Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 6,2010 - FIVE
Cardinals down Stanfield 70-50
The lone Cardi
nals closed out Christmas
break with a runaway win
over the visiting 2A Stan
field Tigers. A large crowd
enjoyed the game, played
January 2 in lone, as the
Cards left the Tigers in the
dust. The final score was
lone 70-Stanfield 50.
The Cards jumped
out to an 11 -0 lead before
Stanfield finally scored
with two minutes left in
the first quarter, lone led
17-2 at the end o f the
first quarter and kept the
pedal to the metal in the
second, leading 44-18
at the half. Matt Hams
scored seven points for
lone in the last minute of
the second quarter as the
Tigers struggled to deal
with him. He scored 23
of his game high 33 points
in the first half. The Car
dinals led by as much as
30 in the third quarter and,
in fact, Stanfield was only
able to narrow the lead to
20 in the waning minutes
of the game.
“We came out and
played a terrific game,”
said Coach Dennis Ste-
Lady Cards take win over Irrigon, lose to Pilot Rock
The lone Lady Car
dinals had a w in and a loss
against non-conference op
ponents early in the week
following Christmas.
The Cardinals sur
vived a sluggish basketball
night to overcome a much-
improved Irrigon squad on
Monday, December 28, in
a game played on lone’s
home court. After a slow
first half, lone led 14-9
but Irrigon rallied to tie
the game at the start of the
fourth quarter. Irrigon took
its first lead of the game
with 3:30 remaining but the
Cardinals were determined.
Beth Morter tied the game
up at 31 with 1:46 on the
clock and Shadow Kendrick
put back her own offensive
rebound with 1:25 to go to
put lone up 33-31. Between
the two teams, they went to
the line four times in the last
minute and 20 seconds but
in a reflection of what an
ice cold free throw night it
was, neither team was able
to capitalize on any of the
opportunities.
“Both teams came
out very flat and with little
energy,” said Coach Mike
Garrett. “1 am not sure if it
was the Christmas Break or
a let down after the big win
nine and Tanner Rietmann over at Helix but we were
and Adam Collin had eight
each. Matt Hams and Zac
Orem each had four as
sists and Hams added four
The lo n e Lady
steals.
Cardinals closed out their
“We came out very Christmas break with a solid
flat,” said Coach Dennis win over Stanfield on Sat
Stefani. “Gunner Jessen urday, January 2. The game,
gave us a big lift of energy played in lone, marked the
in the fourth quarter and we highest point total for the
finally got going.”
team under the direction
The Cardinals host o f Coach M ike G arrett
ed Pilot Rock on Tuesday, and their second time over
December 29. Pilot Rock’s 50 points this season. The
physical inside game gave Lady Cards broke open a
the Cards fits. The Rockets close game early and then
led from wire to wire and, held the Lady Tigers score
though lone would close less in the third quarter to
the lead to three midway
through Ihe fourth quarter,
they could never get over
the hump, losing to the visi
tors 68-60.
“Plain and simple,
we got outplayed inside,”
said Coach Dennis Stefani.
“They presented us with
a physical game and we
didn’t respond. We now
have to make that correc
tion for down the road.”
Matt Hams led the
team in scoring with 22
points. For the second night
in a row, Zac Orem had 13
points and Gunner Jessen
had 11. The team cooled
off a little shooting from the
floor, making 38%. They HHS Girls Jr.
continued to struggle at the High Basketball
free throw line, making 10
of 21 for 48%. Pilot Rock Schedule
had their own problems at
Jan. 7 - in Umatilla, 4
the line, making just 13 of
p.m.
30 for 43%. The Rockets
Jan. 8 - at home, 9 a.m.
out-rebounded the Cards
Jan. 14 - in Condon, 4:30
44-35. Zac Orem pulled
p.m.
down nine rebounds and
Jan. 16 - in Umatilla, 8
Gunner Jessen had seven
a.m.
to lead the team. Jessen
Jan. 22 - in lone, 3 p.m.
also had five assists. Matt
Jan. 23 - at home, 8 a.m.
