SIX • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 22, 1999
lone Lady Cardinals win county tourney, boys second
The lone Cardinals hosted
Heppner,
Klickitat
and
Huntington at the South Morrow
County Tournament this past
weekend.
The lone Lady Cardinals
conquered the Klickitat Vandals,
56-45.
Nikki McElligott was the
leading team member with 18
points, 15 rebounds, four steals
and seven assists.
Sophomore Amellia Peck had
an outstanding appearance,
ending the game with 16 points.
Shelby Krebs led the Cardinals
with rebounds, while Camie
Bumght robbed the Vandals four
times during the game.
The Vandals came out strong
the first quarter, outsconng the
Lady Cardinals. 20-12. lone
turned up the intensity in the
second quarter, scoring 16 points
and holding Klickitat to six
points for a close score o f 28-26
at half time.
The Vandals had a small quarter
immediately after the half and
were unable to make up the
difference by the end of the
game.
The lone men squared off
against Huntington their first
game of the tournament, totally
dominating the Locomotives, 53-
32.
Sophomore Brad Bumght led
the lone squad with 15 points,
followed by Mark McElligott
with 13 points. McElligott also
led the lone team in blocked
shots and assists.
Allan Gribskov secured the
most rebounds for lone. David
Mansfeld had three steals to his
credit.
lone successfully made 46
percent o f their shot attempts
from the floor, while Huntington
made only 26 percent.
The Lady Cardinals advanced to
the championship round on
Saturday to defeat Heppner, 51 -
43.
.Nikki McElligott once again
led the Cardinals with 18 points
scored, 10 rebounds and six
assists. Her- partner in crime,
Camie Bumghf; ‘'steered 15
points, grabbed seven rebounds
and handed out six assists.
Amellia Peck scored 11 points
for the Cardinals and seized
seven rebounds as well.
The lone men also advanced to
the championship round on
Saturday but Heppner came out
with a 79-56 victory over lone.
Heppner's Ryan Matteson did
the most destruction to the lone
team with a total of 22 points.
Brad Burright led the lone
squad with 25 points. Bumght
also had 12 rebounds, three
blocked shots and two steals.
Allan Gribskov also hit the
boards, snagging 10 rebounds.
Mark McElligott added nine
points to the lone score and
delivered five assists.
Heppner C
team boys
down lone
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner M ustang “C ”
team boys used good free throw
shooting to beat the lone Cardi­
nals. 63-41. in lone on Tuesday,
Dec. 14.
Donald Adams scored eight
first-quarter points but the Mus­
tangs trailed 17-16 after the first
quarter.
The Mustangs outscored the
Cardinals 32-13 in the second and
third quarters to take a big lead
and coasted from there to get the
win. The win improved the “C”
team's record to 2-2.
Kelly Paullus hit 11-16 free
throws on his way to a game-high
19 points. Adams ended up with
16 and Doug Orwick scored 12
points. The Mustangs hit on 23-
46 free throws for the game.
Statistics:
Heppner- 16 13 19 15 - 63
lone- 17 7 6 11 - 41
Heppner: Kelly Paullus 4 11-16 19,
Donald Adams 5 5-9 16. Doug Orwick 5
2-612. Conor Kilkenny 2 0-3 4, Josh Win­
ters 1 1-2 3. Adam Bergstrom 1 1-2 3.
leland Rill 0 2-6 2. Jerry Shank 1 0-0 2,
Trevor Rhea 1 0-0 2. Jon Bennett. Cory
Breeding 20 23-46 63
lone Campbell 7 2-2 16. Morgan 2 5-
10 9. Tullis 2 0-0 4. Erickson 1 1-2 3
McElligott 1 0-0 2, Bergstrom 1 0-0 2
Tworek 1 0-0 2. Rad e 0 2-5 2 Kreos 0 1-
2 1. Rietmann Schultz 15 11-21 41
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Mustang girls blow by
Vikings in second half
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Photo by Jeri McElligott
lone High School Lady Cardinals, winners of the South Morrow County Tournament in lone Dec. 17-18 (left
to right): back-Tracy Griffith, Cvndi Heagy, Olivia Thompson, Shelby Krebs. Allison Halvorsen, Nikki
McElligott, Camie Burright. Amellia Peck. Diana McElligott; front-Kristina Powell. Charissa Gates. Nonnee
Walters. Coach is Dana Heideman; assistant coach is Ryan Rudolph.
Mustang boys earn first in tourney
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SanJuanita Elguezabal gets rebound in Viking game. No. 32 is Shelley
Rietmann.
