FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, December 29,2010
Lady Cards pick up two wins over Christmas break
The Lady C ardi
nals picked up two wins to
one loss in the first week
o f their non-conference,
Christmas break basketball
schedule. The Cards hung
tough in a close loss to Pilot
Rock but collected wins
against Culver and Irrigon.
Playing in Pilot
Rock on Tuesday, Decem
ber 21, the Lady Cards
seemed determined to not
let the favored Rockets get
away. The t. ams swapped
buckets in the early going
but Pilot Rock built a six
point lead, 14-8, midway
through the first quarter.
Stacee Halvorsen nailed a
three-pointer to close the
lead to three, 11-14 at the
end of one. She then drove
the lane for the first score
of the second quarter to pull
the Cardinals back within
one. Six lone girls were in
the scorebook by halftime
and the Rockets led by a
small margin, 26-24. It was
the third quarter where Pilot
Rock separated itself from
the Cardinals, using their
significant height advantage
to outscore lone 13-6. The
Rockets started the fourth
with a nine-point advantage
and ended the game with
the same margin, taking the
win 47-38.
JoAnna Patton con
tinued her strong play in the
paint, scoring a team-high
16 points. She was the only
Cardinal in double figures
with the remainder of the
scoring spread out through
the team. Collette Cason
had six, Stacee Halvorsen
had five, Beth Morter, four.
Shadow Kendrick, three
and Mary Rietmann and
Lacey Thompson scored
two each.
JoAnna Patton and
Beth Morter each had 14
rebounds. Patton added
three steals while Morter
had two assists and two
blocks. Mary Rietmann
had seven rebounds and two
assists while Collette Cason
and Lacey Thompson each
came up with three steals.
“The reason we
play these tough pre-season
games is to make ourselves
better,” said Coach Mike
G arrett. “To come out
and be that competitive is
good.” Garrett noted that
Pilot Rock is favored to
with the Blue Mountain
Conference and has only
one loss so far this sea
son. “We worked hard and
played great defense. We
held them to 15-20 points
below their season aver
age.”
On Thursday, De
cember 23, the Cardinals
hosted Culver, coming away
with a 48-28 win. lone
never trailed, jumping out
to a 14-8 first quarter lead
and building that to a 27-
10 halftime margin. It was
in that second quarter that
sophomore, Stacee Hal
vorsen, established herself
as a shooter, scoring 11 of
her 13 points from all over
the floor. The
ODFW invites anglers to
open house in Salem Jan. 4
O regon an g lers
will have a chance to share
their ideas, comments and
concerns about the state’s
fisheries with top ODFW
manage^, at an open house
on Jan. 4 in Salem.
The meeting will
go from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at
the ODFW Headquarters,
3406 Cherry Ave. NE, Sa
lem. The agenda will be set,
in large part, by the ques
tions and concerns raised
during the meeting.
“This open house
meeting is a good way to
start the new year,” said
Rhine Messmer, ODFW
R ecreatio n al F ish eries
Program manager. “It’s a
chance for us to hear what
issues are on the minds of
anglers so we can take ap
propriate action.
The meeting is be
ing held in conjunction with
a meeting o f the Inland
Sports Fishing Advisory
Committee, which provides
public perspectives and
input on implementation of
ODFW’s 25-Year Angling
Enhancement Plan. The
plan is available on the
ODFW website at http://
w ww.dfw. state, or. us/re-
sources/fishing/docs/25
Year R ecreational An-
gling_Enhancem ent% 20
Plan.pdf.
Twice a year the
fishing advisory commit
tee meetings are open to
the public as a forum for
r
interested anglers to bring
their fishery management
issues, thoughts and ideas
to ODFW fishery managers
and administrators.
In addition to the
open-forum, ODFW staff
will provide an update on
changes to the public pro
cess for developing new
angling regulations. The
department is looking for
ways to improve the public
process and still retain its
value to the public and the
department.
