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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 15,2014 - THREE Cardinals hang South Wasco out to dry Bank of EO offers scholarships The lone Cardinals had a good day last Friday, Jan. 10, as they took on the team s from South Wasco County. T he v a rs ity bo y s c o m p le te d a s e rie s o f v ic to rie s fo r the hom e teams as they took down the Redsides 86-78. Jailin Conboy had triple doubles with 14 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists. The boys had a good p la tf o rm to b u ild o n , though, as the boys’ JV put the ham m er down 45-34 and the girls’ varsity took control of their opponents 37-21. G irls’ JV stats were unknown at press time. T eam s ta ts a re as follows: lo n e V a r s ity B oys vs. South W asco County Jan. 10, W 86-78 Scores bv quarter SW: 12, 11, 15, 32 lone: 19, 18, 25, 24 Freethrows SW: 15 for 24 lone: 9 for 16 Three-pointers: SW 9, lone 3 Two-point field goals: SW 21, lone 31 Total fouls: SW 21, lone 14 lone scoring: Conboy, 14 Jobes, 14 Hughes, 24 Patton, 17 Juarez, 9 Neil, 8 Rebounds: SW 33, lone 47 Rebound leaders: Conboy, 10 Patton, 10 Assists: Conboy, 10 Jobes, 13 Steals: Conboy, 5 Jobes, 6 Blocked Shots: Patton, 3 “ (T his was a) Good win by lone, one we had to have. Team is coming together nicely but need to work more on defense,” said b o y s ’ H ead C oach D e n n is S te fa n i. “ T h is is a great start; kids are starting to figure things out and heading in the right direction.” lo n e V a rs ity G ir ls vs. South W asco Couotv Ja n . 10, W 37-21 Team stats: Adara Hasbell: 11 pts, 7 B an k o f E a s te rn Oregon will again offer 20 $500 Agriculture Business scholarships for graduating high school seniors in its service areas o f Heppner, lone, Arlington, Condon, Boardman. Irrigon, Spray, F o s s il, B u rn s , C ra n e , Jo h n D ay, M o n u m e n t, L ong C re e k , D a y v ille , M itch ell, M oro, P rairie City, Enterprise, Wallowa, and Jo sep h , an n o u n ced president and CEO o f Bank o f E a ste rn O regon J e ff Bailey recently. This m arks the 22nd year the bank has sponsored the $500 scholarships to students. “Through the Dalton Hughes, #22, lone senior, goes for the shot against the years, we have aw arded Kedsides in the boys’ varsity game. -Photo by Paula Emmel assists, 8 steals Lauren Garrett: 8 pts Sadie Hasbell: 7 pts Jessie Flynn: 4 Rachel Holland: 4 Emily Holland: 3 lone JV Boys vs. S outh Wasco C ountv JV Jan . 10, W 45-34 Jason Juarez. Jason had 12 points and five steals in th e f ir s t a n d o n ly q u a r te r he p la y e d in. D onald M c E llig o tt and Henry Padberg also had an o u ts ta n d in g g a m e . Donald had 10 rebounds and six steals in the game. Henry had 13 points with Score by Quarters the majority coming from SWC JV: 7,12,23,34 behind the three-point line. lone JV: 19,32,38,45 Fouls: Zane King knocked down nine p o in ts and play ed SWC JV 12, lone JV 12 Player stats: Reb, Ast, Pts tough defense, stopping the penetration from the Danny Doherty: 0,0,0 baseline. We plugged up Henry Padberg: 0,1,13 Donald McElligott: 10,1,5 the middle and made them shoot from the outside,” Joe Doherty: 5,0,2 said the coach o f the JV Austin Carter: 1,1,0 boys’ perform ance. “Our Zane King: 3,2,9 freshm en are starting to Daniel Holtz: 0,0,0 really get in sync; 1 am Jason Juarez: 3,2,12 really proud o f how hard Hector Aguilar: 0,0,3 they are w orking on the Tre’ Neil: 6,0,2 floor. Joel Stillman: 1,2,0 “This is the best defense Colton Hollis: 0,0,0 I have seen our team play “We had a huge first quarter which was led by this year.” approxim ately $106,000 in sch o larsh ip s. We are p ro u d o f ou r g rad u a tes and pleased to continue offering the scholarships to the talented and deserving recipients in our m arket area,” said Bailey. Applicants must plan to enroll in college in either a g ric u ltu re or business. Selection will be based on scholarship, leadership and citizenship. A p plications can be p ic k e d up from school counselors or at a branch o f Bank o f Eastern Oregon, or through a downloadable application online at www. beobank.com. The deadline to submit applications is May 1. Wheat Foundation scholarship offered Pendleton, O R — The Oregon Wheat Foundation w ill p ro v id e up to 12 scholarships for high school seniors whose families are m em bers o f the O regon Wheat Growers League. T he s c h o la rs h ip