Photo by Joel Reichenberger
Hayden's Paul Laliberte pulls up for a shot on Saturday. Hayden won against Rangely, 74-60.
Hayden boys basketball team cruises by Rangely
Saturday, January 28, 2012
2011-12 Tigers boys basketball schedule
- Dec. 8 to 10: Cowboy Shootout in Meeker
- Dec. 8: Hayden 43, Crested Butte 42
- Dec. 9: Meeker 66, Hayden 35
- Dec. 16: Hayden 59, North Park 41
- Dec. 17: Little Snake River 66, Hayden 53
- Jan. 6: Meeker 51, Hayden 42
- Jan. 10: Hayden 53, Vail Mountain 41
- Jan. 13: West Grand 68, Hayden 55
- Jan. 14: Hayden 70, North Park 45
- Jan. 20: Hayden 64, De Beque 36
- Jan. 21: Hayden 59, Vail Christian 50
- Jan. 27: Hayden 59, Soroco 40
- Jan. 28: Hayden 74, Rangely 60
- Jan. 31: Hayden 88, Vail Christian 72
- Feb. 3: Plateau Valley 79, Hayden 66
- Feb. 4: Hayden 75, Paonia 67
- Feb. 10: Hayden 69, Soroco 53
- Feb. 11: Hayden 61, West Grand 55
- Feb. 17: Hayden wins through forfeit again Vail Mountain
- Feb. 21: Hayden 73, Soroco 53
- Feb. 24: District Tournament: West Grand 58, Hayden 55
- Feb. 25: District Tournament: Hayden 73, Paonia 57
- March 2 and 3: at Regional Tournament
Steamboat Springs — Things continue to come together for the Hayden High School boys basketball team.
Three weeks ago, the team was saddled with a 2-4 record and questions around the court.
On Saturday, the Tigers stormed to their fifth straight win, taking out Rangely, 74-60, primarily on the strength of a dominating first half.
“We played our best half of the year. It was easily our best half,” Hayden coach Mike Luppes said. “We played some pretty good defense. We were pushing the ball down the floor and looking at our post. We just played a very good first half.”
Plenty of things were clicking for the Tigers. Paul Laliberte scored 14 points and Hunter Johnston hit a 3-point shot and finished with 7. A few sophomores provided strong minutes throughout the game.
Nothing worked quite as well as the post game, however. Juniors Jorge Valdez and Mark Doolin each came up huge for the Tigers. Valdez finished with 23 points, and Doolin had 22.
“We did a good job getting the ball to them,” Luppes said. “They’ve been getting those shots, but not finishing well. Tonight they did. There weren’t many opportunities for second-chance points when those boys took it to the basket.”
Hayden, 8-5, has five games remaining on the regular season, but few easy nights in that stretch.
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