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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - FIVE lone boys kick off basketball season Mustangs begin wrestling season The lone boys bas ketball team kicked off their season last week with a runaway win over Irrigon and followed it up with a couple o f reality check losses over the weekend at the 12lh annual lone Basket ball Bonanza. T h e C a r d in a ls opened their season as soon as the law would al low, traveling to Irrigon on Tuesday, December 1. The Cardinals got away early leading 16-4 after one quarter. They then put together one of their high est scoring quarters ever, outscoring the Knights 36-9 in the second quarter to take a 52-13 halftime lead. Irri gon responded a bit in the second half but the Cards rolled to an 88-45 win. Matt Hams led all scorers with 27 points on some sizzling 77% shooting from the field. Zac Orem chipped in 20 points and Tanner Rietmann added 16 on 7 of 10 shooting. Over all, the team shot 56% from the field. A definite area needing a bit of polish was at the free throw line where the team made just 40% on 8-20 shooting. Zac Orem had sev en steals and Matt Hams had five w hile Adam Collin led the team on the boards with eight rebounds. “This was a great game for the whole team,” noted Coach Dennis Ste- fani. “We got off and run ning early and never looked back. The team did a great job of controlling the tem po." Over the weekend, the Cardinals encountered the usual 2A and 3A com petition found at the annual lone Basketball Bonanza. On Friday, December 4, the Cardinals took on 3A Riverside. Trailing 26-36 at the half, lone rallied to within five points at the end of the third but could not quite close the deal, al low ing the Pirates to escape with a 55-51 win. The game was a serious foul-fest w ith a total of 53 fouls called on both teams. Neither team took advantage of their time at the line with the Cardinals making just 22 of 39 (56%) and the Pirates hitting 19-34 (56%.) The Cards also had some difficulty hanging onto the ball, nearly tripling their turnover total from their season opener with 32 in the contest. Z ac O rem led the team in scoring with 22 points including three three-pointers. The Cardi nals who seemingly could not miss at Irrigon came back down to earth a bit in the shooting percentage de partment, making 13 of 54 for just 24% from the field. Matt Hams was the only other Card in double figures with 10 points. However Hams led all the other stat categories w ith four assists, six rebounds, three steals and one blocked shot. “This was a tough loss. The kids worked hard but could never get over the hump,” said Coach Dennis Stefani. He noted that the team had difficulty finding a rhythm with all the stop pages for fouls. “It is hard to get anything going when someone is always at the foul line.” Saturday, the Car dinals found themselves down 20 points to Enter- Veteran’s Services Hours: 9-12 am & 1-4 pm First Thursday of each month Gilliam Building, Heppner Please call for Appointment Phone 922-6420 Please leave a detailed message Medicare Part D Enrollment Period November 15th - December 31st See the following list of plans we are accepting for 2010 If you are not happy with your current plan, NOW IS THE TIME TO CHANGE 2010 M E D IC A R E P A R T D P L A N S Advantage Freedom Plan by RxAmerica Advantage Star Plan by Rx America 800-429-6686 www.Meds4Medlcare.com Asuris Medicare Script Asuris Medicare Script Enhanced 800-452-2909 www.regence.com/medicare Premiere Care 800-458-9518 www.familycareinc.com Community CCRX Community CCRX Basic Community CCRX Gold Prescriba RX Bronze Prescriba Rx Gold 866-566-8741 www.communitycarerx.com