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
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Josh Williams and John Nelson take wins with pins. -Photo by
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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. Kevin Fowler
and Clay Morter had eight
lone Basketball Schedule
HJH Wrestling Schedule
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Schedule
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Feb 8-9 - District Championship at Enterprise/Joseph,
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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
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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.
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