Hams paced the team with
Jan. 25 - in Arlington, 5
five steals.
p.m.
fani. “1 think the biggest
difference tonight was our
aggressive board play,” he
said noting that Tanner
Rietmann and RJ Ramos
both had 14 rebounds on
the night. The Cardinals
had a team total of 49
rebounds to 40 for Stan
field. “This was a good
win going into league
play.”
Matt Hams was
red hot from the field,
hitting 15 of his 27 shot at
tempts for 33 points. Some
were his signature jump
shots while he also took
advantage of layins from
steals. Zac Orem chipped
in with 18 points and RJ
Ramos had eight. The
Cards shot 40% from the
floor (28-70) compared to
just 25% shooting from
Stanfield (18-71.) Zac
Orem led the team in both
steals and assists with five
each.
The Cardinals
resume league play with
a highly anticipated match
up with N ixyaaw ii on
Friday night in lone. They
then travel to Arlington on
Saturday.
Cardinals win one, lose on
The lone Cardinals
had a win and a loss in non
conference games played
early in the Christmas break
week, downing Irrigon and
falling to Pilot Rock.
The Cards came
into the first game after
Christmas looking a little
rusty. Irrigon proved to
be a worthy opponent in
the game played Monday,
December 28. The Knights,
who were soundly defeated
by lone, hung tough through
three and a half quarters
before lone took control to
win the game 71-53.
The Cards built a
9-2 lead in the first quarter
before Irrigon got info the
game. The Cards led 18-15
after one and 31-29 at the
half. The Knights used an
8-2 run at the end of the
third quarter to take a two
point lead. The score only
swung two points either
way until midway through
the fourth quarter when
the Cardinals finally broke
open the game to take the
led for good. Behind 10
points from M att Hams
and Gunner Jessen in the
final frame, lone outscored
Irrigon 29-9 in the fourth
quarter.
M att H am s led
all scorers with 30 points,
making 14 of his 28 shot
attempts for another solid
50% shooting night. Zac
Orem chipped in 13 and
Gunner Jessen added 11 in
the game. The team shot
48% although Irrigon also
had a decent shooting night,
connecting on 43% from the
field. The Cards struggled at
the free throw line making
just nine of 20 for 45%.
The Cards soundly
out-rebounded Irrigon 42-
18 led by Zac Orem with
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Garrett. “The intensity level
was high for both teams and
the game was very physical.
We ran a full court press the
entire game and Pilot Rock
ran a V* and 54 court trap the
majority of the game. The
offense flowed well and I
was again pleased with the
team defense. The best part
of playing these preseason
games is getting some ma
jo r playing time for my
bench to prepare them for
league. Pilot Rock is always
an intense game and I can
understand why Heppner
has such a rivalry with
them. Every time we play
against them they make us
better.”
lone
33
Irrigon
31
2 12 9 10 =
3 6 12 10 =
Points: Beth Mort
er 17, Brianna Peterson 5,
Shadow Kendrick 4, Mary
Rietmann 2, Tyree Svetich
2, Stacee Halvorsen 2, Ste
fanie Archer 1.
lone 10 8 15 18 =51
P.R. 9 10 18 21 = 5 8
Points: Beth Mort
er 26, Shadow Kendrick 8,
Brianna Peterson 5, Mak
enna Ramos 5, Mary Riet
mann 2, Tyree Svetich 2,
Stacee Halvorsen 2, Col
lette Cason 1.
notch the 58-25 win.
lone never trailed
in the game and Stanfield
was able to tie the score just
once, at the very start of the
second quarter. But from
then on, it was all lone. The
Lady Cards led 30-18 at
the half and, as a result of
Stanfield offensive woes in
the third, led 41-18 after
three. The coaching staff
was able to use some dif
ferent player combinations
and spread the playing time
down the bench with great
results as the Lady Cards
put up 17 points in the final
quarter.
