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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 9, 2005 Lady Cards take sixth at state Ashly Grams takes control of the hall (luring the game with Gilchrist. ...more photos on fxige I. By Anne Morter The lone g irls ’ basketball team capped a surprising season with a sixth place tro p h y at last w e e k e n d ’s State 1A Basketball Tournament in Baker City The team started the season short-handed and lost starters tem porarily along the way with broken bones and peculiar illnesses After a 1-7 preseason, the Lady Cards regrouped to storm through their league season u n d efeated until m eeting D ufur the week b efo re D istrict They surprised a few folks by taking second in the Big Sky D istrict Tournam ent and then shocked a few more with a dramatic come-from- behind victory over Powder Valley in the first round state playoff game in lone Entering the state tournam ent on a roll, the C ards exceeded expectations by winning one game and losing two to bring home some hardware The Lady Cardinals finished their season 18-11 with a roster that featured six freshmen and sophomores and only four juniors and seniors. Also on an individual basis, the Cardinal’s Jenny Griffith tied a state record with 100 percent 3-point shooting in the Gilchrist game, hitting all three o f her attempts The Lady Cards first op p o n en t o f the long weekend was St Paul who scorched the nets with four 3-pointers in the first quarter The inexperienced Lady Cardinals were a bit taken aback and struggled to put points on the board, leaving the score at the end o f one quarter 14-4, in favor o f the Buckaroos Turnovers haunted both teams in the second quarter and Cardinal point guard Ashly Grams found h e rs e lf in serio u s foul trouble, racking up her third foul with just over minute to go in the half. The Buckaroos took advantage o f the Cardinals state jitters to double their score while lone only managed another four points, m aking the halflime score 28-8 In the third quarter, the Cards defense held St. Paul to just six points while they were able to score eight To their credit, the lone girls kept battling despite the 20- point lead held by St Paul Both teams scored 14 points in the fourth quarter to make the final score 50-30. Amber P atton led the Cards in scoring with nine p o ints follow ed by Kylee Svetich with six and Emily Rietmann with five Also scoring was Griffith with four and Sara Peck and Grams with three each lone o u t-reb o u n d e d the B uckaroos 33-31, led by Peck and Emily Rietmann w ith six each A lyssa Rietmann had four steals to lead the team The Cards struggled with their shooting, making just 12 o f 41 for 29 percent, while St Paul had the hotter hand, m aking 19 o f 43 attempts for 44 percent “ We stru g g led offensively in the first half and dug ourselves too big o f a hole,” said Coach Ryan R udolf “We played them even in the second h a lf because the girls finally relaxed and started to play like they knew they could. Overall, I was pleased with our effort, especially this being the first game o f the tournament ” The loss moved the C ard in als into th e consolation bracket against the Gilchrist Grizzlies lone jumped out to an early lead, outscoring their opponent 12-6, but G ilchrist came charging back to tie the game 22-22 at halftime The Lady Cards had a hot hand from the three-point line, hitting 4 o f 8 in the first half. The game stayed tight in the third quarter with both teams scoring 10 points, but the Cardinals cut loose in the fourth, outscoring Gilchrist 23-12 to win the game 55- 44. Peck led all scorers w ith 16 p o in ts, w hich included 10 o f 13 shooting from the free throw line. Grams added 15 points, nine o f those coming from 3- pointers. Griffith had nine, Patton and Kayla LaRue each had four, A lyssa Rietm ann had th ree and Svetich and Emily Rietmann each had two Peck led the rebounding effort for the Cards with 11 She also led the team with three steals, while Emily Rietmann had four assists lo n e ’s sh o o tin g percentage o f 41 percent (18 o f 44) was much improved from their Thursday game and they finished the game with 54 percent shooting from beyond the three-point line They also hit 55 percent o f their free throws “This was the best game we have played all year, from start to finish,” said Coach R udolf “ The girls knew that we had to win if they wanted to play for a trophy Sara really had a stro n g gam e inside and Ashly and Jenny each had three 