WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2017
Th e greatest Knight
By ALEXIS MANSANAREZ
STAFF WRITER
During Irrigon girls bas-
ketball head coach Mike
Royer’s extensive career,
he has coached only a hand-
ful of players who reached
the 1,000-point milestone
— all of whom, until Satur-
day, Dec. 16 where from his
years at Hermiston.
There’s a certain kind of
player how can accomplish
this feat, Royer explained.
“It takes just consistency
and you don’t see that very
often,” he said.
It also takes years on the
court at the varsity level to
aid in the process. All of
which are components of
Irrigon senior Jada Burns’
game.
The three-sport star ath-
lete recently became the fi rst
Knight in the girls basket-
ball program to notch 1,000
career points, and for Burns
it was just like any other
game.
“I was just wanting to
win and it happened,” Burns
said of Saturday’s game
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against La Grande, where
her 10-point performance
helped eclipse a career mile-
stone that she had been
working towards the past
three years.
Burns’ freshman year in
2014-15 was her fi rst as the
starting point guard for the
Knights and it was also Roy-
er’s fi rst year at the helm of
the program. That year, Irri-
gon fi nished 7-13 overall
and Burns earned fi rst team
all-Columbia Basin Confer-
ence honors after she scored
258 points, an average of
12.9 per game.
The following year, again
with Burns leading the team
on the court and Royer call-
ing plays from the sideline,
the team added two wins to
its total, ending 11-13 over-
all. This was Irrigon’s fi nal
year competing in Class 2A
and Burns’ output drasti-
cally increased and turned in
360 points as a sophomore,
or 15 per game, once again
earning herself fi rst team
all-Columbia Basin Confer-
ence honors and third team
all-state honors.
STAFF PHOTO BY KATHY ANEY
Jada Burns concentrates before launching a free throw
during Saturday’s non-conference game against La Grande
in Hermiston.
And last season in Irri-
gon’s fi rst go in Class 3A,
Burns met the tougher com-
petition head on and kept
producing night in and night
out. She scored 345 points,
an average of 15.7 per game,
and led the Knights to a win-
ning record (12-10) and was
the only junior to earn fi rst
team all-Eastern Oregon
League honors.
Burns has opened this
season with 115 points so
far, and is one pace to add
at least 150 more to her total
by season’s end.
Her early success has
been a catalyst for the team,
which started the year unde-
feated before heading into
Saturday’s matchup. But
a 44-39 loss to the Tigers
stained the Knights’ record.
Burns’ accomplishment
wasn’t overshadowed by
the loss, but it was a hard
pill to swallow. The defeat
could have turned out to be
another tally in the win col-
umn, but with Burns suffer-
ing from an illness this past
week she was not at her best.
“I honestly think if Jada
would have been healthy Sat-
urday we might have had a
shot at beating them because
honestly, she shouldn’t have
even played,” Royer said.
But playing through pain
just comes with the territory.
“You just have to say
it’s for the team and fi ght
through it,” Burns said.
“I mean, it was hard to go
out there and feel like you
couldn’t move and couldn’t
breathe but I did what was
best for the team.”
As an all-league short-
stop in softball, the junior
varsity quarterback and
varsity backup as a senior,
and an all-league volley-
ball player, Burns has spent
many years on the court, on
the fi eld and in the dirt.
Each experience build-
ing on one another, giv-
ing Burns confi dence and
increasing her athletic abil-
ity and smarts.
“It just took a lot of con-
fi dence,” Burns said on
reaching the milestone.
“You start at the beginning
and you have to work your
way up and you just realize
you want to win and you’ll
do anything to win and if it
wasn’t for my teammates I
defi nitely would never have
gotten where I’ve gotten.
We build as a team.”
Burns’ success has ele-
vated the level of play across
the Knights’ 11-player ros-
ter. Now, in her senior year
instead of racking up the
buckets she’s looking more
to dish out assists to her
teammates than she has in
the past, and still more often
than not is leading the team
in points after its all said and
done.
