PR football avoids shutout, commits 8 turnovers in loss to St. Maries
Junior Kameron Salesky picks up a fumble and returns it 42 yards for a touchdown during Saturday's home game against St. Maries.
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Senior Coby Rogers runs the ball during Saturday's game against St. Maries.
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Sophomore Matyus McLain tackles a St. Maries player during a game on Sept. 19 at PRLHS. McLain had four total tackles and a sack in a 45-14 loss at Kellogg last Friday.
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Everett Hannah throws a pass during the game against St. Maries at PRLHS in 2021.
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Senior Kent Alexander breaks through the St. Maries offensive line during a game at PRLHS on Sept. 19.
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PRIEST RIVER — The good news — Priest River football scored its first points of the season during Saturday's game against St. Maries when junior Kameron Salesky returned a fumble 42 yards for a touchdown.
The bad news — the Spartans turned the ball over eight times allowing the Lumberjacks to cruise to a 52-6 victory.
"St. Maries was a good team, but we made them look better," head coach Jared Hughes wrote in an email. "It's hard to be competitive when you give the ball to the other team that many times. We also committed six penalties which is twice what we averaged in the first two games."
St. Maries took a 30-0 lead after the first quarter. The Spartans possessed the ball four times in the opening quarter, but only managed to run seven plays. Hughes said his offense struggled to find a rhythm.
The defense settled in after a rough opening quarter, allowing just 22 points in the final three quarters. The defense forced two turnovers in the game.
Salesky had 11 tackles including three for loss to go along with his touchdown. Junior Jordan Nortz also notched 11 tackles and senior Coby Rogers and sophomore Matyus McLain tallied nine and seven respectively.
Priest River (0-3) had 31 total yards on offense.
"We'll continue to coach them up and we'll have a better outing [this] week," Hughes wrote.
The Spartans will hit the road for the first time this season when they play Orofino at 5 p.m. Friday.
St. Maries 30 8 8 6 — 52
Priest River 0 0 6 0 6 — 6
First quarter
SM — Tristan Nelson 15 pass from Eli Gibson (Sam Martin run)
SM — Quinten Ramsey-Buress 7 run (2-pt. PAT failed)
SM — Nelson 9 pass from Gibson (Gibson run)
SM — Gibson 13 run (Martin run)
Second quarter
SM — Nelson 14 pass from Gibson (Gibson run)
Third quarter
SM — Ramsey-Buress 25 pass from Gibson (Nelson run)
PR — Kameron Salesky 42 fumble return (2-pt. PAT failed)
Fourth quarter
SM — Dylan Larson 6 run (2-pt. PAT failed)
