EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 24,1997
lone Cardinals win South Wasco Tournament
1997 South Wasco County High School Invitational Basketball Tournament girls' champions: (l-r) Shelby Krebs,
Sybil Krebs, Nikki McElligott, Allison Halvorsen, Brenda Burright, Kara Miller, Niki Sullivan, Camie Burright, Brandi
Brantley; front-Charissa Gates.
photo by Nancy Miller
Mustang girls cap off December with
Morrow County Tournament win
By Molly Rhoa
The Mustang varsity girls
basketball team capped off their
December schedule by winning
the championship of the Heppner
hosted
Morrow
County
Tournament. All three Morrow
county teams (Heppner, lone and
Riverside) participated as well as
the Imbler Panthers.
The Mustangs defeated the
Imbler Panthers, 45-35, on
Friday evening to advance to the
finals.
Then on Saturday,
Heppner was able to revenge a
previous loss to lone and won
going away, 59-44, to claim the
championship.
In Friday evening's first round
action Heppner lead from wire to
wire. Ahead 11-9 after the first
quarter, the Mustangs went into a
sagging zone defense and
allowed the Panthers only four
points in the second quarter.
Heppner put in only six points
in the third period, but then
poured in 17 points in the fourth
quarter to ice the win.
Annie
Hisler
had
an
outstanding game as she hustled
in 15 points and three rebounds
while dishing out three assists
and blocking a shot.
Petra
Elguezabal scored 10 points and
grabbed six rebounds. Mindy
Binschus added eight points and
pulled down four rebounds.
Imbler's Jamie Jo Cant led all
scorers with 21 points, while
Justine Sieders added 10.
lone had an easy time getting
past the Riverside Pirates to
advance into championship play
against the Mustangs.
The championship game was
tied 9-9 after the first quarter, but
after that it was all Mustang with
Heppner leading 26-14 at the half
and 37-27 after three.
Annie Hisler lead the Heppner
scorers with 14 points, seven
coming from behind the line.
Hisler also hustled in two
rebounds, two steals and two
assists along with blocking a
shot.
Jill Barber scored 13
points, had six boards, two steals,
three assists and a blocked shot.
Lexi Matteson put in 12 points
and pulled down 11 rebounds,
while Petra Elguezabal scored six
points, had 12 boards and two
assists.
lone's Brenda Burright lead all
scorers with 19 points before
fouling out in the fourth quarter.
These wins improve Heppner's
record to 5-3, and the Mustangs
will be taking a four game
winning streak into January. The
Mustangs will again battle the
lone Cardinals in their first game
of 1998 on January 2. Then on
Saturday, January 3, the Heppner
teams travel to Boardman to take
on the Pirates. In their final
preseason game, the Mustangs go
to Condon on Tuesday, January
6, seeking revenge over the Blue
Devils.
Heppner C-team girls take win W e m a k e
assists; McCabe had four steals
and one assist and Patton added
three
steals.
Smith
also
contributed three assists and
Ozment, two.
This young exciting team has
their next game in Heppner
Monday, January 5, against the
Pilot Rock Rockets.
By Marilee McDowell
The Mustangs' C-Team traveled
to Boardman on Monday,
December 15, to compete against
the Riverside High School
Pirates and they came away with
a 39-30 victory.
It was a close match-up
throughout most of the game
with a tie at the half, 22-22.
The Mustangs outplayed the
Pirates in the fourth quarter with
15 points while the Pirates scored
two.
Manssa McCabe led the
Mustang scoring effort with 11
points, while Lindsey Ward was
close behind with eight. San
Juanita Elguezabal, Jenni Patton
and Mindy Smith each scored
four points and Tara Ozment,
Krista Adams, Sara Eckman and
Mandy Sneddon came up with
two points each.
Smith dominated the boards
with 13 rebounds, while McCabe
grabbed nine, Ward and Patton,
three apiece, Elguezabal, Ozment
and Eckman, two each, Adams
and Sneddon, one apiece.
Elguezabal was credited with
seven steals and one assist;
Adams added six steals and two
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Healy 1 0-0 2, Matteson 4 4-9 12,
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