Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
lone takes important
win over Echo
By Rhonda Wilhelm and Colin
McElligott
The lone Cardinals High
School boys' basketball team
beat the Echo Cougars on Friday,
February 3, 82-67. This game
determined who will go to
districts.
lone beat Echo both match ups
this season. lone had 12 wins
and eight losses; Echo had 13-8.
lone and Echo tied at 24 at the
end of the first quarter. Echo got
by lone during the second quarter
by two points, 42-40.
The third quarter the Cardinals
pulled ahead, out-scoring the
cougars, 16-11.
At the end of the third quarter
the Cardinals scored 26 points to
the Cougars' 14 points. This gave
the Cards a 15 point win.
"This was a huge win for us,"
said lone coach Stefani.
Echo
24 18 11 14-67
lone
24 16 16 2 6 -8 2
J. McElligott 10 2-2 24; Orem 6
5-6 17; Grabenhorst 13 5-10 32;
M. McElligott 1 2-4 4; Gnbskov
1 3-5 5; Rietmann, Crum,
Morgan, Neiffer, Moon, and
Bennetto 0 0-0 0
lone 3-pomt goals, J. McElligott
2, Grabenhorst.
Mustangs lose to Umatilla
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner Mustangs trav
eled to Umatilla on Saturday, Feb.
14 and handled the league-lead
ing Vikings for three quarters, but
a disastrous fourth quarter gave
the victory to the Vikings, 88-63.
A combination of foul trouble
and a trapping half court defense
led to the Vikings outscoring
Heppner 31 -4 in the fourth quar
ter. The Vikings made 25-37 free
throws for the game, compared to
the Mustangs 10-14.
A high-scoring first quarter
saw the Vikings take a 22-20 lead.
The Mustangs outscored Umatilla
23-15 in the second to take a 43-
37 lead into halftime.
The Vikings came out in the
second half hot, but Heppner still
held a 59-57 lead. That didn’t last
long as the Vikings pulled away
for the win.
The Mustangs were led by
Chris Anthony with 19 points.
Tim Dickenson chipped in with
12 points and Derek Gunderson
hit three three-pointers and fin
ished with 11 points.
Jaime Olivera led Umatilla
with 29 points.
The Mustangs are back in ac
tion on Saturday, Feb. 21 as the
Stanfield Tigers come here in the
final regular season game.
Statistics:
Heppner: 20 23 16 4 - 63
Umatilla: 22 15 20 31 -8 8
Heppner: Anthony 8 3-319, Dick
enson 3 6-9 12, Gunderson 4 0-011,
Jared Eckman 4 0-1 8, Shane Ma-
theny 2 0-0 4, Casey Evans 2 0-0 4,
Blake Knowles 1 0-0 2, Ryan Matte-
son 1 0-0 2, Kris Paullus 0 0-1 0, Bias
Elguezabal 0 0-0 0, Brian Knowles 0
0-0 0, David Bates 0 0-0 0. Totals 25
10-14 63. Three-point field goals-
Gunderson (3).
Umatilla: Olivera 9 9-13 29, Gust
6 3-5 14, Shannon 5 4-6 14, T.
Johnson 3 1-1 7, Moe 4 2-2 10,
Cleaver 1 2-2 4, Campos 1 2-4 4,
Kelly 11-2 3, Savage 1 0-0 2, Rohde
0 1-2 1, Mclver, A. Johnson. Totals
31 25-37 88. Three-point field goals-
Olivera 2.
Heppner eight graders complete
successful season
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner Ponies eighth
grade boys’ basketball team re
cently completed a successful
season by winning an eight-team
tournament in Umatilla on Satur
day, Feb. 7.
The Ponies, coached by John
McCabe, had nine wins and one
loss in the regular league season.
In the tournament play begin
ning on Jan. 10, the Ponies re
ceived a first-round bye and then
lost a close game to Umatilla by
two points. The Ponies came right
back to beat Columbia by two
points and finished in third place.
The Ponies then traveled to
Pendleton on Jan. 23-25 for an
other tournament. Playing against
bigger 4A schools, the Ponies lost
all four games they played against
Walla Walla, White Swan, La
Grande and Boise.
Heppner then traveled to Uma
tilla and won their first game
against the La Grande B team,
then beat John Day to set up a
rematch against the La Grande A
team that defeated the Ponies in
Pendleton. The Ponies came out
on top, 41-34, to take the
tournament’s first place trophy.
