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Bias Elguezabal grabs rebound
from Pilot Rock
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner Mustangs beat
the Pilot Rock Rockets, 82-79, in
a high-scoring, wild back-and-
forth game on Friday, Feb. 6, at
Heppner.
The Mustangs jumped out to a
10-2 lead in the First four minutes
with Casey Evans and Tim Dick
enson scoring four points each.
The Rockets then outscored the
Mustangs 10-2 to tie the game, as
the Rockets’ Shawn McLaughlin
scored eight points. Chris An
thony hit two three-pointers down
the stretch and Heppner led 18-
15 at the end of the first quarter.
The Rockets’ Jared Labrousse
then got hot, scoring 10 of the
Rockets’ next 11 points, giving
Pilot Rock a 26-25 lead. The
teams traded baskets until Jared
Eckman hit two free throws, An
thony hit a jump shot and Derek
Gunderson got a steal and lay-in
to give Heppner a 38-31 lead with
2:30 left. Two more free throws
by Eckman made it 40-34 before
the Rockets closed it to 40-39 at
halftime.
Labrousse ended up scoring 15
points in the quarter for the Rock
ets. Eckman had 10 first half
points, going 6-6 from the free
throw line.
The third quarter saw both
teams trading the lead until Dick
enson scored six straight points
on a tip-in, a lay-in, and got a nice
pass from Evans to score another
lay-in, giving Heppner a 51-46
lead. McLaughlin then scored
five straight points, getting a three
point play to tie the game, as
Dickenson picked up his fourth
foul with 2:10 left in the quarter.
Labrousse hit a three-pointer and
Anthony hit a jump shot to end
the third quarter with Pilot Rock
leading 54-53.
Gunderson hit a three-pointer
to give the Mustangs a 56-55 lead
before the Mustangs lost Dicken
son on fouls with 6:53 left in the
game. Evans got a steal and lay-
in and Bias Elguezabal got a re
bound and lay-in to give Hepp
ner a 60-56 lead.
The Rockets’ Erickson and
Gunderson traded three-point
field goals before Eckman got his
fifth foul with 5:39 left, with
Heppner leading 63-62. Shane
Matheny hit a three-pointer be
fore the Rockets scored the next
six points to lead 68-66 with 4:00
left. Both teams traded baskets
before Matheny hit a jumper,
Evans a baseline lay-up and Ma
theny hit two free throws for a 74-
70 Heppner lead. The Rockets
then hit three of four free throws
as Evans and Gunderson fouled
out with 2:10 left and the Mus
tangs ahead 74-73.
Anthony then hit four free
throws to give the Mustangs a 78-
74 lead with 1:14 left. Labrousse
then hit two free throws to pull
the Rockets to within two, 78-76.
Matheny made two free throws
and Elguezabal hit two of four
free throws in the final :28 to give
the Mustangs an 82-76 lead. Pi
lot Rock’s Doherty hit a three-
pointer at the buzzer to make the
final score 82-79.
The win gave the Mustangs
their second straight and three of
four and moved them into a tie
for fourth place in the conference
at three and five.
The Mustangs were led by An
thony with 21 points, including
two three-pointers. Dickenson
scored 19 points in limited play
ing time due to foul trouble. Ma
theny scored 11 points and Eck
man finished with 10 points.
Evans had a good all-around
game with eight points, eight re
bounds, five assists and three
steals. The Mustangs hit 23-31
free throws, compared to the
Rockets’ 19-41.
The Rockets were led by
M cLaughlin with 27 points.
Labrousse finished with 24, in
cluding four three-pointers.
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on Sherman player
By M olly Rhea
It was battle from beginning to
end, but the Sherman County
varsity girls managed to shut
down the Mustang's inside game
to eke out a 45-43 point win and
lay claim to sole possession of
second place in the Columbia
Basin Conference.
Casey Ingraham pumped in six
of her eventual 12 points in the
first quarter to lead the Mustangs
to a 14-12 lead after one. Led by
freshman Kasey Stroud, who was
able to pick off passes and score
eight of her 10 points, the
Huskies answered with 16 points
in the second quarter to take a
five-point lead into the locker
Ctanchj fo r \J attentine ó tttò a y
game-high 14 points, hit for 16
points in the third quarter while
holding the Huskies to only six,
four of whieh came from behind
the free throw line.
It was
Heppner leading by five when
the third quarter-ending buzzer
blew.
In the final eight minutes the
Husky pack came out with a
swarming defense which held the
Mustangs to only one field goal.
Meanwhile the Sherman County
squad managed to put in 11
points, five coming from behind
the charity stnpe.
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with
17
seconds
remaining and the Huskies
leading 45-41, Petra Elguezabal
was fouled in the act of shooting.
Elguezabal aced the two free
throws to narrow the lead to two
points. By quickly fouling and
controlling the rebound the
Mustangs raced down the floor in
the attempt to send the game into
overtime.
