Christmas Tourney games Cougar girls!

  Cougars entered the Christmas tourney in boone to take on West caldwell first round . The talented warriors squad had no answer for Moutain Heritages More  physical style! Cougars time ans gain went inside to Kayla Shepard and Brittany Frye! Cougars was impressive with rebounds and winning turnover battle  Breanna Woody defense was smothering stopping the warriors outside shots!
Kayla Johnson and Samm Chandler also had great shooting nights. As the cougars won 58-41


The second round was going to much tougher as the Cougars faces Watauga who won the tourney last year! The  game would be to also hard without Taylor Parker who is been out with a foot injury!
Thursday after jumping out to a 12-point, first quarter lead.
 Watauga grabbed a 17-5 Watauga (5-5) LEAD
was up 30-16 by halftime. cougars lose again to Pioneers 58-39
 Rhodes finished with 10 points and was still
named the tournament�s Most Valuable Player. Rhodes finished with 18
points one game earlier in the Pioneer� win over Nation Ford.
Hannah Shipp led Watauga in scoring with 16 points Thursday. Abby
Harrelson scored 13 points and Hannah Margolis added 12
Heritage could not stop 10 3-point shots, . Harrelson and Shipp each made three from
beyond the arc, while Margolis and Shelby Gilliam each made two.
No Cougar scored in double figures. Briana Woody led
Mountain Heritage with eight points.
 SO THE COUGARS GO TO BOONE GO 1-1 FINISH 2ND BEHIND A POWERFUL 4A SCHOOL !
Gilliam and Margolis were both were on the all-tournament team. Woody,
Kayla Shepherd from Mountain Heritage, Molly Steptoe from West
Caldwell and Zharne Glover from Nation Ford were also named to theteam.
Watauga 58, Mountain Heritage 39
Mountain Heritage
Ray 1 0-0 2, Chandler 1 3-7 5, Freeman 2 1-2 6, Kardolis 2 1-1 5,
Whitt 2 0-0 4, Johnson 2 0-0 6, Shepherd 1 0-03, Woody 3 2-2 8, Noll 0
0-0 0. Totals 14 7-14 39.
Watauga (5-5)
Margolis 4 2-2 12, Church 0 1-2 1, Shipp 6 1-1 16, Harrelson 4 2-2 13,
Rhodes 5 0-1 10, Gilliam 2 0-2 6, Wright 0 0-0 0, Eggers 0 0-0 0,
Alford 0 0-0 0,Wilson 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 6-10 58.
Mtn. Heritage            5 11 11 12 � 39
Watauga            17 13 13 15 � 58
3-point goals�MHHS 4 (Johnson 2, Shepherd, Freeman), WHS 10 (Shipp 3,
Harrelson 3, Margolis 2, Gilliam 2). Turnovers�MHHS 17, Watauga 21.
Total fouls�MHHS 11, Watauga 11.

Hertiage 2A at ASHEVILLE 3A BOYS

12/22/10 at Asheville HS

　

　

In a battle of Cougars Heritage traveled to Asheville HS. The 3a Asheville team never was in the game at MHHS dominated 86-53. Junior Alex Biggerstaff had his finest night scoring 29 points by shooting a sizzling 67% from the field. He and senior center John Cannon scored 18 of MH’s 22 first quarter points as Heritage led 22-8. Senior point guard Drew Letterman led the 2^{nd quarter scoring hitting, 3 threes and scoring 9 points. MH headed into halftime leading 46-17. Letterman 4 and Trenton Burleson 3 handed out the assists. Cougar defense held Asheville to 14% shooting in the 1st half and 31 % for the game. Heritage also dominated the boards with 14 offensive boards in the first half. Credit Tyson Tomberlin, John Cannon and Drew Hoilman for great board work.}
Asheville came out in the 2nd half and cut the lead under 20. the combination of Biggerstaff, Cannon and letterman puhed the lead back up 68-42. In the fourth quarter all of MH’s team got several minutes. Brian Krause, Xander Silvers and Eli Buckner led the scoring as MH closed out the battle of Cougars with a convincing win.
Notes: MH’s best game of the year. Drew letterman continues to get healthy. Dillion Vess and Matthew Kardulis soon will return. Record 5-3, 2-1
Alex Biggerstaff 29 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.
John Cannon 17 points, 10 rebounds, 5 blocks.
Drew Letterman 12 points, 4 assists.
Tyson Tomberlin 5 points, 6 rebounds
Trenton Burleson 4 points, 3 assists and great defense
Drew Hoilman 5 points, 7 rebounds
Eli Buckner 4 points, 3 rebounds
Xander Silvers 3 points
Brian Krause 3 points
thanks barry johnson and staff for report

