Sophomore boys have rough week, dropping two of three

It was a rough week for the Mountain Home Tiger sophomore boys basketball teams, who dropped two of three games.

Kuna 54

Tigers 49

The Mountain Home Tiger sophomores dropped their first conference game of the season, losing to Kuna, 54-49, last Monday night in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium in Mountain Home.

The lead went back and forth in the first quarter and Mountain Home trailed 27-18 at the half.

Mountain Home fell behind by 13, 31-18, in the first minute of the third quarter, but stormed back, and with David Bitrick's basket with 23 seconds left, tied the game at 35-35 after three. Kuna regained the lead, and the Tigers were never able to get any closer than one after that, as Kuna beat Mountain Home 54-49 for its sixth straight win.

Christian Halbach-Patterson led the Tiger scoring with 19 points. David Bitrick added nine, Damian Soliz, six, Tom Hennessey and Brock Morris both scored five and Jordan Warila had three points.

Mtn. Home 47

Bishop Kelly 35

The Tigers bounced back into the win column last Friday night, downing Bishop Kelly 47-35 at home.

Mountain Home shot out to a 10-0 lead, and led 38-19 after three. Bishop Kelly went on a 10-0 run but the Tigers cashed in at the free throw line the rest of the way, hitting eight of 10 down the stretch to win 47-35.

Christian Halbach-Patterson led the Tigers in scoring with 12 points, David Bitrick netted nine, Damian Soliz, eight, Brock Morris, seven, Jordan Warila, five, and Tom Hennessey and Lucas Marsh both had two.

Skyview 40

Mtn. Home 38

A slow start doomed the Tigers at Skyview Saturday, although they almost battled back to win it, losing 40-38.

Mountain Home trailed 12-0 before they finally scored, and came back to within seven, 16-9, after a quarter. A seven-point second quarter hurt the Tigers, as they trailed 28-16 at the half.

Mountain Home trailed by 10, 36-26, heading into the fourth quarter, but put together a good final quarter, holding Skyview to just four points. The Tigers had the ball in the closing seconds playing for the last shot, but were unable to get the shot off and lost 40-38.

Christian Halbach-Patterson and Damian Soliz led the Tigers in scoring with 15 points apiece, Brock Morris, four, Matt Bernyk and Jordan Warila, two each, and Taylor Phillips, one.

The loss dropped the Tigers to 12-3 overall, and 9-2 in conference play.