by: Joey Kennedy
Basketball season has started at Willow Canyon. The boys’ varsity basketball team is ready to begin their new season with months of preparation and conditioning finally starting to pay off.
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| Senior Deion Giddens dunks at the winter assembly. |
The varsity team is out looking for redemption from a sub-par season last year. “We have been working hard in the gym,” said senior captain Deion Crockom. “Practice makes perfect.”
For the team coming off of a season with just eight wins, the boys of Willow have come out firing.
At the scrimmage, the Wildcats faced off against the Mustangs of Sunrise Mountain. In an impressive showing, the Wildcat’s scored 75 points. While there was room for improvement, it was definitely a better kick off to the season than last year’s performance.
Led by Crockom, senior captain Emery Range, and senior Deion Giddens, the Wildcat boys set their sights high this season, looking for a state championship.
Their first tournament was held at Paradise Valley High School November 23-27. The first game of the tournament was against North Canyon High School. The Wildcat’s were down early with a score of 24 to 18 at the end of the first half. Willow fought back in the second half on a run started by Crockom’s three-point shot; the Wildcats won the first tournament game with a score of 39 to 38.
In the second game the Wildcat’s faced off against Paradise Valley and won to advance them further into the tournament.
Unfortunately, the Wildcats lost their remaining two games to Pinnacle and Arcadia. They finished the tournament in fourth place and will meet both of their losses again before their season is over.
The varsity Wildcats have transformed themselves from an eight win team to a state championship contender. “We are going to state baby!” said Range. Come out and support the Willow Canyon Wildcat varsity basketball team.
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