By Rick Paullus
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A 43-16 advantage in the sec­
ond half helped the Heppner Mus­
tang girls to a 68-45 win over the
visiting Umatilla Vikings on Tues­
day, Dec. 14. The Mustangs im­
proved to 5-2 in the preseason.
Ashley Ropp hit two three-
pointers to help the Mustangs to a
19-9 lead after one. The Vikings
came back to lead 29-25 at half­
time.
Heppner came back in the
third to lead 42-35 after three, then
exploded for 26 points in the fourth
to blow the game open. Casey
Ingraham scored 14 points in the
quarter, including 5-6 from the free
throw line and Shelley Rietmann
scored seven.
Ingraham finished w ith a
game-high 30 points, nine re­
bounds, four steals and two as­
sists. Lacey M atteson had 13
points and Rietmann had 11 points
and 10 rebounds. San Juanita
Elguezabal pulled down seven re­
bounds and had four steals and
Ropp also had four steals.
Statistics:
Umatilla- 9 20 6 10 - 45
Heppner- 19 6 17 26 - 68
Umatilla: Cleaver 7 0-0 14, Kik 4 1-2 9,
Healy 3 1 -2 7 , Brown 2 0-2 5, Robledo 1
2-2 5, M. Strong 2 0-0 4, K. Strong 0 1-2
1, A. Baumgart, T. Baumgart, Dahlin,
Keller, Hooker. 19 5-10 45. Three-point­
ers: Brown. Robledo.
Heppner: Casey Ingraham 11 7-9 30.
Lacey M atteson 6 0 -4 13, S helley
Rietmann 3 5-5 1 1 , Ashley Ropp 2 1 -3 7 ,
Marissa McCabe 1 0-0 3, Trisha Adams 1
0-0 2, San Juanita Elguezabal 0 2-6 2,
Meghan Bailey 0 0-2 0, Amy Papineau.
Jenni Patton. Jodie Carlson. Brett Barber.
Macy Rhea 25 15-29 68 Three-point­
ers: Ropp (2), Ingraham. Matteson.
McCabe
Heppner High School Mustang boy«' varsity tepm, winners of the South Morrow County Tournament (left
to right): manager Jim Fichter, Joe Papineau. Sam Van Liew,'Chip Piper, Brian Rust, Ryan Matteson, Clint
Bellamy. Blake Knowles, Michael McCabe, Stefan Matheny and Craig Scott. Coach is Chuck Matteson;
assistant coaches are Tony Pupo and Ken Eckman
Mustang girls take second
By Rick Paullus
in tournament
The Heppner Mustang boys’
varsity took home the first place
trophy by beating tournament host
lone Cardinals, 79-56. on Satur­
day. Dec. 18. The Mustangs won
their third game in a row to im­
prove their pre-season record to
5-4.
To get to the championship
game, the M ustangs beat the
Klickitat Vandals, 76-48. on Fri­
day. Dec. 17.
Michael McCabe scored nine
first quarter points as the Mus­
tangs blew out to a 24-10 lead af­
ter one. McCabe. Brian Rust and
Ryan Matteson each hit three
points in the quarter.
Chip Piper hit two three-point­
ers to start the second quarter and
Rust hit another at the end as the
Mustangs took a 38-23 lead at
halftime.
McCabe scored nine more in
the third quarter as the Mustangs
put the game away, taking a 57-
31 lead after three.
McCabe led all scorers with 22
points and Rust hit four three-
pointers for 12 points. Piper added
10 points. Matteson pulled down
six rebounds and McCabe five.
Stefan Matheny dished out four
assists and had seven steals. Craig
Scott had seven steals and three
assists. McCabe also had three
assists.
McCabe began the lone game
by hitting a three-pointer and
Matteson had a three, and a three
point play as the Mustangsjumped
out to a 15-2 lead. Blake Know les
hit a rebound basket to close out
the first quarter with the Mustangs
ahead 22-8.
Matteson hit two three-point­
ers and Piper one, as the Mus­
tangs built their lead to 42-24 at
halftime.
The Cardinals hit two quick
baskets to start the third but Joe
Papineau hit a short jumper while
Matheny hit a running jumper to
build the lead back to 46-28.
Matteson hit back-to-back three-
pointers and Clint Bellamy scored
on a nice pass from Scott to build
the lead to 54-30 The Cardinals
came back to cut the lead to 56-
38 after three and scored to begin
the fourth quarter to cut the lead
to 16.
Knowles hit a rebound basket
and a Cardinal three-pointer made
it 58-43, but Knowles scored on a
nice pass from M atteson and
McCabe scored on a three-point
play to build the lead to 63-43.