“We’ve heard from
the public and from the Fish
and Wildlife Commission
that the current process
is too cum bersom e and
too much time is spent on
proposed regulations that
would never be adopted,”
Messmer said.
“We are interested
in hearing what anglers
think of some of the key
changes w e're proposing
to the process,” he added.
“The public plays an im
portant role in the develop
ment of our fishing regula
tions and we want to ensure
that we don’t diminish the
public benefits from this
process.”
Revisions o f the
public process are under
way, and will be adopted
by the Fish and Wildlife
Commission next August.
The revised process will be
used for the development
of the 2013 Oregon Sport
Fishing Regulations.
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their halftime momentum
on for the 20-point win.
JoAnna Patton led
all scorers with 14 points.
Stacee Halvorsen added 13.
Beth Morter and Mary Ri
etmann each had six, while
Shadow Kendrick chipped
in four, Lacey Thompson
had three and Collette Ca
son had two.
Jo A n n a P a tto n
notched another double
double, leading the team
with 10 rebounds. She also
had and six steals and a
block. Beth Morter had
nine rebounds, seven as
sists, two steals and a block.
Shadow Kendrick had sev
en boards, four assists and
three steals.
Coach Mike Gar
rett was pleased with the
win. “It was a good team
effort. Our defense played
another great game and held
a good 2A school under 30
points.” He noted that the
team handled Culver’s pres
sure well. “They went to a
man-to-man in the second
half and that took us a while
to adjust, but we did.”
The Lady Cardi
nals returned from their
Christmas layoff but looked
anything but rusty on Mon
day, December 27, in Irri
gon. The Cards set the tone
of the game immediately,
hustling out to a 12-1 first
quarter lead and keeping
it up for a 25-7 halftime
advantage. lone kept up
consistent scoring to take
the 47-25 win.
Three C ardinals
were in double figures led
by JoAnna Patton with 13
points. Beth Morter and
Mary Rietmann each added
11. Collette Cason had six,
Stacee Halvorsen had four
and Lacey Thompson had
two.
JoAnna Patton and
Beth Morter both had dou
ble-doubles with double
digit rebounds to accom
pany their points. Morter
led the effort with 11 and
Patton added 10. Morter
also had eight steals. Lacey
Thompson paced the team
with three steals. The Lady
C ardinals had a decent
shooting night, making 18
of 50 for 36 percent.
“This was a game
that I was concerned about.
Irrigon has been improv
ing week to week and we
were coming into this game
shorthanded,” said Coach
Mike Garrett. “Defensively
we set the tone early and
had a great first quarter. The
kids controlled the rebound
ing through the rest of the
first half and that allowed
us to go into halftime with
a comfortable lead. Second
half was played with very
little emotion from either
team and we were able to
play some different rota
tions and work on some of
our set plays.”
The Lady Cardi
nals will finish their vaca
tion schedule hosting Pilot
Rock on Wednesday and
traveling to Riverside on
Thursday.
2010-11 Cardinal Basketball
Schedule
Dec. 29 - Pilot Rock at home, 1 p.m. (GJV, BJV, GV,
BV)
Dec. 30 - at Riverside, 3 p.m. (GJV, BJV, GV, BV)
Jan. 7 - at Nixyaawii, 3 p.m. (GJV, BJV, GV, BV)
Jan. 8 - Arlington at home, 2:30 p.m. (BJV, GV, BV)
Jan. 11 - Irrigon at home, 3 p.m. (GJV, BJV, GV, BV)
Jan. 14 - at Condon, 3 p.m. (GJV, BJV, GV, BV)
Jan. 15 - Sherman at home, 1 p.m. (GJV, BJV, GV, BV)
Jan. 21 - Echo at home, 3 p.m. (GJV, BJV, GV, BV)
Jan. 28 - Nixyaawii at home, 3 p.m. (GJV, BJV, GV,
BV)
Jan. 29 - at South Wasco, 1 p.m. (GJV, BJV, GV, BV)
Feb. 1 - Condon/Wheeler at home, 3 p.m. (GJV, BJV,
GV, BV)
Feb. 4 - at Echo, 3 p.m. (GJV, BJV, GV, BV)
Feb. 5 - at Central Christian, 1 p.m. (GV, BV)
Feb. 11 - at Helix, 3 p.m. (GJV, BJV, GV, BV)
Feb. 12 - Dufur at home, 1 p.m. (GJV, BJV, GV, BV)
Feb. 17-19 - District Tournament in Umatilla
HHS Boys’ Basketball Schedule
Dec. 29 - Christmas tournament, 1 p.m.