With 1.9 seconds
remaining in the game, Hisler
was fouled on the rebound.
Unable to convert the free shot,
the final buzzer sounded with
both teams scrapping for the
rebound.
Hisler lead all scorers with 14
points, grabbed four boards and
two steals, while dishing out four
assists. Ingraham pulled down
five rebounds to go with her 12
points, and Jill Barber put in six
points while handing out five
assists and blocking a shot.
Elguezabal led the Mustang
rebounding effort with seven.
Brittni Beers led the Husky
scoring with 11 and Stroud
finished with 10.
Talia
Sanderson, a 5'10" freshman, led
all rebounders with 10 boards.
With only three regular season
games left to play, the Heppner
teams host Wahtonka this Friday,
February 13. Then on Saturday,
February 14, the Mustangs trot
over to Umatilla to take on the
Vikings.
Heppner
14 9
16 4 - 4 3
Sherman Co 12 16
6 11-45
Heppner (43) Ingraham 6 0-0 12,
Hisler 7 0-1 14, Binschus, Childers,
Boyer 1 0-0 2, Barber 3 0-0 6, Matteson,
1 1-2 3, Elguezabal 0 4-6 4. Totals 19
5-10 43. Three point goals, none. Total
fouls 17, fouled out, Binschus.
Sherman County (45) Pinkerton, Neil,
Shull 3 3-4 9, H. Beers 1 0-3 2,
Sanderson 0 1-2 1, Timblen 2 0-0 Slay,
B. Beers 3 5-10 11, Stroud 5 0-0 10,
Macnab 3 2-2 8, Richelderfer, Wilson,
Fuller. Totals 17 11-21 45, Three point
goals, none Total fouls 14, fouled out,
none.
C B C Girls Basketball Standings
League Season
W
L W
L
Weston-McEwen
8 1
15 2
Sherman Co
6
2
13 5
Heppner
6
3
12 7
Pilot Rock
4
4
10 8
Wahtonka
4
5
11 9
Umatilla
2
6
7 11
Stanfield
0
9
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IHS game
changed
The lone High School
basketball schedule has been
changed for Friday, February 13.
The girls' JV home game versus
Condon will be at 3 p.m. Pee wee
teams will play at 4:30 p.m.
Girls' varsity will play Echo at
5:30 p.m. and the boys' varsity
game will start at 7:30 p.m.
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again traded baskets before An
thony made a three-point play for
a score of 36-32 at halftime.
Heppner came out hustling m
the third quarter as Derek Gun
derson got a steal and a lay-in,
Casey Evans scored and Anthony
stole the ball and laid it in to cut
the lead to two at 40-38. After a
Huskies’ basket, Anthony scored
four straight to tie the game at 42,
with 5:00 left. Anthony then hit a
three-pointer and Evans got a re
bound and put it back in for a 47-
42 Mustang lead. The Huskies
then went on a 13-0 run, with
Fuller scoring 11 of those points
to give Sherman County a 55-47
lead at the end of three quarters.
The Mustangs pulled to within
59-53 with Shane Matheny and
Anthony making back-to-back
jump shots, but the Mustangs
could get no closer as the Hus
kies made just enough free throws
to win the game, 70-57.
Statistics:
Heppner: 18 22 13 2 9 -8 2
Pilot Rock: 15 24 15 2 5 -7 9
Heppner: Anthony 6 7-8 21, Dick
enson 8 3-4 19, Matheny 3 4-4 11,
Eckman 2 6-6 10, Gunderson 3 1-2
9, Evans 4 0-3 8, Elguezabal 1 2-4 4,
Knowles 0 0-0 0, Ryan Matteson 0
0-0 0. 27 23-31 82. Three-point field
goals: Gunderson 2, Anthony 2, Ma
theny.
Pilot Rock: McLaughlin 10 717 27,
Labrousse 7 6-9 24, Doherty 31-3 8,
Erickson 2 3-5 7, Humphreys 3 0-1
6, Greene 1 0-0 3, Sielk 0 2-4 2, R.
Bensel 1 0-2 2. 27 19-41 79. Three-
point field goals: L a b ro u sse 4,
Doherty, Greene.
Sherman Co. ekes out win
W ednesday, February 11, 1998 - T H R E E
The Mustangs were led by An
thony, who scored 26 points.
Evans and Dickenson each ended
up with 11 points.
Heppner will be back in action
on Friday, Feb. 13, as the Wah
tonka Eagles travel to Heppner.
The Mustangs then travel to Uma
tilla to play the Vikings on Satur
day, Feb. 14.
Statistics:
Heppner: 9 21 15 10 - 57
Sherman Co.: 13 23 19 15 - 70
Heppner: Anthony 11 3-5 26, Dick
enson 2 7-11 11, Evans 5 1-5 11,
Gunderson 2 0-2 5, Matheny 1 0-0 2,
Ryan Matteson 1 0-0 2, Jared Eck
man 0 0-2 0, Bias Elguezabal. Blake
Know les, Brian Know les, David
Bates. 22 11-25 57. Three-point field
goals: Anthony, Gunderson.