The Mustangs and Cardinals
traded baskets the rest of the way
as the Mustangs finished out with
a 79-56 lead.
Matteson hit five three-point­
ers to finish with 22 points and four
steals. McCabe had 16 points and
seven rebounds. Bellamy finished
with a double-double with 10
points and 10 rebounds. Knowles
had 10 points and three steals.
Matheny had six assists and two
blocked shots. Scott had four as­
sists and three steals. Papineau
blocked two shots.
Statistics:
Game one:
Klickitat- 10 13 8 17 - 48
Heppner- 24 14 19 19 - 76
Klickitat: Hicks 6 0-0 14, Je. Dean 4 0-
0 11, Allen 4 2-2 11, Ja. Dean 2 2-2 7,
Spino 2 0-0 4, Ramsay 0 1 -5 1.18 5-9 48.
Three-pointers: Je. Dean (3), Hicks (2),
Ja. Dean, Allen.
Heppner: Michael McCabe 8 4-4 22,
Brian Rust 4 0-0 12, Chip Piper 4 0-0 10,
Joe Papineau 3 2-4 8, Ryan Matteson 3
0-0 7, Stefan Matheny 3 0-0 6. Craig Scott
2 0-0 4. Clint Bellamy 2 0-0 4 Blake
Knowles 1 1-2 3. Sam Van Liew. 30 7-10
76. Three-pointers: Rust (4), McCabe (2).
Piper (2), Matteson
Game two:
Heppner-2 2 20 16 23 - 79
lo ne -8 16 14 18 - 56
Heppner: Matteson 8 1-1 22, McCabe
6 3-3 16, Knowles 5 0-0 10, Bellamy 5 0-
0 10, Papineau 2 1-2 5, Matheny 2 1-2 5.
Piper 2 0-1 5. Scott 1 0-1 2. Rust 1 0-1 2,
Van Liew 1 0-0 2. 32 6-11 79 Three-
pointers: Matteson (5), McCabe. Piper
lone: Burright 9 7-12 25. McElligott 4
0-4 9. A Neiffer 3 1-2 7. Gribskov 2 1-2
5. Bennetto 2 0-2 4. Mansfield 1 1-2 3, S
Neiffer 1 0-0 2, Pettyjohn 0 1-2 1, Mor­
gan. Haguewood. Rietmann 22 11-26 56
Three-pointer: McElligott
Ione C team loses to Mustangs
The lone "C" teams hosted the
Heppner Mustangs on Tuesday,
Dec. 14.
The lone women lost to the
Heppner Mustangs by one point.
31-32. lone had a slow start in
the first quarter, scoring only five
points and allowing the Fillies to
score 12.
The Lady Cardinals struggled
even more so in the second
quarter.
Salli McElligott was the lone
scorer on the lone team with two
free throws for two points. At
half time lone was down 19-7.
The lone ladies came out in the
third quarter on a mission to
undo the damage that Heppner
had done. lone scored 14 points
in the third quarter, thanks to two
three-point shots by Olivia
Thompson, and kept Heppner at
only four points. Thompson
successfully canned another
three-point shot in the fourth
quarter and by the end of the
game the Lady Cardinals were
only down one point.
Leading scorer was Olivia
Thompson with 16 points. Tracy
Griffith led the lone team with
rebounds.
Salli
McElligott
handed out the most assists on
the team Jeanette Brantley.
Olivia
Thompson.
Sheena
Christman
and
Miranda
McElligott all had three steals
each.
Coach. Ryan Rudolf said he
was impressed with Olivia
Thompson's shooting and was
pleased with the way the girls
played during the second half
after having such a deficit at the
end of the first half.
The lone "C" team men were
defeated bv Heppner. losing 41-
61.
lone out-scored Heppner the
first quarter, but Heppner came
back
with
a
vengeance,
outsconng the Cardinals each
quarter after.
Richard Campbell was the
leading scorer for lone with 16
points. Campbell also had three
steals to his credit.
Karl Morgan lead the team
with assists and Cody Erickson
led the team with rebounds.
lone shot 50 percent from the
free throw line while Heppner
shot 47 percent.
This was the first time the "C"
team has played this year and
coach Jim Swanson said he was
extremely satisfied with their
performance.
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner Mustang girls’
varsity team finished second in the
South Morrow County Tourna­
ment after losing to the host lone
Cardinals, 51-43, on Saturday,
Dec. 19. The Mustangs beat the
Huntington Locomotives on Fri­
day, Dec. 18, 72-20, to reach the
championship game.
