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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 12,2007 Mustangs' wrestling team begins first week of season in Milton Freewater and Culver Mark Lemmon The Heppner Mus tangs wrestling team opened up their season with a strong showing on Monday, De cember 3, in Milton Free water. The team was short handed due to the success of the football team, but was still able to take five wrestlers to the tournament. Each of the wrestlers com peted in three matches, w ith a combined record of nine wins and six losses on the night. Two wrestlers went undefeated. Chance Day and Michael Hawkes both won three matches. Day not only won three matches, he pinned all of his opponents without allowing a point to be scored against him. Of the three, only one made it past the first round before being pinned early in the second round. Hawkes also domi nated all of his opponents by pinning two and winning one by technical fall, mean ing he outscored the other wrestler by fifteen points. Dillon Lutcher also had a winning record for the night, going 2-1 in his three matches. “Dillon is like a little machine,” assistant coach Brian Lemmon said. “He just keeps attacking his opponents until he wears them down. He’s one of the younger and smaller wres tlers we have on the team, so he gets worked pretty well in practice. But he’s not afraid to mix it up with anyone. I By expect him to develop into quite a wrestler.” Also competing for the Mustangs were Trent Miles and Tyler Robinson. Miles won his first match by a pin in the second period. After getting slow starts in his other two matches, he mounted comebacks that just fell short. Miles fought back and was actually lead ing late in his final match before getting caught in bad position, reversed and then pinned. Even though Rob inson lost all three of his bouts, the score was close and he was competitive in them before making mis takes that ended the matches by pin. "We’re a young team in a young program,” said head coach Troy Morgan. "W e’re focusing on not making mistakes that beat ourselves.” The Mustangs then traveled to Culver on De cember 7 and 8 to compete in the Culver tournament. The tournament was a dou ble elimination, two day tournament hosted by last year’s state wrestling cham pion Culver Bulldogs. There were a total of 27 teams in the tournament, ranging from 1A to 5A. Four Mus tangs competed. Chance Day, Michael Hawkes, Jar- reid Miller and Tyler Rob inson. Three of the wres tlers successfully advanced to the second day of the tournament, Chance Day, Hey, I know what you can give Mom and Dad for Christmas this year... Jarreid Miller and Tyler Robinson. After receiving a first round bye. Day won his next bout against Mike Cassaro from Reedsport, the sixth ranked wrestler in Oregon 3A at 140 pounds. Day won 12-9 in a tough battle that came down to the final seconds. He would make it to the quarterfinals in the championship bracket before falling to Ciabe For rester from Glide, the num ber one ranked 3A wrestler in Oregon in the 145 pound weight class. Day was the last Mustang eliminated from the tournament by loosing his final bout by fall despite leading in points for the entire match. Tyler R obinson, competing at 140 pounds, came back after loosing in the first round of the tourna ment to win his next match in consolation. Robinson dominated his opponent through the first round be fore winning by a fall in the second round. Robinson ended the tournament with a 1 -2 record. Making his debut as a Mustang wrestler. Grant Smith traveled with the team and competed in an exhibi tion match. Smith won the match by pinning his op ponent early in the second round. Heppner will have its first home competition on Thursday, December 13, hosting Riverside, Umatilla and Union at 5 p.m. The final home match will be on January 17 at 4 p.m. The ju n io r high wrestling team begins prac tice on December 10 at the high school right after school. Competition for the junior high begins on Janu ary 17 in Pendleton. lone JV boys fall to Enterprise A day of sitting and waiting wasn’t the best prep aration for the lone Boys’ JV team as they lost to host. Enterprise in a morning match-up on Saturday, De cember 8, 36-57. This was the same team the Cardinals had defeated the previous Saturday in lone 47-44. The Cards trailed 10-4 at the end of one quar ter and 27-14 at the half. Thirteen turnovers in the third quarter alone didn’t help the effort as the Out laws stretched out their lead, 43-20 after three quarters, lone finally got their game together in the fourth quar ter, outscoring the Outlaws 16-14 but it was too little, too late by then. RJ Ramos led the scoring effort w ith 10 points. Tanner Rietmann added eight followed by Gunner Jessen with seven. Also scoring for lone was Marco Juarez with four, Kevin LaRue with two and Dalton Campbell, Luke Bradfield and Alex Rietmann with one each. Coach Jim Swan son commended the hustle of Luke Bradfield, Dalton Campbell and RJ Ramos. “They really tried to get the rest of the team going,” he said. Dalton Campbell led the team in rebounds with eight and RJ Ramos and Marco Juarez had three steals each. “This has always been a hard game for the J V team. They make the long bus ride and then sit through the varsity games all day Friday. But the experience of staying with the Enter prise kids is fun for them. We just played a step behind and without much energy,” said Swanson. Murray's Drug is pleased to announce our new A u to m a tic R efills O ption fo r P re s c rip tio n s - Sign up today and forget about having to reorder your maintenance prescriptions each month! 