Hayden boys basketball wins in Vail

Tigers earns share of league title with 69-45 victory

Saturday, February 19, 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

Steamboat Springs — The Hayden High School boys basketball team locked up a share of the league title and the No. 1 overall seed in the district tournament on Friday by dispatching Vail Mountain, 69-45.

The Tigers will enter next weekend’s district tournament in Hayden as the top overall seed. Hayden won’t know what team it plays until Tuesday.

“If you asked us at the beginning of the year, we’d take 16-3 and the No. 1 seed in the district tournament,” Hayden coach Mike Luppes said. “We’d be pretty happy to take that.”

Hayden jumped out to a 23-8 lead after one quarter and led 32-21 at halftime. Playing a full bench, the Tigers extended their lead to 49-31 after three quarters.

Ben Williams led the Tigers with 18 points, six rebounds, six steals, six assists and two blocks.

Jorge Valdez and Mark Doolin each chipped in 13 points.

Now, Hayden waits to see the results of Tuesday’s preliminary tournament games to see what team they play.

“We’ll go from there,” Luppes said. “We have our work cut out for us. A lot of those teams have been knocking each other off.”

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