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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 3,1999 Mustangs romp TigerScots Lady Cards dump Touchet; JVs fall victim The Lady Cardinals traveled to Touchet, Washington, on Thursday January 28, in a non league game. The JV squad fell victim to Touchet at the end of two quarters 8-12. The Lady Cardinals were scoreless in the first quarter allowing Touchet to score 10 points. Jeanette Brantley scored three points for lone before succumbing to fouls. Salli McElligott and Cyndi Heagy both contributed two points for the Cardinal team. The Lady Cardinal Varsity team dumped Touchet 53-42. The Lady Cardinals led Touchet 21-11 at the end of the first half but Touchet came out the third quarter and scored 19 points to lone's 14. The Lady Cardinals stepped up the fourth quarter, scoring an additional 18 points to end the game. Nikki McElligott had an outstanding performance, leading the Cardinals with 24 points, 11 rebounds and seven steals. Brandi Brantley stepped up for the Cardinals with 11 points. Sophomore Jeanette Brantley suffered a knee injury during the third quarter and is currently on the injured list along with Camie Burnght. Mustang JVs gain revenge Stefan Matheny hit two three- pointers in the third to help the The H eppner Mustang JV Mustangs to a 44-35 lead after boys’ basketball team avenged three. The Mustangs then held on their only loss of the year by beat for the 55-43 win. ing the visiting Wahtonka Eagles Matheny led the Mustangs with on Saturday, Jan. 30, by the score 13 points. Piper and Joe Papineau o f55-43. The Mustangs improved each scored 11 and McCabe to 11 -1 on the year. added nine. The first period ended in a 12- Statistics: 12 tie with the help of a Michael Wahtonka: 12-10-13-8 43 McCabe three-pointer. Chip Piper Heppner 12-13-19-11 55 Heppner Stefan Matheny 3 5-8 13, Chip scored nine points, including a Piper 4 2-2 11, Joe Papineau 4 7-14 11, Michael three-pointer, in the second quar McCabe 4 0-3 9. Chris Bowman 1 1-1 3, Clint ter to help the Mustangs to a 25- Bellamy 0 2-3 2. David Norton 0 2-2 2, Darin Ployhar 16 19-33 55. Three-pointers: Matheny 22 lead at halftime. By Rick Paullus photo by Joyce Hughes Riley Tingue goes for the ball in TigerScot game. Dickenson. By Rick Paullus The Heppner Mustangs easily defeated the visiting Weston- McEwen TigerScots, 62-44, on Friday, Jan. 29. The win moved the Mustangs to third place in the Columbia Basin Conference at four wins and two losses and 10- 6 overall. Heppner jumped out quickly as Shane Matheny scored the first eight points for the Mustangs and a basket by Tim Dickenson made it 10-4. The TigerScots closed to within 10-9, but that was as close as they would get the rest of the game. Derek Gunderson, Ryan Matteson and Dickenson scored the last five points of the quarter as Heppner led 19-9 at the end of one. The Mustangs didn’t let up in the second quarter as Jared Eckman made a couple of short baskets and Dickenson hit two more with 3:00 left to make it 28- 11. Craig Scott hit a three-pointer and Joe Papineau scored to give the Mustangs a 38-19 lead at half- No. 21 is Tim time. Matheny scored eight more in the third and Eckman hit for six as the Mustangs increased their lead to 59-34 entering the fourth quarter. The TigerScots outscored Heppner 10-3, in a rough and ragged fourth quarter, but it was too little, too late, as Heppner eas ily held on to win 62-44. Matheny, coming back from his shoulder injury, led the Mustangs with 20 points, six rebounds and three assists. Dickenson added 10 points and nine rebounds, Eckman finished with 11 points and Gunderson had five steals. Statistics Weston-McEwen: 9-10-15-10 44 Heppner: 19-19-21-3 62 Heppner: Shane Matheny 7 6-6 20, Tim Dickenson 4 3-4 11, Jared Eckman 5 0-0 10, Ryan Matteson 3 1-2 8. Craig Scott 1 0-2 3, Derek Gunderson 1 0-1 2, Casey Evans 0 2-2 2. Joe Papineau 1 1-2 3. Bias Elguezabal 1 0-0 2, Riley Tingue 0 1-2 1, Clint Bellamy, Blake Knowles 23 14-21 62. Three-pointers: Scott. Matteson Weston-McEwen: Clark 3 GW 9, Peterson 3 0-1 8, Eastwood 2 3-7 7, lieuallen 3 0-0 7, Monaco 2 1-3 5, Grimes 2 0-0 4, Parsons 1 0-0 2. Perrine 0 1-6 1. Tucker 0 1-2 1. 