TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 17,1999 Mustang JV boys rally to beat Bulldogs By Rick Paullus After falling behind in the first quarter, the Heppner Mustang JV boys’ basketball team rallied past the visiting Culver Bulldogs, 50- 44, on Saturday, Feb. 13. The Bulldogs ran out to a 13-8 lead after one, but the Mustangs came back to take a 22-20 lead at halftime. Joe Papmeau scored six points in the third to help the Mus­ tangs take a 38-27 lead going into the fourth. Michael McCabe took a hard hit to the side of his head and had to leave the game for awhile, but came back to hit six of six free throws and score eight points in the fourth as the Mustangs held on for the win. As a team, the Mustangs hit 8-11 free throws in the fourth quarter. McCabe led the Mustangs with 17 points, including 9-10 from the free throw line. Papineau finished with 14 points and Stefan Matheny chipped in with seven. The Mustangs improved to 13- 2 on the season, with two games remaining. In boys' varsity action, the Helix Grizzlies squeaked out a win against the lone Cardinals , 54-51. The Cardinals were down 29- 41 at the end of the third quarter but Mark McElligott successfully launched three baskets from the three-point region, along with an additional four points. Allan Gnbskov added a three-point shot in the third quarter and Brad Bumght added another nine points to the Cardinal score, but the Cards fell short by three points at the end of the game. Mark McElligott pumped in 20 points for the Cardinal men, deflected two Grizzly baskets, pulled in eight rebounds, shoveled out nine assists and nabbed four steals. Freshman Brad Burright aided the Cardinal effort with 15 points. Coach Dennis Stefani said he was pleased with the team's performance, Statistics Culver: 13-7-7-17 44 H eppner 8-14-16 12 50 Heppner Michael M cC ab e 4 9-10 17, Joe Papineau 7 0 -0 14, Stefan Matheny 3 1-2 7, Blake Knowles 2 1-5 5. Chns Bowman 1 0-0 3, Chip Piper 1 0-0 2, Clint Bellamy 0 2-3 2. David Norton 0 0-3 0, Dahn Ployhar. Milch Matthews 18 13-23 50. Three pointer: Bowman Lady Cardinal JVs lose close one to Heppner The lone Lady Cardinals' JV squad couldn't quite take over the Heppner Mustangs, losing 27-20 Feb. 9. The Cardinals struggled the first half, scoring nine points to Heppner's 20. Heppner freshman Jessica Gutierrez hit the only three-point shot in the game during the second quarter. lone came out in the third quarter and held Heppner to one point, but was only able to score three points. All three were free throws made by freshman, Kristen Davidson. Jn tjie fourth quarter Allison Halvdrsen added four points while Jennifer Thompson and Cyndi Heagy each added two and held the Fillies to six points. Kristina Powell led the Lady Cardinals in rebounds and blocked two shots. Nonnee Walters and Salli McElligott seized three steals each from Heppner. Lead scorers for Heppner were Meghan Bailey with 11 points, followed by Shelley Rietmann with eight points. Grizzlies squeak out a win against Cardinals photo by J o y c * H ughe * Mitch Matthews plays defense. No. 15 is Chip Piper. Mustangs girls run past Culver Bulldogs By Rick Paullus The Heppner Mustang varsity girls’ basketball team stayed in the thick o f things for a spot in the district playoffs by running past the visiting Culver Bulldogs, 59-34, on Saturday, Feb. 13. The win im­ proves the Mustangs’ Columbia Basin Conference record to 6-4 and their overall record to 9-11. Jill Barber got the Mustangs going by completing a three-point play