Spartan JV downs Cats

PRIEST RIVER — Dalton Soemmer scored 13 to lead three Spartans in double-figures, as the Priest River JV team beat Clark Fork 51-29 in nonleague boys basketball Tuesday night in Priest River.

Nate Nesbitt scored 12 to lead the Wampus Cats (1-2), and D.J. Jackson added eight on a night where the offense struggled to find a rhythm.

“We just weren’t there mentally,” said Cats coach Corey Vogel. “There weren’t a lot of positives, but we didn’t fold in the fourth quarter, we stuck it out.”

Clark Fork is at Lakeside on Friday.

Clark Fork   5   5   7   12 — 29

Priest River 7   13   15   16 — 51

CLARKF ORK — N. Nesbitt 12, Katzenberg 2, Jackson 7, Berkley 6, Klein 0, Anderson 1, Walker 1.

PRIEST RIVER JV — Akre 1, Adams 1, Kurylo 1, Dalton Soemmer 13, Lowe 4, Glazier 12, Riley 11, Stelow 8.

n Wampus Cats JV narrowly misses overtime

PRIEST RIVER — Tristan Bristol scored nine points, and Zack Nesbitt added six as the Wampus Cat JV team fell 30-28 to the Priest River J2 team, missing a shot at the buzzer that would have sent the game into overtime.