RPAC Rundown Featured Matchup Preview: Cambridge at Arapahoe

On Tuesday, February 10th, Arapahoe will host rival Cambridge for a pair of games. Let's evaluate the matchups.

Cambridge Girls Basketball

• Record: 16-4, they have won four in a row, won 9 of the last 10. Last loss was 1/26 against Arapahoe in the RPAC Tournament.

• Head Coach: Clay Shepard, first season as girls head coach, spent two years at Cedar Bluffs and five years as Cambridge boys basketball coach.

• The Trojans are averaging 49.7 points per game.

• Cambridge has been a proficient defensive team, allowing 39.9 points per game on average.

• Cambridge has three players averaging about 10 points per game: senior Aspen Webb at 9.8 points per game, junior Brooklyn Holtze at 11.8 points per game, and senior Mallory Springer at 12.2 points per game. Springer also averages 11 rebounds per game.

• As a team, Cambridge averages about 32 rebounds and 13 steals per game.

• The Trojans shoot a solid percentage from the free-throw line at 62%.

• Cambridge is in the D2-9 Subdistrict with Dundy County Stratton, Hitchcock County, Medicine Valley, and Wallace.

  
  
  

  

  

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Arapahoe Girls Basketball

• Record: Arapahoe is 18-4. Won 8 of their last 10, two losses to Alma.

• Head Coach: Preston Blackmore, 9th year coaching at Arapahoe.

• Arapahoe has been a solid offensive team, scoring 54.3 points per game.

• They are excellent on defense, allowing just 35.9 points per game. They have five games in which they have held opponents under 30 points.

• For Arapahoe, leading the team in scoring is this trio: sophomores Sawyer Shafer averages 13.7 points per game, Suttyn Shafer 13.1, and Junior Clara Hilker 12. Hilker also averages about 12 rebounds per game.

• Seniors Emma Strand and Ryleigh Tidyman each average 7.0 and 5.6 rebounds as well.

• Arapahoe is in the D1-11 Subdistrict with Hi-Line, Maywood-Hayes Center, Southern Valley, and Southwest

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Cambridge Boys Basketball

• Record: 12-7, Won 8 of their last 10.

• Head Coach: TJ Vacura, first season.

• Cambridge has found success on offense, averaging 60.8 points per game.

• The Trojans have allowed opponents to score, averaging 55.8 points per game.

• Seniors Hodge Raburn and Brady Ahlemeyer combine for 36 points per game on average. Ahlmeyer averages about four assists per game, and Raburn grabs about 10 rebounds per game. Senior Maverick Webb averages about three assists per game, too.

• Cambridge is in the D1-11 Subdistrict with Arapahoe, Bertrand, Southern Valley, and Southwest.

  
  
  
  
  

  

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Arapahoe Boys Basketball

• Record: 0-19

• Head Coach: John Strand, 11 years at the helm at Arapahoe.

• Arapahoe is averaging 25 points per game on offense this season.

• The Warriors are allowing an average of 60 points per game.

• Senior AJ Roush leads the team in scoring at 8.6 points per game; fellow senior Hayden Sich averages about 7 points and 9 rebounds per game.

• Arapahoe is in the D1-11 Subdistrict with Cambridge, Bertrand, Southern Valley, and Southwest.