The Ponies were led by
Michael McCabe who scored 64
points in the three games and was
named MVP and placed on the
All-Tournament first team. Stefan
Matheny also was named to the
All-Tournament first team.
Other members of the team
were Travis Bellamy, Brian Rust,
David Norton, Sam VanLiew,
Brad Bowman, Kevin Drake,
Josh McKinney and Jon Bennett.
Leland Rill and W alt Olsen
played on the regular season
team.
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Morrow County District Attor ner.
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ney Earl R. Woods will be the
periencing
serving in the National
guest speaker at the meeting of
Guard
in
Bosnia.
the United Methodist Women,
The community is invited to
scheduled for Wednesday, Feb.
attend.
25 at 7 p.m. at the church in Hepp-
Cards win final league
game over Wheeler
By Kara Millar
The lone Lady Cardinals were
hosts to the Wheeler Falcons for
their last league game o f the
1997-98 season. The C ards
cruised to an 87-37 victory to end
their basketball season at home.
The traditional “final game
farewell” was given by junior
Niki Sullivan to seniors Brenda
Bumght and Kara Miller. They
were honored for their last home
game with introductions and
flowers for their parents, Scott
and Cindy Burright, and George
and Nancy Miller.
Gaining the ball at the tip-off,
the Cards were quick to take a
large lead. With Wheeler getting
into foul trouble early and hav
ing only six players, the ending
was predictable.
Brenda Bumght finished with
a game-high 18 points, followed
closely by Camie Burright with
16, Nikki McElligott, 15, and
Kara Miller and Brandi Brantley
each adding 13. The defense
worked hard, picking off 19 steals
from Wheeler and capitalizing on
the Falcons’ missed shots.
The Lady Cards locked in their
second seed spot in the Big Sky
District Tournament and will
meet Dufur in the tournament’s
first game on Friday, Feb. 20 at
1:30 p.m. at the Hermiston High
School gym.
Statistics:
lone: McElligott 5 4-6 15, Miller 5
1-2 13, C. Burright 8 0-0 16, B.
Burright 8 2-2 18, Sullivan 3 1-5 7,
Halvorsen 1 2-7 5, Brantley 6 1-2 13.
Totals: 36 11-24 87. Three-point
goals: M iller (2 ), H alvorsen,
McElligott. Rebounds. 53 (McElligott
13, Sullivan 8). Assists: Miller (3).
Brantley (3). Steals: 19 (B. Burright
5, C. Burright 4). Blocked shots:
McElligott.
Mustang girls sink Vikings in
Valentine's Day Massacre
By Molly Rhea
The varsity Mustang girls took
no prisoners on Saturday,
February 14, when they sunk the
Viking ship in a 60-27 point
victory. The Heppner squad hit
six three-point shots, with 10 of
the Mustangs contributing to the
bottom line.
Leading by only five points at
halftime (23-18), the Mustangs
leaned into the traces for the
second half to out-score the
Vikings 32-to-9.
Annie Hisler led all scorers
with 17 points; she also grabbed
five steals, four rebounds and
dished up two assists. Hisler,
Lexi Matteson and Jill Barber
each put in two treys. Petra
Elguezabal pulled down seven
boards to lead the Mustang
rebounding effort.
Cherra Charlo scored 11 points
for the Vikings.
With the Columbia Basin
Conference heading into the final
weekend of regular season play,
the Mustangs look to be locked
into third place going into the
district playoffs. Heppner hosts
last place Stanfield on Saturday,
February 21.
Heppner 15 8 16 21 - 60
Umatilla 11 7
2 7 - 27
Heppner (60) Ingraham I 3-4 5, Hisler
7 1-217, Binschus 3 0-0 6, Childers I 2-
2 4, Boyer I 0-0 2, Barber I 2-2 4,
Greenup 0 4-9 4, Healy 2 0-0 6,
Matteson 3 0-0 8, Maben, Elguezabal 2
0-0 4. Totals 21 12-19 60. Three point
goals, 6, Hisler 2, Healy 2, Matteson 2.
Total fouls 11, fouled out, none.
Umatilla
(27)
Leyva, Baumgart,
Robeldo 1 0-0 2, Clark, N Kik 3 0-0 6,
D. Kik 0 1-21, Healy 1 1-2 3, Charlo 5
0-0 11, Derby, Tuel 1 2-2 4, Yberra.
Totals 11 4-6 27. Three point goals,
Charlo Total fouls, 19, fouled out,
none.
