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The Hondo Anvil Herald, Thursday, March 1,1990, Page 9
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Beaten at the buzzer
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Sinton's last second shot douses super Owl comeback
By Jeff Berger
Anvil Herald Spoilt Editor
1990 29-AAA
All-District T earn
John Byrne
Jason Halliburton
David Gonzales
Billy Anthony
Tabatha Garcia
1990 ALL-DISTRICT 29-AAA
BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM
Most Valuable Player
John Byrne Hondo
1st Team
Gabriel Ortiz Jourdanton
David Gonzales Hondo
Jason Halliburton Hondo
Trey Powell Pearsall
Everett Diaz Devine
Don Beck (Soph.) Devine
2nd Team
Gabriel Guzman Devine
David Garcia (Jr.) Poteet
Justin Brown (Soph.) Carrizo
Ramiro Ponce Carrizo
Josh Roane Jourdanton
Billy Anthony (Jr.) Hondo
1990 ALL-DISTRICT 29-AAA
GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM
Most Valuable Player
Beth Burket Jourdanton
1st Team
Mari Garza ^ Jourdanton
Korrey Nixon Devine
Julie Haglund (Fr.) Devine
Bea DeLeon Hondo
Audra Sells (Soph.) Pearsall
2nd Team
Shana Eichman Jourdanton
Rhonda Wheeler (Jr.) Poteet
Tabatha Garcia Hondo
Shannon Hahn (So.) Jourd'ton
Lisa Phelps (Soph.) Pearsall
Honorable Mention from Hondo
Shelly Mooney, Monica Gauna
Byroe
named
MVP
Hondo's 6-7 senior post John
Byrne was named as the boys' Most
Valuable Player in District 29-AAA
for the 1989-90 basketball season.
'Byrne averaged 18 points per
game, and was among the Greater
San Antonio leaders in rebounds and
blocked shots, as he led the Owls to a
district co-championship and a 23-9
season record.
Joining Byrne on the first team are
senior guards Jason Halliburton and
David Gonzales, who excelled in the
assists and steals departments.
Three-point specialist Billy An-
thony, Hondo’s only junior starter,
made the second team.
Making the first teartfon the girls'
All-District list was Hondo senior
guard Bea DeLeon, who came on
strong in district, leading the Owls in
scoring during their run at the play-
offs, which ended in a 17-10 third
place season. Senior Tab*Garcia was
named to the second team.
District MVP was Jourdanton sen-
ior Beth Burket, the third leading
scorer in the state, and the all-time
Greater SA leading scorer. She
helped guide the Squaws to a region
tourney berth and a 26-7 record.
Kenedy - Sometimes heroes come
from unlikely sources.
Here was Sinton junior guard
Wade Parks. He hadn't taken a shot all
night, and in fact, despite his starting
status, he had spent most of the game
on the bench.
But with the scored tied and with
time ticking down to two seconds left,
he found himself with the bait 15 feet
from the hoop.
Somebody had to shoot it, so Parks
did. Banking it in off the glass, Paiks
sent the Sinton Pirates on to the area
playoffs and a date with Pott Isabel.
And he ended the season for the
Hondo Owls, 62-60.
While coaches always find it tough
to take aclose "what-iffy" loss such as
this one, Hondo coach Dwayne Ger-
lich still remained fairly upbeat.
, "I told the team they have a lot to be
proud of," said the second-year head
coach. "They didn't quit, they kept
after Sinton, and they nearly pulled it
off. But give Sinton credit. They hit
their late free throws, and Parks put it
in. Even if it was a bank shot."
Hondo (23-9) concluded its third
straight playoff year and fourth in five
years by playing perhaps the best half
it had played this season.
Down 34-27 at halftime, and trail-
ing Sinton 50-39 with 2:30 remaining
in the third period, the Owls began to
put it all together. The offense started
working, shots began dropping, the
defense became stifling. With all
those things working together,
Hondo went on a 21-7 run that led to
a 60-57 lead with 1:34 to play.
The Owls took the lead on a great
back door pass to Kevin Halliburton
with 2:30 left, and upped it to three
points when David Gonzales sank
two free throws.
But the next time the Pirates (27-4)
had the ball, things started happening
to the Owls. Gonzales, doing nothing
PHOTO BY CHARLES CARLSON
Kevin Halliburton (44) nails a short jumper over Sinton's Wade Parks
(25). The Owls ended the season with a 62-60 loss and a 23-9 record.
different than he had done all night,
was suddenly called for a hand-
checking foul. Eric Garza's two free
throws pulled Sinton within a point
with 1:25 left.
