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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - FIVE lone Cards wrap up second in Big Sky East with solid wins Heppner boys and girls both head to play in BMC district playoffs The lone Cardinals wrapped up second place in the Big Sky East with solid wins last weekend, against Echo on Friday and Condon/ Wheeler on Saturday. Playing in front of a packed house at home on Friday, February 5, the Cards jumped out to a 20-6 first quarter lead but Echo opened the second with a 10-1 run, including back-to-back three pointers to cut the lead to just five points, 21-16. The Cardinals closed the half with a 7-1 run to lead 36-25 at the half. Echo came out gunning in the third quarter, scoring 10 unanswered points, and fol lowed up with a couple more three pointers, and suddenly, the Cougars were in the lead for the first time in the game, 41-40. Matt Hams scored six straight points for lone and a Zac Orem three with 57 seconds left in the quarter put the Cards up by eight. Echo responded with two baskets in the last 40 seconds, and the difference was four going into the fourth quarter. The Cou gars scored six unanswered points midway though the fourth to regain the lead but again Zac Orem hit a three to put the Cards up 60-58. Echo would tie the game at 60 on a pair of free throws with 1:57 on the clock but they would not score again. Meanwhile the Cardinals went to the line 14 times in the last 1:45, hit ting 10 to finally put the game away 72-60. Matt Hams scored a game-high 32 points, shoot ing a sizzling 65 percent from The Heppner boys’ and girls’ basketball teams will both head to the Blue Mountain Conference dis trict p layoffs scheduled in Pendleton Friday and Saturday, February 19 and 20. Boys days sessions w ill begin at l p.m. Friday, January 19, games are as follows: *1 p .m ., G ir ls ’ game #1-Team 2 vs. Team 3; ^ ap p roxim ately 2:45 p.m. Boys’ game #1- Team 2 vs. Team 3; * 6 p.m .. G ir ls ’ game #2-Team 4 vs. Team 5; * a p p roxim ately Left: Zach Orem, #21 puts the ball in with no help from Condon Players Right: Zach Orem, #21 scores against Echo Friday night. the field. Zac Orem added 23 Tanner Rietmann had 13. points. The Cards shot 46% The Cardinals shot 50 percent from the floor while the Cou from the floor and were able gars hit 41 percent. Echo had to knock down 15 of 22 free the upper hand on the boards, throw attempts. The Cards edging the Cardinals 37-31. had a 34-30 rebounding ad RJ Ramos led the team with vantage led by RJ Ramos nine boards and Adam Collin w ith nine for the second night had six. Zac Orem had five in a row. steals and three assists. Matt “I thought we played Hams added three assists. one of our better complete “This was a win we games of the year,” said Ste had to have,” said coach Den fani. I was very happy with nis Stefani. “We went flat in our defensive effort and we the third quarter and let Echo had one of our better rebound back in the game but we did a ing games in a while.” good job of putting things back “It feels good to know together in the fourth quarter we have second placed (in the to claim a huge win.” Big Sky East) wrapped up so Traveling to Fos we can relax and have some sil on Saturday, February 6, fun in the last two games.” the Cardinals outscored the The Cards will finish Knights 36-23 in the middle regular season play hosting two quarters to come away Helix on Senior Night on Fri with a solid 66-51 win. Three day. The team will then travel players scored in double fig to Dufur on Saturday. ures led by Matt Hams with 20. Zac Orem added 14 and lone Commu nity School earns national charter membership Girls JV Mustangs pick up two more wins The girls’ JV Mus tang team picked up two more wins on the road this past weekend. First they took care of the Enterprise Outlaws. In their last meet ing it was a one-point game but not this time around. The Heppner girls took care of business and kept pulling away through the game to take a 49-32 road win. They outscored the Outlaws in every quarter, putting up 29 points to the Outlaws’ 17 in the second half. The