The Desert Christian Eagles took care of business in their home opener on Wednesday. They came out on top against Hayden by a score of 40-29. That's another feather in the cap for Desert Christian, who also won these teams' last head-to-head.
Desert Christian found their leader in underclassman Emmy Welch, who scored 11 points along with 8 steals. Another player making a difference was Cait Lundgren, who scored 10 points.
Hayden's lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Sienna Gonzales, who scored 14 points. Gonzales scored a full 48.3% of Hayden's points, the second time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Dallas Mariscal, who scored 6 points.
Desert Christian's win bumped their record up to 1-0. As for Hayden, they still haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-7.
Desert Christian will square off against Scottsdale Preparatory Academy at 8:00 a.m. on Friday. As for Hayden, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Mogollon at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. Hopefully Mogollon focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 25 on Friday.