 

Hertiage cougars AT A-TOWN " the ladys"

HERITAGE COUGARS VS 4A ASHEVILLE COUGARS

The Heritage being without one of they're best players Taylor parker(who was injured against owen). Played a very good and talented Asheville cougar team. Ashevilles center gave problems with out Parker in the line up. But Hertiages Kayla Shepherd hit some big shots in the last 2 mins finishing with 9 points. With under a 50 sec. in the game Asheville was up by 3 (43-40). Maria (ICE) Kardulis went to the line and sank 2 shots to get THE HERITAGE to one .Cougars 32 Breanna Woody
(who finished with 11)choose to foul A-town! Which was a great Idea because Asheville missed the 1 and 1 . Shepard got back to the line on the other end and gave Heritage the lead (43-44). A-town then misses a open shot inside (ICE) Kardulis is fouled she sinks both her shots. Cougars up by 3 (43-46) ! Asheville loses ball on other end ICE ends up with the ball again you know that is the ball game. Heritage cougars win 49-44

HerItage at Owen Warhorses

12/21/10 MH 71 Owen 56

In Heritage’s final WHC game before Christmas break they traveled to Charles D. Owen to take on the Warhorses.
John Cannon’s 7 first quarter points helped stake the Cougars to a 15-11 1^{st quarter lead. Alex Biggerstaff’s 11 points in the 2nd quarter kept Owen at bay. Score at the half 36-30 Heritage. John Cannon, Drew Letterman, and Trenton Burleson proved too much in the second half for the Warhorses as Heritage pulled away 71-56.}
Cougars controlled the game all the way with the outcome never in doubt. Both teams struggled to find a rhythm as numerous violations were called.
The dynamic duo of Biggerstaff (19) and Cannon (18) combined for 37 points. John also had 9 rebounds and 4 blocks. Football players Drew Letterman (9 points, 2 assists and 2 steals) Trenton Burleson (8 points, 6 assists) and Tyson Tomberlin (5 points and 5 rebounds) are starting to get their basketball legs. Once again Heritage held an opponent to under 40% shooting (39).
Other Scoring:
Spencer Bishop 7
Daulton Woody 2
Drew Hoilman 3

Hertiage at owen girls

Hertiages win streak comes to an end vs a Tuff Owen Warhorse team! The biggest story of the night was not the loss but 34 Taylor Parker . Had to leave the game with an ankle injury. She was really missed the last 5 mins of the game. Cougars being down by 9 with under a min. HIT  two big 3's. But could not get any closer ! Finally losing 57-48 cougars forced to foul but owen was near perfect from the line Tuesday night!

COUGAR GIRLS VS POLK COUNTY!

77-26 COUGARS WIN OVER POLK

THE COUGAR GIRLS CAME OUT And PLAYED A PERFECT GAME VS POLK. THE TEAM AS A WHOLE SHOT OVER 60%. Parker lead the way with 9-11 from the floor 19 points 5 rebounds 1 steal. Woody was a force inside again with 10 points. Shephard GOT hot from outside hitting 2 big 3s and 4-4 from the line. the lady cougars shot 76% from the line and spread the ball the ball around with 19 assists.

WATAUGA AT HERITAGE

12-11-10 Watauga 79 MH 74

Saturday Heritage made up Tuesdays game with Watauga postponed due to bad weather. The 4a Pioneers came out smoking hitting 8 first half threes and taking a commanding 20 point lead into halftime 47-27. John Cannon got into early foul trouble and Watauga took advantage. Alex Biggerstaff was a 1^{st half bright spot as he scored 15.}
Heritage returned to the floor in the 3rd quarter much more determined and got back into the game. Defensive intensity picked up and showed on the scoreboard as Watauga’s high scoring offense was held to only nine points. Offensively cousins Alex Biggerstaff 7 and Drew Hoilman 10 led the way. Hoilman, a freshman called up to fill in for injured senior Dillion Vess had a tremendous game. The Watauga lead was cut from 20 to 7, 55-49.
In the fourth quarter big men John Cannon 8 and Tyson Tomberlin 8 helped fuel the attack. MH cut the lead to 5 several times but was not quite able to complete the comeback as Watauga won 79-74.
Stats:
Alex Biggerstaff 26 points, 7 rebounds
Drew Hoilman 15 points, 7 rebounds, 1 drawn charge
John Cannon 11 points, 11 rebounds, 7 blocks
Tyson Tomberlin 9 points, 7 rebounds, 1 drawn charge
Drew Letterman 5 points, 5 assists
Trenton Burleson 4 points
Eli Buckner 3 points
Spencer Bishop 1 point
Xander Silvers excellent defense
Record 2-2

Cougars slowly are getting back to full strength. Drew letterman feeling better but Matt Kardulis and Dillion Vess still out.

