HeppnerGazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 5,2011 -FIVE
Lady Cards fall to Pilot Rock, beat Riverside
T he lo n e Lady
Cardinals finished their
preseason on a high note,
d efeatin g R iv ersid e in
Boardman on Thursday,
December 30, after drop­
ping a lackluster game to
Pilot Rock the day before.
The Cards resume a regular
practice schedule this week
and start Big Sky Confer­
ence play in earnest this
weekend, with Nixyaawii
on the road on Friday and
hosting Arlington on Sat­
urday. The team has a 7-4
record to start the new year
with a 2-0 record in league
play thus far. Only one loss
was to a 1A team (Crane)
while other losses came
from 2A Pilot Rock (twice)
and Enterprise.
After playing Pi­
lot Rock close the week
before Christmas in a com­
petitive game, the Lady
Cardinals hoped to give
the Rockets another run
for their money. However
the things that worked for
lone previously, like foul
trouble for the Pilot Rock
big girls and the Rockets
relying m ainly on their
inside game, didn’t pan out
in this game. Two minutes
into the game, Pilot Rock
hit the first of seven three-
pointers. Largely behind
the red-hot guard shooting,
the Rockets notched a 15-7
second quarter and a 17-10
third quarter to run away
with a 52-26 win.
JoAnna Patton and
Lacey Thompson led the
Lady Cardinals in scoring
with seven points each.
Beth Morter had six while
Stacee Halvorsen scored
four and Collette C aso n '
had two.
Before getting off
the bus at Riverside the next
day, Coach Mike Garrett
took a minute to urge his
team to break their pattern
of showing up for the Riv­
erside game “flat and unin­
spired.” For the first minute
of the game, it looked like
his pep talk might have done
the trick. Lacey Thompson
took a nice pass from Mary
Rietmann to hit the game’s
opening bucket 15 seconds
in. Riverside returned the
favor but JoAnna Patton an­
swered with another bucket
to give lone a 4-2 lead with
only 40 seconds gone in
the game. But from there,
the Pirate guards heated
up, hitting everything they
put up it seemed. Up 13-8
after one, Riverside scored
seven unanswered points to
start the second quarter and
the Lady Cardinals found
themselves in a 12-point
hole, lone finished the sec­
ond quarter with a 7-2 run
and Beth Morter’s two free
throws with four seconds
left in the half put the Cards
within seven, 15-22.
At halftime, Coach
Garrett told the squad they
weren’t going to get the en­
tire deficit back at once but
if they focused on defense
and rebounding, they had a
chance. Halfway through
the third quarter, the Cards
cut the lead to three points
and after swapping scores
with Riverside, finished the
quarter trailing by three,
27-30.
lone kicked off the
fourth quarter with a Col­
lette Cason layin, originat­
ing from a JoAnna Patton
steal. Moments later, Beth
Morter went coast-to-coast
and hit a little jumper to
give the Lady Cardinals
their first lead of the game
since those opening mo­
ments, 31-30. Riverside
was in no mood to give up
though. The one point lead
changed hands twice before
the Pirates swished a three
to go up 35-33 with 4:23 re­
maining. The Cardinals put
up five unanswered points
to regain the lead 38-35 but
Riverside answered with
two baskets to lead 39-38
with 1:35 left in the game.
Clutch free throws down
the stretch put the Cards
back in the lead. Collette
Cason hit a pair with 16 sec­
onds left to put lone back
in the lead 40-39 and Beth
Morter iced two more with
seven seconds remaining
to give the Lady Cardinals
some breathing room. lone
forced a Riverside turnover
and just needed to get the
ball inbounds to hang on for
the comeback win.
“It was a good sec­
ond half,” said Coach Mike
Garrett. “I love the fact that
we were attacking and get­
ting to the rim.”
Beth M orter led
the Cardinals in scoring
with 16 points and notched
another double-double with
13 feisty rebounds. JoAnna
Patton added 13 points.
Lacey Thompson had six
points and five steals while
Collette Cason both had six
points and six steals. Mary
Rietmann dished out five
assists.
