Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 1,2006 - THREE
Cardinal JVs win two over weekend Cardinals split over weekend
The lone boys’ JV
team recorded tw o wins
over the weekend, downing
Condon-Wheeler, 31-25, in
lone on Friday, Jan. 27 and
squeaking past C ascade
Locks, 56-53, on the road
Saturday, Jan. 28.
A 12-5 first quarter
got the Cardinals the lead
they needed to get past
C o n d o n -W h eeler as the
teams played close to even
after that. The score was 19-
11 at the half and 25-16 after
three. C o n d o n -W h eeler
outscored lone 9-6 in the
final period but couldn’t get
any closer than the final
margin of six points.
C lay M orter was
high point scorer for the
game with 10 points. Also
scoring for lone was Justin
A rcher w ith six, D erek
Davidson and Cory Peterson
with four each, W illiam
Wehrli with three and Matt
Coleman and Kevin Fowler
with two each.
The C ards scored
big
on
the
boards,
outrebounding the Knights
39-25. led by Cory
P e te rso n ’s 10 rebounds.
M orter and Fowler added
eight each. A rch er and
William Bergstrom paced
the team with two assists
each and Morter recorded
four steals.
Coach Jim Swanson
noted that the game wasn’t
as pretty as some of their
other outings. “The kids had
a hard time getting the ball
to drop. They won this game
on d e fe n se ,” he said.
Swanson noted that Cory
Peterson had an outstanding
effort with 10 rebounds. “1
really enjoy his 110 percent
effort especially against
players who are taller than
he is.”
Playing at Cascade
Locks on Saturday, the JV
team had two big quarters
and two ice-cold quarters
but pulled together in the
fourth quarter for the narrow
three-point victory.
The Cardinals trailed
13-7 after one period but ran
off 26 points, 11 points from
Paul Hams, in the second
quarter to grab the lead 33-
24 at halftime. The Pirates
outscored the Cards 13-4 in
the third to knot the score 37
all after three, lone dug deep
in the fourth, outscoring
their opponent 19-16 for the
win. The JV team is 7-1 in
league play, 9-6 overall.
Three Cards scored
in double figures led by Clay
M o rter w ith 15, D erek
Davidson with 13 and Paul
Hams with 11. Also scoring
for lone was Cory Peterson
with eight, Kevin Fowler
with four, Justin Archer with
three and Dalton Campbell
with three.
P eterso n
had
another huge night on the
boards with 12 rebounds as
lone had a hard-fought 33-
23 rebounding advantage.
Also helping out was Morter
with six and Fowler with
five. Davidson led the team
with four steals and Archer
led with five assists.
C oach Sw anson
com m ended P e te rs o n ’s
game with 12 rebounds and
eight points as well as noting
the all around good play of
Morter, Davidson, Archer
and Fow ler. “ A lso Paul
H a m s’ 11 p o in ts in the
second quarter was a great
spark for the team," he said.
“The kids are very
energetic and fun to watch,”
he added. “When you play a
team like Cascade Locks,
you need to stay in control
and we were able to do that.”
Pony girls’ A team wins two and
loses one
The Heppner Pony
g irls’ A team traveled to
Helix on Jan. 28, to compete
in the Helix Tournament.
The Ponies faced the
lone Cardinals in their first
game. The Ponies came out
w ith strong d efen siv e
intensity and led 22-4 at the
half. In the second half, the
Ponies held lone to only two
points and won the game 37-
6. Catherine McElligott and
Jessica Hughes both scored
in double figures for the
Ponies. Four other Ponies
also scored in the game.
The Ponies faced the
Echo C ougars in th eir
second game. The Ponies led
the entire game and won 43-
lb .
E rin
P rice
and
McElligott each scored 12
points in the game. Hughes
added 9 points in the win.
Coach Melissa Coiner said,
“C ath erin e m ade her
presence felt today. She was
g rab b in g re b o u n d s and
scoring points w hen we
needed them.”
In their final game,
the Ponies faced the Helix
Grizzlies. The Ponies had
lost twice to the Grizzlies
and w anted rev en g e. It
w asn't to be. The Ponies
cam e out flat and the
Grizzlies took advantage of
costly turnovers and poor
defense. Helix led 21 -4 at the
half. In the second half, the
P onies step p ed up th eir
defensive pressure and held
Helix to only two points, but
the deficit was too large to
overcom e and the Ponies
lost 15-23. Price led the team
with 10 points.
