Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 20,2010 - FIVE
Lady Mustangs sweep weekend Cardinals split weekend games
The Heppner Lady
Mustangs continued to roll
through their Blue Moun
tain Conference schedule
with wins over Enterprise
and Elgin. With the wins,
the Mustangs kept pace
with Pilot Rock first place
in the Blue Mountain Con
ference.
Friday night, Hep-
pner used a 20 point third
quarter to pull away from
Enterprise and cruise to
a 55-36 victory. Heppner
played an all-around game
in the second half. Jes
sica Hughes and Lindsay
Cutsforth lead the offense
with 14 and nine points
respectively in the second
half. The defense, which
forced 26 Enterprise turn
overs, was lead by Brynna
Rust with six steals. Hughes
ended the game with 20
points; Erin Price added 13
and Torri Lovgren chipped
in 11.
Heppner’s defense
led the charge on Saturday
night as they did not al
low the Lady Huskies to
score in double digits in any
quarter. Heppner forced 31
turnovers in the game. The
Heppner offense was well
balanced as eight play
ers scored points, lead by
Brynna Rust with 10 points.
Taighler Dougherty led the
team with five rebounds and
Bailey Bennett added three
rebounds.
Heppner will travel
to Pilot Rock on Friday
night to play for the Blue
Mountain Conference lead
as both teams come into
the game 6-0 in conference
play. Saturday night, the
Mustangs return home to
take on Weston-McEwen.
Heppner Senior Mustang Jessica Hughes scored 20 points for
the Mustangs in their 55-36 win over Enterprise. -Photo by
Sandy Matthews
Heppner 55, Enterprise 36
EHS 12 10 8 6 - 36
HHS 14 10 20 11 - 55
Enterprise- Sarah Butter
field 10, Marta Stangle 6,
Alex McCadden 6, Sum
mer DeSpain 4, Shelby
Graining 4, Joselyn Stan
gle 2, Madison Ribich 2,
Karly McCarthy 2, Whit
ney Schaefer, Hannah
Graham, Asuka Matsuda.
Heppner- Jessica Hughes
20, Erin Price 13, Tor
ri Lovgren 11, Lindsay
Cutsforth 9, Brynna Rust
2, Alana Wilson, Taighler
Dougherty, Enily Thomp-
son, Baily Bennett, Natalie
Rauch.
Heppner 44, Elgin 22
EHS 2 4 7 9 - 22
HHS 10 10 16 8 - 44
Elgin- Predmore 8, Smith
7, Ludwig 4, Southard 3,
Fitchett, Malone, Robbins,
Jones, Strickland, Lathrop.
Heppner- Brynna Rust 10,
Jessica Hughes 9, Erin Price
9, Torri Lovgren 6, Lindsay
Cutsforth 4, Alana Wislon
2, Taighler Dougherty 2,
Emily Thompsnon 2, Baily
Bennett, Maggie Collins,
Natalie Rauch.
quarter ended with lone
leading 62-61. It was a 32-
16 point advantage in the
final frame that sealed the
deal for Nixyaawii, includ
ing hitting 11 of 12 free
throw tries in the quarter.
A Nixyaawii three pointer
with 6:08 remaining put
them in front for good as
they stretched the lead for
the final 15 point advan
tage.
Tanner Rietmann
led the Cardinals with 26
points, 13 rebounds and
three blocked shots. Matt
Hams added 18 points and
nabbed three steals. Adam
Collin was the other Cardi
nal in double figures with
10 points. The Cards shot
52% from the field but
had a dismal night at the
line, making just three of
12 free throw attempts.
The high-flying Golden
Eagles shot 54% from the
floor, which included seven
three pointer and made
87% of their 30 free throw
attempts. A telling statistic
was 24 turnovers for lone
compared to seven for the
Golden Eagles.
“This loss was one
that we need to leam from,”
said Coach Dennis Stefani.
