S IX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, February 3,2010
Cardinals split weekend games
T he lo n e C a rd i
nals split their w eekend
gam es, losing to league
leading Nixyaawii on the
road on Friday and pulling
off a thriller against South
Wasco County at home on
Saturday.
P la y in g F rid a y ,
January 29, at the Eagle’s
Nest in Mission, the Cards
were in the thick o f things
until a lapse in the fourth
quarter, coupled with four
th re e -p o in te rs from the
Golden Eagles in the quar
ter added up to a 74-64 loss.
The C ards trailed 15-12
after one but led 29-28 at
the half, lone led twice in
the third quarter but the
hot-shooting opponent al
ways responded and Nix
led by as much as seven
points midway through the
quarter. The Golden Eagles
used a 9-2 run to open the
fourth and hit back-to-back
threes midway to build a 12
point lead that the Cardinals
could not overcome.
Tanner Rietm ann
led the team ’s scoring with
18 points. Matt Hams added
15 while Zac Orem had 13
and Adam Collin chipped
in with 12. The Cards shot
51% from the floor and hit
four three’s but the Golden
Eagles hit 11 th ree’s and
shot 48% from the floor,
lone got the rebounding
edge 32-28 led by Tanner
R ietm ann w ith 10. M att
Hams paced the team with
six assists and two steals.
“ We w ere in this
gam e all the w ay,” said
Coach Dennis Stefani. “It
was about a m inute and
half of loss o f focus in the
middle o f the fourth quarter
that was the difference in
the end.”
The Cardinals re
bounded from Friday’s loss
to one o f their best wins
o f the season, defeating a
team that has given them
nothing but trouble in re-
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#11 Matt Hams puts up a jump shot during the Cardinals'
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cent years, South Wasco
County, 59-57. The first
th re e q u a rte rs gave the
fans an indicator that they
might be in for some fourth
qu arter excitem ent. The
Cards trailed 9-8 at the end
o f one but the teams played
dead even for the next two
quarters so lone entered
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the fourth quarter down by
that same one point. With
5:32 remaining in the game,
the R edsides hit a three
to take their biggest lead
of the quarter, 52-48. The
Cardinals responded with
9-1 run over a two minute
span to take their biggest
lead, 57-53. The Redsides
scored twice in the closing
minute and tied the score
at 57 with 41 seconds re
maining. Neither team was
able to score until M att
Hams swished a baseline
jum per with 6.2 seconds
on the clock. South Wasco
was only able to put up a
wild shot s time expired.
The Redside coaches were
unhappy that the referees
didn’t hear them trying to
call a time out in the final
seconds but the final score
stood and the C ardinals
took the win.
Matt Hams scored
27 p o in ts in the gam e,
sh o o tin g 59% from the
floor. Tanner Rietmann and
Zac Orem each added ten
and Adam Collin chipped
in with nine. Both teams
shot 51% from the floor
but struggled m ightily at
the line. lone m ade ju st
two o f six free throw at
tempts while South Wasco
made just two o f 10. The
Cardinals were badly out-
rebounded by the ta lle r
opponent, 34-16. RJ Ramos
had six boards to lead lone’s
effort. Zac Orem tallied five
assists.
“This was a huge
win for u s,” said Coach
Dennis Stefani. “It keeps
a little bit o f separation for
second place for us. I really
felt this was our best disci
plined gamed o f the year.”
The Cardinals look
forw ard to a n o th e r key
weekend coming up. They
host Echo on Friday and
travel to Fossil on Saturday
to play Condon/Wheeler.
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JV Lady Mustangs take wins over Pilot Rock and Weston-McEwen
On Friday, January
22, the Heppner girls’ JV
team came out on top o f
Pilot Rock in a close 28-24
game.
Both teams started
okay w ith the M ustangs
taking a first quarter 9-7
lead, led by Natalie Rauch’s
five points and Bailey Ben
nett’s four points. Then the
defense and poor free throw
shooting took over for both
teams. At the half, the Mus
tangs had a 13-10 lead.
