Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 26,2011
Lady Cards split weekend games
The lone Lady Car
dinals split their games list
week, w inning in a runaway
on Tuesday against Ar
lington and losing a heart-
breaker to Echo on Friday.
The Cardinals remain tied
for first in the Big Sky East
with a league mark of 6-1.
On Friday, January
21, the Cards hosted Echo
in a crucial Big Sky Confer
ence match. Although Echo
has three league losses, (to
Condon/Wheeler, Dufur and
Nixyaawii the night before)
they are also the only team
to defeat Imbler in 50 some
games. From the get-go, the
Lady Cardinals looked a
little off kilter while Echo
set the tone for the game in
the first quarter by canning
two of what would be seven
three-pointers. After one
quarter of play, the visitors
led 11-10. In the second
quarter, lone ran off six un
answered points to build an
18-13 lead but the Cougars
hit another three to halve
the lead. The halftime score
stood at 18-16 in favor of
the Cardinals.
The third quarter
has typically been where
the Lady Cards catch their
second wind and get reju
venated. However, in this
game, Echo caught fire
instead, scorching the nets
for four three pointers. lone
did not score a field goal
until the last minute when
Beth Morter hit a jumper
and followed up 30 seconds
later with a baseline three.
After trailing by as much as
13 points, the late scoring
gave the Cards some hope.
Entering the final frame,
the score stood at Echo 32-
Ione 24.
Lacey Thompson
started off the fourth quarter
with back-to-back buckets,
the second coming with
a free throw, which she
canned. JoAnna Patton
put back an offensive board
and followed with another
basket shortly afterwards
assisted by Beth Morter,
who also assisted on both
Thompson buckets. This
9-3 offensive spurt put the
Cards back in the game,
trailing 33-35 with 3:26
to go. Echo pushed the
lead back to six and kept
it there until Beth Morter
was fouled on a three point
attempt with 1:15 remain
ing. She hit two of three to
pull back within four. Echo
looked in control and took
two trips to the free throw
line in the next 40 seconds,
making three of four. With
35.8 seconds showing on
the clock, Echo led by what
looked to be an insurmount
able seven points. JoAnna
Joanna Patton shoots over Echo for two points. -Photo by
Paula Emmel
Patton’s little shot with 25
seconds cut the lead to five,
39-44. The Cards forced
an Echo turnover under the
Cardinal basket and with
13.9 seconds to go, senior
Beth Morter knocked down
a huge baseline three on the
inbounds play. The score
stood at 44-42 Echo. When
Echo tried to inbound the
ball again, defensive pres
sure rattled them and they
tossed the ball into the wait
ing hdnds of JoAnna Patton,
who in turn passed it to
Beth Morter who banked in
a little jumper from the right
of the key. Now with 6.1
seconds left, the Cardinals
who just 29 seconds be
fore were behind by seven
points, found themselves
in a tie ball game. Echo
inbounded the ball and sped
to the other end of the court,
dished the pass, and broke
the Cardinals hearts when
the ball dropped in the hoop
at the buzzer. Final score
Echo 46-Ione 44.
Beth M orter led
the Cardinal scoring with
17 points, nine of those in
the fourth quarter. She also
had eight rebounds and five
assists. JoAnna Patton had
nine points while Lacey
Thom pson and Shadow
K endrick each had six.
Lacey Thompson had six
rebounds, five steals and
three blocked shots. Collette
Cason and Makenna Ramos
each had two points.
“This was a physi
cal game against a very
good team. Echo was really
hitting their shots and we
were having a hard time
identifying their shooters,”
said a disappointed Coach
Mike Garrett. “It was one
of those games where the
ball just wouldn’t bounce
in our favor.”
“I was proud of the
fight the girls sh6wed in
the last two minutes. I am
looking forward to playing
them again in a couple of
weeks.”
Earlier in the week,
the Cardinals put away an
easy win against Arlington
54-31. Stacee Halvorsen
had the hot hand that night,
hitting four three point
ers and leading all scorers
with 18 points. The Cards
cruised out to a 18-3 first
quarter lead, largely on
steals and fast break oppor
tunities. lone led 39-7 at the
half and cleared the bench
in the second half for the
final margin of victory.
“ We really came
out to play in this game.
We applied a lot of defen
sive pressure and we were
able to go into halftime
with a comfortable lead,”
said Coach Mike Garrett.
“This allowed many play
ers a chance to play in this
game and that will only
strengthen our team down
the road.”
Behind Stacee Hal-
vorsen’s 18 points, Col
lette Cason scored 11 fol
lowed by Beth Morter with
nine. Shadow Kendrick and
Makenna Ramos with six
each and Lacey Thompson
and Mary Rietmann with
two each.
- FIVE
Ione JV boys lose to Echo
With three lone JV
boys out sick, the team lost
an exciting, close game
with outstanding perfor
mances on both sides. lone
had the score tied up (49 all)
with just 58.3 seconds left
to play. In the final seconds.
Echo scored, bringing the
final score to 49-52. Coach
Sw anson stated, “ They
played a great game, just
ran out of steam during the
last minute. They had the
lead at 49-48, yet couldn’t
hang on. Overall, this was
a good learning experi
ence.”
Junior Kaleb
Dumler lead the team with
an “ all around” perfor
mance of 20 points, four
assists, four steals, four
rebounds and three blocks.
Sophomore Kirk Hague-
wood played an awesome
gam e with double-digit
scoring and rebounding
efforts. Haguewood had
11 points, three assists, 12
rebounds, and five steals.
Freshman Skyler Kendrick
added six points and six
rebounds, making his coach
proud. Coach said, “He
needed those six rebounds.”
