FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Tim es, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 9 ,1 9 9 8
Mustangs beat Cardinals
Mustangs lose to Vikings
By Rick Paulk»
The visiting Umatilla Vikings
beat the Heppner Mustangs, 73-
53, on Friday, Dec. 4. The Vikings
made nine three-point field goals,
six by C.J. Savage, and made 16
of 22 free throws to hold off the
Mustangs.
The Mustangs took an early 3-
2 lead on a three-point play by
Casey Evans, only to see the Vi
kings score the next eight points
to lead, 10-3. Tim Dickenson
scored four straight, but the Vi
kings scored five to increase their
lead to 15-7. A Dickenson basket
and a steal and lay-in by Evans
cut the lead to four, but a Vikings
basket made the first quarter
score 17-11.
A basket by Craig Scott cut the
lead to 19-17 midway through the
second quarter. The Vikings then
scored the next 10 points to take
a 29-17 lead. A Scott basket cut
the lead to 10, but the Vikings
outscored Heppner 5-2 to make
the halftime score 34-21.
The third quarter was no bet
ter as the Mustangs were out-
scored 16-11 to fall behind 50-32
going into the fourth quarter.
Ryan Matteson highlighted a
fast-paced fourth quarter by hit
ting two three-pointers, but the
Mustangs could get no closer than
15 points.
Dickenson led the Mustangs
with 22 points, 11 rebounds and
three blocked shots. Scott added
10 points and Jared Eckman pulled
down six rebounds. Evans had five
points, five assists and three
steals.
Stats:
Umatilla: 17-17-16-22 73
Heppner: 11-10-11-21 53
Umatilla: Savage 7 0-0-20, Mclver 7
4-5-19, Shannon 3 3-7 9. Rohde 3 0-0-6.
Salas 2 1-2-6, Bow 1 2-2-5, Morris 0 4-4-
4. Kelly 1 0-0-2, Cleaver 0 2-2-2. 24 16-
22 73.
Heppner: Tim Dickenson 10 2-7-22,
Craig Scott 4 2-2-10, Ryan Matteson 2 0-
0-6. Casey Evans 2 1 -1 -5 , Joe Papineau
2 0-2-4, Jared Eckman 1 0-0-2, Derek
Gunderson 0 2-6-2. Bias Elguezabal 0 2-
2-2, Blake Knowles 0 0-1-0. 21 9-21 53
Three pointers: Umatilla-Savage 6.
Mclver, Bow. Salas. Heppner-Matteson
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There zvitt be door prizes and plenty
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The Mustangs got back on the
winning track on Saturday, Dec.
5, at lone by beating the young
Cardinals, 63-29.
Ryan Matteson got the Mus
tangs going with a three-pointer
and Jared Eckman made a free
throw and then a three-point play
to make it 7-0. The Cardinals’
Patrick Davidson had a three-
point play to make it 7-3 before
Tim D ickenson scored four
straight and Craig Scott had his
own three-point play to make the
score 14-3.
Korey Morgan made a basket
to cut the lead to 14-5. Casey
Evans then made two free throws
and a lay-in. Eckman made a bas
ket and Evans hit another free
throw to make it 21-5, Mustangs,
at the end of the first quarter. The
Mustangs hit eight o f 10 free
throws in the quarter.
The Mustangs continued pour
ing it on in the second quarter and,
after Matteson hit two straight
three-pomters, the Mustangs led
32-9. The Cardinals fought back
and a long three-pointer by Jacob
Neiffer at the buzzer made the
halftime score 33-16. Matteson
scored 10 o f the Mustangs 12
points.
The Mustangs outscored the
Cardinals 12-8 in the third quarter
to take a 45-24 lead in to the fourth
quarter.
The fourth quarter was all
Mustangs as they outscored lone
18-5. Riley Tingue came off the
bench to score four points and
Derek Gunderson hit a three-
pointer for the Mustangs.
Eckman led the Mustangs with
16 points, seven rebounds and five
steals. Matteson scored 13 points,
including three three-pointers.
Evans had seven points, nine re
bounds, six assists and four steals.
Brad Burright led the Cardinals
with seven points and Allan
Gribskov had six points.
