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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 18,2012 Mustangs trail in league play Cardinal basketball Lady Cards shellac fF * " " Sherman JO T iE Above: Senior Micah Stillman takes aim on a three-point shot in the boys’ varsity game versus Sherman County last Satur day. Below: Sophomore Lucas Jobes makes a lay-in in the game against Sherman County. Photos by Paula Emmel Top: Senior JoAnna Patton puts in a two-point shot when the Lady Cards matched up against Condon-Wheeler. Bottom: Senior Mary Kietmann shoots two for two at the freethrow line in closing minutes of the game vs Condon-Wheeler. -Photos by Paula Emmel Top: Blake Greenup (4) makes the shot for the Mustang girls' team in the game versus Weston -McEwen. The Mustangs lost 55-40. Bottom: Cody O rr (23) adds to the Mustang boys’score Saturday in Heppner. Despite the efforts of O rr and his team mates, the Mustangs lost to the Tiger-Scotls 59-47. -Photos by Sandy Matthews The H e p p n e r Mustang varsity basketball teams both came up short in Blue Mountain Confer ence play Friday night in Pilot Rock. In the girls' game, the Mustangs (1-4 BMC) found themselves down by 10 points late in the third quarter. In the final quarter of play, they cam back on the Rockets (4-1 BMC) to regain the lead. After a flurry of points back and forth by both teams, the Rockets were in the lead when the clock ran out, giv ing Pilot Rock a 50-48 win. Alana Wilson scored 17 points, and Bailey Bennett had 12 for the game. Blake Greenup also put in seven points for Heppner. The boys trailed the Rockets (5-0 BMC) at half time 27-33. They played even basketball against the league leaders in the second half but could overcome the six-point deficit. . The Mustangs lost 60-54 to the Rockets. Cody Orr scored 18, Stephen Thom pson scored 16 and Jake Bowles had 10. Heppner finished the game 2-3 in league play. On S a t u r d a y , the Mustangs hosted the W eston-M cEwen Tiger- Scots. The Tiger-Scots had a hold on the game throughout, beating the girls by 15 points in a 55-40 fin ish. Weston (5-1 BMC) had early foul trouble but had good help from the bench in the win. The Mustangs' Bailey Bennett scored 23 points for Heppner. The Heppner boys had the game in control against the Tiger-Scots (5-1 BMC) in the first half, but the momentum turned around in the second half with Weston winning 59- 47. Cody Orr had 16 points for the game, and Justin Pranger had 16 points and 10 offensive rebounds for Heppner. This weekend Hep pner will host Enterprise on Friday and Union on Saturday at Heppner High School. Heppner Family Foods Congratulates Matt Murphy For Being Our January Employee of the Month !! Have a story to share? Email us at: editor@rapidserve.net Mustang Wrestling Above: Kaytee Burghard faces off against an opponent dur ing the Oregon Wrestling Classic January 13-14 in Redmond. Below: Jared Lemmon takes down a wrestler from an oppos ing team. -Photos by Jeremy Lanthorn Community lunch menu Willow Creek Baptist Church members will be serving lunch on Wednesday, January 25 at St. Patrick's Senior Center. The meal will include roast pork, hash brown casserole, peas and carrots, broccoli, hot rolls and apple crisp. Milk is served at each meal. Suggested dona tion is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change. 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 ave a fam ily m em ber w ho suffers from gam bling addiction, Y O U can also receive F R E E treat m ent even if the g am b ler is not receiving treatm ent. If you are a resident of M orrow County and you wish to take ad van tag e of the services ab ove or desire m ore information. P le a s e call any of the following num bers to set up a L O C A L appointm ent or just to talk: Bobby Harris @ 5 4 1 -6 7 6 -9 9 2 5 or 5 4 1 -2 5 6 -0 1 7 5 Community Counseling Solutions (CCS) @ 541-676-9161 O R 1 -8 7 7 -6 9 5 -4 6 4 8 (1 -8 8 8 -M Y L IM IT ) By Anne IMorter The lone Lady Car dinals split their weekend games, losing to Big Sky- East rival Condon/Wheeler on Friday but following up with an easy win at Sherman on Saturday. The Cards’ season record now stands at ll-3 , 5-1 in the Big Sky Conference. The highly antici pated Big Sky Conference showdown between lone and Condon/Wheeler did not disappoint in terms of suspense, lead changes and drama. Lacey Thompson put six of her team-high 15 points on the board in the first quarter, and the Cards led by as much as five. The quarter ended with lone up 12-9. The Cardinals held the lead by as much as six points through most of the second quarter but, with under a minute remaining, the Lady Knights tied the score at 26 and M ariah Camargo put back on offen sive rebound at the buzzer to put the Knights up 28-26 at the half. After the break, the Cards looked unfocused and the Knights capitalized. Starting at the end of the second quarter and into the first two m inutes of the third, Condon/Wheeler scored 15 unanswered points. JoAnna Patton was successful in driving the lane, scoring six points in the third quarter, but the Cards ended the period trailing by eight, 43-35. Foul trouble, which kept Mary Rietmann and M akenna Ramos on the bench for most of the first half, showed up again in the second half, with Ramos and Stacee Halvorsen both tallying their fourth foul in the third frame. Condon/W heeler held their biggest lead of the day, 45-35, with 7:27 left to play in the game but the Lady Cards were not ready to throw in the towel. The Cardinals whittled the lead down to five with just over a minute left but the Knights went into a stall. When the Cards were forced to foul, the Knights hit three of five free-throw attempts to take the win 51-43. The bright spots for the Lady Cards was their interior play, according to Coach Mike Garrett, but the killer was committing 30 team turnovers and al lowing Condon/W heeler to control the tempo. Lacey Thom pson and JoAnna Patton both tallied double doubles w ith 11 and ten rebounds respectively to complement their double digit scoring. The Lady C ardi nals rebounded from the loss on Friday to shellac Sherman County on Satur day. After building a 19-2 first-quarter lead, the Cards rolled on to a 68-36 win. Shadow Kendrick was the game's leading scorer with 16. Also in double figures were Lacey Thompson with 13 and Mary Rietmann with 11. Lauren Garrett led the team in rebounds with eight and Mary Rietmann added seven. "You are always a little concerned as a coach with these back-to-back games,’’ said Garrett, “but I was pleased with how the kids responded. We saw some really good stuff in the Sherman game.” The Lady Cards travel to Echo on January 20 and host Central Chris tian on January 21. lone (10-3) v CW: Lacey Thompson, 15; Jo Anna Patton. 12; Shadow Kendrick, 10; Mary Riet mann. 2: Makenna Ramos, 2; Stacee Halvorsen, 2. Three-point field goals: CW. 2; lone, 2. Free throws: CW. 15-27; lone, 5-9. Personal fouls: CW, 17; lone. 20. Fouled out: Jessica Logan. Ellie Logan (CW), Ramos (lone). lone (11-3, 5-1 BSC) v Sherman: Shad ow Kendrick, 16; Lacey Thompson. 13; Mary Ri etmann. 11; Stacee Hal vorsen, 8; JoAnna Patton, 7; Jasmine Verduzco, 4; Lau ren Garrett. 4; Dominika Senkerikova, 4; Jaqueline Juarez, 1. Three-point field goals: IHS. 2; SHS, 5. Free throws: IHS, 5-12; SHS, 8-14. Personal fouls: IHS, 15; SHS, 14. Technical fouls: none. Fouled out: Garrett (IHS). »
