FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 20,2010
HES holds Geography Bee Lat,y Cards imP™ve league record to 5-1
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Pictured are participants in this years Geography Bee at Heppner Elementary School. Kevin
Murray (Center) was the winner. -Contributed Photo
The annual Geog-
raphy Bee was held January
6 at Heppner Elementary
School. This competition is
sponsored by the National
Geographic Society and
Google. This was the 22nd
year for the competition
which takes place in thou
sands of schools around
the country and in five
U.S. territories, as well as
Department of Defense
Dependents Schools around
the world.
Students in grades
4-6 took a qualifying test
before Christmas to deter
mine who would participate
in the Geography Bee. Then
the 13 qualifiers practiced
their geography skills to
prepare for the competition.
The students earning spots
in the Bee were: Kolby Cur-
rin, Sydney Qualls, Demi
Schmidt, Brian Rill, Will
Lutcher, Caitlynn Bailey,
Lexi Bray, Kane Sweeney,
Patrick Collins, Kai Ar-
bogast, Tommy Bredfield
Kaden Clark-Lehman and
Kevin Murray. Bailey was
absent the day of Bee.
John Flaherty, so
cial studies teacher at Hep
pner High School, served as
the moderator for the event
which was held in the HES
gym. Parents and friends, as
well as students in grades
3-6 attended the bee.
F o llo w in g the
preliminary round, stu
dents moving into the final
round were: Qualls, Bray,
Sweeney, Arbogast, Bred
field, Clark-Lehman, and
Murray. Difficult questions
narrowed the field to three
- Qualls, Sweeney, and
Murray, and then finally
to two participants in the
championship round. The
two competing in that last
competition were Qualls
and Murray. After the three
final questions, Kevin Mur
ray was crowned the 2010
Geography Bee Champion.
This is Kevin’s second vic
tory, as he was the school
winner in 2009 also. Fol
lowing the event, contes
tants and their families
were invited to a reception
of international cookies and
cocoa.
The HES Bee
was the first step toward
a chance to win a $25,000
college scholarship. Kevin
took a written test which
was submitted to the state
competition. Up to 100 of
the top scorers in each state
will be eligible to compete
in their state Bee April 9.
The national championship
rounds are to be held May
25 and 26 in Washington,
D.C. The finals on May 26
will be aired on television.
Everyone can test
their geography knowledge
with the GeoBee Challenge,
an online geography quiz at
www.nationalgeographic.
com/geobee.
The lone Lady
Ladv
Cardinals improved their
league record to 5-1 with
hard-fought wins over Con-
don/Wheeler and Sherman
County last weekend. The
two wins finally pushed the
Cardinals’ season record
over .500 and now stands
at 8-7.
lone hosted Con-
don/Wheeler on the night of
Friday, January 15. Fresh
man, Shadow Kendrick,
got the ball rolling with the
first six point of the game
for lone. The Lady Cards
led 9-6 at the end of one and
played even in the second to
hold a 20-17 halftime lead.
The third quarter was key
for the Cardinals as they
outscoredthe Knights 16-4.
Makenna Ramos scored
seven in the period and
five Lady Cardinals put
points on the board. lone
entered the final frame lead
ing 36-21. The Lady Cards
lengthened the lead to 19
by canning the first four
points of the fourth quarter.
Condon/Wheeler went on
a 10-2 run to make things
momentarily interesting but
it was too little and too late
for the visitors as the Lady
Cardinals took the game
47-33.
“It was a really
physical game,” said Coach
Mike Garrett. “I thought the
girls responded well and
they played great defense.”
He was glad to collect the
important conference win
and maybe it was “a little
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payback for them beating
us at home last year.”
Beth Morter and
Makenna Ramos led the
team in scoring with 11
points each. Shadow Ken
drick and Stefanie Archer
added eight each and Tyree
Svetich had seven.
The Lady Cardi
nals traveled to Moro on
Saturday, January 16 to take
on Sherman County. Four
Cardinals put up points
in the first quarter as lone
jumped out to a 14-5 lead.
