Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 23,2009 - FIVE
Mustang wrestlers place fourth at
Mac Hi Christmas Tournament
Two years ago, the
Heppner w restling team
made a trip to Milton-Free-
water to compete in the Mac
Hi JV tournament and was
happy to come away w ith
a few wins. This year the
Mustangs challenged the
big school varsity programs
at the Mac Hi Christmas
tournament and came away
w ith some medals.
The to u rn am en t
included two schools from
Washington’s largest class,
Chiawana (Pasco) and Wal
la Walla, as well as River
side and last year’s OSAA
4A state runner up Mac Hi.
Also competing were Ir-
rigon and Columbia High
Schools.
Jarreid Miller, cur
rently ranked eighth in the
state, finished the highest
for the Mustang grapplers.
After receiving a bye in the
first round. Miller pinned
his next two opponents
from Mac Hi and Walla
Walla to advance to the
championship bout where
he suffered his only loss
of the day to a Chiawana
wrestler.
Heppner got third
place finishes from fresh
man A ustin H arris and
fourth ranked senior Wacy
Coil. It was Harris’s high
est finish of the season and
his first high school medal.
He earned it in dominating
fashion by pinning his chal
lenger from Walla Walla in
the consolation champion
ship match.
Coil had to hold
off his Mac Hi opponent to
come away with an 8-7 dra
matic decision for his third
place medal. Scoring in the
final round came in such a
flurry at one point that the
scorekeepers didn't keep up
and the scoreboard read 7-6
in favor of Mac Hi at the
end of regulation. However,
the M ustangs’ alert stat
crew caught the error and
proved it to the officials in a
post match conference with
the competitors waiting at
center mat. The score was
then corrected and Coil’s
arm was raised as the vic
tor.
Cody Nelson also
made a trip to the podium
as the fourth place finisher
at 135 pounds.
The Mustangs got
additional tournament w ins
and team points from Wade
Matthew, Andrew Bara, and
Junior high basketball in full swing
Tyler Robinson.
In an exhibition
m atch , fresh m an Earl
Propheter got his arm raised
for his first w in of the sea
son. Garrett Gibbs and Tim
Nelson also had exhibition
match wins.
Individual results
by weight class were: 103
- Austin Harris, (3rd) 2-1;
119-Alex Smith, 0-2; 130
- Jarreid Miller, (2nd) 2-1;
and Earl Propheter, 1-2;
135 - Cody Nelson, (4th)
3-2; and Wade Matthew,
1-2, 140 - Andrew Bara, #3 Brian Kill drives past a Mt. Vernon player during a junior
1-2; 145 - Conner Pappas, high basketball game this past Saturday in Heppner. -Photo
by Autumn Morgan
0-
2; 152 - Tyler Robinson,
1- 2; 171 - Wacy Coil, (3rd)
3-1; and Garrett Gibbs, 1-3;
189 - Tim Nelson, 2-2; 215
The Heppner girls Maggie Collins’ 10 points
- David Berntsen, 0-1; and J V basketball team had two and seven rebounds. Bailey
Jacob Moore, 0-2.
games this past weekend Bennett added six points
winning both to improve and five rebounds. The rest
their record to 4-2.
of the scoring was by Emile
On Friday the girls Blak (four), Natalie Rauch
took on the Irrigon Knights. (four), and two each for
out-rebounded the Hawks After one quarter the Mus Carrie Haguewood, Emma
36-25 with Adam Collin tangs led 10-6 with a bal Osmin, and Larissa Grey.
grabbing eight boards to anced scoring attack from
On Saturday the
complement Tanner Riet- four players. In the second JV Mustangs traveled to
mann’s eight.
quarter the Mustangs had Stanfield to take on a very
“ It was good to a hard time holding onto short-handed Tiger team.
start league with a win,” the ball and the knights Due to injuries and miss
said Coach Dennis Stefani. turned it into a big quarter ing players, they only had
“ I thought the kids came for themselves, scoring 17 enough for half a game.
out flat, trailing after the to the Mustangs’ 12, giving
The Mustangs used
first quarter. However, they them the half-time advan their press to jump out to a
picked up the tempo in the tage of 23-22. Again the quick 7-0 lead and ended
second quarter and took Mustangs had a balanced up winning 13-6. The rest
control of the game with a attack getting production of the shortened game they
33 point quarter.”
