The
Jaguars lost consecutive games at Kingman, home against Deer
Valley and at Goldwater to finish the regular season 8‑16
overall and 4‑10 in the Northwest Region. The Feb. 2 loss
to Kingman settled fifth place in the region, meaning the Jaguars
entered regionals as the No. 6 seed.
Boulder
Creek was scheduled to face third‑seeded Mountain Ridge
(15‑10, 11‑3) Feb. 12 in the first round of the
Northwest Region tournament. Results were unavailable at press
time.
Bulldogs
end season with big win over Jags
NORTH
VALLEY – Goldwater ended its season on a high note with a 68‑49
win Feb. 9 over neighbor Boulder Creek.
It
was only the Bulldogs’ second Northwest Region of the season
and fifth overall. Goldwater (5‑21, 2‑12) failed
to qualify for the postseason region tournament, however, as
it finished two games behind Boulder Creek in the standings
for the sixth and final playoff spot.
The
Bulldogs won two of their final five games since breaking a
seven‑game losing streak Jan. 30. Goldwater tried to make
it two wins in a row to end the season, but Kingman used a 25‑12
run in the fourth quarter Feb. 6 to beat the Bulldogs 77‑63.
Cactus
Shadows comes up short for third time
CAVE
CREEK – The third time was not the charm for Cactus Shadows,
which went 0‑for‑3 this season against Notre Dame
after losing again last week.
The
Falcons dropped the two regular season meetings between the
two teams, then came up short 59‑52 in the Wells Fargo
2 Region tournament championship game Feb. 9 at Notre Dame.
Cactus
Shadows, which earned the No. 9 seed at this week’s 4A‑Division
II state tournament, stayed much closer to Notre Dame than the
last meeting–a 78‑42 Notre Dame win on Jan. 26.
Phillip
Aholt again led the team with 19 points, followed by 14 from
Kyle Foley and nine from Ryan Aholt, who missed much of the
season with an injury. Tom Fow did most of the damage for Notre
Dame, scoring a game‑high 20 points.
Cactus
Shadows (13‑15) had won seven of 10 games before the Notre
Dame loss. The Falcons vaulted from 15th to ninth in 4A‑II
Power Points in the span of a week. However, the No. 9 seed
for the state tournament might turn out to be a curse. The Falcons
missed hosting a game by one seed and instead had to travel
to Palo Verde in Tucson Feb. 13. Results of the game were unavailable
at press time.
The
winner would likely play at No. 1 Desert Edge in the quarterfinals
Feb. 16.
Reach
the reporter at jason@thedesertadvocate.com.
