By Aaron Heller<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two Hood College men\u2019s basketball players shot into first place in the record books on Feb. 13. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Graduate student Ryan Hollwedel became the team\u2019s all-time winningest player. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hollwedel has been a part of the Blazers since the 2019-20 season. Hollwedel chose to take his talents to Hood College for many reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was a mix of being the right fit for basketball and academically it’s a good fit,\u201d he said. \u201cIt’s also only 40 minutes from where I grew up, so it’s nice to be away from home but not too far.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In four years, Hollwedel has accumulated 71 total wins, and the Blazer\u2019s 2023-24 season isn\u2019t over yet. Throughout Hollwedel\u2019s career, the team has had many standout wins, but the one that stands out to Hollwedel the most is the win against Eastern in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe beat Eastern for the 2022 conference championship and that was a first for our program,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was awesome to play a role in that.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A second record was broken on Feb. 13 by junior guard Garrison Linton who recorded back-to-back triple-doubles. His performance accounts for two out of the three total triple-doubles in Hood College basketball history. Linton earned both of his triple-doubles by recording more than 10 points, rebounds and assists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJust knowing my teammates have full trust in one another makes it easy to go out and play with confidence,\u201d Linton said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Linton also tallied 14 total assists, the most single-game assists in Hood history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI’ve been playing with a lot of these guys for a long time,\u201d he said. \u201cI know how they like to score so I try and put them in a position to make a play.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"