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Cortez Thunderbird

Colts

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The Thunderbird (Phoenix, AZ) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's home non-conference game against Cortez (Phoenix, AZ) by a score of 62-39.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Cortez	-	-	-	-	62
Thunderbird	-	-	-	-	39

Final score provided by A. Danzy.

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Game Stats

Thunderbird (25-26)

Cortez

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	62	22	43	51	57
0	Joshua Holland (Jr)	8	4
1	Pedro Rodriguez (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
2	Alijah Smock (Jr)	7	2
5	Ricky Gomez (Jr)	3	1	1	100	100
12	Carter Wells (Jr)	6	3	7	43	43
14	Elisha Chambara (Jr)	3	1	1	100	150
20	C. Henderson (Jr)	9	3	13	23	27
22	J. Anthony (Jr)	2	0	2	0	0
24	Saint Fields (Jr)	2	1	3	33	33
30	Jordan Johnson (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0
32	Kaden Ramirez (Jr)	21	7	12	58	67
34	Clifford Hudson (Sr)	1

Thunderbird

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	159	39	15	43	35	37
1	Joel Fungafatt	19	10	4	12	33	33
3	Fred Francis (Sr)	31	8	3	6	50	50
5	Daryl Little (So)	29	2	1	3	33	33
10	Brennen Lick (Jr)	10	2	1	2	50	50
12	D. Peterson (So)	11	0	0	1	0	0
13	T. Wittbrodt (Jr)	2	0	0	0
20	Weston Lewis (Fr)	18	2	1	7	14	14
30	C. Schmeltz (So)	7	2	1	2	50	50
35	Carson Canter (So)	26	13	4	10	40	50

Cortez

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	62	5	12		13	16	81	17	31	55
0	Joshua Holland (Jr)	8	0		0	0		0	4
1	Pedro Rodriguez (Sr)	0							0	1	0
2	Alijah Smock (Jr)	7	1			2			1
5	Ricky Gomez (Jr)	3	0	0	0	1	2	50	1	1	100
12	Carter Wells (Jr)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	43
14	Elisha Chambara (Jr)	3	1	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	C. Henderson (Jr)	9	1	5	20	2	5	40	2	8	25
22	J. Anthony (Jr)	2	0	0	0	2	2	100	0	2	0
24	Saint Fields (Jr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
30	Jordan Johnson (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
32	Kaden Ramirez (Jr)	21	2	4	50	5	5	100	5	8	63
34	Clifford Hudson (Sr)	1				1	2	50

Thunderbird

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	159	39	2	10	20	7	17	41	13	33	39
1	Joel Fungafatt	19	10	0	0	0	2	2	100	4	12	33
3	Fred Francis (Sr)	31	8	0	2	0	2	2	100	3	4	75
5	Daryl Little (So)	29	2	0	1	0	0	5	0	1	2	50
10	Brennen Lick (Jr)	10	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	50
12	D. Peterson (So)	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	T. Wittbrodt (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Weston Lewis (Fr)	18	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	4	25
30	C. Schmeltz (So)	7	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
35	Carson Canter (So)	26	13	2	3	67	3	6	50	2	7	29

Cortez

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	62	9	19	28	12	18	4	14
0	Joshua Holland (Jr)	8	1	1	2	6	4		2
1	Pedro Rodriguez (Sr)	0							1
2	Alijah Smock (Jr)	7	3	2	5				1
5	Ricky Gomez (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0			1
12	Carter Wells (Jr)	6	3	5	8	1	2		4
14	Elisha Chambara (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	C. Henderson (Jr)	9	0	2	2	3	3	1	2
22	J. Anthony (Jr)	2	0	3	3	1	3		1
24	Saint Fields (Jr)	2	0	1	1		1	1
30	Jordan Johnson (Sr)	0	1	1	2		0	0	1
32	Kaden Ramirez (Jr)	21	0	3	3	1	5	2	1
34	Clifford Hudson (Sr)	1	1	1	2

Thunderbird

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	159	39	12	19	31	15	7	5	26	16
1	Joel Fungafatt	19	10	3	2	5	1	0	0	1	1
3	Fred Francis (Sr)	31	8	1	4	5	2	0	1	2	2
5	Daryl Little (So)	29	2	2	3	5	8	4	0	6	3
10	Brennen Lick (Jr)	10	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	1
12	D. Peterson (So)	11	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	4
13	T. Wittbrodt (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
20	Weston Lewis (Fr)	18	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	7	0
30	C. Schmeltz (So)	7	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
35	Carson Canter (So)	26	13	3	8	11	2	2	4	2	3

Cortez

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Defl
	Team Totals	0.86	1.29	11
0	Joshua Holland (Jr)	3.00	2.00	2
2	Alijah Smock (Jr)			2
12	Carter Wells (Jr)	0.25	0.50	2
20	C. Henderson (Jr)	1.50	1.50	3
22	J. Anthony (Jr)	1.00	3.00
24	Saint Fields (Jr)			1
32	Kaden Ramirez (Jr)	1.00	5.00	1

