Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 21,2007 - FIVE
lone boys end successful season at Big Sky Tournament Heppner students participate
in chess tournament
Matt Hams, No. 20. makes a three-pointer at the lone game vs.
Nixyawii.
Photo by Theresa Jessen
Justin Archer, No.10, makes a lay-in at the Nixyawii name.
Photo bx Theresa Jessen
The lone boys’ bas
ketball season saw their sea
son come to an end at the
Big Sky Tournament last
weekend at Umatilla High
School, narrowly missing the
opportunity to advance to
the state playoffs as the third
seed from the Big Sky Con
ference. At the conclusion
of the tournament, junior Kip
Krebs was nam ed to the
BSC First Team of All Stars
while juniors Paul Hams and
Alan Rietmann were honor
able mention.
The
C ard in als
opened the tourney playing
Cascade Locks, the number-
three seed from the west side
of the conference and a team
that the Cards had defeated
in double overtime in their
regular season meeting. Ear
ly in the first quarter, the
Cardinals opened up a 10-3
lead before the P irates
scored six unansw ered
points to end the quarter
only trailing by one. In the
second quarter. C ascade
Locks worked themselves
back into the lead with less
than two minutes to go and
took a one point. 20-19 lead
at the half.
In the third quarter,
Paul Hams and Alan Riet
mann both hit a three while
Kip Krebs hit two buckets,
including a tip at the buzzer
to put the Cardinals up 30-
26 going into the final frame.
The Cardinals stretched their
lead to as much as 10 in the
fourth before taking the 49-
43 win.
Matt Hams led the
Cardinals in scoring with 13
points, followed closely by
his brother, Paul Hams, with
12. Alan Rietmann added
nine.
lone gave up the re
bounding edge to the Pirates,
34-37, but Kip Krebs had a
good night on the boards,
pulling down 11. Paul Hams
had six assists and three
steals.
With the loser of this
game facing elimination, the
Cardinals needed this win to
play all three days of the dis
trict tournament. “Cascade
Locks makes a team play
sloppy by the way they play
and 1 thought the w hole
game was played that way
but it was still a good win
for us,” said Coach Dennis
Stefani.
On Friday night, the
Cardinals ran into the #1
seed from the West Side,
South Wasco County. The
Redsides, who were playing
their first game of the tour
ney, opened up a 13-4 lead
over the Cardinals before
Paul Hams canned a couple
of threes and Kip Krebs hit
two free throws to pull lone
back within one point at the
end of the quarter. In the low
scoring second quarter. Paul
Hams hit another three and
Clay Morter put back an of
fensive board to put the
Cards within three. But that
was as close as the Cardinals
would get in the contest, fall
ing to South Wasco, 44-32.
Paul Hams led the
team with 11 points. Clay
Morter and Matt Hams add
ed six each. Surprisingly,
lone held a slight rebound
ing edge of the taller Red-
sides, 33-32, led by Clay
M orter with 12 and Kip
Krebs with 10.
“South Wasco out
played us in every aspect of
the game” said Stefani. “I
really think the difference
was that they came in with
fresh legs and we looked a
little tired.”
The loss set up a de-
c id in g
gam e
ag ain st
Nixyaawii for the final state
berth. In a three point shoot
ing fest, Nixyawii squeaked
out the win for third place
downing lone 60-56.
Nixyawii led 15-14
after one quarter but the
C ard in als opened up an
eight-point lead in the sec
ond. thanks to three treys by
lone. The Golden Eagles
answered with two threes of
their own and went on 12-0
run at the end of the quarter
to regain the lead, 32-29 at
the half. lone's Paul Hams
hit back to back threes mid
way through the third to pull
the Cardinals back to within
two points, but the Golden
Eagles scored at the end of
the period to take a 45-41
lead into the final period.
The fourth quarter
saw the scored tied once and
the lead change hands four
times as both teams battled
in this w in-or-stay home
contest. lone freshman Matt
Hams hit a huge three with
just under two minutes re
maining to put the Cardinals
up 56-54 but N ixyaw ii's
Johnny Sampson was fouled
on a lay-in and hit the free
throw to put the Golden Ea-
gles in the lead for good. He
followed up with another
bucket to put Nixyawii in the
lead, 59-56. Sol Van Pelt put
a lock on the game hitting
the second of his two free
throw s for the final four
point margin.
Paul Hams led the
C ardinal’s scoring attack
with 14 points. B rother
M att added 1 1 and Kip
Krebs chipped in with 10.
The Cards had a great re
bounding night, grabbing 47
boards to just 34 for their
opponent. Alan Rietmann
had 12, followed by Kip
Krebs and Kevin Fow ler
with 10 each. Paul Hams
had an incredible nine assists
and also led the team in steals
with three.
A lth o u g h d is a p
pointed with the loss, Stefani
said he was proud of his
team ’s effort. “The kids
played a great game. We had
our chances to win it but
some of the breaks didn't go
our way" he said.
Stefani, summing up
the Cardinals’ successful sea
son, commented, “It was a
great season. The kids
showed they are a basketball
team that will
be among the top of
the league next year. I think
this team matured a lot and
learned a lot during this sea
son. The one thing that im
pressed me was how
they learned to play
together as a team. If this
bunch works hard this sum
mer, and continue to grow
at the pace they did this year,
they will be a very fun team
for the community of lone to
follow."
