HeppnerGazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 2,2011
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Lady Cards pick up weekend victories Mustang JV girls split weekend games
The lone Lady Car
dinals notched two victories
this past weekend with a
crucial win against a Big
Sky East opponent on Fri
day night and a necessary
win against a Big Sky West
opponent on Saturday. The
Lady Cardinals now sport
an 8-1 record in the Big Sky
Conference, 14-5 overall.
On Friday night,
th e C a rd in a ls h o s te d
Nixyaawii, a team they de
feated in Mission in January
but also the only other team
in the Big Sky East with just
one loss.
The first half was
not an offensive master
piece for either team. Three
minutes went by in the game
before either team scored,
and at the end of one, Nix
held a 9-8 lead. The Cards
opened the second frame
with a 6-0 run to go up
14-9 but Nix scored nine
unanswered points to close
the half leading 18-14. The
Eagles built their biggest
lead of the game with five
minutes gone in the third.
When they knocked down
a three, the Cardinals were
looking at an eight point
deficit, 18-24. However
the Cardinals showed they
know how to rally as they
have done several times
this year. Makenna Ramos
put back two offensive
rebounds for scores and
Lacey Thompson grabbed
a steal and fed it to Beth
Morter for a fast break lay
in. With eight minutes left
to play, the Lady Cards
trailed by just two points,
22-24.
The teams swapped
scores to start the fourth
until JoAnna Patton’s of
fensive board went in for
a score and with 4:04 re
maining, the game was tied.
Shadow K endrick came
up big with back-to-back
jumpers. By this time in the
game, two of Nixyaawii’s
scoring threats had fouled
out, as had JoAnna Patton.
The Golden Eagles went to
the line with 1:42 remaining
and canned two necessary
free throws to pull the score
back within two. With 38
seconds left, Shadow Kend
rick fed a nice pass to Lacey
Thom pson who canned
the bucket, giving lone a
tiny bit of breathing room,
34-30. The Cards kept the
pressure on and got the ball
back. With 16.2 remaining,
Beth Morter hit the second
of two free throws to make
the final 35-30 margin.
Beth M orter led
the team in scoring with
Top Photo: Stacee Halvorsen #12 and Collette Cason #10 trap
a South Wasco player. Bottom Photo: Makenna Ramos puts
up a jump shot against Nixyaawii. -Photos by Paula Emmel
nine points. Shadow Ken
drick added eight while
JoAnna Patton and Lacey
Thompson both had five.
Rounding out the scoring
was Makenna Ramos with
four and Collette Cason
and Mary Rietmann with
two each. JoAnna Patton
led the rebounding with 10
boards, nine o f those off
the offensive glass. Beth
Morter added nine.
“The girls worked
hard,” said Coach Mike
Garrett. “They (Nix) aver
age 56 points a game so
to hold them to 30 was
something. It was a great
defensive game and a great
win for the team.”
On Saturday, the
Lady Cardinals traveled to
Maupin for a game against
the third place team on the
West Side, South Wasco
County. After a tight first
quarter, the Cardinals got
their groove back to run
away with the 61-36 win.
Beth Morter had a career
night with 21 points, 10 of
those in the first quarter.
Shadow Kendrick added
10 and Stacee Halvorsen
class.
Will Lutcher won
two matches by tech fall
and pin on his way to an
appearance in the 90 pound
weight class championship
bout w here he finished
second.
Ryan Smith, Kai
Arbogast, and Weston Put
nam overcame early losses
to advance to the consola
tion championship bouts of
their weight classes. Smith
and Arbogast went on to
win and claim third place.
Putnam, wrestling in his
first tournament style com
petition, finished in fourth
place.
Jesse
Boyd
also placed third at 125
pounds.
S k y le r P a lm e r
made it to the championship
semi finals by pinning his
opponent from Imbler. He
lost in the semi finals and
went on to place fifth.
Tim Jaca also com
peted in the tournament for
the junior Mustangs.
