• • * Mustangs lose tough one to TigerScots Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 4,19 98 - THREE Mustang JV girls lose to Stanfield Tigers By Molly Rhea The Tiger JV girls team pounced onto the Mustang's back and refused to shaken off, as Stanfield came up with their only victory over Heppner on Saturday, January 31. Displaying excellent outside shooting, Stanfield led by four after a quarter, then dug in and extended their edge to 13 points, 29-16, at the half. Although the Heppner squad only allowed the Tigers another 15 points, their first half lead proved to more than enough and the Mustangs went down 35-44. Ashley Ropp led the Heppner scorers with 11 points, followed by Kathleen Greenup with nine. Jessica Maben pulled down eight rebounds to lead the Mustangs on the boards. Stanfield's Alaina Pomeroy and Cassis Metz put in 11 and 10 points respectively for the Tigers. Heppner 14 2 8 11 - 35 Stanfield 18 11 5 1 0 - 4 4 H eppner (35) Ropp 5 0-0 11, Clough, Pointer I 2-2 4, Kahl 0 0-10, Rhea 1 0-0 2, Adams 0 0-2 0, Greenup 4 1-4 9, Watkins, Papineau 3 1-3 7, Maben 1 0-0 2, Sykes Totals 15 4-12 33. Three point goals, I, Ropp, Total fouls 9, fouled out, none. Stanfield (44) S Davis 1 0-0 2, Gibbs 3 1-4 7, Bledsoe, Pomeroy 5 1-1 11, Mills 4 0-0 8, Ena 2 0-0 4, Vermillion, Metz 5 0-0 10, C. Davis 1 0-0 2, Austin, Herbert Totals 21 2-5 44. Three point goals, none Total fouls 15, fouled out, none. Quick start powers lone over Cougars By Kara Miller photo by Joyce Hughes Tim Dickenson goes up for shot against TigerScots By Rick Paullus The Heppner Mustangs lost another tough game to the Weston-McEwen Tiger-Scots on Friday, January 30, falling 55-50. The first game between the two teams went to overtime and this game was every bit as close. The first quarter was a good indication of that, as neither team led by more that two points and the score was tied 8-8 at the end. The Tiger-Scots made a 6-0 run to start the second quarter before Tim Dickenson outscored them 8-3 to pull the Mustangs within one at 17-16. Shane Matheny hit a three-point field goal to give the Mustangs a 21-19 lead and Chris Anthony hit a jump shot at the buzzer to give the Mustangs a 24-23 lead at halftime The third quarter was back and forth with the Tiger-Scots holding a 39-37 lead at the end. A three-point play by Dickenson to start the fourth gave the Mustangs a 40-39 lead, th e Tiger-Scots regained the l{ad and kept it through the end of the game. Anthony hit a put back shot off a rebound to pull the Mustangs to within two, 50- 48 with 1:35 left. The Mustangs were forced to foul and the Tiger-Scots' Matt Rainwater hit four straight to put the game out of reach. Dickenson hit a shot at the end to make the final score 55-50. The Mustangs were led by Dickenson with 20 points and 17 rebounds. Anthony finished with 11 points, including one three- pointer. Shane Matheny had two three-pointers and finished with seven points and dished out four assists Weston McEwen 8-15-16-16-55 Heppner 8-16-13-13-50 Weston-McEwen: Clark 6 2-3-14, Rainwater 3-6-6-13, Johns 5 3-6-13, Grimes 3 1-4-7, Enos 2 0-0-4, Peterson 1 0-0-2, Wagenaar 1 0-0-2. 21 12-19-55.3pt. F.G.s-Rainwater. Heppner-Dickenson 7 6-10-20, Anthony 5 0-0-11, Matheny 7 1-2-7, Eckman 2 0-0-4, Matteson 1 0-0-3, Evans 1 0-0-2, Elguezabal 1 0-1-2, Gunderson 0 1-2-1. 19 8-15-50. 3 pt.. F.G.s-Matheny 2, Anthony, Matteson. rT T T T V »Tn m n r »~»- 5 T T T y r r r r « | E verybody L oves R oses HHS C-team falls to Pilot Rock By Merilee McDowell Pilot Rock's 16-point lead at the half proved to be too much to overcome as the Heppner C-team girls fell 54-17 to the Rockets, Monday, Jan. 26. The Mustangs struggled against the Rockets' tight defense and managed to get only one shot off in the second quarter. Mindy Smith had a team high five points and rebounds. San Juanita Elguezabal put in four points, scooped four boards and had one steal. Statistics: Heppner Pilot Rock 6 2 12 11 5 4 10 21 17 54 Morrow County gun club holds shoot A shoot was held at the Morrow County Gun Club Sunday, Feb. 1, with a large turnout and chili provided by Bill Greenup. Winners of the 16-yd shoot were: first, Jeff Cutsforth with perfect score of 25, and second Jim