Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 23,2005 - THREE
Cardinals earn No. 1 seed to state Lady Cards take Number Two seed
The lo n e b o y ’s
varsity pulled oft'an upset of
South W asco C ounty in
S a tu rd a y ’s
Big
Sky
Conference Championship
game, winning 53-47 and
earning the Number One
seed from the Big Sky.
Getting to that game, the
Cards had to put away a
tenacious Condon squad on
Friday, a game they had to
win to ensure a home court
advantage for the first round
o f the state playoffs. The
Cards are slated to play in
lone Friday, Feb 25 against
the number three seed from
the Casco League, Country
Christian
The Cards fought off
a flu bug and a slow start
against Condon on Friday.
At the end o f one quarter,
Condon led 9-6. lone dug
deep in the second, going on
a 14-0 run and holding
Condon scoreless for the
first six m inutes o f the
quarter The Cardinals took
a 24-14 lead to the locker
room at the half. Condon
w as now here near done
though, hitting a three and a
two to start the third quarter.
The teams played evenly in
the third quarter, scoring 11
p o ints each The fourth
quarter started with a bang
with Tyler Brown hitting a
three and Kelly Thompson
nailing a bucket as the Cards
outscored the Devils 17-8 to
give lone thé final margin of
victory, 52-33.
Three players were
in double figures led by
Brown with 14, followed by
Tony Bolin with 13 and
Thom pson with 10. Also
scoring for the Cards were
Tyler Raible with six, Nick
Christman with four, Arthur
Ekstrom and Dan Long with
two each and John Walton
with one Bolin led the team
in several other categories
including rebounds with 11,
steals with five and assists
with four. The Cards shot 20
o f 52 from the floor for 3 8 5
percent com pared to
C o n d o n ’s 13-45 fo r 29
percent lone also had a
good night from the free
throw line, making 11 o f 16
while Condon made just two
o f ten
“This was a win we
had to have to hold home
court for the first round of
state playoffs,” said Coach
Dennis Stefani. “The kids did
a great defensive job to get
the win.”
With the home court
ad v an tag e secu red , the
C ard in als tu rn ed th e ir
attention to the possibility of
w inning the conference.
Standing in the way was a
form idable ro ad b lo ck - a
South Wasco team that was
undefeated in league play
and also unbeaten by a 1A
opponent this season. South
W asco had defeated the
Cards during the season and
it was noted in that game that
if lone could have made their
free throws, they could have
won that game Interestingly
enough, success at the free
throw line was a huge factor
in the C ardinal’s win on
Saturday, lone capitalized on
17 out o f 25 attempts while-
South Wasco got just eight
chances at the line, making
five.
Things did not look
good in the early going for
the Cardinals as the Redsides
raced out to an 11-0 lead,
taking advantage o f an lone
team th at seem ed to be
having difficulty dealing with
the South Wasco lull-court
press. But the Cards settled
down and went to work
lone was down 19-13 after
one but put together a super
second quarter, outscoring
South Wasco 20-4 to take a
10-point lead at the half The
third quarter was slow for
both teams with the Redsides
scoring six while lone had
ju st four, leaving the
C ard in als w ith a 37-29
advantage With the game on
the line in the fourth, the
action was fast and furious
but lo n e held o ff the
Redsides’ charge to win the
game 47-53.
Brown led all scorers
in the contest with 24 points
including two 3-pointers and
10 key free throws out o f 14
attempts He also was tough
on the boards with eight
rebounds, dished out five
assists and grabbed five
steals Also scoring for lone
were Christman with 12,
Bolin with nine, Thompson
with four and Raible with
three
lone actually made
three fewer field goals than
their opponent and the same
number o f three pointers so
it was clutch free throw
sho o tin g th at got the
winning points on the board
“ This was a huge
win,” said a happy Coach
Stefani. “Defense won this
game along with some good
free throw shooting towards
the end. It will be nice to
place a n o th er Big Sky
District Championship board
in our gym.”
lone Legion
Auxiliary to meet
The lo n e Legion
Auxiliary will hold a regular
meeting at Colliers in lone
on Tuesday, M arch 1 at
11:30 a m
The lo n e Lady
Cardinals kept their season
alive by wrapping up the
Number Two seed from the
Big Sky C onference last
w eekend at the D istrict
Tournam ent in Umatilla
lone fought off a constantly
improving Cascade Locks
team on Friday and threw a
scare into the state-ranked
Dufur team on Saturday to
earn a home court for the
first round o f the state
playoffs. lo n e will host
Powder Valley on Saturday,
Feb. 26 with the winner
advancing to the State 1A
Tournament in Baker City
March 3-5.
