FOUR. - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 13,2010
H eppner
JV
The H eppner JV
girls returned to the hard
wood court after the Christ
mas break, stepping up in
competition, taking on the
Spray Eagles girls’ varsity
team.
It was a defensive
game from the start with
both team s getting some
good looks at the basket but
not being able to put it in.
The Heppner girls used a
variety o f defenses, keeping
the Eagles from getting into
an offensive rhythm.
girls take win over Spray Elks hold annual Hoop Shoot competition
In the first quarter
the M ustangs jum ped out
to an 8-2 lead w ith balanced
scoring again. They kept
up the scoring along with
good defense in the second
quarter and took a half-time
lead o f 15-4 into the locker
room.
In the second half
the Mustangs went cold and
only managed eight points
for the half. They did main
tain their defense, though,
and held the Eagles to 10
points for the half. Taking
away a 23-10 win over the
Eagles, pushing their record
to 5-2.
The Mustang scor
ing w as led by Alana Wilson
w ith nine, Makenzie Correa
with four, Baily Bennett
with three, Natalie Rauch
with three, M aggie C ol
lins with two, and Emma
O sm in w ith two. Em ilie
Blak A nderson, C ollins,
and Bennett led the team in
rebounding with five each
and A lana W ilson had a
team high of four steals.
Mustang JV girls improve record to 6-2
The JV M ustang Collins with eight points.
Taking a 28-7 lead
girls ran their record to
6-
2 with a big win over at the the half, they kept up
the o ffen siv e ex plosion
Union Bobcats on Friday.
The first quarter and, combined with great
was close with a score of defense, outscored Union
7- 4 at the end. But in the 14-1 in the third. The Mus
second half the Mustangs tangs cruised the rest of the
kicked it up and outscored way and ended with a final
Union 20-3, led by Maggie score o f 53-18.
The scoring was
led by Maggie Collins with
15, Baily Bennett with 12,
Natalie Rauch with eight
(including two three-point
ers), Emma O sm in with
six, Alana Wilson with six,
and two each for Makenzie
Correa, Chantal Creutz and
Emilie Blak.
Pictured are participants in the annual Elks Hoop Shoot held on January 9 along with
chairman Corey Sweeny and assistant Jim Schlaich. -ContributedPhoto
O n S a tu rd a y ,
January 9, 24 young ath
letes participated in the
Annual Elks Hoop Shoot
competition, whereby lo
cal students attem pt 25
free throw shots, with the
winners advancing to the
regional competition to be
held in Hermiston. Each
participant was awarded
an Americana basketball
for their efforts, courtesy
o f Heppner Lodge #358.
Heppner girls hold on to perfect conference record with weekend wins
The Heppner Lady
M ustangs kept their per
fect conference record this
weekend with wins against
Union and W eston-M cE
wen. With the wins, Hep
pner improves to 4-0 in the
Blue Mountain Conference
and 10-2 overall.
Friday night Hep
pner h o sted U nion in a
game that featured two of
the top teams in the con
ference. H eppner started
hot, jumping out to a 32-17
lead at halftime. A Mustang
slow start to the second half
and an injury to forward
Joanna Patton kept Union
in the ballgame, setting up
an exciting end to the ball-
game. Clutch free throws
dow n the stretch helped
Heppner hold off Union’s
fourth quarter rally to win
46-42 and stay in a tie for
first place with Pilot Rock.
The Mustangs took advan
tage o f 26 trips to the free
throw line, converting 16.
P a tto n and E rin
Price lead the Mustangs with
13 points apiece. U nion’s
Jessica Reynolds scored a
game high 23 points.
S a tu rd a y n ig h t,
HHS 19 13 4 10
— 46
U n io n - J e s s ic a
Reynolds 23, Shalee Kim
ball 9, Kaylie G raves 4,
A nna C o u rtn ey 2, Sara
Bauer, Brie Bunkers, Kaci
L a n g fo rd , K athy H am
mond.
H e p p n e r-Jo a n -
na Patton 13, Erin Price
13, Brynna Rust 7, Torri
Lovgren 6, Jessica Hughes
3, T aylor D o u g h erty 4,
Lindsay Cutsforth, Emily
Thompson.
The Heppner Mustangs held on to their perfect conference
record with their 45-24 win over Weston-McEwen. -Contrib - 4 5
uted Photo
Heppner traveled to Athena
to take on a young Weston-
McEwen team. Still without
Patton, the Mustangs were
able to jum p out to a 21-4
halftim e lead and cruise
to their fourth league vic
tory. Everyone on the Mus
tang bench saw minutes and
eight scored points.
J e s s ic a H u g h e s
took advantage o f being on
the back line o f the zone
to lead the team with nine
rebounds to go along with
kept up the scoring with
11 points, 11 points and 10
points scored in the next
three quarters.
Alana Wilson led
the scoring with 15 points,
followed by Baily Bennett
with 12. Larissa Gray had
four points, Maggie C ol
lins and Tayllor Gould had
three points each, Chantal
Creutz, Emma Osmin, and
Makenzie Correa had two
points each, and Em ilie
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10-11 year old: 1st place
- Ivy Sandford, 2nd place
- Riley Kollman, and 3rd
place - Sydney Qualls.
Girls 12-13 year old: 1st
place - Kaelyn Lindsay,
2nd place - Macy Gibbs,
and 3rd place - Jessica
Kempken.