Hondo went into a stall, but Jason
Halliburton was called for a five-sec-
ond violation, even though he was
headed into the paint at the time.
With a minute to play, Toby Ste-
wart, Sinton's leading scorer (22
points) drew a foul from Kevin Hal-
liburton and went to the line. He hit
the front end, tying the score.
The teams swapped turnovers, and
with 40 seconds to go, Garza swatted
the ball away from double-teamed
Jason Halliburton. Sinton, normally a
high-octane, run-and-gun team,
■ elected to slow it down and work for
the last shot
The Pirates looked to get it into Ste-
wart for the final shot but he was
double-covered. Parks got the ball
with six seconds left dribbled to the
free throw line, and banked home the
winner two ticks ahead of the buzzer.
As the Owls began their comeback,
John Byrne began to connect. The 6-
7 senior post scored 14 of his 22
points in the second half.
"We talked about it during a time
out when we were down 11 points,"
said Gerlich. "In the man-to-man
defense they were running, John
should have been open all night. So
we just kept feeding him the ball, and
he was putting it in the hole.”
On the defensive end, David
Gonzales had a great night, both steal-
ing the ball and forcing turnovers. He
also scored 17 points for the cause.
Kevin Halliburton scored eight
points, including three buckets com-
ing off offensive rebounds.
Billy Anthony also chipped in nine,
with six coming in the third quarter.
But the first half belonged to Sin-
ton. After the Owls had raced to a 10-
4 lead with 4:00 minutes left in the
quarter, the Pirates began to come
back, running off 11 straight points
over the next five minutes.
Sinton took the lead when the Owls
backed into a four comers offense in
the final minute of the first period,
and sophomore Kenny Salinas got a
steal and a fast-break layup.
Behind a 22-point second quarter
scoring blitz, a breakneck pace Hon-
do couldn't match, Sinton surged to a
34-27 lead at intermission. Stewart, a
5-11 senior with a thousand moves,
had 15 points by the half.
He was joined in double figures by
Garza, who scored 11.
For the night, Sinton shot 12-of-19
from the free throw line, while the
Owls were 9-of 12.
D'Hanis rally comes up short
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By Carolyn Huesser *'• Modesto Rodriguez received a bro- for the shot, and was hammered, but who hit two easy shots. Bartlett
ran
Special to the Anvil Herald
ken nose trying for a rebound. While
he was out of the lineup, Bartlett
ended the quarter ahead 12-11.
D'Hanis was plagued by bad passes
Boerne — What should have been
and could have been just wasn't.
D'Hanis fell short in a 17-point (eight to be exact), that gave the Bull-
fourth period rally as the Bartlett dogs the opportunity to stay close. A
Bulldogs won the area boys' basket- last shot by Kole Lovett just missed,
ball playoff game, 66-56. The Cowboys were down by as
The game at Boerne High School many as nine points in the early stages
ended the Cowboys' season with a20- of the second quarter. Five turnovers
8 record. Bartlett advances to the re- ar>d four missed free throws hurt the
gional tournament DHS team, but somehow they came
Playing before a record number of back. A long pass from Ryan Rothe to
D'Hanis fans, the Cowboys took an Billy Frieda, and a feed from Rothe to Reinhart ended the period with a
early lead in the game. With two Lovett brought the Cowboys back bucket, but Bartlett's 23-12 edge in
minutes to go in the first period, and within five points.
D'Hanis up 11-10, sophomore With seconds to go, Lovett went up
there was no call. Charlie Langfeld
made the recovery and fired one to-
ward the basket as the buzzer
sounded. The D'Hanis crowd went
wild as the shot dropped in, cutting
Bartlett's lead to 30-27 at the half.
The third period, however, spelled
doom for the Cow boys. Bartlett came
onto the court ready to play. The game
had been fairly civil to that point, but
it turned into a battlefield.
With 6:20 left in the quarter, the
Bulldogs had gone in front by nine.
Runners open at Carrizo;
lots of athletes out for track
The 1990 high school track season
gets cranked up this weekend, as the
Hondo Owls and eight other teams
travel toCarrizo Springs for the Wild-
cat Relays.
Teams running Saturday include
both boys' and girls' squads from Car-
rizo, Crystal City, Cotulla, Devine,
Pearsall, Cole, Uvalde and Hondo,
and the girls' team from Bandera.
At riHS, approximately 50 boys
and 30 girls are out for track this
season. Both numbers are drastic
increases over last season.
