Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 17,2007 - FIVE
lone boys go 1-1 in weekend action
The lone Boy’s Var
sity split th eir w eekend
games, losing a tough one on
the road at South Wasco
County on Friday and win
ning a two-overtime thriller
in lone on Saturday. The
Cardinals are 4-2 in league
play and 8-5 overall.
On Friday, the Car
dinals only managed three
points in the first quarter and
found themselves down by
10 at the end of the period.
Those 10 points ended up
being the difference in the
game as the Cards fell 38-48.
Shots were not falling for
lone as they trailed 24-15 at
the h alf and 34-21 after
three.
The Cardinals were
Tony Haguewood makes a jump shot adding to the Mustangs taken out of their usual run
score. The Heppner Mustangs beat the Knights 76-52.
ning game by the deliberate.
lone Middle School girls win weekend games
The lone M iddle
School girl's basketball team
wrapped up a very success
ful weekend, winning all of
their games at two separate
three-team tournaments.
On Friday, January
12, lone hosted Heppner and
Condon in games that con
sisted of two 15-minute run
ning halves. In the first game,
lone took on C ondon, a
team that they defeated by
one point in overtime in their
last meeting. The lone girls
looked sluggish and sleepy in
the first half and found them
selves trailing Condon, 7-13.
Things turned around in the
second half though as they
came roaring to overtake
their opponent and go on to
win tjie game 23-20.
Beth Morter led the
lone scorers with ten points
followed by Shadow Ken
drick with seven and Mak-
enna Ramos with six.
Next up, the Cardi
nals took on Heppner. The
first half was close with the
Cardinals leading by two, 9-
7. The lone girls returned in
the second half to put 12
points on the board to Hep-
p n e r’s four to win going
team to ^ o st^ * 1
spaghetti feed
away, 21-11.
Beth Morter scored
eight points to lead the team.
Also scoring for lone was
Makenna Ramos with six,
Mary Rietmann with three,
and Jordan Peterson and
Lacey Thompson with two
each.
“Heppner played a
combination of A and B play
ers which allowed us to exe
cute our new offense and
defense,” said Coach Lynn
Dee Ramos. "I was really
proud of how well they
played.
On Saturday, Janu
ary 13, the lone girls played
two full games at Helix. The
first opponent was Echo, a
team that played physical,
scrappy ball. lone jumped
out to a 14-5 first quarter
lead but Echo came storm
ing back to tie the game at
the half, 23-23. The lone
girls had a big third quarter,
outscoring Echo 13-0 before
hanging on for the 38-31
win.
The Cardinals had
good balanced scpring led by
Beth Morter with 16 points.
Mary Rietmann added nine,
Shadow Kendrick had sev-
en and Makenna Ramos had
six.
“The g irls did a
great job coming together
and playing as a team. It was
one of the best games they
have played this season,”
said assistant coach, Dawn
Eynetich.
The girls wrapped
up their busy weekend with
a game against Helix. The
host team played them tight
for three quarters before the
Cardinals opened up a com
fortable lead in the fourth
quarter.
lone led 7-4 after
one, 9-8 at halftime and 18-
14 after three.
"I'm really proud of
the sixth graders (Lacey Th
ompson, Stacee Halvorsen
and Shadow K en d rick ).
They really stepped up and
p layed an o u tsta n d in g
game,” said Coach Eynetich.
All but one player
got in the scorebook for that
game. Beth Morter led with
13 points. Makenna Ramos
and Shadow Kendrick each
had six, Jordan Peterson and
Lacey Thompson each had
two and Mary Rietmann had
one.
slow down offense of South
Wasco. A telltale sign is that
they only put up 48 shots in
the game. They were also
outmanned by the taller Red-
sides on the boards, giving
up a 33-40 rebounding ad
vantage.
“It was a tough loss
on the road. I really felt that
we didn’t get out-hustled or
outplayed” said Coach Den
nis Stefani. “We just couldn’t
score. If we could have got
the ball to go in the hole, I
think we could have won this
game.”
Clay Morter was the
Cardinals leading scorer with
eight points follow ed by
Alan Rietmann with seven
and Kip K rebs and Paul
Hams with six. Morter also
led the rebounding effort
with ten aided by Kevin
Fowler with eight and Krebs
with seven. Rietmann had
five steals and Morter had
three assists to pace the
team.
On Saturday, lone
hosted Cascade Locks, who,
like the Redsides, were un
beaten in league play. The
Cardinals once again rose to
the occasion, taking the vis
itors to two overtimes before
putting the game away 61-
56.
Early on, the Cardi
nals appeared determined to
stay in striking range.
The Pirates led 12-9
at the end of the first quar
ter and 27-23 at the half.
H ot long range
shooting by Paul Hams and
Justin Archer brought the
Cards back into the thick of
things as lone took a lead at
the end of three quarters, 40-
39 and the teams found the
scored tied at 48 at the end
of regulation.
A fter one, four-
minute overtime, each team
had put four points on the
board and the scored was
knotted at 52.
