Slow good

Slow starts aside, the Noxon Red Devil boys look like they will be just fine.

Coach Bart Haflich’s Devil overcame slow starts in both games last week but emerged with two more wins, topping the Clark Fork Wampus Cats 60-44 in Clark Fork Tuesday, Dec. 5, and defeating the St. Regis Tigers 53-39 in Noxon Thursday.

Now 4-0 overall and 1-0 in District 14C conference play, the Devils have two games on tap this week, hosting Troy in a non-conference game Thursday and visiting the Two Eagle River Eagles in Pablo Saturday in another 14C league tilt.

“Troy is a balanced team that plays hard,” Haflich said, “and Two Eagle’s gym is always a tough place to play in. We expect two tough games this week.”

Rylan Weltz led the Devils to the win in Clark Fork with 29 points, Alex Currie chipped in with nine, Owen Fisher seven, Logan Wood five, Levi Brubaker and Jeriko Smith four apiece and Edison VanVleet two.

Cameron Garcia threw down 22 points, including five 3-pointers, to lead the Wampus Cats, although 11 of those points came in the fourth quarter when the issue was no longer in doubt. Josh Constantine added nine points for Clark Fork.

Weltz counted a team-high 20 points in the win over St. Regis, Wood added 13, Brubaker and VanVleet six each, Currie five and Fisher three.

Tanner Day and Ian Farris scored 11 each for St. Regis and Nicholas Day added nine.