Hayden's Medvesk reaches 1,000-point milestone

Saturday, February 12, 2011

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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

2010-11 Rams boys basketball schedule

Dec. 2: Soroco 57, North Park 29
Dec. 6: Steamboat JV 45, Soroco 33
Dec. 7: Moffat County JV 44, Soroco 40
Dec. 18: Gilpin County 65, Soroco 51
Jan. 7: Soroco 49, Vail Mountain 41
Jan. 14: Rangely 72, Soroco 58
Jan. 15: Vail Christian 85, Soroco 57
Jan. 21: Plateau Valley 63, Soroco 32
Jan. 22: West Grand 48, Soroco 23
Jan. 28: Hayden 59, Soroco 44
Jan. 29: Paonia 83, Soroco 53
Feb. 4: Soroco 46, North Park 43
Feb. 5: West Grand 51, Soroco 33
Feb. 8: Vail Christian 83, Soroco 46
Feb. 11: Hayden 65, Soroco 46
Feb. 12: Meeker 70, Soroco 37
Feb. 18: Soroco 57, De Beque 43
Feb. 19: Vail Mountain 60, Soroco 55

Steamboat Springs — It was Senior Night for the Hayden boys basketball team Friday, and senior Graig Medvesk made his special.

Although his Tigers turned to the bench often, Medvesk was in long enough to score a game-high 21 points, and that was more than enough to push Hayden’s star over 1,000 career points as the Tigers rolled over Soroco, 65-46.

“He’s just boosted it up to another level the last two or three weeks,” Hayden coach Mike Luppes said. “He’s in a really good zone and we hope to keep him there a while longer.”

Medvesk’s milestone came when he sank a 3-point shot with 2 minutes, 24 seconds remaining in the second quarter. It, like many of the hundreds of baskets that came before, had his trademark look of ease, swishing through the basket perfectly.

Fellow senior Ben Williams also came up big Friday, scoring 17.

Soroco, 3-10, also got some solid play, but only after falling into an enormous first-half hole. The team trailed 27-4 early in the second quarter, but soon began to establish scoring threats.

Sophomore Nic Paxton banked in a 3-point shot to start to cut into the deficit. He got plenty of help as the game wore on. Senior Leif Carlson scored 12 points and freshman Matthew Regan hit four 3-pointers to finish with 12.

Both teams return to action today, with Hayden, 15-1, playing at 4 p.m. at West Grand with a chance to wrap up the No. 1 seed in the district tournament.

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