 4.
St. John Bosco 3 4 15 8 -30
Salmon River 11 8 11 9 -39
SJB-Prigge 7, 2-2, 16; D. Sonnen 0, 2-5, 2; Chmelik 1, 0-0, 2; Waters 3, 0-0, 7; Wassmuth 1, 0-0, 2; R. Sonnen 0, 0-0, 0; Warren 0, 1-2, 1. 3-pointers-Waters.
SR-Pottenger 2, 0-0, 6; Holton 3, 2-2, 8; Calvin 4, 0-4, 8; Jones 2, 0-3, 4; Walters 5, 0-0, 13. 3-pointers-Walters 3, Pottenger 2.

Cody Wassmuth guards the ball. Also shown are Clay Weckman and Tory Chmelik.

Tory Chmelik handles the ball at Salmon River.

Luke Stubbers with the ball at Salmon River.

Tory Chmelik shoots for 2 of his 27 points at Salmon River.

Dani Sonnen brings the ball upcourt at Salmon River.

Julia Wassmuth with the ball at Salmon River.

Sarah Waters handles the ball at Salmon River.

Raylie Warren with the ball at Salmon River.
All photos by David Rauzi.

ST. JOHN BOSCO 2021-22 GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL SCHEDULES

First game starts at 6 p.m. unless indicated

NOVEMBER

18-Girls only at Logos--cancelled
30-Boys/Girls at Meadows Valley, 6 p.m. MST, boys won 56-22, no girls game

DECEMBER

2-Boys/Girls at C.V. , boys lost 48-57, girls lost 24-46
7-Boys/Girls vs. Nezperce*, boys won 63-48, girls lost 31-46
9-Boys/Girls vs. Kendrick* boys won 53-48, girls lost 20-54
14-Boys/Girls vs. Highland*, postponed due to school closure, will be rescheduled
17-Boys/Girls at Deary*, boys lost 40-56; girls lost 27-53
21-Boys/Girls at Salmon River, 6 p.m. MST, boys won 59-54, girls lost 30-39,

JANUARY

4-Boys/Girls vs. C.V.
6-Boys/Girls vs Timberline*
11-Boys/Girls at Nezperce*
13-Boys/Girls at Kendrick*
20-Boys/Girls vs. Deary*
21-Boys/Girls vs. Meadows Valley
25-Boys/Girls at Timberline*
27-Girls only at Highland*, 7 p.m.
28-Boys/Girls vs. Salmon River, 5 p.m.

FEBRUARY

3-Boys/Girls vs. Logos (Boys vs Logos JV)
14-Boys only at Highland*
*League games