Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 10,1999 - FIVE
Warriors bounce Mustangs, 57-44
Boyer shoots Mustangs over Monroe
By Rick Paullus
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner Mustang girls’
basketball team opened up the
OSAA/US Bank 2A Basketball
Championship by losing to the
Amity Warriors, 57-44, on Tues
day, March 2.
The Warriors came out strong
against the cold-shooting Mus
tangs, building a 13-3 lead as the
only Heppner points were an
Amy Papineau rebound basket
and a Casey Ingraham free throw.
Another Papineau rebound and
putback, and a Brooke Boyer
three-point play narrowed the lead
to 13-8, but the Warriors got a lay
up at the buzzer to end the first
quarter with a 15-8 lead.
Kathleen Greenup scored on a
nice pass from Jill Barber to open
the second quarter, then hit a long
jump shot to make it 17-12. Boyer
scored on a nice pass from
Ingraham to make it 20-14, but the
Warriors went on a 9-0 run to take
a 15 point lead. Barber hit a short
jumper and Ingraham hit a free
throw to cut the lead to 29-17 at
halftime.
Ingraham hit a jump shot and
Jaci Hughes got a steal and lay-in
to open the third quarter for
Heppner. After an Amity free
throw, Greenup scored on a nice
pass from Barber to cut the lead
to 30-23. But the Warriors went
on a 13-3 run to end the third quar
ter leading 43-26.
The Warriors scored to open
the fourth quarter to build their
biggest lead of the game at 45-
26. But the Mustangs wouldn’t
quit as Ingraham scored on a lay-
in, Barber got a steal and lay-in
and Ingraham hit a long jumper to
cut the lead to 46-32.
Greenup hit two free throws
and got a steal and lay-in to make
it 49-36 with 3:00 left. Ingraham
hit two free throws to cut it to 49-
38 with 2:45 left, but the Warriors
came back with a basket and free
throw to build their lead back to
14 points. Ingraham hit on a run
ning jumper and Hughes hit a
three-pointer to cut the lead to 54-
43, but it wasn’t enough as the
Warriors held on for the win.
The Mustangs out-rebounded
the Warriors, 38-25, including 16
offensive boards, but shot only 30
percent to the Warriors 45 per
cent.
Ingraham led the Mustangs
with 12 points and nine rebounds.
Greenup had a good game with
11 points, nine rebounds and three
steals. Boyer had six points and
two steals. Hughes had four steals
and two assists.
Statistics:
Heppner 8-9-9-18 44
Amity: 15-14-14-14 57
Heppner: Casey Ingraham 4 4 -6 12,
Kathleen Greenup 4 3-4 11, Brooke Boyer 2 2-3
6, Jad Hughes 2 0-0 5, Amy Papineau 2 1-2 5,
JiN Barber 2 0-2 4, Trish Adams 0 1 -2 1 , Jessica
Maben, Kim Pointer, Ashley Ropp, Marissa
McCabe. 16 11-19 44. Three-pointers: Hughes.
Amity: Roberts 7 4-6 20, Turgeson 3 8-11
14, Eftaktan 3 2-2 8. Kragt 2 2-6 6, Wire 2 04) 4,
Aschim 1 0-0 2, Willins 1 04) 2, Affolter 0 1-4 1,
Devore, Martin 19 17-29 57. Three-pointers:
Roberts (2).
Correction
Brooke Boyer was misidentified
in a photograph in the March 3
Gazette-Times.
Boyer was pictured
participating in a Heppner High
School pep rally contest. She was
incorrectly identified as Amber
Peck.
!
Brooke Boyer, Casey Ingraham, Kim Pointer and Amy Papineau
surround Warrior player.
photo by Joyce Hughes
Savages end Mustangs’
season
just 26 percent to the Savages’ 50
By Rick Paullus
percent.
Casey Ingraham led the Mus
tangs with 11 points and four re
bounds. Ropp finished with 10
points. Jill Barber had nine points
and four rebounds. Kathleen
Greenup grabbed five rebounds,
including four offensive boards.
The Mustangs ended their sea
son with a 12-15 overall record,
but ended up in the top 12 teams
in the state. The game marked the
end of their Mustang careers for
seniors Jaci Hughes, Jill Barber,
Brooke Boyer, Kathleen Greenup
and Jessica Maben.
The number-one ranked Enter
prise Savages ended the Heppner
Mustangs girls’ basketball season
with a 59-47 win in the consola
tion semi-finals on Friday, March
5, at the Pendleton Convention
Center.
Enterprise jumped out to a big
lead early at 19-7 after one and
increased it to 23-7 early in the
second before the Mustangs could
get going. The Mustangs trailed
35-18 at halftime.
The Mustangs played great
defense in the third quarter, hold
ing the Savages to just five points,
but couldn’t get anything to drop
as they scored just seven them
selves.
The Savages built the lead to
46-26, but the Mustangs wouldn’t
quit and battled to make it respect-
fill at the end. Ashley Ropp hit two
three-pointers and three straight
free throws in the last minute for
Heppner.
The Mustangs did out-rebound
the taller Savages, 26-22, but shot
Statistics:
Heppner 7-11-7-22 47
Enterprise: 19-16-5-18 59
Heppner Casey Ingraham 4 3-4 11, Ashley
Ropp 2 4-5 10, Jin Barber 3 3-4 9, Jad Hughes
2 2-2 6, Brooke Boyer 2 3-4 7, Kim Pointer 1 0-
2 2, Kathleen G re e n u p 0 1-4 1, Trish Adams 0 1 -
2 1, Jessica Maben, Marissa McCabe 0 0-2 0,
Amy Papineau. 14 17-29 47. Three-pointers:
Ropp (2).
