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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 19,2011 Heppner teams fall to Rockets and TigerScots On Friday, January 14, a moment o f silence was shared in the Heppner gym for the sudden passing of girls’ varsity basketball coach Mark Dowdy. His family, the community, and his team are all mourning the loss o f such a good person. It was a team deci sion to play the Pilot Rock Rockets. “Do it for D” is now Heppner basketball’s motivation for giving their all on the court. The league leading Rockets had their hands full as Heppner led at the end of the first quarter 14-12 and at the half it was tied 26-26. The Mustangs were out scored 19-12 in the third quarter as the Rockets inside game took over to seal the win 57-48. Lindsay Cutsforth had her best game in a Heppner uniform scoring 20, while Dougherty and Bennett each scored seven. Heppner shot 10-20 from the line. The M ustangs played well, with a lot of heart, and although the game was lost, they com peted with tremendous de terminations and pride. In the boys’ game, the M ustangs came out running by the Rockets in the first quarter 17-10 and continued with a lead at halftime 30-27. The second half was in favor o f Pilot Rock as they outscored Heppner 16-11 in the third quarter and 15-10 in the fourth quarter to win by seven, 58-51. Cody Orr scored 20 to lead the Mustangs. Devin Robinson had nine and Justin Pranger had eight to round out the top scoring for Heppner. The Mustangs were 8-13 from the line and 3-21 from outside the arc. It was a tough night for Heppner basketball. In Athena, the Lady Mustangs struggled to score against the TigerScots. The M ustangs, after a tough home court loss the night The Heppner Mustangs fell short against the Rockets on an emotional night in Heppner on Friday. The boys' and girls' teams also lost their games Saturday in Athena. -Photos by Sandy Matthews before, couldn’t find the bucket in the first half, only scoring nine points for a 15-9 TigerScot lead. The third quarter showed little change as Heppner was out rebounded handily, but only out-scored by two, to make it 27-19. When the fourth quarter started, things started to click for the Mustangs as they turned the heat on against the TigerScots in a wild eight minutes o f basketball that was fun to watch, outscoring their op- ponent 16-12 respectively, After catching up, and with a few lead changes, the lone JV boys win over Irrigon Arbuckle Nordic Club holds weekly outing in overtime, defeat Sherman 0 By Paula Emmel The lone JV boys won against Irrigon in over time, 54-51, on January Heppner Wrestling Schedule Jan. 20 - Heppner 5-Way, 5 p.m. Jan. 22 - at Kittitas Tour nament, 10 a.m. Jan. 29 - at Irrigon Tour nament, 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. 11 . Kaleb Dumler led the team with 22 points, fol lowed by Luke Emmel with 14, Kirk Haguewood with 12 and Bailey Haguewood with four and Jason Thomp son with two points. E m m el led th e team with four assists. Kirk H aguew ood led the re bounds with 17, followed by Emmel with six, Gus Peterson with four, and Dumler with five. Dumler had four steals while Peter son had three. Coach Jim Swan son noted the performances of three key players: “Kaleb kept driving to the hole.” While “Luke ran the of fense for us and made great passes.” And “Kirk did a great job on the boards with 17 rebounds.” C oach Sw anson also said, “Overall, this was a great win for our team. Af ter going 0-7, they needed this. This was a complete game at both ends by all the players. I am really proud of them.” The lone Cardinals JV boys won their third match of the week, defeat ing Sherman County Hus kies 63 to 47 on Saturday. There was a tie for the lead scorers Luke Em mel and Kirk Haguewood with 17 points each. Kaleb Dumler was next with 13, Bailey Haguewood with eight and Jason Thompson, Gus Peterson, Joel Stillman, and Trent Cannon with two points each. Kirk pulled down score held 36-34, Weston, w ith 34 seconds to go. Alana Wilson had fouled out at the one minute mark as the Mustangs kept the pressure on defensively. A few whistles sent the Tiger Scots to the line where they won the game 39-35. W ilso n led all scores with 16 and Lindsay Cutsforth had eight. Hepp ner shot 11 -29 from the free throw line, but gave away 57 rebounds. Everyone played hard. In the boys’ var sity game at Athena, it was Heppner in the first half, outscoring the TigerScots in both quarters of play for a halftime score of 29-23. The game turned in favor of the TigerScots in the second half. Weston pulled within one point at the end of the third quarter with a tough TigerScot crowd propelling their team into a showdown. With three minutes left in the contest tied at 42, Jared Hedman scored two on a fast break lay-in. The next time down the floor he was fouled and made both free throws to make the score 46-42 Heppner. The next two possessions went to the TigerScots and were converted into four points, tying the game with two minutes to go. W esto n s c o re d three times in 42 seconds, giving them the lead 52-46 with 1:18 to go. Cody Orr was then fouled and made both shots for Heppner. On the next possession Alex Pickles hit a three-pointer to pull within one point, 52-51. With 11 seconds left in the game, the TigerScots were fouled on the inbound and made their free throws to win the game 54-51. Again, the game is won at the free throw line. Orr led all scores with 26. Hedman and Jake Bowles each had seven points. HHS Girls’ Bas ketball Schedule 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. Kaleb Dumler «inks a three point shot during the JV boys' win over Irrigon on January 11. -Photo by Paula Emmet 15 rebounds half way to his goal of 30 rebounds in a sin gle game. Peterson captured eight rebounds, Dumler retrieved seven, Emmel gathered up four rebounds and Stillman got three. Can non nabbed two and Jason, Bailey, and Kaid Peck each grabbed one rebound each. Emmel lead the assists with four, Stillman with three, Dumler assisted twice and brothers- Kirk and Bailey each gave one assist. No ticeably, Kirk tried hard to help freshman teammate. Peck, try to achieve his first basket. Peck’s shot was blocked; however, he got his first rebound of his high-school career. Kirk was the leader in steals with five, Emmel stole four times, Dumler, Peterson, and Bailey each stole twice and Thompson stole once. Seven of the 10 players earned a hustle point, showing how hard they played. They earned this win in many ways. Car dinals out-rebounded the Huskies, had more assists and steals than their oppo nent, and had less turnovers than Sherman County. Coach Jim Swan son had this to say, “Again, we played an incredible defense, and this time our shots fell. The boys played a superb game.” Molly Rhea led five members of the Arbuckle Nordic Club up the 5326 to Hwy 53, southwest to the 170 spur, and then north towards Arbuckle Mountain this past Saturday. It was overcast but the group didn't get any precipitation until a few flakes started to come down just after lunch. As they skied down to lower elevations it changed to a drizzle and then it was raining hard on the drive hack to Heppner. Considering the weather forecast, the group had good ski conditions while on the trail. Temperatures at the beginning and end of the trip w ere about 38 degrees. -Contributed Photo Cardinal Basketball Schedule 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, I p.m. (GV, BV) Feb. II at Helix. 3 p.m. (GJV, BJV. CiV, BV) Feb. 12 - Dufur at home, 1 p.m. (GJV, BJV, GV, BV) Feb. 17-19- District Tournament in Umatilla HHS Boys’ Bas ketball Schedule 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.