On Friday, the Lady
Cards were reminded that
C ascad e L ocks is no
pushover. In a low-scoring
gam e that featured good
team defense and not-so-
good shooting from either
team, the Lady Cards found
themselves in yet another
situation where the game
came down to the last few
minutes lone took an early
6-2 first quarter lead but
watched that evaporate in
the second Ashly Grams hit
a two that looked a lot like a
three at the buzzer to knot
the score at nine at half time
Neither team could seem to
pull ahead in the third but the
Cards held the slimmest o f
leads, 21-20 going into the
final period
With six minutes to
go, Emily Rietmann hit two
free throws to put the score
at 23-20. She then stole the
ball, got fouled and made
one more. Amber Patton hit
a big bucket to make the
score 26-20 before Cascade
L ocks co n n ected again
Emily Rietm ann then hit
P atto n with a nice pass,
which she banked in with
about 1 ;40 to go. Cascade
Locks scored once more but
ran out o f time with the score
at 28-24 in favor o f lone
Senior Sara Peck
had a strong game for the
Lady C ard s sco rin g 11
points and grabbing five
rebounds. Patton had six
points, eight rebounds and
four steals which were key
to the win Also scoring for
lone was Grams with five,
Emily Rietmann with three
and Jenny Griffith with two
“ This was a close
game that we used good
team defense to secure the
win Cascade Locks played
well and I give them a lot of
credit for playing us tough,”
said Coach Ryan R udolf
“ We have played several
close games this year and I
think the girls know how to
win tight games ” The win
put the Lady Cards in the
po sitio n to play fo r the
League Championship for
the second year in a row and
also allowed them to host the
first round state playoff
game in lone
On Saturday night,
lone ran up against a Dufur
team that is ranked number
five in the state and was
playing for th e ir th ird
straight Big Sky D istrict
Title This was also a team
that had rather soundly put
the Lady Cardinals in their
place tw ice already this
season So rather than adopt
a “been there, done that”
attitude, the Lady Cards
decided to give the Rangers
a game
Admittedly, things
didn’t look good in the first
quarter when Dufur put 15
points on the board before
the Lady Cards managed
two. The Cards trailed at the
end o f one quarter, 17-7. It
was about then that the lone
girls sta rte d to string
together one o f their best
games o f the season pulling
to w ithin eight p o in ts
midway through the fourth
quarter In the end, that’s as
close as they could get and
thanks to Dufur hitting some
free throws in the late going,
the final m argin o f the
Ranger’s victory was 55-42
Peck had another
strong showing for the Cards
w ith 11 p oints and 10
rebounds. Patton had eight
points and nine boards while
Griffith tallied 10 points,
three assists and two steals
Senior Alyssa Rietmann had
three points, three assists and
th re e steals and G ram s
scored six points and dished
out th ree assists Emily
Rietmann and Kylee Svetich
each scored two points.
“This was the best
game we have played all
year,” said Coach Rudolf
“Dufur is a very good team
with several good athletes
The girls never gave up and
played Dufur tougher than
any other Big Sky team this
year This game, even though
we lost, gives us confidence
heading in the state playoffs
next Saturday. I am very
proud o f the girls and how
they have played all year. I
think we have a good chance
o f advancing to Baker City.”
Legion and
Auxiliary to meet
The
A m erican
Legion and A u x iliary -
Heppner Unit will meet on
Monday, Feb 28, at 6:30
p.m., at the St. Patrick’s
Senior Center, beginning
w ith a p otluck supper,
fo llo w ed by m eetings.
Several projects are in the
discussion stage at this time
All members are welcome to
attend.
GOOf) LOCK TO T fie IONC CffRÎMNflUS!
First Round Regional Playoffs: lone Cardinal Varsity Boys will play
in lone on Friday, Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. against Country Christian
from Molalla. (Winner goes on to Baker City, the loser is out.)
First Round Regional Playoffs: lone Cardinal Varsity Girls will play
in lone on Saturday, Feb. 26 at 5 p.m. against Powder Valley from
North Powder. (Winner goes on to Baker City, the loser is out.)
lone Cardinals Varsity Boys (L-R): top row-Coach Jim Swanson. John Walton, Tyler Raible,
Arthur Ekstrom. Dan Long. Kip Krebs, Coach Dennis Stefani; middle row-Tyler Brown,
Tony Bolin. Kelly Thompson. Taylor McElligott. Nick Christman. Kyle Palmateer; bottom
row-Paul Hams. Manager Zac Orem. Alan Rietmann
lone Cardinals Varsity Girls (L-R): top row -Kylee Svetich. Jenny Griffith. Sara Peck. Coach
Ryan Rudolf. Amber Patton. Ashly Grams. Emily Rietmann; bottom row-Julianna
VandenBnnk. Kayla LaRue. Alyssa Rietmann. Kaylee Palmateer
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