It was not the season opener the Superior High School girls basketball team was looking, Thursday. They fell to the Sutton Fillies 53-47 at Sutton. They roared back with a 62-7 trouncing of Republic County at Superior, Saturday.

The Wildcats held a 13-11 first quarter lead against Sutton. A bizarre second quarter which saw several Superior players on the bench with multiple fouls, put them in a deep hole they were unable to climb out of. Superior was held scoreless while the Fillies dropped in 17 points to take a 28-13 lead into the halfway intermission. Superior found their touch in the third quarter narrowing the gap to 38-25. A ferocious attempt at a comeback stalled out when time expired. Superior put up 22 points in the final frame while holding the Fillies to 15. It was not enough. Superior departed Sutton with a 0-1 record after the 53-47 loss.

The game against Republic County was different. Superior jumped out to a 26-0 lead after the first quarter. It was all Wildcats, 34-2, at the half. Matter kept getting worse for Republic County as they trailed 50-4 at the end of three quarters. When time mercifully expired, the Buffaloes had been stamped by a 62-7 score and Superior evened their record at 1-1.

Superior hosted the Fairbury Jeffs, Tuesday, with game results unavailable at press time.

Shayla Meyer topped the Wildcat scoring chart against Sutton with 24. Ella Gardner dropped through eight points. Laci Kirchhoff was good for seven points. Neah McMeen added five points. Teegan Duncan scored three points. Meyer pulled down 15 rebounds. Duncan landed three rebounds. Gardner and Kirchhoff grabbed two rebounds each. Halle Bargen, Faith Butler and Madison Heusinkvelt nabbed a rebound apiece.

Every Wildcat player on the roster scored during the Republic County game. Gardner and Meyer tossed up nine points each. Emma Henderson was good for eight points. Bargen, Duncan, Kirchhoff and McMeen netted six points apiece. Butler accounted for five points. Lilly Edwards, Mia Gardner and Heusinkvelt notched two points apiece. Sadie Cornell sank a free throw for a point. Meyer hauled off seven rebounds. Duncan nailed five rebounds. E. Gardner and Henderson landed four rebounds each. Bargen, Cornell and Heusinkvelt posted three rebounds apiece. M. Gardner and Kirchhoff had two rebounds each.

Faith Butler (12) looks to score for Superior during Saturday's 62-7 trouncing of Republic County at Superior.

Superior heads to Wilber, Saturday, for a game with the Wilber-Clatonia Wolverines. The Wildcats travel to Blue Hill Tuesday to take on the Bobcats.