Jan. 4 - Tri Cities Prep at home, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 7 - at Stanfield, 7:30 p.m.
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Jan. 8 - Irrigon at home, 5:30 p.m.
Jan. 14 - Pilot Rock at home, 7 p.m.
Jan. 15 - at Weston-McEwen, 5:30 p.m.
Jan. 21 - Enterprise at home, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 22 - Elgin at home, 5:30 p.m.
Jan. 28 - at Pilot Rock, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 29 - Weston-McEwen at home, 5:30 p.m.
Feb. 4 - at Enterprise, 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 5 - at Union, 5:30 p.m.
Feb. 11 - at Irrigon, 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 12 - Stanfield at home, 5:30 p.m.
HHS Girls’ Basketball Schedule
Dec. 29 - Christmas tournament, 1 p.m.
Jan. 4 - Tri Cities Prep at home, 3 p.m.
Jan. 7 - at Stanfield, 3 p.m.
Jan. 8 - Irrigon at home, 1 p.m.
Jan. 14 - Pilot Rock at home, 3 p.m.
Jan. 15 - at Weston-McEwen, 4 p.m.
Jan. 21 - Enterprise at home, 6 p.m.
Jan. 22 - Elgin at home, 4 p.m.
Jan. 28 - at Pilot Rock, 6 p.m.
Jan. 29 - Weston-McEwen at home, 4 p.m.
Feb. 4 - at Enterprise, 6 p.m.
Feb. 5 - at Union, 4 p.m.
Feb. 11 - at Irrigon, 6 p.m.
Feb. 12 - Stanfield at home, 4 p.m.
Heppner Jr. High Boys’ Basketball
Schedule
Jan. 7 - lone at Heppner, TBA •
Jan. 8 - at Dufur (A team only), 9 a.m.
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Lady Mustangs win first
league game against Bobcats
The Heppner
Mustangs hosted their first
league game against the
Union Bobcats on Saturday,
December 17.
The lady Mustangs
won the game, 47-43 with
strong play from their se
niors.
Heppner was ahead
23-19 at the end of the first
half and maintained that
lead by six points at the end
of the third quarter, making
it, 33-27.
High scorers for
the game were L. Cutsforth
with 16 points, T. Doherty
with 14 points and A. Wil
son with 19 points.
Heppner shot 11/19
free throws and had an ef
fective press that contrib
uted to their first league
win.
Mustang girls lose, boys win
contests with Elgin
The Heppner Mus
tangs traveled to LaGrande
to play the Elgin Huskies
in their first league game
of the year on Friday, Dec.
17. The varsity squads split
with the boys winning and
the girls’ squad losing the
contest. The lady Mustangs
struggled to score against a
stingy Huskies’ defense.
Heppner boys lose to Imbler,
64-52
In the boys’ varsity
game against the Imbler
Panthers, Heppner lost to
Imbler, 64-52.
The Panthers start
ed out strong with 13 un
answered points in the first
quarter. Heppner fought
back and, at the end of the
second quarter, Cody Off
hit a three-pointer to make
the score 38-28 at the half.
In the fourth quar
ter, Heppner cut the lead
to eight points, but Imbler
ran the clock, winning the
game, 64-52.
High scorers for
Heppner were Cody Orr
with 30 p o in ts, Ju stin
Pranger, nine points, and
Cameron Day with seven
points.
The boys’ overall
record is now 4-3 for the
season.
