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.
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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.
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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.
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