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Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - THREE lone wins emotional home football game The lone Cardinals won one for Storm y last Friday night, dow ning Con don-W heeler 50-20 in an emotional game played at the lone football field. With the jersey o f Stormy Ken drick hanging on the end o f the Cardinal bench and Stormy's number 33 newly illuminated on the hill over looking the field, the Cards gave a tribute to their fallen teammate both on the field and in a special halftim e presentation to S torm y’s family. Stormy Kendrick, a natural bom football player, died o f cardiac arrest last March. Stormy was just a freshman but he was an im mediate impact player on the Cardinal team last year. The Cardinal's fired up defense caused a fumble on Condon-W heeler’s sec ond possession, taking over the ball inside the 20 o f C/W. Alan Rietmann ran in 18 yards for the score on the next play. Justin Archer and Clay Morter connected for the extra point to put lone up 8-0. The Knights responded w ith a touchdown of their own when Cole Maclnnes got away for a 57 yard run. The Cardinal defense denied the extra point and the score at the end o f one w as 8-6. Paul Hams scored his first o f two touchdowns on the first play o f the sec ond quarter, darting in from 15 yards out. Alan'Rietmann caught a pass from Justin Archer for the point after to put the Cardinals up 16-6. The Knights responded just 40 seconds later on a one yard run by Ben Logan. Again the extra point failed. But it was 26 unanswered points from the Cardinals, starting in the middle of the Mustang volleyball in action The lone football team wore their black jerseys in honor of Stormy Kendrick. second quarter to nearly the end of the third that cracked the game open. Quarterback Justin Archer got away for a 30 yard touchdown run with 8:31 remaining in the second. With 5:53 left in the half, Alan Rietmann scored his second o f three scores on the night and w ith 1:04 on the clock. Clay Morter caught a nice pass from Archer to make the score at halftime 36-12. The C a r d in a ls lengthened out their lead in the third quarter on a 29 yard run by Paul Hams. The Knights scored again but w ith time running out in the third quarter, Alan Rietmann and Justin Archer connected for a 5 1 yard touchdown pass. After Archer success fully ran in for the point af ter, the score stood for w hat would be the final score, 50-20. The Cardinals tallied a whopping 509 yards o f to tal offense, 344 rushing and 163 in the air. Paul Hams led the Cardinals ground attack w ith 183 yards on 27 carries. Alan Rietmann added 122 Heppner Mustang Cvde Coil hits that ball against the River side Pirates. The Mustangs won the match in 4 games. -Photo by Sainly Matthews Stormy Kendrick's football number overlooks the football field at lone School. yards on 13 carries. In the air, Justin Archer was six of 12 in passing for 112 yards. RJ Ramos was two o f three for 51 yards. Receivers for the Cardinals included Matt Hams (2-37) Paul Hams (2-6) Clay M orter (3-16) Alan Rietmann (3-63) and Gunner Jessen (2-51.) Coach Dennis Ste- fani was pleased that the C ardinals came ready to play. “ The em otion was there. You could see it when they jumped after making hits,” said Stefani. “We had a great week of practice. I was very happy with our offensive line and this was the first game that there was some serious hitting going on. Clay and Kip had some big hits in the game.” Alan Rietmann led the team in tackles with ten, three unassisted. Clay Morter notched nine (four solo) and Paul Hams added eight (two solo.) The Cardinals sea son record now stands at 3-1, 1 -0 in the Big Sky Con ference. The Cards will host South Wasco County this Friday night at 7 p.m. Lady Cardinals win one, lose one The lone Lady Car dinals went 1-1 in their first week o f league play, down ing A rlington in straight sets on Tuesday, September 18, and losing a tough one to Condon-Wheeler on Fri day. lone “ found their groove” against Arlington, downing the Lady Honkers 25-14, 25-17, 25-15. The Lady Cards were an impres sive 91% from the field. On 100 digs, they had just nine bad passes. Kaylee Palma teer led with 24 digs and Tiana Camarillo added 23. K aylee Palm ateer led the team w ith 17 points including six ace serves. K ylee Svetich added 16 points and five aces. Kylee Svetch was dom inant at the net with seven kills, 17 spikes and two blocks. The team had a total of 19 kills w ith four from Teonna Vandever, three from Em ily Rietmann and two each from Kaylee Palmateer and Tiana Camarillo. “They really played well as a team,” said Coach HEPPNER Booster Club AUCTION AND STEAK FEED October 13th Heppner Elks Lodge Dinner at 6:00 p.m. $12.00 A PLATE (Includes Steak, Baked Potato, Salad, Bread, Dessert) Brandi Heideman. “It was fun to watch them.” On Friday, the Lady Cards surprised the visiting Condon-W heeler Knights, winning the first game 25- 18. lone was leading the second game until the very end where the Lady Knights snuck back to take it 26-24. The Lady Cards lost the next two 18-25, 14-25, giv ing C ondon-W heeler the match. “ 1 think they u n d e r e s t i m a t e d u s ," said C oach Hei deman. “ The girls played very well but Condon-Wheeler has hard hitters who are tough to beat at the net.” Emily Rietmann had a good outing with 49 as sists. She also had 18 points and four ace serves. Tyree Svetich had 30 assists in the match. Kylee Svetich also had a good day, leading the team with eight kills, eight blocks and 33 digs. Tiana Camarillo had 33 digs, 13 spikes, five kills and two blocks. Stefanie Archer w as strong at the net with six spikes and one kill. 2007 lone High School Volleyball Schedule Sept. 28 - South Wasco at lone, 5 p.m. Oct. 2 - Echo at Echo, 5 p.m. Oct. 5 - Arlington at Arlington, 5 p.m. Oct. 6 - Helix at Helix, 2 p.m. ()et. 9 - Condon at Fos- sil, 5 p.m. Oct. 13- Dufur at Dufur, 2 p.m. Come say Farewell to the one and only Harley Sager, as he journeys into retirement bliss! With a deep devotion to his spiritual A convictions, family, friends and, of course, his valued customers, it * * ^ hasn't come easy for Harley to say "Unde!" after 50+ years of banking service! We don't want to see a grown man cry on his last day of working at Bank of E.O., so please help Harley celebrate this new chapter of "Adventures in Retirement" by stopping in to wish him good luck and a fond adieu! BEO's Bank Lobby Main Auction Starts at 8:00 p.m. Auctioneer: Ken Grieb Also a silent auction and raffle Proceeds help with extras for extra curricular activities at Heppner Hif(h. from sports to hand honor society and drama Heppner Mustang Katie Kilkenny plays the net against the Enterprise Outlaws. The Mustangs won the Match with the Outlaws 3-2. The Mustangs also played I nion Bobcats losing to them 3-1. -Photo by Sandy Matthews Thursday, September 27, 2007 1:00 p.m. ~ 4:00 p.m. Cake, cookies, coffee, and punch! Bank o f E astern Oregon Cvde C oil and Katie Kilkenny block the hall against the Stan- held Tigers in the Mustangs first match in league play. 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