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
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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.