The Lady Cats split their two regular season matches last week before playing several matches in their Joseph City Tournament over the weekend.
Playing at 3A Tuba City on Tuesday of last week the 1A Wildcats battled the top 10 Warriors to a five-game match before falling 2-3. Tuba City took the first game 25-19, but Joseph City fought back and took the second 25-16. The Warriors dominated game three, winning it 25-8 only to see the Wildcats take game four 25-22. Tuba City won game five 15-6 to win the match.
Kate Edwards did her part at the net against the bigger school, finishing with 26 kills. Samantha Jesmer added eight and Kadence Armstrong had five. Brenlee Hutchens served five aces and Kayle James had three. James led with 25 digs, followed closely by Edwards with 24, and Jesmer with 23. James finished the match with 38 assists.
Hosting Superior on Thursday the Wildcats had a much easier time. They took care of the Panthers in three straight games, 25-6, 25-15 and 25-8.
Edwards finished with 17 kills. Armstrong added 9, April Neil had seven, and Ava Neil finished with six. James served 5 aces, and April Neil had 4. Edwards led the digs with 10. Ava Neil finished with eight. James led the team in assists with 33.
Joseph City enters this week with a regular season record of 8-5. They were ranked eighth in the 1A standings at the end of last week. They have five regular season matches left before playing in the 1A Copper tournament. This week they will host Cibecue on Wednesday and then play at Hayden on Saturday. Next week they host Mogollon on Tuesday, play at Fort Thomas on Thursday then wrap up a busy week and the regular season by hosting Rock Point on Saturday.
