Lady Patriots finish 4th at District
The St. John Bosco Lady Patriots closed out their season with a 29-37 loss at Nezperce Tuesday, Feb. 8, to finish in fourth place at the District Tournament.
Nezperce jumped out to a 4-12 lead after one quarter then outscored the Patriots just 3-5 in the second quarter to take a 7-17 halftime lead.
According to Steve Wherry of the Lewis County Herald, (who took the accompanying photos) the Patriots should have been way ahead in the first half. They dominated the action but just could not get their shots to fall.
Nezperce outscored the Patriots 2-10 in the third quarter to take a 9-27 lead into the fourth and then had to hold off a Patriots’ rally.
St. John Bosco outscored Nezperce 20-10 in the final period but it wasn’t enough to dig themselves out of the hole they built through the first 3 quarters.
Jade Prigge scored 9 points to lead the Patriots with Julia Wassmuth scoring 8 and Sarah Waters 7. Dani Sonnen scored 3 and Raylie Warren scored 2.
The Patriots finish their season with a 5-11 record.
St. John Bosco 4 3   2 20 -29
Nezperce       12 5 10 10 -37
SJB-Prigge 4, 1-3, 9; D. Sonnen 1, 1-2, 3; Chmelik 0, 0-0, 0; Waters 1, 5-10, 7; Wassmuth 3, 2-2, 8; R. Sonnen 0, 0-0, 0; Warren 1, 0-2, 2. 3-pointers-none.
Nezperce-G. Tiegs 0, 4-4, 4; Lux 3, 3-7, 10; Duuck 1, 0-1, 2; Zenner 7, 1-2, 17; Branson 2, 0-0, 4; Wemhoff 0, 0-0, 0; F. Tiegs 0, 0-2, 0; Horton 0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Zenner 2, Lux.

Patriots win final 2 regular season games
The St. John Bosco Patriots finished their regular season with a pair of wins. On Friday, Feb. 11 they played their final home game and beat Meadows Valley 48-37 in a game rescheduled from Jan. 21. On Monday, Feb. 14, they closed out their regular season with a 51-36 win over Highland at Craigmont.
The win at Highland gained St. John Bosco a fourth place tie in the final league standings against Highland. However the Huskies have the tiebreaker and will be the #4 seed, hosting the Patriots this Friday, Feb. 18, at 6 p.m. in a loser out game.
In their final home game of the season the Patriots beat Meadows Valley 48-37 in a game rescheduled from Jan. 21.
The game was tied after the first quarter at 8-8 but the Patriots outscored the Mountaineers 13-8 in the second quarter to take a 21-16 halftime lead.
Meadows Valley turned the tables in the third quarter, outscoring the Patriots 8-13 to tie the score at the end of the third at 29-29.
The Patriots then dominated in the fourth quarter 19-8 to pull out the win.
The Patriots apparently went to a press in the fourth and forced some steals that were converted into easy baskets.
Cody Wassmuth had a perfect night shooting for the Patriots as he went 5 for 5 from the field and 4 for 4 at the line for 14 points. Torry Chmelik scored 11 points. Levi Wassmuth scored 10. Clay Weckman scored 4. Luke Stubbers, Elijah Rauzi, Dustin Kaschmitter and Sam Weckman scored 2 each and Stallone Hoene scored 1. For Rauzi and Sam Weckman it was their first points of their varsity careers.
St. John Bosco    8 13   8 19 -48
Meadows Valley 8   8 13   9 -37
SJB-Rauzi 1, 0-0, 2; C. Wassmuth 5-, 4-4, 14; Stubbers 1, 0-0, 2; Hoene 0, 1-4, 1; C. Weckman 1, 1-2, 4; Chmelik 5, 0-1, 11; L. Wassmuth 5, 0-0, 10; Kaschmitter 1, 0-0, 2; S. Weckman 1, 0-2, 2. 3-pointers-C. Weckman, Chmelik.
MV-J. Padgett 0, 0-0, 0; Priddy 4, 0-2, 11; Larrea 1, 0-1, 2; Gwinn 0, 0-0, 0; Jernigan 2, 1-4, 5; C. Padgett 5, 0-0, 13; Rivas 3, 0-0, 6. 3-pointers-C. Padgett 3, Priddy 3.
The Patriots gained a season split with the Huskies with their win at Highland. Despite winding up as the #5 seed into District, the Patriots were swept by only one team in the league, Timberline.
The Patriots jumped out to a 19-11 lead by the end of the first quarter and extended their lead to 30-17 by halftime.
Highland outscored the Patriots 10-14 in the third quarter to cut the deficit to 40-31. However the Patriots outscored Highland 11-5 in the fourth quarter to pull out the win.
Cody Wassmuth led the scoring with 20 points with Clay Weckman scoring 15. Luke Stubbers and Levi Wassmuth added 8 points each.
The Patriots were missing Chmelik, Hoene and Rauzi for the game.
The Patriots also dominated the boards with 3 players in double figures in rebounding. Levi Wassmuth had 14, Kaschmitter 12 and Stubbers 11.
The Patriots wind up their regular season with an overall record of 8-7, 5-5 in league.
St. John Bosco 19 11 10 11 -51
Highland           11   6 14   5 -36
SJB-C. Wassmuth 7, 3-3, 20; Stubbers 3, 2-2, 8; C. Weckman 6, 2-6, 15; L. Wassmuth 4, 0-1, 8; Kaschmitter 0, 0-0, 0; S. Weckman 0, 0-1, 0. 3-pointers-C. Wassmuth 3, C. Weckman.
Highland-Hambly 10, 1-4, 22; Crow 2, 2-2, 6; Case 0, 0-0, 0; Watson 2, 0-0, 4; Goeckner 1, 0-0, 2; Crea 0, 0-0, 0; Gion 1, 0-2, 2; Knowlton 0, 0-0, 0; Click 0, 0-0, 0; Webb 0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Hambly.