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Cholla Safford

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The Safford (AZ) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Cholla (Tucson, AZ) by a score of 78-68.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Cholla	-	-	-	-	78
Safford	-	-	-	-	68

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Game Stats

Safford (25-26)

Cholla

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	59	13	34	38	41
1	Kaylyn Miguel (Sr)	21
11	L. Mendoza (Fr)	5	1	7	14	21
25	Jerry Mendoza (Sr)	33	12	27	44	46

Safford

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	68	23	50	46	51
3	Mason Hatch (Sr)	21	7	15	47	53
4	Grady Lackner (Sr)	10	2	4	50	75
5	Fernando Felix (Sr)	16	6	16	38	41
10	Dane Jacobson (Jr)	1	0	1	0	0
15	Royal Smith (Sr)	4	2	3	67	67
24	Trae Gaines (So)	14	5	9	56	56
25	Cade Kenehan (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50

Cholla

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	59	2	13	15	10	13	77	11	21	52
1	Kaylyn Miguel (Sr)	21
11	L. Mendoza (Fr)	5	1	4	25	2	5	40	0	3	0
25	Jerry Mendoza (Sr)	33	1	9	11	8	8	100	11	18	61

Safford

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	68	5	21	24	17	20	85	18	29	62
3	Mason Hatch (Sr)	21	2	8	25	5	5	100	5	7	71
4	Grady Lackner (Sr)	10	2	3	67	4	4	100	0	1	0
5	Fernando Felix (Sr)	16	1	6	17	3	4	75	5	10	50
10	Dane Jacobson (Jr)	1	0	1	0	1	2	50	0	0	0
15	Royal Smith (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	67
24	Trae Gaines (So)	14	0	3	0	4	5	80	5	6	83
25	Cade Kenehan (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50

Cholla

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO
	Team Totals	59	11	9	11	2
1	Kaylyn Miguel (Sr)	21
11	L. Mendoza (Fr)	5	5	3	2
25	Jerry Mendoza (Sr)	33	6	6	9	2

Safford

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	PF
	Team Totals	68	8	21	29	13	4	12
3	Mason Hatch (Sr)	21	1	0	1	3	1	1
4	Grady Lackner (Sr)	10	1	1	2	1	2	1
5	Fernando Felix (Sr)	16	0	2	2	4	0	5
10	Dane Jacobson (Jr)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Royal Smith (Sr)	4	3	7	10	1	0	1
24	Trae Gaines (So)	14	3	10	13	4	1	4
25	Cade Kenehan (Jr)	2	0	1	1	0	0	0

Cholla

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl	TF
	Team Totals	4.50	5.50
25	Jerry Mendoza (Sr)	3.00	4.50

Safford

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	13.00	4.00	0.33	1	7
3	Mason Hatch (Sr)	3.00	1.00	1.00	0	2
4	Grady Lackner (Sr)	1.00	2.00	2.00	0	3
5	Fernando Felix (Sr)	4.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
15	Royal Smith (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
24	Trae Gaines (So)	4.00	1.00	0.25	1	2

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Game Story

Arizona High School Basketball - Cholla fells Safford

February 3, 2026: Safford, AZ 85546

The Cholla Chargers basketball squad scored 78 points and held the host Safford Bulldogs to 68 in the Chargers non-league victory on Tuesday.

Next, the Chargers confront the Sahuarita Mustangs (Sahuarita, AZ) in a 4A Gila outing, on Thursday, February 5. Cholla will attempt to upgrade on its 14-4 season record. The Mustangs come into the outing with a 12-13 record after their 57-47 league loss to Douglas (Douglas, AZ).

The Bulldogs (11-13) will now prepare for their outing against Tanque Verde (Tucson, AZ). The Hawks come into the 3A South outing with a 10-11 record. In their last outing, Tanque Verde went down by Palo Verde (Tucson, AZ), 73-39, in a league bout.

Cholla @ Safford Basketball Game Info

Tue., Feb. 3, 2026 @ 7p

Safford High School

The Safford (AZ) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Cholla (Tucson, AZ) by a score of 78-68.

Rankings & Records

Cholla (25-26)

AZ	Div.
106	18

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
17-8	5-3	7-3	8-4	2-1	.680	.625	1,578	1,409

Safford (25-26)

AZ	Div.
178	24

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
12-15	5-3	4-6	6-5	2-4	.444	.625	1,636	1,729

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Cholla	11.4	13.4	14.0	20.3	-	63.1
Safford	13.0	10.8	14.3	15.3	5.0	60.6

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Team Stat Comparison

Cholla		Safford
50.1	Points Per Game	9.0
6.6	Rebounds Per Game	3.9
4.6	Assists Per Game	1.5
5.4	Steals Per Game	0.7
0.7	Blocks Per Game	0.1

Team Leaders

Cholla		Safford	National Avg.
#25 Jerry Mendoza29.4	Points Per Game	#24 Trae Gaines22.5	4.8
#25 Jerry Mendoza3.7	Rebounds Per Game	#24 Trae Gaines9.8	2.5
#25 Jerry Mendoza3.3	Assists Per Game	#24 Trae Gaines3.8	1.0
#25 Jerry Mendoza3.9	Steals Per Game	#24 Trae Gaines1.0	0.8
#0 Isaac Wilson1.0	Blocks Per Game	#24 Trae Gaines0.5	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Cholla	2-2		Safford	1-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/2/25	Palo Verde	Cholla	(W) 55-46	1/13/26	Palo Verde	Safford	(L) 81-60
12/18/25	Cholla	Catalina	(W) 64-35	1/9/26	Catalina	Safford	(W) 64-33
1/26/26	Cholla	Douglas	(L) 54-46	11/19/25	Safford	Douglas	(L) 71-41
2/10/26	Douglas	Cholla	(L) 75-66

Record Breakdown

Cholla (25-26)		S Safford (25-26)
17-8	Overall	12-15
5-3	League	5-3
10-2	Non-League	5-7
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-2	Common Opponent	1-2
7-3	Home	4-6
8-4	Away	6-5
2-1	Neutral	2-4
1-1	Playoff	0-0
17-8	In-State	12-14
0-0	Out-of-State	0-1