“It was a good win
to finish the preseason,”
com m ented Coach Gar­
rett.
rison ($200), Beth Morter peted for awards this year.
($700), Mary Gates ($350), Unfortunately, the committee
and Stefanie Medina
cannot award scholarships to
( $ 200 ).
all of them. The committee
Morter’s and Rob­ appreciates the applicants’
inson’s applications were work on their brochures and
forwarded to the Northeast encourages others to apply
District contest where they for the upcoming Elks Legacy
each competed against 10 Scholarships and Buchanan
other students and while they Memorial Scholarships.
didn’t win any extra money
For more informa­
they still represented our local tion about those scholarships
communities placing seventh contact scholarship chairman
Tim Dickenson at 541-676-
and fifth respectively.
Many outstanding 8990 or dickensonchiro@
young men and women com- centurytel.net.
Morrow SWCD/Weed Advisory Board
Annual/Regular meeting to be held
The Morrow
SW CD /W eed A dvisory
Board has scheduled their
regular meeting at 10 a.m.
with the annual meeting fol­
lowing at 11:45 on Thurs­
day, January 13, at Saint
Patrick’s Parish hall. The
regular m eeting agenda
includes appointment o f
associate directors, election
of officers, meeting minutes
from December 2010, trea­
surer’s report, written staff
report, partnership reports.
A nnual m eeting
agenda items include in­
troduction of directors and
staff, 09-10 fiscal year end
treasurer’s report, review
annual report. M eetings
of the Morrow SWCD are
open to the public. The
HHS volleyball team to
hold spaghetti feed
The HHS volleyball team will be hosting a spa­
ghetti dinner on Saturday, January 8, during the HHS
basketball games versus Irrigon. Serving will begin at 2
p.m. and the cost will be $6 a person. The proceeds will
be used to help the girls attend team camp in Seaside
this August.
Pastor plans Bible study
Pastor Dean Anto­
nucci of the Christian Life
Center is offering a Bible
study on “Rightly Dividing
the Word of Truth-To be
able to understand and en­
joy your Bible”. The study
began Tuesday, January 4.
The studies will be held at
7 p.m. in the St. Patrick’s
Senior Center dining hall.
E v e ry H e p p ­
ner w restler won a var­
sity match last week as the
team competed in tourna­
ments at Pomeroy, WA on
Wednesday and Imber on
Thursday.
In Pomeroy Tim
Nelson led the Mustangs
winning his first high school
tournament championship.
Nelson pinned Washing­
ton’s #4 ranked Saul Fu-
entes from Kittitas in the
semifinals then went on to
win the championship by a
narrow 5-4 decision.
J a re d L em m on
and Andrew Bara won sil­
ver medals in their weight
classes.
Jarreid Miller fin­
ished third at 135 lbs. Miller
pinned W ashington’s #1
ranked wrestler from Pome­
roy in a pre-toumament ex­
hibition match the previous
night. In the tournament he
lost in the semifinals to a
Kittitas opponent by a close
decision before going on to
win the consolation cham­
pionship.
Shane Miles, Alex
Sm ith, Earl P ropheter,
Treston Maben, and Jacob
Moore also had wins to con­
tribute to Heppner’s fifth
place finish in the 12 team
tournament that included
Washington’s 2nd, 5 th, and 8th
ranked teams and Idaho’s
10lh ranked team.
In Imbler Heppner
competed in a non-bracket-
ed round robin tournament
with some of the teams the
Mustangs will face at the
district tournament plus 3 A
Grant Union.
Treston Maben and
Jarreid Miller each went
undefeated on the day win­
ning all three matches they
wrestled.
After picking up
his first and second high
school wins in Pomeroy the
day before, freshman Shane
Miles added two more wins
to finish 2-1 in Imbler and
4-3 for the week.