3-pointers to give us a really balanced attack They all played great defense and put themselves in a position to play on Saturday, which was one o f our goals going into the tournament.” The final game o f the tournament saw another Big Sky rematch when lone met the Dufur Rangers for the fourth time this season in a 9 a m gam e The gam e started off rather oddly when a technical foul was called for an e rro r in the lone scorebook before the game even began and an o th er technical foul was called soon after that on the Dufur bench The Lady Cardinals scored five o f their seven points in the quarter from the line but were outscored by the Rangers 12-7 for the perio d A lthough the Cardinals had stuck with th e ir riv als in th e first quarter, things quickly went south in the second as Dufur reeled off 11 unanswered points and held the Cardinals scoreless until Grams hit a bucket at the end o f the quarter, making the halftime score 23-9. Scoring wasn’t the only tro u b le as both Emily Rietmann and Svetich picked up their third foul in the second period Dufur kept up the scoring pace in the third, outscoring the Cards 17-9, putting the score at 40-18 at the end o f th ree G ram s came alive in the fourth quarter scoring 11 o f the team’s 16 points but it was too little, too late for the Cardinals. The final score was 53-34, in favor o f Dufur Grams led the team in scoring with 15 points, shooting 59 percent from the floor (7-12.) Also scoring for lone was Griffith with five, Peck with five, Patton with three, Emily Rietmann and Svetich with two and Kaylee Palmateer with one Patton and Peck led the team in rebounding with seven each, although the C ards were out-rebounded by the taller Dufur squad 44-35. Poor shooting hurt th e C ard in als as they connected on just 12 o f 52 for 23 percent. Things were better at the line where they connected on 8 o f 14 for 57 p ercen t. 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MARCH 27ib ORDER A REAITHTL EASTER ('ENTERI'IEOE OR EASTER LILIES! ^ HHS varsity girls receive academ ic aw ard The Heppner girls’ v arsity b a sk e tb a ll team re c en tly receiv ed an Academic Top Ten award from the Dairy Farmers o f O regon and the O regon School A ctiv ities Association Each year the Dairy Farmers o f Oregon and the OS AA sponsor these awards for teams who register the highest grade point average in each school classification The H eppner g irls’ team ranked third in the state at the 2A level this year with a com bined GPA o f 3.77, trailing only Nestucca and Enterprise. Each player will later receiv e a Top Ten Academic All State pin from th e D airy F arm ers o f Oregon Shamrockette of the Month Jodexsa Chapa was selected as the Shamrockette of the Month for February. Chapa had the most kicks, 480, at the recent Shamrockette Kick-a-Thon. “ Enthusiasm, pride in her team, excellence in dance and drill, natural ability for dance and an excellent attitude” are w hat brought Chapa the honor said team coach Jodi Chapa. > P f i O’ Ireland! (fD arc k 17 - 20) W«e ^ R u d o lf “ G oing into the game, I really thought we had a chance to beat them We played them tough for three quarters, but we had one o f o ur o ffen siv e d ro u g h ts in th e second quarter and that cost us the game Ashly had a really good gam e fo r us and defensively, we played very well You can’t score two p oints in a q u a rte r and expect to beat Dufur I know the girls wanted to finish in fourth place, but they are very excited to earn a sixth place trophy. “To start out l-7 and end up sixth in the state is a huge accomplishment for these girls. They worked hard all year and worked great together as a team These girls played for almost fo u r m onths w ith great a ttitu d e s and no complaining I couldn’t have asked for a better bunch o f g irls to enjoy this very successful season I’m going to miss our two seniors (Sara and Alyssa), but everyone else is back and looking forward to a return trip to Baker City,” he said M lU U U j'i D a u ) 217 North Main • Heppner * 676-915« Serving Heppner. Lexington t lone 1 We bave a great, selection of Easter Candy and Easter Basket Staffers! CUSTOM BANNERS A n y M ae Lots off Colon Logos & Graphics Heppner Gazette 676-9228 Turning the page Young adults get work, political experience by helping legislators House Page Amberlee Query of Soldotna, Alaska, updates the hall directory of legislators, Friday, Jan. 7, 2005, at the State Capitol Building in Juneau, Alaska. The 24th Alaska State Legislature begins