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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 19, 1997 - FIVE H H S girls varsity has Tigers by the tail Heppner Mustangs stumble at Stanfield hy Molly Rhea_______________ It was plain to see that the Heppner girls' varsity had the Tigers by the tail The Mustangs loped to a 65-24 victory over the Tigers at Stanfield for their final regular season game on Saturday, February 15. The Mustangs controlled the game from the tip Annie Hisler canned a three-point goal to start off the scoring and appeared to be on fire for the remainder of the half Heppner led 18-6 after one and 35-11 at the half Although coach John Boyer had the Mustangs in a low profile defense, it made no difference as the Mustangs continued to increase the margin, leading 48-17 after three and w inning, 65-24 Lon Moeller had a great game as she muscled down 12 rebounds, grabbed two steals and dished an assist. Moeller led all scorers with 14 points, including a three- oint goal and hitting five of six om behind the freethrow line Hisler ended up with 13 points and three steals. Nine of Jill Barber's 11 points came from three-point goals; she also hustled in four steals Brooke Bover scored eight points, along with a rebound, a steal and an assist Casey Ingraham scored six oints while pulling in three oards and a steal ana dishing an assist Mindy Binschus had four points to go with her four rebounds and four steals Jaci Hughes had a trey and two rebounds, along w ith an assist and a steal Janelle Healy had two points, five boards, two steals and passed out three assists. Lexi Matteson converted a freethrow and grabbed three boards and a steal while dishing out an assist. Kathleen Greenup scored three points and snatched a steal With a near-perfect 11-1 league record, the Heppner girls occupv first place in the CBC and will play the fourth place Umatilla Vikings on Friday, February 21, at 1:30 pm at the Pendleton Convention Center The winner of this Friday afternoon's matchup will play the winner of Friday evenmgrs battle of the second and third place teams, Sherman County and Weston McEwen, on Saturdav afternoon to earn the title of CBC district champs. If, by some quirk of the basketball gods, Heppner loses to Umatilla on Friday, the Mustangs would be scheduled for a play-back with the loser of the Saturday game K E C B C Varsity Girls as of 2/15/97 League Season Heppner 1Í 1 18 3 Sherman Co 9 3 14 6 Weston-McEwen 8 4 15 5 Umatilla 6 6 11 11 4 Wahtonka 8 5 15 Pilot Rock 4 8 9 12 1 19 Stanfield 0 12 Jill Barber gets ready to steal the ball from a Stanfield player lone upset in return bid to state By Kara Miller and defensively, scoring only one basket and allowing Wasco County to add six points, bring ing them within five of the Cardinals. During the fourth quarter, the Redsides got their momen tum and kept lone scoreless in the last three minutes of the period as they kept up their side of the offensive pressure. The Lady Redsides beat the Lady Cardinals for the first time in the five years that the two teams have played each other for a state berth. Leaders of the game were lone's B. Burright w ith a game- high 10 points and 10 re bounds. Heideman also added 10 boards. Wasco C ounty's Aimee Lindell had 13 points, w hile junior Jami Demig had their team-high nine points. The disappointing 32-27 loss for the Lady Cardinals capped an otherwise successful 14-8 season retord. Saturday, Feb. 15, was not a good day for the Lady Car dinals against the Wasco Coun ty Lady Redsides. Their shots were off and their defense just was not in the right place at the right time. They lost their chance to go to Baker City, 32-27. lone received the opening tip w hen senior center, Suzy Heideman, hit to Camie Bur- right. Burright passed to sister Brenda, w ho took the baseline and was fouled by Redside's Shelby Woodside. The first quarter continued much the same throughout as the Lady Cardinals had control 12-5 at the buzzer. Second quarter was a repeat of the first and the Cardinals were up 21-12 at the halftime break. Third quarter action was slow-motion, as the Cards slowed dow n both offensively HHS JV cap season with win The Heppner Mustangs had a disappointing conclusion to a suc cessful league season as they dropped their final regular