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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 12,2011 lone falls to strong Dufur Rangers take it 48-14 The lone football team traveled to play a quick Dufur team Friday, October 7. • The Cardinal team played well but missed op portunities to score. At the end of the first half, lone was near the goal line when the buzzer sounded, ending a good offensive attack. T h ro u g h o u t the game, lone’s punt return team put the Cardinals in good positions, although the offense seemed to have a tough time getting the ball into the end zone. The Cardinal kickoff team, led by Omar Juarez, also did well to put the Rangers deep in the backfield, giving the Cards extra time to defend their territory. Near the end of the game, lone’s Luke Emmel made a nice fumble recov ery with a long run down the field. Micah Stillman was the leader with the most points, most tackles and most yardages gained, both rushing and receiving. The rest of the team played well both offensively and defensively. “As bad as the final score was, we actually had the opportunity to make this a competitive game. We missed chances to score ourselves and gave up too many critical big plays. We played hard throughout the game and played much bet ter in the second half,” said coach Stan Wieper. “Dufur is a strong team and you have to give them credit. It is unfortu- Senior Adam Collin blocks Tibbets of Dufur during the October 7 game. -Photo by Paula Emmel nate that we were scheduled to play the top two teams in our league at the beginning of the league season. I feel we would have given both Sherman and Dufur a m uch more competitive game if we would have played them later in the schedule.” Scoring M. Stillman: 2 T.D., 12 Pts. Juarez: Pat 2 pts. Rushing M. Stillman: 20x187 yards, 2 T.D. Rietmann: 8x38 yards Passing Orem: 5x13 50 yards Receiving M. Stillman: 3x30 yards Rietmann: 1x15 yards Juarez: 1x5 yards Defense M. Stillman: 15 tackles K Haguewood: 11 tackles Collin: 10 tackles Juarez: 7 tackles Dumler: 7 tackles Heppner takes 2nd in tournam ent In Athena at the Weston McEwen Power Tournament, the Mustangs Unl6n and Imbler, and split1 'with lone to advance into bracket play. The Mus tangs were feeling good about their morning play in a long day of volleyball action. In the afternoon, the Mustangs faced off first with the Elgin Huskies. They posted a win in the best of three against a tough Husky team, winning 25- 20, losing 28-26 and win ning 15-11. The Mustangs then advanced to play the team at the top of the Blue Moun tain Conference standings, the Weston Tiger-Scotts. The Mustangs started the game against these tough The Mustang volleball team took home the second-place tro phy at the Weston McEwen power tournament last Saturday. -Contributed photo opponents by losing the first set 24-14. They then picked up play in the second set to take it 26-24. Heppner prevailed in the final set, beating Weston 15-11 and setting up their chance to If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, help is available and that help Is FREE of charge. If Y O U h a v e a fa m ily m e m b e r w h o suffers from g a m b lin g ad d ictio n , Y O U ca n als o re c e iv e F R E E tre a t m e n t e v e n if th e g a m b le r is not re ce iv in g tre a tm e n t If you a re a re s id e n t o f M o rro w C o u n ty an d you w ish to ta k e a d v a n ta g e of th e s e rv ic e s a b o v e or d e s ire m o re in fo rm atio n , P le a s e call a n y o f th e follow ing n u m b e rs to s e t up a L O C A L a p p o in tm e n t or ju s t to talk: B o b b y H a rris @ 5 4 1 - 6 7 6 - 9 9 2 5 or 5 4 1 -2 5 6 -0 1 7 5 Community Counseling Solutions (C C S ) @ 541-676-9161 play the lone Lady Car dinals in cham pionship bracket play. In a contest that was close from the start, the Cards won the first set 25-23. The Mustangs lost momentum in the second set and lost 25-13, taking second place in the tourna ment. The Mustangs con tinue to improve and. With two weeks left in league volleyball action, are ready to make a strong run into the district tournament. Lady Cardinals maintain perfect season By Ann Morter The lone Lady Car dinals maintained their un blemished season and leap frogged in the RPI rankings with big wins across the board this past week. The team now sports a 20-0 record and sits fourth in the OSAA RPI rankings. The Cardinal’s first test o f the week came on Tuesday, October 4, when east-side league rival Con- don/Wheeler came to town. The first game saw the score tied 13 times, and the Lady Knights actually had the lead briefly at 23-22. The Cards powered back and, when JoAnna Patton put down her eighth kill of the game, lone took the squeak er 25-23. Losing the first game took the wind out of Condon/Wheeler’s sails as lone rolled to a 25-10 sec ond game victory. The Lady Cards were on their way to another powerful victory in game three, leading 19-10, when the Knights climbed back into the game. Capital izing on Cardinal miscues, Condon/Wheeler tied the game at 23 and had game