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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner. Oregon Wednesday, February 5, 1997
Mustang girls beat Huskies for No. One spot Lady Mustangs flood Pilot Rock Rockets
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By Molly Rhea
The rebounding tnangle o f Lon
Moeller, Mindy Binschus and Lexi
Matteson controlled the boards as
Heppner's varsity Mustang girls
took the win and landed squarely
in first place in the battle for the
CBC district title
The Mustangs hosted the
February 1 game, and they
obviously knew iheir game plan
Playing high pressure, airtight
defense, the Mustangs frustrated
the slower Huskies while shutting
down their inside game Sherman
County's Tyan Sanderson, the
league leading scorer who
averages 15 6 points a game, was
held to a measly two
The game was close, with the
score tied at eight after one
quarter At the half Heppner w as
leading by one, 21 -20 and two key
Sherman County play ers were in
foul trouble
The Mustangs continued to work
hard, setting a blistering pace that
the Huskies were unable to
maintain After three Heppner led
photo by Joyce Hughes
29-25,
outsconng
Sherman
County eight to five in the fourth
Mindy Binschus (12) pulls down a rebound and draws a foul against
quarter and taking the win, 37-30.
Sherman's
Sanderson, while Annie Hisler (10) looks on.
The Huskies might as well have •
It was an important weekend for in sole possession of the number
stayed on their porch, for the
the varsity Mustang girls, and they one spot in the CBC. With three
Mustangs simply outran, out-shot
performed
admirably
by games remaining in regular season
and out-rebounded the Big Dogs
trampling both Pilot Rock and play, the Mustangs look to be in
Moeller was top scorer with ten
Sherman County Heppner is now the clear In prior matchups
points, while pulling down 10
Heppner has beaten the three
rebounds and dishing out an assist
teams left to play by a minimum
.Annie Hisler snatched six steals to
o f 15 points
score nine points, had five boards
On Friday, February 7, the
The monthly meeting o f the
and two assists Jill Barber hit for Morrow County Commission on Mustangs travel to Wahtonka.
six points, had two rebounds, a Children & Families will be held Saturday, February 8, is the
steal and an assist
Mindy on Tuesday , February 11, at the Mustangs' last home game as they
Binschus had four points and 10 Morrow County School District host the Umatilla Vikings. Senior
rebounds Matteson scored four Building in Lexington from 7 to player, Lon Moeller, will make
points and had a rebound, along 9 p m
her last high school basketball
with three steals and four assists
The main items of business will appearance in her home gym.
Jaci Hughes and Casey Ingraham be a report on the status o f the
came in to round out the scoring, Boardman Child Development CBC Varsity girls as of 2/3/97
Season
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each making two pouits. Ingraham Center
and Respite Care Heppner
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By Molly Rhea
The Heppner Mustangs flooded
the Pilot Rock Rockets on Friday,
January 31, as all four Heppner
teams came away with a win
Once again, girls' varsity coach
John Boyer's team „won by
utilizing their teamwork and
balance
Heppner led from the get-go as
the quick Mustangs forced Rocket
turnovers and captured steal after
steal to lead 11-7 after one quarter
and 21-15 after two
The second half w as more of the
same, with Heppner pressuring the
Pilot Rock ball handlers while out-
rebounding their inside players
Heppner increased their lead to 12
after three stanzas, 29-17, and
maintained the margin throughout
the fourth quarter to win 43-31.
Lori Moeller led all scorers with
11 points Moeller also pulled
down 10 rebounds, had six steals
and an assist
Annie Hisler
hustled her way to six points,
captured five boards and four
steals Lexi Matteson hit for six
points, had two rebounds, a steal
and an assist. Jill Barber had six
points, three rebounds and six
steals
While Mindy Binschus
didn't score, she prov ed invaluable
by muscling down 11 rebounds
and snagging two steals.
