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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 26,2011 Mahoney wins Heppner Elementary lone boys win over Echo in overtime School Geography Bee The lone Cardinals By Paula Km me I Top Photo (L -K ): O livia S ch m id t, D em i S ch m id t, Lane Wilhelm, Kevin Murray, Kolby Currin, Logan Grieb, Chris Brown, Kevin Smith, Sophie Grant, Sydney Qualls, Claire Grieb, Jaiden Mahoney and Kane Sweeney. Right Photo (L-R) Demi Schmidt, first runner up; Logan Grieb, second runner up; and Jaiden Mahoney, winner. -Contrib uted Photos Jaiden Mahoney, a fourth grader at Hep pner Elementary, won the school-level competition of the National Geographic Bee on January 6. This victory gives Mahoney a chance at a $25,000 college scholarship. The school-level Bee, at which students an swered oral questions asked by Heppner High teacher John Flaherty, was the first round in the 23rd annual National Geographic Bee. The Bee is sponsored by Google and the National Geographic Society. C om peting with Mahoney in the final school round were: Kolby Cur rin, Kane Sweeney, Demi Schm idt, C laire G rieb, Lane Wilhelm, Kevin Mur ray, Logan Grieb, Olivia Schmidt, Sophie Grant, C h ris B row n, S ydney Qualls and Kevin Smith. First runner up was Demi Cheerleader Dessert Auction to be held Jan. 29 Schmidt, and second runner up was Logan Grieb. Following the HES Bee, Mahoney took a writ ten test to determine if she will advance to the Oregon Bee on April 1. The Na tional Geographic Society and Google will provide an all-expense paid trip to Washington, DC for state cham pions and teacher- escorts. The National Bee is May 24 and 25 and it will be televised. The 1 1,h a n n u al Heppner High School Cheerleader Dessert Auc tion will be held on Sat urday, January 29. The auction will be held during half-time of both the varsity girls’ and boys’ games. Items being auc tio n ed includ e: lem on torte (Dawna Dougherty); chocolate-chip mint ice cream log (Dawna Dough erty); “The Perfect 3-Layer Chocolate Cake” (Roberta Lutcher); “Melt-in-Your- Mouth” sugar cookies (Bev Sherman); assorted truffles (Peggy Fishbum); Choco late Pound Cake (Nicki Holmes); mini brow nie truffles (Nicki Holmes); chocolate pecan fudge rip ple cake (Zech Hintz); Ger man sweet chocolate pie (Ann Jones); turtle cheese cake (Ann Jones); Ukiah huckleberry cheesecake (Sandy Matthews); “Better- than-anything” cake (Becky Kindle); apple dumplings (Alaina Lemmon); and lem on squeeze cake (Stephanie and Patty Rill. Join the Mustangs as they compete at the Bank of Eastern Oregon M em ber F D IC INVITATIONAL 2011 WRESTLING TOURNAMENT Also scheduled to com pete: Adrian - Crane - Elgin Enlerprwe/Wallnwa -C r a n t l nlon Heppner - Imhler - Irrignn Joseph ' Mai Hi JV Riverside - I n ion Saturday, February 5, 2011 (a Heppner Mil'll School, Heppner. Oregon Competition begins at 10:00 a.m. Ticket* run he ptircNa«ed ¡it tile door C oncession* available Adam Collin puts up a shot against Echo. Photo by Paula Emmel two defensive rebounds. M arco Juarez and Alex Rietmann each had a de fensive rebound. Holland blocked seven shots, fol lowed by Rietmann with two blocks. Juarez led with two steals, fallow ed by Stillman and Collin, each with one. lo n e b eat Echo with defensive rebounds, assists and blocked shots; yet both teams were pretty evenly matched. * Coach Stefani com mented on the win saying, “I thought the kids played good game. We still have some things to work on, like keeping our turnovers down and offensive rebounding. But l like the fight in the kids and I believe that is what won this game for them.” Lady Mustangs lose to Outlaws Mustang JV girls take win over Weston-McEwen The Mustang JV girls beat Weston-McEwen last Saturday, January 15, 35-29. • They got off to a good start out scoring the Tiger Scots 13-4 in the first quarter led by six points from Carrie Haguewood and four from Lilly Sand- ford. The second quarter was even at seven and the teams went to half with the Mustangs ahead 20-11. The third quarter the TigerScots took control out scoring the Ryan Dougherty, Jordan Jones. Amber Holm, Kellie Nelson, Stangs 12-5, but Heppner Mayci Garrett, MeKayla Kindle, Louise Torell, Samantha slill had a slim lead 25-23. Lemmon. Advisor: Virginia Grant. - Photo by Sandy Mat thews started the game outscor- ing the Echo Cougars, to end the first half ahead by 10 points. In the third quarter, Echo closed the gap to end it in a tie at 38. From then on the score was tied several times, ending regulation play