SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 16,2011
Mustangs girls win, boys lose to Stanfield
lone varsity boys finish season
with 12-game winning streak
Left Photo: Taighler Dougherty protects the basketball. Right
Photo: Alex Pickles and lan Murray fight a Stanfield player
for possession. -Photos by Sandy Matthews
On February 12 the
Mustangs hosted the Tigers
o f Stanfield. The last home
game o f the season meant
it was senior night in the
Heppner gym.
D evin R obinson,
Ian M urray, Jared Hed-
man, Alex Pickles, Taighler
D ougherty and L indsay
Cutsforth were all honored
for their dedication to Hep
pner sports, along with a
number of senior pep band
members that show up ev
ery home game to support
the team.
In the girls’ game
the mustangs looked like a
team coming together. The
M ustangs led at the h alf
20-13 with Alana Wilson
hitting a couple o f three’s
to spark H eppner's offense.
In the third quarter the Mus
tangs poured oats on the
hay, outscoring the Tigers
11-4.
The fourth quarter
b ro u g h t out the T ig e rs ’
ferocity, clawing back into
the game to spook the Mus
tangs. Foul trouble plagued
Heppner as the final min
utes ticked down. The Lady
M ustangs held on to win
their eighth league game of
the season for a fourth place
finish in the Blue Mountain
Conference.
W ilson led scor
ing with 13 for Heppner,
with great team play from
everyone. The Lady Mus
tangs will play at the district
tournam ent February 18-
19. They will play the Elgin
Huskies in a loser-out game
at 6 p.m. on February 18. A
win will give them a place
in the first round o f the 2-A
state tournament.
In the boys’ game
against the Tigers, the Mus
tangs thundered into the
gym, taking it to the co
league leading Tigers 11-2
in the first three minutes of
the game.
The Tigers roared
back into the game to come
w ith in one p o in t o f the
Mustangs at the first quarter
mark 20-19. Heppner con
tinued to out-score Stan
field in the second quarter
to retain their lead 41-34 at
the half.
In the third quarter
the Mustangs were let out
to pasture, only scoring
two points while the Tigers
put down 18 points to pull
ahead 53-43. The Mustangs
played a good fourth quarter
but fell short, losing to the
Tigers 72-58. The Mustangs
shot only 1 -20 from the free
throw line.
Cody Orr led Hep-
pner’s scoring attack with
21 while Devin Robinson
added 12 for Heppner. The
Heppner boys team ended
the season w ith a fourth
place finish in the Blue
M ountain C onference at
seven wins, seven losses.
The boys will play
Pilot Rock Friday night
after the girls’ game for a
berth in the 2A state cham
pionship tournament.
Lady Cards finish regular season with 13-1 league record
T h e lo n e L a d y
C ard in als fin ish ed their
regular season bruised and
bandaged but happy as they
put two more wins in the
record book last weekend,
fife Lady Cardfe rah away
from Helix on the road on
Friday and gritted out a
win against Dufur on Sat
urday in lone. The Friday
win locked up the number
one seed from the Big Sky
East and the Saturday win
moved the team on to the
d istrict tournam ent on a
high note. The Lady Car
dinals finished the regular
season w ith 13-1 league
record, 19-5 overall.
In Helix on Friday,
February 11, the Lady Car
dinals turned it on in the
second quarter and used a
15-0 run to put the game
out o f reach. lone outscored
Helix 19-4 in the second
quarter to lead 31 -12 at the
half. The Cards led by as
much as 27 points late in
the third and again early in
the fourth quarter as they
coasted to the 58-31 win.
Shadow Kendrick
led the team in scoring
with 12 points but 10 oth
ers also put points on the
board. JoAnna Patton, Sta-
cee H alvorsen and Mak-
enna Ramos each had eight.
Beth Morter, Collette Cason
and Lacey Thom pson all
had six. E m ily H olland
and Mary Gates both had
tw o and M ary Rietm ann
added one. On the stat line.
