TW O - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 10. 1999
Rockets drop M ustang girls
M ustangs get big win at Sherman County
By Rick Pauilus
The Heppner Mustangs boys’
varsity basketball team traveled to
Moro on Saturday, Feb. 6 and
picked up a big win over the
Sherman County Huskies, 73-65.
The victory gives the Mustangs a
6-3 record and a solid third place
in the Columbia Basin conference
and 12-7 overall.
“It was a very good effort by
everyone to get our second
straight road win. Especially with
out Jared Eckman and Bias
Elguezabal, both sick, and Blake
Knowles, pulled ham string,”
coach Chuck Matteson said after,
the game. “We made our free
throws and played good enough
offense to get the win.”
Ryan Matteson hit two three-
pointers to open the game, but the
Mustangs found themselves trail
ing 13-8. Craig Scott made a bas
ket followed by a Tim Dickenson
hoop to cut the lead to one. Then
Scott hit another to give the Mus
tangs a 14-13 lead after one quar
ter.
Matteson hit another three and
Casey Evans made two free
throws but the Huskies came
back to tie the score at 19-19. The .
two teams then traded baskets
until Dickenson hit a basket and a
free throw, Shane Matheny got a
steal and a lay-in and Scott hit a
free throw to give the Mustangs
a 30-24 lead. The Huskies came
right back to tie the game at SO
SO before a basket by Joe
Papineau and a free throw by
Evans gave the Mustangs a 33-
31 lead at halftime.
The Huskies tied the score to
begin the third quarter, but the
Mustangs went on a 13-2 run to
take a 46-35 lead with 3:35 re
maining. The Huskies rallied to
close and were within 48-45, but
a three-point play by Derek
Gunderson and a free throw by
Dickenson gave the Mustangs a
52-45 lead going into the fourth
quarter. Matteson hit for nine
points in the third.
The fourth quarter began as a
free throw contest as the Mus
tangs hit five of six to take a 57-
47 lead. The Huskies closed to
within 58-53, but Matheny hit two
free throws and a jump shot to
make it a 62-53 lead. Evans
scored on a nice pass from Matte
son, but the Huskies came back
to make it 65-61. The Mustangs
then hit on eight for eight free
throws to close out the Huskies
and win, 73-65. The Mustangs hit
on 17 of 20 free throws in the
fourth quarter and 27 of 39 for the
game.
Matteson hit four three-point
ers on his way to a game-high 21
points for the Mustangs. Dicken
son hit for 12 points, 11 rebounds
and five steals. Matheny had 12
points and Evans had a good all-
around game with 11 points, six
rebounds, four steals and three
blocked shots. Gunderson had five
assists and five steals.
The Mustangs’ next game is at
home on Saturday, Feb. 13,
against Culver in an important
CBC game.
EOU sports news
Luke Swanson, an Eastern
Oregon University sophomore
from lone, is 11th in three point
percentage at 36.8 percent in the
Cascade Collegiate Conference,
according to an EOU news
release.
Swanson, who plays for the
EOU Mountaineers basketball
team, made 21-57 shots in 19
games.
Swanson made three assists in
the Mountaineers’ game against
Albertson last Friday.
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Statistics
14-19-19-21 73
Sherman County 13-18-14-20 65
Heppner Ryan M atteson 6 5-6 21, Tim
Dickenson 2 8-12 12, Shane Matheny 4 4-4 12.
Casey Evans 3 5-6 11, Craig Scott 3 2-8 8.
Derek Gunderson 1 3-3 5, Joe Pspneau 2 0-0 4,
By Rick Pauilus
Riley Tingue. Blas Elguezabal. 21 27-39 73.
Three-pomiars Matteson (4)
Sherm an County G ardner 9 0-0 18.
Richeklerler 6 5-9 17, Macnab 3 5-7 11, Mtfer 4
0-0 8, Thomas 2 04) 5, Fntts 1 0 0 2, Längsten
1 0-0 2, Haie 1 0-0 2. Eggers 27 10-16 65
Three-pomter Thom as
M ustangs rally past Rockets
The Heppner Mustang girls’
varsity basketball team dropped
into a second place tie with the
Pilot Rock Rockets by losing 49-
36 to the Rockets on Friday, Feb.
