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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 14, 1998 Heppner Mustangs lose to Sherman County Condon nips Mustang boys in close game Tim Dickenson ends up with ball while Condon players end up in a pile By Rick Paullus The Heppner Mustangs lost another close game to the Con don Blue Devils on Tuesday, Jan 6, at Condon, 59-58. The Blue Devils had previously beat the Mustangs in overtime in the first game of the season. The Mustangs jumped out to a 10 point lead in the first quarter, leading 14-4 after one. Condon got going in the second quarter, outsconng Heppner by eight as both teams combined for 50 points. The Mustangs led 35-33 at halftime. Condon continued its scoring string, outsconng the Mustangs 20-9 to lead 53-44 at the end of the third quarter. The Mustangs battled back with the help of missed free throws by Condon to get within one point at 59-58 but couldn’t quite get the go-ahead basket. Heppner was lead by Tim Dickenson with 19 points. Jared Eckman ended up with 14 and Chris Anthony scored 12 points. Brad Camine again led Condon with 25 points and Jarod Lathrop finished with 12. photo by Joyce Hughes Heppner ended its pre-season schedule with a 3-7 record. Statistics: Heppner 14-21-9-14 58 Condon 4-29-20-6 59 Heppner: Dickenson 8 3-5 19, Eckman 5 4-8 14, Anthony 5 2-4 12, Gunderson 3 2-4 9, Evans 1 0-0 2, Elguezabal 1 0-0 2, Matheny 0 0-0 0, Matteson 0 0-0 0. Total- 23 11 -21 58. Three-point field goals-Gunderson. Condon: Carnine 11 3-9 25, Lathrop 5 0-1 12, Weimar 4 0-2 9, Ja. Smith 3 1-2 7, Jo. Smith 2 0-3 4, Allen 1 0-0 2, Eubanks 0 0-0 0, C. Stinchfield 0 0-0 0. Total- 26 4-17 59. Three-point field goals-Lathrop 2, Weimar. Mustang boys lose to TlgerScots in O T By Rick Paullus The Heppner Mustangs trav eled to Athena on Friday, Jan 9 and lost in overtim e to the Weston-McEwen TlgerScots, 38- 37. The Mustangs looked good to start the game as Derek Gunder son hit a three-pointer, T 1 m Dick enson, a lay-in, and Gunderson drove the lane and put the ball in for a quick 7-0 Heppner lead. Weston-McEwen finally scored two quick buckets with 3:07 left to pull within 7-4. Chris Anthony hit a jumper at the buzzer to give Heppner an 11-6 lead after one period. A defensive second quarter saw both teams score seven points and Heppner still led 18-13 at half- time. The TlgerScots closed to within two, 19-17, before Gun derson hit another three-pointer to push the lead back to five. Weston-McEwen closed the lead to 26-23 entering the final period. The TlgerScots came out quick in the fourth period with a lay-in and two free throws to take a 27- 26 lead with 6:45 left. A Dicken son free throw tied the score at 27-27 with 5:24 left, and then a Dickenson lay-m with 2:17 left gave the Mustangs a 29-27 lead. Two free throws by Weston- McEwen with 1:54 left tied the score again. After both teams turned the ball over. Heppner had one last chance, but a desperation shot fell short at the buzzer. Weston-McEwen took a quick 31-29 lead in overtime, but An thony came right back w ith a nice move on the baseline to tie the game at 31-31. The TlgerScots came down and took a 33-31 lead before Shane Matheny made one of two free throws to make the score 33-32. A Weston-McEwen free throw made it 34-32 before Casey Evans made two free throws to tie it up again with 1:32 left. A TigerScot basket and another free throw by Matheny made it 36-35 with :55 left. Dickenson came down the baseline for a lay-in that gave the Mustangs a 37-36 lead with 27 seconds left. Maurice Johns put back his own rebound to give the TlgerScots a 38-37 lead with :04 left. Anthony dribbled down the floor and hit a three-pointer, but the buzzer had already gone off. The Mustangs were led by Dickenson with 11 points; An thony had eight points; and Evans scored four points and pulled down eight rebounds. Statistics: Heppner-11-7-8-3-8 37 Weston-McEwen- 6-7-10-6-9 38 Heppner: Dickenson 3 5-8 11 Anthony 4 0-0 8, Gunderson 3 0-0 8 Evans 04-4 4, Matheny 0 2-4 2, Eck man 1 0-0 2, Elguezabal 1 0-0 2, Mat tesón 0 0-2 0. Total 12 11-18 37 Three-point field goals: Gunderson 2 Weston-McEwen: Clark 5 2-2 13 Evans 4 2-2 10, Johns 4 0-2 8, Rain water 3 1-4 7, Grimes, Peterson Wagenaar. Totals 16 5-10 38. Three point field goals: Clark. Mustang JV boys rally against W-M By Rick Paullus off the Mustangs. The Heppne’ Mustangs JV The Mustangs had a balanced team rallied in ne fourth quarter scoring attack led by Blake against the Sh' rman County Hus Knowles, Michael Schonbachler kies, but fel’ short, losing 51-44 and Craig Scott each with seven on Saturday, Jan. 10. The Mus points. Bias Elguezabal and Joe tangs out- cored the Huskies 22- Papineau each had six points. 