The Kickapoo Chiefs are ranked highly in their home state, and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of the Northside Grizzlies. Kickapoo came out on top against Northside by a score of 57-47. The win was familiar territory for Kickapoo who now have three in a row.
Several Grizzlies players turned in solid performances, despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Erianna Gooden, who scored four points along with five assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Hazley Grotjohn, who scored six points.
Northside struggled to get the ball back on offense and finished the game with only an offensive rebound. That's the fewest offensive rebounds they've managed all season.
Kickapoo's win bumped their record up to 8-1. As for Northside, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-3.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Kickapoo will challenge Parkview at 7:00 p.m. on January 8th. Northside and Rogers will face off at 6:00 p.m. on January 2nd without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Rogers will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Arkansas Rankings (they are ranked 59th, while Northside is ranked second).
