Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 19,2011
Lady Cards notch two more league wins
The lone Lady Car
dinals continued their win
ning ways this past week,
notching two league wins
as well as getting past a
non-conference opponent.
The Cards now hold a 5-0
record in the Big Sky, 11-4
overall.
Easily the biggest
win o f the week happened
on Friday, January 14 when
the Lady Cardinals trav
eled to Condon for a battle
with previously undefeated
Condon/Wheeler. The Lady
Knights were perched high
in the OSAA rankings but
after lo n e ’s victory over
N ix y aaw ii the prev io u s
w eek, a lm o st e v ery o n e
knew it could be a show
down.
The lone girls came
ready to play. They led for
m ost o f the first quarter
until a C/W bucket at the
buzzer put the Knights up
13-12. The second quarter
saw six lead changes and
three ties but the Knights
swished four free throws
in the last 1:22 to hold a
27- 25 lead at halftime. Jo-
Anna Patton had six points
in the quarter and Stacee
Halvorsen canned a much-
needed three pointer mid
way through.
The halftim e pep
talk worked like a charm
as lone put up 10 unan
swered points in the first
three minutes of the third.
Beth Morter had six points
in the period that saw five
Cardinals score. Not only
was the offense clicking but
the defense also did their
job, holding the Knights to
just four points. At the end
o f three, the Lady Cards led
by ten, 41-31.
lone scored first in
the final frame when Lacey
Thompson fed a nice little
pass to Collette Cason. The
Lacey Thompson puts up a shot against Condon/W heeler.
-Photo by Paula Emmel
end result was the biggest
lead of the day 43-31. But
C/W came back with two
free throws and two three
pointers in the span o f 40
seconds. lone kept up their
offensive output though.
B etw een the C/W three
pointers. Shadow Kendrick
drove to the basket for a
score. Then Beth M orter
c a n n ed a ju m p e r on an
inbounds play keeping the
lead at eight points. With
3:12 remaining in the game,
the Knights closed to five
points after stealing the ball
and hitting the lay in. The
Lady Cards kept their cool
and held a 6-8 point lead
for the rem ainder o f the
game. Free throws sealed
the deal for the Cards as
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they got only 10 attempts
from the free throw line but
made eight, all in the last
three minutes of the game.
The Knights made one last
shot w ith eight seconds
remaining to make the final
score 55-49 in favor o f the
Cardinals.
“This was a hard
fought game between two
very good te a m s ,” said
Coach Mike Garrett. “Both
team s play an up-tem po
game and tough defense.
We came out in the third
quarter and played very
good m an -to -m an team
defense and that was the
difference in the game.”
Beth M o rter led
the Cardinal scoring with
18 points. Also in double
figures was JoAnna Patton
with 12 and Shadow Ken
drick w ith 11. Rounding
out the scoring was C ol
lette Cason with six, Stacee
Halvorsen with five, Lacey
Thom pson with two and
Mary Rietmann with one.
JoAnna Patton led
the team with nine rebounds
but also had four assists and
three steals. Beth M orter
had six rebounds and four
steals while Collette Cason
had six rebounds and four
steals. Shadow Kendrick
dished out a team-leading
five assists. “We won the
battle on the boards and this
was one of our keys to the
game that we worked on all
week. 1 felt the kids handled
the pressure o f playing in
a big game very well and
we look forward to playing
The N e ig h b o rh o o d C e n te r o f S o u th M o rro w C o u n ty wishes to
extend to everyone a prosperous 2011.
We would like to share last year’s operation information:
Calender y e a r Z O iO
We M e t These Needs Within the Community
E m e rg e n c y Ite m o f A s s is ta n c e
Bedding
Clothing
Food
9,117 lbs
Housing
(electricity, heating, rent and water/sewer)
Kitchen Appliances/Utensils
Medical Aids
them again.”
In the other games
during the week, the Lady
Cardinals downed Irrigon
in non-conference action
60-43 on Tuesday, January
11. lone opened up a 19-2
first quarter lead and was
up 49-21 at the end of three,
coasting home for the final
score. Shadow Kendrick led
all scorers with 24 points.
JoAnna Patton had 18 and
Collette Cason scored 10.
JoAnna Patton led
the rebounding effort with
12 boards and also had five
steals. Shadow Kendrick
had five rebounds and seven
assists while Collette Cason
had six rebounds, four as
sists and eight steals.
“We had great de
fensive pressure in the first
quarter,” said Coach Gar
rett. “ We also moved the
ball well in transition and
took advantage of many fast
break opportunities.”
By the time Satur
day rolled around, the Lady
Cardinals were looking a
little weary from their big
win over Condon/W heel
er the night before. The
visiting Sherman County
Huskies gave them every
thing they could handle in
the first half and the game
was tied at 19 going to the
half. Sherman didn't let the
Cards get away in the third
quarter either. lone scored
six unanswered points to
start the quarter but the
Huskies chipped away at
the lead, ending the quarter
trailing by just two, 27-25.