tied at 55. Moving into Overtime the Cards outscored the Cougs by four points. The four minute overtime had Adam Collin making his free- throw to bring the score to 61-59. Then Steven Hol land blocked a shot put up by the Cougars, followed by two free-throws points by Zac Orem, sealing the win at 63-59. Orem led the team with 24 points, with half of his points from three-point shots. Tanner Rietmann and Collin also had double-digit scores with Rietmann at 16 and Collin with 12 points, with both of them having one three-point each. Hol land had six points and Micah Stillman had five points. Rietmann led with seven assists, Orem gave four assists, Collin and Stillman had two each, and Holland dished out an as sist. Rietmann also led the boards with three offensive rebounds and 14 defensive rebounds. Holland came in with one offensive re bound and eight defensive rebounds for nine. Collin grabbed four defensive rebounds and Orem nabbed The Mustangs finally put the game away in the fourth putting up 10 points to the TigerScots four and took home a 35-29 win. Which puts there record at 5-4. The scoring was as follow s: C orrea, 7; Haguewood, 7; Osmin, 5; Sandford, 4; three each for Greenup and Hintz; and two each for Day, Kindle, and Gray. The leading re bounders were Correa and Sandford with five each and three steals each for Osmin and Sandford. Heppner boys fall to Enterprise Heppner Mustang Alana Wilson goes up for a shot against Enterprise. -Photo by Sandy Matthews On Friday, January 21, the Lady Mustangs lost 39-41 in a close contest against the Enterprise Out laws. The M ustangs led until halfway through the fourth quarter. Up by four points at the half and getting some good inside play by Bailey Bennett, the Mustangs split the third quarter with the Outlaws. The fourth quarter turned towards Enterprise. Jake Bowles brings the ball down the court during the Enter With 20 seconds left Hep pner was down by one point prise game Friday in Heppner. -Photo by Sandy Matthews and needed to foul. The On Friday, January the second half but couldn’t ensuing call was considered 21, the Heppner boys’ bas hold off the Outlaws, losing intentional by the referee, ketball team played a quick the game 55-47. which was a technical on Enterprise team. Heppner Heppner shot 5-15 was outscored in the first from outside and six for 11 quarter 13-8, but played from the line. Cody Orr led even in the second quarter all score with 19 and Jared for a halftime score of 27- Hedman had 13 to lead On Tuesday, Janu 22 Enterprise. Heppner. The Mustangs are T h e M u s ta n g s 4-4 in league play, with a ary 18, the Heppner Mus tangs hosted the Elgin Hus played with good energy in tough schedule ahead. kies. The lady Mustangs trailed most of the game, staying close at the half If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, 15-12. help is available and that help Is FREE of charge. By the end of the third quarter, the M us If Y O U have a family member who suffers from tangs were down by only gambling addiction, Y O U can also receive FR EE treat ment even if the gambler Is not receiving treatment. one point. Heppner took If you are a resident of Morrow County and you wish the lead for the first time to take advantage of the services above or desire more with 1:30 left in the fourth. information, Please call any of the following numbers Shooting 6-11 from the free to set up a LO CA L appointment or just to talk: throw line, the ladies earned Bobby Harris @ 541-676-9925 or 541-256-0175 Community Counseling Solutions (CCS) @ 541-676-9161 their first win under Coach OR 1-877-695-4648 (1-888-M YLIM IT) Rauch, 33-28. the Mustangs. The Outlaws made one free throw and received the ball. The M ustangs regained control of the ball with 10 seconds to go but couldn’t get a good shot off at the buzzer. Bennett led all scores with 16 points and 20 rebounds, Lindsay Cutsforth scored nine, and Alana Wilson had 10 points for Heppner. The Lady M us tangs are 4-4 in league and will travel on Friday to play Pilot Rock and will play at home Saturday against Weston McEwen. Heppner varsity teams take wins over Elgin Lindsay Cutsforth led the Mustangs with 12 points. Taighler Dougherty had seven points and Alana Wilson had five points. The Heppner boys basketball team put togeth er a total team effort to hand the Huskies a loss 55-33. The Mustangs led 24-12 at the half and out- scored Elgin 29-16 in the second half to win all four quarter point totals. O f the game, eight Mustangs scored in the contest, led by Cody Orr with 11.
