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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 28,1998 Mustangs come back to win in overtime Mustangs drop game to Umatilla Vikings By R ick Paullus By Rick Paullus The Heppner Mustangs varsity boys ended a long weekend by travelling to The Dalles and com ing from behind to defeat the Wahtonka Eagles, 72-68, in over time. The Mustangs had trailed by as many as 14 points before mak ing a furious comeback in the fourth quarter to tie the game and then outscore the Eagles, 16-12, in overtime to win the game. The Mustangs started out slow as they fell behind 5-0 before a Tim Dickenson lay-in with 4:03 left gave the Mustangs their first score. Freshman Ryan Matteson came off the bench to hit a three- pointer to make it 7-5, Wahtonka. Casey Evans tied the score at 7- 7. Victor Cervantes hit a three- pointer at the buzzer to give the Eagles a 10-7 lead after one quar ter. Cervantes continued his hot shooting in the second quarter, hitting two three-pointers and scoring 12 points to extend Wahtonka’s lead to 29-19 at the half. Chris Anthony hit a three- pointer to close it to 29-22 to start the third quarter for the Mustangs. Each team ran off a string of five or six points throughout the third quarter. Wahtonka led 46-34 go ing into the fourth quarter. After the Eagles scored, the Mustangs came back and, with 5:50 left, Evans made a nice steal and lay-in to make it 48-40. Mat teson and Anthony then hit back- to-back three-pointers to close the score to 50-46. A short jump shot by Dickenson made it 53-50 with 2:13 left. Jared Eckman hit a jump shot, then made two free throws with :31 seconds left to tie the game at 54-54. A Wahtonka free throw made it 55-54, but Matteson hit a jump shot w ith: 13 left to give the Mustangs a 56-55 lead. Cervantes made one of two free throws to tie the game at 56-56 and send the game into overtime. The Mustangs took no time jumping on the Eagles in over time, as Eckman made one free throw and Dickenson made two free throws to up their score to 59- 56. Matteson then hit two jump ers in a row to make it 63-56 with 1:52 left. Cervantes then made two free throws and got a steal and lay-in to make it 63-60. An thony made two free throws, Dickenson made four free throws and Derek Gunderson hit three to up the score to 72-62 and ice the game. Wahtonka hit two three- pointers at the end to make the final score 72-68. Heppner was led by Matteson who hit some big shots and scored 20 points, including four three- pointers. Dickenson made 11 of 12 free throws to finish with 15 points and Anthony hit three three-pointers and finished with 13 points. The Mustangs hit 19- 25 free throws for the game. The Eagles were led by Cervantes, who hit five three- pointers and ended up with 29 points. Statistics: Heppner- 7 12 15 22 16-72 W ahtonka-10 19 17 10 12-68 Heppner: Matteson 8 0-0 20, Dick enson 4 11-12 15, Anthony 4 2-4 13, Eckman 2 3-4 7, Evans 3 0-0 6, Ma- theny 2 0-1 4, Gunderson 0 3-4 3, Bias Eiguezabal, Brian Knowles. 23 19-25 72. Three-pointers: Matteson 4, Anthony 3. Wahtonka: Cervantes 10 4-8 29, Stockett 5 3-4 14, Baird 5 2-4 12, Hinatsu 2 0-0 6, Garcia 2 0-0 5, Awmiller 01 -2 1.24 10-18 68. Three- pointers: Cervantes 5, Hinatsu 2, Garcia, Stockett. The Heppner Mustangs’ JV team lost to the Umatilla Vikings on Saturday, Jan. 17, 58-32. The Mustangs jumped out to a quick 4-2 lead only to see the Vi kings score the next 15 points to end the first quarter with a 17-4 Haz-mat program offered Casey Evans puts up a shot W in over Eagles puts Mustang girls in tie for 1st By Molly Rhea The varsity Mustang girls upped their winning streak to four on Saturday, January 24, roasting the Wahtonka Eagles on their home court, 55-46. This win puts the Mustangs in a tie with the Weston-McEwen