FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 14,2011
Mustangs wrestle
into second
"Middle o f pack ” overall in
La Grande tournament
The Heppner wres
tling team competed Friday
and Saturday at La Grande
in the 20-team Muilenburg
tournament.
The M uilenburg
features teams ranging in
size from 1A to 6A from
Oregon, Washington, and
Idaho. Heppner finished
second to Enterprise among
the small schools in the
tournam ent, and in the
m iddle o f the standings
overall. Sam Barlow high
school from Gresham won
the tournament, followed
by Oregon City in second
place.
Sophomore Jared
Lemmon finished the high
est individually for the
Mustangs. Lemmon made it
to the championship semi
finals on Saturday before
losing his first match to
Kyle Sether, the returning
6A state champion from
Oregon City. Lemmon went
on to finish fourth in the
championship bracket.
S e n io r G a r r e tt
Gibbs, in an effort to score
team points, wrestled in the
285-pound bracket despite
weighing in at only 209
pounds. After losing his
first match, Gibbs went on
to win the next four in a row
by pin, including a double
overtime win over his much
larger La Grande opponent
in the consolation bracket
semifinals. He won the con
solation bracket champion
ship and fifth overall.
Jesse Boyd, Tim
Nelson, and Wade Matthew
each made it to the champi
onship quarterfinals before
losing their first match.
Boyd and Nelson finished
3-2 for the tournament and
one win away from the
medal round, while Mat
thew did not compete on
Saturday due to injury.
Earl Propheter and
Treston Maben were 3-2 for
the tournament and made it
to consolation-bracket semi
finals before being elimi
nated from the tournament.
Alex Smith and Andrew
Bara were 2-2.
Heppner next has
a home meet against Irri-
gon and Pomeroy, WA on
Thursday, December 15 at
4 p.m.
Basketball schedules
available
Heppner High School basketball schedules are
available at the Heppner Gazette-Times. Copies of the
schedule are free; anyone who would like a schedule is
invited to stop by the Gazette-Times office on Willow
Street and pick up a copy.
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Lady Cards win
Mustangs split
Heppner tournament
weekend at ball. Classic
Wallowa inbounded on
At the H eppner
Hoop Classic last weekend,
the girls’ varsity team fell
to a hot, outside-shooting
Wallowa team 48-41.
The Cougars shot
seven for 11 from outside,
but the Mustangs continue
to improve and competed
well throughout the game.
With the second quarter at
14-7 in the Cougars’ favor,
and down by nine points
at the half, the Mustangs
couldn’t overcome Wal
lowa’s lead. Alana Wilson
and Bailey Bennett lead the
Mustangs in scoring, and
the team shot just under 50
percent from the line.
In the boys’ varsity
line against the Cougars, the
Mustangs held a seven-point
lead at the half. Both teams
executed the fast break
well. The Mustangs’ inside
passing game picked apart
the Cougars’ zone defense.
The Cougars—down 53-46
with one minute left—made
two quick baskets to make it
a three-point game with 12
seconds left on the clock.
A Heppner turnover by the
Cougar press gave them the
Heppner Branch
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The lone Lady Car
dinals won the Heppner
Hoop Classic December 9
and 10 with easy wins over
Crane on Friday and previ
ously unbeaten Wallowa
on Saturday. The Cardinals
will host Horizon Christian
on Friday, December 16 for
the first league game of the
year and their only home
appearance until January.
A low-scoring first
quarter gave way to a run
aw ay against Crane on
Friday as the Lady Cards
turned a 6-4 lead into a
19-8 halftime edge. From
there they were able to
substitute freely in the 48-
22 win. JoAnna Patton led
all scorers with 18 points.
Shadow Kendrick with 12
and Makenna Ramos with
10 were the other Cards in
double figures.
On Saturday, the
outcome was never in doubt
as the Cards bolted out to
a 17-2 first quarter lead
on their way to a lopsided
63-31 win over Wallowa.
Stacee Halvorsen led all
scorers with 17 points while
JoAnna Patton and Shadow
Kendrick each added 14.
lone 48, Crane 22
lone (2-1): JoAnna
Patton, 18; Shadow Kend
rick, 12; Makenna Ramos,
10; Stacee Halvorson, 4;
Jackie Juarez, 2; Emily
Holland, 2.
Crane (1-3): Han
nah Steeves, 14; Becca
Clark, 4; Paige Landon, 2;
Cassidy Corrigan, 2.
Three-point field
goals: lone, 2; Crane, 0.
Free throw s: lone, 0-0;
Crane, 2-5. Personal fouls:
lone, 14; Crane, 6.
lone 63, Wallowa 31
lone (3-1): Halv
erson, 17; Kendrick, 14;
P atton, 14; Rietmann,
8; Cason, 4; Ramos, 4;
Thompson, 2.
