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The Roadrunner’s up and down season continued over the weekend with a loss at Blue Ridge on Jan. 18 followed by a home court win over Valley Sanders on Saturday night. Since returning to the court in January, Holbrook has alternated wins and losses through the first five games.
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Blue Ridge entered Friday’s game ranked one spot above the Roadrunners in the 13th position of the 3A power rankings. Playing in front of a large crowd, both teams scorched the nets early combing for 43 first period points with Holbrook on top 23-20. In the second, Holbrook cooled off but Blue Ridge turned up the heat draining an additional 25 points to lead 45-33 at the break. The Jackets again lit things up in the third netting another 23 points while limiting Holbrook to just 11 to open up the game 68-44. Holbrook scored better in the fourth but the damage was already done with Blue Ridge winning the game 84-60.
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Josiah Freddie led Holbrook with 17; Kobi Koerperich added 16; Tynen Thomas, 7; Anthony Nelson, 5; Hadley Wilson, 5; Jeffrey Jones, 4; Zeke Begaii, 2; Damien Clark, 2; Oscar Hernandez, 2; and Ethan Bahe helped with 2. Holbrook made four of six free throws and connected on six three-point shots in the loss.
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Blue Ridge was led by Corey Endfield with 25 points. Darrien Burnette did his part with 19 points. The Yellowjackets made 15 of 20 charity tosses and connected on a dozen three-point shots.
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Holbrook returned to the win column on Saturday night with a home court 70-39 win over visiting Valley Sanders. The Roadrunners netted 17 in each of the first two periods to lead 34-20 at the break helped in part by a jaw-dropping block from Jeffrey Jones, which ignited the large crowd. In the second half, Valley was just outmanned as Holbrook poured in 25 points in the third to open up a 30 point lead and get the game to a running clock.
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Koerperich and Freddie each canned 22 points. Blayne Nelson added 9; Jeffrey Jones had 5; Thomas, 5; Nelson, 3; Hernandez and Wilson both had two. Holbrook made seven trios and went 12 for 16 at the line.
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Valley was led by Marquette Thompson with 13 points. The Pirates made 8 of 10 free throws and hit three treys.
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With the win Holbrook improved their season mark to 11-10 and their regular season record moved to 6-5. After playing at Show Low on Tuesday (Jan. 22) they will make a trip to Payson on Friday. The Cougars will be coming in off an upset loss to Snowflake on Saturday.
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