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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 21,2009 - FIVE Mustangs endure first league loss By Jennifer Wilson The Mustangs came out slower than usual in the game against the Enterprise Outlaws last Friday. Even though they fought back in the second half, it w asn’t enough to hold off the Out laws who won the game 71-61. It was a tough loss for the m ustangs as they watched their perfect league record slip from 3-0 to 3-1. At the end o f the first quarter the Mustangs were only down by five but they struggled in the second quarter remaining scoreless for three straight minutes. A time out was called by the M ustangs coach to hope fully end the scoring slump. The mustangs came out to finish the first half strong with a 6-0 scoring streak helping close the Outlaws lead to six. Jared H uddleston made some key plays in the third quarter to tie up the gam e. W ith the fans on their feet, the Mustangs finally took the lead but the O u tlaw s answ ered back with a press and multiple 3 pointers. At the very end o f the fourth quarter, Chris Lien and Jared Huddleston Lady Cards pick up league win The lone Lady Car dinals wracked up another league win in a hard-fought contest against Echo in lone Tuesday, January 13. The Lady Cards led 14-10 after one with four points from Briana Peterson and back-to-back buckets from Mary Rietmann. But Echo took ad v an tag e o f an lone cold spell to tie the game up 17 all at the half. In the third quarter, the Cougars scored seven unanswered points in the middle portion o f the frame building their biggest lead of the game, 26-21. Stefanie A rcher helped the Lady Cards stay in the running with consecutive scores in the last two and half min utes. With her bank shot off an inbounds pass with 1:36 remaining, the Cards were only down by one going into the fourth quarter, 25-26. After an Echo score, Tori Heagy hit a basket to pull the Lady Cards back within one and Beth Mort Heppner Mustang Cody Orr takes the shot for the Mustangs Fri day night in Heppner. The Heppner Mustangs lost to Enterprise er hit the first o f two free throws to tie the game up 61 to 71. -Photo by Sandy Matthews at 28 all. Echo scored a free com bined effo rts for 11 led by Chris Lien with 19 throw and put back on offen points but it still w a sn ’t points while Cody Orr and sive rebound on the second enough to get the win. Jared Huddleston added 18 free throw attem pt to go The mustangs were each. back up by three. With 2:22 left in the game, Stefanie Archer put back an lone re bound for a basket followed 15 seconds later by a Tiana Camarillo bucket to put lone up 32-31. Echo responded with another score before Beth Morter went down the middle for a basket. With lone clinging to a one point lead, Tyree Svetich went to the line to shoot a one and one. She hit the first to give the Lady Cards a two point buffer. With 29.4, Tyree Svetich was fouled hard by the Cou gars in an attem pt to get the ball back. The foul was Cards take league win over Echo The first h a lf was tight but the second half saw the lone Cardinals run away from league rival, Echo, in a contest played in lone Janu ary 13. The Cardinals won the game 60-37. The game was tight in the early going as tough defense kept the scoring low. The Cards trailed 6-8 after one quarter. Cory Pe terson tied it up early in the second and Matt Hams followed up with three free throws after being fouled on a three point attempt. Echo tied the game back up midway through the frame and went ahead 18-17 with 1:35 on the clock. Tan ner Rietmann was fed back- to-back passes from Clay Morter under the basket and the Cardinals took a lead they would not relinquish. RJ Ramos finished the half with a basket to make the h a lf tim e score lone 23- Echo 18. The Cardinals hit the third quarter hard, going on an 8-0 run to open the quar ter and holding Echo score less for the first six minutes. At the end o f the period, the Cards had widened the lead to 12 points, 39-27. The Cardinals went on a 16-3 run in the fourth quarter to erase all doubt building the lead to 25 before coasting to the win. Cory Peterson was Clay Morter shoots the ball while surrounded by the Cougar defense. -Photo by Theresa Crawford the team ’s leading scorer with 14 points. Clay Morter was also in double figures with 11. Morter also had six assists, four steals, and four blocked shots to pace the teams in those categories as well as 13 rebounds. Sopho more Tanner Rietmann also had a good night on the boards with 12. “ T h is w as a big w in,” said Coach Dennis Stefani. “ It created some separation between the con tending teams. Besides we Saturday night, January 24. There will be tickets available at the door for the concert which will fea- ture a variety o f music and Mor r ow Count y Publ i c Wor ks N o r t h a n d S