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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 9,1998 • THREE Lady Cards win squeaker over Rockets Boys defeated by Pilot Rock Nikki McElligott launched a last second attack on the Pilot Rock Rockets to squeeze out a narrow 62-61 victory for the lone Cardinals at Pilot Rock Friday, December 4. Charissa Gates got the Cardinals started by hitting a three-point shot in the first quarter o f the game. The Cardinals tied the Rockets 55-55 at the end o f the fourth quarter, forcing the Rockets into overtime. The Cardinals trailed 59-61 until just before the last second o f the game when McElligott launched her own defensive shot and made a three-point bucket putting the Cardinals on top. Scoring for the Cardinals was led by McElligott with 31 points. Camie Bumght followed with 19 points for the team. When coach Chris Davis was asked about the game his response was, "We played hard, but didn’t play real well. The team did enough to win, so I can’t be disappointed." The lone boys varsity team stayed competitive with the Rockets, trailing only by four points at half time. Pilot Rock gained more o f a lead in the second half, leading the Cardinals 71-48 by the end o f the fourth quarter. Freshman Brad Bumght led the Cardinal scoring with 24 points and was tough on the boards, leading the team in rebounds. Allan Gribskov added 13 more points and guided the Cardinals in assists; Korey Morgan exercised tough defense with five steals and dished out four assists. The lone boys JV team was unable to bring home a win on Friday evening, losing to Pilot Rock 37-71. The lead scorer for the Cardinal JV team was Patrick Davidson with 13 points. Davidson shot 82 percent from the free throw line and played excellent defense under the basket for the Cardinals. Lady Cardinal JVs also had a tough game with Pilot Rock, losing their game 56-8. lone struggled with their passes while Pilot Rock had a tough defense and played good team ball. ’We need to learn to put some zip on our passes and do a better job o f anticipating what the defense is doing," said coach Duane Neiffer after the game. Jennifer Thompson was lead scorer for the JV team, •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••a • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • a * * * M ustang JVs win two By Rick Paullus Matheny was perfect from the line again, going four for four and scoring 10 points to tie Cody Bellamy for high point honors. Chip Piper and McCabe scored nine points each and Joe Papineau scored eight points. Stats: The Mustang JV boys basket ball team won two games over the weekend, nipping the Umatilla Vikings, 56-54, on Friday night, then beating the lone Cardinals, 55-34, on Saturday afternoon. The Vikings jumped out to an Umatilla: 11-10-10-23 54 Heppner: 6-14-19-17 56 11-6 lead after one, but the Mus Heppner: Michael McCabe 5 6-16-16, tangs battled back to trail only by Stefan Matheny 3 5-5-11, Blake Knowles one, 21-20, at the half. The Mus ! 3 2-9-9, Chris Bowman 3 0-0-6, Clint Bellamy 3 0-6-6, Mitch Matthews 2 0-0-4, tangs then outscored Umatilla 19- Joe Papineau 1 0-2-2, Chip Piper 1 0-0-2, 10 in the third to take a 39-31 lead Darrin Ployhar. 21 11-38 56. Three point: into the fourth. The Vikings came Knowles. lone: 12-4-12-6 34 storming back by hitting four three- Heppner: 17-16-11-11 55 point field goals to tighten the lead. Matheny 3 4-4-10, Cody Bellamy 5 0- Chris Bowman had four points 2-10, Piper 4 1-2-9, McCabe 4 1-2-9, 4 0-0-8, Clint Bellamy 1 2-2-4, and a steal. Blake Knowles was Papineau Bowman 1 2-4-4, Matthews 0 1-2-1, two for two and Michael McCabe Ployhar 0 0-2-0. 22 11-20 55. was three for six from the free throw line in the final two minutes as the Mustangs held on for the i win. McCabe ended up with 16 The choirs of Blue Mountain points to lead the Mustangs. Stefan Community College and the Matheny scored 11 points includ quartet, Absolutely Nobody, will ing five for three from the free present a fall concert on Friday, throw line. Knowles ended up with December 11, at 7:30 p.m. in the Pioneer Hall Theater. nine points and a three-pointer. The BMCC Quartet, The Mustangs had an easier time in lone, taking a 33-16 lead Absolutely Nobody, will present at halftime by outsconng the Car new material such as parodies on dinals, 16-14, in the second quar Christmas carols, Stray Cat ter. Heppner only outscored lone, Strut, Du Wah Diddy, and other 22-18, in the rough second half but surprises. There is no charge for it was enough to get the win. admission. O k £.n "Poor fitly an JB u ± in £ ± ± £a% ± c ome CeUpate With Us! * Man’s Black hills Gold Watch BMCC concert scheduled Dec. 11 Mustangs open with win 70 % <r ou±s ¿ S a tu r d a y , !Z ~ 12t(i c S f lòay We will be serving cake, punch and co ffeef rom 2 - 4 p.m. * D ia m o n d & S a p p h ire Pendant * O n e P a ir D ia m o n d V V D a rrin q s J) T. ■V'! JEWELERS Marlene and Randall Peterson of Peterson’s Jewelers invite you to their open house on Saturday, Dec. 12 Id/e Ofafieti Peterson’s Jewelers photo by Joyce Hughes * Jewelrg - 14K & Costume Blake Knowles looks for way out around Condon players By Rick Paullus The Mustang JV boys' basket ball team opened their season with a 51 -33 win over the Condon Blue Devils on Tuesday, Dec. 1 at Heppner. After a low-scoring first quar ter, the Mustangs built a 19-12 halftime lead. The Mustangs ex ploded for 21 points in the third quarter to blow the game open and take a 40-22 lead. M ichael McCabe scored nine of his 11 points in the quarter. The Mustangs were led by Blake Knowles with 15 points and Chris Bowman added eight points. Stefan Matheny scored seven points and had a good game at point guard. Stats: Condon: 2-10-10-11 33 Heppner: 6-13-21-11 51 Heppner: Blake Knowles 7 1-4-15, Michael McCabe 3 4-4-11, Chris Bow man 4 0-2-8, Stefan Matheny 2 3-6-7, Joe Papineau 3 0-0-6, Chip Piper 1 0-4-2, Darin Ployhar 1 0-2-2, Mitch Matthews 0 0-4-0, Clint Bellamy, Cody Bellamy 21 8- 26-51. 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