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
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this year Articles should be
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March 21 at 5 p.m
Typed articles (hand
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Please also include
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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.”
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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. Last year,
R udolf s first year coaching
the team, the g irls’ team
qualified for the first round
state playoff game but was
eliminated by the eventual
state champion, Crane, in
close game
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