Avery at Heritage girls

COUGARS FALL IN OT 67-63

The first place Avery vikings came into burnsville looking to stay in the lead for the whc crown. The lady cougars fall back early but took back control right before half. But Avery's 44 Katelynn Eudy killed the cougars on both sides of the floor scoring 24 Pt's and with 40 Megan Tennant who had 19 seemed to block everything that came inside. The game was close through out the 2nd half as leading scorer 30 Kayla Shepherd hit 3 three pointers finishing with 15. As the game went on  Erica Whitt kept the game close with 8points.  BIG SHOT  Kaylon Johnson   HIT A BIG THREE FINISHING 6 PTS. WITH UNDER A 1 MINUTE.

Heritages

32 Brianna Woody who had 10 Pt's drove the lane hit the shot and was fouled with 3.2 remaining. But she was unable to convert and the game went to overtime. As 34 Mercedes Bentley who had 8 and 20 Savannah Dellinger 7 Pt's .Took over OT for the lady vikings win 67-63

Christ school at Mountain Heritage

Greenes (22-4)come to town! win 86-54 over  Mountain Heritage(10-6)

In front of a packed house at the "THE DEN" Heritage came in for the the challenge against nationally ranked Christ School . Everyone there was there to see a battle between PLUMLEE AND CANNON! Early in the game plumlee got a block on cannon but a few mins. later cannon dunked on the 7 footer . "The Den" was a rocking at that point. But when you play Christ school you know a win is not the main goal. Its a chance to play the best in the country. Rob Gray had 22 points and Marshall Plumlee 17 pts, 11 boards, 6 blocks, Damarcus Harrison 13 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and TD Dixon 11 points, 6 boards, 4 assists also filled up the scoring table. Bright spots for the cougars John (locked and loaded) cannon who had 16points 9 rebounds and 2 blocks. Alex (big stick ) briggstaff also came to play with 14 points 3 rebounds and 3 steals! Matt karduis and drew hoilman had 4 pts. Every player scored in this game for the Heritage. The cougars Played the most intense that they have played all year if the cougars come out that way the rest of the season . LOOK FOR A TITLE RUN IN THE PLAYOFFS!

*tcu and north western was spotted at this game *

THE REMATCH HERITAGE AT HENDERSONVILLE

 This game would decide the top spot in the Western Highlands Conference.

"Late in the first quarter the Cougars took the slight lead and made sure to maintain it, until Hendersonville's Shawn Rogers was a force last time when these two played , his defense was what made the difference this night. THE HERITAGE (10-5, 5-2) lead 42-36,at halftime OVER (12-3, 5-1)

Down by seven, , Marquies Johnson, Brackin Kirkland and Rogers all contributed to Hendersonville's 15-2 scoring run,  Cougars quickly took the lead back. But when John Cannon (24 points) was ejected from the game for fighting with johnson(who was not ejected) with just over six minutes to go, Heritage with Alex"the BIG STICK" Biggerstaff who had 26 pts fought to hold off the bearcats off but but a tech. foul on drew letterman. Then a hard foul on matt kardulis that should have had rodgers ejected. sealed the loss 88-83

Heritage at mitchell girls

Cougar girls win in OT OVER MITCHELL48-47

THE RIVALERY DID NOT DISAPPOINT. Now matter the records, standing or years one game of the boys or girls will deliver. This year the girls are the ones that put on the show in ledger. With the gym around 85 degrees and no doors open to let in fresh air. THE COUGARS BRENNA WOODY did what she has been doing.....scoring points leading with 11 along with 6 rebounds  . The game went back and fourth every time the cougars would get a little breathing room #24 Jensen would hit a huge outside shot. The game went in to overtime that's when (ice ) kardulis shines on D Also giving 11 points.A lay up by kayla shepard sealed the game as the cougars shot 44 % and forced 19 turnovers.

Mountain Heritage at Mitchell

Jan. 15 MH 75 Mitchell 54

For the second consecutive night the Cougars jumped out to a large halftime lead 38-21. John Cannon 13, Alex Biggerstaff 9 and Drew Letterman 5 led the way. Heritage was able to put Mitchell away behind more Cannon 11, Biggerstaff 8 and Letterman 6.

Trenton Burleson, Matt Kardulis, Zander Silvers and Cannon led the charge defensively. Cannon contributed 24 points, 13 rebounds and 8 blocked shots. Kardulis, 3 steals 2 assists, 1 drawn charge and 5 points. Burleson a defensive stopper helped hold high scoring Corey Greene to 4 points.