Silverscript Value 866-552-6106 www.silverscript.com CVS Caremark Complete 866-488-4709 www.silverscript.com Sterling RX 866-228-8920 www.sterlingplans.com Providence Part D 800-457-6064 www.providence.org Health Net Orange option 1 and 2 877-859-0060 www.healthnet.com Clear Choice Health Plan 800-437-7728 www.clearchoicehp.com Cigna Medicare Rx Plan 1,2,3 800-244-6224 www.cigna.com « 9 ' i i«» 1 % A Top Photo: Matt Hams shoots and scores against Riverside. Bottom Photo: Adam Collin shoots and scores against Enter prise. -Photos by Theresa Crawford prise early in the second quarter. However a 28 point second quarter allow ed them to get back in the game and they were only down four at the half. Enter prise kept the Cardinals on the run and in foul trouble as well as controlled the offensive glass to hold on for the 68-60 win. Matt Hams scored 22 to lead the team. Adam Collin came off bench to become the only other Car dinal in double figures w ith 11 points. Tanner Rietmann had a solid rebounding ef fort with 13 and also led the team in steals w ith six. “We found out we have some things to work on after this game,” said Coach Dennis Stefani, not ing that the team was badly out-rebounded on the offen sive end (24-12). “However, the team did a great job of coming back from 20 down to make this a game. Also, Adam Collin was a bright spot, coming in and scoring 11 points and grabbing six rebounds.” The Cardinals will continue a strenuous pre season campaign, traveling to Pilot Rock on Tuesday and to the Enterprise Tour nament over the weekend. Heppner High School Boys Basketball Schedule Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. 10 - Col. River Classic in Umatilla, 7:30 p.m. 18 - at Irrigon, 3 p.m. 19- a t Stanfield, 1 p.m. 28 - at Hermiston (JV Tourney), 1 p.m. 29 - at Hermiston, 1 p.m. Heppner High School Girls Basketball Schedule Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. 10 - Col. River Classic in Umatilla, 6 p.m. 11 - Col. River Classic in Umatilla, 6 p.m. 18 - at Irrigon, 3 p.m. 19- a t Stanfield, 1 p.m. Dec. 10 - Col. River Classic in Umatilla, 4:30 p.m. Dec. 18 - at Irrigon, 4:30 p.m. Dec. 19 - at Stanfield, 4:30 p.m. Lady Mustangs begin season with loss The Heppner Lady Mustangs had a disappoint ing start to their season as they traveled to Imbler Thursday, December 3. De spite a tough defensive ef fort against the defending 1A State Champions and a late fourth quarter rally, the Lady Mustangs came up short 44-34. The M u s t an g s trailed by 13 at the half but outscored the Lady Pan thers 18-12 in the fourth quarter. Heppner was able to get to the free-throw line 19 times and converted 11. Erin Price was the only Mustang in double figures to lead the offensive Emergencies arise when you least expect them. Consider the gift of an Airl.ink membership this holiday season. Today's Options Value Premier Plans Premier Care Choice Rx, Value Rx, and Advantage Rx Sterling Option II and IV ODS Advantage PPORx and Advantage PPORx Select lone High School Basketball Schedule HHS Girls JV Basketball Schedule Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. 10 - 11 - 18 - 19 - Col. River Classic in Umatilla, 2 p.m. Col. River Classic in Umatilla, 3 p.m. at Irrigon, 3 p.m. at Stanfield, 3 p.m. Dec. 19 - Mac Hi Christ mas Tournament, 9 a.m. Jan. 1 - at Riverside, noon Jan. 2 - at Riverside, 9 a.m. Dec 11/12 - Muillenburg Tournament, 4 p.m./TBA Dec. 15 - at Riverside (c- wrestling), 5 p.m. HHS Girls Jr. High Basketball Schedule ^ Miuuyï O mu ) INC m Dec. 12 - in Dufur, 9:45 a.m. Dec. 19 - at home, 9 a.m. Jan. 7 - in Umatilla, 4 p.m. Jan. 8 - at home, 9 a.m. Jan. 14 - in Condon, 4:30 p.m. Jan. 16 - in Umatilla, 8 a.m. Jan. 22 - in lone, 3 