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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 2, 2005 - THREE Lady Cardinals stun Powder Valley, move on to Baker City The lo n e Lady C ardinals started M arch Madness a couple o f days' early, stunning the Powder Valley Badgers 34-31 at the first-ro u n d state playoff gam e held at lo n e on Saturday, Feb 26 In one of the biggest upsets o f the 1A playoff day, the Cardinals ended the Badgers season while booking themselves a trip to the OSAA State 1A Tournament in Baker City March 2-5. The atmosphere was decidedly that o f a playoff game in lone Saturday, with the stands jam-packed and the lone Community Band on a roll The game was close early, with lone trailing 10-7 a fte r a tig h t first quarter. But starting with a bucket at the end o f the first and extending six minutes into the second, Pow der Valley p o sted 15 unanswered points to put the Lady Cardinals deep in a hole With two minutes left to go in the period, lone trailed by 16, 23-9 At that point, Sara Peck dropped in a basket and with just 15 seconds remaining in the half, Jenny Griffith made a much-needed 3-pointer to make the half-time score, 23- 12 A huge factor for Powder Valley was 6-foot junior, Kali Miller, who scored 13 of her team ’s 23 first half points including nine o f 10 shooting at the free throw line U sing stepped up d efen siv e p re ssu re and improved ball-handling, the momentum slowly started to Cardinals win first-round playoff game The lo n e b o y s’ v a rsity d e lig h te d an enthusiastic home crow d with an exciting win over the visiting Country Christian Cougars in the first round state tournam ent playoff game held in lone Friday, Feb 25. The Cardinals used solid free throw shooting to seal the C o u g ars fate, winning 78-61. The Cards now advance to the State 1A Tournament in Baker City March 2-5, where they will m eet m ore C ougars, the C row C o u g ars, in their o p ening m atch on Wednesday, March 2 at 3:15 p.m. A fter a couple instances o f playoff game jitters, the Cardinals went on an 8-0 run at the end o f the first period to take the lead after one, 19-11 From the tail end o f the first and the beginning o f the second, the Cards went on a 19-2 tear to build a 16-point lead early in the second period Country Christian was not to be c o u n ted o ut, they answered with a 10-point run o f their own, including tw o 3-pointers to reduce lone’s lead to just six with under tw o minutes to go before halftime. The Cards were able to rebuild the lead to nine by halftime, thanks to back-to-back buckets by Nick Christm an and free throws from Tony Bolin and Tyler Brown. The Cardinals led at the half, 37-28 The Cardinals didn’t let up in the second half, running their full speed game and flustering the Cougars with stiff defense At times in the third period, it looked like the game might become a runaway with the lone lead grow ing from nine to 15 points at the end o f the quarter, 56-41. The young C ountry C hristian team , which started two freshmen and two juniors, never gave up though and kept charging back. The Cougars reeled off seven unanswered points to start the fo u rth q u arter, pulling to within eight points early in the quarter and then again w ith ab o u t 1:30 rem aining in th e gam e. Country Christian held the Cardinals to just three field goals in the final period but were forced to foul heavily in an attem p t to regain p o sse ssio n o f the ball Consequently, the Cardinals went to the free throw line 23 times in the final period, connecting on 16 o f those attempts Near perfect free throw shooting by Brown, Tyler R aible and K elly Support our Troops group receives notes of appreciation The S upport O ur Troops support group held their “Project Cookie Drop” last m onth. They have receiv ed n o tes of a p p re c ia tio n from the tro o p s, ex pressing how much it means to know that Heppner is behind them. N ot only has the group received notes, one soldier, Joseph Mollahan, son o f John M ollahan o f Lexington, called saying, “W hat a surprise to get a packages from Heppner ” He added that he opened it and shared the cookies with his buddies and said they were really good He also said that they were doing fine and that it wasn’t as bad as the media portrayed Another note came from sailor Melissa Reed, niece o f Kay Rene Qualls and g ra n d d a u g h te r o f Donnie Reed Reed’s ship had been sent to the aid o f the tsunami victims and then on to the Arabian Sea She too said how great it was know ing people remembered them The support group will be meeting again on Sunday, March 13 at 2 p.m., in the basem en t o f the M ethodist C hurch to fix E aster boxes. The group appreciates the donations that have come in from the community. Donations are still being accepted and are greatly appreciated Also helping with the projects is Columbia Basin Electric Co- Op who donated money for p o stag e E v ery o n e is w elcom e to atten d the March 13 meeting. It has also been reported that the weather has been cold at nights in Iraq, getting down to 30 degrees, cold enough to freeze the w ater and then g ettin g warmer throughout the day. There