Coiner said, “I was
impressed with the way that
Erin played today. These
were break-out games for
her. She was passing the ball
re a lly
w ell
today.
Unfortunately, the girls got
tired and our defense was
non-existent in the first half
against Helix.”
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T he lone b o y s’
varsity split their games last
weekend, falling to Condon-
Wheeler, 58-38, in lone on
Friday, Jan. 27 and winning
a thriller in Cascade Locks,
51-50, on Saturday, Feb. 28.
S h o o tin g
w oes
co n tin u ed to plague the
Cardinals against Condon
Wheeler as the Cards shot 27
p ercen t from the field
compared to 45 percent for
the Knights. After trailing
early in the game, lone came
back to lead at the end of one
q u a rte r 14-13. C ondon
Wheeler outscored lone 10-
6 in the low-scoring second
period to lead 23-20 at the
half. A fter the break, the
Knights poured in 20 points
to lo n e ’s 10 to build an
nearly insurmountable lead,
43-30 after three before
coasting home for the 58-38
win.
Dan Long led the
Cardinals in scoring with 10
points. Kelly Thompson had
eight and Nik Kamp had six.
The Knights held a
32-26 rebounding edge over
the Cards. For lone, Nik
Kamp and Kip Krebs led the
way with six boards each.
“Once again, we had
troubles shooting the ball,”
said Coach Dennis Stefani.
“I keep waiting for all of this
to change. We just have to
stay positive and I know
things will come around for
us.”
T he
C ard in als
headed to Cascade Locks on
Saturday, knowing that it is
N N ER
iNK
The Heppner Pony
g irls’ B team traveled to
Helix on Jan. 28, to compete
in the Helix Tournament.
The girls played two games
and finished the day with one
win and one loss.
In their first game,
the Ponies faced the Echo
Cougars. The Ponies had
p re v io u sly b eaten the
Cougars, but this time Echo
got the best of the Pony
team. Echo won the game
22-16. Seven Ponies scored
in the game. Julia Meyer and
Carrie Haguewood led the
team with three points each.
In th e ir second
game, the Ponies faced the
Helix Grizzlies. The Ponies
fell behind in the first half but
pulled ahead in the second
half behind tough defensive
pressure. The Ponies won
the game 25-14. Again, the
P onies had a b alan ced
sco rin g attack . B rooke
Thompson led the team with
seven points and Natalie
Rauch added four.
Coach Keith Price
w as p leased w ith the
balanced scoring output.
“We have been struggling
this season to score the ball,
and we had ten girls score for
us today,” said Price.
Help sponsor Heppner youth
Sarah ’Jo h n so n ,
sophomore at Heppner High
School, has been invited to
attend the C ongressional
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L ead ersh ip
C o n feren ce (C SL C ) in
W ashington D .C ., this
summer. Only a very few are
chosen to atten d this
extraordinary and rare event.
However, this HHS students
needs your help to pay the
$750 tuition.
Johnson is hosting a
spaghetti feed, 6-8 p.m., on
Tuesday, Feb. 7, during the
H eppner versus W eston-
McEwen basketball game at
Heppner High School. The
cost is $5 per plate and each
plate will include spaghetti,
salad (with salad dressing),
rolls, dessert, coffee and
punch. It will be held in Mrs.
Gentry’s room near the gym.
At the spaghetti feed there
will be boxes if you would
like to donate used soda
bottles and cans.
The Heppner High
School Class of 1986 will be
holding their 20-year class
reunion July 21-23. More
details will follow. If you
were in that class and have
not been contacted, please
call Dana Reid at 447-1369.
The Heppner Junior/
Senior High School Booster
Club meeting will be held at
7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb.
8. The meeting will be held
in the high school home-ec
room. Booster Club class
representatives and anyone
interested is encouraged to
attend.