Shadow Kendrick and four
steals and Makenna Ramos
has seven assists.
“I was worried that
we m ight be a little flat
thinking about the Dufur
gam e on Saturday night
but the kids realized a win
would cement our #1 seed
in the Big Sky East," said
Coach Mike Garrett who
was pleased that the team
cam e to play. “ We were
filling the lanes and we shot
the ball very well." He also
noted that the C ardinals
committed just eight turn
overs and had 17 steals.
Saturday was Se
nior Night and Dufur was
on the agenda. That meant
# 1 from the East versus # 1
from the West and though
Senior Mary Gates #44 makes a bucket against Helix in the
closing minutes of the game. lone beat Helix 58-31. -Photo by
Paula Emmel
both teams had their spots
locked up, it became clear
right off that neither team
th o u g h t th e g am e w as
meaningless.
At the end o f one
quarter, the score was tied at
12 and through the second,
it stayed tight. Dufur’s big
gest lead was four midway
through the q uarter and
they led by three heading to
halftime, 24-21. The game
was physical, fast-moving,
and scrappy. In the third
quarter, the Cards regained
the lead and were up by four
when senior, Beth Morter
took a hard elbow to the
nose. She had to leave the
game but the team kept their
focus and led by three, 33-
30, entering the final eight
minutes o f play.
Shadow Kendrick
scored eight o f her career
high 27 points in the fourth
quarter including 6-6 free
throw shooting. In the first
2 Vi minutes o f the quarter,
the Cardinals used a 6-2 run
to build their biggest lead
of the day 39-32. Midway
through the fourth, a pile
up involving JoAnna Pat
ton, Makenna Ramos and a
Dufur player resulted in the
two Cardinal players crash
ing heads. JoAnna Patton
sustained cuts around her
eye and she had to leave the
game while Makenna Ra
mos was able to continue.
Dufur capitalized on the
C ard’s momentary confu
sion to cut the lead back to
three. With 2:56 remaining,
Shadow Kendrick hit a pair
o f free throws and shortly
after that, Mary Rietmann
bagged a nice bucket with
an assist from Collette Ca
son. With just over a minute
to play, the Rangers were in
the double bonus but both
teams struggled at the line
in the late going. With four
tries to make two, the Rang
ers cut the lead back to five
with 57 seconds left to play.
Then Shadow K endrick
went to the line twice, at
53 seconds and then again
at 24 seconds to rebuild the
Cardinals' lead to nine. Du
fur hit one final free throw
at the end of the game for
the final score 47-39.
Shadow K end
rick led all scorers with
27 points. Mary Rietmann
added seven while Collette
Cason had four, JoA nna
Patton had three and Lacey
Thompson and Beth Morter
both had two. Before leav
ing the game. Beth Morter
had seven rebounds, five as-
ists and four steals. Shad-
>w K en d rick and M ary
G etm ann both had five
ebounds.
Coach Mike Gar-
ett got to cross another
tern o ff his bucket list
vith the win against Dufur.
The sen io rs and I had
lever beaten D ufur and
here might have been some
notivation there.” He was
ilso pleased to note that the
earn had only 13 turnovers
n the game. “That is very
m pressive against their
nan to man defense. We
mew it, was going to be a
ery physical game with
ioth team playing pres-
ure defense. We made a
ew defensive adjustments
t halftime and held them
o six points in the third
luarter. We also got pretty
'anged up with Beth hurt-
ng her nose and Joanna
receiving two cuts around
her eye. I was proud how
the team responded in their
absence.”
With a week to heal
up and fine tune, the Lady
Cardinals roll into district
after a very successful and
highly competitive regular
season. The Lady Cardinals
finished regular season play
ranked fourth in the OSAA
RP1 rankings after floating
around the top 10 most o f
the season. Coach Garrett
knows what lies ahead for
the team is not an easy path
but he knows that this is a
team that likes big games
and has ground out wins all
season long.
“The district tour
nament is going to be tough.