Tiger- Scots for the top slot in the CBC with identical 4-and-l records. The Mustangs will host the Weston-McEwen Tiger-Scots this Friday night, hoping to avenge Heppner's only league loss. Sports fans will not want to be absent, for there is no doubt that this bam-bumer will be the CBC game of the week. Heppner bolted to an 11 -point lead against the Eagles in the first quarter, 21-10, and then cantered through the rest of game by maintaining that margin. The Heppner squad lead 31-22 at the half and 41-30 at the three quarter mark. Annie Hisler led the Mustang photo by Joyce Hughes scorers with 13 points, six assists Annie Hisler brings up the ball against Eagles and three steals. Casey Ingraham put in 12 points and pulled down seven rebounds; and Lexi Matteson added ten points. Petra By Colin M cElligott was Todd Schaffer, who scored Eiguezabal led both teams in The lone Middle School Car 17 points against lone’s defense. rebounds with 15 boards. dinals participated in the Helix The score at the end of the Wahtonka's Katie Lewis led all Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 17. game was Condon, 47, lone, 28. scorers with 15 points. The Cards started out by playing It was a rough game all the way The Mustangs host Weston- Echo and beat the Cougars, 28- through. Adam Neiffer injured his McEwen on Friday, then travel to 22. It was a see-saw game all the knee early in the game and kept Stanfield on Saturday. Heppner 21 10 10 14 - 55 way through until lone pulled limping throughout the rest of the W ahtonka 10 12 8 16 - 46 away with the lead at the very end game. The lone players thought Heppner (55) Ingraham 6 0-0 12, of the game. they could have played better, but Hisler 3 7-12 13, Binschus 3 1-3 7, Echo was in foul trouble early they were tired from just playing Childers, Hughes, Boyer 1 1-2 3, Barber 0 3-4 3, Greenup, Healy, Matteson 3 4-6 on in the game and lone put this the game with Echo. 10, Maben, Eiguezabal 2 3-4 7. Totals to their advantage, forcing Echo The lead scorer for lone was 18 19-331 55. Three point goals, none. to either foul or let the person take Brad Burright with 23 points. Total fouls 13, fouled out, none. Statistics: the shot. At the end of the game, Wahtonka (46) Ziegler I 0-0 2, lone vs. Echo- points: Adam Mc three Echo players had fouled out, Matherly 2 0-0 4, Krol, T Lewis 1 0-0 2, Cabe 5, Adam Neiffer 8, Brad Burri Schneidt 3 2-2 10, Eagy 1 0-0 2, Hager which helped lone win the game. ght 11, Colin McElligott 2, Karl Mor 3 3-4 9, K. Lewis 7 0-1 14, Stranz 0 3-4 The first quarter of play ended gan 2. Mike Radie 0, Billy Gates 0; 3. Totals 18 8-11 46. Three point goals with Echo, 8, and lone, 7. That assists: McCabe 3, Neiffer 3: steals: 2, Schmidt 2. Total fouls 23, fouled out, was the only time in the game that McCabe 2, Neiffer 5, Burright 5, Matherly. Echo had the lead. From then on, McElligott 1; rebounds: McCabe 4, CBC Girts Basketball Standings 3, Burright 14, McElligott 0, lone had either the lead or was Neiffer League Season Morgan 1, Radie 2, Gates 2. tied with Echo. In the third quar W L L W lone vs. Condon-points: McCabe 2, Neiffer 2, Burright 23, McElligott 1, ter, Echo and lone were tied at 20. Weston-McEwen 1 11 2 4 But at the end of the game. Echo’s Morgan 0, Radie 0, Gates 0: assists: 1 10 5 Heppner 4 6 players who had been in foul McCabe 1, Neiffer 5, Burright 1, 9 Pilot Rock 3 2 McElligott 2; steals: Neiffer 2, Burri Sherman Co 10 5 3 2 trouble started to foul out. This ght 1, McElligott 2: rebounds: Mc 8 7 2 3 Umatilla gave lone the chance they needed Cabe 2, Neiffer 5, Burright 10, McEl 9 7 2 4 Wahtonka and they beat Echo, 28-22. 