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Heppner Gazette-fimes, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 3,1999 - SEVEN M ustang girls place second at district Lady Cardinal JVs beat Echo lone High School Girls' JV basketball team (L-R): Front- Nonnee Walters, Kristin Davidson, Miranda McElligott, Rhonda Wilhelm; Back - Coach Duane Neiffer, Kristina Powell, Cyndi Heagy, Jeanette Brantley, Sail! McElligott, Jennifer Thompson, coach Chris Davis. The Lady Cardinal JV team sparred against the Echo Cougars on Friday, Feb. 12, and came out ahead of Echo, 7-5, at the end of two quarters. Jennifer Thompson and Salli McElligott each hit a bucket in the first quarter, while Nonnee Walters launched a three-point shot in the second quarter, lifting lone over Echo by two. Salli McElligott wowed everyone, stealing the ball from the Cougars seven times and checking one Echo shot. Jennifer Thompson led the lone team in rebounds. Coach Duane Neiffer was pleased with the JV season, commenting, "We had some really young talent on the team this year but they all continued to improve every time they stepped out on the court. They wrapped up their season on a winning note." The JV squad consisted of junior Miranda McElligott, sophomores, Jeanette Brantley, Jennifer Thompson and Nonnee Walters and five freshmen, Rhonda Wilhelm, Kristina Powell, Kristin Davidson, Salli McElligott and Cyndi Heagy. M ustang boys nipped by Culver Bulldogs By Rick Paullus The Culver Bulldogs ended the Heppner Mustangs boys’ season with a 43-38 win at the Columbia Basin Conference District Tour nament at Pendleton on Thursday, Feb. 25. The Mustangs played the Bulldogs tough for the second time in two weeks, but couldn’t quite get over the hump. The Mustangs jumped out to a 4-0 lead on two free throws and a lay-in by Shane Matheny and a 6- 2 lead after a basket by Tim Dickenson. The Bulldogs came back to lead 7-6 at the end of one, however. A lay-in by Jared Eckman and another lay-in on a nice pass from Casey Evans to Craig Scott boosted the Mustangs lead to 10- 7 early in the second quarter. Af ter the Bulldogs regamed the lead, Derek Gunderson hit a jump shot to make it 12-11. The Bulldogs took the lead again, but Scott hit two free throws to make it 14-13. Eckman hit a jumper and Ryan Matteson hit a three-pointer to make it 19-15 only to have the Bulldogs come back to tie it at 19- 19 at halftime. Matheny hit a jump shot to open the third quarter only to have the Bulldogs tie it up at 21 -21. Eckman scored on a nice pass from Matheny, then made one of two free throws to give the Mustangs a 24-21 lead. After a Bulldog bas ket, Matteson hit another three- pointer to make it 27-23. After a Bulldog three-pointer, Matteson hit a jumper on a nice pass from Matheny to make it 29-26 in fa vor of the Mustangs. The Bulldogs then scored the last five points of the quarter to take a 31-29 lead going into the fourth. A Matheny jump shot closed it to 33-31, but the Bulldogs scored six straight to take a 39-31 lead. Matheny hit another jump shot, Dickenson hit a free throw and Matteson hit another three-pointer to close to within 39-37 with 1:50 remaining. Dickenson hit one of two free throws with: 13 seconds left to get within 39-38. The M ustangs quickly fouled, but the Bulldogs hit both free throws to make it 41-38 with: 12.1 left. The Mustangs then were unable to get off a shot and the Bulldogs hit two more free throws with 1.9 seconds left for the final margin. Matteson ended up with three three-pointers to lead the Mus tangs with 11 points. Matheny ended up with 10 points and had two assists. Eckman finished with seven points and two blocked shots. Dickenson led the Mus tangs with 10 rebounds. Evans had two assists and three rebounds before fouling out early in the fourth quarter. The game marked the end of a long run for the five seniors, who started playing together in the sev enth grade: Derek Gunderson, photo by Joyce Hughes Jared Eckman with a jumper Shane Matheny, Casey Evans, Jared Eckman and Tim Dickenson. Bias Elguezabal and Riley Tmgue were also playing their last basketball game for the Mustangs. Statistics: Heppner 6-13-10-9 38 Culver: 7-12-12-12 43 Heppner: Ryan Matteson 4 0-1 11, Shane Matheny 4 2-2 10. Jared Eckman 3 1-2 7, Tim Dickenson 1 2-6 4, Craig Scott 1 2-2 4, Derek Gunderson 1 0 -0 2, Casey Evans, Bias Elguezabal. Blake Knowles. Joe Papineau. Riley Tingue, Clint Bellamy 14 7-13 38 Three-point ers Matteson (3). Culver Carlson 7 2-7 16, Benningfield 2 6- 6 10, Boyer 3 2-2 8, K. Macy 2 1-1 6. Cruz 1 0- 0 2, Bain 0 1-2 1. J Macy 0 0-2 0. Dix 15 12- 20 43. Three-pointers K Macy District 7-2A boys’ all stars photo by Joyce Hughes The Heppner High School girls varsity basketball team took second in the District 7-2A tournament and was awarded the sportsmanship trophy. Pictured left to right are front - Jill Barber, Casey Ingraham, Jaci Hughes, Marissa McCabe; back- Brooke Boyer, Amy Papineau, Kathleen Greenup, coach