o u t h e n d T r a n s f e r S t a t io n s a c c e p t in g C O M P U T E R M O N ITO R S , D E S K TO P C O M P U T E R S A N D L A P TO P S A L L FR EE O F C H A R G E A T T H E S E M O R R O W C O U N T Y By Jennifer Wilson The Lady Mustangs hosted Enterprise last Fri day. D espite leading the game for the first three quar ters, the Mustangs came up short in the fourth quarter and the Outlaws stole the win 44-33. T he s e c o n d h a lf started out with a three point play by the Mustangs but the Outlaws answered back with a jum p shot on the other end. The Lady M ustangs were experiencing a scor ing slump as the Outlaws chipped away at their lead. RDMANJ By the end of the third quar ter, the Outlaws only trailed by one, 31-30. The Mustangs came out and started the last quar ter with a quick pace but fouls and turnovers commit ted by Mustangs fueled the Outlaws. Mustangs coach, Mark Dowdy, took a time out to try and re-focus the ef forts o f the Lady Mustangs. With a bonus situation in play with at least four min utes to go it seemed as if the Outlaws were sealing the win from the line. With 1:50 need to win these games at home.” He also noted that the Cardinal post players, C lay M orter and Tanner Rietmann had great games, picking up some scoring and hitting the boards, lone 6 17 16 21 = 6 0 Echo 8 10 9 10 = 3 7 lone: Cory Peterson 14, C lay M orter 11, Tanner Rietmann 8, Zac Orem 8, Leading the entire Gunner Jessen 8, Matt Hams By Jennifer Wilson The mustangs were game, the mustangs looked 5, RJ Ramos 5, Alex Riet off and running to a good like a totally different team mann 1 start at home against the after losing their first league Elgin Huskies last Saturday game the previous night and galloped in for a 78-48 against Enterprise. With win. good things happening from comedy entertainment for the entire family. The price IHS Basketball Schedule is $8 per person or $28 per Following is the lone High School basketball family. The tickets for the schedule for the 08-09 season: dinner, which starts at 5:30 -’"Jan. 23: Cascade Locks at home (GJV, BJV, GV, and precedes the concert, are & BV) at 3 p.m. all sold out. -*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. rebounds with 11. "This was a big win and keeps us in the picture for the district tourney," said Coach Mike Garrett. “ We handled the ball well and I was pleased with the defense that we played. Anytime you have more steals (15) than turnovers you are playing good basketball.” lone 14 3 8 15- 40 Echo 10 7 9 7- 33 lone-A rcher 8, Morter 7, Peterson 7, Svetich 5, M. Rietmann 4, Heagy 4, Ca marillo 3, Ramos 2 Echo-McCallum 13,Grego- rson 9, Ellingson 6, Tarvin 3, Hilliard 2 R e b o u n d s - A rc h e r 11, Morter 6 Assists-Morter 3 Steals- Archer 6 Blocks-Morter 1 left in the game and down by three points, another time out is called by the Mus tangs to strategize a come back. Mustangs come out with full court pressure but are soon forced to foul with under 1:00 minute remain ing in the game. However, the Outlaws were perfect from the line and good for six more points to w iden the gap and take the win. JoAnna Patton led the Mustangs with 10 points followed by Torri Lovgren with seven. M ustangs knock off huskies l o c a t io n s : 69900 F r o n ta g e L a n e , 57 1 85 HWY 74. LEXING H o u r s o f o p e r a t io n 9:00 -4 :0 0 S a t a n d 54 1 -989-9500 called intentional which sent the Echo coach into a tirade. His efforts were rewarded w ith a double tech n ical and an invitation to exit the game. Svetich nailed both free throws for the inten tional foul and Stefanie Archer nailed two o f four of the technical free throw' to give the Lady Cards some serious breathing room, 39- 33. Tiana Camarillo put the icing on the game when she hit one o f two free throws w ith 20.8 seconds remaining to give lone the 40-33 win. Stefanie Archer led the Lady C ardinals with eight points. Briana Pe terso n and Beth M orter each had seven and Tyree Svetich added five. Stefanie Archer also led the team in Lady Mustangs suffer loss at home Cabin Fever Concert to be held in Hermiston T he J o h n W arn- beke and F riends C abin Fever Concert will be held at the Hermiston Confer- ence Center at 7 p.m. on Beth Morter puts up a shot against Echo. -Photo by Theresa Crawford ------------------- TW k L o c a t e U s a b lo W o ll W a t p r B e fo re Y o u D rill !!! {M j W a te r S u r v e y in g 1 .8 7 7 .9 9 4 .9 1 0 0 the press, the m ustangs quickly took control of the game. “We responded well after a tough loss yesterday,” said Mustangs head coach David Norton. “We played tough, intensive basketball for four quarters.” The Mustangs went on a 9-1 scoring streak to finish the game strong. Once again, Chris Lien led his team with 29 points, while Kyle Fuchs added 13. Heritage Land Co. 278 N. 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