Spartans dominate Clark Fork in season opener

PRIEST RIVER — Priest River boys basketball lost 80-77 to Riverside (Wash.) in a triple overtime thriller Tuesday night, according to nwprepsnow.com.

Senior Caden Brennan led the Spartans (1-1) with 25 points while senior Jayden Hahn and sophomore Trentyn Kreager each scored 12.

The Rams Jaxon Betker had a game high 32 points.

The boys travel to Clark Fork 7 p.m. Thursday.

PRIEST RIVER 15 17 11 17 7 6 4 — 77

RIVERSIDE 12 19 13 17 7 6 7 — 80

Priest River — Mathews 9, Kreager 12, Hahn 12, Bell 2, Lucas 9, Brennan 25, Thompson 8.

Riverside — Betker 32, Nortz 14, James 3, Supanchick 10, Lyons 3, Burnham 6, Gallinger 4, Burns 8.

Spartans dominate Clark Fork

PRIEST RIVER — Sophomore Trentyn Kreager scored 22 points and senior Jayden Hahn added 20 to propel the Spartans to a 65-36 victory over Clark Fork on Friday night.

“I thought we played well,” Wylie wrote in an email. “It was our first game of the year and although practice has been great it’s hard to compare to a game atmosphere. Offensively we ran our sets pretty well and I thought we took care of the ball for the most part.”

Priest River was all over the Wampus Cats defensively, holding them to just 9 points in the first half. This allowed the Spartans to jump out to a 37-9 lead at halftime.

Priest River came out a little slow in the third quarter only scoring 10 points but they picked it up in the fourth quarter to secure the 29 point victory.

“I’m proud of the team effort at both ends of the court,” Wylie wrote.

PRIEST RIVER 17 20 10 18 — 65

CLARK FORK 7 2 15 12 — 36

Priest River — Mathews 8, Kreager 22, Hahn 20, Lucas 9, Zapfe 2, Yount 2, Thomson 2.

Clark Fork — Garcia 14, Bopp 1, SanRoman 2, Kailang 6, Constantin 8, Abbott 5.