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
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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
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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
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