Hondo Anvil Herald

Owls finish with two league wins; face Marion in bi-district round

 

     Hondo boys’ basketball took care of business in the final week of the regular season. The Owls won twice to clinch a spot in the postseason, finishing third in the District 28-3A race with a 9-5 mark, 13-21 overall.

     Friday, Feb. 13, on Senior Night, behind a 35-point effort from Josiah Quintanilla, the Owls held off a late charge to claim a 73-64 home win over Jourdanton. Tuesday night, Feb. 17, Hondo found itself having to rally late to get past Dilley, 70-66.

     Next, the Owls will enter the postseason as the district’s  #2 seed in the Division 1 bracket. They’ll open the playoffs against the top seed from District 27-3A-Div. 1, Marion. The game will be played Monday, Feb. 23, at Boerne High School, 7 p.m.

     In the win over Jourdanton, the Owls had the hot hand early, jumping to a 23-9 lead at the end of the first period. The margin stayed right around 10 for most of the night, before Jourdanton made things a little closer in the fourth. Hondo again established control in the final minutes to get the nine-point win. Besides the season-high 35 from Quintanilla, Markel Bradley added another 22 points, with eight from Jeremiah Lopez.

     Dilley took a six-point lead into the final quarter in Tuesday’s regular season finale, but the Owls clamped down on defense in the final eight minutes, holding the Wolves to eight points, while pulling back ahead for the four-point win. The Owls went to the line a bunch in the physical contest, hitting 23-of-40 free throw attempts. Bradley led Hondo with 17 points, with 16 from Kolten Alvarez, 12 from Lason Estes, 10 from Quintanilla and nine from Mason Barr.