As it stands today the 4th,
5th, 6th, and 15,h ran k ed
teams in the state will be
there. That is one tough
tournam ent. The kids are
excited and I like the fact
that we have been there
the last two years and they
also have the success from
a great volleyball season,”
said Garrett.
The Lady C ard i
nals w ill open Big Sky
T ournam ent at U m atilla
High School play on Friday
at 3 p.m. playing the winner
o f the Thursday Sherman
County versus Echo game.
/
#5 Kaleb Dumler scores the teams 100th point against Helix.
-Photo bv Paula Emmel
By Paula Emmel
ruary 12. lone sealed first
During their game place in the Big Sky East
on February 11, the lone Conference and will play in
Cardinals scored the most the district tournament Feb
points this season, exceed ruary 17-19 in Umatilla.
ing 100 points in a game,
L ead sco rer was
lone won over Helix, 104 Orem with 19 points. Col
to 41. Kaleb Dumler scored lin and E. Rietm ann fol
the 100th point.
lowed close with 13 points
Kirk H aguew ood each. T. Rietmann scored
led the scoring w ith 15, eight points. Holland shot
Zac Orem and Omar Juarez for four points, K. Hague-
scored 14 each. Tanner Ri wood for two points and
etmann and Kaleb Dumler A. R ietm ann scored one
each scored 12, Evan Ri point. A lso seeing play
etmann with nine, Steven ing tim e was M arco and
Holland and Marco Juarez Omar Juarez, and Stillman,
scored eight each, Micah lone made three three-point
Stillman had four, and Alex ■ shots. lone shot 75 percent
Rietmann and Adam Collin at the line, making 21 o f 28
each scored three points. free-throws. E. Rietmann
Luke Emmel made an at had an exceptional evening
tempt to score near the end shooting 100 percent, eight
o f the game. lone made five for eight. The team was 10-
three-point shots. lone was 12 at the free-throw line in
5-8 (63 percent) at the free- the fourth quarter alone.
throw line. Personal fouls
lone will work to
for the game were tied at be “the b e st” in D istrict
eight per team f
and bring home a district/
The C ardinals won conference title board.
over Dufur 60-47 on Feb
HES Chess Mates place first
at regional tournament
Top Photo: Back row - Cara Arbogast, Alex Lindsay, and Leo
Waite. Front Row - Hunter Greenup, Jorden Sweeney, Zach
Bredtield. Carson Brosnan, and Gavin Hanna. Bottom Photo:
(L-R) Ross Cutsforth, Kai Arbogast, and Cade Arbogast.
-Contributed Photos
The regional tour
nament for Chess for Suc
cess was held at Sandstone
Middle School in Hermiston
on February 12. The Hepp
ner Elem entary S chool’s
Chess M ates club placed
first and will compete at the
state tournament on March
3 and 4 in Portland.
F irs t p la c e w as
Alex Lindsay and G avin
Hanna placed second. The
other members o f the team
are C ara A rbogast, Leo
W aite, H unter G reenup,
Z ach B re d fie ld , Jo rd en
Sweeney, and Carson Bro
snan. In the middle school
d iv is io n , K ai A rb o g a st
placed first. Cade Arbogast
placed second, and Ross
Cutsforth placed fourth.
These tournaments
started as the OMSI Tour
nam ent in 1967. F orty-
six players in grades four
through eight participated
in the first to u rnam ent.
Now thousands o f students
in kind erg arten through
tw elfth grade participate
in 24 regional tournaments
throughout O regon. The
club is fortunate to have
many volunteers that help
coach the students. Some
o f the volunteers are just
learning chess and then
there are others that are
truly masters.
V o lu n te e rs w ho
have helped this year are:
Brandi Sweeney, Kristine
Martin, Sherry Matteson,
Deb Campbell, Mary Ann
E lguezabal, D oris B ros
nan, Cherry Webber, An
drew Sherman, Dick Jones,
Bridget Waite, Wayne Seitz,
and Joe Armato.
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