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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - FIVE Heppner Jr. High wrestlers kick off season By Mark Lemmon T he H e p p n e r Jr. High wrestling team got its season underway on Janu ary 17 in a tournament in Pendleton. The Jr. Mustangs show ed w hat the future o f w restling in H eppner will look like as they faced teams from middle schools in Pendleton, Herm iston, La G rande, M ilton Free water, Irrigon and Heppner. Combined, the team won 19 matches and lost 20. Middle school teams do not compete based on school size. Wrestlers from all schools in the region contend in an Eastern Or egon qualifying tournament at the end o f the season for the opportunity to go to state and compete against the best middle school wres tlers at their weight class in Oregon. Aidan W right and Garrett Gibbs led the team by winning all o f their matches and placing first in their brackets. After easily win ning his first two matches with pins, Wright won his final match in a close one point decision. Gibbs won . 9*1 wr- î I * s» Vi 13 Josh Williams and John Nelson take wins with pins. -Photo by AI it a Nelson two bouts by pin and one by forfeit. Austin Harris, Jared Lemmon, John Nelson and Josh Williams all finished second in their weight class es. Andrew Bara, com peting in his first ever wres tling tournament, won third place. Junior Spaulding, Cody Nelson, Justin Peck and Curtis Martin also won matches for Heppner. Also competing for the Mustangs were Earl Propheter, Alex Smith and Conner Pappas. The junior high wrestling team ’s next scheduled tour nament will be on January 24 in Boardman. lone boys fall to Condon-Wheeler The lone Boys suf fered a loss on the road against league rival, Con don-W heeler, last Friday night, falling 59-50. In a game where the Cardinals never led, lone was frustrat ed with Condon-W heeler’s revised defense that limited penetration in the paint. The loss gave the Knights sole possession o f first place in the Big Sky East. The C ards looked flat in the early going as the K nights ran out to a 17-8 first quarter lead. Paul Hams hit a three pointer 15 seconds into the second fol lowed soon after by a three by Matt Hams to pull the Cards back into the game. With 5:17 on the clock, Matt Hams hit a jumper to narrow the lead to three, 19-16. The Knights fired back with a bucket and a free throw be fore Kevin Fowler hit a pair o f free throws and followed w ith a basket to narrow the lead to 22-20. Condon- Wheeler scored the last four points in the half to take a 26-20 lead at halftime. The Cards opened the third quarter with a Clay Morter jumper followed by a full-court lay in after a steal by Paul Hams to pull within two. Condon-W heeler re sponded with a couple o f scores before Paul Hams hit a three to again narrow the lead to two with 5:15 on the clock. Kip Krebs was fed a nice pass from Justin Archer to tie the game at 30 with 4:35 left in the third quarter. The Knights hit another be fore Clay Morter assisted a Kevin Fowler shot to tie the game again. The Knights hit a pair o f three-pointers and Kip Krebs takes a shot against Condon-Wheeler on Friday night. The Cardinals lost the game 59-50. Photo by Theresa Crawford By Alita Nelson The Heppner JV girls fought hard to keep the first quarter lead on Monday, January 14, in the Irrigon gym. But, it just wasn’t enough to keep the Knights down. Taighler Dougherty led the girls on scoring and steals with eight points and 10 steals for the night. Kaylee Helfrecht, Tori Lovgren and Keshwana Talamantes each scored six points and Keshwana and Tori each pulled down 10 rebounds. Kassey Wilson scored four points with seven steals for the night. The final score was Heppner 30, Irrigon 34. The JV boys started behind in the first half with Ir rigon leading by eight. But, by the end of the third quarter the boys took the lead and never looked back. Ian Murray