CBC Girls Basketball Standings
League Season
L
W
L W
3
16
2
Weston-McEwen
8
5
15
8
2
Sherman Co
14
7
8
3
Heppner
11
9
5
5
Pilot Rock
6
12 10
5
Wahtonka
7 13
8
2
Umatilla
4 16
0 10
Stanfield
Wednesday, February
Mustangs lose to Eagles 69-64
By Rick Paullus
The Wahtonka Eagles came to
Heppner on Friday, Feb. 13 and
dropped the Mustangs, 69-64.
The Eagles made nine three-point
field goals in the victory, com
pared to eight for the Mustangs,
with Chris Anthony getting six of
them.
Anthony scored the first four
points for the M ustangs, but
Heppner still trailed 4-5 before
Jared Eckman had back-to-back
steals and lay-ms to make it 8-5.
Anthony hit two three-pointers to
give the Mustangs a 14-11 lead
at the end of one.
The Eagles took control of the
second quarter, hitting four three-
pointers and outscoring the Mus
tangs 18-10 to lead 29-24 at half
time.
The third stanza was a high
scoring back-and-forth quarter
that saw the Mustangs take a 34-
32 lead on a Derek Gunderson
three-pointer. The Eagles went on
to lead 52-42 after hitting four
three-pointers. A three-pointer by
Anthony and a basket by Shane
Matheny closed it to 52-47 at the
By Kara Miller
The lone Lady Cardinals were
on the road again, Saturday, Feb.
7, this time in Helix for the sec
ond meeting with the Grizzlies.
The Cards defeated the Grizzlies,
66-30.
The Cardinals’ Niki Sullivan
put the first basket in off the jump
ball. The quarter was an offensive
match-up, as both teams used
their halfcourt pressure. lone
ended with a considerable lead,
19-6.
Loretta Picard of Helix made
the first points of the second pe-
nod, but lone answered with five
more quick points. Helix turn
overs meant lone points as the
Lady Cards widened their lead to
35-10 at the half.
Nikki McElligott opened the
third with a quick short jump shot
assisted by Brenda Burright from
the top of the key. Camie Bumght
closed the period with a three-
point buzzer shot to put the
scoreboard at 53-20.
lone ended the game 66-30 to
keep their district berth hopes
alive.
HHS c-team girls nip Condon 30-24
game high of 15 points and
The Heppner Mustangs beat grabbed six rebounds. Mindy
the Condon Devils on Tuesday, Smith led the team with 12
February 10, in Heppner, 30-24. rebounds and scored five points.
The Mustangs were ready for a Lindsey Ward pulled down six
victory over Condon having lost boards and Jenni Patton added
to them throughout their season. four points.
This time Heppner met them
This young girls' C-team had a
with their own full court press great season, playing the
and broke through Condon's majority of their games against
press. Coach Rollie Marshall JV teams. Their win against
said, "The team played their best Condon was their final game.
defense game this year against Statistics:
Condon. I'm really proud of their Heppner 10 5 10 5 30
great team effort."
Condon
6 1 1 4 3 24
Marissa McCabe scored a
end of three.
Anthony opened the fourth
quarter with a long three-pointer
to cut the lead to two. But the
Mustangs could not get any closer
as the Eagles kept hitting clutch
shots and just enough free throws
to hold off the Mustangs.
The Mustangs were led by
Anthony, who had a game-high
28 points. Eckman finished with
14 points and three steals. Tim
Dickenson had 10 points and nine
rebounds.
The Eagles were led by Derek
Hinatsu with 17 points, including
five three-pointers.
Statistics:
Heppner: 14 10 23 17 - 64
Wahtonka: 11 18 23 1 7 - 6 9
Heppner: Anthony 10 2-2 28, Eck
man 6 2-4 14, Dickenson 4 2-2 10,
Gunderson 2 0-2 6, Matheny 1 2-2 4,
Casey Evans 0 2-4 2, Ryan Matte-
sen 0 0-0 0, Bias Elguezabal 0 0-0 0,
B. Knowles 0 0-0 0. Totals: 23 10-16
64. Three-point field goals-Anthony
(6), Gunderson (2).
Wahtonka: Hinatsu 6 0-0 17,
Stocked 6 1-2 14, Cervantes 5 1-2
12, Mitsas 4 2-5 12. Awmiller 0 5-8
5, Baird 1 3-5 5, Troxell 1 0 -0 2, Por
ter 1 0-0 2. Totals: 22 12-22 69.
