Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, February 23,2011
- SEVEN
L ad y C ard s ta k e secon d in B ig lone boys fall to Horizon Christian
and Sherman to end season
Sky D istrict T ou rn am en t
By Paula Emmel
The lone Lady Car
dinals survived the Big
Sky District Tournament
but did not end up with
the result they had in mind
when the dust settled at the
Tournament held Febru
ary 18 and 19 at Umatilla
High School. After winning
their opening game against
Echo on Friday and start
ing out like gangbusters
in the championship game
against Nixyaawii, the Car
dinals faltered as the Gold
en Eagles ran away with
the cham pionship game
and the number one seed
from the district. All is not
lost though as the Cards
move on to the state playoff
rounds as the number two
seed and will host Portland
Waldorf, the number three
seed from the Valley 10
league on Wednesday, Feb
ruary 23, at 6 p.m.
Echo always comes
ready to play when the op
ponent is lone and Friday’s
game was no exception.
Beth Morter put up all six of
the Cardinals points in the
quarter but Echo spread the
scoring around a bit and led
9-6 at the end of one. The
Lady Cardinals regained
the lead in the second when
Collette Cason banked in
a little shot. Shadow Ken
drick had seven points in
the quarter including four
free throws and a three-
pointer and the Cards led
by four at the half, 21-17.
Echo scrapped back to tie
the game 25-25 midway
through the third but the
Cards closed the frame with
an 8-2 run to lead by one
of their biggest margins of
the game so far, 33-27. The
Cards started to stretch out
a lead in the fourth quarter
and when Beth Morter ran
the length of the court and
made a lay in with 3:18
remaining, lone led 41-30
and it looked like things
were going their way. But
what followed was inex
plicable as the Cardinals
made one m isstep after
another and the Cougars
capitalized. With 1:12 left
to play, Echo closed the
gap to two points when
Lauren Ellingsen swished
two free throws. She did
the same thing again with
20.7 seconds remaining to
close the gap even more,
41-39. Shadow Kendrick
stepped to the line with
12 seconds left and hit the
first of a one and one. She
missed the second but Echo
was whistled for being in
the lane too soon, not once,
not twice but three times,
giving Kendrick a total of
four chances at the line and
she connected on two. This
put lone up by four points.
Echo’s Taylor Tarvin went
the length of the court to
score with 4.0 seconds left
to play. With the two point
lead, the Cards sent Stacee
Halvorsen and Beth Morter
to the line in the closing
seconds, and while neither
connected, the Lady Cards
held on for the 43-41 win.
Beth M orter led
all scorers with 20 points.
Shadow Kendrick added
13 while JoAnna Patton
had six and Collette Cason
had two. Beth Morter also
paced the rebounding effort
with 12 and the team edged
Echo on the glass 32-29.
Makenna* Ramos had four
steals and Shadow Kend
rick was six of six from the
free throw line. The Cards
shot 43 percent from the
field in the second half and
39 percent for the game.
“ We knew th a t
Echo was going to be a
tough, physical game just
like the first tw o,” said
Coach Mike Garrett. “We
got off to a slow start again
in the first quarter but did a
better job defensively not
allowing them to get too big
of a lead. Once the second
quarter started, we really
Pictured is Mary Rietmann shooting against the Nixyaawii
Eagles on February 19. -Photo by Paula Emmet
picked up our pace and con
trolled the rest of the game
until the last three minutes.
Echo made a nice charge
in the last few minutes and
it seemed like we couldn’t
get the clock to tick off fast
enough. The girls hung on
and it was a great win for
our program and moved
us into the championship
game.”
