Salmon River won the last time they faced Highland and things went their way on Friday too. The Salmon River Savages strolled past the Highland Huskies with points to spare, taking the game 48-34. The Savages pushed the score to 42-22 by the end of the third, a deficit the Huskies cut but never quite recovered from.
Rylee Walters
| 01/31/25 @ Highland | 6 |
| 01/30/25 @ Kendrick | 4 |
| 01/27/25 vs Greenleaf Friends Academy | 6 |
| 01/23/25 @ Greenleaf Friends Academy | 3 |
| 01/22/25 vs Council | 9 |
| + 9 more games |
Salmon River's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Rylee Walters led the charge by almost dropping a double-double on 21 points and nine boards. Walters is also crushing it when it comes to steals: she's grabbed at least two every time she's taken the court this season. Taylor Ewing was another key player, going 5 for 12 to rack up 12 points and five steals.
Highland's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Alli Mae Moddrell, who went 5 of 9 en route to 11 points and five rebounds, and Kylee Beck, who posted six points. The dominant performance also gave Beck a new career-high in field goal percentage (75%).
Salmon River has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 51.9 points over those games. As for Highland, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-10.
Salmon River will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Cascade at 6:00 p.m. on February 10th. Highland does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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