Drew Letterman led the team in assists with 4 to go with his 11 points. Alex Biggerstaff added 8 rebounds to go with his 17 points.

Tyson Tomberlin recorded 5 rebounds and 5 points.

Other scoring:

Brian Krause 2

Spencer Bishop 2

Zander Silvers 1

Eli Buckner 2

Trenton Burleson 3

Dillion Vess 2

Drew Hoilman 1

*NOTE THIS WAS THE LAST GAME FOR DILLON VESS AT MOUNTAIN HERITAGE WHO WILL UNDER GO ELBOW SURGERY IN THE COMING WEEKS . Thanks you dillion for a great 4 years!

thanks barry johnson for the report

madison at heritage girls

cougars win 73-61 against the pats!

Mountain heritage got back on the the floor after a week of delays because of bad weather! They were ready give the home crowd a show. 32 Brianna Woody  Has had to step up because of the injury to Taylor parker. She was unstoppable scoring 27 points 8 rebounds and 4 steals. Madison could get close because of a very good 22 Allie Leake who scored 19 for the pats. But the the cougars shot 41 percent  33 rebounds with 12 steals as a team . Defense has been the staple of this team. 30 Kayla Shepherd was a big factor on d as well and also had 16 points with 3 -3 pointers. 14 Maria (ice) Kardulis also had 9 points 4 steals. cougars hit 6 3s to ice the game.

Madison at Heritage boys

Jan.14 MHHS 80 Madison 45

Cougars jumped out to a 23-13 1^{st quarter lead behind 9 points from John Cannon. The lead extended to 18 by halftime behind the Cougar defense and 8 more points from Cannon. The 6’10 senior missed only 2 shots from the field as he scored 28 points with 13 rebounds and 4 blocked shots. More Heritage in the second half as the starters rested the 4th cruising to a 35 point win over the Patriots.}

Alex Biggerstaff added 13 points. Dillion Vess playing in his last home game (due to upcoming elbow surgery) contributed 5 rebounds and 4 points. Tyson Tomberlin, Matthew Kardulis and Trenton Burleson led the defense which held Madison to 25% shooting. They combined for 6 steals and 4 drawn charges. Daulton Woody had 4 rebounds and 1 point. Drew Hoilman had 4 rebounds and 5 points. Matthew Kardulis who is getting healther every day led the team in assists with 5 and scored 3 points. Burleson added 3 assists to go with 6 points.

Other scoring:

Brian Krause 4

Spencer Bishop 6

Zander Silvers 6

Eli Buckner 7

thanks barry johnson for this report!

Thomas jefferson at Heritage boys

Heritage defeats T. Jefferson by 13

85-72

A much improved gryphon team came to burnsville with travis waldroup-rodriguez. THE LEADING SCORER IN THE WHC. With a 33 ppg avg . The first half d was incredible. The 4 freshmen on the TJ  where shaken at first with the different looks the older HERITAGE team showed with they're full court press. At one point The cougars having an 28 to 8 lead. But this is not the same roll over and die GRYPHONS. They never quit! Battled back and got the lead under 12 twice. But the cougars would go on run  after run lead by JOHN CANNON who scored 26. Alex (the real deal) biggerstaff  had 18. This is a very hard nosed 3 happy TJ. Who will be tough to handle next year. But for now the cougars are KING OF THE CASTLE!

Thomas Jefferson at Heritage girls

COUGARS ROLL

73-20

Well believe it or not the score was not even as close as it looked ! THE HERITAGE came after the gryphons wide open. Kayla Shepard lead all scorers  17 ! But 5 of those where 3 pointers. Samm chandler  was to hard to stop inside scoring  17. Johnson had 9 with 2 3s. 32 Breanna Woody had 14 with so many weapons it was hard not to run up the score on the gryphons. COUGARS are still with out 34 Taylor Parker . Which says how good these girls are even off the bench!

CHRISTMAS TOURNEY BOONE HERITAGE BOYS GET PAYBACK!

Cougars took on West caldwell 1st round in boone

West Caldwell beat defending Appalachian Athletic Conference champion Smoky Mountain in last winter's 2-A state semifinal game.

Cougars from the start took took advange of their size inside taking with 6-11 John cannon controlling the game from the start. Cougars strong D slowed the dangerous shooters KJ JONES and ANTINIO DULA . The defense was so good it caused one of the warriors to get called for a techincal against Trenton Burleson and was thrown out of the game. Cougars controlled inside with cannon and biggerstaff leading until late in the ball game.