Finally in the second
overtime, the Cardinals were
able to open a lead, outscor
ing the opponent 9-4. Free
throws by Justin Archer and
Mustang girls win two on road
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner Mus
tang varsity girls held on to
first place in the Blue Moun
tain Conference by winning
both games on their trip to
northeast Oregon using a
fourth quarter rally to beat
Enterprise 40-34 on Friday,
January 5, and using a big
second half to beat the Elgin
Huskies 51 -40 on Saturday,
January 6, The M ustangs
improved to 4-0 in the BMC
and 8-2 overall with the
wins.
The girls jumped out
to a 16-8 lead over the Out
laws after one, getting sev
en points from Regi Seitz
and still led 22-15 at the half,
getting three points each
from Taylor Kempas and
Kylie Doherty.
The Outlaws came
out of the half outscoring the
Mustangs 12-3 to take a 27-
25 lead. The girls came back
getting seven points from
Megan Orr and four from
Sarah Price in the fourth to
out the win.
Orr finished with 11
points, seven rebounds, four
steals, and three assists. Seitz
added nine points, 11 steals,
and five rebounds, Katie
Kilkenny had six rebounds
and two assists, Amber Pat
ton had five rebounds. Price
and Aftan Betsinger each
had three steals, and Lyndi
Patton had two steals.
The next day in El
gin, the Mustangs fell behind
16-9 after one and trailed 21 -
15 at the half before coming
out with a vengeance in the
third. Lyndi Patton had five
points and Seitz had four as
they came back to take a 33-
30 lead going into the fourth.
B etsin g e r scored
eight points, going six of six
Geography bee held at Heppner Elementary
The Heppner High
School girls basketball team
will host a spaghetti feed on
Friday,
Jan u ary
19,
beginning at 4 p.m. The cost
is $5 per person and $20 for
a family. The menu includes
spaghetti, garlic bread, salad,
and dessert.
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M aggie C ollins, a
sixth grade student at Hep
pner Elem entary School,
won the school-level compe
tition of the National Geo
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January 11. and a chance at
a $25,000 college scholar
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which students answered
oral questions on geography,
was the first round in the
19th annual National Geo
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C o m p etin g w ith
Maggie in the final school
round were: Ross Cutsforth
and Paige G rieb, fourth
grade; Tyrel Walker, McK
ayla Kindle, J.C. Putnam and
Jeff Dowdy, fifth grade; and
Stephen Thompson, Garrett
Robinson. Jonathan Chen,
and Jaco b M oore, sixth
grade. Tyrel Walker came in
second place.
The school winners,
including Maggie Collins,
will now take a written test;
up to 100 of the top scorers
in each state will be eligible
to compete in their state bee
on March 30, 2007.
The National G eo
graphic Society will provide
an all-expense paid trip to
Washington, D.C., for state
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Clay Morter gave lone the
hard-fought w in.
“This was a huge win
for us” said Coach Dennis
Stefani. "Our kids played
their hearts out.” This is the
third heart-stopping victory
for the young Cardinals who
are show ing poise under
pressure. If we could learn
to c o n c e n tra te on free
throw s and cut dow n on
mental mistakes, we would
be winning going away. It
was a great effort by every
one.”
Paul Hams led the
team with 20 points includ
ing three threes. Justin Ar
cher also canned three three-
p o in ters and sco red 15
points.
Hams also chalked
up five assists and six steals
while Archer added six steals
and eight rebounds. The Car
dinals were out-rebounded
44-34, partly due to a 6 '7 ”
player from Cascade Locks.
Clay M orter led the team
with nine boards.
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from the free throw line.
Seitz had four points and
Patton went four for four
from the line as they pulled
away for the win.
B etsinger finished
with 12 points and 13 re
bounds. Seitz had 12 points,
five steals, and two assists,
Patton had nine points. On-
had nine rebounds, four as
sists, and three steals, and
Kilkenny grabbed eight re
bounds.
Heppner JV girls
beat Mac-Hi
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner Mus
tang JV girls outscored the
visiting Mac-Hi Pioneers in
every quarter to take a 38-
24 win on Tuesday, January
9. The Mustangs improved
to 8-2 on the year and will
be at home on Friday, Janu
ary 19, against Pilot Rock
and will be on the road at
Western McEwen on Satur
day, January 20.
The M ustangs led
11-9 after one and got four
points from K risten Van
C leav e and th ree from
Stephanie Cutsforth in the
second to increase their lead
to 18-11 at the half.
Sarah M ilner had
four points in the third and
four from Kelsie Fox in the
fourth as they pulled away
for the win.
Van Cleave led a bal
anced scoring effort with
seven points with M ilner
adding six points and four
steals and Jessica Hughes
had six points and two steals,
Erin Price had five points
and four steal, Cutsforth had
seven rebounds and three
steals, Maggie Armato had
four rebounds and two as
sists, and Mercedes Garrett
had four rebounds.
Little League to
hold meeting
H ep p n er
L ittle
League will hold its first
meeting for the 2007 season
on Monday, January 29, at
7 p.m. at the Neighborhood
Center.
Election of officers
will be held. These positions
are one-year terms. The po
sitions are: president, vice-
president, treasurer, secre
tary, field m a in ten an ce,
equipment officer, conces
sions, player agent/coaching
coordinator, and umpire in
chief.
Anyone interested in
helping with sign-ups, try
outs, being a coach/manager,
or being on the board, are
asked to attend.
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