5.
The ailing Mustangs jumped out
to a 10-6 lead after one, but
couldn’t keep up with the Rock
ets as they were outscored 24-8
in the second and third quarters.
The Mustangs tried to come back
in the fourth, but couldn’t get over
the hump and ended up losing by
13.
Casey Ingraham led the Mus
tangs with 10 points. Kathleen
Greenup had a strong game and
ended up with eight points. Brooke
Boyer scored six points before
fouling out.
S t* attics
Heppner 10-6-2-18 36
Pilot R ock 6-11-13-19 49
H eppner C a te y Ingraham 3 4 8 10.
Kathleen Greenup 2 4-8 8, Brooke Boyer 2 2-2
6. Jed Hughe* 2 1-1 5. Tnsha Adam * 2 0 4 4,
Kim Pointer 1 1-2 3. JM Barter, Amy Papineau,
Martes* McCabe. Ashley Ropp 12 12-21 36.
Pilot R ock Copeland 3 9-10 16. Green* 6 0-
0 12. Harris 2 2-2 6. Doherty 1 3 6 5. Bracter 1
1 2 4 , Harrison 1 0-0 2, D. Thompson 1 0-0 2. G.
Thompson 0 1-4 1, Cnbbs 0 1-2 1.15 17-25 49.
Three-pointers: Copeland. Bracher
Ailing M ustangs lose to
Sherman County
By Rick Pauilus
A combination of the flu bug
and a hot-handed Sherman County
Husky team spelled the downfall
of the Heppner Mustang girls’
varsity basketball team as they
lost, 53-28, in Moro, on Saturday,
Feb. 6.
The loss dropped the Mustangs
into fourth place in the Columbia
Basin Conference, with a 5-4
record and 8-11 overall.
The M ustangs got behind
quickly as Sherman County
jumped out to a 14-0 lead and went
onto a 23-7 lead after the first
quarter.
The Mustangs played the Hus
kies almost even in the second, but
still trailed 3 5-17 at the half.
Jaci Hughes and Ashley Ropp
each hit a three-pointer in the sec
p hoto by J o y c o Hugh««
Heppner'* Derek Gunderson In action against Pilot Rock
By Rick Pauilus
Using great second half de
fense and a more patient offense,
the Heppner Mustangs boys’ var
sity basketball team rallied past the
Pilot Rock Rockets, 65-59, on Fri
day, Feb. 5, at Pilot Rock.
The Rockets came fast, build
ing leads of 6-1 and 11-5 before
baskets by Tim Dickenson and
Shane Matheny closed the score
to 11-9. But Jarod Labrousse hit
his second three-pointers for the
Rockets to make it 14-9 after one
quarter.
Ryan Matteson started the sec
ond quarter with a basket and a
three-pointer of his own to tie it at
14-14. The Rockets came right
back with a run to make it 21 -15,
but two free throws by Casey
Evans and baskets by Riley
Tingue and Matheny cut the lead
to 23-21.
The Rockets jumped their lead
back to 29-23 before Matteson hit
another three-pointer to cut it to a
three point game. But Labrousse
hit two more three-pointers to give
the Rockets a 35-27 lead. Two
free throws by Dickenson and a
basket by Matteson closed the gap
to 35-31 at halftime. Matteson fin
ished the quarter with 11 points
for the Mustangs.
Labrousse ended up with five
three-pointers in the first half for
the Rockets. However, the Mus
tangs came out in the second half
with a box-and-one defense with
Derek Gunderson and Craig Scott
shadowing Labrousse all over the
court and holding him scoreless
the rest of the game.