Juan Elguezabal, Jessica Mabem, Kim Pointer, Trisha Adams Casey Ingraham and Jaci Hughes were named district all stars. By Rick Paullus The Heppner Mustang girls’ basketball team finished in second place at the District 7-2A Colum bia Basin Conference tournament after losing to the Sherman County Huskies, 44-35 on Friday, Feb. 26. The Mustangs played in the state tournament in Pendleton on Tuesday, March 2. After falling behind early, the Mustangs’ Jill Barber hit two free throws and Casey Ingraham scored at the end of the first quar ter to trail by one at 9-8. Jaci Hughes hit two free throws to tie the score at 10-10 and Kathleen Greenup hit a bas ket and free throw to give Hepp ner a 13-12 lead. Hughes then made a lay-in to make it 15-12 before the Huskies came right back to take an 18-15 lead. Jes sica Maben helped the Mustangs come back to trail byjust one 20- 19 at halftime. The Mustangs came out hot at the start of the third quarter to take a 26-20 lead, but Sherman County came back with a 14-2 run to take a 34-28 lead going into the fourth quarter. Ingraham helped the Mustangs get within 36-32 midway through the fourth quarter, but the Hus kies made enough free throws down the stretch to hand on for the win. The Mustangs were led by Ingraham with 10 points, eight re bounds and two steals. Barber also had 10 points, including a three-pointer and two steals. Hughes finished with five points, while Maben and Brooke Boyer each had four rebounds. Jill Barber puts up a shot photo by Joyce Hughes All stars named Statistics: Heppner 8-11-9-7 35 Sherman County: 9-11-14-10 44 Heppner: Casey Ingraham 4 2-2 10. Jill Barber 2 5-6 10, Jaci Hughes 1 3-4 5. Jessica Maben 2 0-0 4. Brooke Boyer 0 4-5 4, Kathleen Greenup 1 0-0 2, Trisha Adams 0 0-2 0, Amy Papineau. Kim Pointer Ashley Ropp. Manssa McCabe 10 14-19 35 Three-pointer Barber Sherm an County: Stroud 5 6 -12 17, Sanderson 5 1-4 11, Beers 2 5-7 9, Richelderfer 3 1-3 7. Neil. Wilson 0 0-2 0, Weedman. Tatum, Fuller. Slay. 15 13-28 44 Three-pointer Stroud Local girl on WOU softball team ÿ&îiiirlia photo by Joyce Hughes Heppner High School boy»' varsity players (left to right) Shane Matheny, Ryan Matteson, Jared Eckman and Tim Dickenson were named District 7-2A all stars. U of I honors athletes The University of Idaho honored 64 student athletes for their academic standing at the 1999 scholar-athlete reception held on campus in February. Gary Munkers of Lexington was one of the students honored. He is a student trainer, majoring in physical education. Students who achieved at least a 3.0 GPA for two consecutive semesters during the 1997-98 academic year were eligible for the honor. Munkers was among five UI student trainers honored at the reception. Petra Elguezabal, a 1998 graduate of Heppner High School, has been selected for Western Oregon University's 1999 softball team. The 5'9" freshman will join two other freshmen, Brooke Spencer, Newport, and Shannon Reynolds, Santiam Christian, Albany, as backup for catcher Kelly Healy, McKay High School, Salem, a three-year starter for the WOU Wolves. The Wolves will play this Friday and Saturday at Richland. Friday they will go up against Simon Fraser at noon and Pacific at 2 p.m. On Saturday they will play Willamette at 9 am ., George Fox at 1 p.m. and Concordia at 3 p.m. A championship round will be played Sunday with the time to be announced. March 10, the Wolves will play Concordia in Portland, beginning at 2 p.m. After that they travel to California for four games before playing at Lacey, WA, March 30 and Portland on March 31. Jaci Hughes (left) and Casey Ingraham were named to the all star team for the recently concluded district basketball tournament. Interstate considered through Heppner area The Oregon Department of Transportation is considering the feasibility of extending Interstate 82 through Eastern Oregon to California. Two of the proposed routes would include Heppner. One route would join 1-82 with Highway 97 either through Madras, Antelope. Fossil and Heppner or Pnneville, Mitchell, Spray and Heppner. Another proposed route would join 1-82 with Highway 395 through John Day, Bums and Lakeview. It is estimated that the cost to upgrade the routes into four-lane highways would be around SI billion Umatilla Mayor George Hash testified before the House Transportation Committee in Salem on the proposal which, he says, would benefit farmers in Eastern Oregon. A new interstate would also ease traffic on the » busy 1-5. A second legislative hearing before the House Transportation Committee was scheduled for Wednesday, March 3, at the Capitol Building. Commission plans meeting The monthly meeting of the Morrow County Commission on Children & Families will be held on March 9 at A C Houghton Elementary School from 7-9 p.m The main topic of discussion will be the approval of the Community Development Grants. The public is invited to attend and participate in the discussions. For more information call 676-9675."
