I only have time for a short report tonight. This one was just a case of too much depth, too much hot shooting, too much pressure on defense, and the relentless confusion caused by those substitutions every 30 seconds. The Cougars put 11 points on the board before RHS scratched, but once they got on the board, the Gladiators did make one spirited rally to stay in the game.
With SD on top 14-2, RHS scored 7 points in a row and early in the second quarter they were within 15-12. The Cougars picked back up again and led by 15 at halftime before breaking the game open with a 33-point third quarter. As usual they drained a ton of threes and made an effort to swipe each and every Riverheads pass so they could hoist it up again.
The Big Red was led by Brett Hostetler with 15 and reserve Dylan Craig came within a gnat's eyelash of his first double-figure game of the season as his buzzer beater at the end was ruled to have come after the horn, leaving him with an eight-point night.
The RHS JVs did not need another miracle comeback like the one they had at Draft as they won 53-47 in a game that was really not that close. The key stretch came midway through the second quarter when a routine foul was called on SD. RHS was only ahead at the time 18-17, but a Cougar player got a T for protesting, and RHS' Braeson Fulton calmly sank all four foul shots.
The Gladiators then scored the next four buckets to move ahead 30-17 and kept the lead in double digits until a late Draft flurry closed it to six. The RHS juniors are now 12-4 on the season.
Senior Night is up next for Riverheads Friday against a reportedly short-handed Stonewall team, followed by a Saturday afternoon trip to Bath County. If a team ever needed two wins on consecutive days, RHS is that team, so here is hoping.
The Big Red then wraps up the regular season with a Tuesday trip to Parry McCluer before opening Conference 44 play on Friday the 12th. It appears that the Gladiators stand a good chance of hosting Stonewall again in the first round of those playoffs.
With SD on top 14-2, RHS scored 7 points in a row and early in the second quarter they were within 15-12. The Cougars picked back up again and led by 15 at halftime before breaking the game open with a 33-point third quarter. As usual they drained a ton of threes and made an effort to swipe each and every Riverheads pass so they could hoist it up again.
The Big Red was led by Brett Hostetler with 15 and reserve Dylan Craig came within a gnat's eyelash of his first double-figure game of the season as his buzzer beater at the end was ruled to have come after the horn, leaving him with an eight-point night.
The RHS JVs did not need another miracle comeback like the one they had at Draft as they won 53-47 in a game that was really not that close. The key stretch came midway through the second quarter when a routine foul was called on SD. RHS was only ahead at the time 18-17, but a Cougar player got a T for protesting, and RHS' Braeson Fulton calmly sank all four foul shots.
The Gladiators then scored the next four buckets to move ahead 30-17 and kept the lead in double digits until a late Draft flurry closed it to six. The RHS juniors are now 12-4 on the season.
Senior Night is up next for Riverheads Friday against a reportedly short-handed Stonewall team, followed by a Saturday afternoon trip to Bath County. If a team ever needed two wins on consecutive days, RHS is that team, so here is hoping.
The Big Red then wraps up the regular season with a Tuesday trip to Parry McCluer before opening Conference 44 play on Friday the 12th. It appears that the Gladiators stand a good chance of hosting Stonewall again in the first round of those playoffs.