They extended the lead to
28-15 at the half. But the
Lady Huskies came out
determined in the second
half and outscored lone
13-4 in the period. The
lone lead was cut to as
little as two before Shadow
Kendrick’s jumper with
12 seconds to go left lone
leading 32-28 heading into
the fourth quarter. Tyree
Svetich was clutch in the
fourth scoring seven points
and hitting three of four
badly needed free throws.
The Lady Cards were able
to build a six point lead only
to have Sherman claw back
to as little as a three point
margin with 4:04 remain
ing. From that point, Tyree
Svetich swished a shot on
an inbounds play and a
minute later, sophomore re
serve, Collette Cason went
down the middle with a nice
lay-in to rebuild the lead to
seven. Sherman responded
with a bucket and a couple
of free throws but in the
last minute, the Lady Cards
went to the line six times
and made five to take the
48-39 win.
Tyree Svetich had a
career high 12 points to lead
the team in scoring. Shad
ow Kendrick, Beth Morter
and Makenna Ramos all
contributed eight points to
the winning effort.
“ The first h a lf
was probably the best half
w e’ve played all year,”
noted Coach Garrett. “We
let down in the second half
and they changed to a 1 -3-1
defense that gave us some
problems. But our pressure
defense in the fourth quarter
and good free throw shoot
ing iced the game.”
The Lady Cardi
nals face another tough
conference foe this Friday
on the road in Echo,
lone 47, Condon-Wheeler 33
CW 6 11 4 12 — 33
IHS 9 12 16 11 — 47
Condon-Wheeler — Fitz
simmons 9, Logan 8, Sch
neider 8, Maclnnes 4, Lyda 4.
lo n e — B eth M o rt
er 11, Makenna Ramos
11, Shadow Kendrick 8,
Stephanie Archer 8, Tyree
Svetich 7, Collette Ca
son 1, Sara Stillman 1.
3-point field goals — Con
don-Wheeler 2, lone 1. Free
throws — Condon-Wheeler
5-11, lone 16-31. Personal
fouls — Condon-Wheeler
19, lone 15. Fouled out —
Logan, Maclnnes (C-W),
Ramos (I).
lone 48, Sherm an 39
IHS 14 14 4 16 — 48
HOME 5 10 13 11 — 39
lone (8-7, 5-1 BSC) —
Tyree Svetich i2, Shadow
Kendrick 8, Beth Mort
er 8, Makenna Ramos 8,
Collette Cason 4, Stefanie
Archer 4, Brianna Peter
son 4, Sarah Stillm an.
Sherman (6-8, 2-4 BSC)
— A. Mobley 13, Coons 8,
Vonborstel 6, Cunningham
4, Kaseberg 3, Beers 3,
Perisho 2, Padgett.
3-point field goals — lone
1; Sherman 1. Free throws
— lone 11-16; Sherman 16-
26. Personal fouls — lone
23; Sherman 16. Technical
fouls — none. Fouled out
— Morter (IHS); Kendrick
(IHS).
4-H enrollment deadline approaching
the Enterprise Outlaws Friday in Heppner. Holland and Chris
Anyone planning to participate in the 2010 Mor
Lien both added 16 points each for the win 61-47 over Enter- Heppner Sophomore Cody Orr scored 20 points against the the
prise. -Photo by Sandy Matthews
Elgin Huskies. The Mustangs beat the Huskies 72-61 Saturday row County 4-H fair must be enrolled in 4-H by Janu
ary 31. Forms are available online at http://extension.
in Heppner. -Photo by Sandy Matthews
oregonstate.edu/morrow/4h or at the Morrow County
Extension office.
Fees to join 4-H are $20.
13-point run. She canned
For more information contact Claire at the 4-H
the last nine points of the office at 541-676-9642.
third quarter and added
two more baskets to start
the fourth to put the game
out of reach at 52-30. The
Cards were able to run
out the clock for the final
margin.
