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The Wildcats made it to the championship game of the 1A Central regional tournament played on their home court where they won against Mayor then fell to top ranked Mogollon by a final of 35-49 in the title game.
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The Cats easily took care of Mayer in the opening round, knocking out their counterpart Wildcats 76-30. Jay Edwards had a nice game with 21 points. BJ Martineau and Seth Hutchens netted 10 apiece. The win put them into the semi-final round where they outlasted Williams, 79-75. Latrell Kinlicheenie led the way with 27 points, 15 of which came from behind the arc. Edwards added 20, and Hutchens also scored well with 18.
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In the championship game against Mogollon points were hard to come by. The Mustangs won the title game 49-35, Joseph City struggled in the first half with just 14 points, which left them down by double digits. They scored better in the second half but couldn’t make up the deficit. Carlos Sanchez led in scoring with 9 points and Edwards added 8.
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The Wildcats are still in the 1A State Tournament qualifying as the 13th seed. They will face fourth seeded Ray at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 15, at Prescott High School. With a win they would match up with the Duncan/Cibecue winner in the second round on Saturday.
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