to give the Mustangs a lead they would never relinquish. C asey Ingraham hit a three- pointer as the Mustangs took a 10- 7 lead after one quarter. Ingraham scored six points and Amy Papineau hit a three-pomfbf as the Mustangs continued to in­ crease their lead to 24-16 at half­ time. B arber and Ingraham each scored seven points as the Mus­ tangs outscored the Bulldogs 19- 8 in the third to take a 43-24 lead. Copies Jaci H ughes hit 9-10 free throws in the fourth quarter as the Mustangs increased their lead to win going away. Ingraham led the Mustangs with 22 points and six rebounds. Barber^iad 12 points and Hughes finished with 11 points, four as­ sists and four steals. Jessica Maben had two blocked shots. The Mustangs go on the road for their final two regular season games at Weston-McEwen on Friday night, Feb. 19, and at Stanfield on Saturday, Feb. 20. Statistics: Culver: 7-9-8-10 34 H eppner 10-14-19-16 59 Culver: Talbott 6 3-4 15. Dunn 6 0-0 12. Loredo 0 3-5 3, Macy 1 0-0 2, Webb 0 1-3 1. McCourtney 0 1-2 1, Norris 0 0-2 0. 13 8-16 34. Three-pointers: none. Heppner: C a se y Ingraham 10 1-6 22, Jill Barber 4 3-4 12, Ja d Hughes 1 9-10 11, Brooke Boyer 2 1-2 5, Am y Papineau 1 1-2 4, Jessica Maben 1 0-0 2, Kathleen Greenup 0 2-6 2, Kim Pointer 0 1 - 2 1 , Trisha Adams, Ashley Ropp 19 18-32 59 Three-pointers Ingraham, Barber, Papineau. lone JVs lose to Grizzlies by only three The lone JV men hosted Helix in a close game and lost by only by three points, 54-57. lone outscored the Helix Grizzlies the first quarter, 9-4. Helix found the groove the second quarter, pumping in 22 points to lead the Cardinals 26- 22 at the end of the first half. The remainder of the game remained tight with lone adding 33 points in the second half and the Grizzlies adding 31. Jeremy Rietmann led the Cardinal JV team with 18 points and pulled out seven rebounds and two steals. Adam Neiffer and Ryan Bennetto added 11 points each to the Cardinal score. Jacob Neiffer had an outstanding, game grabbing eight rebounds for the Cardinals. HHS JV girls thrash Culver Bulldogs nip Mustangs Heppner’s Bias Elguezabal goes for the block. By Rick Paullus A combination o f missed free throws and missed open shots led to the Heppner Mustang boys’ varsity basketball team coming out on the short end o f a 40-37 score against the visiting Culver Bull­ dogs on Saturday, Feb. 13. The loss drops the Mustangs’ C olum bia B asin C onference record to 6-4 and their overall record to 13-8. The Mustangs re­ main in third place going into the final weekend o f league play with gam es at last-place W eston- M cEw en and at first-p la c e Stanfield. The Bulldogs jumped out to a 10-4 lead before a basket by Craig Scott and two free throws by Shane Matheny cut the lead to 12- 8 at the end o f the first. With three starters out of the game with foul trouble, the Mus­ tangs needed to rely on the bench to keep them in the game. Ryan Matteson and Joe Papineau each scored four points and Riley Ttngue and Bias Elguezabal played good defense to help the Mus­ tangs play the Bulldogs even for the second quarter. Heppner tied the game twice during the quar­ ter, once on a Tim Dickenson jumper and another on a Scott basket. But Culver scored the last four points o f the quarter to take a 26-22 lead at halftime. p "0'0 by Joyc* Huflh“ In a low-scoring third quarter, the Mustangs took their only lead of the game on an Eckman tip-in with 2:00 remaining, but a Bull­ dogs’ three-pointer gave them back the lead at 31 -30 going into the fourth