O th e r H ep p n er
wrestlers and their win-
loss records in Imbler were
Jared Lemmon, 2-1, Alex
Smith, 0-3, Earl Propheter,
1-2, Wade Matthew, 2-1,
Andrew Bara, 1-2, Garrett
Gibbs, 1-2, Tim Nelson,
0-3, and Jacob Moore 1-2.
T he team n ex t
competes in the Riverside
Dual Tournament on Janu­
ary 7 and in the Riverside
Rumble on January 8.
Heppner teams defeat Pioneers
On December 28
and 29 the Heppner Mus­
tangs hosted a Christmas
Tournament with visiting
teams from Dufur, Grant
Union, and McLoughlin
High School.
The Lady Mustangs
defeated the McLoughlin
Pioneers 35-24 in their
first contest of the tourna­
ment. Heppner came with a
full-court press, effectively
shutting down the pioneers
13-0 at the end of the first
quarter.
During the second
quarter H eppner Coach
Mark Dowdy played the
entire bench while holding
the score in the Mustangs
favor 26-0 at the half.
In the second half
H eppner’s offense went
flat, scoring just two points
in the third quarter to the
P io n ee r’s seven. In the
fourth quarter the pioneers
came alive outscoring Hep­
pner 17 to seven but came
up short as Heppner held on
for the win.
The m en’s Mus­
tang basketball team beat
the Pioneers 49-36 in their
first game of the tourney.
Both teams had a full court
press during the first quar­
ter. It was a fast-paced
game with Heppner shoot­
ing three for three from
outside and holding a lead
15-11 at the quarter.
It w as an even
match during the second
quarter with the Pioneers’
offense keeping pace with
Heppner who kept the lead
24-21 at the half.
In the third quar­
ter the Mustangs ran the
lead up to eight with four
minutes to go. Cody Orr
left the game at 2:36 in
the third with three fouls.
Foul trouble continued to
follow the Mustangs with
Justin Pranger picking up
his third foul with 54 sec­
onds left in the third quarter.
The rest of Heppner’s team
stepped up and kept the lead
of nine through the third
quarter. In the end it was an
evenly scored quarter with
Heppner leading the entire
game.
Lady Mustangs fall to Dufur in championship game
BPOE #358 Most Valuable Student
Scholarships awarded
The Heppner Elks
Lodge #358 announces the
winners of the Elks Most
Valuable Student Scholarship
Contest. Thé Scholarships are
awarded each year to well-
qualified seniors based on
scholarship, leadership, com­
munity service, extracurricular
activities, financial need and
an essay. Locally the lodge
was able to award three male
and three female scholarships
totaling $2,500. The recipients
are: Devin Robinson ($700),
Ian Murray ($350), Brett Har-
Every Mustang wrestler brings home win
“2 Timothy 2:15
tells us: ‘Study to show
yourself approved to God,
a workman needs not to be
ashamed, rightly dividing
the word of truth.’” said
Pastor Antonucci.
The Bible study
is free o f charge and the
whole community is invited
to attend.
A d v ertise w it h t h e
H e p p n e r G azette T im es
CALL 541-676-9228
meeting location is acces­
sible to persons with dis­
abilities. A request for an
interpreter for the hearing
impaired or for other ac­
commodations for persons
with disabilities should
be made at least 48 hours
before the meeting to Janet
G reenup, 541-676-5452
extension 109.
On December 29,
at the Heppner Christmas
Tournament, it was Hep­
pner versus Dufur in the
championship game. Both
teams had won the previous
day to be paired up for the
last game.
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The Rangers start­
ed the game 15-3 in the
first quarter with a strong
full-court press, bothering
the Lady Mustangs who
turned the ball over many
times. Heppner fought back
with tenacious defense and
good free throw shooting to
pull within two points in the
last minutes of the half. The
M ustangs outscored the
Rangers 15-7 in the second
quarter but Dufur still led
22-18 at the half.
The third quarter
was an even contest with
Dufur holding a slight lead.
