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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 4, 2009 - SEVEN lone boys bring home two wins in weekend play Lady Cards lose two is always hard fought. lone The lone boy’s var trailed briefly in the first league games sity notched two wins over the past weekend, using a ferocious fourth^ quarter to take a w in at Horizon Chris tian on Friday night and a sustained team effort to put away Condon/W heeler on Saturday night. The Cardi nals league record stands at 9-2, 11-8 overall. The Hawks lit up the C ardinals with four three pointers in the first three minutes o f the second quar ter to build an eight point halftime lead, 30-22 in Ho rizon’s shiny new gym in Hood River. The Cardinals got back in the game with an 8-0 run early and two Zac Orem three pointers in the third quarter. After pulling even at 42 with less than a minute in the third, Horizon reclaimed the lead to start the fourth quarter up by four, 46-42. W ith the gam e in the balance, the Cards took the fourth quarter by storm, starting out with a 15-2 run, taking the lead for the first time since early in the first quarter 57-48. The Cards maintained their intensity, outscoring the Hawks 25-11 in the final frame to take the 67-57 win. “T his was a huge win on the road,’’ said Coach Dennis Stefani. 1 was very pleased to see the kids come out in the second half and play with intensity. Our de fense was the difference in this one.” Zac O rem led the tarn in sc o rin g w ith 22 Top Photo: RJ Ramos shoots for two in the game against Condon/ Wheeler. Bottom Photo: Clay Morter takes charge against Horizon Christian. - Photos by Theresa Crawford points. Matt Hams added 19 and Cory Peterson had 14. Cory Peterson paced the team with five assists while Matt Hams nabbed three steals. Tanner Rietmann had a good effort on the boards, pulling down 12 rebounds. On S atu rd ay , the Cardinals hosted Condon/ Wheeler in a game that al ways means something and quarter but took the lead for good on a Matt Hams three- point play with just under two minutes left in the first quarter. The Cards led 13-8 after one and were up by as much as 11 in the second before a fast and furious Condon/W heeler rush and the end of the half narrowed the lead to just four, 35-31. The Knights closed the lead to two points in the third quarter before a 13-2 Car dinal run helped lone go up 50-39 after three. The teams swapped scores in the fourth and a Knight three pointer allowed them to get back within five but the Cards were cool under pressure, finishing with a 67-56 win. “This was a great team win,” said Coach Den nis Stefani. He noted that Matt Hams had a fine of fensive effort with 24 points and Zac Orem chipped in 12 but "it was Tanner Ri- etmann’s 16 points and 11 rebounds and Clay Morter's nine points and 12 rebounds that made the difference.” “It was playing as a team that made all that hap pen. It was a great effort by everyone on this win” said Stefani. With just two more weekends o f league play, the Cardinals look to finish strong. This weekend, both games will be on the road, traveling to A rlington on Friday and Condon/Wheeler on Saturday. Mustangs outrun Tigers JH girls win all four games in Helix By Jennifer Wilson Winning 65-58, the Mustangs took advantage of the Stanfield Tigers who weren’t prepared for their run ning game. “It was obvious that our conditioning was much better than theirs,” said Coach David Norton. “That was the key to the game.” Brent Eckman led the Mustangs to victory with 19 points. Chris Lien added 17 points and Jared Huddleston had 15 points. The Mustangs improve to a 7-2 league standing. By Jennifer Wilson The junior high girls’ basketball team traveled to Helix on Friday and won all four games against Echo and Helix. The A team beat Echo 35-24 and soared over Helix 54-15. ’“Defensively, we could work on denying cutters and blocking out,” said Coach Mindy Wilson. The B team also won both o f their games. “I'm really liking the aggressiveness on offense,” said Coach Chris Rauch. School basketball schedule for the 08-09 season: -*Friday, Feb. 6: vs. Enterprise JV/V at Enterprise, 3 p.m. -*Saturday, Feb. 7: vs. Elgin JV/V at Elgin, 1 p.m. to see we regrouped as a team in the second half and put up a fight. It says a lot about the team and how far we have come in the last two months.” 1 30-09 - Horizon 4 10 6 11 6 - 3 7 lone 2 8 10 11 3 - 3 4 lone: Morter 17, B Peterson 6, archer 6, Ramos 3, Svetich 2 1 31-09 - Condon 9 lone 4 4 8 10 6 10- 35 11- 27 lone: Morter 9, Ar cher 8, Ramos 4, Camarillo 4, B Peterson 2 Mustang JV boys win over Knights By Jennifer Wilson The M ustangs JV boys’ team increased their second h a lf effort in the gam e against the Irrigon Knights last Saturday for a 55-39 win. The Irrigon Knights kept pace with the Mustangs in the first half, leading 20- 18 at the end o f the second quarter. “ At h a lf-tim e we talked about raising our in tensity level. The boys came out and got in their faces and the pressure defense paid off in some steals and easy buckets,” said Coach Ken Grieb. "That’s what got us going in the third quarter.” With a pep talk from their coach and a new defen sive strategy, the Mustangs came out and executed. At the end o f the third quar ter, the M ustangs led the K nights 35-23 and went on to win the game by 16 points. Mustangs buck-off Knights By Jennifer Wilson A solid press and some key steals late in the first quarter put the M us tangs up 17-9. They led the rest of the game and finished with a 71-33 win over the Irrigon Knights. Besides the cheers com ing from Wacy Coil, “ th e H erd ” sec tio n w as somewhat depleted Satur day night but a quiet gym d id n ’t stop the M ustangs from playing their game. “It was a great team win,” Coach David Norton said. “Everyone scored in the game.” The Mustangs hus tled for 19 steals while only turning the ball over nine times. W hile every M us tang player put up points for the team, Brent Eckman was the leading scorer with 14 points. Jared Huddleston added 13 points and Cody Orr had 10 points and 10 rebounds. A close one for Lady Mustangs Mustang Wrestling HHS Basketball Schedule IHS Basketball Schedule Schedule Following is the lone High School Following is the Heppner High F o llo w in g is the Heppner High School wres tling schedule for the 08-09 season: -Feb. 7: BEO Invita tional (at Heppner), 9 a.m. -Continued from Page SIX free throws with 1:37 on the clock but the Lady Cards ran out o f time, losing the game 27-35. B eth M o rte r led the team in scoring with nine points. Stefanie A r cher added eight and Tiana Camarillo and Makenna Ra mos each had four. Stefanie Archer had 14 rebounds in the contest. "This was a disap pointing loss. Condon came out and really took it to us in the first half,” said Coach Mike Garrett. “We are fight ing it out with them for the final spot into the district tournament and every win from here on out is going to be a big win. I was glad By Jennifer Wilson After losing to the Tigers at home, the Lady Mus tangs pulled off a close win last Friday night in Stanfield. basketball schedule for the 08-09 season: The Mustangs beat the Tigers 37-33. With the win, the -*Feb. 6: Arlington, away (GJV, Lady Mustangs are now 4-5 in the Blue Mountain Confer BJV, GV, & BV) at 3 p.m. ence league. Leading scorer with 10 points for the Mus -*Feb. 7: Condon/Wheeler in Fossil tangs was Mercedes Garrett, while Taighler Dougherty and (GJV, BJV, GV, & BV) at 1 p.m. Catherine McEligott added seven points each. p 1 AFFORDABLE FULL COLOR PRINTING Flyers * Letterhead * Brochures Business Cards * Envelopes * Posters Our new full color printing system will deliver the quality you want at the price you can afford! Tkld its not a c copy o S jo k It is quality color printing from your digital files. Graphic & Design available too! 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