“Turnovers hurt us and
putting to the foul line 30
times hurt us. It seems like
we were trying to play with
the attitude of not to lose. It
made us timid and created
many mistakes late in the
game.”
After the tough loss
on Friday, the Cardinals
traveled to Arlington on
Saturday, January 9. The
Honkers made it a game,
leading 14-12 at the end of
the first quarter and trailing
just 20-26 at the half. But
the Cardinals spread out
the scoring with four play
ers in double figures and
outscored Arlington 35-25
in the second half to take
the 61-45 win.
Tanner Rietmann
led the team in scoring
for the second night in a
row with 18 points. He
also dominated the team’s
rebounding effort with 17
rebounds and added five
blocked shots. Matt Hams
added 15 points with five
assists and four steals while
Zac Orem and Adam Collin
each had 11. The Cards shot
54% from the floor and also
were able to limit turnovers,
committing just 13 in the
game.
“This win was
good as we needed to re
bound after Friday’s tough
loss,” said Coach Dennis
Stefani. “We still aren’t
playing as aggressive on
offense as we should but it
was a good performance on
the defensive end and that
made the difference."
Cardinals take win over Arlington, lose to Nixyaawii
The lone Cardinals
split their games last week
end, losing a tough one
to Nixyaawii on Saturday
and fighting off a scrappy
Arlington squad on Satur
day. The Cards’conference
record now stands at 3-1.
In a highly antici
pated match-up, the lone
Cardinals were outgunned
by the visiting Nixyaawii
Golden Eagles 93-78 in
a game played in lone on
Friday January 8. The fast-
paced game was lone’s in
the early going and close
all the way until early in
the fourth quarter where
the Golden Eagles were
able to pull away. Deadly
26-30 free throw shoot
ing and killer three point
ers for Nixyaawii plus too
many costly turnovers for
lone resulted in the final
outcome.
The Cards led by
as many as 14 points in the
first quarter but Nixyaawii
used a 10-0 run at the end
of the quarter to pull back to
within four. The Cardinals
relinquished the lead for
the first time in the game
with 2:44 remaining in the
half but battled back to take
a 48-44 lead at halftime.
Tanner Rietmann scored
eight of his career high 26
points in the third quarter as
the Cardinals attempted to
put some distance between
them and Nixyaawii. The
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The lone Cardinals
split their weekend games
with a win over Condon/
Wheeler on Friday night
and a tough loss on the
road to Sherman County
on Saturday. The Card’s
league mark now sits at 4-2
with their overall record at
10-5.
On Friday, Janu
ary 15 the Cards used a six
point advantage in the first
quarter and a five point
advantage in the third to
combat dead even second
and fourth quarters. lone
was up 31-25 at halftime
until the Knights took the
lead 38-37 with 4:19 on the
clock in the third. The Cards
went on a fantastic 14-0 run
to build the lead to 13 in the
third quarter. The Knights
hit a bucket in the closing
seconds of the third quarter
and lone was up by 11 to
start the fourth. Matt Hams
completed a rare four-point
play when he was fouled af
ter his successful jump shot,
giving him two chances at
the line. After he canned
both, a Knight technical
foul on that same play then
sent Zac Orem to the line Top Photo: #10 Gunner Jessen goes high and lands hard dur
to shoot two more and the ing the game against Sherman County.. Bottom Photo: #5
Cards were off and running Evan Rietmann puts up a shot against Condon. -Photos by
on another run, this time Theresa Crawford
12-0 to build the lead to
23. Condon/Wheeler put free throws to lead by three. Friday.
on a last-ditch 11-4 effort Sherman County scored Ione72,Condon-Wheeler61
to close to the final margin, once more on a Cardinal CW 10 15 15 21 — 61
72-61.
turnover to take the game lone 16 15 20 21 — 72
Matt Hams led the 64-59.