The M ustangs com pletely
dominated the Locos by taking a
20-2 lead after one and a 43-4 lead
at halftime.
Casey Ingraham led four Mus­
tangs in double figures with 16
points. Lacey Matteson hit three
three-pointers and finished with 13
points. Ashley Ropp also hit three
three-pointers and had 11 points,
as did Meghan Bailey.
Trisha Adams had four re­
bounds and three steals and Amy
Papineau had three rebounds and
three steals. Shelley Rietmann had
four rebounds and Brett Barber
had four assists and three steals.
Against lone, the Mustangs fell
behind 4-0 but got eight points
from Rietmann and four points
from Ingraham to take a 14-11 lead
after one.
The Cardinals came back to
take a 19-16 lead but a three-
pointer by Matteson tied it. The
Cardinals, however, came back to
take a 26-21 lead at halftime.
Ropp hit a three-pointer to start
the third quarter and. after two
baskets by lone, hit three free
throws to narrow the lead to 30-
26. Adams scored on a nice pass
from Papineau to cut the lead to
32-28. but the Cardinals closed out
the quarter with a 36-28 lead.
Rietmann scored to open the
fourth to cut the lead to 36-30, but
the Cardinals scored four straight
to take a 10 point lead.
Both teams traded baskets as
Rietmann scored four points then
b ack-to-back
bask ets
by
Ingraham and Papineau closed the
gap to 44-38. However, the Mus­
tangs could get no closer as the
C ardinals m ade enough free
throws down the stretch to hang
on for the win.
Rietmann had a good all-around
game for the Mustangs with 16
points and three steals. Ropp fin­
ished with nine points and five
assists. Ingraham had eight points
in limited playing time due to foul
trouble. Papineau had eight re­
bounds and three steals. Matteson
pulled down six rebounds.
The loss dropped the Mustangs
preseason record to 6-3.
Statistics:
Game one:
Huntington-2 2 4 12 - 20
Heppner- 20 23 18 11 - 72
Huntington: Thompson 4 1-2 9. M
Harper 2 0-0 5. Williams 2 0-0 4, King 1 0-
0 2. Hayes. S. Harper 9 1-2 20. Three-
pointer: M Harper.
Heppner: Casey Ingraham 6 2-4 16.
Lacey Matteson 4 2-2 13. Ashley Ropp 4
0-0 11 Meghan Bailey 5 1-6 11, Shelley
Rietmann 2 1-1 5, Trisha Adams 2 1-4 5.
Amy Papineau 2 0-1 4. Marissa McCabe
2 0-0 5, Jenni Patton 1 0-2 2, San Juanita
Elguezabal. Jodie Carlson. Brett Barber
28 7-20 72. Three-pointers: Ropp (3),
Matteson (3). Ingraham (2). McCabe.
Game two:
Heppner- 14 7 7 15 - 43
lo n e -11 15 10 15 - 51
Heppner: Rietmann 6 4-5 16. Ropp 3
2- 3 9. Ingraham 3 2-4 8. Matteson 2 0-0
5. Papineau 1 1-5 3, Adams 1 0-0 2,
Elguezabal 0 0-2 0. McCabe. Bailey. Bar­
ber, Patton, Carlson. 16 9-19 43. Three-
pointers Ropp, Matteson
lone: N. McElligott 7 4-7 18, Burright 6
3- 4 16, Peck 4 3-411, Halvorsen 2 0 -2 4 ,
Gates 1 1-2 3, Krebs, Poweli. 20 11-19
51 Three-pointer: none.
Mustang JVs lose for first time
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner Mustang JV girls
lost for the first time this season
to the visiting lone Cardinals, 35-
18. on Thursday, Dec. 16.
rhe Mustangs suffered from
cold shooting and missed free
throws as their record fell to 5-1
on the year
Jodie Carlson led the Mustangs
with seven points. Sarah Eckman
had six points and nine rebounds.
Cindy Gall pulled down II re­
bounds and Tylynn Smith had
seven rebounds.
Statistics
lo n e -11 9 11 6 - 35
Heppner- 6 4 4 4 - 18
Heppner Jodie Carlson 3 1-4 7, Sa­
rah Eckman 2 2-4 6, Marcy Miller 1 0 -0 2,
Jennie Patton 0 2-92, Tylynn Smith 0 1 -2
1. Cindy Gall 0 0-4 0, Paula Spicerkuhn 0
0-2 0 Jesse Gutierrez. Nikki Sisk 5 6-25
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