Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 9,2011
Mustang wrestlers finish fourth at
Bank of Eastern Oregon Invitational
The Heppner Mus
tangs wrestling team com
peted on Saturday at the
Bank of Eastern Oregon In
vitational in Heppner. The
tournament included nine
teams from Adrian, Crane,
G ra n t U nion, H eppner,
Imbler, Irrigon, Mac Hi,
Riverside, and Union. Riv
erside took home the team
championship trophy, fol
lowed by Crane in second
and Mac Hi in third. The
Mustangs finished fourth.
Sophomore Junior
Spaulding, a new comer to
the team, qualified for the
tournament championship
bout at 119 pounds in his
first high school tournament
by pinning his opponent
less than one minute into
the semi final match. He
finished the tournament in
second place.
S e n io r J a rre id
M iller, ranked senior in
Oregon 2A at 130 pounds,
was the second M ustang
to qualify for the tourna
m ent cham pionship, also
by pinning his challenger
in the semi finals. He faced
eighth ranked Martin Her
rera from Riverside in the
finals. Although Miller had
previously beaten Herrera,
he was taken by surprise by
an arm spin throw early in
the match and couldn’t fight
his way out, giving up a pin
with 13 seconds left in the
first round.
Six Mustang wres
tlers qualified for the conso
lation championships and a
chance at a bronze medal.
F re sh m a n Ja re d
Lemmon, ranked fourth in
Oregon 2A at 112 pounds,
conceded the cham pion
ship semi finals due to in
jury default and faced third
ranked Thom as O ’Toole
from Crane in the consola
tion championship. Lem
mon won by a major deci
sion 12-4.
Sophomore Wade
Senior Jarreid Miller faces an opponent in Saturday's BEO
Invitational Tournament. -Photo by Sandy Matthews
Matthew moved to varsity
140 pounds to fill in for the
injured Treston Maben and
won his first medal of the
year. Matthew just missed
qualifying for the tourna
m ent cham pionship bout
with a narrow 8-10 loss in
the semi finals. He finished
4-1 for the day with four
pins, scored the most team
points for H eppner, and
went on to claim the conso
lation championship.
Shane Miles (119),
A lex Sm ith (1 2 5 ), Earl
Propheter (135), and An
drew Bara (152) each fin
ished fourth in their w eight
classes. Smith made it to
the tournament champion
ship semifinals by pinning a
ranked opponent from Mac
Hi in the bracket quarterfi
nals. He lost in the semi fi
nals 8-16 to a returning state
champion from Imbler and
ended the tournament with
a 2-2 record. Bara also had
a 2-2 tournament record on
his way to fourth place.
Garrett Gibbs won
two and lost two and fin
ished in fifth place at 171
pounds.
The wrestling team
competes in their last regu
lar season tournam ent on
Saturday at the Pine Eagle
to u rn am en t in H alfw ay,
then moves on to the special
district 4 championships in
Wallowa on February 18
and 19. The top two wres
tlers from each weight class
at the district tournament
qualify for the state cham
pionships held in Portland’s
M em orial C o liseu m on
February 25 and 26.
Lady Mustangs take 52-42 win over Bobcats
On Saturday, Feb
ruary 5, Heppner played
their second road game of
the w eekend against the
Union Bobcats. The Lady
Mustangs beat the Bobcats
52-42.
T he L ady M u s
tangs came out playing very
good. The press and press
break were both working
w ell for H eppner, scor
ing 19 points in the first
quarter for a 27-22 lead at
the half.
The Bobcats found
their game in the second
half, chipping away at Hep-
pner’s lead. By the fourth
quarter, with six minutes to
go, they had tied Heppner
38-38. At the four minute
mark the Lady M ustangs
had gone on an eight point
run to pull ahead 46-38 and
hung on for the 52-42 win.
S e n io r T a ig h le r
Dougherty had a great game
scoring 20 with many steals
from her pressure defense.
Bailey Bennett scored 16
points in the w in and Mag
gie Collins had 10 points for
Heppner.
Going into the end
o f the season with a Friday
game in Irrigon and the last
home game Saturday night
against Stanfield for senior
night, it should get very
in te restin g for H eppner
basketball as they play for
district seeding.
Cardinals beat Condon/Wheeler 49-40
By Paula Emmel
lone continued to
win, m oving into Febru
ary and beating Condon/
Wheeler 49-40.
“We did not play
well, but it was a win,: said
Coach Dennis Stefani. “We
need to make sure and make
teams play to our tempo.”
Zac O rem m ade
15 o f the team points. Ste
ven Holland added eight
m ore. Adam C ollin shot
for seven points and Tanner
Rietmann and Omar Juarez
added six each. Evan Ri
etmann scored four points
and M arco Juarez scored
three. Holland led the attack
o f the boards with seven
rebounds. T. R ietm ann
had six, E. Rietmann added
four, while Orem and O.
Juarez each grabbed three,
and rounding it out was
Collin with two and Micah
Stillman with one rebound.
Orem was the thief of the
night with three steals. T.
Rietmann got two and Mar
co Juarez and Collin each
had one. Orem also led the
team with four assists. T.
Rietmann gave three and
H olland and Collin each
gave one. The blocked shot
king was Holland with five.