Wal l owa (4-1):
Jameson, 8; M. Waters, 6;
Harshfield, 6; S. Waters, 5;
Vreanna Wallace, 2; Young,
2; Blair, 2.
Three-point field
goals: lone, 4; Wallowa,
1. Free throws: lone, 7-10;
Wallowa, 8-12. Personal
fouls: lone, 10; Wallowa,
8. Technical fouls: None.
Fouled out: None.
Heppner junior high HES students of the
boys’ basketball
month
sweeps weekend
The H eppner ju
nior high boys’ A and B
teams won all six games
against Riverside, Helix
and Weston this past week
end. The A team beat River
side 43-23, Helix 44-8 and
Weston 39-14, improving
its record to 10-1. The B
team improved to 6-5.
“Both team s are
playing great man-to-man
defense and are nearly out-
rebounding every team two
to one. 1 am very proud of
how we are playing team
basketball,” said Coach
Swanson.
This Friday, the
Heppner junior high boys
and girls will be hosting the
Condon, Arlington and lone
girls, and Wheeler and John
Day boys. Games start at 8
a.m. with the girls playing
at the high school and the
boys playing at the middle
school.
Heppner Elementary School announces its Students of the
Month for November. Bottom (L-R): Cara Arbogast, Tarín
Troxell, Amber Manning, Kaden Combe, Noah Stone, Madison
Heppner cowboy Blake Knowles placed fourth in Palmer, Harley Anderson, Paul Lindsay and Teagan Ramsey.
steer wrestling with a time of 3.8 seconds at the National Top (L-R): Morgan Burch, Kendall Dowdy, Alex Lindsay,
Zach Bredfield, Dylan Rill, Tresslyn McCurry, Naleah Stone,
Finals Rodeo at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas Hannah Palmer, Kenneth Troxell and school mascot. Spirit.
last Friday. His ninth-round showing earned Knowles The character trait for the month of November was compas
$7,500.
sion. -Contributed photo
Knowles 4th ln NFR
Local organizations HHS math students
receive grant money of the month
Two M o r r o w
County organizations have
received grants from Wild-
horse Foundation to help
improve community ser
vices in the county. The
two are among 30 third-
quarter grant recipients an
nounced by the foundation
this week.
The quarter’s larg
est grant was $20,000 given
to The Oregon Trail Library
District to help fund the
construction o f a public
library in Irrigon. To date,
Irrigon has raised more than
$900,000 for the construc
tion o f the much-needed
library, but there is still
a significant portion that
needs to be raised before
construction can begin. In
a petition from 1999, Irri
gon residents overwhelm
ingly supported the need
for a public library. While
funds were being raised,
a renovated former school
bus served as a non-mobile,
Wi-Fi bookmobile for the
town. The bus is parked
outside a convenience store
in Irrigon. It is open two
days a week and is well
used; about a quarter o f
the population has library
cards. Pending funding, the
town hopes to break ground
on the project in January.
W ildhorse Foun
dation also gave a $2,500
grant to Heppner Day Care
to enhance and upgrade its
preschool curriculum.
Wildhorse Founda
tion is a community ben
efit fund established by the
Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reserva
tion. A total of$ 178,394.37
was awarded to 30 recipi
ents during the third quarter,
bringing the total for 2011
to more than $570,000.
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their end but traveled with
the ball. With the ball now
to Heppner, the Cougars
had no choice but to foul.
The Mustangs made both
free-throws, winning the
game 55-50. Heppner was
12-13 from the line.
On Saturday, the
H eppner M ustang g irls’
basketball team defeated
the Crane Mustangs in the
consolation game for their
first win o f the season.
H eppner’s shooting im
proved and they were up
by seven at halftime. They
out-rebounded their op
ponent, cruising to a 31-16
final score.
The boys’ varsity
team lost to the Crane Mus
tangs in the championship
game, 51-46. The Heppner
team—down by seven at
halftim e— made a good
run in the fourth quarter but
made too many mistakes to
catch the Crane team.
League games be
gin Friday with Heppner
hosting the Elgin Huskies.
Competition begins at 3
p.m., with varsity at 6 p.m.
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Heppner High School math teacher Troy Morgan announces
the math Students of the Month for November (L-R): Algebra
2, Savannah Seewald and Ashlie Hanson; Algebra Connections,
Andrew Clark; Geometry, Harley Bishop; Algebra, Caitlynn
Bailey and Jessica Kempken. -Contributedphoto
Community lunch
menu
United Methodist Church members will be serv
ing lunch on Wednesday, December 21 at St. Patrick’s
Senior Center. The meal will include roast beef, mashed
potatoes and gravy, green beans, peaches, green salad,
rolls, and Black Forest cake. Suggested donation is $3.50
per meal. Menu is subject to change.
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team fundraiser. Auto, tractor. RV. and four
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