Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 7, 2009 - FIVE
lone boys win one, lose two
The lone Cardinals
got a league win sandwiched
between two hard-fought
non-conference losses dur
ing a busy week o f basket
ball.
O n T u esd ay , D e
cember 30, lone hosted Pi
lot Rock in non-conference
action. Clay M orter made
the Cards’ first four points of
the game before the Rockets
went on a 15-3 tear to go
up 20-7. lone scored nine
points in the last 2:26 to end
to end the quarter trailing
13-24.
lone outscored the
Rockets by one in the sec
ond but a late Pilot Rock
bucket gave them a 10 point
margin at the half, 37-27. Pi
lot Rock used a 21 -14 scor
ing edge in the third to lead
58-41 going into the final
frame, lone scored 23 points
in the fourth quarter and nar
rowed the lead to seven with
just under two minutes but
the Rockets held on for the
73-64 win.
Three Cards regis
tered double figures led by
M att Hams w ith 16. Zac
Orem added 15 and Clay
M orter had 12. lone shot
ju st 29% from the field,
possibly a result o f having
a long snow and holiday
induced layoff. Pilot Rock
shot 52%. Between the two
teams, the foul line was a
very busy spot with 60 free
throw attempts in the game.
The Cards were 16 o f 26
while the Rockets were just
12 o f 34.
Clay Morter led the
Cardinals’ rebounding effort
with 11. Matt Hams added
seven.
“ The kids played
hard but we seemed out of
sync with the lay-off during
the break,’’ said Coach Den
nis Stefani.
On Friday, the Cards
hosted Dufur for their first
league gam e o f the sea
son, one that was originally
scheduled to take place back
in December.
The first quarter set
the tem po that this game
was going to be a horse
race. Seven lead changes
and two ties later, Gunner
Jessen put the Cards up by
one when he drove the key
at the buzzer, making the
shot and getting fouled in
the process. Making good
on the and one opportunity,
the Cards led 19-18. The
lead changed hands six more
times in the second quarter.
Corey Peterson shoots a three-pointer during the game against
Dufur on January 2. -Photo by Theresa Crawford
Zac Orem had 10 points in
the quarter and Cory Peter
son’s baseline three pointer
with 52 seconds on the clock
gave the Cards their biggest
lead o f the game so far at
38-30.
The Rangers kicked
o ff the third quarter with
eight unansw ered points
to tie the game at 38 with
just 1:30 gone. Matt Hams
hit back to back jumpers to
start a 20-5 Cardinal run.
The Rangers Finished the
quarter with five points to
put the C ardinals’ margin
back where it was at the start
o f the quarter, eight points,
57-49.
Matt Hams went to
town in the fourth quar
ter, scoring 12 points and
coming up with some key
steals. With 3:02 remaining
in the game, Dufur had cut
the lead to four, 65-61, be
fore Matt Hams scored six
straight points to build the
margin back to 10. Dufur
had opportunities in the last
minute, going to the free
throw line six times and con
necting on three. With 19.4
seconds left on the clock, RJ
Ramos went to the line for
lone and hit a pair to give the
Cardinals the 73-64 win.
Matt Hams led all
scorers with 28 points, 21 o f
those coming in the second
half. Zac Orem added 18
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and Cory Peterson had 10.
The Cards shot 42% from
the floor, making 28 of 67
including six three point
ers.
“ It w as a te rrific
game by the whole team,’’
said Coach Stefani. “The
gam e was a team effort
and it showed in the stats.
Everyone got involved and
really showed the potential
this team has.’’
Clay Morter had a
huge night on the boards,
hauling in 17 rebounds as
the Cardinals fought their
way to a 46-43 rebounding
edge. Matt Hams grabbed
four steals and Cory Peter
son dished out four assists
to pace the team.
On S atu rd ay , the
Cardinals traveled to Stan
field for one o f their most
exciting games of the young
season. Giving the Tigers
all they could handle, the
Cards' played back from a
13 point half time deficit to
force overtime before losing
61-59.