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Class of ’86 to Booster Club to
hold reunion
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By Rick Paullus
The
H ep p n er
Mustang JV girls lost twice
over the w eek en d , at
Umatilla 35-20 on Friday,
Jan. 27 and at hom e to
Sherman County 35-25 on
Saturday. The M ustangs
dropped to 9 and 9 on the
year and will be at Pilot Rock
on Friday, Feb. 3 and back
at home on Saturday to face
the Irrigon Knights.
At U m atilla, the
Mustangs trailed by one after
the first quarter at 6-5, but
managed just two points in
the second and trailed 14-7
at the half. The V ikings
continued to pull away in the
second half to take the win.
Maggie Armato led
the M u stan g s w ith four
p o in ts, w ith S tep h an ie
Cutsforth and Melissa West
each adding three points.
On Saturday, both
teams had a hard time finding
the basket as the Huskies led
4-2 after one and 12-10 at
the half, despite six points
from W hitney M atthews.
Sarah Milner had four points
in the third, but the Huskies
extended their lead to 26-20
and they made nine of 16 free
throws in the fourth to hang
on for the win.
M iln er led the
Mustangs with nine points,
six rebounds and two steals,
with Matthews adding six
p oints and tw o a ssists.
K elsey Fox had six
rebounds, Armato had five
rebounds, West had three
assists, Kaylee Helfrecht had
two steals and Vickie Koch
had two steals.
U m atilla
35,
Heppner 20
Heppner 5 2 7 6-20
Umatilla 6 8 8 13-35
H eppner- M aggie
Armato 1 2-2 4, Stephanie
Cutsforth 1 1-2 3, Melissa
West 1 1-6 3, Kylie Doherty
0 2-2 2, Sarah Milner 0 2-2
2, Baillie Keithley 1 0-0 2,
K assie W ilson 1 0 -0 2,
Mercedes Garrett 1 0-0 2,
Kaylee Helfrecht 0 0-2 0,
Lynnell B ow ie, C helsey
Hedman, Vickie Koch and
Kelsey Fox. Team: 6 6-18
20. 3-pts: none.
Umatilla- Humbert 4
0 - 1 8, R outson 2 2-2 6,
Dahlin 2 0-0 4, Solis 2 0-0
4, Kennedy 2 0-0 4, Lougee
2 0-0 4, Harris 1 0-0 2, Loria
1 0-0 2, Mendoza 0 1-41
and Aldred 0 0-2 0. Team:
16 3-9 35. 3-pts: none.
Sherman County 35,
Heppner 25
Sherman County 4 8
14 9-35
Heppner 2 8 10 5-25
Sherman County- C.
V onBorstel 3 4-5 10, K.
V qnB orstel 3 0-4 6,
C olem an 1 5-8 7, J.
VonBorstel 1 2-4 4, Ambriz
1 0-2 2, Simantel 1 0-0 2,
Sharp 1 0-0 2 and Guzman
1 0-2 2. Team: 12 11-25 35.
3-pts: none.
Heppner- Milner 4
1- 3 9, Whitney Matthews 2
2 - 2 6, A rm ato 1 2-4 4,
Doherty 1 0-0 2, Keithley 1
0-0 2, Cutsforth 0 0-2 0, Fox
0 0-2 0, Bowie, Helfrecht,
Wilson, Koch and Garrett.
Team: 10 5-15 25. 3-pts:
none.
Pony girls’ B team splits at Helix
Tournament
Mustang JV boys win two more
Mid-
Columbia
Bull Breeders
Li ;
always a tough place to play
but determ ined to get the
team back on the winning
track. From the beginning,
the Cards were in the hole,
trailing 13-8 after one, 24-
21 at the half, and 33-31
a fte r th ree. In the final
period, lone outscored the
Pirates 20-17 but it was a last
second tip -in by K elly
Thom pson that gave the
Cards the thrilling win.
“ Kelly Thom pson,
Tyler Brown and Tony Bolin
p lay ed
w ith
great
d e te rm in a tio n ,”
said
a ssista n t
co ach ,
Jim
Swanson. “They were not
going to let this one slip by.”
Sw anson also noted that
B row n’s inbound pass to
Thom pson leading to the
w in n in g b u ck et “ was
perfect.”
Thom pson led the
Cardinals in scoring with 16
points. Brown added 14 and
Dan Long had eight.
