Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 2 2,19 9 9 - SEVEN
Mustangs upset Vikings 57-39
By Rick Paullus
What a difference 1 i days
make. Back on Dec. 3. the
Umatilla Vikings ran over the
Heppner Mustangs. 89-60. but on
Tuesday. Dec. 14. it was the Mus
tangs returning the tavor on their
home court with a convincing 57-
39 win.
The Mustangs used a combi
nation of good defense and good
shooting to get the win.
Ryan Matteson scored five
points in the first quarter as
Heppner took a 17-14 lead after
one. The Vikings came back to
tie it at 29-29 at halftime before
the Mustangs' defense clamped
down.
M atteson and Michael
McCabe each scored five points
in the third quarter as the Mus
tangs built a 47-36 lead. The Mus
tangs held the Vikings to three
points in the fourth quarter for the
win.
The win improved the Mus
tangs preseason record to 3-4.
McCabe led the Mustangs with
13 points. 10 rebounds, six steals
and three assists. Joe Papineau
had 12 points and eight rebounds.
Matteson ended up with 10 points
and three assists. Clint Bellamy
had eight points on 4-4 shooting
and Blake Knowles had eight re
bounds and six steals.
The Mustangs forced 23 Viking
turnovers while committing just 11
themselves.
pho to by Joyce Hughes
Michael McCabe gets off jump shot against Vikings
Preschool treats nursing home
residents to concert
Statistics:
Umatilla- 14 15 7 3 - 39
Heppner- 17 12 18 10 - 57
Umatilla: Mclver 5 2-2 12. Savage 4 0-
0 10, Shannon 2 2-2 6, Morris 2 0-0 4
Bow 1 0-0 3, Cleaver 1 0-1 2, Kelly 0 1-2
1, W o lfg ra m 0 1-2 1, Ybarra. Salas
Wyland 15 6-9 39 Three-pomters-Sav-
age (2), Bow
Heppner: Michael McCabe 4 5-6 13.
Joe Papineau 5 2-5 12. Ryan Matteson 4
1-1 10. Clint Bellam y 4 0-2 8. Stefan
M atheny 3 1-3 7 Craig Scott 0 4-4 4
Blake Knowles 1 1-2 3. Chip Piper. Brian
Rust, Sam Van Liew. 21 14-23 57 Three-
pointers: Matteson.
Heppner JV
girls stay
unbeaten
By Rick Paullus
Hie Heppner Mustang A girls
stayed unbeaten at 5-0 by defeat
ing the visiting Umatilla Vikings.
58-53. on Tuesday. Dec. 14.
The Mustangs fell behind 12-9
after one. but Jesse Gutierrez ex
ploded for 13 points m the second
quarter to help Heppner to a 29-
28 halftime lead.
Brett Barber scored seven
points and Meghan Bailey, five,
including a three-pointer, in the
third quarter as the Mustangs in
creased their lead to 46-38.
The Vikings tried to come back,
but Shelley Rietmann scored all
of her seven points in the fourth
quarter as the Mustangs held on
for the win.
Barber led the Mustangs with
17 points, including two three-
pointers. Gutierrez hit three three-
pomters on her way to 14 points.
Bailey finished with nine.
Statistics:
Umatilla-12 16 10 15 - 53
Heppner-9 20 17 12 - 58
Heppner. Brett Barber 7 1 -2 1 7 . Jesse
Gutierrez 5 1-214. Meghan Bailey 4 0-2
9, Shelley Rietmann 23-4 7, Sarah Eckman
1 2-6 4, Jenni Patton 0 4-6 4, Lacey
Matteson 1 0-0 3, Jodie Carlson 0 0-3 0.
Kelsey Greenup 0 0-1 0. 20 11-26 58
Three-pointers: Gutierrez (3), Barber (2),
Bailey. Matteson.
