Indians paint 'beautiful' win over Mustangs
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Stephen Forsha-sforsha@gmail.com
HILLSBORO — Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
For the Hillsboro Indians this season, that statement will probably ring true more times than not, and it rang true Wednesday evening as they defeated Highland County rival Lynchburg-Clay, 46-37 in what can only be described as a scrappy struggle.
The Indians' Picasso-like win was described by HHS head coach Brett Prince as "beautiful" when asked about the "ugly" win.
"What some call ugly, we call beautiful," Prince said. "I was thrilled with our play. We out-scrapped them, and I felt like we set the tone early."
The tone Prince spoke of was how the Indians' defense held the Mustangs to seven points in the first quarter, with the eight minutes ending with the Tribe leading 13-7.
It didn't get any prettier in the second quarter as the Indians were outscored 6-5 with the halftime score reading 18-13.
The pace of the Indians picked up in the third as they added 11 points to their total, and again their defense held LC to five points as HHS compiled a lead of 11 points after three quarters.
Both teams picked up the pace in the final eight minutes with LC outscoring HHS 18-17.
"I thought our defensive effort was there, but our offensive game plan didn't work," LC head coach Jason McLaughlin said. "Hats off to Hillsboro … they made us shoot from the perimeter, kept us outside and it came down to they played really well and we didn't."
HHS was led in scoring by senior Jarrod Hart with 20 points, including one 3-pointer and a 3-of-4 day from the free-throw line. Jordan Captain followed with 11, and Reese Leibreich totaled five. Also scoring for HHS were Zach Young and Latrell Haithcock with four points each and Wes Sears and Trey Moberly each scoring one.
"Our intensity was high for 28 minutes, but then we wore down, but much of that was because of our defensive effort," Prince said.
The Mustangs were led by Gage Waits with 11 points and Jake Skaggs with 10. Alec Smith followed with nine, Ryan Inman with four and Josh Goble with three.[[In-content Ad]]
For the Mustangs, they led early on, as their final lead was with 2:35 left in the first quarter at 7-6 following a three-point play by Smith. The highlight for the HHS first quarter was a 3-pointer by Leibreich, which gave HHS their first lead of the game. Hart also hit a 3-pointer in the first with 1:42 to put HHS ahead 9-7.
The Indians' largest lead in the second quarter came with 4:22 remaining at 18-11 following a jumper by Hart.
In the third, Hart scored his 13th point of the game, putting HHS ahead 22-14 with 6:17 left in the quarter. From there, Captain converted a three-point play for an HHS advantage of 11 points.
The fourth was full of scoring as LC got as close as eight points of the host Indians with 3:36 left in regulation.
In the JV game, LC defeated HHS, 37-24. Leading LC was Colt Dunseith with 13 points, and HHS was led by Alex VanZant with 11.
In the freshman game, HHS won 38-37. Leading HHS was Ryan Lemaster with 11, and leading LC was Brandon Storer with 11.
HHS plays again on Tuesday, Dec. 11 when they face the Eastern Brown Warriors at EBHS. The Mustangs play again on Friday, Dec. 7 as they also travel to Eastern Brown.
For the Hillsboro Indians this season, that statement will probably ring true more times than not, and it rang true Wednesday evening as they defeated Highland County rival Lynchburg-Clay, 46-37 in what can only be described as a scrappy struggle.
The Indians' Picasso-like win was described by HHS head coach Brett Prince as "beautiful" when asked about the "ugly" win.
"What some call ugly, we call beautiful," Prince said. "I was thrilled with our play. We out-scrapped them, and I felt like we set the tone early."
The tone Prince spoke of was how the Indians' defense held the Mustangs to seven points in the first quarter, with the eight minutes ending with the Tribe leading 13-7.
It didn't get any prettier in the second quarter as the Indians were outscored 6-5 with the halftime score reading 18-13.
The pace of the Indians picked up in the third as they added 11 points to their total, and again their defense held LC to five points as HHS compiled a lead of 11 points after three quarters.
Both teams picked up the pace in the final eight minutes with LC outscoring HHS 18-17.
"I thought our defensive effort was there, but our offensive game plan didn't work," LC head coach Jason McLaughlin said. "Hats off to Hillsboro … they made us shoot from the perimeter, kept us outside and it came down to they played really well and we didn't."
HHS was led in scoring by senior Jarrod Hart with 20 points, including one 3-pointer and a 3-of-4 day from the free-throw line. Jordan Captain followed with 11, and Reese Leibreich totaled five. Also scoring for HHS were Zach Young and Latrell Haithcock with four points each and Wes Sears and Trey Moberly each scoring one.
"Our intensity was high for 28 minutes, but then we wore down, but much of that was because of our defensive effort," Prince said.
The Mustangs were led by Gage Waits with 11 points and Jake Skaggs with 10. Alec Smith followed with nine, Ryan Inman with four and Josh Goble with three.[[In-content Ad]]
For the Mustangs, they led early on, as their final lead was with 2:35 left in the first quarter at 7-6 following a three-point play by Smith. The highlight for the HHS first quarter was a 3-pointer by Leibreich, which gave HHS their first lead of the game. Hart also hit a 3-pointer in the first with 1:42 to put HHS ahead 9-7.
The Indians' largest lead in the second quarter came with 4:22 remaining at 18-11 following a jumper by Hart.
In the third, Hart scored his 13th point of the game, putting HHS ahead 22-14 with 6:17 left in the quarter. From there, Captain converted a three-point play for an HHS advantage of 11 points.
The fourth was full of scoring as LC got as close as eight points of the host Indians with 3:36 left in regulation.
In the JV game, LC defeated HHS, 37-24. Leading LC was Colt Dunseith with 13 points, and HHS was led by Alex VanZant with 11.
In the freshman game, HHS won 38-37. Leading HHS was Ryan Lemaster with 11, and leading LC was Brandon Storer with 11.
HHS plays again on Tuesday, Dec. 11 when they face the Eastern Brown Warriors at EBHS. The Mustangs play again on Friday, Dec. 7 as they also travel to Eastern Brown.