Eynetich, 24. Winners of the handicap shoot were: Rob Ashbeck and Travis Greenup in a tie for first with a score of 24; second, Curt Day with 20. Harvey Childers won the Annie Oakley. The MCGC will meet every Sunday at 9a.m. at the club in Lexington. Travis Greenup provided the early morning wake up calls that resulted in the "great turnout" this past Sunday, said a club spokesperson. A sizzling first half scoring of 40 points to Echo's 10 gave lone the lead over the Echo Cougars, and a record of 3-1 in Big Sky Conference girls' basketball action. With the Lady Cardinal's 6-foot junior, Niki Sullivan, out with an ankle injury, the Cards made a few changes in their line-up. Brenda Bumght put in 4-3 point shots while Camie Burright and Kara Miller added two each. Brenda Bumght led the game with 22 points while C. Burright followed with 20. Nikki McElligott added 14 rebounds as the Lady Cards cruised to their third league win. lone's teams will be on the road this week, traveling to Condon on February 6 and Helix, February 7. The Cardinals will host the final home games of the season when Echo comes to lone on Feb. 13 and Wheeler Falcons visit on Feb. 14. Stats lone (66)- Sy. Krebs, Sh Krebs, Gates, McElligott 4 2-6 10, Miller 3 1-3 9, C. Bumght 9 0-1 20, B. Bumght 9 0-8 22, Brantley I 1-2 3, Thompson, Halvorsen I 0-0 2. Totals: 27-75 4-20 66 Echo (32) -W. Holben, A Lewis 0 0-20, J. Lewis 3 0 -1 6 , Thomas 1 2-4 4, J. Holben 3 0-0 6, Buck 0 1-5 1, Moreno 0 0-2 0, Madison 5 5-11 15, Neely 0 0-1-, Totals: 12-50 8-26 32. 3pt F.G.s lone 8 (B. Burright 4, Miller 2, C. Bumght 2), Echo 0. Rebounds- lone 49 (McElligott 14, Brantley 10), Echo 44 Assists- lone 19 (B. Bumght 6, Miller 5), Echo 8. Steals - lone 32 (B.Burright 8, McElli­ gott 7, Miller 5), Echo 9. Blocked shots- lone 2/Miller, McElligott), Echo 2 (Madison 2). Turnovers - lone 25, Echo 38. Total fouls - lone 22, Echo 17. Fouled out- Sy. Krebs Halvorsen. Mustang JVs beat Stanfield Tigers By Rick Paullus On Saturday the Mustangs traveled to Stanfield and played a good tough game for four quarters to defeat the Tigers. The Mustangs led 25-20 at halftime and continued to lead the second half, ending up ahead 53-47 at the finish. Bias Elguezabal led the Mustangs with 16 points, scoring 10 points in the third quarter as the Mustangs beat the press and found him open for easy shots under the basket. Craig Scott hustled his way to 12 points and Mike Schonbachler added seven points. Stats Heppner 14-11-15-13-53 Stanfield 10-10-13-14-47 Heppner- Bias Elguezabal 7 2-2-16, Craig Scott 4 4-9-12, Mike Schonbachler 2 3-8-7, Blake Knowles 1 4-8-6, David Bates 2 0-0-4, Joe Papineau, I 2-4-4, Ryan Matteson I 0-0-2, Brian Knowles I 0-0-2, Damn Ployhar, Cody Bellamy, Kris Paullus, 19 15-31-53 3 pt F.G.s - None. Lady Cardinals make comeback By Kara Miller After com ing back from a league loss to Condon, Camie Bumght and the lone Lady Car­ dinals sped to a 63-34 win over the Touchet Indians. Bumght scored a game-high 24 points and added five assists and three steals to their stats. Brenda Bumght and Nikki McEl- ligott both added 14 of their own. lone kept the 35-16 half-time lead, playing aggressive man-to­ man defense and good blocking out. McElligott brought down eight to help the team to their 11 th win of the year. OSU to offer applicator classes Business Cards H eppner G azette 676-9228 By Adam McCabe The lone Cardinals traveled to Fossil to take on the Eagles on Jan. 24, and beat the Eagles, 38- 28. The Eagles consisted mainly of sixth and seventh graders so the A team didn't get to play more than one and a half quarters. In the first quarter lone, coming off a loss from Arlington, ran harder and played better than the day before, and Fossil could not keep up. lone scored 16 points and Fossil, 0. Eight of the points came from Adam McCabe, most of those put backs. Adam Neiffer and Colin McElligott each chipped in four. In the second quarter the A team was out and the B team was in and Fossil also had different men on the floor. Fossil could only come up with two points while lone added 13, nine of those from Billy Gates. The other two points came from Koby Rea, and Aaron Tworek. lone went into the locker room witha very comfortable