Matheny hit two baskets to
begin the second half to tie the
game at 35-35, but the Rockets
scored twice to give them a four
point lead again. A three-pointer
by Matteson and a lay-in by
Dickenson on a nice pass from
Evans gave the Mustangs their
first lead of the game with 4:25
left in the third. Scott scored on a
lay-in and Matheny scored on a
twisting lay-in to give the Mustangs
a 44-39 lead. After a Rocket bas
ket, the Mustangs played defense
as back-to-back blocked shots by
Evans and Tingue led to a basket
by Scott. The third quarter ended
with the Mustangs holding a 48-
44 lead.
The Rockets hit a three-pointer
early in the fourth to close within
51-49. Dickenson then scored on
a nice pass from Evans, then re
turned the favor with a pass to
Evans, which made it a 55-49
game. M atteson scored on a
twisting lay-in and Dickenson hit
a lay-in with 2:00 left to give the
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Mustangs a 59-49 lead. The Mus
tangs hung on from there with
baskets down the stretch from
Tingue and Dickenson to get the
win at 65-59.
The win gives the Mustangs a
5-3 record and third place in the
Columbia Basin Conference and
11-7 overall.
Matteson had a game-high 21
points, including three three-point
ers; Dickenson had 18 points and
15 rebounds; and Matheny added
10 points for the Mustangs. Evans
had six rebounds and three steals. By Rick Pauilus
Gunderson had three assists and
The Heppner M ustang JV
two steals.
boys’ basketball team moved to
Statistics:
12-1 on the year by dominating
Heppner 9-22-17-17 65
Pilot Rock: 14-21-9-15 59
hosts Pilot Rock Rockets, 68-53,
Heppner: Ryan Matteson 7 4-6 21, Tim
on Friday, Feb. 5.
Dickenson 7 4 6 18, Shane Matheny 5 0-2 10,
Michael McCabe scored 11
Craig ScoH 3 0 6 6. Casey Evans 1 2-2 4, Riley
Tingue 2 0-1 4, Derek Gunderson 1 0-1 2, Joe
first quarter points as the Mus
Papineau. Bias Elguezabal. Michael McCabe.
tangs jumped out to a 21-11 lead.
Stefan Matheny 26 10-18 65. Three-pointers:
The Rockets came back in the
Matteson (3).
Pilot Rock: Van Pelt 9 0-0 18, Labrousse 5
second to cut the lead to 36-32 at
0-0 15. Humphreys 4 2-3 10. Hinkle 1 0-0 3,
halftime.
Stelk 2 0-0 4, Benset 0 3 6 3. D Erickson 2 0-0
Heppner rebounded in the sec
4. Nash 1 0-0 2. Alderman. B Erickson. 24 5-9
59. Three-pointers: Labrousse (5), Hinkle
ond half, outscoring Pilot Rock,
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32-21, as Joe Papineau scored
eight points in the fourth quarter
ond half, but it wasn’t enough as
the taller Huskies pulled away for
the win.
Casey Ingraham led the Mus
tangs with five rebounds and
added seven points. Brooke Boyer
was the leading scorer with eight
points and had two steals, plus
dished out one assist.
The Mustangs’next game will
be against the Culver Bulldogs in
Heppner on Saturday, Feb. 13.
Statistics:
Happner 7-10-4-7 28
Sherm an County 23-126-12 53
Heppner: Brooke Boyer 3 2-2 6. C asey
Ingraham 3 1-2 7, Kathleen Greenup 2 1-3 5,
Jed Hughes 1 0-1 3. Ashley Ropp 1 0-0 3, Amy
Papineeu 0 2-2 2, Jessica Me ben 0 0-4 0, Trisha
Adams, Kim Pointer, Marissa McCabe. 10 6-14
28. Three-pointers: Hughes, Ropp
Sherm an County: Sanderson 6 6-10 18.
Stroud 6 0-0 13. Beers 4 0 6 9. Neal 3 2-3 9,
Rlchetdertef 1 0-0 2. Wkteman 1 0 4 2. Wilson.
Wolf. 21 8-13 53. Three-pointers: Beers. Neal,
Stroud.