from five different players. worked on running some
The Cardinals will
In the second half new plays to get some expe
have one game before tak the Mustangs picked up on rience in a game situation.
ing time off for Christmas, the “D” and took better care
M aggie C o llin s
traveling to Helix on Tues of the ball, only turning it led the team in scoring
day, Decem ber 22. The over five times for the half. with seven points, followed
week after Christmas will They outscored the Knights by Alana Wilson, Natalie
be a busy one, hosting Irri- 23-17 for the half to take Rauch, and Bailey Benner
gon on December 28, Pilot away a 45-40 win.
w ith two each. Bennett also
Rock on December 29 and
Eight M ustangs led the team with seven re
Stanfield on January 2.
scored, led by Alana Wil bounds in the short game.
son’s 15 points, followed by
Heppner JV girls now 4-2
Cardinals win league opener
The lone Cardinals
trailed at the end o f the
first quarter in their league
opener against H orizon
Christian on Friday, De
cember 18, but came to life
on offense in the second
quarter, scoring 33 points
to the Hawks 11. That of
fensive firepower put the
Cards up 44-27 at the half
and they rolled to a 76-55
victory.
Zac Orem led all
scorers with 21 points, in
cluding 57% three-point
shooting (4-7) and 62%
shooting overall. Orem
also dished out six assists.
Tanner Rietm ann had a
big night, putting up 18
points and grabbing eight
rebounds. Matt Hams also
scored in double digits with
14 points and led the team
#21 Zach Orem shouts against the Horizon Christian Hawks,
lone won 76-55. -Photo by Theresa Crawford
with seven assists. Overall, best three point shooting
the team shot 44 % from the nights, hitting 55% on 6
floor but had one of their of 11 shooting. The Cards
Lady Cardinals hang on for win over Horizon Christian
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The lo n e Lady
Cardinals opened Big Sky
Conference play with a win
over Horizon Christian. In
a game played in lone on
Friday, December 18, the
Cards built a halftime lead
and withstood a Lady Hawk
charge in the game to claim
the 36-31 victory.
“This was a great
win for us. Horizon Chris
tian is a good ball club that
we lost too last year by one
in overtime,” said Coach
Mike Garrett. “They were at
the district tournament last
year and I would expect to
see them there this year as
well. We did an outstanding
job of eliminating their post
players and forcing them to
play from the outside.”
The Cards ran into
early foul trouble, with nine
fouls in the first six minutes,
sending Horizon into a
double bonus situation by
the end of the first quarter.
Even so, the Lady Cards led
24-15 at the half. Horizon
was scrappy and narrowed
the lead to four late in the
29-25. lone
quarter with an ankle tweak.
Shadow Kendrick added
eight. Stephanie Archer led
the team on the board w ith
14 rebounds and a huge
blocked shot that stopped
Horizon’s momentum in the
final 30 seconds. Makenna
Ramos led the team with
four assists.
lone
9 15 6
6 = 36
Beth M orter 15,
Shadow Kendrick 8, Tyree
Svetich 4, Makenna Ramos
3, Collette Cason 2, Stacey
Halvorsen 2, Sarah Stillman
1, Mary Rietmann 1.
Horizon
5 10
Shadow Kendrick puts up a shot during last Friday’s game
10
6
=
31____________
against the Horizon Christian Hawks. The lady Cardinals
won 36-31. -Photo by Theresa Crawford
stretched the lead back to 10
midway through the fourth
but let nerves get the better
of them down the stretch.
The last minute of the game
was nerve wracking and
went on forever. The Lady
Hawks once again closed
the lead to four with 34
seconds to go but the Cards
held on for the win.
“ Early foul trou
ble and poor free throw
shooting kept this game
closer than it should have
been. These are areas that
we can work on and I am
pleased w ith where the team
is at defensively right now,”
noted Coach Garrett.
Beth M orter led
all scorers with 15 points
before leaving the game
midway through the fourth
lone High School
Basketball
Schedule
Dec. 28 - Irrigon at home
(GJV, BJV, CiV. BV), 3
p.m.
Dec. 29 - Pilot Rock at
home (GJV. BJV, GV,
BV), 1 p.m.
Jan. 2 - Stanfield at home
(GJV, BJV, GV, BV), 1
p.m.
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