The high school summer boys basketball team finished seventh in a 16-team tournament at Central High School Saturday and Sunday.
The Huskies opened up with a win over Pleasant Hill, a team that made quarterfinals at state this year.
North Bend beat the Huskies in double overtime and ended up winning the tournament, Coach Tim Little said. Tournament double overtime rules make the game sudden death, and the Huskies had a shot at the win. They were on the foul line and needed just one of the two. The Huskies missed both.
Sunday, the Huskies went back and played Hidden Valley, the defending state champion. The Mustangs had lost several of their top players, and Sweet Home won by seven. The returning team is still pretty good, so the Huskies were proud of the win, Little said.
“We just played really well Sunday morning,” Little saids. “We were full of energy.”
They played back-to-back games and faced Tillamook next, Little said. Tillamook put up a zone defense. The Huskies haven’t had a chance to practice against the zone yet this season.
“We were really balanced all weekend,” Little said. “We were getting two-figure scoring from Gabe Kauffman, Colton Emmert and Brandon Weist; and (Ricky) Worley led us in every game rebounding. Very balanced, and same as last weekend, just solid team play and competition every moment.”
The tournament gives the Huskies a 7-3 summer record.
Little expects this week to be rough, with eight and possibly nine games Thursday through Saturday at the Oregon State University basketball camp.
The camp and tournament will include 34 teams. Thursday and Friday’s schedule includes an eight-team pool for seeding on a tournament Friday night and Saturday.
“We’re not real deep, and we really struggle when we get tired,” Little said. “This’ll be an opportunity to work on the little things that can make a difference when you get tired.”
The Huskies will take only eight players to the varsity tournament, Little said. The freshmen and junior varsity will play in tournaments in Scappoose, so the teams needed to be balanced out for the week.