Thornton leads Wampus Cats past Knights

CLARK FORK — Brocklynn Thornton posted a double-double to lead Clark Fork past Lakeside 39-34 in North Star League girls basketball makeup game Wednesday night in Clark Fork.

Thornton scored 10 points, pulled down 13 boards and nabbed six steals, Dimi Kailang added 11 points and Celeste Komanec seven points and three dimes to lead the Wampus Cats (5-5, 1-1 NSL), who avenged an earlier season loss to the Knights.

“We played with a little better control and didn’t turn the ball over as much,” said Cats head coach Dexter Vogel of the difference in the second meeting of the two league powers. “We kept our composure at the end and pulled out a victory.”

Joelle Miller led the Knights (7-3) with 13 points in defeat.

Clark Fork is at Kootenai on Saturday.

Lakeside    12    6     9      7 — 34

Clark Fork 11    7    10    11 — 39

LAKESIDE — Louie 3, Davis 6, Whaley 1, Brown-Sonder 5, J. Miller 13, S. Miller 2, Hendricks 4.

CLARK FORK — Palmer 7, McMahon 2, Vogel 2, Kailang 11, Komanec 7, Thornton 10.