The Wildcats pushed their current win streak to eight games with three more victories coming last week. Tuesday night they were at Mayer where they overmatched the home team Wildcats, 69-26.
A 28-5 first quarter, was followed by a 21-4 second quarter leaving the Wildcats in complete control with the 40-point halftime lead. With bench players playing the second half, the game was more competitive but the final was never in doubt.
Jaimen Tsosie led with 25 points. Eli James added 12, and Trenton Deets, Cort Miller and Coltran James each netted 6. Anakin Hutchens added 5; Gabe Chairez, 3; Kase Fish, 2; William Grant, 2; and Tatum Dixon finished with 2.
Hosting Williams on Thursday night the game was much more competitive. Williams built a 5-point lead through the first eight minutes, only to see the Wildcats overtake them by 4 points by the half time break. Joseph City scored well in the third with a 22-point effort, then finished off the Vikings in the fourth to get the 77-64 win.
Cort Miller led the way with 20 points. Tsosie added 18; Eli James, 11; Heston Miller, 7; King Robinson, 7; Coltran James, 4; Jaxon Arnell, 3; and Fish added 2.
Saturday’s game at Seligman was a little more comfortable. A 5-point first quarter lead exploded to a 48-22 halftime lead thanks to a 31-point second quarter for Joseph City. They stayed hot in the third, then slowed things down in the fourth of the 77-52 win.
Eli James had a slow week by his standards but made up for it in this game. He finished with 29 points. Heston Miller added 12, Hutchens, 7; Robinson, 6; Tsosie, 5; Cort Miller, 5; Arnell, 4; Fish, 3; Deets, 2, Grant, 2; and Dixon helped with 2 points.
With the three wins Joseph City moves their overall season record to 17-6. They are 10-3 in regular season games and ranked fifth in the 1A power rankings heading into Saturday’s game. This week they will host Mogollon on Tuesday, travel to Sedona on Wednesday, and host Grand Canyon on Friday night.
