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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 6, 2008 Lady Cards win one, lose one The lone Lady Car dinals won one and lost one during a weather-shortened basketball week, defeating Horizon Christian on Janu ary 30 in lone and falling to league leading, Nixyaawii on February 1 in Mission. K ylee Svetich led the Lady Cardinals in their Wednesday match-up with Horizon Christian o f Hood River with 14 o f her game high 16 points coming in the first half. On the back o f her first half scoring, the Lady Cards led at halftime 17-10. In the third quarter, the Lady Cards had six people score on their way to a 17 point quarter. Using a variety of personnel, lone turned a six point lead midway through the period into a 14 point lead at the end o f the quarter. Leading 34-20 entering the final frame, the Lady Cards w atched H orizon narrow the lead with an 11-1 run but held on for the win. A Horizon three pointer at the buzzer made the final mar gin just six points. “It was a good win for us,” said Coach Ryan R udolf. “ We w ere a bit rusty from our time off due to the weather, but played well at times, particularly in the third quarter. Kylee had good game for us and our press and team defense got better as the game went along.” Horizon Christian 4 6 10 11-31 lone- 11 6 3-37 17 lone (7-12, 4-7)Kylee Svet ich 14, Tiana Camarillo 4, Beth Morter 4, Kaylee Pal- mateer 3, Emily Rietmann 3, Tyree Svetich 2, Brenna Ri etmann 2, Stefanie Archer 1 On Friday, the Lady Cards ran into a tough team with only one loss on the season and could find no answer for Nixyaawii’s hot shoot ing and tenacious defense. The Golden Eagles put up three successive 20-plus point quarters on their way to running away from the Lady Cards. “They have a lot of offensive weapons on their team so it makes it hard to guard them. If you stop one o f their players, they have two or three others who can step up,” said Coach Ryan Rudolf. On the bright side, eight lone players got in the scorebook led by freshman, Beth Morter, w ith 10 points, including one three pointer. Kaylee Palmateer added six points, consisting o f two three pointers. “ We ran into a very good te am ,” said C oach Rudolf. “Nixyaawii shoots the b all v e ry w ell and they do not make m any mistakes. We played into their style o f game and just couldn’t keep up. Beth had a good game and at times we did some good things, but they showed us why they are the best team in the Big Sky.” lone 10 9 11 37 N ix y a a w ii 22 21 21 10 - 74 lone (7-13,4-8) - Beth Mort er 10, Tori Heagy 3, Teonna Vandever 2, Tiana Camarillo 4, Brenna Rietmann 4, Kay lee Palmateer 6, Kylee Svet ich 5, Emily Rietmann 3. N ix y a aw ii (1 9 -1 , 11-1) - Suzette W hite Owl 13, Watchman 11, C. Minthom 11, Edgm and 12, G anu- elas 2, W ithers 9, K ash Kash 4, Perry 3, Miller 3, V. M inthom 2, Begay 4. 3-point field goals - lone 3, Nixyaawii 3. Free throws - lone 10-20, Nixyaawii 9-22. Fouls - lone 18, Nixyaawii 14. The JV girls played two quarters prior to the start o f the g irls ’ varsity game. Roaring back from a 15-4 deficit, the young Lady Cards revved up their press and took advantage o f a number o f steals. Tyree Svetich hit a huge three pointer with under a min ute to go to pull the Cards w ithin one. Then Briana Peterson was fouled when she put back on offensive rebound, sending her to the line to shoot two. The first rolled off the front o f the rim but the second dropped in to tie the game at 19 as time ran out. In the overtime pe riod, the team s sw apped scores. Beth M orter hit a three and Tyree Svetich grabbed an o th er bucket. Nixyaawii went to the free throw line 10 times in the OT period but only managed to connect on four. With seconds left on the clock and trailing by one, Beth Morter laid up the game winning shot to give lone the 26-25 win. Beth Morter led the scoring with 10 points. Tyree Svetich added seven, Bri ana Peterson had three and Brenna Rietmann, Stefanie Archer, and Sarah Stillman each had two. lone varsity boys split games The lone Boys’ Var sity split their games during the past week which was shortened by snow days. The Cards lost a close one to league-leading Horizon C hristian on W ednesday, January 30 in lone and de feated Nixyaawii in Mis- son on Friday, February 1. Coming into the final week o f the regular season, the Cards have a busy week on tap with four games sched uled, including one make-up game. Horizon Christian of Hood River had originally been scheduled to play on January 26 but due to ice and snow, the game was rescheduled for January 30. The Cardinals, playing on no practice since the previ ous Thursday, looked a little