Wampus Cats come up short against Jags, Murekatete
(Photo by JASON DUCHOW PHOTOGRAPHY) Lily Simko, shooting over Sandpoint’s Leilani Henry earlier in the season, pulled down six boards in a loss to the Jaguars on Tuesday night.
CLARK FORK — Junior 6-foot-4 post Bella Murekatete had a triple double with 19 points, 16 rebounds and 13 assists for the Jaguars in a 61-34 North Star League win over the Wampus Cats on Tuesday night at Clark Fork High School.
Josie Scribner had 16 points and Rachel Schroeder had a game-high 20 points for Genesis Prep (6-6, 4-0 NSL), which had a pair of twin towers that proved tough to stop.
Brooke Stevens scored 21 points for Clark Fork (3-8, 0-3) in defeat, as the Cats lost to the Jaguars by the same exact score in back-to-back games. Ellie Kiebert and Kaylee Banks each scored seven, while Lily Simko pulled down six rebounds, Tessa Sutton five and Sara Hathaway four.
In the previous loss, Clark Fork outscored the Jaguars by two points in the second and third quarter, with head coach Jordan Adams sharing some of the blame for the loss.
“In the first quarter we started slow and in the fourth quarter, my girls got a little bit winded,” said Adams, calling the Jags simply a tough team. “That might have been a coaching issue. I probably could have been swapping them out more frequently, I could tell their legs were dying.”
The second time around, the Cats again fared well in the middle two quarters, showing the ability to play with the Jags in stretches. Adams praised the play of Hathaway, whose speed was a factor in her first start of the season.
“I started her for her defense and she flat killed it,” described Adams. “She had a number of steals and created a lot of turnovers.”
Clark Fork is at Wallace tonight.
Genesis Prep 20 13 13 15 — 61
Clark Fork 8 11 10 9 — 34
GENESIS PREP — Morrow 0, Schroeder 20, Grenier 0, Imanzi 6, Scribner 16, Martinez 0, Martin 0, Murekatete 19.
CLARK FORK — Anderson 0, Stevens 21, Lambert 0, Hathaway 0, Kiebert 7, A. Sutton 0, Banks 7, Simko 2, T. Sutton 1.
n Clark Fork boys fall to Genesis Prep
CLARK FORK — Kon Ajang scored 25 points and Junior Williams 17 for the Jaguars in a 74-17 North Star League win over the Wampus Cats on Tuesday night. Genesis Prep (9-4. 4-0 NSL) is ranked No. 2 in the 1A Division II ranks. No scores were received for Clark Fork (0-6, 0-3 NSL), which had its hands full against one of the better teams in the Panhandle, regardless of classification.
The Wampus Cats are at Lakeside tonight.
n Bulldog boys upended by Wildcats
SANDPOINT — After reeling off five consecutive wins, the Sandpoint boys have fallen short in their last two games against solid opponents.
In the second game of a doubleheader on Tuesday night, the Bulldogs lost 61-38 to Kellogg. No other results were available from the game.
Prior to that, the Bulldogs started fast and led after one quarter, before struggling for offense in a 55-31 loss to West Valley on Saturday. Alex Stockton hit double figures for the 8th time this year with a team-high 10 points, while T.J. Davis added six and Brandon Casey and Cade Vernon four apiece.
Collin Sather scored 20 points to lead the Eagles (10-3). The Bulldogs (6-5) made just one free throw while the Eagles dropped 11.
Sandpoint now gears up for the most important game of the season on Saturday in a 4A Inland Empire League game at Moscow.
Sandpoint 8 7 8 8 — 31
West Valley 7 18 16 14 — 55
SANDPOINT — Vernon 4, Dalthorp 0, Niemela 2, Ortega 2, Davis 6, Jones 0, Johnson 1, VanDenBerg 2, Pettit 0, Casey 4, Stockton 10.
WEST VALLEY — Andrews 2, Davis 2, Dellinger 3, Hydrick 11, Jones 2, Kaiser 1, Sather 20, Whitney 14.
n Bulldogs host Badgers tonight for B-Cup
The Bulldog and Badger wrestling teams will tangle tonight in a dual known as the Battle for the B-Cup.
The longtime rivals will get the annual dual started at 5 p.m. at SHS.