Ione Wildlife Management class visits fish hatchery Peterson’s
donates
pendant for
banquet
D iana
Ball
of
Heppner was the winner of
the ruby pendant donated by
Peterson’s Jewelry for the
H eppner C h am b er o f
Commerce's annual Town
and Country Banquet held
Jan. 11 at the Heppner Elks
Club.
Morrow County
Gun Club news
Back row (E-R): Stephanie Holland. Kevin Fowler. Max Trahan, Mark Davidson. Kip Krehs.
Alan Rietmann and Richard Kohna; hottom row (I.-R): Kayla l.aRue. Kay lee Svetich, Kmily
Rietmann. Kaylee Palmateer. and Justin Archer.
Erin Heideman’s Wildlife Management class at lone Community School recently
visited the Irrigon Fish Hatchery.
A fisheries technician toured the students through the hatchery and explained the
job opportunities and job descriptions. Additionally, students got to feed the trout that
were being raised for release.
After the hatchery tour, the students were driven through the wildlife refuge area
where they talked about succession, climax communities and the management of wildlife
in the area.
“I appreciated the opportunity to go and get out of the classroom." said junior
Kip Krebs. “It was interesting getting to apply what we were learning in the classroom to
a situation that I could identify with."
Mark Davidson, a senior, said. "I really liked getting to tour the hatchery but I
like the refuge even more. We saw some neat wildlife and several bucks.”
1
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Strong winds did not
discourage six shooters this
week at the gun club.
W inners
w ere:
Singles - Mark Schlichting.
2 1, and Jeff Cutsforth. 17.
Three Annies were
shot with M arcus A uber
(first time shooter) winning
two. and Dick G oodhead
winning one.
The gun club now
has the au to m atic trap
machine working again so all
m em bers are urged to
participate.
The next shoot will
be Sunday. February 25. at
noon.
L-R: Earl Propheter, first plate for the sixth grade division, and
Kai Arbogast who took first plate in the K-fifth grade division.
S ix teen stu d en ts
from Heppner Elementary
School and Heppner Middle
School trav eled to Her-
miston on Feb. 10, to par
ticipate in the Chess for Suc
cess regional tournament.
The following stu
dents placed in the Chess for
Success Regional Tourna
ment: Earl Propheter took
first place for the sixth grade
classification, Kai Arbogast
took first place in the K-5th
grade classificatio n , and
Zach Hintz took first place
for the seventh graders.
These students earned the
privilege of competing in the
State C hess for S uccess
Tournament in Portland on
March 16-17.
When asked, Kai Ar
bogast said, “I like to play
chess because it’s fun and it
gets my brain working." Earl
Propheter said, “Chess is
challenging because there
are
so
many
good
players. There’s nothing like
a good game of chess!” Zach
Hintz said, “Chess has given
me a strategic mind. Chess
is not just for nerds!”
These players did an
o u tstan d in g jo b and the
teams also placed in the tour
nament.
In the sixth through
eighth grade division the par-
Zach Hintz, who took first
place for the 7th graders.
ticipants were Joe Armato,
Earl Propheter, Zach Hintz,
Cody Nelson. Kellie Nelson
and Conner Pappas. This
team placed second.
In the K- through
fifth grade division, the par
ticipants were: Cade Arbo
gast, Ross Cutsforth. John
P ro p h eter, Cai A rbogst,
Emily Pappas. Rylee Koll-
man, Kaden Corbin, Kane
Sweeney, Cara Arbogast and
Alex Lindsay. This team
placed third in their division.
W ayne S eitz has
been coaching the players.
lone Elementary School to
host carnival
lone Elementary School will host their second
annual carnival, “It’s a Zoo in Here" on Thursday. March
8. from 6-8 p.m. at the lone High School gym.
Fun and games for all ages will be available. Join in
on the hoop shoot, junk food walk, fishpond, jumping castle,
beanbag toss, cookie monster booth, face stamping and
much more... For the ravenous appetite, a food booth will
be held in the cafeteria offering soft pretzels, corn dogs
and soft drinks. Carnival tickets are .25 cents each or five
for a dollar.
This year the Carnival Committee is selling raffle
tickets for a "Special Edition" Red 4GB I-pod. which holds
1,000 songs. This I-pod is part of the “red campaign” to
fight AIDS in Africa. Tickets are on sale for $2 each or
three for $5, with a special price of $20 for 20 tickets.
Tickets may be purchased at the lone Elementary School
office or from any elementary staff person. Raffle tickets
will also be on sale the night of the carnival with the drawing
at the end of the evening.
All proceeds from the carnival and raffle will go to
an elementary fund to help pay for programs such as Read
Across America and Red Ribbon Week. Everyone is invited
to a fun-filled evening for the whole family.
HEPPNER ELKS 358
676-9181
”H here Friumls \I r r t ”
142 North Main
Saturday. February 24th
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50 k Theme!
Ladies Tea at 2:30 p.m.
Lodge at 3 p.m.
Prime Rib Dinner at 6:30 p.m.
50s band and dancing afterwards!
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