16 9-23 44 Three-pointer: Peterson (2), Lieuallen Mustangs dropped by Eagles By Rick Paullus The visiting Wahtonka Eagles dropped the Heppner Mustangs, 67-51, on Saturday, Jan. 30. The game was evenly played except for the second quarter, which saw the Eagles’ Jeff Stockett score 16 of his game-high 37 points to help the Eagles outscore Heppner 23- 9 and take a 36-20 halftime lead. The Mustangs couldn’t make up the difference. Shane Matheny scored 10 points in the fourth quar ter, but it wasn’t enough as the Eagles held their 16-pomt lead through the end. The Mustangs were led by Tim Dickenson with 16 points, includ ing eight for 10 from the free throw line and eight rebounds. Matheny ended up with 12 points and two steals. Ryan Matteson scored nine points and had two assists. Jared Eckman scored seven points and pulled down six rebounds. Derek Gunderson had four steals and dished out three assists. The Mustangs drop to 4-3 in the Columbia Basin Conference and to 10-7 overall. Heppner will hit the road this weekend with games at Pilot Rock on Friday night, Feb. 5 and at Sherman County on Saturday, Feb. 5. Statistics: Wahtonka 13-23-18-13 67 Heppner: 11-9-17-14 51 Heppner Tim Dickenson 4 8-10 16, Shane Matheny 4 4-4 12, Ryan Matteson 3 2-3 9, Craig Scott 1 1-3 3. Clint Bellamy 1 0-0 2. Bias Elguezabal 1 0-0 2, C ase y Evans, Derek Gunderson, Riley Tingue, Joe Papineau 17 16- 22 51 Three-pointer: Matteson Wahtonka Stockett 12 10-13 37, Baird 3 4-4 10, Yanez 2 0-1 6, Troxel 1 3-5 5, Snyder 1 2- 2 4, Hmatsu 0 2-2 2, Gates 0 1-2 1, Hass 0 1-2 1, Nelson 0 1-2 1. Nicholson, Grey, Porter 19 24-33 67 Three-pointers: Stockett (3), Yanez ( 2 ). (2). Piper, McCabe Lady Cards come up shy A combination of the Lady Cardinals JV and varsity teams traveled to Arlington on Saturday to spar with the Honkers. The Cardinals came up shy, 30-32, against the Honkers at the end of the fourth quarter. Junior Brandi Brantley led the Lady Cardinals in sconng with 11 points followed by freshman Amellia Peck with nine points. Brandi Brantley grabbed 10 rebounds for the Cardinals and Amellia Peck had three steals. Mustang JVs beat TigerScots points. Chris Bowman hit a three- pointer and finished with seven points. By Rick Paullus A strong second half led to a Heppner Mustangs JV boys’ bas ketball win over the visiting Weston-McEwen TigerScots on Friday, Jan. 29, by the score of 58-47. The Mustangs led only 23-22 at halftime, but exploded for 35 points in the second half. Stefan Matheny scored eight of his 14 points, including a three-pointer, in the fourth quarter. Michael McCabe led the Mus tangs with 15 points. Joe Papineau was also in double figures with 10 Statistics: Weston-McEwen: 11-11-10-15 47 Heppner 14-9-18-17 58 Heppner: Michael McCabe 7 1-3 15, Stefan Matheny 4 4-6 14, Joe Papineau 3 4-4 10, Chris Bowman 2 2-4 7, Clint Bellamy 3 0-1 6, Blake Knowles 2 1-2 5, Chip Piper 0 1-2 1, Darin Ployhar 0 0-1 0. 