Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 13,2008 - SEVEN
Heppner JV Girls win last two games
Bv Alita Nelson
H eppner JV g irls
started their final wins on
February 5 at lrrigon, with
a final score o f 32-30.
Heppner was behind
the Knights by nine points
going into the half. The girls
came out in the third quarter
and out scored the knights
12 to 2, giv ing Heppner the
lead.
Kassey Wilson sank
17, Emily Thomspon scored
four and Lindsay Cutsforth,
Kaylee Helfrecht, Keshaw-
na Talam antes, M ercedes
Garrett, and Tori Lovgren
all scored two points each,
and Brynna Rust sank one
for the night.
F rid a y ’s gam e in
Stanfield had a final score
o f 33-26.
Tori Lovgren and
Keshawna Talamantes each
scored six points and had
n ine re b o u n d s betw een
them. Taighlor Dougherty
sunk four for the night and
Kassey Wilson, Kaylee Hel
frecht and Brynna Rust each
scored three for the team.
Lindsay Cutsforth, Emily
Thompson, Melissa West,
and Mercedes Garrett each
contributed two points for
the win over the Stanfield Kristen VanC'leave takes a shot during a recent game. -Photo by
Tigers.
Alita Nelson
lone Middle School girls take first place in tournament
After a triple over
time game. The lone Middle
School girls’ basketball team
defeated St.M ary’s A cad
emy this past Saturday at the
Sherman C ounty Tourna
ment to earn first place.
M ak e n n a R am os
and Lacey Thompson were
high point scorers with eight
points each follow ed by
four points from team mates
Shadow Kenrick and Mary
Rietmann. Jordan Peterson
also made her free throw
to assist her team to a win.
“ It was an enormous team
effo rt,” said coach, Erin
Heideman. “ I'm extremely
proud of the way these girls
stepped up to the plate.”
These were the last
gam es o f the season for
lone M iddle School who
finished the season with a
14 and 4 record including
tournament play. “ We had
a great season and our team
worked well together,” said
team co-captain, Makenna
Ramos. “ I will miss playing
with this group when I go to
Pictured back row (L-R): Jordan Peterson, Becca Jepsen, Mary
Rietmann, and Lacey Thompson. Middle row (L-R): Shadow
Kendrick, Stacee Halvorsen, and Lily Sandford. Bottom row
(L-R): Emily Holland, Makenna Ramos, and Jacqueline Juarez.
Not pictured is Alisha Taylor.
high school next year.”
There are 11 girls
on the team and all o f them
are contributing to the suc
cess o f the team. With four
JV wrestling in full swing
Aiden Wright goes for the pin during a recent match. -Photo by
Alita Nelson
Curtis Martin fights to get away from an opponent. -Photo by
Alita Nelson
eighth graders, four sev enth
graders and three sixth grad
ers, everyone worked hard
together to improve their
team.
Heppner JV boys win 5 of 7 games in last two weeks
By Alita Nelson
T he H e p p n er JV
boys traveled to Enterprise
with the Varsity on January
25.
The boys came out
strong and took the lead the
first quarter with a score o f
18-9. By the third quarter
the Mustangs were up by 23
points. In the fourth quarter,
after letting the Outlaws do
a little catching up, Heppner
took the win with a final
score of 51-36.
Dan White led the
night with 10 points. Chris
Lien, Jordan Hatfield, and
Joe Pranger all put in eight
p o in ts, and Ian M urray
sinking three. Brett Harri
son, Alex Pickles and Kyle
Fuchs each dropping two
points each to help with the
Mustang win.
The next night Hep
pner JV went onto Elgin.
Elgin led the game the first
quarter by five points. By
the half-time buzzer Hep
pner had taken over the
lead putting the score at
Heppner 15 and Elgin 12.
By the end o f the gam e
Heppner had spread their
lead to 13 points, making
the final score Heppner 50
and Elgin 37.
J o r d a n H a tf ie ld
scored 15 for the night and
Chris Lien sunk 14. Kyle
Fuchs put in six and Dan
W hite sank five for the
night. Ian Murray had four,
and Jared Hedman, Devin
Robinson and Alex Pickles
each sank two points to help
with the Mustang win over
the Elgin Huskies.
On Friday, February
1, Union made the trip to
Heppner. Heppner had the
lead all through the game,
with a 12 point lead the first
quarter, a seven point lead
by the half and a five point
lead at the end o f the third
quarter. Heppner was down
by one point with three sec
onds left on the clock when
Bryan Holland was fouled.
Bryan Holland sunk both
free throws giving Heppner
the win by one, with a final
score o f Heppner 43 and
Union 42.
Joe Pranger led the
night with 17 points, Bryan
Holland had 10. Chris Lien
and Kyle Fuchs each scored
four, and Jared Hedman,
Alex Pickles, Ian Murray
and Devin Robinson each
scored two points to help
with the Mustang win.
On Saturday the JV
traveled to W eston-M cE-
wen. Heppner led the game
until the third quarter where
the Tiger-Scots took over
Ian Murray puts up a shot against Lnion. -Photo by Alita Nelson
the lead w ith a score o f
H eppner 28 and Weston-
McEwen 32.