team was led in scoring by Baily Bennett with 17, eight rebounds and four steals. Alana Wilson followed with 11 points and three steals. The rest of the scoring was Maggie Collins, nine, Emma Osmin hitting two threes to finish with six, MaKenzie Correa, four, and Emilie Andersen with two and 10 rebounds. The team also had a season low of 10 turnovers and the win pushed their record to 13-3. The next day the Mustangs took on the Elgin Huskies. The first quarter started out to be a run away with the girls taking a 12-3 lead. But foul trouble quickly slowed the Mustangs down and the Huskies started to chip aWay at the lead. By half time it was 16-12 with the Mustangs leading. In the third they came out pressing and built the lead back up to 10, taking a 27-17 lead into the fourth. But again the fouls started piling up and slowed the girls down. The Huskies got within two mainly due to poor free throw shooting, hitting only two of 10 for the quarter. In the end the girls controlled the ball the last two minutes well enough to pull out a 31-28 win. The Mustangs were again led by Bennett with 15 points and eight rebounds, followed by Maggie Collins with nine and four steals, MaKenzie Correa with three and four steals, and Alana Wilson and Emilie Ander sen with two each. Andersen also led the team with nine rebounds. The win moves the JV team’s record to 14-3 with one game left at Union on Saturday. Excellent Starter- Quali fies for $8000 tax credit- 3+ bedrooms, 1.5 baths. Eat in Kitchen, Oak floors, 2 fireplaces, Bo nus Room, Views, Large private patio, All on a large private double lot - 240 N Gilmore, Heppner Heritage Land C o .Kim cutsforth 278 N. Main, Heppner (541 ) 980-3465 lone Com m unity School has been granted charter membership in the National Forensic League (NFL). This distinction is the highest school member ship honor in the NFL. As a charter mem b e r, lo n e C o m m u n ity School has demonstrated excellence in attaining new members and degrees. NFL is a non-partisan, not for profit educational honor society established to train high school students in the forensic arts: debate, public speaking, and interpreta tion o f literature. lone Com m unity School debate is coached by Jim Raible. lone pep as sembly set F e b .17 A pep a sse m b ly will be held for the lone H igh S chool g ir ls ’ and boys’ basketball teams on Wednesday, February 17, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the lone High School gym. The community is invited to attend. B o th th e g i r l s ’ boys’ teams will be going into the district playoffs in second place. ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEM ENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. ê â â > a * â â â » > A â VALENTINE'S FLOWERS BOUQUETS 8r BALLOONS ’ (SflUBEflfflP . DELIVERY TO SCHOOLS: Thursday, February 11 th m Prink Sp^iais- •Sweetheart Cherry Frappe A p «Coconut Creme Pie Latte ^ •Love Potion # 9 ___^ 7:45 p.m Boys Game #2- Team 4 vs. Team 5 . Team #1 is protected. Saturday, Febru ary, 20 games are as fol lows: *1 p .m ,, G ir ls ’ game #3-winner of game #2 vs. loser of game #1; ^ ap p roxim ately 2:45 p.m .. B oy’s gam e #3-winner of game #2 vs. loser of game #1; *6 p .m ., G ir ls ’ game #4-winner of game #1 vs. team #1; ^ ap p roxim ately 7:45 p.m .. B oys’ gam e #4-winner of game #1 vs. team #1. The winner o f Sat urday’s game #4 will be the number-one seed to the state tournament and will receive the first-place trophy. The BMC cham pionship ban ner will be presented to the league champion. The loser o f Sat urday’s game #4 will be the number-two seed to the state tournament and will receive the second place trophy. The winner of Sat urday’s game #3 will be the num ber-three seed to the state tournament. Ticket prices are as follow s: Per session: a d u lts -$ 6 , s tu d e n ts -$ 4 ; Day Pass (two sessions): adults-$10, students-$7 Mustangs Host Bank of Eastern Or egon Invitation Wrestling Tournament The Heppner Mus tangs hosted an 11 -team wres tling tournament on Saturday, Feb. 6, sponsored by Bank of Eastern Oregon. Participating teams were Adrian, Colton, Crane, Enterprise/Wallowa, Grant