Sherman County: Fuller 101-7 22,
Josh Thomas 5 2-2 12, Richelderfer
4 2-4 11, Macnab 4 4-6 13, Tatum 1
2-4 4, Fritts 1 1-2 4, Jesse Thomas 0
2-3 2, Gardner 1 0-0 2, Case, Miller.
26 14-28 70. Three-point field goals:
Fuller, Fritts, Richelderfer, Macnab.
Mustang JVs defeat Pilot Rock
were able to pull away in the
fourth quarter to win, 52-41.
The Mustangs outscored Pilot
Rock 18-8 in the fourth, with most
of their points coming from the
free throw line. Heppner hit on
21-39 free throws for the game.
Craig Scott led the Mustangs
by going a perfect 6-6 from the
line and finishing with 16 points.
Blake Knowles scored 12 points,
including a three-point field goal.
Joe Papineau made 8-12 free
throws to finish with eight points.
Jared Eckman shows he can
jump, with check against
Sherman
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner Mustangs trav
eled to Moro on Saturday, Feb. 7
and lost to the Sherman County
Huskies, 70-57.
The Huskies jumped out to a
6-3 lead before Derek Gunderson
tied the game with a three-pointer
with 3:37 left in the first quarter.
The Huskies went on to outscore
the Mustangs 7-3 the rest of the
quarter to take a 13-9 lead.
Sherman County then scored
the first eight points of the sec
ond quarter before a Tim Dick
enson free throw cut the lead to
23-10 with 5:18 left. The teams
traded baskets before the Mus
tangs scored seven straight points,
capped by a Chris Anthony lay-
in to make it 31-25. The teams
Huskies drop
Mustangs JV
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner Mustang JV bas
ketball team traveled to Sherman
County on Saturday, Feb. 7 and
lost to the Huskies, 59-52.
The Mustangs played a much
better game than the first time the
teams met and jumped out to an
18-15 lead after one quarter. The
Huskies came back to outscore
the Mustangs 21 -12 in the second
quarter to take a 36-30 lead at
halftime.
The Mustangs still trailed af
ter three quarters at 45-36, but
battled back to within three points
at 55-52, with 1:20 left. The Hus
kies were able to hold on to take
the win at 59-52.
Ryan Matteson hit two three-
pointers and finished with 10
points to lead a balanced scoring
attack. Michael Schonbachler and
Bias Elguezabal each scored eight
points and Craig Scott scored
seven points, including a three-
pointer.
Statistics:
Heppner: 18 12 6 16 - 52
Sherman County: 15 21 9 14 - 59
Heppner: M atteson 4 0-0 10,
Schonbachler 3 2-4 8, Elguezabal 4
0-0 8, Scott 3 0-2 7, Blake Knowles 2
2-4 6, Cody Bellamy 2 1-2 5, Brian
Knowles 1 1-2 3, Darrin Ployhar 1 0-
0 2, David Bates 1 0-0 2, Joe Pap-
ineau 01-2 1. Three-point field goals:
Matteson 2, Scott.
lone Legion,
Joe Papineau with the rebound
against Rockets
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner Mustangs JV bas
ketball team defeated the Pilot
Rock Rockets on Friday, Feb. 6,
52-41, at Heppner.
The Mustangs controlled play
in the first half to take a 26-20
lead at halftime. The Rockets
closed the gap to 34-33 after three
quarters of play, but the Mustangs
Statistics.
Heppner: 12 14 8 18 - 52
Pilot Rock: 6 14 13 8 - 4 1
Heppner: Scott 5 6-6 16, Blake
Knowles 4 3-7 12, Papineau 0 8-12
8, Cody Bellam y 2 2-6 6, Brian
Knowles 1 1-2 3, Michael Schon
bachler 1 1-2 3, Bias Elguezabal 1
0-0 2, Ryan Matteson 1 0-2 2, David
Bates 0 0-2 0, Darrin Ployhar. 15 21-
39 52. Three-point field goals: Blake
Knowles.
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Student of the Month
Auxiliary meet
The lone Legion Auxiliary,
Unit #95, met at Beecher's
Restaurant, Feb. 3.
A Spinoza Bear was donated
to a needy child. Plans for
kitchen remodeling at the Legion
Hall were discussed.
The unit is planning a tea for
sophomore and junior girls
interested in applying to go to
Girls' State. The tea, planned for
the girls and their mothers, will
be held on March 15.
The annual birthday dinner for
Legion and Auxiliary members
will be on March 16 at Beecher’s
Restaurant.
Members will have a traveling
food sale on April 9. Proceeds
will go toward the annual
scholarship.
Amellia Perk
NOVEMBER STUDENT OF THE MONTH
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