FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, February 1,2012
Heppner hosts chess Heppner uncertain
tournament
for districts
Fate hinges on games this week
Gaige Futter, Hunter Greenup, Tyson Vawser and Gracey
DeLoach concentrate on their games while HJSHS judge Jesse
Wolford looks on during the Chess for Success tournament last
Saturday. -Contributedphoto
The regional Chess
for Success tournament was
held in Heppner on Satur
day, January 28.
Teams from Mor
row, U m atilla, G illiam ,
Union and Wallowa coun
ties were invited to attend.
Thirty-five students partici
pated in two separate divi
sions. Division 1 was for
Kindergarten through fifth
grade. Division II was for
sixth, seventh and eighth
grades. Heppner Elemen
tary School had teams com
pete in both Division 1 and
in Division 11.
Teams that placed
first were eligible to com
pete as a team in the state
Chess for Success tourna
ment in Portland on March
3 and 4, Individuals who
placed first in their divi
sions or grade levels were
eligible to compete in the
individual competition in
the state tournament.
Not only was it a
long day, but also a very
tense atmosphere. The ri
valry between teams and
individuals was strong.
Everyone was playing their
best; the audience could
hear a pin drop in the library
as the quiet concentration
of the players showed on
their faces.
At the end of the
day, the Armand Larive
team from Hermiston and
Heppner Elementary tied for
the team first-place trophy
for Division 1. The Division
II first-place trophy went
Heppner Elementary. That
qualifies all three teams—
one from Hermiston and
two from Heppner— for
the state tournament next
month.
Individual trophies
went to: Carson Brosnan,
5,h Grade; Joe Jones, 6,h
grade; Kaden Mecham. 7th
grade; Braeden Ballard. 8,h
grade and Gavin Hanna, K -
4,h grade. The players who
will go to state for Division
I are Gavin Hanna, Tyson
Vawser, Jackson Lehman,
Carson Brosnan and Leo
Waite. The members who
will go to state for Division
II are Joe Jones, Jackson
Lehman, Alex Lindsay and
Reiah Waite. The other
participants from Hepp
ner were Hunter Greenup,
Nicole Propheter, Felix
M athew, G aige Futter,
Gracey Deloach and Dylan
Rill.
This ev en t was
made possible by some
amazing volunteers. With
out their help, there would
have been no tournament
and the players would not
have progressed. Volun
teers include Angelica Tor
res, Wayne Sietz, Richard
Jones, Jessie Wolford, Sha
ron Jones, Kathy Cutsforth,
Molly Rill, Bridget Waite.
C herry Webber, Brandi
Sweeney, Doris Brosnan,
Sharon Morris, Deb Camp
bell, Sherry Matteson and
Mary Ann Elguezabal.
Tournam ent judge Wayne
Seitz watches Gaige Futter
and Gracey DeLoach during
the tournament. -Contributed
photo
HES announces
students of month
the Pilot Rock Rockets. The
Rockets picked up the win
in the girls’ game 42-36.
The Mustangs were up by
four at the half and played
great defense, holding the
Rockets to three points in
the third quarter. Kelly Wil
son led scoring for Heppner
with 18 points.
The Heppner boys
lost to the Rockets 66-44.
The Mustang boys drop
to 3-6 BMC and must win
their games this weekend
to stay alive in the district
playoff hunt.
T h e M u s ta n g s
hosted Union on Tuesday,
and travel to Enterprise
on Friday and Elgin on
Saturday.
In Weston-McE-
wen Friday night at the var
sity girls basketball game,
the Heppner Mustangs (1 -7
BMC) gave the Tiger-Scotts
(6-3 BMC) a earned win at
home by playing tough all
four quarters. The game
was back and forth all night
and went down to the final
seconds o f play. Bailey
Bennett put in 23 points for
the Mustangs in the 55-52
loss.
In the boys varsity
game, the Mustangs fell
behind early and could
never quite catch up, losing
62-48 to the Tiger-Scotts.
Cody Orr had 17 points for
Heppner.
On Saturday, the
Heppner Mustangs hosted
South Morrow
students place in
Elks Hoop Shoot
The Northeast Or
egon District Elks Hoop
Shoot was held on Janu
ary 28 at Armand Larive
Middle School in Hermis
ton. Sydney Wilson from
Lexington placed second in
the eight- to nine-year-old
girls category; Ivy Sandford
from lone placed third in
the 12-to 13-year-old girls
category and Wyatt Stea
gall from Lexington placed
third in the 12- to 13-year-
old boys category.
. O th e r M o rro w
County participants were
Kacie Gray o f Heppner,
Casey Fletcher of Lexing
ton and Dakota Howard of
Heppner.
