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
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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.
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