led the Mustangs with 13 points for the night. Dan white added eight, and Jared Hedman and Kyle Fuchs each scored seven. Frank Meyer put in and Alex Pickles scored five, leav ing a final score o f Heppner 46 and Irrigon 41. each. Kip Krebs had six and Justin Archer added two. The Cards shot 19 o f 56 for 34% from the field w h ile the K nights were 16 o f 45 for 35%. The most lopsided stat was the Knights shooting 23 o f 30 free throw s com pared to 7-10 for lone. “ W e’re not p la y ing very well defensively,” said Coach Dennis Stefani. “We’re about a step behind as far as moving and cov ering for each other.” He gave Condon-Wheeler cred it for playing well. “They Feb. 1 - at Nixyaawii, 3 p.m. played aggressively and we Feb. 5 - Central Christian at lone, 1 p.m. didn’t.” Feb. 8 - Helix at lone, 3 p.m. Feb. 9 - at Arlington, 1 p.m. Feb. 14-16 - District Tournament at Umatilla, TBA February 2 - 9 a.m. at The Dalles Tourney. Feb. 19 - Boys first round regional, TBA February 8 - 4 p.m. at Armand Larive. Feb. 20 - Girls first round regional, TBA February 12 - 4:30 p.m. at Irrigon. Feb. 22 - Boys second round regional, TBA February 2 1 - 4 p.m. at The Dalles. Feb. 23 - Girls second round regional, TBA February 2 6 - 4 p.m. at Heppner. Feb. 27-March 1 - State Tournament at Baker City, TBA March 1 - Regional Qualifier (TBA). three free throws to finish the quarter, offset by a Matt Hams three and a driving lay in by Paul Hams. The quarter ended with the Cards trailing 41-37. In the fourth quarter, the Knights took 17 trips to the free throw line, convert ing 13 while the Cardinals never got near the place. The Cards had six field goals to the Knights two in the final frame but the lopsided free- throws were the difference in the game. Paul and Matt Hams had thirteen points each for the Cardinals. 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Main St., Heppner, OR 97*36 * 541-676-9127 em ail: rm u rtitt a rovalaa.com For an appointment in your area, call Rank of F.a'tern Oregon. I By Alita Nelson The JV girls fought hard and all the way through the game to pull a win from the Weston-McEwen Tigers. In the first quarter the teams were tied at four but by the half Heppner had pulled away by three, putting a half-time score of Mustangs 13 and Tiger-Scots 10. The Tiger-Scots came out and scored 17 points in the second half, but it wasn’t enough to beat the Mustangs. The final score was Heppner 28 and Weston McEwen 27. Brynna Rust led the team with 10 point. Kassey Wilson and Keshwana Telamantes each scored six with Wilson pulling down six rebounds and getting four steals for the night. Kaylee Helfrecht and Lindsay Cutsforth each had two points, and Taighler Dougherty had one to help seal the Mustang win. The JV boys were unable to stop the Tiger-Scots from taking the lead before the half. With a half-time score o f Mustangs 16 and Tiger-Scots 30, it meant that the Mustangs had a lot o f work to do. In the second half Heppner outscored Weston-McEwen by 11 points, but it wasn’t enough to catch the lead, putting the final score Heppner 46 and Weston-McEwen 49. Chris Lien scored 15, Jordan Hatfield had 10, Ian Murray scored six, Bryan Holland had five, Alex Pickles scored four and Jared Hedman, Kyle Fuchs and Dan White each scored two for the night. The varsity girls were outscored by three points in the first quarter by the Tiger-Scots, but that only fueled the fire for the girls to come back and take the lead in the second quarter and never give it up. The Mustangs beat the Tiger-Scots with a 10 point lead, leaving the final score as Heppner 49 and Weston-McEwen 39. Katie Kilkenny scored 15 points, Megan Orr sunk in 14, Taylor Kempas had six and Kylie Doherty scored four for the night. Both Brynna Rust and Jessica Hughes put in three points and Catherine McElligott and Kristen VanCleave each scored two for the night. The varsity boys took the lead early in the game and held onto