Wampus Cats fall to Tigers in season opener

SPIRIT LAKE - Mandy Martin scored 10 points and Shaina Gustafson added eight, but it wasn't enough as 1A Clark Fork dropped its nonleague season opener 50-28 Friday night on the road against 3A Timberlake.

Cassie Thompson finished with 21 points on 9 of 11 shooting to lead Timberlake.

"We had a good first quarter and just sustained it throughout," Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. "Cassie had good shot selection and her teammates got her the ball really well."

The Tigers (1-0) jumped out to a 22-5 lead after the first quarter, and the Wampus Cats (0-1) would play them pretty evenly after that, outscoring the Tigers in the second and fourth quarters.

Clark Fork is at Post Falls JV today at noon.

Clark Fork   5   10   4   9 - 28

Timberlake  22  9   11  8 - 50

CLARK FORK - Gustafson 8, Macumber 5, Komanec 2, Thornton 2, Martin 10, Cartwell 1.

TIMBERLAKE - Kar. Wenstrom 8, Sanders 6, Kac. Wenstrom 9, Kuchenski 3, Nichols 3, Thompson 21.