Willow Canyon and Kellis are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2014, but not for long. A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Willow Canyon Wildcats challenge the Kellis Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Kellis will be up against a hot Willow Canyon squad: the team just extended their winning streak to four. Willow Canyon blew past Desert Edge 64-33 on Wednesday. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 92nd, while the Scorpions are ranked 241st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Kellis had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 63.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. They claimed a resounding 53-20 win over the Trojans.
Kellis' victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-2. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 22.3 points per game. As for Willow Canyon, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season.
Willow Canyon suffered a grim 55-31 defeat to Kellis when the teams last played back in January of 2024. Can Willow Canyon avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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