January 2, 2008

The Horizon Christian boys basketball team cruised to a pair of wins at the City Christian tournament in Portland over the weekend to win the tournament championship.

In their first game the Hawks picked up a 57-37 win over Trout Lake. It was third time the teams had faced each other this season, and each has resulted in a win by at least 20 points for Horizon. In the tournament championship game the Hawks easily handled host City Christian for a 50-35 win to avenge a loss to the Lions in the previous year’s tournament championship.

Meanwhile, the Horizon girls basketball team split its two games at the tournament. The Hawks fell to City Christian 27-25 in overtime. Stephanie Taylor tied the game with a three-pointer at the buzzer to send the contest into overtime. Taylor led the Hawks with 10 points. City Christian was able to pull out the win despite being out rebounded 45-23 by Horizon. The Hawks then beat Madison’s JV team 43-35 thanks to a 13-point effort by Liz Taylor. The Hawks led almost the whole way to pick up their first win of the year.

“It was a total team effort,” Horizon coach Stan Perkins said. “We played very hard and took care of the ball.”

Both Hawk teams play at Crook County on Friday before hosting Griswold on Saturday.