Willow Canyon was the 74-71 winner over Ironwood when they last played one another back in January, but their luck changed this time around. The Willow Canyon Wildcats fell just short of the Ironwood Eagles by a score of 59-56 on Thursday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (55), the Wildcats still had to take the loss.
Jaydon Hayes
| 02/13/25 @ Ironwood | 25 |
| 02/07/25 vs Sunrise Mountain | 20 |
| 02/04/25 @ Kellis | 17 |
| 01/29/25 vs Centennial | 11 |
| 01/27/25 vs Ironwood | 12 |
| + 20 more games |
Despite the loss, Willow Canyon still got an impressive performance from Jaydon Hayes, who en route to 25 points in addition to five rebounds and three blocks. Hayes continues to improve, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Maurice Carter II, who on his way to 15 points.
Ironwood got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was I'Yar Shadowvine out in front who to rack up 18 points. Shadowvine's big performance that evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least 16 points. Kory Head-Holbrook was another key player, putting up ten points along with eight boards and five steals.
Willow Canyon's loss was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 9-1 and their overall record down to 22-3. As for Ironwood, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season.
Willow Canyon has already played their next contest, an 86-75 defeat against Hamilton on the 19th. As for Ironwood, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 52-49 win against Casteel on the 19th.
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