Freshman Bailey Hague-
wood worked well with
his brother, Kirk, adding
four more points and four
rebounds of his own. Fresh
man Gus Peterson gave
four more points and three
assists, with three rebound^
Kirk Haguewood puts up a lay-in against Echo on January 21.
-Photo by Paula Emmel
to his team. Freshman Joel
Stillman made two points
and three steals. And Ju
nior Trent Cannon played
well defensively and made
shooting a basket look easy
with a relaxed shot for two
more points for his team.
D esp ite losin g ,
the Cardinal fans gave a
standing ovation, show
ing approval for playing
with heart and spirit. With
out their leader Luke Em
mel and teammates, Jason
Thompson and Kaid Peck,
the athletes showed up with
“game-winning” effort.
Elks Hoop Shoot winners announced
Picture aré: Top row (L-R) Corey Sweeney, Caitlvnn Bailey, Kaelyn Lindsay, Faith Jones,
Wyatt Steagall, Alex Lindsay, and Patrick Collins; middle row (L to R) Leah Stone, Sophie
Grant, Kacie Gray, Jacee Currin, and Dakota Howard; and bottom row (L to R) Alison Cecil,
Madelyn Nichols, Drew Coe, Hunter Nichols, and Keegan Gibbs -ContributedPhoto
On December 17,
the Heppner Elks Lodge
held their annual Hoop
Shoot competition.
The com petition
was held at the Heppner
Elem entary school gym
where 30 kids ages 8-13
took 25 free throw attempts
and the one with the most in
their category was awarded
first place. Trophies and
basketballs were given to
the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place
winners in each category.
The first place champions
are
now eligible to compete
Elohim Covenant
in
the
district competition
members will be serving
lunch on Wednesday, Feb
ruary 2, at St. Patrick’s
Senior Center. The meal
will include taco salad with
H e p p n e r Hi g h
beef, refried beans, let
School’s community drama
tuce, tomatoes and onions,
group will present Pirate
spiced pears, tortillas, and
Island, a musical dinner
chocolate pudding. Menu
theatre, set for the end of
is subject to change.
April.
Community
HHS math students of
the semester announced Lunch Menu
on January 29 in Hermis-
ton. Coordinator, Corey
Sweeney appreciates all the
kids that participated and
the volunteers that helped
including Scott Coe, Russ
Nichols, Amy Kollman,
K risten M arshall, Anna
Conklin, Jay Gibbs and
Mike Doherty.
The winners are as
follows:
-Boys ages 12-13:
l sl place, Patrick Collins.
-Boys ages 10-11:
l*1 place, Dakota Howard;
2nd place, Alex Lindsay; and
3rd place, Wyatt Steagall.
-Boys ages 8-9: Is'
place, Keegan Gibbs; 2nd
place, Hunter Nichols; and
3rd place. Drew Coe.
-Girls ages 12-13:
l 51 place, Caitlynn Bailey;
2nd place, Kaelyn Lindsay;
and 3rd place, Faith Jones.
-Girls ages 10-11:
l ” place, Kacie Gray; 2nd
place, Jacee Currin; and 3rd
place, Sophie Grant.
-Girls ages 8-9: l 5'
place, Leah Stone; 2nd place,
Alison Cecil; and 3rd place,
Madelyn Nichols.
HHS community drama group to present
musical dinner theatre
Annual Oregon Wheat Commission
Research Review to be held
Pictured from left to right are Math Students of the Semester
Earl Propheter, Micha Hintz, Joe Schmidt, Sam Woodall, Mad-
die Lindsey, Romana Paftkova, Megan Zhu, Tessa Gould, and
Maggie Collins. -Contributed Photo
Heppner High School math teacher Troy Morgan
recently announced the students of the semester for his
math classes. They are:
Algebra 1 - Maddie Lindsay and Joe Schmidt
Geometry - Sam Woodall, Tessa Gould, and Micha
Hintz
Algebra 2 - Maggie Collins, Romana Pafkova, Earl
Propheter, and Megan Zhu
The annual Oregon
Wheat Commission Re
search Review will be held
on Thursday, February 3,
at 10 a.m. at the Umatilla
County Extension in Pend
leton. The presentations
will be telecast via polycom
to all state extension offic
es. Growers are welcome to
attend the program at your
local extension office.
The annual review
is an opportunity for com
missioners, producers, field
men and industry represen
tatives to hear presentations
and provide feedback on
projects requesting funding
for the coming year. The
feedback received at these
meetings will be used by
commissioners to prioritize
research funding.
sale in February.
For more informa
tion contact Jodi at 541-
676-8022 or stop by Sweet
Productions Ice Cream
Parlor.
Heppner schools receive music
program donation
DA’s Report
The Morrow County District Attorney’s Office
has released the following report:
-Thomas Souza, 34, was convicted of Violation
of Wildlife Laws w/Culpable Mental State, a Class A
The Heppner High School girls’ basketball team misdemeanor, and was sentenced to one year hunting
will hold a taco feed on Saturday, January 29, from 2:30- license suspension, 180 days incarceration with 180 days
7:30 p.m. The meal is $5 and will include tacos, dessert, suspended, 24 months bench probation, other conditions,
and pay $1,348 in fines, fees, and assessments.
and a drink.
HHS girls’ basketball
team to hold taco feed
The group has posi
tions open for an adult man,
adult woman, and various
children’s positions. The
group is currently accepting
donations for a rummage
Jan Stroeber and Doreen F.n/., representing the I 'nited Method
ist Church and “Christmas Is”, a Heppner community musical
Christmas program, presented $750 to Heppner music teach
ers Joe Lindsay and Michelle Stone to enhance the Heppner
schools' music program. Photo by April Svkes
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