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Heppner Gazette-Tim es, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday. March 4, 1998 - FIVE Mustang girls' season ends with loss HH§ p|ayers named to CBC All-Stars and The Mustangs lunged back and, when Jill Barber hit from behind the three point line, regained a one point, 33-32, lead. Then with 40 seconds remaining Heppner held a one point, 35-34, lead when Weatherspoon managed a field goal to claim the lead. The Mustangs were not able to score and Weston-McEwen won the right to play in the regional tournament. Although Binschus missed most of the second and third quarters due to foill trouble, she finished with 13 points and eight rebounds. Petra Elguezabal scored seven points and scooped 11 boards, while Annie Hisler hit for six points, snatched four steals and dished out four assists. Lexi Matteson rounded up seven rebounds and three steals for the Mustangs. Weatherspoon led all scorers with 14 points and was credited with 10 rebounds. Weston-McEwen 4 11 9 12-36 Heppner 8 12 6 9 - 3 5 TV»#» M n c t a n o c I n n o e d h a r t M indy Binschus goes up for shot at district By Molly Rhea The Mustang girls finished their 1997-98 season with a disappointing loss to the Weston- McEwen Tiger-Scots in a loser- out first session of the Columbia Basin Conference district tournament. Heppner didn't go down easy, however, losing by only one point, 35-36, in the February 27 game at the Pendleton Convention Center. The Mustangs turned in higher numbers in nearly every category, out-rebounding the Tiger-Scots 35-22, shooting 34 percent from the field to Weston- McEwen's 29 percent, and hitting 4-6 free throws (67 percent) compared to 1-5 (20 percent) for the Tiger-Scots. The problem came with the Mustangs tallying up 24 turnovers compared to photo by Joyce Hughes only nine for their opponent. Both teams played tight and tentative for the first quarter, with senior Mindy Binschus scoring six of her eventual team- high 13, to lead the Mustangs to a four-point edge after one. Heppner outscored the opposition 12-11 in the second quarter to increase the margin to five, 20-15, at the half. At one point in the third quarter the Mustangs enjoyed a seven- point lead before the Tiger-Scots dug in their paws and came clawing back. Amber Weatherspoon hit a trey at the end of the third quarter to narrow the Mustang advantage to two, 26-24. The Weston-McEwen rally continued in the fourth quarter as they managed to grab the lead and pull ahead by four, 30-26. M CGC holds shoot The Morrow County Gun Club held a shoot on Sunday, March 1, where the sunshine, h lick Sharp’s pot of stew and Sandi Day’s hot bread brought out a large turnout of shooters. Winners of the 16 yard shoot are as follows: first, Mick Sharp, 24; and second Curtis Cutsforth, 23. Winners of the 20 yard shoot were: first, Curtis Cutsforth, 24; and second, Jeff Cutsforth, 23. Annie Oakleys were held with Curtis Cutsforth winning two and Harvey Childers and Matt Clark each winning one. Matt Clark also won the golf round. The next shoot will be held Sunday, March 8 at Lexington at 9 a.m. .,*• 'r '- v * CH y »1 »1.»* - : i - a B f IHS girls' team head to state playoffs The lone Cardinal varsity girls' basketball team will play in the 1A girls' state high school basketball tournament this Thursday. March 5, beginning at 1:30 p.m. at Baker City High School against Jordan Valley. The winner of lone's match against Jordan Valley will play either Alsea or Umpqua Valley Christian on Friday, March 6, beginning at 7 p.m. The loser of the Ione-Jordan Valley game will play the loser of the Alsea- Umpqua Valley Christian contest Friday at 9 a.m. The match to determine fourth and sixth places will be held Saturday, March 7, at 9 a.m. The match to determine third and fifth places will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. The Class 1A championship