12 in the fourth period, but Ryan Matteson had five points couldn’t quite catch up. and Brian Knowles finished with The Mustangs fell behind 11- four. 5 after one quarter and were down Statistics: 24-15 at halftime. The Huskies Heppner- 5-10-7-22 44 extended their lead to 39-22 after Sherman County-11-13-15-12 51 Heppner: Blake Knowles 3 1-5 7, three quarters before Heppner got their press working and got to Schonbachler 2 1-2 7, Scott 31-2 7, Elguezabal 2 2-2 6, Papineau 1 4-4 within four points on two occa 6, Matteson 21-25, Brian Knowles 2 sions. However, the Huskies 0-4 4, Bellamy 1 0-1 2, Ployhar, made enough free throws to hold Bates. Total 17 10-22 44. EOU to hold local orientation Eastern Oregon University’s Division of Extended Programs will hold several meetings to ex plain continuing education oppor tunities for nontraditional time and placebound students. These meetings will provide informa tion regarding the programs’ ex ternal degree in liberal studies. The winter term orientation sessions scheduled for Morrow County will be held Thursday, Jan. 22 at Heppner from 12-2 p.m., and Mardi 5 at Boardman from 12-2 p.m. Sessions are of fered at no charge. Interested persons should con- Come Share With Us A t W illow C reek B ap tist C k urck Worship Service at 3 p.m . M e e tin g in th e 7 th -d a y A d v e n tis t C h u r c h 5 6 0 N orth M inor tact the Umatilla/Morrow County center for details regarding the meetings and their locations at 278-5776. Meetings will be can celled if there are no students pre registered by noon the day before each workshop. By Rick Paullus In a foul-filled game on Satur day, Jan. 10, the Heppner Mus tangs lost to the Sherman County Huskies, 66-46. The two teams combined for 53 fouls-27 by Heppner and 26 by Sherman County. Sherman County jumped out to a 10-0 lead before Derek Gunder son hit a three-point field goal with 1:20 left in the first quarter. Tim Diekenson picked up his third foul with 49 seconds left and wouldn’t play again until the third quarter. Two free throw s by Casey Evans with :01 left pulled the Mustangs to within 11 -8 after one quarter. The fouls kept coming in the second quarter as Evans picked up his third foul with 7:09 left. Jared Eckman hit two free throws to make it 11-10 before picking up his third foul with 6:46 left. After many more fouls and free throws by both teams, the Hus kies held a 29-20 lead at halftime after Shane Matheny hit a three- pointer at the buzzer. The Huskies came out fast in the third quarter, scoring the first 10 points before Matheny hit a jump shot with 2:45 left. The Huskies built their lead to 51-24 at the end of the period. The M ustangs outscored Sherman County 22-15 in the fourth period but it wasn’t enough as the Mustangs dropped to 0-2 in the Columbia Basin Confer ence. The Mustangs will be back in action against league favorite and defending state champion Umatilla on Saturday, Jan. 17, at Heppner. Eckman led the Mustang effort with 12 points. Matheny and Dickenson scored seven points apiece. Rvan Matteson came off the bench to score five points, grab eight rebounds and dish off four assists. Statistics: Sherman County-11-18-22-15 66 Heppner- 8-12-4-22 46 Heppner: Eckman 4 4-4 12, Ma theny 3 0-0 7, Dickenson 2 3-4 7, Matteson 2 1-2 6, Gunderson 2 0-2 5, Anthony 1 1-4 3, Bates 1 1-2 3, Evans 0 2-2 2, Elguezabal 0 2-6 2, Knowles. Total- 15 14-26 46. Three- point field goals- Matheny, Gunder son, Matteson one each. Sherman County: Richeiderfer 7 1- 2 18, Fuller, Tatum 2 5-69, Josh Tho mas 2 5-6 8, Fritts 2 1-6 7, Jesse Thomas 21-5 5, McNab 1 1-13, Koch 2 0-0 4. Total- 22 16-34, 66. Three- point field goals-Richeiderfer 3, Fritts 2 . Mustang JV girls beat TigerScots in OT By Molly Rhea The junior varsity Mustang girls beat the Weston-McEwen Tiger- Scots at Athena, Friday, January 9, winning in overtime, 37-34. This