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FOur< - Hfcppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 18, 2009 Lady Cards finish regular season play with win over South Wasco M ustang basketball teams to com pete in district tournament By Jennifer W ilson T h e M u s ta n g s ’ varsity teams had a rough end to the season, losing to Pilot Rock and Union, but both teams still clenched spots in the district tour nament. The Lady M us tan g s nabbed the fifth place seed and will face- o ff against the Stanfield Tigers on Friday at 6 p.m. In the Blue Moun tain Conference, the Lady Mustangs finished with a 6-8 league record and were 12-12 overall. The Mustang boy’s team took the second place seed and will take on the Union Bobcats on Friday Taighlcr Dougherty tries for a three-pointer to keep the mus at 3 p.m. tangs alive in Pilot Rock. -Photo by Sanity Matthews Under a new head coach, the Mustangs fin ished their regular season with a 15-9 record and a Blue M ountain C onfer ence record o f 10-4. District games will be played at the Conven tion Center in Pendleton. Come support your Hep pner Mustangs. Ticket prices per session are $6 for adults and $4 for students. A day pass is $10 for adults and $7 for students. A tourna ment pass is S 18 for adults and $ 12 for students. Jared Huddleston, Brent F.ckman and Bryan Holland keep a tight defense against the Rockets, hut turnovers hurt the Mus tangs in the game that determined placement in the district playoffs. -Photo by Sanity Matthews Your Household Hazardous Waste look for label marked "Warning" and “Danger" Turn Them In! Saturday May 09.2009 Located at the Northend Transfer Station, Boardman 1:00p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Reward for turning in Mercury Thermometers DEQ - a , safe, digital thermometer! event of the year V fifoni; Reft s * ;J i 9 'A d « 1 1 Vâf Cih] V I l f *Ji Ù'S&) UafluitUü’fe) IIP * i M t f à i i iùùi^J-àUoi) iì&} JE tim hy IM ? M orrow Co. Fairgrounds Dance Hall 74473 Hwy. 74, Heppner Doors open 5:00 PM Dinner 7:00 PM S35 Single ♦ $50 Couple LIMITED SEATING Contact Dick Paris: 541-676-5852 (cfc, D ucks ,* 1 ' F ,7 ‘ » U nlimited « © M .B T .T C O « B » v » T W I www.or.ducks.org The lone Lady Car dinals rebounded from a hard loss to grab a needed win over the weekend. Their efforts combined with loss es from C ondon/W heeler wrapped up the third place spot from the East Side of the Big Sky Conference and a spot in the District Tourna ment. Friday, February 13 was Senior Night and the Lady Cards said farewell to seniors, Tiana Camarillo, Tori Heagy, Hailey Arbogast and Brenna Rietmann. With no distractions on their side, the Grizzlies came out gun ning. After one quarter, they led 22-5 and by half, had built the lead to 42-15. Helix kept up the intensity and the Lady Cardinals struggled, losing the game 76-30. Senior Hailey A r bogast led the team in scor ing with eight points, all coming in the fourth quar ter. Beth Morter had seven and Stefanie Archer added six. Stefanie A rcher led the team with 10 rebounds. Beth Morter had two assists and Tiana C am arillo and Tyree Svetich each had two steals. “ H elix is a tough team and they came well prepared. They were aggres sive and shot the ball very well. 1 didn’t have the team prepared very well for this game. This is one o f those games that stays with you as a coach and team for awhile. Anytime you get beat on your home court, on senior night, by 50 points it stings and 1 hope we can us this loss as a motivator to con tinue to improve as a team and program,” said Coach Mike Garrett. The Lady Cards took on South Wasco County on Saturday knowing it would be a tough game, but one they could win. lone trailed 7-9 after one but used a 7-0 run in the last minute to take a 24-16 lead at the half. S o u th W asco r e turned the favor in the third q u a rte r w ith an 8-2 run that brought them back to within two points with just over a minute to go. Beth Morter hit a basket but the Lady Redsides nailed a three pointer with 10 seconds on the clock to make the score after three 28-27 in favor o f lone. South Wasco went ahead early in the fourth when they connected on two free throws. Beth Morter takes a shot against South Wasco. -Photo by The resa Crawford Cardinal girls show tough defense. -Contributed Photo Beth Morter knocked down a three to put lone back up by two. With just over three minutes to go, the Lady Redsides tied it up again. Stefanie Archer came through big time with two clutch free throws followed shortly by a three-point play to put lone up by five. South Wasco hit another basket but Tyree Svetich saved the day when she hit four o f four free throws in the last fifteen seconds to give the Lady Cardinals the 40-33 win. B eth M o rte r led the team in scoring with 17 points. Stefanie Archer notched another d o u b le double with ten points and ten rebounds. Tyree Svetich added eight points. 1 w as re a lly im pressed with the way that the team responded after the loss to Helix. We came out and had one o f the best offensive quarters o f the season. We were really pa tient on offense,” said Coach Mike Garrett. “The defense played well and we con trolled the boards. We found out the night before that we had secured the final spot into the district tournament and had accomplished our first team goal. To start the season 0-10 and be able to rebound and stay positive says a lot about this team and the kids who are on it. We are really looking for ward to the tournament and a rematch with Dufur.” The Lady Cardinals will play in the district tour nament on Thursday, Febru ary 19, at 3 p.m. at Umatilla High School. 2 - 13-09 lone- 5 10 5 1 0 = 3 0 Helix- 22 20 17 17 = 76 lone- Arbogast 8, Morter 7, Archer 6, Heagy 2, Camarillo 2, Ramos 2, B Peterson 2, M Rietmann 1 2 - 14-09 lone- 7 17 4 12= 40 S W C -9 7 11 6 = 33 Ione-M orter 17, Archer 10, Svetich 8, M Rietmann 4, Camarillo 1 Rebounds- Archer 10, Morter 9, Assists- Morter 3 Steals- Morter 5, Archer 3, M Rietmann 3 lone students visit with famous author ' lo n e C o m m u n ity School was very excited on Monday morning, February 2, not by the groundhog but by Jerry Pallotta. Jerry Pallotta is a fa mous children’s book author who came to lone because of a national contest sponsored by Scholastic Books. The students in the first and sec ond grades entered and were asked to submit a postcard stating why Jerry should come visit their school. The kids w ent to w ork w ith the them e o f teaching Jerry about lone and the surrounding area o f Eastern Oregon. Much to the delight and surprise o f Mrs. Spivey, Mrs. Neiffer and their students, lo n e’s first and second graders won the contest. Second grader Re nee Peterson’s postcard was the favorite and put lone's Students line up to get an autograph from children's hook author Jerry Pallotta. -Contributed Photo entries over the top. Pal lotta said there were at least 10,000 entries. Pallotta spoke and showed slides to students in grades K-5 about his life in Boston, boating, catch ing lo b ster, and w riting ch ild ren ’s books. He has written over 60 books for children. Jerry brought one o f his books, Weights and Measures, for each o f the children and also signed ev eryone's book. Jerry brought humor, books and an honor to the lone C o mmu n i t y School students. Have a News story or Photo for the Gazette? Email to editor@rapidserve.net 4