Stanfield was smooth
in the early going and before
the Cards could catch their
breath, they were down 14-
2. lone was able slow the
hot-shooting Tigers slightly
by the end o f the quarter
and trailed by 9, 23-14. The
Cards pulled back to within
five with ju st over three
minutes to play in the half
before Stanfield finished the
quarter with eight straight
points. The Tigers widened
the lead further scoring the
first three points of the third
quarter before the Cardinals
went on a 14-2 run. All o f a
sudden, the Cards trailed by
just four, 41 -45 and the mo
mentum was swinging their
way. Matt Hams canned a
high bouncing three at the
buzzer to cut the deficit to
two, 48-50.
C o ry P e te rs o n
opened the fourth quarter
hitting one free throw. With
almost a minute and half
gone, M att Hams nailed
a three pointer to give the
Cards their first lead in the
game. Stanfield scored the
next five points o f the game
but burned alm ost three
minutes off the clock. With
just over three minutes left,
Zac Orem drove the key and
scored. Thirty seconds later,
he buried a three and the
Cardinals regained the lead.
Stanfield hit a pair o f free
throws with 1:38 remaining
to tie the game again.
The C ardinals ran
the clock down to about
30 before a bobbled pass
resulted in a jump ball. The
Cardinals retained posses
sion. With 7.1 seconds left,
Stanfield came up with what
looked like a huge steal
before it was realized the
Tiger player had stepped out
o f bounds. The Cardinals
called time out and ran a
play but the last second shot
fell short.
In OT, Tanner Riet-
mann got a wide open look
under the basket and put
the Cards up by two. Both
teams went to the line for a
one and one opportunity but
didn’t score. With under a
minute remaining, Stanfield
made a lay in to tie the game
and with 25 seconds left, the
Tigers scored again, going
ahead for the final margin.
“The kids did a great
job o f coming back in the
second half,’’ said Coach
Stefani. “ 1 really felt if we
had played defense like we
did in the second half the
whole game, we would have
won going away.”
Cory Peterson was
the team 's leading scorer
with 15 points. Matt Hams
added 14 and Zac Orem had
10. Clay Morter had nine
rebounds as well as led the
team in steals (7) and as
sists (5.)
Heppner High School
Basketball Schedule
Following is the Heppner High School wrestling
schedule for the 08-09 season:
-Jan. 9-10: Jo-Hi Invitational, 10 a.m.
Following is the Heppner High School basketball
-Jan 15: at Grant Union/Crane, 5 p.m.
schedule for the 08-09 season:
-Jan. 17: Sherman Invite, 11:30 a.m.
-♦Friday, Jan. 9: vs. Union JV/V at Union, 3 p.m.
-Jan. 22: Heppner, 5 p.m.
-■"Saturday, Jan 10: vs. Weston JV/V at Heppner,
-Jan. 24: at Gervais, 10 a.m.
l p.m.
-Jan. 31: Irrigon Tournament, 5 p.m.
-■"Friday, Jan 16: vs. Enterprise JV/V at Heppner,
-Feb. 7: BEO Invitational (at Heppner), 9 a.m.
3 p.m.
-■"Saturday, Jan. 17: vs. Elgin JV/V at Heppner,
1 p.m.
-■"Friday, Jan. 23: vs. Pilot Rock JV/V at Heppner,
3 p.m.
-■"Saturday, Jan. 24: vs. Weston McEwen JV/V at
Athena, 1 p.m.
-■"Friday, Jan. 30: vs. Stanfield JV/V at Stanfield,
3 p.m.
-■"Saturday, Jan. 31: vs. Irrigon JV/V at Heppner,
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1 p.m.
-* Friday, Feb. 6: vs. Enterprise JV/V at Enterprise,
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3 p.m.
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-■"Saturday, Feb. 7: vs. Elgin JV/V at Elgin, 1
p.m.
-♦Tuesday, Feb. 10: vs. Pilot Rock JV/V at Pilot
Rock, 3 p.m.
-♦Friday, Feb. 14: vs. Union JV/V at Heppner, 3
p.m.
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First season win still
elusive for Lady Cards
Beth Morter shoots a three-pointer during the game against
Pilot Rock on December 30. -Photo by Theresa Crawford
T he lo n e L ady
Cardinals had three games
last week including one
league contest. Although
they played each opponent
close until late in the game,
they were unable to get
their elusive first win o f
the season.
