Northland Prep Academy lost against Round Valley back in December of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The Northland Prep Academy Spartans came up short against the Round Valley Elks, falling 42-21. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 267th, while the Elks are ranked 107th).
Ellysia Martinez and Audre Wilson certainly did their best on Saturday to avoid the loss. Martinez posted nine points, while Wilson scored eight points. That was a full 42.9% of Northland Prep Academy's points, marking the third time in a row she's put up more than a third of the team's points.
Round Valley found their leader in sophomore Kelci Walker, who went 10 of 20 en route to 23 points along with six steals and five assists. The match was Walker's seventh in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Addison Poston, who went 6 for 10 on her way to 13 points in addition to five rebounds and three blocks.
Northland Prep Academy is on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-14. As for Round Valley, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-9 record this season.
Northland Prep Academy has already played their next contest (against Hopi), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Round Valley will head out on the road to square off against Blue Ridge at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Round Valley has three straight victories, Blue Ridge has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
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