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HeppnerGazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March2,2011 -FIVE Heppner wrestling team places two and finishes in top 10 at State The Heppner wres tling team ’s two district champions, 112-pound Jar ed Lemmon and 130-pound Jarreid Miller, traveled to Portland to compete in the OSAA state championships on February 25 and 26. The state champi onship tournament is held in Veteran’s Memorial Coli seum on 12 mats with all classes from 2A/1A to 6A com peting side by side. Memorial Coliseum is the home of the Winterhawks and formerly the home of the Trail Blazers. It seats nearly 13,000 and is on the National Register of Historic Places as a war memorial “to the memory of our veterans of all wars who made the suprem e sacrifice.” The tou rn am en t resulted in some historical firsts for Heppner wrestling, first wins in the champi onship bracket, first state finalist, and first to p -10 team finish. G oin g in to the tournament Lemmon was ranked second in the state and M iller was ranked fourth in their respective weight classes. Both wres tlers started strong, record ing Heppner’s first wins in the championship bracket. Neither match lasted long as Lem mon pinned his Culver opponent in 1:17 while Miller needed just 39 seconds to finish off his Central Linn challenger. With the wins, the two Mustangs advanced to the semi finals Saturday m orning and, combined with the bonus points from the pins, sent H eppner’s name to a top-10 slot on the overhead marquis in the Coliseum. Heppner was on and off the leader board throughout the tournament and ultimately finished 10th. Four of the 10 teams from Heppner’s district finished in the top-10 including Crane (6th), Irrigon (8lh), Pine Eagle (9th), and Hep pner (10th). Culver won the 2A/1A team state champi onship for the fourth year Jared Lemmon (top photo) took second place and Jarreid Miller (bottom photo) took fourth place in the state wrestling tournament this past weekend -Photos by Jeremy Lanthorn in a row. Lemmon kept the Mustangs going with a 6-2 decision in thè semi finals, becoming the first Heppner wrestler to qualify for the state championship bout. Miller, however, lost his semi final match 3-9 to a Gold Beach opponent and dropped to the consolation bracket where he would need to win his next match to stay in the tournament. “The consolation bracket at state is brutal for the loser of the semi finals,” said Coach Mark Lemmon. “You go from the anticipa tion high of a possible state championship to the pres sure of a win-or-go-home match. You face someone who lost the day before, had a night to regroup, and is already on the upswing of having won a consolation round. And you only get about an hour to prepare.” Miller was up for the challenge. He jumped to an early lead with a takedown, but then was caught out of position and nearly pinned. Determined Lady Mustangs fall to Loggers 64-57 not to go hom e em pty handed, Miller battled off his back to regain control of the match. He eventu ally pinned the Vernonia wrestler in the third round, scoring bonus points for the team and guaranteeing him self a medal and a place in the tournament’s Parade of Champions. In the consola tion championship, he lost to Culver’s Ryan Kasch and finished fourth. Kasch was the number one seed and the older brother of Jared K asch, whom Lemmon later faced in the 112-pound championship. For the state finals bouts; the Coliseum floor is reduced to five mats and each weight of all size classifications are wrestled simultaneously in front of the several thousand spec tators. The 2A/1A mat was the center stage for the 2011 event. Lemmon entered the championship a heavy underdog to Jared Kasch from Culver, a 2010 state champion and runner up in the 2011 Reser’s Tourna ment of Champions. Kasch scored first on a takedown but Lem mon fended him off from scoring the remainder of the first round. Lemmon tied the score at 2-2 in the sec ond period when he turned Kasch to his back for near fall points. After that, it be came a series of takedowns for Kasch. He scored three more takedowns and two escapes. Lemmon’s only other score was a third pe riod escape, but was never in danger of being pinned and did not allow any near fall points. The final score was 10-3. “Most o f my life I ’ve watched and pretty much idolized the guys in the state finals,” Lemmon said. “It meant a lot to me to get that far. It really makes all the hard work worth it. Heppner finishing as a top-10 team in the state means we’ve earned some respect.” Class of 2015 to host dodge ball tournament The Heppner High School class of 2015 is spon soring a Battle of the Businesses dodge ball tournament on Thursday, March 10. The tournament will begin at 4 p.m. Teams must have eight people. The cost to play is $5 per person. For more information contact Heppner High School at 541-676-9138. Mustangs fall to Cobras 78-46 On February 25 the Heppner Mustangs played the Central Linn Cobras in the home team’s Cobra Dome gym. A big crowd with lots of noise pushed Central Linn past Heppner for a final score of 78-46. Both teams seemed nervous in the first quarter. The cobras started hitting from outside, putting the half time score at 33-18 Central Linn. The Mustangs could only score 10 points in the third frame as the Cobras continued their hot outside shooting. The Mustangs fought hard through the entire game with elimination on the line. Heppner played their best in the fourth quarter but could not overtake the Cobras. Good job to the seniors for their successful season. On February 26, the Heppner Mustangs played the number two Scio Loggers in girls’ basketball in a first round state playoff game. Although they lost 64-57, they played tough until the very end of the contest. Down at the half 37-20, the Mustangs were not ready to quit. The Loggers continued their fast paced game