BLISSFIELD — A fast start by the Blissfield Royals signaled doom for the Whiteford Bobcats Friday night in a 70-58 loss.

The Bobcats fell behind 25-10 after the first quarter and never could close the gap.

Hunter Lake led Whiteford in the scoring column with 17 points while Zack Bertz scored 16 and Logan Murphy 14.

Whiteford (0-7)  is off until playing in the Emmanuel Christian Warrior Classic on December 28-29.

Blissfield 70, Whiteford 58

WHITEFORD (58)

Lake 7 3-7 17, Bertz 7(1) 1-2 16, Badenhop 2(1) 0-0 5, Bauman 1 0-0 2, Murphy 5(4) 0-0 14, Marchant 1(1) 0-0 3, Williams 0 1-2 1. Totals 23(7) 5-11 54.

BLISSFIELD (70)

Ty Wyman 8(3) 3-4 22, VanSteekiste 3 0-0 6, Dean Wyman 2 3-4 7, Sullivan 1(1) 0-0 3, Z. Horky 3 3-6 9, Strahan 1 0-0 2, S. Horky 3 0-0 6, Ganun 7(1) 0-0 15. Totals 28(5) 9-14-70.

WHITEFORD       10           17           11           20           –              58

BLISSFIELD          25           5             19           24           –              70

Total fouls – Whiteford 18, Blissfield 14. Fouled out – None. Technical fouls – Lake.