Three-point field goals: Hinatsu (5),
Mitsas (2), Cervantes, Stocked.
Cardinals beat Echo Cougars
13 to end the half at 51-15.
lone forced Echo to make 40
The Lady Cardinals jumped
turnovers
in the game and ended
out to a quick lead and never
the
Cougars’
playoff hopes with
looked back as they clinched vic
the
81-27
victory.
tory over their rival for the sec
Statistics:
ond place seed in the Big Sky
lone: Sybil Krebs 1 0-0 2, Shelby
East, the Echo Cougars, 81 -27, on Krebs, Gates 2 0-0 4, McElligott 9 5-
7 23, Miller 6 0-1 15, C. Bumght 8 1-
Friday, Feb. 13.
Opening the game with the tip, 7 17, B. Burright 4 0-1 8, Brantley 1
the Cardinals were unable to 2-2 4, Sullivan 3 0-0 6, Halvorsen 1
0-0 2. Totals: 35 8 -18 81 Three-point
make the short shot on the first field goals: Miller (3). Rebounds: 32
attempt, but a steal from the other (McElligott 9). Assists: 23 (B. Bumght
end and a baseline cut by Kara 11). Steals: lone 29 (Miller 9, B.
M iller with a pass to Brenda Burright 8). Blocked shots: 1
Burright put the first two points (McElligott). Turnovers: 16. Total
fouls: 15.
on the board. Defensive pressure
Echo: W. Holben, A. Lewis 2 0-0
helped the lone team put in 33 4, J. Lewis 2 1-2 5, Thomas 1 0-0 2,
points to Echo’s two in the first J. Holben 2 0-1 5, Busk, Moreno 0 2-
2 2, Madison 2 5-8 9, Neely. Totals:
quarter.
Camie Bumght put in a nice 9 8-13 27. Three-point field goals: J.
Holben. Rebounds: 36 (Moreno 9).
baseline jumper off an assist by Assists: 6 (Moreno 2, W. Holben 2).
B. Bumght to start the second Steals: 11 (Madison 4 ). Blocked
quarter. lone outscored Echo 18- shots: J. Lewis. Turnovers: 40. Total
By Kara Miller
fouls: 14
*
Lady Cards beat Helix
Lady Grizzlies
18,1998 - THREE
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JV Mustang girls maroon Vikings
By Molly Rhea
The JV Mustang girls put
together a huge second half to
maroon the Vikings, 41-36, in
Umatilla on Saturday, February
14.
The game started out slow with
neither team able to score until
Trisha Adams hit a free throw
with 2:36 remaining in the first
quarter, and the score after one
was 3-4, Wahtonka's favor.
In the second quarter the
Mustangs were outscored 12
points to seven and trailed 10-16
heading into to the locker room
for the halftime break.
Whatever Coach Dana Reid
said to the Heppner team at the
half must have been the right
stuff because the Mustangs came
out fired up and scored 14 points
while holding the Vikings to
three, to put Heppner up by five,
24-19.
Kathleen Greenup led the
Mustangs in the fourth quarter
scoring nine of her 11 points,
seven of those from behind the
free throw line. The five-point
margin proved to be enough as
both squads put in 17 points in
the final quarter.
Eight of the nine Mustangs
posted points for the contest,
with Greenup leading the
Heppner scorers with her 11.
Kim Pointer added 10 points and
five rebounds. Jessica Maben
pulled down 12 rebounds and
scored six points for the
Mustangs.
Umatilla freshman guard,
Desirae Kik led all scorers with
17 points.
The Stanfield teams will be in
town on Saturday for the final JV
girls game of the season.
Heppner 3
7 14 1 7 - 4 1
Umatilla 4 12 3 17 - 36
Heppner (41) Ropp I 0-4 2, Clough,
Pointer 5 0-0 10, Rhea 2 1-3 5, Adams 0
1-21, Greenup 2 7 -8 II , Papineau I 1 -3
3, Maben 3 0-2 6, Sykes 11-2 3. Totals
15 11-24 41, Three point goals, none.
Total fouls 26, fouled out - Sykes.
Umatilla (36) Canare, Leyva, White 2
4-4 8, Robeldo 0 2-4 2, Clark 0 1-21,
Kik 6 5-12 17, Healy 0 1-21, Baumgart
0 2-2 2, Master I 0-1 2, Tuel 1 1-3 3.
Totals 10 16-30 36. Three point goals,
none. Total fouls 22, fouled out -
Baumgart, technical foul - Robeldo
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