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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 29,2012 lone JV boys end season on up Mustang wrestlers compete at beat state By Paula Km me I The lo n e H igh School junior varsity boys’ basketball team finishes the year with a 7-6 record. “ I am very proud of the boys this year,” says Coach Jim Swanson. “It was a very hard year to get in a good rhythm, as we had about five games cancelled due to the other team not able to play because of not having enough players. Three of the games wer only two quarters. We ha only eight boys play, an they gave me 100% ever game. They were a fui group.” Jason Thompson Bailey Haguewood, Augus Peterson, TJ Patton, Josepl Doherty, Daniel Holtz, Joe Stillman and Oskar Peter son made up the team, witl several seeing playing tim on both junior varsity am varsity squads. G am e by Gann Highlights First game: lorn JV beat Pine Eagle 49-13 Thompson 15 points, A Peterson 17 points, Hague wood 11 steals, Thompsoi 12 rebounds and A. Peter son nine assists. “ It was a grea game to start the season We had 44 rebounds to thei 22,” said Swanson. Second game: Los to Riverside 38-48. A. Pe terson 13 points, Thomp son and Haguewood nine points, and A. Peterson eight assists. “We played a very powerful 3A team. I am very proud of our kids stay ing with them,” Swanson said. Third game: Loss to Horizon Christian 31- 77. “Horizon Christian has a very good JV team, the best 1 have ever seen. They hit 11 threes and built a big lead,” said Swanson. St i l l ma n and H aguew ood 10 p o ints, Haguewood 10 rebounds, and A. Peterson 10 assists. Fourth game: Loss to Riverside 45-55. Haguewood 22 points and nine rebounds, A. Peterson eight assists, and Patton 12 points. “Bailey had a great game and again we kept up with a team that played a lot of varsity players,” Swan son said. “Again, I am very proud of them to compete with Riverside.” Fifth game: lone beat A rlin g to n 2 5-14, playing only a half-game. Haguewood had 16 points and nine rebounds; A. Pe terson had eight assists. Sixth game: lone beat Helix 42-17. Hague wood had 18 points and 11 rebounds, A. Peterson eight assists, and Doherty 11 points. “We built a big half lead and then we cruised the rest of the game,” said JV Freshman TJ Patton in the lone v South Wasco game on Feb. II. - Photo by Paula Emmel JV Sophomore Bailey Haguewood in the lone v South Wasco game on Feb. 11. -Photo by Paula Emmel Swanson. S e v e n t h g a m e: lone beat Condon-Wheeler 29-28. “This was a great game down to the end,” Swanson said. “Bailey had 10 points and 18 rebounds. Gus had eight assists again. Joel Stillman did an out standing job at point guard. Jason hit a clutch shot that sealed the game.” Eighth game: lone beat a Big Sherman County 61-38. “Our best game so far,” said Swanson. “We played with great confi dence. Led by Bailey with 28 points and 10 rebounds; Gus had 10 points, four steals and 11 points. Joel had eight points and five steals; Jason, six points and seven rebounds. lone had only 13 turnovers for us as a team. We stand at 5-3 and 4-1 against league teams.” Ninth game: lone lost to Echo in a half-game. 13-22. Haguewood had nine points and five rebounds, and A. Peterson had three assists. 10'h game: Loss to Dufur in a half-game, 23-27. “This was a game that, if we could have played a full game, we would have won. We let it slip in the last seconds,” said Swanson. Haguewood had 13 points, four rebounds and three steals. ll'h game: Loss to Condon-W heeler 23-47. Haguewood had 11 points and 15 rebounds; Stillman, seven points and five re bounds. 12"' gam e: Beat Helix 48-36. Haguewood 20 points; A. Peterson 12 points and four assists; Thompson seven points, 8 rebounds. “We had 19 steals, led by Gus with seven,” Swanson said. “Good win. Daniel Holtz got his first bucket and played a great game.” 13"' gam e: Beat South Wasco County 37-29. A. Peterson had 10 points, six assists and five steals; H aguew ood had eig h t points and 11 rebounds; and Thompson seven points and six rebounds. Season highlight “lone played a very tough and fast Riverside team two times, and we only lost to them by 10 points each time. This was a great team builder for us. We were 6-4 in our league play, and 1 think we could have won two o f those losses, if we played full games,” said Swanson. The team was led for the season by Bailey Haguewood with 129 re bounds and 194 points. August “Gus” Peterson had 90 points and 85 assists. The Heppner Mus tangs wrestling team took four qualifiers to state com petition on February 24 and 25. The venue for the OSAA state championship tournament is the 12,000- seat Memorial Coliseum in Portland with classes 1A/2A through 6A com peting simultaneously on 12 mats. Wrestlers must be one of the top two in their weight class at the district tournament to qualify for state. Heppner competes in the OSAA’s combined 1A/2A Special District 4 with 10 other teams from eastern Oregon. H eppner started the tournament strong and the team was standing in fifth place overall after the first championship round despite having far fewer