also has been snowfall in the mountains Some items that are being recom m ended for donation include: sun screen, lip balm , sham poo, moisturizer, foot powder, DVD m ovies and music C D s, b e e f jerky, salted p ean u ts, trail mix and crackers Pastors invited to write Easter articles The H ep p n er G a z e tte is once again inviting area pastors to write an E aster article for the M arch 23 edition o f the O rd e r M ag n e tic D oor Signs H ERE H eppner G azette-T im es paper Easter is March 27 this year Articles should be sub m itted by M onday, March 21 at 5 p.m Typed articles (hand written, if legible) can be submitted by mail, PO Box 337, Heppner, OR 97836; fax, (541)676-9211; email, editor@rapidserve net, or by dropping it at our office at 188 W Willow, Heppner Please also include in fo rm atio n ab o u t any special services your group will be holding Sara Peck gets around Badger defender on way to upset victory. photo by Jen McElligott lone Cardinal Tony Bolin brings the ball upcourt against Country Christian Cougars. The Cards advanced to playoffs in Baker City with the win. photo by Jeri McF.lligott T hom pson with under a m inute left in the gam e stretched lone’s lead out to 15 points Christman hit a b ask et w ith under 15 seconds left to make the final margin 78-61 Brown led the team in scoring with 23 points, while grabbing 11 rebounds, dishing out-four assists and making six steals. Christman, a senior, came up big with 15 points, three assists and tw o steals Bolin had 13 points, five boards, five assists and five steals and Thompson had 10 points, six o f those from the line, two assists and two steals Also scoring for the Cardinals w ere R aible w ith eight points, Arthur Ekstrom with six and Alan Rietmann with three The Cardinals shot 48 percent from the floor compared to 40 percent for the Cougars Both teams had g o o d p e rc en ta g e s from inside the three-point line- 58 percent for lone and 56 p ercen t fo r C o u n try C h ristian The C ougars stayed in the game by hitting twice as many threes as the C ard s (six). The C ards visited the free throw line 33 times in the game, making 23, while Country Christian was 13 o f 19 from the line The gam e had a great playoff atm osphere with a capacity crowd and the community band in full swing. The game had plenty o f drama and no one dared leave their seats until the final b u zzer sounded to make sure o f the outcome “This was a great win fo r us and the community o f lone,” said Coach Dennis Stefani “The kids played great defense and once again that is what won the game for us.” LBL Fixed Annuity Rates shift in the second half as the Lady Cardinals began to chip away at the Badger’s lead Shots began to fall for lone at the same time as Powder Valley’s first half scoring went stone cold. Towards the end o f the third quarter, Ashly Grams and Griffith hit back-to-back 3-pointers to pull the score within five, 27- 22 . In the fourth, Peck used some picture perfect post moves, scoring three times to pull the team within th ree, 31-28. W ith 1:45 rem aining, Ashly G ram s capitalized on a steal with a lay in, making the score 30- 31 The Cards flustered the B adgers and got another steal This one looked like a p e rfe ct lay-in by Am ber Patton but was called back by the refs due to a foul on the ground W ith 1:10 rem aining in the gam e, Patton swished two clutch free th ro w s and the Cardinals took their first lead o f the game since a brief 5-4 advantage in the first quarter, 32-31. G ram s grabbed another steal and was fouled on the lay-in attempt With 26 4 seconds on the clock, she made one of her two tries to put the score at 33-31 The B adgers barreled down court and pumped up a three-point attempt, which bounced out o f bounds over the top o f the b ack b o ard G riffith was fouled on the inbounds pass and she came through with another critical free throw, making the score 34-31 with 11.6 seconds rem aining Powder Valley got off a final th ree-p o in t attem p t that bounded off the rim at the buzzer as the partisan home crowd erupted Peck, a senior, led the team in scoring with 10 points, followed by Patton w ith nine, G riffith w ith seven, Grams with six and Kylee Svetich with tw o Patton grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the team , w hile G riffith and G ram s each tallied three steals and three assists “ It was a huge win,” said Coach Ryan R udolf “ We were down by 16, but the girls didn’t quit or give up.” He noted that Powder Valley became tentative in the second half, scoring just four points each the third and fourth quarters, something he attributed to his team ’s good defense. “Defense won the gam e for u s ,” said Rudolf. “The girls played hard They could have folded but they didn’t.” The Lady Cards will face St Paul in their opening game in Baker City. “St Paul will be a tough game for us,” said Rudolf “The girls have been underdogs all year so I think if we play hard, anything can happen.” This will be the Lady Cardinals first appearance at the State Tournam ent in Baker City since 2000 and the first under the direction o f Coach Rudolf. 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