Union, Heppner, Im- bler, Irrigon, Mac Hi, and Riverside. Crane won the first place team trophy, followed by Mac Hi in second and Colton in third. The young Mustang team finished fifth overall, Heppner junior Jar- reid Miller took home the gold medal for the 125-pound weight class by defeating his challenger in a second-round pin. Miller marched his way through the championship bracket with three pins after receiving a first round bye. Chance Day and Wacy Coil also reached the championship finals at 152 and 171. They each finished the day at 2-1 with one loss to a Hansen brother from River side. Brigham Hansen (171), a returning state champion and the older of the two Hansen brothers, was voted by the coaches as the tournament’s outstanding wrestler. Freshman Earl Proph- eter, (125), sophomore Cody Nelson (130), and senior Tyler Robinson (145) all finished third and consolation champi ons of their weight classes. It was Propheter’s first medal in Tyler Robinson a major tournament. His only loss came from teammate and tournament champion Jarreid Miller in the championship semi-finals. Nelson took the hard route to third place, re quiring four straight victories after losing his first match of the day. Robinson finished 3-1 for the tournament. Andrew Bara also had an outstanding perfor mance, wining a season-high three matches and finishing fourth at 140 pounds. Two of his three wins required excit ing come-ffom-behind pins to claim the victory. Austin Harris fin ished sixth at 103 pounds. Wade Mathew and Tim Nelson also earned team points with wins at 130 and 189 pounds. Other Heppner wres tlers who competed were John Nelson, Conner Pappas, and Jacob Moore. Lady Mustangs win a pair; undefeated in Blue Mountain Conference play The Heppner Lady Mustangs traveled over the m ountain to take on the Enterprise and Elgin teams last weekend. H eppner ju m p ed out to early leads in each of their games and hung on to remain undefeated in Blue Mountain Conference play. With the w ins, H eppner remains atop the conference standings with two games to play. Friday night, the Lady M u sta n g s u sed a 15-point first quarter to race to a 24-10 lead at halftime over Enterprise. Enterprise fought back to score 17 points in the third quarter to pull within five going into the final frame. Heppner then held on to win by a score of 39- 34. The Mustangs made it to the free throw line 19 times, but only converted on eight (42 percent). Jessica Hughes led Heppner with 10 points. Erin Price and Torri Lovgren each had nine points. In Elgin, the Lady Mustangs again built a com fortable lead at halftime. 26-18, only to see Elgin tighten up defensively. El gin scored 10 points in the third quarter to pull within two. With just over a minute left and the score tied in the fourth quarter, Brynna Rust made a three-point shot to put Heppner ahead. Neither team was able to score after that and the Lady Mustangs pulled out the victory. R ust e n d e d th e game with 13 points and th re e r e b o u n d s . T o rri Lovgren added 10 points and three rebounds. Taighler Dougherty added four steals to lead the team defensively. Heppner ended the season with a home game Tuesday night against Pi lot Rock and a road game against Union on Friday night. A win against Pilot Rock will assure the Lady Mustangs the number-one seed in the district tourna ment and a first round bye. Statistics: Heppner 39, Enterprise 35. Heppner: 15 9 8 7-39 Enterprise: 4 6 17 8-35 Heppner: Jessica Hughes 10, Erin Price 9, Torri Lovgren 9, Joanna Patton 8, Lindsay Cutsforth 3. Enterprise: Summer De- spain 12, Shelby Graning 10, Sara B utterfield 7, Alex McCadden 4, Joc elyn Stengle 2. Heppner 37, Elgin 34 Heppner: 13 13 4 7-37 Elgin: 10 8 10 6-34 Heppner: Brynna Rust 13, Torri Lovgren 10, Jes sica Hughes 7, Erin Price 5, JoAnna Patton 2. Elgin: Malone 8, Knapp 6, Ludwig 5, Southard 5, Robbins 4, Predmore 4, Smith 2. WE ALSO DELIVER TO ^ HEPPNER, LEXINGTON, IONE & Candies, Cards & ^ s u r r o u n d in g a r e a s : ^ .Flower Arrangements -for your sweetie! 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