Stefanie Archer led
the team in scoring with 16
points. She added 14 re
bounds. Shadow Kendrick,
starting in place of Mary
Rietmann who was injured
in the Friday game, scored
14 points and had eight
boards. Beth Morter added
seven points and grabbed
10 rebounds.
“I’m glad we only
have to play them once,”
noted Coach Mike Garrett.
“Arlington came out and
played really scrappy.”
The game was called tight
resulting in 46 fouls being
called between the two
teams, thirty in the first
half. “At half time, we
told the girls that we had
a ‘no touch’ policy for the
second half,” as he tried to
keep the entire team from
fouling out. Coach Garrett
was also pleased to see the
team score more than 50
points for the third time
this season. “It was a good Kellen (.rant keeps a close guard on Regan Gibbs dur
league win.”
ing a halftime scrimmage during a Mustang basketball game
Loss to Nixyaawii gives Lady Cards first league loss
The lone Lady Car
dinals split their league
contests the weekend of
January 8, barely missing
out on defeating Nixyaawii
on Friday but solidly down
ing Arlington on Satur
day. The girls’ record now
stands at 3-1 in the Big Sky
League. The one point loss
to Nixyaawii was lone’s
first Big Sky defeat and
after the weekend, the girls
league record stands at 3-1.
At the present time, the
Lady Cards sit in second
place in the Big Sky East
behind Nixyaawii.
The C a rd in a ls
came oh so close to knock
ing off Nixyaawii, the top
team from the Big Sky East,
in a slugfest played in lone
on Friday, January 8. The
biggest margin either team
was able to open over the
other was eight points and
that was midway through
the second quarter when
Nixyawii led 16-8. From
there on out, it was a roller
coaster ride of lead swaps
and tie games with the
Golden Eagles escaping
the lone gym with a 38-37
win.
Nixyaawii opened
the second quarter with
five unanswered points to
build their biggest lead of
the day, 16-8. But the Lady
Cards rallied right back and
when Stefanie Archer’s of
fensive rebound tipped in
at the buzzer, the halftime
score was knotted at 18.
The third quarter was tight
with lone outscoring Nix
8-5. Brianna Peterson put
the Lady Cardinals up by
three points hitting a basket
with seven seconds show
ing on the clock. lone led
in the fourth quarter by as
much as four points until
the Golden Eagles capital
ized on a three point play to
take a 32-30 lead. lone got
the lead back shortly after
wards when Beth Morter
tipped a rebound to Shadow
Kendrick, who knocked
down a 10 foot jumper.
Nixyaawii regained the
lead moments later and w ith
1:07 remaining, took a three
point lead. Tyree Svetich
swished a crucial bucket
with 30 seconds on the
clock to bring lone within
one, 36-37. Nix went to the
free throw line and hit the
second of two free throws
with 27.5 seconds on the
clock. Both teams had un
timely turnovers but Beth
Morter came up with a big
steal for the Cards w ith six
seconds on the clock. She
hit Shadow Kendrick who
was fouled on her lay-up
attempt. Kendrick hit one
I
of two free throws and the
Golden Eagles w ere able to
run out the clock.
Makenna Ramos
led the team in scoring with
11 point and added eight
steals. Beth Morter had
a double-double with 10
points and 12 rebounds.
“ It was a good
game,” said Coach Mike
Garrett. “Their strength is
their inside game and our
strength is our pressure
defense. Neither one of us
was able to establish con
sistency and that kept the
game close.”
Coach Garrett la
mented that the close game
got away but noted that it
was good to know that the
Lady Cardinals “played
right with the fifth ranked
team in the state and had a
shot at the win.”
Against Arlington,
the Lady Cardinals only
trailed once in the game,
early in the first quarter
as they battled their way
through a foul-filled contest
to take the 54-39 league
win. The game was played
in Arlington on Saturday,
January 9.
lone was sitting on
a decent 37-28 lead in the
third quarter when Stefanie
Archer supplied the team
w ith her very own personal
Colt Basketball program
holds halftime scrimmage
this past weekend. Photo by Sandy Matthews
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