season game on the road to the Stanfield Tigers, 56-53, Saturday, Feb. 15. Sophomore Corey Sherman sank a double-pump, backboard-rattling, three-pointer at the buzzer to the delight of the Stanfield crowd. Like the first meeting between these two teams, Heppner led 14-7 after the first period. Stanfield kept fighting back and trailed 41-3 8 go ing into the fourth quarter. The Ti gers took the lead inside one minute. The Mustangs threw away their last chance for victory and set up Sherman’s last-second shot hero ics. Sherman led the Tigers with 18 points and senior Zane Gibbs chipped in with 12 points, eight in the last quarter. Justin Matteson paced Heppner with 12 points going 5 for 8 from the field. Tim Dickenson had 10 points for the Mustangs, including 6 for 8 from the free-throw line. Stanfield was 20 for 40 from the field for 50 percent, while the Mus tangs were 20 for 61. “We put up 20 more shots than they did, and 11 more free throws. You would think that would be enough to out- score them, but they just wouldn’t fall for us,” said head coach Bob Ployhar. The Mustangs finished Colum bia Basin League Conference play with a 7-5 record, good enough for third place. Heppner will meet the Weston- McEwen TigerScots Friday evening, Feb. 21, at the Pendleton Convention Center in a loser-out contest at the 7A District Tourna ment. The TigerScots beat the Mustangs easily in two previous meetings. Heppner will have to find a way to slow down seniors Michael Peterson and Morgan Dunlap to advance in the tourna ment. p h o to b y J o y c e H u g h e s Jeff Watkins shoots for two while Tim Dickenson (43) gets a push from a Stanfield player prize - S 1,000 plus jacket 1st Robert B. 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S e c o n d -C h a n c e D ra w in g M EG ABU CK j by scooping 10 boards and four program is designed to provide a __ by Molh Rhea____________ Send foul consecutive nonwinning MEGABUCKS tickets for dtowings doted November 13,1996, through June 14,1997 with lbs one-time payment to help pay for The Heppner girls JV team put it steals, rapineau contributed four the increase of energy used during entry tor o chance to win1 Enter as tnony times as you like. This entry is good for one drawing only, points wnile dishing out two all together in Stanfield on Saturday, February 15, and capped assists. Trisha Adams also made the cold months for heat. 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Playing strong against the varsity Culver a trip back home and laden Stanfield JVs, Heppner led and grabbed four steals, Allison gave the Cardinals one more 27-21 after three Running for the Sykes grabbed two boards, two chance to go on to the state bam. the Mustangs took the win. steals and handed out an assist. Leah Denton had three rebounds; championship tourney in Baker 33-25. Tracy Rankin snatched two Making all 10 of her points in the rebounds; and Aleea Strouse City. The Cardinal offense started first half. Ropp lead all scorers pulled in one out slow, letting the Culver Her total included one three-point This win completes the J V 1996- goal, while hitting five for eight girls lead through the first from the charity stripe Ropp also 97 basketball season as the girls quarter. Culver freshman Tur chased down four rebounds and finish with a 10-7 record combined with quoise Towne led the Bulldogs captured two steals. Kathleen Coaching. teamwork and determination with seven, while lone's Bren Greenup hit for six points, along resulted in improved skills and a da Burright had the game-high w ith three boards and two steals winning season for the JV girls. Amy Papincau proved invaluable 14 points. Her sister, Camie Burright, added 10 for the F E B R U A R Y SALE! Cards. In the second quarter, the FEBRUARY M iANS .. F R ii BIFF! Bulldogs tried to hold on, but W h a t b eg a n a v e r 3 0 y e a rs a g o a s a n a y la s u p p o r t th e f a r m e r s a m t the Cards turned up the heat of r a n c h e r s o f th e n o rth u e st h a s nan b eco m e a 33 y e a r tra d itio n . All o v e r their defense. The Cards let the Les S c h w a b C ountry. F ebruary m ea n s F ree R e e f w ith th e til Bulldogs gain only six points, b uy w h e re v e r you see th e Fes w hile lone slipped in 13. 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