Jaguars sweep visiting Wampus Cats
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Mark Nelke covers high school and North Idaho College sports, University of Idaho football and other local/regional sports as a writer, photographer, paginator and editor at the Coeur d’Alene Press. He has been at The Press since 1998 and sports editor since 2002. Before that, Mark was the one-man sports staff for 16 years at the Bonner County Daily Bee in Sandpoint. Earlier, he was sports editor for student newspapers at Spokane Falls Community College and Eastern Washington University. Mark enjoys the NCAA men's basketball tournament and wiener dogs — and not necessarily in that order. | January 8, 2023 1:00 AM
Genesis Prep 50
Clark Fork 38
Katie Yount hit three 3-pointers and scored 15 of her game-high 16 points in the first half as the Jaguars downed the visiting Wampus Cats in nonleague play at The Courts at Real Life.
Ella Martin added 13 points for Genesis Prep.
Eloise Shelton led Clark Fork (3-6) with 13 points, and Emily Myers added 11.
Clark Fork plays host to Wallace on Tuesday.
Genesis Prep travels to Lakeside on Tuesday to open Scenic Idaho Conference play.
Clark Fork 7 10 8 13 — 38
Genesis Prep 10 24 5 11 — 50
CLARK FORK — Myers 11, Shelton 13, Reuter 9, Printz-Hay 0, Herrick 0, Matteson 2, Scarlett 0, Thompson 3, Weymouth 0.
GENESIS PREP — Martin 0, Nelke 3, Meerdink 0, Martin 13, Williams 3, Yount 16, Lawler 9, Anderson 6.
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