match will get underway Saturday at 7 p.m. Weston-McEwen (36) Enos 3 0-0 6, Krey, Weatherspoon 6 1-5 14, Hansell 3 0-0 6, Heilman 5 0-0 10, Parker, Thompson. Totals 17 1-5 36. Three point goals - 1, Weatherspoon. Total fouls 15, fouled out - Heilman Heppner (35) Ingraham 2 0-0 4, Hisler 2 2-3 6, Binschus 6 1-1 13, Boyer, Barber 1 0-0 3, Healy, Matteson 1 0-0 2, Elguezabal 2 3-4 7. Totals 14 6-8 35. Three point goals - 1, Barber Total fouls 10, fouled out, none. Final - CBC Girls Basketball League Season L W L W 12 2 19 5 Sherman Co 17 6 Weston-McEwen 5 9 4 15 8 9 Heppner 12 10 6 6 Pilot Rock 7 12 11 Wahtonka 5 9 8 14 3 Umatilla 1 11 5 17 Stanfield Booster Club plans meeting The Heppner Booster Club invites anyone interested in participating to join their organization. This month's meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the home economics room at Heppner High School, Wednesday, March 11. vj . i The Booster Club meets regularly on the second Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. Annual membership dues are $ 2 . The lone Cardinals took on the South Wasco County Redsides on Friday, Feb. 20, at the Hermiston “Dawghouse.” lone fell to the Redsides, 58-43. The two teams played fairly evenly until the end of the game when lone became desperate and was forced to take extreme mea sures and gave South Wasco County the 15-point victory they needed to advance onto state. In the second quarter, the Redsides blew lone away with 16 points to lone’s four. lone was only 28 percent from the floor. Kiel Grabenhorst had only four points out of a season-average 18 points. “He was missing the run ners he normally hits and got frus trated along the way,” coach Den nis Stefani said. Nick Laflin was the Redsides’ leading scorer with 26 points. Jake McElligott led the Cardinals w ith 23 points. Marc Orem snagged 11 rebounds and McElligott and Nathan Rietmann each had seven apiece. Laflin not only led the Redsides with points but was tied By Salli McElligott The lone boys high school basketball team lost to Culver Bulldogs in a heart breaker, Saturday, February 21, at Hermiston to end their season. Culver will advance to the state tournament in Baker City March 4-7 as second place from Big Sky. lone finishes their season with an overall record of 13-10. Culver started their game off with J.C. Udey with nine re strong, but lead by only two at bounds apiece. the end of the first quarter. "The Statistics: second quarter at this tournament lone: 7 4 14 1 8 - 4 3 was a killer," said coach Dennis Wasco: 8 16 14 20 - 58 Stefani. Right he was, as lone lone (43): J. McElligott 8-15 4-7 fell to a 14-point deficit at the 23, Grabenhorst 1-10 2-3 4, Orem 1- 9 2-2 4, M. McElligott 3-15 0-0 8, end of second quarter. Rietmann 1-3 0-0 2, Gribskov 1-2 0- After half time lone pulled 0 2. Totals: 15-54 8-12 43. themselves from the rut and South Wasco (58): Ni. Laflin 10- came within two points, ending 16 4-5 26, Udey 2-7 0-4 4, Martin 2-5 the third quarter 40-38. The 0- 2 4, Ashley 3-8 1-1 9, Na. Laflin 2- game was a constant tug-of-war 7 0-1 4, R ichardson 1-6 2-2 5, Balentine 2-2 2-2 6. Totals: 15-54 8- 12 43. Three-point field goals: lone (5- 19)-J. McElligott 3-4, M. McElligott 2- 10, Rietmann 0-2, Grabenhorst 0-2, Gribskov 0-1. South Wasco (5-10)- Ashley 2-3, Ni. Laflin 2-5, Richardson 1 - 2 . Rebounds: lone (34), Orem 11, J. McElligott 7, Rietmann 7. South Wasco (39), N. Laflin 9, Udey 9, Mar tin 6. Assists: lone (7), Grabenhorst 2, Orem 2. South Wasco (6), Brenden 3. Steals: lone (8), M. McElligott. South Wasco (10), Udey 5. Blocked shots: lone (3 )-J . McElligott 2, Grabenhorst. South Wasco (l)-Richardson. Turnovers: lone and South Wasco both 16. T o tals fouls: lo n e -1 9 . South W asco-16. Fouled out: Orem, Grabenhorst lone Little League sign up for the 1998 season will be held Monday, March 9th at Lhe lone High School starting at 6 p.m. for all children