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
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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.
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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
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Beth Morter puts up a shot against Echo. -Photo by Theresa
Crawford
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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.
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