The Kit Carson Wildcats will square off against the Eads Eagles at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Kit Carson took a loss when they played away from home on Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Saturday. They secured a 37-32 W over Genoa-Hugo/Karval.
Kit Carson found their leader in sophomore Allyssa Gekeler, who posted 17 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Avery Johnson, who earned nine points and seven boards.
Meanwhile, Eads had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 25.9 points) and they went ahead and made it nine on Thursday. They breezed past the Pirates to the tune of 50-18. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 32nd, while the Pirates are ranked 164th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Eads' victory bumped their record up to 17-2. As for Kit Carson, the win got them back to even at 9-9.
Kit Carson suffered a grim 52-28 defeat to Eads when the teams last played back in February of 2025. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of the Eagles' Anna Wollert, who dropped a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds. Now that the Wildcats know the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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