The hard-fought
win over Echo put lone in
the cham pionship game
against Nixyaawii, a team
with just three losses on
the season, two of those
at the hands of the Lady
Cardinals. Nixyaawii en
tered the tournament with
a good winning streak, win
ning games by big margins
and averaging close to 60
points per game. At the start
though, it was all lone as the
fired up Lady Cards ran out
to a 9-0 lead before Nix got
a score on the board four
minutes into the game. At
the end of one quarter, lone
led 18-5 with scoring from
five players. The Golden
Eagles quickly made up
ground in the second quar
ter, opening the period with
a 13-1 run which included
three three-pointers in a
row. In three minutes, they
put themselves back in the
game and trailed by just
one point, 19-18. lone was
outscored by Nix 21-11
in the second quarter but
still held a 29-26 halftime
advantage.
After the break, the
Cardinals went stone cold
from the field while the
Eagles scorched the nets
at the other end, building
to a ten and then a twenty
point lead. After shooting
40 percent from the field
in the first half, the Lady
Cards managed just 17 per
cent in the second half and
struggled at the free throw
line. The final score was
Nixyaawii 62, lone 42.
Shadow Kendrick
led the lone scoring with
17 points. Beth Morter and
JoAnna Patton both had
nine. Lacey Thompson and
Collette Cason had three
each and Mary Rietmann
added one.
T he C a r d in a ls
worked hard on the boards
led by JoAnna Patton with
11, Beth Morter with 10,
Shadow K endrick with
eight and Collette Cason
with seven.
“We played one of
the best quarters of the year
to start the game off," said
Coach Garrett. “ We lost
some of our focus and in
tensity after the first quarter
and Nix seized momentum
and never gave it back.
Kristi Miller (of Nixyaawii)
had one of the best games I
have witnessed as a coach
in quite a while. It is not a
good day when you go cold
and the other team can’t
miss. There really wasn’t
a lot different between this
game and our other games
with Nix. We controlled
the glass and tempo for
most of the game. They just
made their shots and we
didn’t. 1 was very proud of
the girls and their desire to
play hard until the buzzer
sounded. Overall it was a
very good weekend. We
secured a seed into the state
playoffs, our team was well
represented on the all-star
teams, and Shadow Kend
rick was awarded the Jason
Halvorsen Award. We now
shift our focus to Portland
Waldorf out of the Valley
10. We are excited to be
able to play a different op
ponent this week and finally
be done with the Big Sky
for a while hopefully.”
Rolling Hills Run to be held April 23
he Morrow County Health District will be spon
soring the Rolling Hills Run on Saturday, April 23, at 10
a.m. at the Morrow County Fairgrounds in Heppner. The
event will include a 5K run, 10K run, 5K walk, and one
mile kids’ fun run.
To register, or for more information, visit http://
www.active.com/event_detail.cfm7event id 1936646.
This event is sponsored by the Morrow County
Health District.
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On February 18
Horizon Christian was the
first opponent the lone boys
went up against in the dis
trict tournament. Horizon
had previously defeated
lone 60-36 at the beginning
of the season, lone knew
they had their work cut out
for them during the tourna
ment as all four (lone, Du-
fur, Sherman and Horizon
Christian) of the top teams
came in with similar win/
loss records.
lone had a slow
start at 4-16 for the first
quarter, but they outscored
the Hawks 12-8 during
the second quarter and 23-
15 in the third, lone had
one of the best third quar
ters they’ve played. lone
brought the quarter to a
close, tied at 39 with Hori
zon. The fourth quarter was
close all the way through,
and with 36 seconds left
on the clock, Sam Anthony,
of Horizon, made a bucket
putting the Hawks up by
three. Then, with seven
seconds left, Adam Collin
narrowly missed a three
point and a chance to tie it
up for overtime play. With
a crushing loss 46-49, they
realigned their sights on
Sherman, who later lost
58-68 to Dufur during the
evening’s game.
Playing against Ho
rizon Christian, Tanner Ri
etmann was the all-around
player for this game. He
scored 16 points, was two
for two shooting three-point
shots, 6 for 11 in the field,
and two for five at the line.
He grabbed six offensive re
bounds and three defensive
rebounds for a total of nine.
Rietmann also added two
assists and three blocked
shots. Zac Orem shot for
14 points, shooting 50 per
cent from the field and 30
percent in 3-point shots
(one for three) and (five for
six) at the free throw line.
