Hayden boys basketball rolls over Vail, 84-41
Thursday, February 10, 2011
2010-11 Tigers boys basketball schedule
- Dec. 9 to 11 Meeker Tournament:
- Dec. 9: Hayden 69, Mancos 45
- Dec. 10: Grand Valley 41, Hayden 38
- Dec. 11: Hayden 63, Meeker 50
- Dec. 17: Hayden 57, North Park 35
- Jan. 7: Hayden 60, Meeker 50
- Jan. 11: Hayden 80, Vail Christian 70
- Jan. 14: Hayden 67, West Grand 44
- Jan. 15: Hayden 77, North Park 45
- Jan. 21: Hayden 83, DeBeque 36
- Jan. 28: Hayden 59, Soroco 44
- Jan. 29: Hayden 66, Rangely 42
- Feb. 1: Hayden 78, Vail Christian 54
- Feb. 4: Hayden 63, Plateau Valley 52
- Feb. 5: Hayden 77, Paonia 65
- Feb. 8: Hayden 84, Vail Mountain 41
- Feb. 11: Hayden 65, Soroco 46
- Feb. 12: West Grand 53, Hayden 52
- Feb. 15: Little Snake River 60, Hayden 43
- Feb. 18: Hayden 69, Vail Mountain 45
- Feb. 25 and 26: District tournament
Steamboat Springs — The Hayden High School boys basketball team continued its quest for the No. 1 district tournament seed Tuesday, easily dispatching Vail Mountain, 84-41.
The Tigers, now 14-1, have rarely been challenged this season and continued that trend Tuesday.
Hayden was slowed in the first half, however, when sophomore forward Jorge Valdez went down with a knee injury.
The Gore Rangers were able to keep it relatively close, trailing just 38-27 at the break. But Hayden turned it on in the third quarter, racing out to a 65-35 lead.
“We played a little better after half,” Hayden coach Mike Luppes said. “We needed to, let’s put it that way. We didn’t have a lot of intensity (Tuesday). It sort of started in the middle of the first quarter when Jorge went down with a knee. In the third quarter we went man-to-man and got some easy baskets.”
Luppes said he didn’t know the extent of Valdez’s injury but didn’t think it was serious.
Graig Medvesk led the Tigers with 26 points and six assists. Mark Doolin added 19 points and seven rebounds, and Brandon Ray had 12 points.
Ben Williams scored 8 and had seven rebounds and six assists.
Hayden renews its cross-county rivalry with Soroco at 8:30 p.m. Friday in Hayden.
“I know that’s one game our kids always want to win,” Luppes said.
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