The Hilmar Yellowjackets and the Mariposa County Grizzlies will face off at 8:00 p.m. on Friday without much rest, having both just played. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Hilmar's tournament run continued when they took on Dos Palos on Thursday. The Yellowjackets blew past the Broncos 56-27.
Riley Quintero
| 12/04/25 vs Dos Palos | 6 |
| 12/23/24 vs Patterson | 5 |
| 11/21/25 vs Ceres | 4 |
| 02/12/25 @ Hughson | 3 |
| 12/28/24 vs Grace Davis | 3 |
Hilmar's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Aaron Solorio, who shot 63% from the field en route to 14 points along with eight rebounds and five blocks, and Riley Quintero, who posted eight points in addition to 11 boards and six assists. Those six assists gave Quintero a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Darin Maciel, who scored 11 points and five boards.
They weren't the only ones working in the assist department: Hilmar was working as a unit and finished the game with 14 assists. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their assist total in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Mariposa County entered their tilt with Chowchilla on Thursday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They came out on top against the Tribe by a score of 58-50. 58 seems to be a good number for the Grizzlies as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Mariposa County's win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Hilmar, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
Hilmar strolled past Mariposa County when the teams last played back in December of 2024 by a score of 64-45. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Yellowjackets since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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