Jaci Hughes came in to score
four points, had a steal and two
assists Brooke Boyer played a
steady game, scoring four points,
was credited with an assist while
photo by Joyce Hughes
Jill Barber scores two points for the Fillies, while Lori Moeller adds
support.
points off a trey
grabbing two rebounds and a steal
High scorers for Pilot Rock were
Casey Ingraham made three
Marci
Whitaker with 10 points
points, had six rebounds and a
and
Jenm
Simmons with eight.
steal, and Janelle Healv made three
Mustang JV girls
come up short
Heppner Mustangs clinch
tournament spot
By Molly Rhea
In an exceptionally low scoring
game on Saturday, February 1, the
JV Mustang girls again came up
short against the Sherman County
JVs, losing 26-18.
With both teams applying full
court pressure. Heppner lead 6-4
at the quarter, and 12-5 at the half.
The young Mustangs were
overtaken in the third as the
Huskies tied it up at 15.
In the final period Heppner got
into foul trouble and sent Sherman
County to the line repeatedly
Although the Huskies were only
seven of 21 from behind the
charity stripe, that was enough to
break the Mustangs back as
Heppner was only able to score
three points to the Huskies 11 in
the fourth
Sherman County's Katie Fuller
led all scorers with eight points
Trisha Adams led Fleppner's
scoring with five points, four
steals and three rebounds Kim
Pointer had three points, four
boards, blocked a shot and
grabbed a steal
Macv Rhea
pulled down six rebounds, had two
steals and blocked a shot Ashlev
Ropp had three points along with
three steals and a rebound
Allison
Sykes
seized
two
rebounds
Julie Watkins came in for two
points, two boards and three
steals. Amy Papineau had two
points, two steals and a rebound
Abby
Kahl
caused
some
excitement in the first quarter
when she pilfered the ball, then
went coast to coast for the lay in
Kahl scored three points, had four
rebounds and two steals As a
team. Heppner hit a dismal four of
17 from behind the freethrow line
With improvement evident in
every outing Heppner's JV girls
win-loss record stands at seven
and seven with three games
remaining
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a spot in the District 7 2A
tournament with a win on their
home court with a 62-30 victory
over the hapless Sherman County
Huskies
After leading only 7-4 after one
quarter, the Mustangs exploded
for 42 points in the second and
third quarters to race past the
Huskies who have won only one
league game this year
Justin Matteson led four
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14 points. Jim Schlaich had 12
points and 15 rebounds for
Heppner and Jeff Watkins and
Eric Schonbachler added 11 and
10 points respectively.
Trevor Fields led Sherman
County with 11 points for the
losers.
The win brings the Mustangs'
league record to 6-3 with only
three league games remaining
Heppner travels to Wahtonka
Friday night, Feb. 7, and then
hosts the red hot Umatilla Vikings
Saturday night, Feb 8
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The Heppner Mustangs traveled
to Pilot Rock Friday night and
came away with a cntical win,
64-51, over the Rockets. Pilot
Rock was only one loss behind the
Mustangs and this victory on the
road did a great deal for the
Mustangs' post season hopes
Heppner started out with a bang,
jumping out to a 22-4 lead after
one quarter
David Michael,
getting his first start of the year
held
the
Rockets'
Shawn
McLaughlin scoreless in the first
quarter and kept him to only four
points in the first half
After cruising to a 50-34 lead
after three quarters, the Mustangs
struggled in the last stanza The
Rockets closed to within five
points at 58-53 before the
Mustangs put the game away,
despite some terrible free-throw
shooting. Heppner was 19-43
from the chanty stnpe in the game
and only 12-28 in the last quarter
Jim Schlaich had his usual
productive game with 20 points
and 10 rebounds. Schlaich is
leading the CBC in rebounds and
is in the top 10 for sconng
Justin Matteson and Eric
Schonbachler both scored in
double figures, with 15 and 12
points
respectively.
Tim
Dickenson helped out the cause
with nine caroms
McLaughlin led the Rockets with
14 points
The win brought the Mustangs'
league record to 5-3 and put them
in third place in the conference
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