“This year (Jada) has
been a leader for us in
assists and just getting us set
up and handling pressure,”
Royer said. “We always
look to Jada and as a coach,
it’s been really nice having
someone like her as a point
guard the past four years.
“I mean, she knows how
to score,” he added. “She’s a
good scoring threat, and she
just knows basketball. She’s
a smart basketball player,
and is going to have a good
senior year too.”
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• • •
The Stanfi eld Public
Library expressed appreci-
ation to all the Santa’s elves
who volunteered their time
during Santa’s Workshop.
The event included cookie
decorating, writing a letter
to Santa, an ornament craft
and photos with Santa.
Library director Cecili
Longhorn said a number
of people were a great help,
including Sebastian San-
chez, Elizabeth Cervantes,
Adam Lemmon, Jenni-
fer Brown, Debbie Baros,
Anna Lemmon, Kathy
Wall, Jennifer Baros,
Nikki McCann, Kitty
Lamb, Samantha Ver-
million, Aleta and Bruce
Lemmon, Melissa Peter-
son and Frosty.
“You are all a treasure to
Stanfi eld and we are lucky
to have you in our commu-
nity,” Longhorn said.
• • •
Don’t forget tickets are
still on sale for the sixth sea-
son of Dancing with the
Hermiston Stars. The Jan.
13 event features Cam-
eron Bendixsen, Josh
Burns, Erik Juarez, Tri-
cia Mooney, Erica San-
doval and Ashley Seibel,
who will hit the dance fl oor
with professionals from
the Utah Ballroom Dance
Company.
In addition to compet-
ing for the coveted mirror
ball trophy, dancers are rais-
ing money to support Des-
ert Arts Council’s mission
to promote the arts by offer-
ing activities and bringing
visual and performing arts
events to the area.
Tickets are $20 for adults
and $10 for students. They
are available at the Herm-
iston Chamber of Com-
merce, Hermiston Parks &
Recreation, by calling 541-
667-5018 or www.deser-
tartscouncil.com,
where
people can also “buy” votes
for their favorite “star.”
• • •
SECO Pallets, LLC.
lit up the holiday season in
Boardman with the Wel-
come Santa Drive.
Hitching up a cus-
tom-made sleigh — made,
of course, with pallets —
the Boardman business
organized a lighted parade.
Ending at the SAGE Cen-
ter, Santa Claus posed for
photos and handed out
gifts. Frankie Lezama said
the third annual event has
grown each year.
The SECO Pallets family
expressed special thanks to
others who helped make the
event possible, including the
Morrow Country Sheriff’s
Offi ce, Boardman Police
Department, Boardman
Rural Fire Protection
District, DJ Kora, C&D
Drive In, Columbia River
Dairy, the Leffl er family,
SAGE Center, Boardman
Kiwanis Club and Santa
Claus, aka Dan Huxoll.
per hour, plus benefi ts.”
Oregon Gov. Kate
Brown also approved an
award from the state’s
Strategic Reserve Fund to
move the project forward,
which she said is part of her
focus to boost the economy
statewide.
“In addition to support-
ing our rural economies
and booming agriculture
industry, this investment
provides critical workforce
training opportunities in
well-paying jobs in Eastern
Oregon,” Brown said.
Nathan Buehler, spokes-
man for Business Ore-
gon, said the state is indeed
fi nalizing the contract on a
half-million dollar loan to
Lamb Weston. That loan
will include requirements
for job creation, work-
force training and building
a wastewater system at the
site.
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2019, supporting growth in
North America and over-
seas exports to Asia.
“It’s really to keep up
with demand,” Stoolman
said.
Mark Morgan, Hermis-
ton assistant city manager,
said the project is the larg-
est ever investment in the
Greater Hermiston Enter-
prise Zone, both in terms
of capital investment and
annual payroll.
“We’re very happy that
Lamb Weston is choosing to
make this investment in the
Hermiston area,” Morgan
said. “This is an advanced
operation, so these are not
your run-of-the-mill pro-
cessing jobs. We anticipate
these full time jobs to pay
an average of at least $18
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