On Friday, Copper Hills faced Corner Canyon in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Copper Hills Grizzlies took a 74-65 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Corner Canyon Chargers. The Grizzlies haven't had much luck with the Chargers recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Despite the loss, Copper Hills saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Jacob Curtis went 7 for 12 on his way to 21 points in addition to five rebounds and three steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Wesley Curtis, who went 6 for 11 on his way to 16 points.
Noah Bendinger continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Corner Canyon, going 7 of 17 on his way to 27 points. That makes it four consecutive games in which Bendinger has scored at least a third of Corner Canyon's points. Bryton Valdes was another key player, putting up eight points along with 11 assists and five boards.
Copper Hills' defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-5. As for Corner Canyon, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 9-5.
Copper Hills will take on Riverton at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Copper Hills is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 64.9 points per game this season. As for Corner Canyon, they will challenge Mountain Ridge at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Mountain Ridge also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 62 points per game.
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