rusty in the early going. A three pointer by Paul Hams to start the game and another by Alan Rietmann with 1:30 rem aining in the quarter, kept lone close. However, the Hawks went on a 10-0 run with two threes o f their own to close the quarter to take a 17-8 lead. N either team did much offensive damage in the second quar ter with both teams scoring just six points to keep the lead the same at the half, 23-14. However, the Cardi nals lost Kip Krebs with an arm injury midway through the period. Clay M orter hit a jum per to open the third quarter. Matt Hams nailed a three and followed a short time later with a lay in from the baseline to cut Florizon’s lead to five, 26-21. The Hawks responded with a three and another bucket to build the lead back to 10. The Cards went on a 9-2 run, including four points from Kevin Fowler, a three pointer by Paul Hams and a Justin Archer lay in at the buzzer to close things back up. At the end o f three, the Cards trailed 33-30. Horizon tipped in an offensive rebound early in TO THE LEX FOUR... YOU LOSE WE WIN * 2008 Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo COURT CORONATION MARDI GRAS CELEBRATION Date & Tim e : M arch 2nd at 6:00 p.m. Location: M orrow C ounty Fairgrounds C ost: $20 (R S V P ) / $25 at door Dinner, no-host bar, silent auction, live auction, door prizes, drawings, live entertainment and much more! Truly a celebration to remember! Come congratulate Queen Becky Schiller and her Princesses Torri Lovgren and Cheyenne Ward! RSVP to 422-7330 or 422-7026 the fourth to push the lead back to five. Matt Hams hit a giant three with 5:45 on the clock to pull the Cards to within two. Neither team scored for the next four minutes until the Hawks got a basket with 1:39 on the clock. Twenty seconds later, A lan R ietm ann sw ished a three, making the score 37-36 in favor o f Horizon with 1:10 remaining. From that point, Horizon concen trated on holding the ball, forcing the Cards to foul. With 1:04 on the clock, the Hawks hit both ends o f a one and one to put the lead back to three points. With 7.6 seconds remaining, Ho rizon again went to the line, hitting one o f two to make the final score 40-36 and the Cards ran out time on the win. “ It w as a n o th e r tough lo ss,” said C oach Dennis Stefani. “ I have to give the kids a lot o f credit though. They played hard and gave them selves the chance to win but in the end, we didn't hit the shots we needed to.” Matt Hams led the Cardinals in scoring with 10 points. Paul Hams added eight and Kevin Fowler and Alan Rietmann had six each. The Cardinals were pulled into H orizon’s methodical style o f play and put up just 39 shots in the game, well below their usual average o f around 60. The Cards hit 39% from the field. From behind the three point line, lone hit 6 o f 16 for 38%. The Cards took just one trip to the free throw line in the entire game. U nder the basket, the Cards struggled against Horizon’s taller players and were out-rebounded 21-15. Clay Morter led the Cards on the boards with five. He also had four steals. Paul Hams paced the team with seven assists. On F rid ay n ig h t, the C ard s p u lle d ou t a much needed win, dow n ing Nixyaawii in Mission 55-38. The C ardinals got out to a good start, lead ing 14-6 at the end o f the first quarter o f play. But the Golden Eagles hung in, trail ing by just seven at the half 23-16. In the third quarter, seven Cardinals put points in the book for lone. Lead ing by as many as 14, the Cards looked ready to put the game away. The Gold en Eagles never stopped though. Starting with a full court inbounds pass lay-in at the buzzer at the end o f the third, Nixyaawii scored seven unansw ered points to pull w ithin six, 41-35 with one minute gone in the fourth. The Cards buckled down and got to work when Alan Rietmann hit a basket, making the score 43-35. The Golden Eagles hit one o f two free throws which was answered by Clay M orter’s putback o f an o ffen siv e rebound. Nix hit one more basket, m aking the score 45-38 with four and h alf minutes to go but did not score again in the game. Meanwhile, lone put up 10 unanswered points for the final margin. Three Cards were in double figures led by Alan R ietm ann w ith 11. Paul Hams and Kip Krebs each had 10. lone shots 36% for the game, making 21 o f 59 shots including four three pointers. lone positively dominated the boards with a 54-28 rebounding advan tage. Clay Morter led the at tack with an outstanding 18 boards. Kip Krebs and Justin Archer added 10 each. “ I though we played well for as long of a layoff as we did,” said Coach Dennis Stefani. “Clay Morter had a huge game on the boards and I thought the team as a w hole played w ell on defense. This was a very important win to get.” lone 14 9 18 14 55 Nixyaawii 6 10 14 8 - 38 lone (12-8, 8-4 BSC-E) - Alan Rietmann 11, P. Hams 10, Krebs 10, M. Hams 7, Morter 6, Fowler 6, Archer 5. Nixyaawii (8-12, 4-8 BSC- E) - Shawn Sim pson 19, Case 10, Ball 3, Van Pelt 2, Crawford 2, Sampson 2. 