PREP FOOTBALL: Clark Fork falls to Mullan/St. Regis 20-6 in season-opener
Jackson Clemens rushes downfield and drags three Tigers with him in Friday's 20-6 loss against Mullan/St. Regis.
Photo by MAX OSWALD
The Clark Fork Football team huddles up during a timeout near the end of the second half on Friday.
Mullan/St. Regis and Clark Fork get set on the line before a play during the second half on Friday.
John Pruitt of Mullan/St. Regis stiff arms a Clark Fork defender. Pruitt scored all three Mullan/St. Regis touchdowns on Friday.
CLARK FORK — The final score doesn’t show how hard the Wampus Cats battled as Clark Fork lost 20-6 to Mullan/St. Regis in Friday’s football season-opener at Clark Fork High School.
The Wampus Cats were stopped on fourth and goal on two different occasions; the first time on the last play of the second quarter and the second, with under three minutes to go in the fourth.
After the first quarter, the score was knotted 0-0. Mullan/St. Regis could not take advantage of a promising first possession having committed four penalties (one declined) which cost them 25 yards. In the second quarter, Mullan got on the board first with a 52-yard receiving touchdown from quarterback Conner Louis to wide receiver John Pruitt. Clark Fork’s Jackson Clemens eventually tied things up with a rushing touchdown of his own, 6-6. Clemens had 17 carries, a touchdown, and 87 yards rushing on the night.
Later in the third, Mullan/St. Regis completed a 74-yard pass to put themselves on the 1-yard line. The drive was eventually capped off by a 7-yard rushing touchdown by Pruitt, 12-6. Early in the fourth quarter the Tigers took a 20-6 lead, thanks to another 53-yard receiving touchdown by Pruitt, who scored all three Mullan/St. Regis touchdowns.
Some other notable performances from Clark Fork were Chase Sanroman who had 16 carries for 54 yards; Dillon Ryan-Downing who had nine carries for 25 yards; and Evrett Montgomery who had an interception in the third quarter.
Clark Fork (0-1) will be back in action against Kootenai on Friday, August 25 at home.
MULLAN 20 CLARK FORK 6
Mullan 0 6 6 8 – 20
Clark Fork 0 6 0 0 – 6