WCVEDG to hold annual meeting
The Willow Creek
Valley Economic Devel
opment Group will hold
their annual meeting on
Thursday, February 17, at
noon at St. Patrick’s Senior
Center.
Kurt Christensen,
president of Renewable Ag
Energy based in Ontario,
OR, will be the speaker. He
will discuss the purchase
and operation of the power
plant at the South Morrow
County Industrial Park.
Renewable Ag En
ergy is a company formed
after several years of re
search in the renewable
energy field. Christensen
and his partner Lance Wells
were instrumental in the
Valentine's Day Dinner
Ecumenical Youth Group Fund Raiser
February 14th
6:00-8:00pm
All Saints Episcopal Church - Heppner
$10 00 per person
Dinner indudes: Lasagna, salad,
bread, cupcakes and sparkling cider or coffee
Alyssa Gray and Ainiee Seines fight for the ball. -Photo by
Sandv Matthews
into halftime with Makayla
Kindle getting four points
in the second. The second
half the Mustangs kept up
the pressure outscoring the
Tiger/Scots 21-17 for the
half, led by Larrisa Gray’s
six points, giving them a
43-26 win. It could have
been much bigger but the
Mustangs were only 16-5
at the free throw line. The
M ustangs also gave up
too many points by foul
ing giving the other team
a 27-13 advantage at their
free-throw line.
The scoring for
Mustangs was Emma Os
min with eight, six each for
Blake Greenup, MaKenzie
Correa, Lilly Sandford,
and Larrisa Gray, five for
Cassi Day, four for Kindle
and two for Aimee Seines.
Rebounding leaders were
Selness and Kindle with
eight each and four each
for Greenup, Haguewood,
and Day. Steals were Osmin
with six, Correa with four,
and Seines and Day with
three each. The win puts
the JV’s record at 6-6 for
the year with four games'
to go.
and Collette Cason both
had eight. Rounding out the
scoring was JoAnna Patton
with seven, Lacey Thomp
son and Mary Rietmann
with three each and Mak Eleven Mustang wrestlers place at Irrigon Invitational
enna Ramos with one.
The Heppner wres the day, winning the tourna respectively. Moore won
Collette Cason had
tling
team
competed in the ment championship and a his match with a pin and
a good night on the boards,
Irrigon
Invitational
Tourna gold medal at 130 pounds. brought home a third place
collecting eight rebounds.
ment
on
Saturday.
Teams Miller defeated Forrest Cox medal. His tournament re
Beth Morter nabbed nine
from Wallowa by a score cord was three wins and
competing
at
the
tournament
steals and Mary Rietmann
of 6-3 in the championship one loss with all three wins
were
Enterprise/Wallowa,
dished out six assists.
Heppner, Imbler, Irrigon, bout.
coming by fall. Smith fin
“Things were click
ished fourth.
Freshman
Treston
Joseph,
Mac
Hi,
Riverside,
ing,” said Coach Mike Gar
Upjqp, and Hanford, WA. Maben also made it to the
The pther Heppner
rett. “The offense looked
championship finals at 140 High School wrestlers that
’^T^e-invitational
featured
good, the defense looked
pounds before suffering his placed were Earl Propheter
good and people were rotat a side by side high school
and junior high wrestling first loss of the tournament (5th), Clayton Cook (6th),
ing correctly on the press.”
and finishing in second Wade Matthew (6th), Gar
He also like the shooting tournament.
rett Gibbs (5th), and Tim
Eleven Mustangs place.
percentage much better
Alex Sm ith and Nelson (5th).
earned
a
spot
on
the
high
than he did the previous
The Mustangs next
night, noting that the team school tournament podium Jacob Moore each won
a spot in the consolation compete at home in the
with
the
top
six
placers
of
shot 41 % from the floor in
championship matches at Bank o f Eastern Oregon
each weight class.
the first half.
S e n io r J a r r e id 125 pounds and 215 pounds Invitational on February 5.
“I wasn’t sure how
Miller went undefeated for
they would come o,ut after
the hard win against Nix the Mustang boys defeat Rockets 66-63 in double overtime
night before,” said Garrett.
