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. D ufur shot 42
percent from the floor (20-
48) and 42 percent from the
free throw line (13-31).
“This was a tough
game for us,” said Coach
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The Heppner girls’
v arsity b a sk e tb a ll team
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ranked third in the state at
the 2A level this year with a
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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
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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