The Cardinals finally shook
• the v isitors loose in the
fourth quarter, outscoring
them 10-1 for the final score
of 37-26.
J o A n n a P a tto n
was the lead scorer with
15. Beth Morter added 11,
Shadow Kendrick had sev
en while Collette Cason and
Lacey Thompson each had
two. Beth Morter tallied 13
boards, five assists and six
steals. JoAnna Patton had
eight rebounds, two steals
and a block. Shadow Ken
drick had five boards and
five steals.
“ In the first h a lf
they made their shots and
we didn’t. We made a few
adjustm ents defensively
at half time and the team
responded well. Holding a
team like Sherman County
to one point in the fourth
quarter tells a lot about the
ch aracter o f this tea m ,”
said Coach G arrett. “ We
were tired from the game
against Condon the night
before but we couldn’t use
that as an excuse. If we plan
on make it into the district
tournament we will have to
be able to play back to back
games at a high level.”
“This was a very
g o o d w e e k e n d fo r our
team.”
Mustang wrestlers compete
at Oregon Classic
Pictured top photo to bottom photo: Andrew Bara, Earl
Propheter, and Treston Mähen work to pin their opponents
during the recent Oregon Wrestling Classic in Redmond.
-Contributed Photo
The Heppner Wres
tling team competed in the
Oregon Wrestling Classic
in R edm ond on January
14 and 15. The O regon
Classic is the largest tour
nament in Oregon and one
o f the largest team tourna
ments in the nation. About
3,000 wrestlers competed
from age five through high
school, including a girls’
tournam ent w ith around
100 fem ale participants.
A pproxim ately 100 high
school teams entered into
the 2011 Oregon Classic.
The C la ssic e s se n tia lly
functions as the O regon
dual state championships.
In the 2Aside of the
tournament, teams started
in pods of four teams where
they compete in round robin
duals. The top two teams
from each pod advance to
the Oregon Classic cham
pionship tournament. The
M u stan g s’ pod included
Culver, Monroe, Neah Kah
Nie, and Heppner.
H e p p n e r faced
Monroe in the first round.
The Mustangs matched up
well against the Dragons
winning seven o f the nine
m atches w restled in the
dual and finishing with a
score 52-18.
In the second dual
the shorthanded Mustangs
lone boys’ varsity team
takes win over Irrigon
Individuals Assisted -
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Conference Space at no charge
393
Gathering, packaging and distributing
Christmas food boxes and gifts
93 boxes
Kids Christmas "shopping"
160
35
We Received From the Community
Food donations collected
Clothing donations received
Volunteer man hours contributed
Community Churches
Organizations
E F&S G (FEMA)
Community Bank
United Way
We express our appreciation with a Special Big
THANK yO V!
could not ov erco m e 18
points in forfeits against
Neah Kah Nie. H eppner
was down by just one point
with two matches remain
ing. R ather than take a
likely win and give up a for
feit in the next two matches
and end the dual losing by
one point, the M ustangs
shuffled the line up in a
long shot gamble to try to
steal the win. The match
ups were not favorable to
the young M ustangs and
Heppner could not pull it
off. Despite winning six o f
the ten matches wrestled,
Heppner fell by the score
o f 33-46. A win would have
given Heppner a guaranteed
second place finish in its
pod and a berth to the Clas
sic championship round.
Next the Mustangs
faced the re in in g state
cham pion and e v en tu al
tournament champion Cul
ver. Giving up 24 points in
forfeits against an already
best-in-state C ulver line
up, Heppner lost 15-63. The
M ustangs’ best show ing
came from Jarreid M iller
at 130 lbs, w ho faced a
returning state finalist and
currently #2 ranked wres
tler. Miller won the match
7-3 after starting with a five
point takedow n and near
fall combination in the first
round.
With one win and
two losses in pod competi
tion, Heppner competed in
a consolation dual Saturday
afternoon against Scio. The
M ustangs com peted well
but fell short 30-45.
Two wrestlers, Jar
reid Miller and Earl Proph
eter went u n d efeated in
the tournam ent w ith 4-0
records. Jared Lem m on
was 3-1. Shane Miles, Alex
S m ith, T resto n M aben,
Wade M atthew , C layton
Cook. Andrew Bara, and
Jacob Moore also all won
matches and scored team
points for the Mustangs.
Community
Lunch Menu
3,691 pounds
valued at $14,184.65
974 hours valued at $19,967.00
Wi l l ow Cr e e k
Baptist Church m em bers
will be serving lunch on
Wednesday, January 26, at
St. Patrick’s Senior Center.
The meal w ill include shep
h erd ’s pie. spiced pears,
garlic bread, and brownies.
Menu is subject to change.
We Received Financial Assistance From:
Private Donations
Memorial Contributions
Morrow County
PGE
Wildhorse Foundation
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Senior Marco Juare* drives to the hole during hoy's varsity
72-51 win over Irrigon. -Photo by Paula Emmel
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