Condon-Wheeler — Cole
team in scoring with 26
The Cardinals had Maclnnes 27, Tyler Urbach
while Tanner Rietmann to deal with a lopsided foul 16, Harold Stevens 6, Tyler
added 17 and Zac Orem situation in the second half George 5, Bill Jaeger 4,
had 16. The Cards shot a of the game as they were Collin Anderson 2, Widner
respectable 43% from the whistled for 15 fouls to just 1, Shaeffer, Herrera, Hill,
floor while the Knights four on the Huskies, and lone — Matt Hams 26, Tan
were at 37%. lone had a foul number four came with ner Rietmann 17, Adam Col
decided advantage on the :01 remaining in the game. lins 4, R.J. Ramos 3, Zach
boards, 37-26 led by Tan The Huskies hit the double Orem 16, Gunner Jensen 3,
ner Rietmann with 11 and bonus midway through the Evan Rietmann, Fetterhoff,
Adam Collin with eight. third quarter while the Car Stillman, A. Rietmann.
Zac Orem and Matt Hams dinals never even saw the 3-point field goals —Con
each had four steals and bonus. Sherman cashed in don-Wheeler 6, lone 1. Free
Orem had four assists to at the free throw line, mak throws — Condon-Wheeler
lead those categories.
ing 20 of 27 tries while lone 17-26, lone 13-23. Personal
“This was a hard only got their nine times fouls — Condon-Wheeler
fought game,” said Coach and then only made four. 14, lone 19. Technical fouls
Dennis Stefani. “Our kids
Matt Hams led the — Anderson (C-W). Fouled
did a great job of finding a team with 18 points. Zac out —Anderson (C-W),
Orem and Adam Collin Ramos (I).
way to win.”
On Saturday in a both had 12 and RJ Ramos Sherm an 64, lone 59
game played in Moro, the chipped in nine. The Hus IHS 19 9 14 17 — 59
Cards closed the first quar kies shot a tad better than SHS 7 20 22 15 — 64
ter by scoring 14 unan the Cards (44% to 41%) lone (10-5, 4-2 BSC) —
swered points to lead the but also outrebounded lone Zac Orem 12, Tanner Riet
game 19-7. But the Huskies 32-28. Tanner Rietmann led mann 2, Matt Hams 18, R.J.
woke up after that and came lone’s attack on the boards Ramos 9, Adam Collin 12,
roaring back to outscore the with 10. RJ Ramos paced Gunner Jessen 5, Alex Fet
Cardinals 20-9 in the sec the team with five assists terhoff 1, Evan Rietmann.
ond. lone led by a whisker, and Matt Hams had five Sherman (8-5,3-2 BSC) —
28-27 at halftime. Sherman steals.
Zack Smith 3, Kyle Barnett
County tied the game with
“This was a very 13, Scott Stroud 14, Riley
three minutes gone in the hard loss to swallow,” said Brown 3, Andrew Olsen
third and then took a lead. Coach Dennis Stefani. “We 8, James Stroud 23, Jordan
The Huskies hit a three seem to be out of sync and Anderson, Danny Kivet.
with 20 seconds left in the trying to force things. We 3-point field goals — lone
quarter to take their big have to leam from this loss 3; Sherman 4. Free throws
gest lead of the game, 49- and go back to work to cor — lone 4-9; Sherman 20-
40. Matt Hams responded rect the problem.”
27. Personal fouls — lone
with a basket to cut their
The Cardinals have 24; Sherman 12. Technical
lead to seven entering the just one game this week fouls — E. Rietmann (IHS).
fourth quarter. RJ Ramos end, traveling to Echo on Fouled out — none.
hit back-to- back buckets
for lone early in the fourth
to cut the Sherman led to
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REGARDING BOMBING RANGE ROAD TEMPORARY CLOSURE
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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 Gneb 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 restncted and
the closure will be strictly enforced dunng this
penod. 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
428, Lexington, OR. 97839 541-989-9500
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