Recap: Orting Cardinals vs. Clover Park Timberwolves        
        
		
            
 If the Orting Cardinals were riding high  off their  39-19 takedown of the Foss Falcons last Wednesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. Orting took a serious blow against Clover Park on Wednesday, falling  57-24. Orting lost against Clover Park in their previous head to head  back in February of 2023, too, but the margin this time around was much wider than the  41-22 score last time.
  Kamila Salanoa was  her usual excellent self,  dropping  a double-double on 24 points and 23  rebounds for Clover Park. That makes it eight consecutive games in which  Salanoa has scored at least 25% of Clover Park's points. Another player making a difference was  Mekaia Williams, who  scored 14 points along with five  steals.
 Orting's defeat was  their fourth straight at home dating back to last season, which  bumped their record down to 1-2. As for Clover Park,  the  win  makes it two in a row for them and  bumps their season record up to 5-3.
 Orting won't have much time to rest: their next  contest is against Charles Wright at 5:30  p.m.  on January 11th. As for Clover Park, they will be playing at home against Foss at 5:15  p.m.  on Friday. Foss comes in still looking for their first win of the season.