Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, December 7,2011
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Cardinal Basketball Lady Cards take second in Bonanza
By Anne Morter
T he lo n e Lady
Cardinals finished in sec
ond place in lone’s Bas
ketball Bonanza, splitting
their games on the open
ing weekend of basketball
season, December 2 and
3. The Cards opened their
season on Friday with a
solid win over Pine Eagle,
but Enterprise proved to
be the stronger team in the
second half on Saturday as
they handed lone a loss.
Friday’s game with
Pine Eagle was close in the
first quarter, where lone
led 12-11. The Lady Cards
stepped on the gas in the
second quarter, outscoring
the Spartans 20-11, and
then held them scoreless in
the third period to comfort
ably win the game 51-35.
Shadow Kendrick led all
scorers with 13 points with
JoAnna Patton chipping in
12. Mary Rietmann paced
the team on the boards with
13 rebounds.
On Saturday, the
Lady Cards led Enterprise
27-21 at the half, but the
Outlaws cranked it up in
the second h alf and the
C ardinals showed signs
of fatigue. Enterprise out-
scored lone 39-24 in the
final two quarters on their
way to the tourney title 60-
51. The Cards went cold
after the break, shooting
just five o f 30, and took
some hard knocks to the
starting players. Shadow
Kendrick led the lone team
in scoring with 18 points,
with JoAnna Patton hot on
her heels with 17.
The Cards travel to
Heppner this weekend for
the Heppner Tournament.
lone 51, Pine F.agle 35
Pine Eagle (0-1) — Chel-
sie Gulick, 11; Bri Thatch
er, 11; Maddie Thatcher,
5; Lena Carr; Jamie But
ler, 2; Hailey Davis, 2.
lone (1-0) —Shadow
Kendrick, 13; Joanna Pat
ton, 12; Collette Cason,
7; Makenna Ramos, 7;
Lacey Thompson, 6; Mary
Rietmann, 4; Stacee Hal-
vorsen, 2; Lauren Garrett;
Emily Holland; Jackie
Juarez.
Three-point field goals —
Pine Eagle 2; lone 0-6.
Free throws — Pine Eagle
9-19; lone 9-17.
Technical fouls — None.
Fouled out —None.
Enterprise 60, lone 51
Enterprise (2-0) — Whit
ney Shafer, 18, Hailey
Riggs, 18, Marta Stangle,
14, Shelby Graning, 10.
lone (1 -1) — Shadow
Kendrick, 18; JoAnna Pat
ton, 17; Makenna Ramos,
8; Stacee Halvorsen, 3;
Mary Rietmann, 2; Lacey
Thompson, 2; Collette
Cason, 1.
Three-point field goals —
Ent. 2; lone 0.
Free throws — Ent. 10-24;
lone 21-32.
Personal fouls — Ent. 21;
lone 19.
Technical fouls — None.
Fouled out — Shafer
(Ent.); Riggs (Ent.); Ra
mos (lone); Cason (lone).
Top: Senior Collette Cason (10) banks in a shot as Senior Jo
Anna Patton (24) backs it up during the lone vs Pine Eagle
game last Friday. Middle: lone Cheer Squad girls (L-R) Char
lotte Berghard, Larissa Jones, Rebecca Jepsen, Jordan Pe
terson, Jasmine Verduzco and Katie Berghard. Bottom: The
community Pep Band led by Jordan Bemrose. Bandmembers
are (L-R) Austin Morter, Trey Neal, Donna Thompon, Josh
Stillman, Dayshaun Neal, Katelyn Garrett, Joel Peterson, Os
kar Peterson, Bob Baker and Erin Heideman. Not pictured is
Gorge Aguilar. -Photos by Paula Emmel
Mustang wrestlers HHS Students of the
crown 3 champions Month
The Heppner Mus
tang wrestlers traveled to
Top: Senior Kaleb Dumler (5) makes a lay-in after the fast- John Day for the Grant
break during the lone vs PineEagle game on December 2. Union K ick-O ff Tourna
Bottom: Senior Omar Juarez (24) drives down the middle for
ment on Saturday.
a lay-in. -Photos by Paula Emmel
Despite being with
out most of the juniors and
seniors due to SATs, the
team finished third behind
first place Mac Hi and sec
ond place Baker. O ther
teams com peting in the
tournam ent were Crane,
Adrian, Grant Union and
Certified
Redken M aster Specialist
Pine Eagle.
O f the seven Mus
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tang wrestlers who com
peted, five placed in the top
Evening and ^/eel^end availald
four of their weight classes,
including three tournament
champions. Every Heppner
wrestler won at least one
match.
J a re d L em m o n
(120 lbs.), Wade Matthew
(138 lbs.) and Tim Nelson
(220 lbs.) went undefeated
through the tournament and
brought home individual
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gold medals. None o f the
three champions allowed a
point to be scored against
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After winning his
very first match as a Mus
tang by fall over his Mac Hi
opponent, freshman Jesse
Boyd (132 lbs.) went on to
finish fourth.
T resto n M aben
(152 lbs.) finished fourth
with a 2-2 record for the
day. His two losses came
at the hands of the same op
ponent in the first round and
then in a rematch during the
consolation championship.
Freshmen Khay-
man Heard and John Proph-
eter also wrestled in their
first-ever high school tour
nament and won matches in
exhibition competition.
The Mustangs next
travel to La Grande to com
pete in the M uilenburg
tournament on December 9
and 10. The Muilenburg is
the largest wrestling tourna
ment in eastern Oregon and
features teams from all over
Oregon and Idaho ranging
from 1A to 6A.
Heppner High School announces its Students of the Month for
November (L-R): Kellie Eadler, Ashlie Hanson, Rylee Kollman,
Macy Gibbs, Ali Lovgren and Andrew Bara. The character
trait for November was compassion. -Contributedphoto
Heppner FFA news
The fruit sold by
the H eppner FFA chap
ter will be delivered this
Thursday. The time is not
set, but members will de
liver it as soon as possible
over the course of the next
few days. There are care
instructions on the box to
ensure the fruit lasts as long
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SATURDAY 12/10/11
Tom & Jerry Party (Free T&J
Drinks) ~5pm
THURSDAY 12/15/11
Ladies Night (NY Steak, Taters,
salad, etc.)~After Light Parade
SATURDAY 12/31/11
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The FFA annual
canned food drive is com
ing to a close at Heppner
High School. Classes are
competing for a celebration
of success during the activ
ity period, based on which
class brings in the most
food. The donations are
kept local and will be dis
tributed during the holiday
season. Protein and healthy
selections are encouraged.
According to worldhunger.
org, one person in every
seven in the world is hun
gry; FFA members ask that
local residents use that to
motivate themselves, their
sons and their daughters to
bring in something to help
out their class and our com
munity.
Extension
office
holiday
closures
The OSU Exten
sion office will be closed
December 22 through 27
in observance of the Christ
mas holiday. The office will
also he closed January 2 for
the New Year holiday.
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