In the third quar
ter the M ustangs started
moving the ball on offense
and got scoring from four
different players. They led
24-17 at the end o f the third.
In the fourth, however, the
M ustangs shot only 7-2
from the free throw line,
making it a close game.
As a team, the team
shot 21-6 from the line
w hile the R ockets w ere
14-4. The Mustangs were
led in scoring by Bennett
w ith eight points, A lana
Wilson with eight, Rauch
with five, Makenzie Correa
with three, Maggie Collins
w ith th re e , and T ay llo r
Gould with one. Bennett
led the team in rebounds
with four and Wilson had
four steals along with three
assists.
The win pushed the
Mustangs’ record to 10-2.
On Saturday,
January 23, the JV Lady
M u stan g s gave a n o th e r
outstanding defensive ef
fort, beating the Weston-
McEwen TigerScots 39-12.
The win moves their overall
record to 11-2.
The M ustangs
started fast on both ends
o f the curt, taking a 13-0
lead at the end o f the first
quarter. By the end of the
third quarter the score was
31-10 with Maggie Collins
putting up six points in the
frame.
The Mustangs shot
the ball well, shooting 39%
from the floor for the game,
an im provem ent o f 10%
UEAGUEiSIGNlUPS
BOMBING RANGE ROAD TEMPORARY CLOSURE
Morrow County Public Works Department would like
to announce Due to reconstruction 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 (anuary 4 ,20 10
and continuing through February 28, 2010 weather
permitting. The primary north detour route will be
Grieb Ln. The South detour route will be luniper
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 a Statewide Transportation
Improvement Program (STIP)
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from the night before. The
scoring was led by B en
nett’s 14 points, followed
by Collins with seven, Emi
lie Blak Anderson with six,
Wilson with four, and two
points each from Correa,
Mayci Garrett, Rauch, and
Larissa Gray.
Bennett had a big
day on the boards, pull
ing down eight defensive
boards and five offensive.
She was assisted by Blak
Anderson with eight boards
and Gould with five. Wilson
led the team with three as
sists. Correa, Blak Ander
son, Bennett, and Rauch
each had three steals for
the team.
HES students
raise money for
Haiti
Heppner Elem en
tary School students have
always been willing to help
whenever there is a catas
trophe in the world and in
Haiti, there is a need.
H aiti is in g reat
need of food, water, shel
ter, and medical attention,
so the HES student council
asked the students to bring
in their pennies, nickels,
dimes, and quarters to do
nate to the relief effort. In
two weeks, students raised
$716.73 for Mercy Corps
in Portland which focuses
on clean water, food, tem
porary shelters, and then
follows through with job
creation and psychological
support.
Morrow County
Fair meeting to
be held
The F ebruary
m eeting for the M orrow
County Fair will be held on
Tuesday, February 9, at 6
p.m. in the fair office at the
fairgrounds.
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Lady Cardinals fall to Nixyaawii,
take win over South Wasco County
Tyree Svetich takes the ball down the court during the game
against South Wasco County. -Photo by Theresa Crawford
The Lady C ard i
nals split their w eekend
games, losing to Nixyaawii
on Friday night on the road
and winning a tough game
in lone against Saturday
against a Westside oppo
nent, South Wasco Coun
ty-
A t M i s s i o n on
Friday, Jan u ary 29, the
Lady Cards ran off 10 early
points to build a 10-3 lead
against Nixyaawii but the
G olden E agles knocked
down three three-pointers
in the first half to take a 20-
18 halftime lead. The third
quarter was costly for lone
as the Golden Eagles out-
scored them 11-4 and built
a 9 point lead entering the
final period. Shadow Kend
rick had 10 o f her team-high
17 points in the fourth quar
ter but it w asn’t enough.
Two Collette Cason baskets
within 30 seconds of each
other got the Lady Cards
within six points with 1:35
remaining but from there
on out, most of the damage
was done at the free throw
line. Nixyaawii went to the
line eight times in the last
minute and half and made
six to take the 49-37 win.