Full results are:
E ig h t- to nine-
year-old girls: 1st, Bethany
Tolman from Hermiston,
scoring 15/25; 2nd, Sydney
Wilson from Lexington
and 3rd, Sabrina Albee from
Joseph.
Eight- to nine-year-
old boys: 1st, Sam Schwirse
from Hermiston, scoring
18/25; 2nd, Dakota Sams
from Pendleton and 3rd, Jace
Troutman from Arlington.
Ten- to 11-year-
old girls: 1st, Desiree Davis
from Baker City, scoring
19/25; 2nd, Jada Bums from
Stanfield and 3rd, Giovana
Angel from Pendleton.
Ten- to 11 -year-old
boys: 1st, Jimmy Wells from
Joseph, scoring 18/25; 2nd,
Andrew James from Herm
iston and 3rd, James Penney
from Pendleton.
Twelve- to 13-year-
old girls: 1st, Emma Logan
from Fossil, scoring 20-25;
2nd, Satori Albee from Jo
seph and 3rd, Ivy Sandford
from lone.
Twelve-to 13-year-
old boys: 1st, Connor Laf-
ferty from Umatilla, scoring
20/25 and then 4/5 in the
tie-breaker round; 2nd, lan
Fennem from Condon and
3rd, Wyatt Steagall from
Lexington.
Other participants
were Elsie McKay of Pend
leton, Maddie McMurray
of Fossil, Andrea Payne of
Baker City, Jamie Johnston
of Wallowa, Kacie Gray of
Heppner, Sydney Edwards
of Condon, Kairy Escobedo
of Umatilla, Savanah Ste
phens o f Haines, Casey
F letch er o f L exington,
JuanLuiz Jimenez of Hood
River, Dakota Howard of
Heppner, Brett Troutman
of Arlington, Isaac Colton
o f North Powder, N ico
las Sands of Joseph, Alex
Jensen of Hood River, and
Bryson Pierce.
HES students sing
in state choir
Lady Cards keep up
winning streak
By Anne Morter
The lo n e Lady
Cardinals maintained their
winning ways last week
in Big Sky play, handily
defeating Echo on the road
on Tuesday, January 24
and barely escaping Dufur
on Friday, January 27. rhe
Cards' overall record stands
at 13-3, with a 7-1 mark in
the Big Sky Conference.
After nearly a week
off due to snow and ice,
neither team looked terribly
sharp at Echo on Tuesday.
The Cardinals led 9-5 after
one quarter and 20-6 at half
time. lone’s scoring picked
up in the second half as they
cruised to a 48-23 win.
“Both teams were
a little rusty after the week
off due to weather,” said
head coach Mike Garrett.
“We had a cold shooting
night but were able to play
some great defense and
held them to six points at
the half. Echo is always a
tough place to play and it
was a good win for us.”
JoAnna Patton led
the team with 14 points and
10 rebounds. Lacey Thomp
son and Shadow Kendrick
both had nine points.
At Dufur, it was a
buzzer-beating, long-range
shot by Shadow Kendrick
that saved the day for the
Cardinals as the three-point
shot gave them just what
they needed to pull out a
39-38 win. Although lone
had Dufur down 23-18 at
the half, the Rangers out-
scored the Cardinals 17-6
in the third quarter to lead
29-35 going into the final
period.
“Dufur came out
in the second half and shot
the ball very well,” said
Garrett. “We talked about
picking up the defensive
intensity in the fourth and
the kids responded. We
were down by eight and
slowly chipped away. With
20 seconds to go, Makenna
Ramos hit a big free throw
to tie the game. Dufur went
down the floor and scored
with about five seconds left
to go, up by two. Joanna
Patton grabbed the ball out
of the net quickly and got it
to Shadow Kendrick, who
drove hard up the floor and
fired off a three-pointer just
after half court for the win.
It was very exciting and one
of those games that really
brings a team together. It
was a great league win.”
Shadow Kendrick
was the gam e’s leading
scorer with 13 points. Jo-
Anna Patton had nine points
and 10 rebounds in the
contest.
lone 48, Echo 23
lone (12-3, 6-1
BSC): JoAnna Patton, 14;
Lacey Thompson, 9; Shad
ow K endrick, 9; Stacee
H alvorson, 6; M akenna
Ramos, 6; Lauren Garrett,
2; Jaqueline Jaurez, 1; Em
ily Holland, 1.
Echo (6-11, 4-3
BSC): Kirsten McCallum,
1!; Katelyn Elligsen, 5; Ra
chel Round, 2; Evangalyn
Marcum, 2; Bailey Srofe, 2;
Elizabeth McCarty, 1.