p.m. Jan. 23 - at home, 8 a.m. it 1 L For $50 a year, an air ambulance mem bership can ensure your family’s link to dependable emergency service, skilled medical care, and support from trusted experts in critical care transport. Call 541.706.6305 or 800.353.0497 for more information or visit airlinkcct.org to Join Today! Providing fast, friendly, hometown service since 19591 Mi.706.6305 • attack with 10 points and six rebounds. Brynna Rust led the team on the defen sive end with six steals to go along with nine points as well as the team’s only three point field goal. Taighler Dougherty led the team in rebounds with seven. Tor- rie Lovgren pitched in with seven points and six re bounds. The Mus ta ng s hosted Condon on Tuesday night. Heppner will also play in the Columbia River Classic in Umatilla this weekend, with their first game at 6 p.m. on Thurs day night against the host Vikings. Dec. 11 -12 - Enterprise Winter Classic, 3 p.m. Dec. 18 - Horizon Christian at home (GJV, BJV, GV, BV), 3 p.m. Dec. 19 - at Boardman (GJV, BJV, GV, BV), 1 p.m. Dec. 22 - at Helix (GJV, BJV, GV, BV), 3 p.m. Dec. 28 - Irrigon at home (GJV, BJV, GV, BV), 3 p.m. Dec. 29 - Pilot Rock at home (GJV, BJV, GV, BV), 1 p.m. S R ** In an Emergency Every Second Counts. pin over an opponent from Mac Hi. F re sh m e n A lex Smith and Wade Matthew also got initial wins of their high school careers. Mat thew’s win came via a 25- second pin, while Smith battled hard for his win, finally coming out on top of an exciting 13-10 decision over a Baker wrestler. Chance Day placed fourth at 160 pounds. He had to forfeit the third place due to national rules limit ing a wrestler to five match es per day. After losing his first match, Day pinned his next four opponents to reach his match limit in the consolation semi-finals and was forced to concede the finals bout. Mustang wres tlers competing and their win-loss record for the day were: 103-Austin Harris, 2-2; 119-Alex Smith, 1-2; 130-Earl Propheter, 0-2; 135-Jarreid Miller, 2-2, and Wade Matthew, 1-2; 140- Cody Nelson, 0-2; 145-An- drew Bara, 0-2; 152-Tyler Robinson, 1-2, and Conner Pappas 0-2; 160-Chance Day, 4-1; 171-Wacy Coil, 3 -1, and Garrett Gibbs, 0-2. 189-Tim Nelson, 2-2; 215- David Bemtsen, 1-2; and 285-Jacob Moore, 0-2. Heppner High School Varsity Wrestling Schedule HHS Boys JV Basketball Schedule M E D IC A R E A D V A N T A G E H E A L T H P L A N S 541-676-9158 7 The Mustang wres tling team opened up the season in John Day on Saturday, December 5, at the Grant Union Kickoff Tournament. Teams present were Baker, Bums, Crane, Grant Union, Heppner, La Pine, Mac Hi, Ontario, and Pine Eagle. Heppner was led by Wacy Coil who finished second at 171 pounds. Coil dominated in his first three matches with two pins and a 13-2 major decision in the semi-finals. His only loss came in the championship bout to Kyle Dennis from Pine Eagle w ho placed sec ond at state last year. The Mustangs took 15 w restlers to the tourna ment, seven of whom w ere competing in their first high school match. Five of the seven new com ers came away with at least one w in for the day. Austin Harris and Tim Nelson led the new w restlers with two wins each. Harris placed fourth at 103 in his first high school tournament. David Bemtsen, a foreign exchange student com peting for H eppner with only five days of prac tice, picked up a his first Mustang win at 215 pounds with a flashy 12-second HHS Boys Jr. High Basketball Schedule Dec. 12 - at home, 8 a.m. Dec. 19 - at home, 9 a.m. Jan. 8 - at home, 9 a.m. Jan. 14 - in Condon, 4:30 p.m. Jan. 22 - in lone, 3 p.m. Jan. 23 - in Arlington, 9 a.m. A irLink Critical Cara Transport soo.353.0497 • 2iriinkcn.org • join Today! *
