The Lady Wildcats took a four-game winning streak into the holiday break and extended that to seven games with three consecutive victories following the break.
They returned to the court on Tuesday last week with a dominating 76-18 home court win over Cibecue. Defensively they gave up just 2 points in the first period and again in the fourth quarter. The Lady Cats poured in a combined 47 points in the second and third quarters.
Gabbie Jesmer led the team in scoring with 17 points. Amber Neill also scored in double figures with 16. April Neill added 8; Ava Neill, 8; McKenzie Jesmer, 6; Audrey Neill, 6; Jaydiana Kinlicheenie, 4; and Sahzira Schoby helped with 2 points.
Thursday night the Wildcats traveled to the Valley to face Veritas Prep Academy. Despite the long trip, they had few problems handling the Falcons with a 64-31 win.
Saturday afternoon, the Lady Wildcats hosted Scottsdale Prep. Another game, another big win, with the host team prevailing 56-32 over the Spartans.
Those three wins have advanced Joseph City’s regular season mark to 9-1 and finds them ranked second in the state in the 1A power rankings heading into this week. The team is 17-7 overall heading into this week.
Three games are on top for this week. Tuesday, they travel to Williams. The team returns home on Thursday to host Superior. Friday night they will host a good Fort Thomas team. Next Monday they will travel to Cibecue.