Stats:
lone: 5-11-6-5 29
Heppner: 21-12-12-18 63
Heppner: Jared Eckman 6 4-6-16,
Ryan Matteson 4 2-7-13, Craig Scott 3-1-
1-9, Tim Dickenson 3 2-2-8, Casey Evans
2 3-4-7, Riley Tingue 2 1-2-5, Derek
Gunderson 1 1-2-4, Joe Papineau 1 0-0-
2. Bias Elguezabal. 22 14-24 63. Three
pointers: Matteson 3, Gunderson, Scott.
lone: Brad Burright 3 1-3-7, Allan
Gribskov 3 0-0-6, Josh Reynolds 2 0-0-
4, Patrick Davidson 11-1-3, Jacob Neiffer
1 0 -0 -3 , Dustin Haguewood 1 0 -0 -2 ,
Korey Morgan 1 0-0-2, John Ferguison 1
0-0-2. 13 2-4-29. Three points: Neiffer.
Mustang JV boys open with win
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C h r la t m a a C a s h
M Y THANKS
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The M ustangs opened the
1998-99 basketball season by
avenging an overtime loss to the
Condon Blue Devils by a convinc
ing 56-46 win on Tuesday, Dec.
1.
Heppner jumped out to a 12-4
lead early in the first quarter with
Tim Dickenson, Casey Evans and
Jared Eckman each scoring four
points. Dickenson picked up his
third foul with 2:54 left with the
Mustangs up 18-10. The Blue
Devils closed the fast-paced first
quarter down by five at 22-17.
Evans finished with eight points
in the quarter.
The second quarter was con
siderably slower as both teams
cooled off and five straight points
by Condon’s Josh Gawith closed
the gap to 26-24. But a basket by
Blake Knowles and two baskets
by Craig Scott made the halftime
score 32-24.
The Mustangs blew the game
open in the third quarter,
outscoring Condon, 14-5. Hepp
ner outscored the Blue Devils 10-
1, with Eckman scoring four, to
take a 46-29 lead into the fourth
quarter. Evans hit a three-pointer
to give the Mustangs their biggest
lead at 51-31 before Condon ral
lied to make the score close.
Condon’s Todd Shaffer hit a three-
pointer to make the final score 56-
46.
Shaffer and Gawith lead all
scorers with 14 points each.
The Mustangs were led by
Dickenson and Evans with 12
points each. Scott scored nine
points and Eckman had eight
points, nine rebounds and two
blocked shots. Ryan Matteson fin
ished with five points and three
blocked shots. Bias Elguezabal
came off the bench to gather six
rebounds.
“The kids did a good job and
we got to look at everybody. We
had a lapse in the second quarter,
but came back in the second half
to put the game out o f reach,”
coach Chuck Matteson said after
the game.
Stats:
lo the citizens of Morrow
County, friends and
associates, who have
supported me during
the past 12 years.
Also, thanks to all who attended or sent
cards for my “Get Out Party” last Saturday
evening and for the kind remarks and
humorous roasting. The many gifts from
associates and friends were overwhelming!
A special thanks to those county employees
who worked so hard and long to make
the evening so memorable.
I shall be forever grateful.
Judge Louis Carlson
L IE A P
Energy Assistance Program
W e w ill be in Heppner
on Decem ber 1 5th
Call for an appointment
1-800-752-1139, ext. 113
CAPECO
YEAR END TAX PLANNING
Condon: 17-7-5-17 46
Heppner: 22-10-14-10 56
Condon: Gawith 4 6-9-14, Schaffer 5
3-3-14, Smith 2 2-2-6, Lathrop 2 0-0-4,
Mecham 1 2-3-4, Camine 1 0-1-2, Nelson
1 0-0-2, Barnett, Allen, Stinchfield. 1613-
18-46.
Heppner: Tim Dickenson 5 2-4-12,
Casey Evans 5 1-3-12, Craig Scott 4 1-2-
9, Jared Eckman 4 0-0-8, Ryan Matteson
2 1-2-5, Blake Knowles 2 0-0-4, Derek
Gunderson 1 0-0-2, Bias Elguezabal 1 0-
0-2, Joe Papineau 1 0-0-2, Riley Tingue.
25 5-11-26.
Three points: Condon-Shaffer, Hepp-
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ner-Evans.
Swanson scores for EOU basketball
The Mountaineers eventually
lost to Concordia, 65-57, but
Swanson's trey gave them a 40-
39 advantage with 9:12 left in
the game.
Swanson is 12th in the
Cascade Collegiate Conference
in three-point shooting at 34.8
percent (eight o f 23 in five
games).
lone High School alumnus,
Luke Swanson, a sophomore at
Eastern Oregon University at
LaGrande and a member of the
EOU Mountaineer varsity
basketball team, hit a trey in the
EOU game against Concordia
University.
Swanson, the son of Jim and
Monica Swanson of lone, added
10 points off the bench.
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