The last 8 Min's. seen the game change as the cougars could no longer get the ball inside. In the last min. the Warriors tied the game up,Then the cougars turned the ball over !  Warriors held the ball till the last shot and hit a 8 foot jumper. Ball game!

Even in a loss, the Mountain Heritage  confirmed Wednesday that they will be a force in the Western Highlands Conference and 2-A playoffs.

The Cougars pushed West Caldwell to the limit before falling 57-55 in the semifinals of Watauga's holiday basketball tournament.

John Cannon led Mountain Heritage with 20 points.

"We're a work in progress, but we're getting there," Cougars coach Barry Johnson said.

"We've played some really good basketball teams and we've had some tough luck. But we're getting healthier and getting some guys back (from injuries). We feel good about what this team can do."

Round two COUGARS VS PIONEERS

ROUND TWO: HERITAGE VS WATAUGA

With the loss Mountain heritage played a team that defeated them at home earlier in the year. SO IT WAS TIME FOR PAYBACK!

Watauga tried just about everybody on its roster to guard Mountain

Heritage center John Cannon.

It didn't seem to matter who guarded the 6-foot-11 center. Watauga's

tallest player, 6-5 Will Koppenhaver took his turn, but ran into foul

trouble and had to leave the game. He wasn't the only Pioneer who

could not handle Cannon, who scored 29 points in the Cougars' 78-64

victory over Watauga in the consolation game of the Pioneer Holiday

Tournament.

Both Koppenhaver and Caleb Watson, who also helped out on Cannon,

eventually fouled out. When Watauga's outside shooting started to

misfire, Cannon was the most effective weapon on the floor.

Watauga got 19 points from Jake Pifer, who hit five 3-pointers. Damian

Edwards added 13 points and Watson scored 11 for the Pioneers.

But Mountain Heritage outscored  the Pioneers 30-15 in the fourth

quarter to pull away from the Pioneers. Watauga led 49-48 going into

the fourth, but  Mountain Heritage went on a 14-3 run to take a 62-52

lead that the Pioneers could not overcome.

Watauga pulled to within six points one (62-56) and eight (72-64) on a

Pifer 3-point basket with 44 seconds left. Pifer was named to the

all-tournament team.

Mountain Heritage hit 13-of-20 foul shots in the fourth

At the end Heritages Xander Silvers brought the ball to halfcourt and launched a 3 as time expired and drilled it!

THE HERITAGE DEFEATED  THE PIONEERS 78-64

NOTE :

END OF THE GAME WAS THE REAL STORY AS HEAD COACH FOR THE PIONEERS CAME AFTER GUARD MATT KARDULIS ! Kardulis stood his ground and watched the police haul away Coach Sanders. This goes back to when Heritage faced Watauga at home earlier in the year.  Wataugas Damian

Edwards was trash talking with some cougar fans which caused someone to throw a hot dog wrapper towards the pioneers bench. The pioneers coach then made the statement to the fans"BUNCH OF STUPID REDNECKS". Well during the hand shake the statement was brought up"NOT BAD FOR A BUNCH OF STUPID REDNECKS huh coach" That caused caused Coach Sanders to go crazy. Going TOE to TOE with coaching staff and tiring to get to the cougar player. After being lead away by security it  was good for a few laughs at the head coaches temper tantrum! If you are not going to Cougar basketball games you are missing a real show!

Mountain Heritage boys 78, Watauga 64

Mountain Heritage

Silvers 2 0-0 6, Tomberliin 1 0-0 2, Buckner 0 1-2 1, Cannon 11 7-11

29, Biggerstaff 2 8-10 12, Letterman 3 5-8 12, Burleson 3 4-9 13,

Hoilman 1 1-1 3, Vess 0 0-0 0. Otals 23 26-41 78.

Watauga

Pifer 7 0-0 19, Hodges 1 0-0 3, Watson 4 3-6 11, Quinn 3 0-2 8,

Koppenhaver 3 0-1 6, Edwards 1 11-13 13, Chambers 2 0-0 4, Hall 0 0-0

0, Pogoloff 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 14-24 64.

Mtn. Heritage            15 16 17 30 � 78

Watauga            16 15 18 15 � 64

3-point goals�MHHS 6 (Burleson 3, Silvers 2, Letterman), WHS 8 (Pifer

5, Quinn 2, Hodges). Turnovers�MHHS 10, WHS 4. Total fouls�MHHS 19,

WHS 31.