game was won from behind the freethrow line with the young Mustangs sinking 19/28 (79 percent) compared to 2/6 for the foul-prone Tiger- Scots. The contest started out slowly and was tied at a measly six points apiece after the first eight minutes of play. The second quarter was witness to improved scoring. Although the Mustangs put in only six points from the field they sunk seven points from behind the charity stripe to put them up 19-13 at the half. Heppner maintained their lead in the third quarter, with Amy Papineau posting up for two points at the buzzer to preserve their six-point advantage. The Tiger-Scots scored an unanswered seven points to start the fourth quarter and take a one- point lead. With eight seconds remaining and again leading by one, 30-29, the Tiger-Scots made the mistake of fouling Ashley Ropp. Ropp sunk the first half of her pair and the second shot went off the rim into the hands of a Tiger-Scot. Heppner was able to play tight defense to deny the shot and send the game into overtime. All seven of the Mustangs' overtime points came from behind the freethrow line with Ropp sailing in an additional five of six and Kathleen Greenup putting in two of four to send the Tiger-Scots back to their kennels. Greenup led all scorers with 14, six coming from freethrows. photo by Joyce Hughes Shane Matheny makes a pass Ropp finished with 13, earning nine from behind the charity stripe. Kim Pointer led the Mustang rebounding effort with six boards and two blocked shots, while five Mustangs, Greenup, Ropp, Trisha Adams, Amy Papineau and Allison Sykes, grabbed five rebounds apiece. Heppner 6 13 7 5 7 - 3 7 Weston-McEwen 6 7 6 11 4 - 3 4 Heppner (37) Ropp 2 9-12 13, Clough, Pointer 0 1-21, Kahl, Rhea, Adams I 0- 0 2, Greenup 4 6-10 14, Watkins I 0-0 2, Papineau 1 0-0 2, Maben 0 3-4 3, Sykes. Totals 9 19-28 37. Three point goals, none. Total fouls 13, fouled out-none. Weston-McEwen (34) Crasper I 0-2 2, Sparks, Harrison, Robertson, Allen, Huntsman 1 0-0 2, Britt 4 2-2 11, Tubbs 1 0-0 2, Botts 2 0-0 4, Minthom 2 0-0 6, Shank I 0-0 2, Hanson, Locke 2 0-2 4. Totals 14 2-6 34 Three point goals 3, Britt 1, Minthom 2. Total fouls 22, fouled out Crasper. Card party set for Sunday, Jan. 18 The card and bunco party that was scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 11 at St. Patrick’s Parish Hall was postponed because o f the bad weather. The party, which is for men and women bridge, pinochle and bunco players, will be held on Saturday, Jan. 18 at 2 p.m. at the parish hall. Admission is $2. Cash prizes and door prizes will be awarded. Mustang JV girls hand loss to Sherman By Molly Rhea Although the Sherman County junior varsity came loaded for bear with 17 girls on their roster, Heppner sent them away empty handed on January 10. The young Mustang squad handed the Huskies a 42-21 defeat to improve Heppner's season record to 5-2. The Mustangs led from wire to wire, ahead 12-8 after the first eight minutes. With Amy Papineau putting in six of her 10 points in the second quarter, Heppner kicked open a big lead, finishing the half ahead by 11 points, 21-10. Although the Mustangs managed only five points in the third quarter, the Huskies put in a measly four and Heppner led 26- 14 after three. The Mustangs pulled out all the stops for the final stanza, outsconng the Huskies 16 to 7. Ten of the Mustangs' fourth quarter points came from behind the freethrow line. Amy Papineau lead the scoring and rebounding effort with 10 points and 12 boards, as well as four steals. Trisha Adams added eight points and seven rebounds, while Julie Watkins dished out four assists to her teammates. Sherman Co 8 2 4 7 - 21 Heppner 12 11 5 16 - 42 Sherman County (21) Case I 0-1 2, Bird, Wooderson, Richeiderfer 3 1-3 7, Tatum 00-l 0, J. Pinkerton. Wilson 2 0- 3 4, K. Pinkerton 0 3-103, WeedmanO 1-2 1, Fuller, Wolfe, Blagg I 0-0 2, Brower, Fritz, Miller, Mclzer, Rivas 0 2- 2 2. Totals 7 7-24 21. Three point goals, none. Total fouls 24, fouled out, none. Heppner (42) Ropp 2 1-3 5, Clough I 0- I 2, Pointer 1 2-2 4, Kahl 0 3-4 3, Rhea 10- 12, Adams 3 2-4 8, Greenup 3 1-5 7, Watkins 0 1-2 I, Papineau 4 2-3 10, Maben, Sykes. Totals 15 12-25 42. Three point goals, none. Total fouls 24, fouled out - none. 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