Mustang JVs dominate Rockets
Huskies down
Mustang JVs
By Rick Paullua
The Heppner Mustangs JV
boys’ basketball team suffered
just their second loss of the sea
son, falling to the Sherman County
Huskies, 63-52, at Moro, on Sat
urday, Feb. 6. The loss drops their
season record to 12-2 with their
next game at home on Saturday,
Feb. 13, against the Culver Bull
dogs.
The Huskies came out hot, tak
ing a 22-12 lead at the end of the
first quarter. The Mustangs came
back to trail 29-22 at halftime and
40-34 at the end of three. They
couldn’t complete the comeback
though, and fell by a 63-52 score.
Joe Papineau led the Mustangs
with 15 points. Stefan Matheny hit
two three-pointers and finished
with 13 points. Michael McCabe
hit a three-pointer and finished
with 11 points. David Norton fin
ished with nine points, including
five for five from the free throw
line.
Statistics
Heppner 12-10-12-18 52
Sherm an County: 22-7-11-23 63
Heppner Joe Papineau 6 3-4 15. Stefan
Matheny 4 3-5 13. Michael McCabe 3 4 6 11,
David Norton 2 5-5 9. Chip Piper 1 0-0 2. Blake
Knowles 0 1-2 1. Darin Ployhar 0 1-2 1. Chris
Bowman, Mitch Matthews 16 17-24 52. Three-
pointers: Matheny (2), McCabe.
lone tennis
team collecting
raquets
The lone tennis team is
collecting used racquets. The
team is anticipating increased
participation on the tennis team
and some participants are not
able to afford racquets.
"If you have any tennis
racquets collecting dust in your
closets or taking up space on a
shelf, consider donating them to
the lone High School tennis
team," said a team spokesperson.
Contact Cathy McCabe at 422-
7131 for further information.
Health District
to meet Friday
The Morrow County Health
District will hold a regular
meeting on Friday, February 12,
beginning at 8 a.m. in the Pioneer
Memorial Hospital Conference
Room in Heppner.
New business will include
approval of advisory board
meeting minutes and members
and an executive session to
discuss contracts and personnel.
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to help the Mustangs get the win.
McCabe finished w ith 22
points, including a three-pointer,
and Papineau was right behind
him with 21 points. Stefan
Matheny hit a three-pointer and
finished with 11 points. David
Norton hit for nine points.
Statistics:
Heppner 21-15-15-17 68
Pilot Rock: 11-21-11-10 53
Heppner. Michael M cCabe 9 3 4 22, Joe
Papineau 10 1-3 21. Stefan Matheny 5 0 4 11,
David Norton 2 5-7 9, Chris Bowman 1 0 4 2,
Darin Ployhar 1 0 4 2, Chip PiperO 1-2 1, Mitch
Matthews. 28 10-18 68. Three-pointers: M c-
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Condon
overtakes
Cardinals
The JV lone Lady Cardinals
hosted the Condon Blue Devils
on Friday, February 5. Condon
overtook the Cardinals 40-12.
The Lady Cardinals struggled
offensively the first quarter,
scoring only one point, a free
throw
made
by
Kristen
Davidson, to the Blue Devils'
nine points.
Freshman Salli
McEUigott had a notable game,
seizing six steals from the Blue
Devils, grabbing five rebounds
and blocking a Blue Devil
attempt at a basket. Jennifer
Thompson led lone with a total
of nine rebounds, two steals and
one blocked shot.
Kristina
Powell also was a commanding
force under the basket, capturing
several
rebounds.
Allison
Halvorsen was lead scorer for
lone with four points scored in
third quarter, the only quarter
she made a showing.
The
Lady Cardinals had a hard time
keeping Mandy Anderson of
Condon from producing nine
points for the Blue Devils.
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cancels shoot
The weekly shoot at the Mor
row County Gun Club (MCGC)
was not held on Saturday because
of the adverse weather.
Instead the members were able
to finish installing the automatic
thrower for next week’s shoot.
MCGC will also host a meat
shoot on Saturday, March 6 and a
money shoot on Saturday, April
10.
The next shoot will be held Sat
urday, Feb. 13 at noon.
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