TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 2, 2008
The Official New spaper
of the City ot Heppner and the County of Morrow
Mustang wrestlers bring home medals
Mark Lemmon
The Heppner wres
tling team had a busy week
last week traveling to Sher
man County on Tuesday,
December 18, North Powder
on Friday, December 21, and
then Elgin on Saturday, De
cember 22. Overall, it was
one of the most successful
weeks in the history of the
young wrestling program.
The Mustangs fin
ished fourth out of nine
teams in the Union Holiday
tournament at Powder Val
ley High School. Heppner
finished behind the teams
from Elgin, Umatilla and
Ontario.
Chance Day led the
team with an individual
championship at 145 pounds.
Day earned the gold medal
by pinning his opponents in
all of his matches.
Jarreid Miller, Dil
lon Lutcher and Spencer
Palmer all came home with
silver medals by finishing as
the runner up in their weight
classes.
Grant Smith (112
pounds) and Wacy Coil (160
pounds) each won bronze
medals.
One of the biggest
cheers from the crowd came
when Tomas Elguezabal,
who placed fifth, won the
first match of his wrestling
career by pinning an Imbler
opponent in the first round.
“I’m still not sure how I did
it,” Elguezabal said after the
win. “I was so focused in the
moment that I couldn’t hear
the crowd or the coaches. 1
just felt a head-and-arm and
him in bad position, so I just
threw it.”
On Saturday night
at the 11-team Elgin Invite
tournament, Chance Day
again made it to the cham-
pionship bout to face Jake
B y
Heppner
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Fred Ronald
Toombs
Fred
Ronal d
Toombs, 71, of Nampa, ID,
died Tuesday, December
25, 2007. A viewing was
held from 6-8 p.m. on Fri
day, December 28, at Zeyer
Funeral Chapel in Nampa,
ID. A viewing was also
held from 9-9:45 a.m. on
December 29 at the Nampa
25th Ward LDS Chapel with
funeral services following at
10 a.m. A graveside service
was conducted at 3 p.m.
in the Wendell Cemetery,
Wendell, ID.
He was bom on Aug.
7, 1936, in Wells, Nev. to
William Addison and Har
riet Hackwell Toombs. He
started working at about 14
in service stations in Wells.
After graduating from Wells
High School, he enlisted in
the Navy. After boot camp
and service in California,
he was transferred to the
Naval Air Station in Ar-
gencia, Newfoundland for
two years. He was then
transferred to Davisville,
R.I., while a naval base was
built in the Bahamas during
the Korean War. He received
an honorable discharge from
the Navy Seabees in 1958,
and returned to Wells where
he married Nadine Storms
in 1959.
He worked for Wells
Fred Ronald Toombs
Rural Electric Company
from 1960-1961, and then
was transferred to Wen-
dover, UT to serve as dis
trict manager for the power
company until 1966. He re
turned to Wells Rural Elec
tric Company until 1974,
and then went to work for
Wheatland Rural Electric
Company as manager. In
1978 he accepted the man
ager’s position at Columbia
Basin Electric in Heppner,
where he remained until
retirement in 1999.
Mr. Toombs is sur
vived by: his wife, Mary
Nadine Toombs; children
Lourinda Ann Beierle of
Pinedale, WY, Ronald Lewis
Toombs of Boardman, Patti
Lynn Berman of Baltimore,
MD, and Wendy Jolene
Hamlin of Kuna, ID; ten
grandchildren; and one step-
grandchild.
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Top Photo; Heppner wrestlers show off their medals and rib
bons won during a tournament. Bottom Photo: Thomas El-
gue/abal faces off w ith his opponent.
Kennedy, last season’s state
champion from Elgin. Af
ter leading early on in the
match. Day eventually lost
to finish second.
Grant Smith, who
just started his first ever
year of wrestling this month,
repeated his bronze medal
performance by pinning
his final two opponents
from Umatilla and Imbler.
Spencer Palmer also earned
a third place medal by win
ning a tough match in the
consolation championship.
Palmer was able to outscore
his opponent from LaGrande
w ith a couple of takedowns
during the match and then a
Heppner JV girls take down Riverside in heated battle
By Alita Nelson
After the Christmas
festivities were over the
Heppner JV girls came out
on December 27 and showed
that they could win a game
with determination. The
girls won their game 42 to
38 against Riverside. They
are now 3-2 for the season.