The Owls will compete in six track
the quarter, made the score 53-39.
The D'Hanis rally in the final pe
riod was exciting, as the Boerne gym-
nasium rocked with the D'Hanis roar.
Frieda started the Cowboys off with
two free throws. Rodriguez, who
came back into the game following
his injury, added another free throw.
A long pass to Lovett was good for a
meets prior to the District 29-AAA bucket. Rodriguez sent the crowd into
meet on Wed., April 11, including the a frenzy, when he got revenge "his
9th Annual Owl Relays on Sat., way" with a three-pointer. With 3:27
March 24.
Signed up to take part in the Owl
Relays are 14 boys' teams and 13
girls' teams. Besides Hondo, teams
from Bandera, Carrizo Springs,
D'Hanis, Floresville, Jourdanton, La
Vemia, Medina Valley, Pearsall,
Pleasanton, Poteet, Uvalde, and West
left, the score had been cut to 61-51.
D’Hanis had 26 rebounds for the
night, and used it to their advantage as
the clock ticked down. Lovett hit a
three-pointer and Reinhart moved the
Cowboys even closer with a bucket as
the margin got down to five points
with 1:53 left.
Rothe twice fouled the Bulldogs'
Campus will bring both boys' and leading scorer, Johnny Walker, who
girls' squads. Sabinal will send only a was 8-for-10 at the line. The Cowboy
boys' team. defense kept Walker from shooting,
' but it left easy shots for another post
Area playoff teams eliminated hondo owl athletes of the week
Besides Hondo's 62-60 loss to Sin-
ton at the buzzer, the curtain has
fallen on all other area boys basket-
ball teams as well.
Devine, which held the other play-
off spot from District 29-AAA, lost in
its bi-district encounter witlrAransas
Pass, 6049Friday at Incarnate Word.
The Warhorses, who finished the year
at 20-10, were led by Don Beck's 15
pants and Gabriel Guzman's 12.
In other 3A bi-district contests,
both teaips from 26-AAA lost. In a
doubleheader at San Marcos High
School Thursday, Lake Travis
bombed Cole 75-56, and Liberty Hill
crushed Randolph, 81-53.
In area action Tuesday, Sinton
remained alive, advancing to the re-
gional tourney in Kingsville, with a
62-52 win over Port Isabel. Gonzales
earned a region berth, with a 59-56
squeaker over Lake Travis. Santa
Rosa gunned down Aransas Pass, 85-
78, and Rice outscored Liberty Hill,
85-77.
Both teams from 31-AA lost at bi-
district. Lytle fell to Ben Bolt, 75-68,
and Lackland went down at the hands
of Three Rivers, 70-69.
Ingram continues to roll, with wins
of7343 over Marion and 97-57 over
Weimar. Tidehaven, Schulenburg,
and Karnes City all have reached the
regional tournament in Victoria.
In Class A, Thrall downed Rock-
springs, 66-51, at area Tuesday night,
and McMullen County stayed un-
beaten with a 78-68 win over
Austwell-Tivoli.
Boerne and Alamo Heights have
survived in Class 4A, and the District
28-AAA A rivals will meet once more
for the regional championship this
weekend.
In 5A, Jay, South San, Austin LBJ
and Austin Lanier have advanced to
the region tourney.
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down the clock for the victory.
DHanis' 18 turnovers and eight-
missed free throws proved oostly, but
the team played a hard game and
continued to do its best till the buzzer
sounded. They had a great season,
and are bi-district champs.
Coach Bill Lovett will miss his four
seniors next year. Frieda, a senior
transfer from S A Taft, was scuffed up
some during the game as he went out
of bounds to recover a ball, and had to
sit out the third period in foul trouble.
He finished the game with 11 points
and seven rebounds.
Reinhart got things going when the
press got the Cowboys down. He
scored 12 and had five boards.
David Gonzales contributed his
talents during the season and scored
two for the night Gabriel Rodriguez,
playing basketball for the first time
this season had big moments earlier in
the year, including a game where a
late bucket won the contest.
Returning for next season were
Tuesday's high scorer Lovett, who
had 18, along with Langfeld, Travis
Attaway and Ben Ortiz.
The only sophomores on the team,
both starters will be important parts of
Lovett's 1990-91 game plan. Rothe
finished the game with seven points,
six rebounds and four steals. Ro-
driguez, who is dynamite on defense,
had two steals and four points.
Five freshmen will be back next
year, including Alex Ortiz, Chad
Mund, Denny Huesser, Mark Ro-
driguez, and Marcy Rodriguez.
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