Stefanie Archer led
the team in scoring with 13
points. Freshman, Shadow
Kendrick notched a double
double with 11 points and
rebounds.
“I was happy with
the defensive intensity,”
said Coach Mike Garrett.
“Our press kept them out
o f rhythm and we were
able to control the tempo
that way.”
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= 58
Stanfield
= 25
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11 17
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Stefanie Archer 13,
Shadow Kendrick 11, Beth
Morter 7, Stacee Halvors
en 7, Brianna Peterson 4,
Makenna Ramos 4, Mary
Rietmann 4, Collette Cason
4, Sarah Stillman 2, Lacey
Thompson 2.
HHS wrestling team competes in two-day tournament
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lead, a lead that would be
their largest margin until
late in the third quarter.
The Lady Cards trailed by
just one point at the half,
18-19. Beth Morter hit 10
points in the third quarter
as the scored see-sawed.
The Rockets hit a three
pointer with 1:05 to go in
the third to open a seven
point margin, lone closed to
within two but the Rockets
responded with a basket at
the buzzer to take a 37-33
lead to the final quarter. The
Lady Cards got to within
four points twice in the
fourth but could not seem to
close the gap as Pilot Rock
took the game 58-51.
Beth Morter led all
scorers with a career high
26 points, 21 of those in the
second half. Shadow Ken
drick added eight and Bri
anna Peterson and Makenna
Ramos each had five. Beth
Morter had seven rebounds
and three steals to lead
the team while Makenna
Ramos had a team-leading
three assists and chipped
in with six rebounds. The
Lady Cardinals pleased
their coach by connecting
on 22 of 31 free throws for
71%.
“This was a great
game,” said Coach Mike
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not focused. In the middle
of the second quarter things
started to move around and
we started to play some
good basketball. We worked
on a few new additions to
our offense that we had
put into practice the night
before and you could tell
that we were forcing some
passes that were not there.
Defensively we played a
good game. Noelle Wright
had 12 points on us in the
first game and we wanted
to limit her touches. Our
guards did a very good job
of rotating down to help.”
Beth Morter led all
scorers with 17 points. Bri-
anna Peterson had five and
Shadow Kendrick added
four. Brianna Peterson led
the team with 10 rebounds
while Stefanie Archer and
Beth Morter each tallied
eight. Beth M orter also
had seven steals and made
seven of her 10 free throw
attempts on a night where
the Lady Cardinals hit just
nine of 26 attempts.
Pilot Rock came to
town the following night,
December 29, in a game
that was competitive from
the opening tip. The Rock
ets used a 7-0 run in a two
minute stretch in the first
quarter to open a five point
The Heppner High School wrestling team competed in a two-
day tournament in Riverside this past weekend. Left Photo:
Andrew Bara attempts to take his opponent down. Right
photo: Jarried Miller works on pinning his opponent. -Photos
by Alita Nelson
HHS Boys Jr.
High Basketball
Schedule
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.
HHS girls’ basketball
program to host feed
The Heppner High School girls’ basketball pro
gram will host a baked potato feed on Friday, January 15,
from 4-8 p.m. at HHS.
The feed will consist of baked potatoes, chili,
salad, rolls, dessert, and drinks for $5.
ip -
Heppner Elks Hoop Shoot
Jan. 9 at I p.m. Dur.
Girls
Free for all Beys
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Morrow County Public Works Department
would like to announce Due to reconstruc
tion on the south end of the Bombing Range
/ Hwy 207 Intersection project. It is necessary
to close the South end section of Bombing
Range road for a period beginning on January
4, 2010 and continuing through January 29,
2010 weather permitting. The primary north
detour route will be Grieb Ln. The South de
tour route will be Juniper Canyon to Baseline
Rd. All traffic of any kind with the exception
of those local residents will be restricted and
the closure will be strictly enforced during this
period Local residents will be allowed access
subject to following traffic control measures
necessary at the time
This project is an Statewide Transportation
Improvement Program (STIP)
Any questions or concerns may contact the
Public Works office 365 W Hwy 74, P.0. Box
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