In the varsity boys’
“They handled physical game Friday, January 28, in
play really well though and Pilot Rock, the Mustangs
this will be good prepara came out big and ready to
tion for the district tourna play as they defeated the
ment.”
Rockets in a double over
HJH wrestlers compete at Irrigon Invitational
The Heppner ju
nior high wrestlers traveled
to Irrigon on January 29
with the high school team
to wrestle in the Irrigon Jr/
Sr High Invitational. The
junior Mustangs wrestled
opponents from Imbler,
Irrigon, Riverside, Union,
and Enterprise.
John P ro p h e te r
placed the highest for the
team. He had two falls on
the way to w inning the
championship at the 175
pounds junior high weight
The Mustang JV
girls split over the week
end with Pilot Rock and
Weston/McEwen.
On F rid a y th e
Mustangs traveled to Pilot
Rock for a game and started
out playing great, taking
the first quarter 9-4 led by
Carrie Haguewood’s four
points. The second quar
ter went to the Rockets
as the M ustang offense
disappeared and they went
into half time down 13-18.
Things picked up a bit in
the third and it was 19-22
with girls still trialing. But
then the defense let down
and the Rockets took the
quarter 15-7 for a Mustang
loss 26-38. This was still
a good improvement over
the last meeting when they
lost 50-30.
The Mustang scor
ing was Makenzie Correa
with seven, Lilly Sandford
five, four each for Blake
Greenup, Carrie Hague-
woon, and Emma Osmin,
and two for Cassi Day.
Leading rebounders were
Greenup, Haguewood, and
Makayla Kindle with four
each.
The next day the
Mustangs came out quick
and with the full court pres
sure took a 15-4 first quar
ter lead and never looked
back.
Emma Osmin led
in scoring after one with
five points. The second
quarter saw the Mustangs
not allow a field goal giving
up just five points on foul
shots. They took a 22-9 lead
time thriller, 66-63. The
Mustangs earned their fifth
win this season in confer
ence play.
Both teams, evenly
matched, played a cat and
mouse game with neither
team gaining much advan
tage over the other. Pilot
Rock led by two at the half,
28-26. Both teams, wanting
the win, played hard in the
second half. The rockets
tied Heppner at the end of
regulation on a three-point
shot. In the first overtime
both team s scored four
each. In the final overtime
period the Mustangs pre
vailed, scoring 10 points to
the Rockets’ seven.
The win put Hep
pner at 5-4 on the season.
Cody Orr led Heppner with
23 points, Alex Pickles
scored 13, and Justin Prang-
er scored 12.
In the boys’ home
game against the Tigerscots,
it was another tough contest
for the Mustangs. Coming
off a big win against Pilot
Rock, the Mustangs had
to dig deep into their team
to keep pace with the 7-2
Weston-McEwen team.
formation of a new Farmers
Cooperative, Agri Energy
Producers Association that
operates in both Malheur
County and in the Morrow
Alex Pickle« put« up a «hot against the Tigcrscots. -Photo bv
and Umatilla county areas
Sandv Matthews
,
in Eastern Oregon. This
cooperative was formed
H eppner played quarters to lose 43-39.
to produce Energy Crops
The Mustangs are
with a lot of energy in the .
for the purpose of creating
first half, keeping within now tied with Pilot Rock at
electric energy in the local
striking distance of the Ti five wins and five losses in
areas surrounded by the
gerscots, 24-20. The Mus fourth place in league play
grower m em ber’s farms.
tangs were outscored 13-9 with four league games to
This is the driving factor
and 10-6 in the final two go in the season.
working toward the pur
chase and operation of the
power plant at the north end
of Heppner.
A hosted luncheon
will be prepared by Sweet
Productions. Those plan
Heppner Christian Church community ham dinner has been rescheduled for Sunday, ,
ning to attend are asked to February 13. This dinner will be held in the Senior Center dining room from 4-6:30 p.m. There
RSVP to Marcia Kemp at is no charge to the public.
541-676-2100.
Date changed for Heppner Christian Church
community ham dinner
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