Tuesday, Decem
ber 30, lone hosted Pilot
Rock. lone led 9-6 at the
end o f the first quarter but
Pilot Rock went on a 10-0
run to start the second. The
Lady Rockets took a 20-12
lead to the locker room at
the half. Tiana Camarillo
scored seven points in the
third quarter and the Lady
Cardinals narrowed Pilot
Rock’s lead to seven at the
end o f three, 33-27.
With 2:42 remain
ing in the game, Stefanie
Archer hit two free throws
to pull the Cards to within
three, 36-39 but it was
all Pilot Rock down the
stretch as they went to the
line eight times in thelast
tw o and half minutes, con
necting on six. The final
score was 45-36 in favor
o f the Rockets.
“Compared to the
first time we played them,
we did quite a bit better,”
said Coach Mike Garrett.
“We made some adjust
ments on defense and lim
ited their post players to 15
foot jum p shots.” In their
last meeting. Pilot Rock’s
two tall girls combined to
score 41 points. This time
the Lady Cards held them
to a total of 16.
“ It w as a good
defensive game by both
team s,” said Coach Gar
rett. “Once our shots start
dropping, w e’ll start win
ning some ball games.”
Beth M orter led
lone in scoring with 12. Ti
ana Camarillo added ten.
The Lady C ardi
nals hosted Dufur on Fri
day, January 2, making up
a league contest postponed
by snow in December. The
Lady Rangers put a pesky
full court press for most o f
the game and eventually
pulled away for the 41-29
win.
The lone girls fin
ished their busy basketball
week on the road against
S ta n fie ld on S a tu rd a y
for their final pre-season
gam e. Five players put
points on the board in the
first quarter as the Lady
Cardinals took a first quar
ter lead. Stanfield opened
the second quarter with an
8-0 run to take the lead.
M cK enna Ram os hit a
shot at the buzzer to make
the score 22-19 in favor of
Stanfield at the half.
In the third, Ste
fanie Archer put back an
offerlsive rebound With'
6:24 showing on the clock
and Beth Morter followed
up with a full-court lay in
to narrow the lead to just
one point. Stanfield hit a
couple more buckets but a
pair o f free throws by Beth
Morter and later by Hailey
Arbogast saw the quarter
end with the Cards trailing
by just one, 27-28.
Stanfield got seri
ous in the fourth quarter
scoring 16 unansw ered
points and keeping lone
scoreless until all but a
minute was gone in the
game leading to the final
margin 47-33.
Beth Morter led the
team in scoring w ith nine
points. Stefanie Archer had
six and McKenna Ramos
added five.
lone High School
Basketball Schedule
Following is the lone High School basketball
schedule for the 08-09 season:
-♦Jan. 9: Sherman at home (GJV, BJV, GV, & BV)
at 3 p.m.
-♦Jan. 10: Central Christian in Prineville (GJV,
BJV, GV, & BV) at 1 p.m.
-♦Jan. 13: Echo at home (GJV, BJV, GV, & BV)
at 3 p.m.
-*Jan. 16: Arlington at home (GJV, BJV, GV, &
BV) at 3 p.m.
-Jan. 17: Helix, away (GJV, BJV, GV, & BV) at
I p.m.
-♦Jan. 23: Cascade Locks at home (GJV, BJV, GV,
& BV) at 3 p.m.
-♦Jan. 24: Echo, away (GJV, BJV, GV, & BV) at
1 p.m.
-♦Jan. 30: Horizon Christian at Hood River (GJV,
BJV, GV, & BV) at 3 p.m.
-♦Jan. 31: Condon/Wheeler at home (GJV, BJV,
GV, & BV) at 1 p.m.
-♦Feb. 3: Nixyaawii at home (GJV, BJV, GV, &
BV) at 3 p.m.
-*Feb. 6: Arlington, away (GJV, BJV, GV, & BV)
at 3 p.m.
-♦Feb. 7: Condon/Wheeler in Fossil (GJV, BJV,
GV, & BV) at 1 p.m.
-♦Feb. 13: Helix at home (GJV, BJV, GV, & BV)
at 3 p.m.
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