B ro w n ’s
nine
rebounds, helped along by
seven each from Thompson,
B olin and Long, led the
C ard in als to a 38-26
rebounding edge. Thompson
paced the team with six
assists in the contest.
“The main thing was
that they never gave up and
seemed to be in sync better
that I have seen them play in
the last four games,” said
Swanson. “Plus I think they
were all feeling better after
a round of sickness. I hope
we are back on track.”
Mustang JV girls lose two
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The
H eppner
Mustang JV boys picked up
two more wins running their
w in n in g steak to eig h t,
beating Umatilla 47-43 at
Umatilla on Friday, Jan. 27
and winning at home against
Sherman County 57-46 on
Saturday. The M ustangs,
now 10 and 3, will be at Pilot
Rock on Friday, Feb. 3 and
back at home on Saturday to
face the Irrigon Knights.
The Mustangs took
a 13-6 lead after one at
Umatilla, getting five points,
including a 3-pointer, from
Lane Bailey, but the Vikings
came back to tie it at 21-21
at the half. The Vikings took
a 34-31 lead after three,
despite six points, including
a 3-pointer, from Justin
Delveaux but the Mustangs
rallied in the fourth, getting
10 points from Bailey and
four from Nacho Elguezabal
to take the narrow win.
Bailey finished with
15 points, with Delveaux and
Elguezabal each adding eight
points.
On Saturday, the
Mustangs jumped out to an
18-8 lead over the Huskies
after one. getting 10 points
from Elguezabal and four
each from Delveaux and
Andre Rauch. Nathan Van
Cleave had four points in the
second, but the H uskies
came back to cut the lead to
24-20 at the half. Bailey had
five points and Elguezabal
and Sam King each had four
points as the Mustangs led
42-38 after three. Delveaux
and King each had four
points in the fourth as they
pulled away for the win.
Elguezabal led the
way with 17 points, with
King adding 10 p o in ts.
Delveaux and Rauch each
finished with eight points.
H eppner
47,
Umatilla 43
H eppner13 8 10 lb-
47
Umatilla 6 15 12 9-
43
H eppner-
Lane
B ailey 5 4-4 15, Ju stin
Delveaux 2 3-4 8, Nacho
Elguezabal 4 0-0 8, Andre
R auch 2 1-2 5, Jason
Houweling 1 0-0 2, Tony
Haguewood 1 0 -1 2 , Aaron
Allstott 1 0-2 2, Brendan
M cElligott 1 0-0 2, Sam
King 1 0-0 2, Nathan Van
C leave 0 0-2 0, N athan
Kennedy 0 1-21 and Braden
Britt. Team: 18 9-17 47. 3-
pts: Bailey and Delveaux.
Umatilla- Bursell 3
3-4 9, M acias 4 0-0 8,
Wyland 3 0-0 6, Manriquez
2 0-0 5, Johnston 2 0-0 4,
Navarette 1 2-2 4, Aparcio
1 0-0 2, Stice 10-12, Young
0 1-21 and Bambela 0 1-2
1. Team: 17 7-11 43. 3-pts:
Manriquez.
H eppner
57,
Sherman County 46
Heppner 18 6 18 15-
57
Sherman County 8
12 18 7-46
H e p p n e r -
Elguezabal 7 3-6 17, King 4
2-5 10, R auch 4 0-0 8,
D elveaux 4 0-0 8, Van
Cleave 3 0-0 6, Bailey 2 1-1
5, M cE llig o tt 1 0-0 2,
H aguew ood 0 1-2 1,
K ennedy,
H ouw eling,
Allstott and Britt. Team: 25
7-14 57. 3-pts: none.
Sherm an C ounty-
Moore 5 5-6 15. Quintero 3
2- 6 8, Guzman 1 6-11 8,
Wood 2 2-2 6. Ambriz 2 0-0
5, McCollough 0 3-4 3 and
Francis. Team: 13 18-2946.
3-
pts: Ambriz.
H ead S tart to
hold B ow l-a-
Thon
The Heppner Head
Start group will be holding
a Bowl-a-Thon on Saturday,
Feb. 3 beginning at 10 a.m.,
at Sham rock L anes in
Heppner.
The Head Start kids
w ill be bow ling and
individuals can pledge a
certain dollar am ount or
pledge an amount per pin
knocked down.