point on the Cards at 25-24. JoAnna Patton’s powerful middle hitting with three kills in a row and Stacee Halvorsen’s two key serves to finish the game preserved the win 27-25. “It was a good win for us...a good confidence builder,” said Coach Dawn Eynetich. “They are the team we need to beat on our side of the league.” JoAnna Patton led the effort at the net with 19 kills. Dominika Sen- kerikova added 12. Mary Rietman was perfect on 14 serves with one ace, while Makenna Ramos was also 100% on 12 serves. Stacee Halvorsen was 19-21 from the service line with three aces. On Friday, October 7, the Lady Cardinals ar rived in Dufur ready to take on the team sitting atop the OSAA RPI rankings. Heppner trounces Tigers in league play Senior JoAnna Patton spikes the ball as senior Mary Rietmann is ready for the return. -Photo by Paula Emmel “I was more ner vous about that game than any other” said Eynetich, noting that Dufur Coach Kelly Darden has a knack for “making a team out of anything.” The C ards took game one 25-22 but suf fered their first single game loss since the Joseph Tour nament in game two, 19- 25. “They (Dufur) al ways hit that third ball and we weren’t quite expecting that” said Eynetich. The lone team re grouped to take game three 25-16 and sealed the match win with a 25-12 win in game four. Jo A n n a P a tto n continued to be a force at the net with 24 kills and four blocks. Dominika Sen- kerikova added ten kills and two blocks. Mary Rietmann served 22 of 23 with one ace and Makenna Ramos notched 42 assists. On a day where serve errors plagued the team, Shadow Kendrick was the only Cardinal to serve 100% on ten serves. She had two aces. “After a big game on Tuesday, it was great to see the team play well in an other big game on Friday,” said Eynetich. A weary group hit the road early Saturday for an 8 a.m. wake up call at the Weston Power Tournament. At the other end of that long day, the Cardinals collected the first place hardware for the tournam ent...but not High school rodeo results C ondon rodeo #1 Breakaway-10. Blake Greenup, 13.47 2 Steer Wrestling- The Mustang vol Garrett Robinson, 5.162 Goat "fying-Blake leyball team traveled to Stanfield to play the Tigers Greenup, 8.386 Breakaway-Blake on Thursday, October 6. The team bumped Greenup, 4.66 set and spiked their way to another win in three games: 25-21, 25-19 and 25-16. The Mustangs played an excellent game from the serve line, and team play continues to improve as the Mustangs prepare for Saturday play at Athena. O R 1 -8 7 7 -6 9 5 -4 6 4 8 (1 -8 8 8 -M Y L IM IT ) without giving their coach a little heartburn along the way. “They were calling us the comeback kids” said Eynetich, noting that the team came from behind in every win that day. In pool play, the Lady Cardinals defeated Imbler in a couple of close games 26-24, 25-22. Next they split with Heppner 26- 27,25-14 and then defeated Union 25-18, 25-17. This made lone the number one team from their pool. After a four-and- half-hour period .of down time, the Cards took on Grant Union in bracket play. Grant Union won game one 25-23 but the Lady Cardi nals revived to finish them off, 25-12, 15-10. This set up a rematch with Heppner for the championship. Af ter splitting with the Lady Mustangs in morning pool play, the Cards gutted out a 25-23 first game win and sealed the deal with a 25-15 second game victory for the championship. “All in all, it was a good week for us” said Coach Eynetich. “We had good competition and found some things we need to work on. It was good to get matches in against stronger teams.” This week, lone hosts Arlington on Thurs day evening and travels to Fossil for another round with Condon/Wheeler on Saturday. C ondon rodeo U 2 Barrel Racing-5. Blake Greenup, 18.417 7 Poles-Blake Gree nup, 21.7212 Poles-Blake Gree nup, 20.6993 Goat Tying-Blake Greenup, 8.38. First in the average was Greenup. LaG rande rodeo #1 Tie Down Roping-9. Garrett Robinson, 21.56 Cow Cutting-3. Garrett Robinson, 70 • Barrels-3. Blake Greenup, 18.374 LaG rande rodeo #2 Poles-7. Blake Greenup, 21.839 Calf Roping-7. Gar rett Robinson, 29.01 Poles-1", Blake Greenup, 20.808. Greenup was first in the average and Reserve All Around Cowgirl at LaGrande. Steer Wrestling-6. Garrett Robinson, 26.02 Cow Cutting-7. Garrett Robinson, 61 \ VE HAVE HALLO VEEN ITEMS! Ccindy -Costumes -Make-up -Fall decor Wedding Tabh le s Marcy Miller & Jimmy Walton S a tu rd a y , O cto b er 2 2 n d Robert Whalen & Elizabeth Titus Morrow County Health District will conduct free Medicare Part D Workshops from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the following locations > > > > Oct. 18th'Hospital, Heppner Oct. 19**1" lone Community Church Oct. 27th Hospital, Heppner Nov. 2nd'Hospital, Heppner A d d it io n a l d a t e s f o r N o v e m b e r & D e c e m b e r w il l b e ANNOUNCED SOON. W ednesday, N o ve m b er Qtb A Imond Joy Mocha Ì3.Z5 Caramel Hot Chocolate Please call 541-676-9133 or 1-800-737-4113 to make an appointment. 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