21 13-23 58. Three-pointer: Matheny (2), Bowman Correction Sally Walker's name was inadvertently omitted from the picture caption identifying the Willow Creek Valley Assisted Living Board of Directors in the January 27 issue of the Gazette- i s SERVICES. INC. Our Speciality: VINYL SIDING Carefree! Durable! Beautiful! VINYL WINDOWS Energy Efficient! Weather Tight! WINTER RATES 10% REDUCTION 8 0 0 - 6 4 5 - 3 2 6 2 • B en d , O regon Local References • CCB #11 611 9 David Brown of Echo scored 12 points for the Cougars in the first half but the Cardinal defense was successful in holding Brown to two points in the second half. Freshman Brad Burright scored 13 points, brought down six rebounds and grabbed two steals. Mark McElligott again dominated for the Cardinals not only in scoring but also led in rebounding and captured five steals and blocked two Cougar basket attempts. Cardinal varsity falls In boys' varsity action Ione fell to the Honkers, 46-52. Allan Gribskov came on strong for the Cardinals in the first quarter, scoring eight points. The second quarter seemed to be slow for the Cardinals as they scored only two points to Arlington's eight, ending the second quarter with Ione trailing the Honkers by one point, 17-18. Mark McElligott stepped up the game in the fourth quarter, sinking three shots and five free throws to help the Cardinal effort. McElligott was pretty much the front runner for the Cardinals, leading in scoring with 18 points and pilfering six steals. Freshman Brad Burnght scored a total of nine points and shot 72 percent from the line. M ustangs JVs outlast Bulldogs By Rick Paullus The Heppner M ustang JV boys’ basketball team traveled to Culver on Friday, Jan. 22, and outlasted the Bulldogs, 56-51. The Mustangs raced out to a 20-11 lead after one and still led two to end the third quarter at with Ione in the lead. The Ione Lady Cardinals The Lady Cardinals were 27-25 with Ione in the lead. hosted the Echo Cougars on Echo then made three baskets scoreless in the second quarter, Fnday, January 29, and lost in a and seven out of 15 attempts at allowing the Cougars to sink 12 heartbreaker, 38-36. the free throw line, lifting them points, ending the first half at 4- Brandy Bruce of Echo shot one 12 with what looked like might of two three point shots in the over the Cardinals, 38-36. be a Cougar victory. Lead scorer for the Lady first quarter and, at the end of In the third quarter Nonnee the first quarter, Echo was up by Cardinals was Nikki McElligott one point with the score at 14- with 12 points. She also led the Walters and Jennifer Thompson team with eight rebounds and six shot 100 percent from the free 13. Ione had difficulty getting to steals. Junior Brandi Brantley throw line. Kristina Powell the basket in the second quarter, stepped up her game with seven added a basket and a free throw scoring six points to Echo's nine. points and nabbed eight while Allison Halvorsen sank two baskets, ending the third The Lady Cardinals came out rebounds. In JV girls* action, thè Lady -'quarter with Ione, 15-, and Echo, in the third quarter and played a 16. Uli. :Ii J i l l • '- • i l l l l f i o d tough defensive game, allowing o Cardinals ovwdàme the Cougars Shelby Krebs pretty much 25-23. the Cougars to score only two The Cardinals and the Cougars dominated the fourth quarter, points. Nikki McElligott launched in Six points and battled throughout the first scoring eight points for the Lady Chanssa Gates added another quarter, ending the quarter at 4-2 Cardinals. J&A i The Ione boys' varsity put up a valiant fight before losing to Echo 38-52. Ione was outgunned in the first quarter, scoring eight points to the Cougars' 21 points, but managed to hold Echo's domination the second quarter with both teams scoring eight points. Mark McElligott led the Cardinal team in scoring with 15 points, including one three- point bucket in the third quarter. Lady Cards lose heartbreaker, JVs overcome Cougars ^CONSTRUCTIONj Rf Ione b°y s’ varsity puts up valiant fight in loss to Echo GT subscriptions to increase Because of increased postage ra te s G a z e tte -T im e s subscriptions will be increasing this month. Regular in-county rates will increase to $22 per year. In county senior rates will go from $ 12 to $ 16 per year. All out of county rates will now be $29 per year. The in-county rate is $4 per year less than the single issue price. OTPR earns VVPRA honors 36-28 at halftime. Heppner was outscored 14-10 in the fourth, but held on for the 56-51 win. Michael McCabe led the Mus tangs with 17 points, including a three-point field goal. Stefan Matheny added 15 points and was seven for eight from the free throw line. Joe Papineau chipped in with eight points. Statistics: Heppner 20-16-10-10 56 Culver 11-17-9-14 51 Heppner Michael McCabe 7 2-3 17. Stefan Matheny 4 7-8 15. Joe Papineau 3 2-2 8, Chris Bowman 2 0-2 4, Clint Bellamy 2 0-1 4, Chip Piper 2 0-1 4, Blake Knowles 1 0-2 2, David Norton 1 0-2 2, Darin Ployhar 0 0-1 0, Mitch Matthews 22 11-22 56 Three-pointer McCabe 6C’ team downs Blue Devils By Rick Paullus The Heppner Mustangs “C” boys’ basketball team used a strong second half to down the Condon Blue Devils’ JV team 49- 37 on Monday, Feb. 1. _ David Norton came out on fire in the first quarter, sconng 11 of the Mustangs’ 14 points as Condon could only manage two. But the Blue Devils came back in the sec ond quarter to tie the game at 22- 22 at halftime. The Mustangs used a good de fense in the second h a lf to outscore the Blue Devils, 27-15, to win the game going away. Norton finished with a game- high 22 points. Stefan Matheny added 12 points, including a three- pointer. The win improved the “C” team’s record to 10-3 for the year. The Mustangs travel to Riverside on Thursday, Feb. 4, with their next home game on Thursday, Feb. 11 against Spray. Statistics: Condon: 2-20-9-6 37 Heppner 14-8-15-12 49 Heppner: David Norton 10 2-7 22. Stefan Matheny 4 3-5 12. Michael McCabe 2 2-2 6, Brian Rust 2 2-6 6, Brad Bowman 0 2-4 2, Kevin Drake 0 1-2 1. Brandon Young 0 0-3 0. Kyle McDaniel 0 0-2 0. Sam Van Liew, Justin Wood. Jon Bennett. 18 12-31 49 Three-pointer: Matheny SympllOIly beglllS ■D k Oregon Tr.il Pro Rodeo was voted one of the top rodeo grounds in the Columbia River C Q n C e r t r e h e a i * S a l S Circuit by Women s Professional Rodeo Association members. The Willow Creek Symphony, Voting was based on the best- under the direction of Ralph prepared arena ground, with top Wemer, has begun rehearsing priority given to consistency for its spring concert. through all performances, Players are needed for the ground conditions from the first following instruments: clarinets, through the 12th racer in each saxophones, baritones, french performance and the extra hom, tuba, and strings. The attention given to assure safety to symphony will play classical the women and their horses. music, sacred music, spirituals The Walla Walla rodeo was and popular music. first, OTPR, second, and the Basic instrument proficiency is Othello, WA, rodeo, third. required and musicians of any Mary Ann and Barry Munkers age are welcome. received the plaque on behalf of Rehearsals are held each OTPR at a luncheon during Tuesday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at circuit finals in Yakima on Jan. the Heppner Middle School band 9. They also received a room. com m em orative p o ster For more information, call celebrating 50 years of WPRA. Myma Van Cleave, 676-5448. (Dr. ‘DonaCd J. Carlson foot Spedatisi S ? will be at the Pioneer Memorial Clinic on February 10th for the diagnosis and treatment of all foot problems Heppner 676-5504 Hermiston 567-8750