session Monday. AP Photo/Seanna O'Sullivan [E d ito r’s note: Am berlee Query is the granddaughter o f R o b ert and B everly Steagall of Lexington Query w orked at P e tty jo h n ’s Building Supply in Heppner in 2003 ] By Layton Ehmke Reprinted from the Peninsula Clarion Web posted Feb. 20, 2005 T he A laska legislative session is rolling along and, acco rd in g to members o f the House Rules Committee, legislative pages are the wheels that keep it moving. Amberlee Query, a 2003 Soldotna High School g ra d u a te , applied for a position as a page because she thought it would be a good experience. Query, 19, said it’s interesting know how the Legislature works, and she enjoys being involved in the process. “I really like it so far b e ca u se every day is d iffe re n t, and w e ’re all between 18 and 21, so it makes it more fun,” she said “ It’s pretty interesting to be here in the m iddle o f everything and seeing it happen first ” Olson, R-Soldotna, contacted Query’s parents to ask her if she would like to apply for a page position “Up until this year, we would recruit pages at high school governm ent classes, but the minimum age was raised to 19, so that couldn’t be done anymore,” O lson said “ So M ike Chenault, Tom Wagoner and I m entioned it to our neighbors and friends that we would have spots to fill.” Because Query was taking a break from college, she was in an ideal situation to become a page. She said the job in Juneau is a good a lte rn a tiv e for th e tim e being “ I ’m not in school but I’m still accomplishing something Right now, I feel like I’ve got it made,” Query said Olson said he knew Query was taking time off from college, so he invited her to Juneau “ She has good people skills, too, which are important because she deals with an array o f people every day. She has been an asset,” he said Query, along with four other House pages, runs e rra n d s for th e 40 representatives They pick up legislators at the airport, sit in on the sessions and deliver notes along with a host o f other responsibilities H ouse of Representatives Sgt at Arms Jeff Wackerman trains and maintains the pages He said potential pages must have a legal d riv er’s license and good driving record “The hours are long, and y o u ’ve g o t to be friendly,” he said The five House and six Senate pages are paid $900 every two weeks for five m onths and a $200 clothing allow ance when they arrive to get slacks, shoes, blazers and ties — the uniform “The pages are the bottom o f the pay scale but the top o f the workload, if you know what I mean,” Wackerman said “Without the pages, nothing would happen around here.” Wackerman said he also trains daily guest pages for people who just want find out what it’s all about But for m ore perm anent pages, the six-day-a-week sch ed u le in clu d es split ro ta tio n s w ith different responsibilities, as well as a periodically rotating set o f representatives they work for. “ These are good entry-level jo b s for high school grads. It’s a blessing,” Wackerman said Janet Seitz, House Rules C om m ittee staffer, said the pages are just hard working Alaskans “ We try to encourage legislators to find people who would like the job,” she said She said she has found most pages are high- energy p eo p le w ho are interested in being part of the process. “They hear all the floor debates while keeping everything running,” she said. “ They do so many different jobs which, when you look at th e list o f responsibilities, may look like menial things, but they really m ake ev ery th in g happen.” Olson said becoming a page is good for high school graduates or college students taking time off “It gives them some m ore o p p o rtu n itie s and exposes them to politics,” he said O lson said som e previous pages remain in politics or government in some capacity. “There are at least half a dozen current staffers I can think o f that were pages before,” he said Mrs. O’Leary’s stew returns to St. Pat’s celebration Mrs O Leary’s Irish Beef Stew will once again be ready for hungry folks on Friday evening, March 18 from 5-7 p m Fresh dinner rolls, coleslaw and a choice o f fine pies and desserts will finish the meal for $6 per adult and $2 per child ages 6-12 Children 5 and under are free M em bers o f the United M ethodist Church prepare and serve the meal at St Patrick’s Senior Center dining hall It’s a wonderful opportunity to visit with friends and relatives while enjoying good food Funds earned are used for church projects. See you there