3-point field goals - lone 4, Nixyaawii 2. Free throws - lone 9-17, Nixyaawii 6-11. Fouls - lone 13, Nixyaawii 14. Fouled out - Sampson (N ixyaawii). Technicals - Simpson (Nixyaawii). Ione JV boys take win over Knights The last tim e the lone Boys’ JV played Con don-W heeler, the Knights beat them by 29 points. This time around, when the Car dinals traveled to Condon on January 25, it was quite a different story. Although the Cards trailed for the most o f the game, including being down 17-11 at the half, they strung together a strong second half to get back into the game. At the end o f three quarters, lone had narrowed Condon- W heeler’s lead to just two points, 19-21. In the fourth, the Cards tied the game for the first time in the contest with about two minutes to go. After a couple o f lead sw aps, the C ards looked up at the score clock to see the score tied at 31 and just five seconds remaining. In- bounding the ball under the K night’s basket and with a full-court press looking for a steal, the C ardinals’ press break had their work cut out for them. RJ Ramos inbounded the ball and each Cardinal touched it on the way down the court. With the clock expiring, RJ Ra mos put up a little runner from ju st inside the free throw line that banked in at the buzzer, giving the Car dinals the 33-31 win. “This was not the best game either side played but when you win at the buzzer after going the full length o f the court, it was g re a t,” said C o ach Jim Swanson. “ I was proud of all o f them.” RJ Ramos and Tan ner Rietmann shared scoring honors for the C ardinals with nine each. Alex Riet mann added six, Cory Peter son had four, Kevin LaRue and Marco Juarez had two each and Luke B radfield added one. T an n er R ietm an n led the team in rebounding with 11 boards and also had seven o f the team ’s eight blocked shots. RJ Ramos added 10 rebounds. Ramos also had five steals. Gunner Jessen paced the team with six assists. Coach Swanson was pleased not only with the win but w ith the te a m ’s improvement just since the first o f the year. “At the end o f the year, we w ere 1-8 but in January o f 2008, we were 7-2 which is a great turn around,” said Swanson. “ We are beating the same teams that beat us by 20 or 30 points in the first part of the season.” FFA to hold second annual Donkey Basketball game FFA members will take on the HHS teachers during the second annual Donkey Basketball game on Saturday, February 9, in the Heppner High School gym. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and the game will start at 7 p.m. Pre-sale tickets are available for $1 off at the of fice or by contacting Beth Dickenson at 676-9138, ext. 2542. Tickets purchased at the door will be $8 for adults, $7 for students 6-12 and $6 for children. Prices are set by Donkey Sports, Inc. Heppner chess tournament held The Heppner Chess Tournament was held this past S aturday, F ebruary 2, at Heppner Elementary School. The results are as follows: Division I - K-5th Grade 6-8th Grade: Hepp ner team came in first place. Echo team placed second. 8th G rade: D rake Dumond o f Echo came in First place. Ruben Macias o f Echo and Zach Hintz of H eppner tied for second place. 7th G rad e: B rian B ither o f Echo, A ntonio Torres o f H erm iston and Taige Houk o f Hermiston tied for first. 6th G rade: Shane Miles o f Heppner came in first place. Chance Pennock o f Hermiston came in sec ond place. K-5: D esert View Elem entary came in first place. Heppner Elementary School placed second. K-4: Kai A rbogast o f Heppner placed first. Ana Torres of Hermiston and Joe Jones o f Heppner tied for second place. 5th G rade: D illon Z im m erly o f H erm iston Division III - High came in first. Ross Cutsforth o f H eppner and K eegan School 9-12 Grade: Mitch Crafton o f Hermiston tied M ontchalin o f Pendleton for second place. Division II - 6-8th and B ern ard o T orres o f Hermiston tied for first. Grade Students test their business savvy at regional competition High school students from across eastern Oregon, including Heppner, will compete in the Oregon Future Business Leaders o f America Regional Skills Conference Thursday, February 7, at Eastern Oregon University. Students will test their expertise in business-related fields, with the top 10 competitors in the regional event qualifying to compete at the state and possibly national FBLA conferences.
