Hayden boys hoops beats Rangely, 66-42
Updated January 29, 2011 at 9:37 p.m.
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 — Saturday’s game at Rangely was the second in an eight-day stretch where the Hayden High School boys basketball team is scheduled to play five times. Squaring off against some of their top rivals for this season’s Western Slope League championship, it’s a stretch that will decide whether the Tigers are truly in control of the league.
So far, so good.
After routing Soroco on Friday night to start the streak, Hayden thrashed Rangely, 66-42, blowing the game open after the Panthers had managed to keep it within four points in the first quarter.
“It was close, then everything went just the way we wanted it to,” Hayden coach Mike Luppes said.
Ahead, 15-11, after the first quarter, Hayden outscored Rangely by 16 in the second and then increased the lead by nine more in the third, ensuring that the bench would be emptied as the clock wound down.
Senior guard Graig Medvesk led the team with 17 points as four Tigers scored in double figures. Ben Williams had 16, and Jorge Valdez and Mark Doolin each had 11.
Valdez had 14 rebounds, Williams and Doolin each grabbing eight.
“Offensively, we moved the ball well, shot the ball well and had zero turnovers in the third quarter,” Luppes said. “We have five games in eight days, and we’re pretty happy with our start so far.”
Hayden, 10-1, plays at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at home against Vail Christian, which it beat, 80-70, earlier this month.
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