Hayden girls beat rival Soroco, 76-41

Saturday, February 12, 2011

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2010-11 Tigers girls basketball schedule

Dec. 2 to 4 Meeker Tournament:
Dec. 2: Hayden 46, Little Snake River 36
Dec. 3: Hayden 68, Rangely 56
Dec. 4: Hayden 59, Palisade 33
Dec. 11: Hayden 72, Vail Christian 39
Dec. 14: Olathe 40, Hayden 31
Dec. 17: Hayden 73, North Park 28
Jan. 4: Hayden 62, Basalt 43
Jan. 7: Hayden 52, Meeker 35
Jan. 11: Little Snake River 57, Hayden 28
Jan. 14: Hayden 64, West Grand 15
Jan. 15: Hayden 64, North Park 19
Jan. 22: Hayden 57, Vail Christian 34
Jan. 28: Hayden 60, Soroco 46
Jan. 29: Hayden 48, Rangely 39
Feb. 4: Hayden 80, Plateau Valley 28
Feb. 5: Paonia 63, Hayden 48
Feb. 11: Hayden 76, Soroco 41
Feb. 12: Hayden 50, West Grand 37
Feb 17: Little Snake River 50, Hayden 42

2010-11 Rams girls basketball schedule

Dec. 2: Soroco 51, North Park 29
Dec. 6: Soroco 56, Steamboat JV 25
Dec. 7: Soroco 50, Moffat County JV 47
Dec. 18: Gilpin County 35, Soroco 34
Jan. 14: Rangely 55, Soroco 43*
Jan. 15: Soroco 62, Vail Christian 33
Jan. 21: Soroco 73, Plateau Valley 31
Jan. 22: Soroco 58, West Grand 24
Jan. 28: Hayden 60, Soroco 46
Jan. 29: Paonia 58, Soroco 38
Feb. 4: Soroco 49, North Park 26
Feb. 5:

Feb. 8: Soroco 51, Vail Christian 26
Feb. 11: Hayden 76, Soroco 41
Feb. 12: Soroco 61, Meeker 45
Feb. 18: 4 p.m. vs. Vail Mountain (JV only)
Feb. 19: Soroco 51, Battle Mountain 39
Feb. 22: District Tournament
Feb. 25 and 26: District Tournament
March 4 and 5: Regional Tournament
March 10 to 12: State Tournament in Pueblo

Steamboat Springs — The Soroco High School girls had hoped for a measure of revenge Friday night, the Rams figuring four solid quarters against Hayden would give the team a victory when last month two solid quarters gave them a fat half-time lead.

Soroco didn’t play any solid quarters, however, and could do little to hang with a Tigers team playing on Senior Night intent on showing it remained the team to beat in Class 2A basketball in Routt County.

Hayden handled Soroco, 76-41.

“We all wanted to come out and make a statement,” Hayden senior Morgan Bell said.

Hayden’s win virtually locks up the No. 2 seed in the district tournament assuming the Tigers (14-3) can handle one-win West Grand at 2:30 p.m. today in Kremmling.

Soroco (7-4), meanwhile, still can secure a home game for the first round of that tournament by winning at 2:30 p.m. today at Meeker.

Junior Madison George scored 15 points to lead the team, but the Rams couldn’t score easily.

“It wasn’t anything Hayden did tougher. We just all missed our shots — everybody,” George said. “We even kept missing inside. Once you start missing those easy shots, it hurts your confidence.”

Hayden proved to be as “on” as Soroco was “off.”

The Tigers led 19-9 after one quarter and 38-18 at half. Senior Kyra Rolando often led the team’s efficient and effective fast break down the court and finished with nine points. Bell got hot from the 3-point line and had 11.

Still, the trouble didn’t really start for Soroco until Hayden senior Erin Koehler went to work. She shot as well as she has all season, burying jumpers from 15 feet as well as driving down the baseline to lay in close ones. She finished with a game-best 16 points.

“I was impressed by that. For them to win the state tournament, she’s going to have to play like that,” Soroco coach David Bruner said about Koehler before turning his attention back to his team’s key game today.

“We’ll have to make some shots,” Bruner said. “We’re not going to beat anyone shooting like we did (Friday). We’ll have to play a lot better.”

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