Kassey Wilson and
Torri Lovgren led the team
in scoring with six for six
from the line and a com
bined 12 points from the
floor. Lindsay Cutsforth had
six, Mercedes Garrett had
five, Emily Thompson with
four, Taighler Dougherty
with three and Amber Gray,
Melissa West and Keshawna
Talamantes all with two
points each.
During the JV boy’s
game, the team was unable to
get the lead once Riverside
took it in the first quarter.
Chris Lien scored 10 points
with Joe Pranger and Jordan
Keshawna Talanicntes puts the ball up against Riverside. -Photo
by Alita Nelson
Hatfield each scoring seven,
Jared Hedman with four,
Bryan Holland with three,
Brett Harrison, Dan White,
The Willow Creek Diner will be the meeting place for the Heppner Garden Club's
first meeting for the New Year. Kathy and John Marick will be the hosts. The meeting
will be at 7 p.m. John will be sharing his tips on composting and his green house skills.
John grows delicious tomatoes as well as other plants.
Heppner Garden Club is open to the public and adds beauty and many worthwhile
projects to the city of Heppner.
Holly Rebekah Locge to host card party
Holly Rebekah Lodge will be hosting their monthly card party on January 5
starting at 7 p.m. at the Lodge Hall in Lexington. The cost is $5 per person and is open
to the public.
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Kyle Fuchs all scoring two
and Ian Murray with one.
But it was just not enough
to beat those Pirates.
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crucial reversal in the final
thirty seconds to secure the
win.
Jarreid Miller placed
fourth at 119 pounds, losing
to J. Harris from Elgin in the
consolation championship.
Trent Miles, Wacy
Coil, Dillon Lutcher and
Justin Yocum also won
matches for Heppner but
finished out of the top four
placing positions. Because
of weather and the late hour,
the fifth/sixth place matches
were not wrestled.
The Mustangs will
be back in action on January
5 at the Riverside Rumble in
Boardman.
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lone JV drops
three pre-
Christmas
games
The lone JV boys
dropped three games in their
pre-Christmas campaign,
losing to Riverside, South
Wasco County and Pilot
Rock.
Against Riverside
on the road on December
18, the Cardinals kept it
close in the first half, trail
ing just 18-21 at halftime.
But a 20-0 run in the third
quarter knocked lone out of
contention. The final score
was 61-33.
Marco Juarez and
Tanner Rietmann led the
lone team in scoring with
10 points each. RJ Ramos
added seven and Gunner
Jessen and Matt Coleman
had three each.
Luke Bradfield had
a strong outing under the
basket, leading the team
with nine rebounds. Tanner
Rietmann had eight.
“We had a great first
half,” said Coach Jim Swan
son “but had a complete
turnaround in the second
half, especially the third
quarter. It was a combina
tion of our letdown in the
second half and their very
aggressive play that killed
us in the third quarter. I
was proud of the kids’ all
around desire though,” said
Swanson.
The story against
South Wasco County in lone
on December 20 played out
in a similar fashion. The
Cardinals actually held a
17-14 halftime lead but the
Redsides outscored them
20-4 in the third quarter to
take a commanding lead.
The teams played even in
the fourth with the final
score 47-34 in favor of
South Wasco County.
Matt Coleman led
the team in scoring with
13 points. RJ Ramos added
10. Ramos also led the team
in rebounds with nine and
steals with six.
“We shot the ball 68
times but it just wouldn’t
fall for us,” said Coach Jim
Swanson. “Still, they never
quit.” Swanson commended
RJ Ramos and Matt Cole
man for leading the offense'
and Luke Bradfield on his
rebounding and screening
out.
The end o f their
busy basketball week found
the Cardinal JV team on
the road at Pilot Rock on
December 21. The team
matched the Rockets score
for score in the first quarter
but was outscored 20-7 in
the second to fall behind
32-19 at the half. The Cards
outscored their opponent by
two in the second half but
were unable to overcome
that second quarter deficit
and lost the game 57-46.
Tanner Rietmann led
the Cards in scoring with 17
points. Matt Coleman was
also in double figures with
13. Dalton Campbell had a
good night leading the team
with eight rebounds and
five assists which included
“some great inside passes”
said Coach Jim Swanson.
“Again we played
great for 3 1/3 quarter. This
time we melted down in the
second quarter,” said Coach
Swanson. “I don’t mind go
ing cold for a few minutes
but we let the other team get
hot and it makes it tough to
catch up." Swanson did see
some positives though. “It’s
been fun watching them
improve every game,” he
said.