H ep p n er was not
able to take the lead away
from Weston-McEvven leav
ing a final score o f W-M 46,
H eppner 40. Bryan H ol
land scored 14 points, Kyle
Fuchs sank 10 points, Joe
Pranger put in five and Ian
Murray had two points and
Alex Pickles finished with
one point.
On the follow ing
Tuesday the JV hit the road
to battle the Knights at Irri-
gon. Heppner took the lead
from the start and never
looked back.
In the first quarter
Heppner had 15 and lrrigon
0. By the half-time buzzer
H eppner had let lrrigon
score to put them at Heppner
17 and lrrigon 13. After the
half Heppner came out and
stretched their lead to 18
points, putting a final score
o f Heppner 40 and lrrigon
22 .
Chris Lien led the
charge with 11 points, Bryan
Holland had eight points.
Joe Pranger, Ian Murray, and
Devin Robinson each sank
five points for the night.
Brent Harrison had three
points, and Jared Hedman,
Kyle Fuchs and Frank Mey
er each put in two points to
help with the win over the
Knights.
Heppner then trav
eled to Echo to take the w in
over the Cougars. The final
sco re w as M ustangs 59
Cougars 23.
Alex Pickles and Ian
Murray led the team with
14 points each and Frank
Meyer had 12 points for the
night. Jared Hedman sank
10 points. Kyle Fuchs put in
five and Brett Harrison and
Devin Robinson each sank
two points for the win over
the Cougars.
On Friday, February
8, Heppner went to battle the
Stanfield Tigers. Stanfield
took the lead early in the
game and the mustangs just
couldn’t get it back, putting
a final score o f Heppner 38
and Stanfield 40.
Stanfield had a two
point lead in the first quar
ter with a score o f HHS 13
Stanfield 15, by the half it
was HHS 22 Stanfield 23.
Heppner was within one at
the end o f the half and was
unable to get the lead leav
ing a third quarter score of
HHS 32 Stanfield 30.
Joe Pranger led the
team with 10 points and Ian
Murray sank nine points for
the night. Bryan Holland
had six, Kyle Fuchs with
five and C hris Lien had
three. Brent Harrison and
Frank Meyer each scored
two points and Alex Pickles
had one point for the night.
The JV Boys ended
the season with a final re
cord o f 11-7. Final BMC
League record was 10-4.
“We started the sea
son 1-4 and came back to
finish 10-3. The boys really
improved individually and
as a team during the season.
It was a pleasure to coach
them, and 1 look forward
to their future,” said Coach
Grieb.
Oregon Assis
tance Com m is
sion accepting
applications
Local Awana Club competes at Bible Quiz competition
C a d e A r b o g a s t,
from IHS gradu
Bethany Van Cleave, and
ates
Daniel Van Cleave, mem
The Oregon Assis
tance Commission is accept
ing applications from lone
High School graduates for
the Maryan McElligott Me
morial Scholarships for the
coming 2008-2009 school
year. The fund awards schol-
arsh ip s to seco n d , third
and fourth year students
attending post-secondary
institutions that participate
in the federal title finan
cial aid program s. These
scholarships are available
to students who are attend
ing schools either within
Oregon or out o f state.
Interested students
may apply by completing
the Oregon Assistance ap
plication online at www,
gctcol lege funds, o rtt. All
submissions must be com
pleted by March 1, 2008.
Previous winners are eli
gible but must apply annu
ally to be considered for the
coming year.
\
bers o f the Willow Creek
B a p tist A w ana C lu b in
H eppner, co m p eted this
past weekend in the annual
Awana Bible Quiz competi
tion in Richland, WA. Other
p articip atin g clubs were
from Kennewick, Richland,
Pasco, Yakima, Walla Walla,
and Wenatchee.
Teams consist o f one
or tw o q u izzers in each
Awana handbook. Teams
with two contestants have
the advantage o f having
their points added together.
Because the three contes
tants from Heppner are in
different handbooks, they
had to compete individually.
Each contest began with 10
multiple choice questions
from the Bible and Awana
handbooks, followed by 10
speed-quizzing questions.
Quizzers who correctly an
swered three speed-quizzing
questions “quizzed o u t,”
earning a ribbon and addi-
Cade Arbogast, Daniel Van Cleave and Bethany Van Cleave
show ofl their ribbons from the Bible Quiz competition.
tional points.
Bethany Van Cleave
com peted in the Second
Book div ision. She correctly
answ ered all 10 m ultiple
choice questions and quizzed
out, earning a perfect score.
This was enough to earn first
place in her division, even
though other teams had two
members. Cade A rbogast
earned fourth place in the
Third Book division. Dan-
)
iel Van Cleave quizzed out,
earning enough points to
place second in the Fourth
Book division.
Awana is sponsored
locally by the Willow Creek
Baptist C hurch. It meets
every Thursday night from
6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Seventh
Day Adventist Church build
ing in Heppner. Children in
grades K-6 are welcome to
attend.