it until Weston McEwen tied the game at half. With a half time score o f 31 all, the mustangs came out of the locker fired up to take their lead back. By the third quarter they had done that with a six point lead, and than pulling that lead to a 13 point gain putting the final score at Heppner 66 and Weston McEwen 53. Jared Huddleston was the lead scorer for the night with 18 and Nacho Elguezabal right behind him with 17 points for the night. Lane Bailey put in 13, and AJ Rauch sunk eight points. Brent Eckman scored five, Bryan Hol land and Jordan Hatfield each scored two and Braden Britt scored one point for the night, helping the Mustangs keep the win away from Weston McEwen. Heppner JV girls lose to Irrigon, JV boys take the win on the 14th BEO FINANCIAL SERVICES • • • • • Heppner hosts Weston-McEwen Feb. 2 - at Helix (girls), 9 a.m. Feb. 8 - Fossil at lone, 11 a.m. Feb. 9 - Sherman Tourney at Moro, 10 a.m. HEPPNER LITTLE LEAGUE REGISTRATION February 6 - 7 - 8 ' from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. a t the Heppner Neighborhood Center Boys - ages 5-12 Girls - ages 5-14 are eligible to enroll to play T-Ball, Minors & Majors Baseball, and Softball Cost: $30 per participant or $60 for fam ily Questions or concerns, call Sandi Putman (541) 676-8469 home (541) 240-1761 cell phone Condon-Wheeler outscore Lady Cards After trailing by as many as 15 points late in the fourth quarter, the lone Lady C ard in als m ade it clo se in their Friday m atch up with league rival, Condon- W heeler. O utscoring the Lady Knights 19-12 in the final quarter, lone got to within seven points before running out o f time on the upset. Condon-Wheeler pre vailed in the game 46-39. The Lady Cards got the first points on the board thanks to a scorebook tech nical and Emily Rietmann hitting both free throw s. Shots by Beth Morter and Teonna Vandever kept lone close in the early going. However, Condon-Wheeler went on an 8-0 run to finish the first quarter up 14-6. In the second quarter, Kylee Svetich had four points and Tiana Camarillo and Brenna Rietmann put in two each, lone outscored C ondon- Wheeler 8-7 in the period and went to the locker room at halftime trailing 21-14. The Lady Knights started the third quarter w ith an 8-0 run and finished it with a 5-0 run, allow ing lone six points in the interim to stretch out their lead at the end of three, 34-20. But the Lady Cards hit seven field goals to Condon-Wheeler’s two and connected on 5-7 free throw s to close the fifteen point gap to the fi nal margin of seven. Kylee Svetich and Emily Rietmann each had six points in the quarter to lead the team. Kylee Svetich and Emily Rietmann led the team in scoring with 10 points each. Beth M orter added nine, Brenna Rietmann had five, Tiana Camarillo and Teonna Vandever had two each and Tori Heagy added one. “We played well at times during the game but did not have an answer for Megan G reenfield in the post. Even w ith G re en field getting her points, I thought we played good team defense overall," said Coach Ryan Rudolf. “ We struggled at times on of fense, especially at the start o f the third quarter when they scored the first seven points and took a 14 point lead. But the girls didn't give up and battled back to make it close at the end.” “We have played well the last few games and hope fully we can get over the hump and get some victories next week.” 2007-2008 Mus tang Basketball February 1 - Union at Heppner, 3 p.m. February 2 - Weston McE wen at Athena, 1 p.m. February 5 - Irrigon at Heppner, 3 p.m. February 8 - Stanfield at Stanfield, 3 p.m. February 15, 1 6 -D istrict at Pendleton, TBA. Heppner Junior High Boys/Girls Basketball Schedule January 31 - Pendleton at Pendleton (G-A/B) at 4 p.m. February 2 - Heppner Tourney (G-A/B) at 9 a.m. February 9 - Sherman at Sherman (Girls A) at 10 a.m. I f you like Communism, Socialism , Fascism , then vote D em ocrat I Republican. 989-8118