Shadow Kendrick
led the team in scoring
with 17 points. Beth Morter
added nine. Stefanie Archer
had nine rebounds.
“It was one o f the
better games w e’ve played
all se a so n ,” said C oach
Mike G arrett. The G old
en Eagles returned Kristi
Miller to the lineup and her
outside shooting gave lone
trouble. “ H aving M iller
back was key to them, not
only helping the offense but
in breaking our press. Our
goal was to force them to
shoot outside,” said Coach
Garrett and he noted that the
team held Mariah Withers
to just four points. However
the outside shooters did
plenty o f damage.
On Saturday, Janu
ary 30, the Lady C ard i
nals hosted South Wasco
County. The Lady Redsides
were red hot in the first
q u a rte r and ju m p e d out
to a 13-6 lead. The Lady
Cardinals were pretty dam
intense themselves as they
scrambled back into con
tention m idw ay through
the second quarter and were
down by just three points,
21 -18 at half time. Shadow
K endrick poured in nine
points in the third quarter
and lone built a 28-23 lead.
However the Redsides went
6-6 from the free throw line
in the quarter and regained
the lead 31-30 at the end
o f three. The Lady Cards
took the lead for good with
5:24 in the game and used
5-8 free throw shooting
down the stretch to put the
game away. Tyree Svetich
swished a perfect three with
just a couple clicks left on
the clock for the final 47-35
margin.
Freshman Shadow
K endrick had a breakout
game tallying 23 points.
Tyree Svetich added nine.
Makenna Ramos had nine
steals in the game.
“It was a physical
gam e,” said Coach Mike
Garrett. “We matched their
intensity coming out. We
started out in a 2-3 zone
and they c o u l d n ’t m iss.
In the second quarter, we
went to m an-to-m an and
never came out of it. Our
defense was able to shut
them down in the second
half, especially the 17-4
fourth quarter. It was a great
league win.”
Nothing gets easier
for the Lady Cardinals as
they look forw ard to an
other tough weekend com
ing up. lone hosts Echo on
Friday and travels to Fossil
for a match with Condon/
Wheeler on Saturday.
JV Lady Mustangs improve record
On Friday, Janu
ary 29, the M ustang JV
girls played Stanfield with
a short-handed team due
to illness. Even though the
M ustangs got som e big
games out o f their posts,
they still came up on the
short end o f the score, los
ing 24-26 to the Tigers. The
loss was their first one to a
league foe.
O n ce a g a i n t he
JV ’s were hit by poor free
throw shooting, hitting only
three o f 10 from the line.
The scoring was led by
Baily Bennett’s six points
and 17 rebounds, followed
by Natalie Rauch with five
points, Maggie Collins with
five points and 13 rebounds,
and four points for Emma
O sm in and Emilie Blak
Anderson.
The loss dropped
the girl’s record to 11-3.
On Saturday, Janu
ary 30, the JV Lady Mus
tangs rebounded from their
loss to put together one o f
their better games o f the
season.
They played great
defense against the Irrigon
Knights in the first half,
taking a lead into the locker
room of 20-9. They kept up
the pressure in the third with
some great offense, scoring
14 points in the quarter, tak
ing a 34-13 lead going into
the fourth. From there they
coasted to a 40-27 win over
the Knights.
Be nnet t had a n
other good night, leading
the team with 15 points and
10 rebounds. The rest o f the
scoring was Collins with
nine points and seven re
bounds, Larissa Gray with
six points, MaKenzie Cor
rea and Alana Wilson with
four each, and Osmin with
two points. Blak Anderson
also had five rebounds and
Bennett led the team with
six steals.
T he La dy M u s
tangs go on the road for an
overnight trip next weekend
to take on Enterprise and
Elgin in two tough games.
The JV ’s record now stands
at 12-3 with four games left
in the season.
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