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
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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
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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.