is also open to students who w ork part-tim e for grower members, as well as students whose family members are employed by OWGL members. T he s c h o la rs h ip requirem ents include an essay on any topic related to the wheat industry and a summary o f the student’s sc h o o l and co m m u n ity involvement. One $1,000 award will be m ade to a qualifying s tu d e n t fro m M o rro w C ounty, as w ell as one from each o f the o th e r p a rtic ip a tin g c o u n tie s , w h ic h in c lu d e B a k e r, Gilliam, Klamath, Malheur. Sherman, Umatilla, Union, W allowa and W asco. In addition, up to two awards w ill be m a d e in th e Willamette Valley counties and one in the C e n tra l Oregon counties. Application forms are available from the Oregon W heat G row ers League website at www.owgl.org or Marilyn Blagg, scholarship coordinator for the Oregon W h e at F o u n d a tio n , mblagg@owgl.org. A pplications are due Monday, Feb. 3. Mustang grapplers take second in Riverside Rumble The Heppner Mustang wrestling team com peted S a tu rd a y at the se v en - team Riverside Rumble in Boardman. The Mustang grapplers took the full lineup for the first time this year and brought hom e a second- place trophy. Final team scores were Riverside 111, Heppner 83, Hermiston JV 73, Mac Hi 68, Union 53, Irrigon 32 and Riverview 24. Ja re d L em m on w on h is t h ir d t o u r n a m e n t c h a m p io n s h ip in fo u r weeks at 132 pounds. He lone senior Emily Holland, #20. shoots a three in the Lady pinned his first opponent Cards’ victory over South Wasco. -Photo bv Paula Emmel from Riverside but needed an overtim e takedown to defeat his second from Mac Hi 6-2. Will Lutcher won his 138-pound bracket w ith three pins. Freshman Cord Flynn brought home his first high school gold medal at 170 pounds, pinning both his opponents from Boardman and Irrigon. John Propheter made the most o f his wrestling debut for the season coming back from football injuries. He w on all fo u r o f his matches against Boardman, Union and two Hermiston o p p o n e n ts to sta n d on top of the podium for the 220-pound weight class. A ll H e p p n e r p la c e winners were: Ryan Smith 3rd (106 lbs), Jared Lemmon 111 (132 lbs), Jesse Boyd 2nd (138 lbs). Will Lutcher l 5' (138 lbs), Treston Maben 2nd (152 lbs), Jacob Moses 4,h (152 lbs), Joe Garcia 6th (152 lbs). Cord Flynn Is' (170 lbs), Kyle Aldrich 2 nd (182 lb s) and John Propheter l 51 (220 lbs). C O U N T Y O F F IC E S APPRO VED -Continuedfrom PAGE ONE FLU SEASON IS HERE! IT'S NOT TO LATE TO VACCINATE >>< 2 ^ You can also get your flu shot at Morrow County Health Department during regular clinic hours: Heppner-Wednesdays 8:30-12:00 and 1:00-4:30 Boardman-Monday and Tuesdays: 8:30-12:30 and 1:00-4:30 I M orro w County Health Departm ent upcoming flu clinics Heppner City Hall Friday 1/17/2013 9:00-7:00 Boardman MCHD Clinic 1/21/2013 9:00-7:00 Ì I T he M u sta n g s n ex t compete in Redmond at the Oregon Wrestling Classic. T he O reg o n W re stlin g Classic is one o f the largest w re stlin g ev en ts in the nation. A bout 80 team s and 3,000 competitors are expected to participate in the three-day event that showcases all high school divisions, a kids’ division w ith youth from several w e s te r n s ta te s , a n d a women’s tournament. building. Tallman says the entire project will be funded with money collected from c o u n ty w in d p ro je c ts , and will not raise county property taxes. Several people spoke in fa v o r o f the p ro je c t at the planning m eeting, including Morrow County H e a lth D ep t. D ire c to r Sheree Smith. Smith said her office would be moving into the new building. She said at her current location u p sta irs in the G illiam Bisbee Building downtown Heppner. accessibility and safety are issues. Senior C itiz e n s and p re g n a n t w om en have d iffic u lty navigating the stairs to the o ffice and som e people will not come to the office because of the long stairs to the second floor. Smith told the Planning Commission. She said the staff currently has to carry all o f their supplies up and down the stairs, as there is no elevator in the building. The new building w ill all be one level. O thers testifie d that they were in favor o f the project but had concerns about tra ffic, no ise and parking. Tallm an said a public m eeting would be held once plans are further a lo n g for the p u b lic to obtain more information. ♦