BARRY JOHNSON AND STAFF THANKS FOR REPORT

HERTIAGE AT ACR "THE REMATCH"!

12/10/10 MHHS 69 AC Reynolds 66

In a rematch of one week ago the Cougars traveled to AC Reynolds to take on the 4a Rockets. A lot of hype and anticipation surrounded the game as senior center John Cannon was within 4 blocks of setting the NCHSAA career blocks record.

Cannon came out strong early scoring 11 first quarter points as the cougars led 17-13 at the end of the first quarter. Foul trouble plagued MHs big men as Tyson Tomberlin and John Cannon had to sit the bench in the 2^{nd quarter. Junior Eli Buckner scored 8 of his 10 to keep the rockets at bay as Heritage led at the half 34-30. Heritage extended their lead in the third quarter as sharpshooters Alex Biggerstaff, Drew Letterman and Spencer Bishop lit up the rockets zone hitting 5 threes. The third quarter ended MH 57-AC 49.}

Reynolds fought back cutting the Cougar lead down several times to within 1 possession. The "dynamic duo" of Biggerstaff and Cannon once again answered the challenge. Cannon knocked down one clutch three and three free throws. Also, he broke the block record and as AC launched a potential game tying field goal with 1.5 to go in the game he blocked that attempt as well, déjà vu as would have it.

Stats:

John Cannon 19 points, 12 rebounds, 5 blocks and became the 1st player ever in MHHS athletic history to own a NCHSAA record passing Eric Hicks of Dudley. Currently John has 437 blocks.

Alex Biggerstaff 17 points, 7 rebounds.

Eli Buckner 10 points

Trenton Burleson 5 points and 5 assists, 2 drawn charges

Drew Letterman 7 points and 5 assists

Tyson Tomberlin 3 points and 5 rebounds

Spencer Bishop 6 points

Drew Hoilman 2 points, 1 drawn charge

Xander Silvers 1 drawn charge

THANK YOU BARRY JOHNSON AND STAFF FOR REPORT

Cougars 77 Reynolds 67 cougar boys 1st win of season 1-1

Cougars 77 Reynolds 67

Friday Dec. 3 Mountain Heritage hosted the 4a AC Reynolds Rockets.

 Heritage took control early and the game was never in doubt as they cruised to their 1^{st win of the season.}
For the 2nd consecutive game MH scorched the nets shooting 56%.
The one two punch of Alex Biggerstaff and John Cannon was enough to knock the visitors out. Cannon finished with a triple double scoring 24 rebounding 10 and blocking 11. Biggerstaff scored 21.
Eli Buckner contributed 8 points and 4 rebounds. Zander Silvers had a great defensive game and 3 assists and 5 points. Spencer Bishop knocked down 2 threes and finished with 7 points. Tyson Tomberlin and Dillion Vess pulled down 5 rebounds each.
Hertiage took care of the ball as they only had 10 turnovers. The defense also had a good effort holding the Rockets to 37% shooting.
Other notes: Point guard Drew Letterman was on the court not 100% yet but good to see him back. John Cannon is on the verge of breaking the career blocked shot record as he currently is only 4 away. Trenton Burleson will see his first action this up coming week.

North Buncombe 75 MHHS 63 boys blog cougars drop to 0-1

North Buncombe 75 MHHS 63

Tuesday Nov. 30

1^{st q NB 18 MH 17}
½ time MH 31 NB 30
3rd NB 49 MH 45
Summary: Cougars 1st game of the season faced with playing without 3 of their top 4 guards due to injury and suspension. Drew Letterman and Matthew Kardulis injured during football. Trenton Burleson serving a 2 game suspension due to an ejection in the Lincolnton football game.
Blackhawks returning 4 starters from a good team had 4 weeks of practice to get ready for the Cougars. Heritage came out after the Blackhawks.
The combination of John Cannon and Alex Biggerstaff were fantastic. Alex dominated the first half scoring 16 of his 22. Cannon was unstoppable as he finished with 23 points, 17 rebounds and 9 blocks. Eli Buckner in his 1st varsity game scored 9 points.
Other scoring: Spencer Bishop 4, Tyson Tomberlin 2, Zander Silvers 2 Dillon Vess 1