Thunderbird

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.58	0.27	0.44	0.31	1	14
1	Joel Fungafatt	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	2
3	Fred Francis (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	0	4
5	Daryl Little (So)	1.33	0.67	1.33	0.00	0	2
10	Brennen Lick (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
12	D. Peterson (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	2
20	Weston Lewis (Fr)	0.00	0.14	1.00	0.00	1	1
30	C. Schmeltz (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
35	Carson Canter (So)	1.00	1.00	0.67	1.33	0	2

Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Cortez crushes Thunderbird

December 17, 2025: Phoenix, AZ 85023

The Cortez Colts (Phoenix, AZ) basketball crushed the host Thunderbird Titans (Phoenix, AZ), 62-39 in Wednesday's non-league bout.

The Colts now possess a 4-3 record. They play next when they travel to Coronado for a 4A Black Canyon bout on Tuesday, January 6. Cortez will play a Dons team coming off a 99-58 non-league loss to Saguaro (Scottsdale, AZ). The Dons record now stands at 3-7.

The Titans (0-9) will now prepare for their test against Neah-Kah-Nie (Rockaway Beach, OR). The Pirates come into the non-league test with a 4-2 record. In their last test, Neah-Kah-Nie bounced Knappa (Astoria, OR), 67-42, in a non-league test.

Players of the Game

Cortez (25-26)

Congratulations to #32 Kaden Ramirez for being selected the Cortez Basketball Player of the Game.

Thunderbird (25-26)

Congratulations to #35 Carson Canter for being selected the Thunderbird Basketball Player of the Game.

Cortez @ Thunderbird Basketball Game Info

Wed., Dec. 17, 2025 @ 7p

Thunderbird High School

The Thunderbird (Phoenix, AZ) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's home non-conference game against Cortez (Phoenix, AZ) by a score of 62-39.

Rankings & Records

Cortez (25-26)

AZ	Div.
158	30

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
13-11	6-4	6-3	4-5	3-3	.542	.600	1,347	1,286

Thunderbird (25-26)

AZ	Div.
196	36

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
9-17	6-4	4-6	3-7	2-4	.346	.600	1,185	1,424

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Cortez	15.1	13.4	16.1	17.3	56.1
Thunderbird	12.0	10.5	16.3	12.5	45.6

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Team Stat Comparison

Cortez		Thunderbird
49.0	Points Per Game	43.6
21.7	Rebounds Per Game	29.2
8.0	Assists Per Game	11.8
8.6	Steals Per Game	9.7
2.9	Blocks Per Game	2.5

Team Leaders

Cortez		Thunderbird	National Avg.
#12 Carter Wells16.1	Points Per Game	#35 Carson Canter8.7	4.9
#12 Carter Wells9.7	Rebounds Per Game	#35 Carson Canter6.1	2.6
#0 Joshua Holland3.8	Assists Per Game	#5 Daryl Little3.3	1.0
#0 Joshua Holland2.3	Steals Per Game	#5 Daryl Little2.9	0.8
#12 Carter Wells1.9	Blocks Per Game	#35 Carson Canter1.8	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Cortez	5-4		Thunderbird	6-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/28/25	Youngker	Cortez	(W) 67-52	1/12/26	Youngker	Thunderbird	(W) 66-65
12/2/25	Cortez	Greenway	(L) 54-52	12/27/25	Thunderbird	Greenway	(L) 66-64
				1/16/26	Thunderbird	Greenway	(L) 53-43
				2/5/26	Greenway	Thunderbird	(W) 43-37
12/10/25	Cortez	Shadow Mountain	(W) 57-42	1/22/26	Shadow Mountain	Thunderbird	(W) 57-51
				2/10/26	Thunderbird	Shadow Mountain	(W) 45-30
12/26/25	Mica Mountain	Cortez	(L) 76-53	12/22/25	Thunderbird	Mica Mountain	(L) 88-48
12/27/25	Goldwater	Cortez	(W) 61-32	12/23/25	Goldwater	Thunderbird	(W) 61-39
				1/8/26	Goldwater	Thunderbird	(L) 36-20
				1/29/26	Thunderbird	Goldwater	(W) 44-42
1/8/26	Tempe	Cortez	(W) 51-46	11/26/25	Thunderbird	Tempe	(L) 57-49
1/29/26	Cortez	Tempe	(W) 67-34
1/23/26	Cortez	Dysart	(L) 63-46	12/10/25	Thunderbird	Dysart	(L) 76-32
2/10/26	Dysart	Cortez	(L) 55-46

Record Breakdown

Cortez (25-26)		Thunderbird (25-26)
13-11	Overall	9-17
6-4	League	6-4
5-4	Non-League	2-8
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
5-4	Common Opponent	6-6
6-3	Home	4-6
4-5	Away	3-7
3-3	Neutral	2-4
0-0	Playoff	0-0
13-11	In-State	9-16
0-0	Out-of-State	0-1