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Joseph City returned from the break with their offense in tact scoring 64 points in both of their games last week. Unfortunately for Wildcat fans, their defensive side of the court didn’t come out of the break in as good of form. Joseph City fell at home to second ranked Ft. Thomas on Thursday by a final of 64-78. On Saturday they once again netted 64 points, but like their first outing they struggled to stop Williams who won the game 75-64.
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Hosting Ft. Thomas on Thursday, the Wildcats and the Apaches scored well early with the two combining for 42 total points in the first quarter. The Cats poured in another 18 in the second and trailed 39-38 at the break. In the second half the Wildcats just couldn’t score enough to keep up. Ft. Thomas again put up 39 in the second half, but Joseph City managed only 26 in the loss.
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Latrell Kinlicheenie certainly did his part draining 25 points, which included five treys. Seth Hutchens made three treys and finished with 13 points. KJ Kinlicheenie helped with 9; Jay Edwards, 8; Carlos Sanchez, 6; and Kaden Moss finished with 3.
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Playing in Williams on Saturday, the Wildcats again performed well in the first half but trailed 34-26 at the break. In the second half they scored better with 38 points, but defensively they allowed the Vikings to net 41 leaving Joseph City on the wrong side of an 11-point outcome.
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KJ Kinlicheenie led the Cats on offense with a 20-point performance. Sanchez added 15, with 13 rebounds; Edwards, 10; Hutchens, 8; Latrell Kinlicheenie added 7, with 10 boards; Moss had 2: and Talon Smith also finished with 2.
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With the two losses the Wildcats saw their regular season record dip to 6-4. Overall Joseph City is 8-11. After playing in Mogollon on Tuesday, Joseph City will host Mayer on Friday, then will travel to Ash Fork on Saturday.
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