4 11 ligott 1, Morgan 1, Radie 2, Gates 2. Stanfield 0 5 Right after lone defeated Echo, they moved onto the champion ship round in which they would have to play the Condon Blue Ream • Carton Phillip Thomas Fishburn-a Devils, whom they had lost to the Gazette-Times son Phillip Thomas was bom to day before. Condon won, 47-28. 676-9228 Amy and Mark Fishbum of Ken The first quarter ended with the newick, WA on January 22,1998 score, Condon, 12, lone, 5. The at Kennewick General Hospital. game went on with Condon keep The baby weighed 5 lbs. 12 oz. the game against lone on Jan. 10. ing their steady lead on lone G randparents are Earl and Joey Shannon scored 14 of his throughout the entire game and Peggy Fishbum of Heppner and game-high 28 points in the fourth sometimes adding to their lead by Paul and Judy Cleary of Beaver quarter, which resulted in a loss a dramatic amount. Condon’s ton. lead scoring player for the game for the Cardinals, 69-66. This game was sim ilar to lone’s first meeting with Uma tilla, with again just a minimal & rea ¿ !jifo u r Q h i/en ¿¿n e fo a/ deficit. The Vikings improved to 10-2 overall, while lone fell to 5- 6 . Jake McElligott led a balanced 'S&w-m (Ae dftoearf include*: team effort with 21 points. Nathan ’S p a n a i — <£fifanicure or ^Pedicure Rietmann contributed 14, includ ing three treys. Allan Gnbskov & ^ y / e ^ a n d ffiòefircìAm enù. O ' ajM iye — followed with 11, while Kiel Gra- benhorst and Mark McElligott S^arA a fAouyAtfid eajArouton from you f i r on /y S50f added 10 points each. c f d r u a r y IStA a n d IbtA The Cardinals started league play at home against Condon on J jif t Ir r / ^ r t t / n ant/<yt¿o<n/mmA ¿y oa//tny 676-9611 Jan. 16. or tftfi M o f iP tx u r o f O 4>m Cardinals earn second in tournament Copy Paper Umatilla Vikings edge lone Cardinals By Brad Burright and Adam Neiffer In a sce-saw game from the start, the Umatilla Vikings varsity boys’ team relied on one indi vidual to step up and score, par ticularly in the latter segment of O F F IC E S U P L IE S FAX Paper Computer Paper Gazette-Times 676-9228 photo by Joyce Hughes A program titled “Haz-Mat” will be offered to Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) at Ed-Net I sites, on Thursday, Feb. 12 from 7-9 p.m. This course will cover common hazardous material injuries and patient care specific to those situ ations, turning over patient care to hospitals, case reviews, how to protect yourself and others and guidelines on how EMTs and haz- mat work together. The program instructor is Mark Stephens, EMT-P. The cost of the class is $15 or $45 for all three classes. Contact N ortheast Oregon Area Health Education Center at (541) 962-3801 Statistics: lone: 22 9 18 17-66 Umatilla: 16 23 10 20-69 Births lead. The Mustangs could never re cover and ended up losing, 58-32. A balanced scoring attack was led by Craig Scott with five points and Kris Paullus with four points. Statistics: Heppner- 4 7 5 16-32 Umatilla- 17 9 17 13-58 Heppner: Scott 2 1-2 5, Paullus 2 0-04, Joe Papineau 1 1-2 3, Michael Schonbachler 1 1-33, Blake Knowles 1 0-2 3, Brian Knowles 10-0 3, Damn Ployhar 0 2-3 2, Bias Eiguezabal 0 2-2 2, David Bates 1 0-2 2, Cody Bel lamy 1 0-0 2, Ryan Matteson. Three- point field goals Blake Knowles, Brian Knowles Condon squeaks past lone, 30-24 By Adam M cCabe The lone Middle School boys played Condon on Friday, Jan 16. Condon went away with the win, 30-24. It was a close and fast-paced game from the beginning. In the first quarter, trouble started for lone when Adam Neiffer got into foul trouble. He had three fouls by the end of the quarter. A tre mendous number of shots were taken, but lone could only end up with two points coming from Adam M cCabe. Condon had three points from Todd Shaffer. The second quarter was a fast- paced, low-sconng quarter, much like the first. Neiffer added to his fouls with one more, making a total of four. Shaffer led Condon in scoring again, with five points, lone’s Brad Burright had five points and Neiffer had an addi tional two points to make the sec ond quarter score, 9-8, lone. In the third quarter, the Cards looked like they were tired com ing out of the locker room. Con don saw lone’s weakness and started to take the lead. Still, lone kept close to Condon Shaffer wasn’t the only one to score for Condon. Although he was the leading scorer of the period with 11 points, David Bednard had two. At the end of the third, the score was Condon, 21, lone, 17. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, lone started playing bet ter than they did in the third. The Cards played tough and hard, but Neiffer fouled out. Condon re mained in control although lone fought as hard as they could. For Condon, Shaffer had four points in the quarter, Randy Camine had three points and Mike Durfey had two. lone could only score six, and lost the game, 30-24. Coach Dale H olland said, “Even though we played our best game so far, we wore out too fast.” Statistics: lone- points: Adam McCabe 6, Mike Radie 2, Brad Burright 13, Colin McElligott 0, Karl Morgan 0, Adam Neiffer 2, Billy Gates 0, K. Rea 0; assists: Neiffer 3, Gates 1; steals: Mc Cabe 2, Burright 1, Neiffer 5, Gates 1; rebounds: McCabe 2, Radie 1, Burright 13, Morgan 3, Neiffer 2. Mustang JVs lose to U m atilla 10 points and Jared Eckman The Heppner Mustangs varsity added eight points. Derek Gun played the number six ranked derson scored four points, had team in the state tough, but ended five steals and five assists. up losing 67-59, Saturday, Jan. Statistics: 17. The Mustangs gave the de Heppner-18 12 17 12-59 Umatilla- 18 15 14 20-67 fending state champions Umatilla Heppner: Dickenson 5 10-15 20, Vikings all they could handle, but Matteson 4 0-0 10, Eckman 4 0-0 8, were outscored 20-12 in the Casey Evans 3 0-0 7, Shane Ma- fourth quarter. theny 2 0-0 5, Chris Anthony 2 0-0 5, A fast-paced first quarter ended Gunderson 2 0-1 5, Bias Eiguezabal all even at 18-18, before the Vi 00-00.2210-18 59. Three-point field kings pulled out to a 33-30 lead goals: Matteson 2, Matheny, Evans, at halftime. The Mustangs came Anthony. U m atilla: Shannon 7 0-0 14 back to tie the score at 47-47 af Olivera 6 1-2 13, T. Johnson 4 1-19, ter three quarters. Gust 4 1-2 7, Rohde 3 0-0 6, Savage The Mustangs were led by Tim 1 2-2 5, Kelly 2 0-0 4, Moe 1 1-2 3, Dickenson with 20 points and 11 Mclver 0 3-4 3, A. Johnson 0 3-4 3, Cleaver. 28 11-19 67. Three-point rebounds. Rvan Matteson scored By Rick Paullus field goals: Savage. IMS girls leave tracks on Helix Grizzlies Amellia Peck lead with 14 points, followed by Tracy Griffith with six and Salli McElligott with The lone Middle School girls’ four. Peck also lead with 13 re basketball team played the Helix bounds, followed by Griffith with Grizzlies on Saturday, Jan. 10 in 10 and Kristina Powell with nine. Helix. lone showed much im Peck again lead with seven steals, provement in the rematch and followed by S. McElligott with pulled ahead for the win with a six. Natalie McElligott lead in score of 28-14. assists with three and S. McElli Although lone had a slow start, gott had one. they were able to work it off. At “Conditioning finally paid off the end of the half, lone was down for us in this game. Overall I by one. 9-8. The halftime talk thought we did best in the fourth proved to be a true success, as the quarter when we pulled it together Cardinals pulled ahead, 14-12, at and made 14 points,” said coach the end of the third quarter. They Steve Schaber. stayed in the lead through the lone’s next game was against fourth and won, 28-14. Condon, Friday, Jan. 16, in lone. By Kristina Powell, Salli McElligott, and Rhonda W ilhelm DAJiOTd (Tifili Hi «MIIICÍ 6 PtNDfWT m u « ig n i» í m o m iirnu wuKu pjuvtim imiisuiik • tm Î