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From outside the three point arc, lone hit five of 11 attempts. However, hot shooting from Wallowa negated that effort as they nailed seven three pointers. The Cards continued to struggle from the free throw line, making just 6 of 16 for 38%. Alan Rietmann led the team in scoring with 11 points. Six other Cardinals contributed in the scoring de partment including Paul Hams with nine, Matt Hams with seven. Kip Krebs w ith six, Justin Archer and Clay Morter with five each and Kevin Fowler with four. Clay Morter with seven rebounds and two blocked shots and Kevin Fowler with five rebounds and two blocked shots led the effort under the basket. Alan Rietmann paced the offense with four assists and three steals. “The kids had a tough bus ride up to Enterprise and never got going at all,” said Coach Dennis Stefani. “We played with no energy and allowed Wallowa to control the game.” He did note there was a lesson to be learned from the outing however. “If we learned something from this game, it was to always be ready to play with intensity.” lone JV boys take win on second day of Bonanza play It took a game to shake off the rust but the lone Boys’ JV team won on the second day of the lone Bas ketball Bonanza to wrap up third place the weekend of November 30 and December 1. Jitters turned into turnovers in the Friday contest against the Riverside JVs. Scoring just five points in the first half, the young Cardinals found themselves in a hole they couldn’t get out of. However, Coach Jim Swanson was happy to note that the team outscored Riverside by a point in the second half in the 27-47 loss. Tanner Rietmann led the team in scoring with 11 points. Dalton Campbell and Gunner Jessen each had four, RJ Ramos had three, Alex Rietmann and Thomas Holland each had two and Luke Bradfield added one. Tanner Riet mann and Luke Bradfield each grabbed five rebounds and Gunner Jessen picked up five steals. “They never quit," said Coach Swanson. “I was proud of how they finished the game.” On Saturday, lone again got behind in the first quar ter, trailing Enterprise 9-17 at the end of the first quarter. But by outscoring the Outlaws 14-7 in the second, they pulled to within one at the half, 23-24. Enterprise opened up a six point margin by the end of three but the Cardinals outscored their opponent 12-3 in the final frame to take the exciting 47-44 win. Tanner Rietmann led the team in scoring with 19 points. Gunner Jessen was also in double figures with 10. Also scoring for lone was RJ Ramos with seven, Matt Coleman with four, Alex Rietmann with four and Marco Juarez with three. “From the start, the team hustled and played with great intensity which is what I want,” said Coach Jim Swanson. He noted Tanner Rietmann had a great all-around game with 19 points, 6 rebounds and four steals. Kevin LaRue had a good outing under the basket with seven rebounds and Gunner Jessen kept the team moving, run ning the point. “It was a great win against a 2A team. We played much better than our first game,” said Swanson. Mustang Wrestling Schedule Dec. 13 - Heppner Invite at 5 p.m. Dec. 15 - Baker-Dual Tourney at 10 a.m. Dec. 18 - Sherman County at 6 p.m. Dec. 22 - Elgin Tourney at 11 a.m. Jan. 5 - Riverside Rumble at 10 a.m. lone Basketball Schedule Dec. 15 - at Dufur, 1 p.m. Dec. 18 - at Riverside, 3 p.m. Dec. 20 - South Wasco at lone, 3 p.m. Dec. 21 - at Pilot Rock, 3 p.m. Dec. 28 - Pilot Rock at lone, 3 p.m. Dec. 29 - Stanfield at lone, 1 p.m. Jan. 4 - Condon/Wheeler at lone, 3 p.m. Jan. 5 - at Cascade Locks, 2:30 p.m. lone Middle School Basketball Schedule Dec. 14 - South Wasco at lone, 2 p.m. Dec. 15 - at Heppner (boys), 9 a.m. Dec. 15 - lone Tournament (girls), 9 a.m. Dec. 20 - at Dufur, 3 p.m. Jan. 4 - Condon at lone, 4 p.m. Jan. 5 - at Fossil, 11 a.m. Mustang Basketball Schedule December 14 - Pilot Rock at Heppner, 3 p.m. December 15 - Union at Union, 1 p.m. December 21,22 - Joseph Tourney, 3 p.m. December 27 - Riverside at Heppner, 1 p.m. December 28, 29 - Heppner Toumey, TBA. H JH Boys/Girls Basketball Schedule December 13 - at Sunridge (B-A/B) at 4 p.m. December 15 - Heppner Toumey (B-A/B) at 9 a.m. January 4 - Pilot Rock at Pilot Rock (G-A/B) at 5 p.m. January 5 - Condon Toumey (G/B-A/B) at 9 a.m. January 10 - The Dalles at Heppner (G-A/B) at 4 p.m. January 11 - Echo Girls (Cove also) at Echo (G-A/B) at 9 a.m.