Three-point field
goals: lone, 0-5; Echo,
2-14. Free throws: lone,
8-21; Echo, 3-9. Person
al fouls: lo n e ,17; Echo,
18. Technical fouls: none.
Fouled out: none.
lone 39, Dufur 38
lone (1 3 -3 , 7-1
BSC): Shadow Kendrick,
13; JoAnna Patton, 9; Sta
cee Halvorsen, 7; Makenna
Ramos, 5; Lauren Garrett,
4; Mary Rietmann, 1.
Dufur (12-5, 7-2
BSC): Janelle Keever, 12;
Taylor Darden, 10; Alexa
Macias, 8; Teneille McDon
ald, 4; Alexis Anderson, 2;
Kylie Reed, 2.
Three-point field
goals: 1HS, 2; DHS, 2.
Free throws: IHS, 5-11;
DHS, 8-15. Personal fouls:
IHS, 16; DHS, 6. Technical
fouls: none. Fouled out:
none.
lone student on
WSU fall honor roll
lone student Emily Katherine Rietmann is on the
fall 2011 honor roll for Washington State University in
Pullman, WA, the university announced last week.
“The President’s Honor Roll recognizes stu
dents who stand above the rest with excellent academic
performance,” says a WSU statement. “This award is
especially noteworthy because of the world-class caliber
of faculty w ho teach here and their high expectations of
their students.”
To be eligible for the honor roll, undergraduate
students must be enrolled in a minimum of nine graded
hours in a single term at WSU and earn a grade point
average of 3.75, or earn a 3.50 cumulative GPA based on
15 cumulative hours of graded work.
lone 4-H food club
meets
Heppner Elementary School announces the students of the
month for January. Bottom (L-R): Chance Jones, Sage Fer
guson, Gaige Futter, Hayden Qualls, Trevor Nichols, Anthony
Rankin, Isabela Cegueda and Zandra Masterson. Top (L-R):
Carson Brosnan, Kami Holtz, Kassidy Henrichs, Brett Jewett,
Jace Coe, Ivy Sandford, Jaiden Mahoney, Diana Healy and
Hayley Akers. Not pictured: Riley Gorham. The character trait
for January was responsibility. -Contributedphoto
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Ten fifth- and sixth-grade students from Heppner Elementary
School recently traveled to Eugene to participate in the Oregon
Music Educators All-State Elementary Choir. Students were
required to try out in September and then were selected at a
state level. They performed at the Hull Center in Eugene on
January 14 fora huge crowd. Some of the generous donations
that helped the students attend the event came from Heppner
Elks Lodge, Holly Rebekah Lodge, Lexington Lodge, Heppner
Family Foods, Heppner Oddfellows and Gene Heleker. Back
(L-R): Wyatt Steagall, Kevin Smith, Madison Combe, Cara
Arbogast and Claire Grieb. Front (L-R): Olivia Schmidt, Na-
leah Stone, Isabella Garcia, Reiah Waite and Cason Mitchell.
-Contributed photo
My sister is turning 90 February 15, 2012!
Born and raised in Heppner,
Frances had and still has many friends in Morrow
County. Frances was born to Percy & Jessie Cox, you
know, Nina Harshman & Stanley Cox’s full sister,
Marlene Gray's half sister, Oh yes, Frances married
Marlene's half brother Norman Griffin.
Lets see, Francis is a half & Norman is a half so
that makes Marlene a whole- family joke
Anyone who would like to help make the ole girl'
day can send a card to:
Frances Griffin
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1925 Icabod Street, N.E.
Salem, OR 97305
By Aaron Smythe
The lone Commu
nity 4-H Foods second-year
members met on the after
noon of January 25 at the
lone Community Church
to prepare a complete meal.
The menu consisted o f
Tuscan chicken, baked
sweet potato wedges, zesty
Italian pasta salad, apple
sauce quick bread and easy
cheesecake in a graham
cracker crust.
The chicken was
prepared by Alexis G ar
rett, the potatoes by Aaron
Smythe and the salad by
Sydney Stefani. Morgan
Orem made the muffins,
and Babali Peterson and
Ann Riemann made the
cheesecake and crust. They
were assisted by leaders
Nancy and Rebecca Jepsen,
and helper Claudia Smythe.
The members cleaned up
while the meal was baking
and the salad and dessert
were chilling, and then en
joyed dinner together.
After a discussion
o f cost per serving, the
dishes were washed and the
meeting was adjourned. The
next meeting will be a field
trip to Hermiston with the
first-year members to tour
several food-related busi
nesses on February 10.
The members o f
the club appreciate the use
of lone Community Church
as a central location for
their meetings.
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