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,
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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
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throw line. Knowles ended up with December 11, at 7:30 p.m. in the
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nine points and a three-pointer.
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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. Three-point: McCabe.
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