PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Connelly, Clemens lead Coeur du Christ past Bonners JV

| January 7, 2025 1:10 AM

COEUR d’ALENE — Ben Connelly scored 19 points and the Coeur du Christ Saints defeated the Bonners Ferry junior varsity for the second time in as many tries this season, this time 69-67 at Holy Family Catholic School on Monday.

Grant Clemens added 16 points for Coeur du Christ (5-4), which plays Immaculate Conception Academy of Post Falls on Friday at the HUB Sports Center in Liberty Lake.

Clemens sank 1 of 2 free throws with 6 seconds left to put the Saints up two, and the Badgers missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer.

"Good game," first-year Coeur du Christ coach Chris Kiefer said. "We played the bench for a good majority of the game. Most points from the bench we've ever had."

Coeur du Christ won 76-61 at Bonners on Dec. 19.

Jamison Cartwright-Kissee scored a game-high 29 points for the Bonners Ferry JV.

Bonners Ferry JV 13 14 22 18 — 67

Coeur du Christ 20 17 16 16 — 69

BONNERS FERRY JV — Hiatt 4, Cartwright-Kissee 29, Buckhanan 10, Burt 2, Winkelseth 6, Thompson 13, Stanger 3.

COEUR du CHRIST — Anderson 0, Ja. Cools 2, Clemens 16, Luafalemana 5, Connelly 19, Clute 0, Hayes 5, Je. Cools 10, Mudrick 4, Conaty 0, O’Neill 4, Denke 4.