wrestlers than any of the other leading teams. Three of the four Mustangs won their way to the champion ship semi-finals. None of them won their semi-finals bout Saturday morning, however, dropping them all to the one-and-done grind of the consolation bracket. District champion Jared Lemmon entered the tournament seeded third in the state. He knew he had his work cut out as the 120-pound bracket was loaded with six previous state placers, including three state tournament fi nalists from the 2010-11 season. Lemmon’s first and only loss of the tournament came in the sem i-finals against the eventual state champion and 2011 All- American Tucker Davis from Culver. Lemmon went 3-1 for the tournament with all three wins coming by fall within the first two minutes of the match. The sophom ore’s third-place finish earned him a spot in the Parade of Champions Saturday night and made him the first Heppner wres tler to become a two-time all andles D rin k S pecials - V anilla I talian S o d a $ 2.50 M ilky W ay M o c h a $ 3.75 ^ out of time. H eppner’s fourth state com pet i tor, j un ior Tim Nelson, had the misfortune o f drawing the returning state champion in his first match, David Henry from Oakland. Henry is ranked second behind only a 6A Barlow state champion at 220 pounds in the state all-class rankings. After dropping his first match to Henry, Nelson could not mount a comeback in the consolation bracket. The four competi tors were the most Heppner has ever qualified for the state tournament in a single year. Two other Mustangs finished third at the district tournament, making them state-qualifier alternates. With three of the four quali fiers and the two alternates returning as team leaders for next year, the Mustangs will have high expecta tions. Back (L-R): Garrett Robinson (Senior Boy All Around), Jacee Curtin (Pee Wee Girl All Around), Jaiden Mahoney and Kolby Currin (Junior Boy All Around). Front (L-R): Jett Stewart, Tripper Stewart and Blane Mahoney. Not pictured are Gracie Cris Patnode, mother of Devin Orem, Hattie Orem and Sallie Orem. -Contributed Photo Kennedy, presents Gracie The Cayuse Junior point accumulators in each Orem the DAK Spirit of Ro deo Buckle. The award is Rodeo A ssociation held division win awards at the presented in honor of Devin their annual awards ban end of the year and the all- to the Cayuse rodeo member quet on Sunday, Feb. 19, in around winners in each age who exemplifies the spirit of Hermiston. division win a saddle. rodeo...a child who works The association is Gracie Orem from hard, stays determined and open to kids five to 18 years Heppner won the Devin has fun. -Contributedphoto hristaaas Sunday 1 8th - 10:00 am - 6:00 pm wrestling. He was also the first Heppner wrestler to stand on the podium twice at middle-school state. Unseeded sopho more Treston Maben domi nated the third seed from Culver at 138-pounds in his first match by a major- decision score of 10-2. Ma ben finished one win short of placing in his first state tournament. Senior Gar rett G ibbs w restled at 182-pounds in his first state tournament after pulling off an upset district champion ship the week before. He pinned his first opponent to advance to the semi-finals before being sent to the con solation bracket. He also needed one more win to earn a spot on the podium, and his next opponent was the same he had upset the week before in the district finals. He nearly pulled off a repeat come-from-behind pin in the closing seconds Junior rodeo awards held F £ t - P a t '? G ear . I n ! G e t Y A N D •*.£hirts A p jS jW lsi C C A Sweatshirts 4 0 % OFF *Long V ietri I rresistibly I talian sleeve shirts t DINNERWARE 20% OFF ST. PATRICK'S W edding Table WEEKEND HOUR Travis W inters & Friday 1 6th - 7:30 am Laura Browne Saturday 17th - 7:30 am - 6:00 pm ankee Above: Jared Lemmon, locked with an opponent during the state championship tournament in Portland last weekend. Lemmon was 3-1 for the tournament, only falling to eventual state champion Tucker Davis. Below: Knseeded sophomore Treston Maben dominated the third seed front Culver at 138 pounds -Photo by Jeremy Lanthorn Saturday, March 3rd •^ 1 ^ MuMuj'i D aiuj - 217 North Man St Heppner • Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426 Serving Morrow, Wheeler & Gilliam counties Since 1959 of age in Oregon and Wash ington. Participants com pete all summer at rodeos around the region. The top Kennedy Memorial Award this year; the award is given to the child who best repre sents the spirit of rodeo. Little League tryouts next week Heppner and lone Majors boys’ tryouts will be held March 7 and 8 from 4:30-6 p.m. at Majors ball field/ George Waterland field by the dam. Boys are asked to bring their own mitts and bats. Mandatory one night at tendance, but two preferred. Contact Corey Sweeney at 541-256-0355 with any questions. If you or som eone you know has a gambling problem, help is available and that help Is FREE of charge. If Y O U have 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 above or desire m ore information, P lease 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 ) i