lead of 29-2. Going into the third, four of the five starters were back in along with Johnny Collin. In the third quarter the B team came in but were unable to score while Fossil added 14. At the end of the third the score was Fossil, 16, and lone 29. In the fourth quarter there was more B team action. Fossil came closer and closer to lone but not close enough for the win. Fossil outscored lone 9-12 for a final score of lone 38 and Fossil 28. Coach Holland was pleased with the performance of play, that lone came out and showed that they could play harder than they did the day before, lone has improved to 7-2 for the season. lone 16 29 29 38 Fossil 0 2 14 28 player McCabe A Neiffer Rea McElligott Morgan Krebs Gates Radio Grubaugh P. Neiffer Tworek reb. steals assts 7 3 4 2 3 3 3 4 3 2 pts 8 4 4 4 2 4 II 6 2 CBC 3rd week statistics released Columbia Basin Conference statistics through week three of conference play, as of January 29, list several Heppner High School boys' varsity players with top percentages. Junior Tim Dickenson was tied for third/fourth place in the district in rebounds with 46 and a 9.2 average per game (Joey Shannon of Umatilla also had 46); fourth in points with 81 and a 16.2 average per game; second in free throws (minimum 10 free throws) with 37 out of 49 for 76 percent; and fifth in field goals with 21 out of 41 for 51 percent. Junior Jared Eckman was third in free throws with 10 out of 14 for 72 percent; and 11th in field goals with 13 of 27 for 48 percent. Junior Casey Evans was sixth in rebounds with 39 for an average of 7.8 per game; and sixth/seventh in steals with 11 for a 2.2 average per game. Junior Derek Gunderson was fifth in assists with 14, an average of 2.8 per game; and sixth/seventh in steals, tying with Evans with 11 and an average of 2 . 2 . Freshman Ryan Matteson was tied for seventh-ninth place in assists, along with Jeramy Moe of Umatilla and Gene Enos of Weston-McEwen, with-12 each, an average of 2.4 per game; and tied for second-fourth place in field goals with 15 out of 28 for 54 percent (Jon Gust of Umatilla, 15-28, and Joey Shannon Umatilla, 29-54, also had 54 percent). Although Heppner was 1 -4 in the league, tying with Pilot Rock for last place out of seven teams, they were fourth in offense with 276 points, for an average of 55.2 per game. First place in offense, Umatilla (4-1) had 348; Wahtonka (3-3), 330; Sherman County (3-2), 300; and Weston- McEwen (4-1), 258. The Mustangs were fifth place in defense, with 319 points scored against them for an average of 63.8 pier game. Weston McEwen was first with 212, 42.4 average; Sherman County, 270, 54 average; Umatilla, 292, 58.4; and Wahtonka, 322, 53.6. Top CBC players are as follows: Rebounds-M att Rainwater, Weston-McEwen, 54, 10.8 average; Assists-Troy Johnson, Umatilla, 34, 6.8; Steals-Johnson, 22, 4.4; Pomts- Cory Sherman, Sherman County, 103, 20.6; Free Throws-Laki Mitsas, Wahtonka, 19-22, 86 percent; and Field Goals-Ryan Tatum, Sherman County, 15-26, 58 percent. Statistics were courtesy of Tony Villanueva. No district statistics were available for the CBC girls' teams. We make Posters Gazette-Times Pioneer Memorial Clinic w ill be closed Monday, February 16th for Presidents’ Day For more information, call your local Extension office, 676-9642 Oregon State University will or 278-5403. be offering a Private Applicator Core class on Thursday, Feb. 5,8 a.m.-noon. Cost is $3. Locations of the class are: Morrow County Extension office conference Gazette-Times room, 102 S. Main (upstairs), Heppner; Riverside high School Library in Boardman, and Uma­ tilla County Extension office con­ ference room, 721 SE Third, Suite The mission of our agency is to serve as an advocate for poor and low-income residents and to educateI 3, Pendleton. and solicit public support on issues that affect poor and low-income residents as well as to provide direct client assistance. We are including the following information in order for you to better under­ stand the services we provide in south Morrow County. Our agency does not duplicate or replace other existing resources, but supplements their efforts by meeting needs others can not supply. 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