Joseph City made a clean sweep of their three games played last week helping their overall power rankings in the process. They opened the week on the road in Seligman on Tuesday with a 20-point win over the Antelopes.
The Wildcats jumped on top early netting 30 first-period points to build a comfortable lead. Their lead extended to 52-24 at the half. The team cruised in the second half before closing out the game on top 77-57.
Twelve different players scored for the Cats who were led by Karter Lampsa with 17. Tyler Penrod and Bryce Bushman each had a dozen. Jareon Miller added 6, as did Blake Palmer and John Weightman. Bannon Johnstun had 4; Darmarcus Bufford, 4; Bridger Fields, 4; Brent Bush, 3; Ethan Thomas, 2; and Cole Moss helped with a single point.
Hosting Fort Thomas on Friday night, Joseph City again started strong with a 14-point lead through the first eight minutes. They led by 41-12 at the half, but the third quarter really put the game out of reach. Joseph City outscored the Apaches 36-6 in the third period alone before closing the game out with an 88-33 final outcome.
Lampsa led the way with 16 points. Penrod added 12; Johnstun, 11; Weightman, 10; Miller, 9; Palmer, 8; Bushman, 6; Bush, 5; Fields, 4; Bufford, 3; and Zane Johnson and Ethan Thomas each had two.
Hosting Williams on Saturday afternoon the Wildcats had their closest game of the week. They again started quickly outscoring the Vikings 23-15 in the first, but from that point on the game was close. Joseph City led 32-26 at the half. They held a 9-point lead after three and played the final eight minutes even in the 67-58 home court win.
Miller led the way with 19 points. Lampsa added 18, Johnstun, 12; Bushman, 8; Johnson, 4; and Palmer, Fields and Penrod each netted two.
Joseph City has four regular season games remaining. Two will be played this week and two next week. On Wednesday they host Red Mesa. Saturday they will welcome in Mayer. Next Monday they travel to Ash Fork. They will close out the regular season on Feb. 2 with a home match up with Seligman.
Joseph City enters this week with an overall record of 16-9. They are 9-2 in regular season action.