playing T ball, Minor League baseball and Major League baseball and softball. For more information, contact Kevin McCabe, 422 7189, SheUy Key, 422 7105, or Joe Rietmann, 422 7435. Girls are encouraged to sign up and play. " By Molly Rhoa Heppner High School athletes named to the Columbia Basin Conference All-Star girls' basketball team include Annie Hisler, first team; Lexi Matteson and Petra Elguezabal, second team, and Mindy Binschus and Casey Ingraham, honorable mention. Named to the boys' CBCA11- Star team were Tim Dickenson, first team, and Chris Anthony, second team. Mindy Binschus lone Little League sign-up set Little League sign-up for the 1998 season will be held Monday March 9, at the lone High School Cafeteria starting at 6 p.m. All children playing T-Ball (five to eight years old); minor league baseball (eight to 12 years old) and major league baseball and softball (nine to 12 years old) The cost is $25 per child with a maximum of $50 per family. Payment is due at the time of sign-up. Those who cannot afford to pay the fee may fill out a waiver which will be available at the time of sign up. For more information contact Kevin McCabe 422-7189, Shelly Key 422-7105, or Joe Rietmann 422-7435. Anyone wishing to coach or manage may call Kevin McCabe for information. Cardinals falls hard to Culver Redsides feast on lone Cards By Colin McElligott and Adam McCabe ■ until finally lone's Kiel Grabenhorst stole the ball at half court and scored a breakaway lay-in to tie the game at 56. Culver answered back as Landon Roberts scored two. From there lone fell apart. A bad pass gave Culver the ball, then lone's Allen Gribskov committed an intentional foul. lone fouled to try to gain possession which cost them the game at the free throw line. Kiel Grabenhorst lead all scorers with 28 points on 12-18 shooting, including two three- pointers. Jake McElligott added 14 points and four good shot blocks, while Marc Orem had nine points and six rebounds. Culver's Landon Roberts scored 24 points on a 10-18 shooting and was 4-12 from the three- point range. Alex Carlson followed with 14 points and eight rebounds. ’# * » * * * f t * * * * ' St. Patrick*’s D avj is y\ CAr... 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Besides the 10 games, the girls also participated in a tournament, lone won the first match with Echo at the Helix Tournament, then lost to Condon, taking home the second place trophy. Coach Steve Schaber com mented. “1 think that we had a good year and had a lot of im provement throughout the season. Even though we had a young team, they were inspired by the leadership of the eighth graders.” The statistics for the year are as follows: Amellia Peck, 105 rebounds, 55 steals, eight assists, 99 points; Salli McElligott. 28 rebounds. 45 steals, 20 assists, 30 points; Kristina Powell, 45 rebounds, four steals, three assists, 12 fr. '\V. tv?. NEWS DEADLINE Monday......... 5 p.m. W.S C om plete St. P a tric k ’s Day S chedule o f E vents is now on the Internet! Visit our w eb site at w w w .b e o b a n k.co m & see w h a t’s h a p pe n in g d u rin g the St. P a tric k ’s Day C elebration, M arch 13-15 * Member FDIC M arch 8 th - T h u rsd ay Ladies, PKRs, Old Timers and Widows’ Night. Jean Ann Turner and crew’s famous BBQ chicken and all the trimmings. Dinner starts at 6 p.m.; Lodge at 8 p.m. M arch 1 3 th -1 4 th - F rid ay and Saturday St. P atrick's C elebration Friday night dinner at 6 p.m.; on Saturday, KUMA broadcast at 10 a.m., buffet brunch from 11:30 a.m. 1 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m., live music upstairs and downstairs with Nolan Murray’s band. M arch 8 8 th - T h u rsd ay Installation of officers at 4 p.m.; dinner at 6 p.m.; music at 9 p.m. Come support your new officers and eiyoy whole roast pig and music. Joe and Linda Kenny are our new Kxalted Ruler duo. Heppner Elks 358 674-9181 "Where Frie-ds Heel" 142 N. Main
