The Caprock Academy Eagles are taking a road trip to challenge the North Park Wildcats at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Caprock Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 51.8 points per game this season.
Caprock Academy easily dispatched Soroco on Saturday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. Caprock Academy fell just short of Ridgway by a score of 51-49 on Tuesday.
Tristin Bird
| 02/04/25 vs Ridgway | 2 |
| 01/11/25 @ Vail Mountain | 1 |
| 12/14/24 vs Telluride | 1 |
| 12/07/24 @ Twin Peaks Classical Academy | 1 |
| 01/27/24 @ North Park | 1 |
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Tristin Bird, who went 5 of 11 to rack up 12 points and five boards. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in blocks (two). Another player making a difference was Ethan Holt, who went 5 for 11 en route to 16 points.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when North Park duked it out with Hayden on Friday. North Park walked away with a 47-37 win over Hayden. The victory continues a trend for the Wildcats in their matchups with the Tigers: they've now won four in a row.
Caprock Academy has traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-11 record this season. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.7 points over those games. As for North Park, they picked up their first home win, bumping their record up to 8-6.
Caprock Academy came up short against North Park in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, falling 46-35. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of North Park's Gavin Pittington, who went 7 of 14 on his way to 17 points along with seven rebounds and four steals. Now that Caprock Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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