With one minute left in the
third, a pass from Dough­
erty to Bennett under the
basket for a three point play
gave Heppner their first
lead, 31 -30. Again an assist
from Dougherty to Bennett
for two put Heppner up by
three. Dufur then scored as
Wilson picked up her fourth
foul with two minutes left in
the third quarter. Greenup
checked in, drove into the
key and scored for Hep­
pner to hold a three point
lead at the end of the third
quarter.
In the fourth quar­
ter the Mustangs struggled
to control the ball against
the Rangers press, but solid
play by Natalie Rauch kept
the game close. With five
minutes left in regulation,
Wilson checked back in,
picked up a steal, drove
all the way for a lay-in and
foul, and made the free
throw to put Heppner up
by one. Another steal by
Wilson and foul at the other
end led to two more free
throw points, putting the
Mustangs up by three.
Good play by the
Mustang defense kept the
lead. Rauch was fouled and
made the first but missed
the second free throw. Ben­
nett grabbed the rebound
but fouled, giving Dufur
the ball.
Heppner held the
lead o f two points with
two minutes to go. Coach
Dowdy called timeout to
talk to his players. Hep­
pner’s inbound pass was
broken up by Dufur who
scored quickly and then a
foul by Heppner gave the
Rangers four quick points
to put them ahead by two
with 19 seconds to go.
Heppner then set up an in­
bound play which was well
defended by Dufur. Once
again a Mustang timeout
was called to set up a play
which went to Rauch who
was just off the mark. Dufur
won the game 44-42.
Heppner will re­
sume league play on Friday,
January 7, at Stanfield.
NOAA issues monthly climate summary for Heppner
4-H enrollments
due Jan. 31
To be eligible to
particip ate in the 2011
Morrow County Fair, held
August 1 7 -2 0 ,4-H enroll­
ments must be in by January
31. Make sure to send in
the three forms with your
enrollment fee: Member
Enrollment Form, Health
Form, and 4-H Code of
Conduct.
Enrollment forms
can be found online at http://
extension.oregonstate.edu/
morrow/welcome-morrow-
county-4-h, or call the of­
fice to have copies mailed.
The enrollment fees are
$15 per member state fee
plus $5 per member county
fee. There is a family cap
on the state fee of $30 per
family, but there will still
be a $5 per member fee for
county. *
For m ore in fo r­
mation regarding enroll­
ment or 4-H, contact Claire
Sponseller at the 4-H office,
(541)676-9642.
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According to pre­
liminary data received by
NOAA’s National Weather
Service in Pendleton, tem­
peratures at Heppner aver­
aged slightly warmer than
normal during the month of
December.
The average tem­
perature was 34.8 degrees
w hich was 0.5 degrees
above normal. High tem­
peratures averaged 42.8
degrees, which was 0.8
degrees above normal. The
highest was 59 degrees on
the 13"’. Low temperatures
averaged 26.9 degrees,
which was 0.2 degrees
above normal. The lowest
was eight degrees, on the
31".
There were 24 days
with the low temperature
below 32 degrees. There
were four days when the
high temperature stayed
below 32 degrees.
Precipitation to­
taled 2.82 inches during
December, which was 1.49
inches above normal. Mea­
surable precipitation -at
least .01 inch- was received
on 20 days with the heavi­
est, 0.80 inches reported on
the 29th.
P recip itatio n in
2010 totaled 17.17 inches,
which is 3.66 inches above
normal. Since October, the
water year precipitation
in Heppner has been 5.92
inches, which is 2.13 inches
above normal.
Snowfall totaled
5.8 inches with at least
one inch of snow reported
on two days. The heaviest
snowfall was 2.5 inches
reported on the 20th. The
greatest depth of snow on
the ground was four inches
on the 20,h.
The outlook for
January from NOAA’s Cli­
mate Prediction Center
calls for near normal tem­
peratures and near normal
precipitation. Normal highs
for Heppner during January
are 42.3 degrees and normal
lows are 26.4 degrees. The
30 year normal precipita­
tion is 1.46 inches.
The Na t i ona l
Weather Service is an office
of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administra­
tion, an agency of the U.S.
Commerce Department.