quarter. Another Eckman tip-m late in the game cut the Bulldogs’ lead to 37-35. A Bulldogs’ free throw made it 38-35 w ith :25 left. Dickenson laid in a missed three- pointer to make it 38-37 with :04 left. A foul on the inbounds pass and two made free throws gave the Bulldogs a 40-37 lead with just :02 left and a half court shot at the buzzer was just a little short by the Mustangs. Dickenson led the Mustangs with 10 points, eight rebounds, three assists and two steals. Eckman had 10 points and six re­ bounds in limited playing time be­ cause of foul trouble. Matheny grabbed five rebounds and Derek Gunderson dished out three as­ sists. Statistics: Culver: 12-14-5-9 40 Heppner: 8-14-8-7 37 Culver K. Macy 5 2-2 14, Carlson 2 6-8 10, Boyer 2 3-6 7, J. Macy 2 0-0 5, Cruz 1 0-0 2, Dix 0 1-2 1, Benmngfield 0 1-2 1 12 13-20 40 Three-pointers: K M acy (2), J M acy Heppner: Tim Dickenson 4 2-4 10, Jared Eckman 4 2-2 10, Ryan Matteson 2 0-1 4. Craig Scott 2 0-1 4, Joe Papineau 2 0-0 4, S h a n e Matheny 0 3-6 3, C a se y Ev a n s 1 0-0 2, Bias Elguezabal 0 0-1 0, Derek Gunderson, Riley Tingue 15 7-15 37. Three-pointers none , W e S b in g Tablej Çazette-Tirms • 676-9228 Mindy Michette Quatts & ‘Daniet Zion Sampte Eastern Oregon Sportsman's Show ?e6ruary 27,1999 ‘Brandi Lynn Marshatt & Corey ‘Patrie^ Sweeney * March 27,1999 February 19th-21st Mwnip D au § . i Friday, 1 p.m. - 8 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. 217 North Main at the Pendleton Convention Center Featuring; Les Schwab Kids' Trout Pond Boats, RVs, ATVs Clothing, Guns & Ammo Wildlife Artists Contests, Mini-Seminars World-Class Mule Deer Display Fun For The Entire Family! 676-9158 photo by J o y c . H u g h *. San Juanita Elguezabal (14) goes up for the sh o t No. 42 is Allison Sykes. By Rick Paullus Admission: $4 Adults, $3 Students &. Seniors,! 12 (St Under, Free Heppner Thé H eppner M ustang JV girls’ basketball team ran their record to 12-3 on the year by eas­ ily beating the visiting Culver Bull­ dogs, 48-23, on Saturday, Feb. 13. The Mustangs raced out to an 8-2 lead after one and a 22-6 lead at h alftim e. The M ustangs outscored the Bulldogs, 26-17, in the second half to coast to the win. Shelley Rietmann scored eight points to lead a balanced scoring attack. Stephanie Clough hit a three-pointer and scored seven points. San Juanita Elguezabal also hit a three-pointer and scored six points. Jenni Patton hit for six points. The Mustangs made 13- 20 from the free throw line. Statistics: Culver: 2-4-5-12 23 Heppner 8-14-6-20 48 H eppner Shelley Rietm ann 4 0-0 8. Ste p han ie C lo u gh 2 2-2 7, Sa n Juanita Elguezabal 1 3-4 6. Jenni Patton 2 2-3 6. Ashley Ropp 1 1 2 4. Trisha A dam s 2 0-0 4, Mindy Smith 1 2-4 4. Allison Sykes 1 1-2 3. Manssa McCabe 11 -2 3, Lindsey Ward 1 04) 2, Sarah Eckman 0 1-3 1. Krista Adams. 16 13-20 46. Three-pointers Ropp. Clough, Elguezabal Cardinals dominate Grizzlies The lone Lady Cardinal Varsity team dominated the Helix team and won the game against the Grizzlies, 52-28. Nikki McElligott led the lone ladies with 23 points, 12 rebounds, four steals and two blocked shots. Brandi Brantley had an excellent game, adding another 12 points to the Cardinal reign, including one three-point shot in the second quarter. Niki Sullivan added eight points to lone's score and grabbed five rebounds. Sophomore Allison Halvorsen played excellent defense, stealing four possessions frorfl the Grizzlies. d a y û a r itt m a x i y m y i z i i fx ie n d , ifit ont. û tauxjA arilA, [iue fo x , tout.