into the third quarter as the lady Mustangs found themselves deeper in the hole, behind by 22. Heppner responded with a 21-14 third quarter run which put them six points behind the Loggers going into the fourth quarter. With a no quit attitude they played hard the entire game. Senior leadership was evident in the game as Lindsay Cutsforth scored 13 and Taighler Dougherty added five rebounds, four steals, four assists Heppner Nazarene Church will host missionaries and two points. Alana Wilson scored 18 points with two George and Nancy Miller on Friday, March 4, at 6 p.m. three-pointers and six rebounds. Bailey Bennett added 16 Fellowship will follow the presentation. points and 15 rebounds in the game. The Millers have served as missionaries for the Church of the Nazarene since 1989 when they were n i n t e r n e t r a d i o s t a t i o n a appointed and served one five year term as specialized assignment missionaries after which they were granted YOU CAN BELIEVE! global missionary status in 1994. George is currently the district superintendent to the Solomon Islands district. "decause you Nancy is serving as principal of Zion Christian Academy, can handle a Nazarene K-12 school operated by the Honiara, Zion Church of the Nazarane. the truth" Heppner Nazarene Church to host global missionaries r A Tune into: www.RepuhlicBrodcasting.orgj S t . P at ' s is COMING! Spray Rodeo tryouts to be held Tryouts for the 2011 Spray Rodeo will be held March 26 at 1 p.m. at the Spray Rodeo grounds. Contestants do not have to be local or Wheeler County residents. They must be at least 15 years old, never been married, or have children. The Spray Rodeo will be held May 28 and 29. For more information call 541-468-2442. day Smisi * -* m *«$!!&• «a* season with 20-7 record lone teammates back up Beth Morter’s shot. -Photo by Paula Emmel The lone Lady Car the playoffs with a 53-46 dinals saw their 2010-11 win. Portland Waldorf’s sis campaign come to an abrupt ter duo of Anya and Greta and painful halt at the hot Conlon accounted for 45 hands of two sharp-shoot of the team’s 53 points. No ing sisters from Portland other member of the team Waldorf in the first round of scored more than three the OSAA State 1A playoffs points. on Wednesday, February “ It was a disap 23. The loss bumped the p o in tin g loss and one lone team from the play that will stay with us for offs. The team finished the awhile,” said Coach Mike year with a 20-7 record Garrett. “We had set some overall. very high expectations for Jo Anna Patton was this year’s team and when the go-to gal in the first you don’t meet those ex quarter as she put back pectations it is a hard pill two of her own offensive to swallow.” rebounds for scores and hit “ We started the two free throws to score six game out fairly well and of the team’s 10 first quarter were controlling the tem points. Portland Waldorf hit po,” said Coach Garrett. “It the second of what would was fairly obvious from the be six three pointers with start who their main scorers 25 seconds left in the first were and I felt that we did quarter to trail the Cardi a good job on them early nals 10-8. The Wolfpack in the game. They did a took the lead in the second good job of pressuring our quarter and stretched the guards on the outside and lead to five points in the we had a hard time getting late going. Collette Cason into our offense. Even with hit the second of two free the pressure we still shot throws with 2.3 seconds left the ball 61 times and that in the half to get the Lady is always one of our objec Cards within four points, tives. Unfortunately most didn’t fall and they couldn’t 19-23 at halftime. W aldorf opened miss in the second and third the third quarter with a 7-2 quarter. The girls made run to lead 30-21 with just a big push in the fourth three minutes gone in the quarter and fought back to quarter. The Lady Cardi get within four but we could nals responded with six never quite climb all of the unanswered points to pull way back. Portland Waldorf back within three but the did an outstanding job of Wolfpack came back with a making their free throws 10-2 run to finish the third down the stretch and we period with their biggest were only able to create 10 steals during the game.” lead of the day 40-29. With their season JoAnna Patton was on the line, lone battled the leading scorer for the back in the fourth quarter Lady Cardinals with 16 and outscored the Wolfpack points. She also had ten 13-4 in the first six and rebounds and five steals. half minutes of the quarter. Beth Morter had one last When Beth Morter grabbed double-double in an lone a steal and took it full court uniform, scoring 11 points for a lay-in with 1:42 re and pulling down 10 re maining, the Cards were as bounds. Rounding out the close as they had been since lone scoring was Shadow the second quarter, 44-42. Kendrick with eight. Col The Wolfpack deliberately lette Cason with five and slowed the tempo and held Lacey Thompson, Mary the ball forcing the Cards to Rietmann and Makenna foul. In that last minute and Ramos with two each. half, Waldorf went to the Although the loss line 11 times and swished hit him and team hard. nine. JoAnna Patton hit a Coach Garrett was quick shot with 29 seconds left to point out that the season and Shadow Kendrick hit a was a very good one for jumper with eight seconds the team. “Overall, it was left but the Lady Cards ran a very successful year and out of time and chances as x>ne that I will look back the Wolfpack moved on in on with fond memories. I couldn't have asked for a better group of kids for the 2011 season. They al "Foreign influence ways worked hard, they is truly the Grecian represented their school, horse to a republic community, and coach in We cannot be too careful to exclude its the highest standard, and influence" were a joy to be around. 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