He rebounded five times,
had two assists and three
steals. Adam Collin shot
30 percent in the field, 25
percent for three point shots
and at the free throw line,
for eight points. He totaled
10 rebounds, one assist and
a steal. Evan Rietmann was
50 percent in the field and
Tanner Rietmann shoots against the Horizon Christian Hawks
on February 18. -Photo by Paula Emmel
at three-point shots making
five points, two rebounds,
one assist and a steal. Mi-
cah Stillman made the only
points off the bench with a
three-pointer and a steal.
Kirk Haguewood had a
rebound. Marco Juarez and
Alex Rietmann had an as
sist. Steven Holland added
a rebound. Omar Juarez had
a rebound and an assist.
On Saturday after
noon, February 19, Sher
man slowly edged out lone
during the first quarter’s
play, ending with lone at 11
and Sherman at 17. Sher
man had good quarters for
the rest of the game averag
ing 18 points per period,
lone outscored Sherman
in the final quarter 20 to
19, but fell short in the
previous two quarters and
ended the game with a
loss 52-72. Sherman was a
good team and their coach,
Mike Somnis, earned the
Stan Flerchinger Memorial
Big Sky Men’s Coach of
the Year award. This game
put lone finishing in fourth
place.
T. Rietmann again
scored the most points for
the game with 18. He had
five rebounds, one assist
and two blocked shots and
two steals for the game.
Orem made 12 points and
three rebounds. Collin and
Holland both had seven
points. Collin turned in
three rebounds while Hol
land nabbed eight rebounds
and three blocked shots. E.
Rietmann was good for four
points and four rebounds.
Stillman and Kaleb Dumler
rounded out the scoring
with two each. Dumler also
had a steal while Stillman
grabbed two. Stillman also
grabbed two rebounds and
assists. O. Juarez added
two rebounds. A. Rietmann
made an assist, as did M.
Juarez. M. Juarez added
two steals and three re
bounds. K. Haguewood also
brought down a rebound.
Luke Emmel rounded out
the players.
“It was a good sea
son overall,” said Coach
Stefani. “We just got the
tired leg syndrome from
a tough game against Ho
rizon Christian the night
before. The boys played
well all season.”
Wooden window workshop set
for March 5 in La Grande
The Oregon State
Historic Preservation Office
is sponsoring a program
“Save Windows, Save Dol
lars, Save H istory” be
ginning at 9 a.m. March
5 at B ronson’s Lumber,
10508 N. McAlister, in La
Grande.
Historic building
specialist John Leeke will
teach tradespeople, contrac
tors, building owners and
homeowners how to repair,
maintain and upgrade exist
ing wooden windows to
save more energy and more
dollars than replacement
windows.
The morning talk
and slide show will cover
the complete step-by-step
procedure to restore a win
dow and make it last an-
other 100 years; lowest cost
spot repairs and ongoing
maintenance; and upgrades
to improve energy effi
ciency. Afternoon demon
strations include: glazing,
putty tooling, and sash and
sill repairs.
This workshop is
your chance to ask ques
tions and get straight an
swers from an objective
expert. Bring sash or photos
of your windows and get
advice. Bring your tools
and materials to learn what
works and what doesn’t.
M eet the tradespeople
who do the work. Meet the
building owners who own
the windows that need the
work done.
Leeke helps own
ers, planners, tradespeople,
contractors and architects
understand and maintain
their older and historic
buildings. He is known for
his sensitive and practi
cal approach. He has been
saving historic buildings
for 30 years and has per
sonally repaired, restored,
and preserved hundreds of
w indows and helped others
save thousands more.
For more informa
tion, contact Joy Sears of
the Oregon State Historic
Preservation Office at 503-
986-0688 or joy.sears@
state.or.us To reserve a
spot, phone B ronson's
Lumber at 541-963-4848.
Resepvations are important
so that enough instructional
materials can be prepared.
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