Lady Wildcats ready for tough stretch

Springdale Har-Ber enters its toughest threegame stretch of the season starting tonight, but the Lady Wildcats have prepared for this, said thirdyear coach Kim Jenkins.

Har-Ber (5-4, 3-1 6A-West) is sitting in second place behind leagueleading Bentonville heading into tonight’s road game at Rogers High (11-5, 3-2). The Lady Wildcats will take on Fayetteville and Bentonville next week.

“We played a tough nonconference schedule so we think we’re ready,” said Jenkins. “We’re ready to be competitive.”

Har-Ber did not play Tuesday night after Fort Smith Southside’s team was dealing with covid-19 issues.

The Lady Wildcats have ridden the red-shot scoring of junior guard Caylan Koons in the past week. Koons scored 31 and 37 points in games last week and recently eclipsed the 1,000 career-point mark.

Jenkins praised the court awareness of her guards for getting the ball to Koons at the right time.

“I think our guard play has been really good as far as finding her,” Jenkins said. “So she’s getting some really good touches. The past couple of games we’ve been able to essentially play two point guards at the same time and they are just doing a good job of finding her in transition, and Caylan has really done a good job to know when she’s open and to pull the trigger.”