Chairm an o f the
annual Elks Hoop Shoot
was Cory Sweeney, as
sisted by Jim Schlaich.
HHS cheerleaders to
hold dessert auction
Heppner 45, Weston-
McEwen 24
her 11 points, also a team
high. Brynna Rust scored
10, all in the first half, and
had five steals to lead the
team defensively. Heppner
co n tin u ed its good free
throw shooting, convert
ing on 13 o f 15 from the
stripe.
Heppner will host
Enterprise on Friday and
Elgin on Saturday.
Heppner 46, Union 42
UHS 11 6 9 16 —
42
Heppner JV girls down TigerScots 44-17
On S aturday the
Heppner JV girls traveled to
Athena for a game against
the Weston McEwen Tiger
Scots. The Mustangs won
44-17, pushing their record
to 7-2.
T h e M u s ta n g s
started the game fast with
12 points in the quarter,
led by Baily Bennett’s six
points and a great defen
sive effort that held the
TigerScots scoreless. They
W inners by age
group were:
Boys 8-9 year old:
I s' place - Dakota Howard,
2nd place - Hunter Nichol,
and 3rd place- Derek How
ard. Boys 10-11 year old: 1sl
place - Wyatt Steagall, 2nd
place - Alex Lindsay, and
3rd place - Kane Sweeney.
Boys 12-13 year old: 1st
place - Seth Taylor, and
2nd place - Tate Gentry.
Girls 8-9 year old: l sl place
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Blak had one point. Ben
nett led the team with 10
rebounds, followed by Col
lins with seven. Black with
five offensive rebounds.
Alana Wilson had 10 steak
for the game and Natalie
Rauch had three assists to
lead the team.
T he g i r l s ’ n e x t
games will be on January
15 and 16 versus Enterprise
and Elgin.
T he AP B iology
c la s s at H e p p n e r H igh
School will hold a spaghetti
feed on Saturday, January
16, from 3-7 p.m. during
the Heppner versus Elgin
basketball games.
S paghetti, salad,
bread, and a dessert will be
served for $5 per person.
You are all aware o f the new law Effective January I, 2010 computers, moni
tors and TVs CANNOT be disposed o f in the garbage or at disposal sites such
as landfills, transfer stations and incinerators Anyone who knowingly dis
poses o f these items can be Pined.
Morrow County Public Works is pleased to announce that
prior to the ban the transfer stations had been implement
ing this procedure. Residence are allowed to dump FREE
of charge televisions, computers and monitors. Containers
for E Waste are located at the North 69900 Frontage Ln.
Boardman and the South 57185 Hwy 74, Lexington Trans
fer Stations. Hours of operation 9:00 - 3:00 Saturday and
Sundays.
by callin g 541-989-9500.
W M HS 2 2 7 13
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Heppner- Brynna
Rust 10, Jessica Hughes
11, W ilson 2, D ougherty
4, C u tsfo rth 5, P rice 5,
Thompson, Bennett, Col
lins, Rauch 2, Lovgren 6.
W eston-McEwen-
Paula Thom pson 1, Ma-
kayla Christopher 4, Haley
Freske 7, Sydney Porter
6, Tiffany Cain 2, Shaelin
Youncs 2, Jaymie Zimmer
man 2.
The Heppner High School varsity cheerleaders will hold their
10,k annual dessert auction on Friday, January 29, during
half time of both the girls' and boys’ varsity basketball games.
-Photo by Sandy Matthews
lone basketball teams
fall to Nixyaawii
HHS girls’ bas
ketball program
to host feed
The Heppner High
School g irls ’ basketball
program will host a baked
potato feed on Friday, Janu
ary 15, from 4-8 p.m. at
HHS.
The feed will con
sist of baked potatoes, chili,
salad, rolls, dessert, and
drinks for $5.
Openings avail
able at Umatilla
Spaghetti feed to Morrow Head
be held Saturday Start
Morrow County Public Works
Q u estio n s an d concerns m ay be ad d ressed
HHS 11 10 13 12
The Umatilla Mor
row Head Start currently
has two openings available
in th e ir H ep p n er c la s s
room.
H ead S ta rt is a
com prehensive program
that includes education,
social services, health, and
nutrition. C hildren m ust
have turned three years of
age by September 1. This
program is for ch ild ren
ages 3-5.
A p p lic a tio n can
be picked up at Heppner
Elementary School or by
contacting Candy Green at
541-676-5482.
Top Photo: Makenna Ramos goes up for a shot during their
game against Nixyaawii on January 8. The girls lost 38-37.
Bottom Photo: #11 Matt Hams passes to #34 Tanner Riet-
mann. The boys lost 93-78. -Photos by Theresa Crawford
Oregon East Symphony’s Youth
Ensemble to present free concert
The O regon East
Symphony’s youth ensem
ble, the A Sharp Players
are ready to show off their
talents in a winter concert
on M onday, January 18.
The concert will take place
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at 7 p.m. in the Vert Audi
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Adm ission to the
event is free and everyone
is invited.
The A-Sharp Play
ers Symphony Orchestra,
directed by Bruce Walker,
will perform a repertoire
featuring C ontrapunctus
No. 1 for the Art o f Fuge
by J.S. Bach, Rosymedre by
Ralph Vaughan Williams,
The Im presario Overture
by W.A. Mozart and Tchai
kovsky’s Symphony # 2 in
C Minor.
For more informa
tion on youth program s
contact the symphony of
fice at 541-276-0320.