Balanced attack sinks the Generals
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The Warrior's Tyler Beardsley snags a rebound and goes up to record two of his 10 points against Shafter. Beardsley was one of four Tehachapi players to score in double figures in the key SSL win
Justin Hedberg goes up for a jump shot in last week's 64-46 victory over Shafter. Hedberg led the team with 17 points, helping Tehachapi to at least an SSL co-championship in their final season in the league.
The Warriors had four players score in double figures in a key 64-46 league victory over Shafter last Friday night.
After starting the game with a low scoring 10-8 first quarter lead, Tehachapi (16-7; 8-0 SSL) exploded for 18 points in the first eight minutes of the second quarter to distance themselves from Shafter.
"We had a good mix tonight of players contributing and that's a great sign," said head coach Chris Olofson. "Our guys are playing team basketball and that's what it's going to take to win down the stretch."
Tyler Beardsley recorded a three-pointer with less than a minute remaining in the second quarter to help the Warriors go up 36-22 at halftime.
In the third quarter, a Cory Lange fast break dunk helped fuel an 11-2 run, and then two lay-ups by Justin Hedberg and Darren Smith late in the fourth quarter gave Mountain Basketball a 61-40 lead to put the game away for good.
Overall, Hedberg finished as the high scorer with 17 points, followed by Lange with 15 points, Smith with 13 points and Beardsley with 10 points. Luke Henderson and Dalton Scaggs also had five and four points, respectively.
Earlier in the week, Tehachapi dispatched Arvin 68-35 behind 17 points from Lange and a six point and six rebound effort from Justin Hedberg. Ryan Harris and Henderson had eight points apiece, Scaggs six points, Cody Hall and Gabe Saavedra three points each, and Zach Poulson and Armando Perez two points each.
"It was a good week overall but we can't let down," added Olofson.
"We have two good basketball teams on our schedule this week and we have to be ready for them."
Tehachapi will their final regular season home game this Tuesday against Taft and an away game this Thursday night against BCHS.
Junior Varsity
Ryan Flick had a strong game against Shafter last Friday, recording five three-pointers and 21 points overall to help the Braves to a 64-50 win.
Other scorers in the contest included Micah Fjeld with 15 points, Dakota Medovitch with 12 points, David Wier with 11 points and Joseph Sales with nine points.
Tehachapi (9-9; 6-2 SSL) also recorded a 52-12 win over Arvin last week behind 15 points from Flick, seven points from Jordan Reed and five points each from Fjeld, Wier, Matt Bowlin and Dylan Smith.
Andrew Borst also had four points, while Taylor Carpenter had three points in the victory.
Freshmen
The Indians scored two more league wins this week, securing a 35-30 win over Arvin and a 51-40 win over Shafter.
In the victory over Arvin, Isaiah Johnson led the team with 12 points, followed by Anthony Curiel had nine points, Phillip Baquerizo with five points, Jacob Balkar with seven rebounds,
Nick Madden had a monster game in the win over Shafter, scoring 23 points and registering three rebounds. Other leaders were Johnson with 10 points and four steals, Nathan Hedberg with four points and five steals and Curiel with four points.
Tehachapi (9-4; 7-1) will play for a league title this Tuesday afternoon against Taft, who is currently undefeated in SSL action.
