Rock Canyon is 1-8 against Chaparral since January of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Rock Canyon Jaguars will be playing in front of their home fans against the Chaparral Wolverines at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Rock Canyon has four straight wins, Chaparral has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Rock Canyon stacked an 11th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They blew past Heritage 63-35 on the road. Given Rock Canyon's advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 20th, while Heritage is ranked 171st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Alyssa Goode was her usual excellent self, scoring 18 points along with two steals. She continues to roll, besting her previous point total in each of the last three games she's played. Another player making a difference was Sienna Pillsbury, who scored 11 points along with six rebounds.
Meanwhile, things could have been worse for Chaparral, but they could have been a whole lot better as they took a 49-35 loss to Highlands Ranch on Tuesday. Chaparral has struggled against Highlands Ranch recently, as their match on Tuesday was their ninth consecutive lost matchup.
Rock Canyon's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 17-5. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.3 points per game. As for Chaparral, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-9.
Everything went Rock Canyon's way against Chaparral in their previous meeting back in February of 2023 as Rock Canyon made off with a 63-41 victory. Does Rock Canyon have another victory up their sleeve, or will Chaparral turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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