The Heppner boys
and girls hosted the Hep
pner Christmas tournament
December 28-29 at Hep
pner High School.
Lady Mustangs outscored
by Imbler Panthers
The Lady Mustangs
Imbler’s strong of-
traveled to Imbler on Tuesday, fgnse and exceptional free
Dec. 21, to play the Panthers, throw percentage proved to be
the current 1A state champs, too much for the Lady Mus-
The Panthers strong returning tangs, making the Mustangs’
tern outscored the Mustangs, record 2-5 overall. Overall,
43 - 22 .
the Mustangs played a good
At the end of the first game against this dominating
quarter, the Paftthers wefe up|J team
10-7 with four team fouls for
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Heppner stats: 7
both teams. Heppner stayed for 25 from the floor; 8 for
strong through the first half, 15 free throws, 42 total re
trailing by only six points at bounds, 21 turnovers,
halftime.
HHS Boys’ JV Basketball Schedule
Jan. 4 - Tri Cities Prep at home, 4:30 p.m.
Jan. 7 - at Stanfield, 4:30 p.m.
Jan. 8 - Irrigon at home, 2:30 p.m.
Jan. 14 - Pilot Rock at home, 4 p.m.
Jan. 15 - at Weston-McEwen, 2:30 p.m.
Jan. 21 - Enterprise at home, 4:30 p.m.
Jan. 22 - Elgin at home, 2:30 p.m.
Jan. 28 - at Pilot Rock, 4:30 p.m.
Jan. 29 - Weston-McEwen at home, 2:30 p.m.
Feb. 4 - at Enterprise, 4:30 p.m.
Feb. 5 - at Union, 2:30 p.m.
Feb. 11 - at Irrigon, 4:30 p.m.
Feb. 12 - Stanfield at home, 2:30 p.m.
HHS Girls’ JV Basketball Schedule
Jan. 4 - Tri Cities Prep at home, 3 p.m.
Jan. 7 - at Stanfield, 3 p.m.
Jan. 8 - Irrigon at home, 1 p.m.
Jan. 14 - Pilot Rock at home, 3 p.m.
Jan. 15 - at Weston-McEwen, 1 p.m.
Jan. 21 - Enterprise at home, 3 p.m.
Jan. 22 - Elgin at home, 1 p.m.
Jan. 28 - at Pilot Rock, 3 p.m.
Jan. 29 - Weston-McEwen at home, 1 p.m.
Feb. 4 - at Enterprise, 3 p.m.
Feb. 5 - at Union, 1 p.m.
Feb. 11 - at Irrigon, 3 p.m.
Feb. 12 - Stanfield at home, 1 p.m.
Heppner Varsity Wrestling Sched
ule
Dec. 29 - at Pomeroy, 2 p.m.
Dec. 30 - at Imbler, 2 p.m.
Jan. 7 - at Riverside (Duals), 2 p.m.
Jan. 8 - at Riverside Rumble, TBA
Jan. 14-15 - at Oregon Classic-Redmond, 10 a.m.
Jan. 20 - Heppner 5-Way, 5 p.m.
Jan. 22 - at Kittitas Tournament, 10 a.m.
Jan. 29 - at Irrigon Tournament, 5 p.m.
Feb. 5 - BEO Invitational, 9 a.m.
Feb. 11-12 - at Halfway Tournament, 2 p.m.
Feb. 18-19 - District Tournament at Enterprise, 2 p.m.
Heppner Jr. High Girls’ Basketball
Schedule
Jan. 7 - lone at Heppner, TBA
Jan. 8 - at Dufur (A team only), 9 a.m.
Jan. 15 - at Umatilla, 8 a.m.
Jan. 22 - Heppner Tourney, 8 a.m.
Jan. 28 - Heppner Tournament, 9 a.m.
Jan. 29 - Heppner Tournament, 8 a.m.
Feb. 4 - at Mount Vernon, 9 a.m.
Feb. 5 - at Riverside, 8 a.m.