- FIVE
lone continues winning streak on the road
By Paula Emmel
lone continued its
w inning streak on the road,
winning 97-36 over Central
Christian. This was a fun
game to play and watch.
The lone Cardinals shared
the court, with all the play
ers getting some playing
time. .
All 12 team mem
bers scored in this game
and contributed to the team
stats. Micah Stillman and
Tanner Rietmann led the
points with 15 each. Zac
Orem put in 12 points, and
Steven Holland and Kirk
H aguew ood each added
10 points. Evan Rietmann
gained nine more, Marco
Juarez got eight, Adam
Collin and Alex Rietmann
had six each, and Om ar
Juarez, Luke Emmel and
Kaleb Dumler each put in
two points. The team gave
Holland some time to try
out his dunk shot by shifting
their positions to put him
in the outlet position. He
managed to make a couple
one handed shots. Then the
team decided to have fun in
the fourth quarter and set
a goal of making it to one
hundred with just minutes
to play and their score at
72. They fell just short with
97, scoring 25 points in that
quarter alone.
Team R e b o u n d
ing is as follows: T. Riet
mann- 10, Omar and Marco
Juarez-six each, K. Hague-
wood- five, Holland and
Orem with four each, Col-
Omar Juarez puts up a shot against Central Christian. -Photo
by Paula Emmel
lin-two, and E. Rietmann,
Dumler, and Emmel with
one apiece. Orem and T.
Rietmann had five assists,
K. H aguew ood, Em mel,
and T. Rietmann had two
assists each. The Juarez
cousins each had one, as
did Stillman and E. Riet
m ann. Tanner R ietm ann
stole five times, Orem had
three steals, Collin, E. Ri
etmann, and Stillman stole
twice, with K. Haguewood,
D um ler, Em m el, and A.
Rietm ann each grabbing
one steal. Holland blocked
three more shots and Orem
blocked once.
Coach Stefani com
mented, “This was a great
game for everyone to get
some playing time before
district. It was nice to see
everyone get to score.”
lone made this the
10th consecutive win. They
play Helix this Friday and
Dufur on Saturday to finish
up the regular season, lone
is currently first in the Big
Sky Division East Confer
ence.
Ione JV boys take win over Knights
By Paula Emmel
The lone JV’boys
took a 49-25 win over the
Cdndon/W heeler Knights
on February 1.
“ K aleb D u m ler,
Luke E m m el, and K irk
Haguewood had their solid
great games, while Trent
Cannon had a great game
o f f th e b e n c h ,” C oach
Swanson reports.
T eam r e b o u n d s
were tied up with Condon/
Wheeler at 31 apiece. lone
JV player, Emmel led the
steals, nabbing the ball five
times, while K. Haguewood
and G us P e terso n each
grabbed three. K. Hague
w ood re b o u n d e d seven
times and Dumler got five,
while Skyler Kendrick got
four rebounds. Emmel led
the a ssists w ith six and
Dum ler had three. Team
scorers were: D um ler-14,
C annon-nine, K. Hague-
wood-nine, Peterson-five,
E m m e l-fo u r, a n d w ith
two points each are Jason
Thompson, Bailey Hague
wood, Joel Stillm an, and
Skyler Kendrick.
Coach Jim Swan-
Luke Emmel shoot shoots over a Knights' player. -Photo by
Paula Emmel
son noted, “We played very
consistent and aggressive.
We are playing together, as
a team, and getting better
all the time.”
Cardinal varsity boys outscore Cougars
By Paula Emmel
lone was ahead by
one point at the end of the
first qu arter against the
Echo Cougars on February
4. But lone came alive and
outscored the Cougars 23-
7, in the second period to
take the lead at the half with
35-18. With the 57-50 win,
lone moved ahead o f Echo
in the team standings 9-2.
L ead sco rer was
Adam Collin for the night
with 19 points. Tanner Ri
etmann turned in 12 more.
Zac Orem added eight and
Evan Rietmann added seven
points to the board. Stillman
added six, Alex Rietmann
had three more and, to top
things off, Marco Juarez put
in a bucket for two points. T.
Rietmann led the rebounds
with 10, Collin had seven,
E. Rietmann had six, Steven
Holland had three, and M.
Juarez, Stillman, Orem, and
A. Rietmann each grabbed
Evan Rietmann puts up a jump shot against Condon. -Photo
two. A ssists were shared
by Patda Emmel
with M. Juarez, Stillman,
A. Rietmann and T. Riet
lo n e c o n tin u e s
He has a goal to meet and is
mann each with two. Orem
quickly becoming the man on the path to the district
and Collin gave one each.
to watch.
championship.
A. Rietmann led the team
with three steals for the
evening, followed by Still
man and T. Rietmann w ith
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Zac Orem shoot» a three-pointer against Echo. -Photo hv Paula
Emmet
two each. Orem and Col
lin each nabbed one steal.
Holland again blocked two
shots, adding to his sea
son total, and T. Rietmann
blocked three shots to lead
the team.
“This was a game
we had to have, I thought
the kids responded w ell,
especially the bench," said
Coach Stefani. “Adam Col
lin also had a big game for
us with 19 points."