Enterprise: M. Anderson 4 2 -4 10. D.
Dawson 3 4-4 10, Talbott 3 1-2 8, Johnson 3 1-
2 7, K. Dawson 2 2-2 6, Strohm 2 1 -3 5, Jackman
2 0-0 4, A. Anderson 2 0-0 4, Gardner 1 0-0 3,
Follett 0 2-2 2, Wiederman 0 0-2 0, Rahn. 22 13-
23 59 Three-pointers: Gardner, Talbott
Jepsen wins VFW essay contest
Daniel Jepsen, an eighth grade
student at Heppner Junior High
School, recently won first place
in the VFW Youth Essay
Contest.
The essay contest is sponsored
by the Veterans of Foreign
Wars. For years, the VFW and
it Ladies Auxiliary have
sponsored a high school speech
contest, but in recent years
they've added the essay contest
for grades six-nine. The topic
this year was "What Freedom
Means to Me".
Daniel was awarded a $200
savings bond by contest
chairman Clarence Martin of
Hermiston. The district received
entries
from
schools
in
Pendleton, Hermiston, John Day,
Umatilla and Columbia Junior
High in Irrigon this year.
Daniel's winning essay has been
sent on to compete at the state
level.
Casey Ingraham grabbed a re
bound o ff a missed Monroe
Dragon shot, dnbbled down the
floor and passed the ball to Brooke
Boyer, who hit a jump shot on the
baseline with two seconds left in
overtime to keep the Heppner
Mustangs alive m the consolation
bracket of the OSAA/US Bank
2A state basketball tournament.
The Mustangs jumped out to an
early lead only to have the Drag
ons come back to take a 10-9 lead.
The Mustangs came back, though,
to take a 15-12 lead after one.
With Ingraham out with foul
trouble, the Mustangs found them
selves trailing 27-26 at halftime.
The Dragons still held a one
point lead at 36-35 going to the
fourth quarter, but the Mustangs
rallied to tie the game at 52-52 at
the end of regulation. Both teams
had chances to win but missed
crucial free throws and shots
down the stretch.
Monroe held a 60-56 lead, but
a basket by Ingraham with 42 sec
onds left cut the lead to two.
The Mustangs made a free
throw to get within one and fouled
with 13 seconds left. The Drag
ons missed both free throws then
a shot on the rebound to set up
the heroics o f Ingraham and
Boyer.
Ingraham led the Mustangs
with 14 points and seven re
bounds. Jaci Hughes ended up
with 13 points, seven rebounds,
four steals and two assists before
fouling out in overtime. Boyer
ended up with 10 points and
Ashley Ropp came off the bench
to hit two three-pointers to help
the Mustangs down the stretch.
The Mustangs shot only 25 per
cent from the field, but hit on 24-
36 free throws for 67 percent. The
Dragons also hit 67 percent of
their free throws on a tournament
record for 48 attempts and 32
made.
Statistics:
Monroe: 12-15-9-16-8 60
Heppner 15-11-9-17-9 61
Monroe: A. Meashintubby 9 15-26 33,
Shelton 1 5-6 7, M. Meashintubby 1 7-8 9, Prates
2 1-2 5, McMahon 1 0-0 2. Howell 0 2-2 2.
Werner 0 2-4 2, Rutherford. 14 32-48 60. Three-
pointers: none.
Heppner: Casey Ingraham 4 6-7 14, Jaci
Hughes 3 7-10 13, Brooke Boyer 2 6-7 10,
Ashley Ropp 2 (K ) 6. Jill Barber 2 1 -2 5, Kathleen
Greenup 1 2-4 5, Jessica Maben 2 1-2 5, Amy
Papineau 1 1-4 3, Kim Pointer, Trish Adams.
Marissa McCabe. 17 24-36 61. Three-pointers:
Ropp (2), Greenup.
St. Patrick's Senior Center
Bulletin Board
Ninety-seven people were served at the senior dinner Wed., Mar. 3,
and 23 meals were home delivered. Members of the Hope and Valby
Lutheran Churches served. Birthday cake was served by members of
their families in honor of Janice Buecher and Mrs. Lang. Hearing aid
assistance was given and blood pressures were taken before the meal.
The menu for March 17 will be comed beef and cabbage, boiled
potatoes, carrots, pear Jell-0 salad, clover leaf rolls and grasshopper
pie. The Methodist Church will serve.
Volunteers folded, stapled and put address stickers on newsletters for
the Extension Service on Tuesday and Thursday. Cards were played
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons. Exercise class is Tuesday
and Thursday at 10 a.m. Bingo was played Friday evening. There will
no bingo Friday, Mar. 12, due to the Methodist stew feed that evening.
The senior breakfast will be served at the center from 6-9:30 a.m.
Saturday, Mar 13. The seniors will also serve the potato soup, roll, pie
and coffee lunch from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and pie and coffee from 2 to
4 p.m.
The Nazarene Church will serve breakfast from 6 to 9 a.m. Sunday
at the Senior Center.
Tickets for the quilt raffle are still available at the Senior Center. The
drawing for the quilt will be held Sunday, March 14, at the auction.
More help is still needed for the luncheon on Saturday and quilt ticket
sellers on Saturday and Sunday. Call the senior office, 676-9030, if ‘
you d * help.
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