Joseph City had a good run on the hardwood last week with three consecutive wins, moving the Wildcats into 12th place in the 1A power rankings.
The Wildcats won at Mayer in a big way Tuesday, outscoring their Wildcat counterparts 59-20.
Matt Fields led the way with 18 points. Latrelle Kinlicheenie added 11; Troy Poudrier, 9; Aaron Johnstun and Carlos Sanchez, 7 each; KJ Kinlicheenie, 6; and Seth Hutchens, 2. Joseph City made just one of three from behind the arc, but shot 54 percent from two-point range.
Hosting rival Mogollon on Friday night the Cats jumped out to a 10-point lead in the first period. The Mustangs answered in the second by outscoring Joseph City by 11 to lead 16-15 at the half. The Cats won the second half by five points to earn a 40-36 victory.
The trio of Fields, KJ Kinlicheenie and Latrelle Kinlicheenie led the team in scoring with 8 points each. Johnstun and Sanchez took care of the rebounds, collecting 14 and 11 respectively. In addition, they each scored 6 points. Bryndon Buckley and Poudrier added 2 each.
Joseph City launched 23 three-point shots, but connected on only two, both by KJ Kinlicheenie. At the line the Wildcats converted 10 of 21 free throws.
Playing at Grand Canyon on Saturday, Joseph City again got off to a good start, building a 15-point lead. In the second the Wildcats increased that margin to 33-16 before cruising to a 61-28 win.
Fields led the way with 19 points and 13 boards. Johnstun added 9 points; Latrelle Kinlicheenie, 8; Poudrier, 7; KJ Kinlicheenie and Sanchez, 6 each; and Buckley and Kaden Moss, 3 each.
The Cats shot well from distance in this game, connecting on 8 of 15 attempts with the Kinlicheenie boys making two each.
With the three wins the Wildcats improved to 12-8 on the season and moved up in the rankings at the beginning of this week.
After hosting Basis School of Flagstaff on Tuesday, the Wildcats will meet the Mustangs for a rematch on Thursday, Jan. 19, in Heber. On Friday they host Williams.