Mustang JV
boys beat
Cardinals
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner Mustang boys’
JV team used a huge fourth quar
ter to beat the visiting lone Cardi
nals, 61-32, on Thursday. Dec. 16.
The win avenged an earlier
defeat at lone and improved the
Mustangs' record to 4-3.
After an even first quarter, the
Mustangs pulled ahead in the sec
ond to lead 23-16 at halftime.
The Mustangs built a 10 point
lead in the third quarter, but the
Cardinals came back to trail 38-
32 after three. Heppner outscored
lone 23-7 in the fourth to pull away
for the win.
Chip Piper led the Mustangs
with 15 points, including nine of
10 from the free throw line. Brian
Rust scored 13 points and Brad
Adams finished with 10. The
Mustangs made 21-31 free throws
as a team.
Statistics:
lon e-8 8 16 7 - 39
Heppner-8 15 15 23 - 61
Heppner Chip Piper 3 9-10 15. Bnan
Rust 4 5-6 13. Brad Adams 3 4-11 10.
Justin Wood 4 1-2 9. Sam Van uew 4 0-
0 8. Brandon Young 1 2-2 4. Kevin Drake
1 0-0 2, Brad Bowman. 20 21-31 61
Mustangs win
The Heppner Preschool four-year-old class treated Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home residents to a concert
of Christmas carols on Monday, December 21. The children were accompanied by Heppner
Davcare/Preschool director Merry Brannon and numerous helpers.
Merry Christmas Moon
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The Heppner Mustangs
triumphed with a 39-61 win over
the lone Cardinals on December
16 in Heppner.
The lone men were tied with
Heppner at the end of the first
quarter but by halftime were
down seven points for a score of
23-16.
Adam McCabe led the lone
effort with 12 points, followed by
Jeremy Rietmann with 10 points.
Rietmann canned two three-point
shots in the second half in an
attempt to keep pace with the
Mustangs.
Adam Neiffer led the team in
rebounds and had three steals for
lone.
The Cardinals shot 30 percent
from the floor, compared to
Heppner's 26 percent, but the
Mustangs had more success at
the free throw line, shooting 68
percent, while the Cardinals shot
29 percent.
Church services set Christmas
eve, Christmas day
Episcopal
with Pastor Dick Metz. The
service will include Holy
Communion.
An 11 p.m. candlelight service,
with Holy Communion, will be
heid at All Saints Episcopal
Church in Heppner on Christmas
Eve. Friday. December 24.
Pastor Dick Metz will officiate.
St. William’s Catholic
Church
All Saints
Church
LCC-Condon
A Lutheran Christmas Eve
service will be heid at the UCC
Church in Condon on Friday,
December 24. at 2 p.m. with
Pastor Dick Metz.
Hie special candlelight service
will include Holy Communion.
Hope Lutheran Church
Services will be held at Hope
Lutheran Church in Heppner on
Christmas
Eve.
Friday.
December 24. at 9 p.m. Pastor is
the Rev. Dick Metz. The
candlelight service will include
Holy Communion.
A New ’t ears Eve service is
also planned at the church on
Friday. December 31. at 7 p.m.
St. Patrick's Catholic
Church
A Christmas Eve Mass at St.
Patrick's Catholic Church in
Heppner will begin with
Christmas carols at 8:30 p.m.
Friday. December 24. followed
by the Procession of Lights at 9
p.m.. the Blessing of the Manger
Scene and then the Vigil Mass.
Christmas Mass will be held on
Christmas
Day.
Saturday,
December 25. at 11 a.m.
Valby Lutheran Church
Christmas Eve candlelight
services will be held at Valby
Lutheran Church in lone on
Friday, December 24, at 6 p.m.
A big bright full moon, looking like an enormous silver Christmas ball in the sky. peeks out from behind the
Morrow County Courthouse, decorated in its Christmas finery. The moon this week is reported to he the
closest to the earth and the biggest and brightest in many years. The courthouse is dressed up for Christmas
this year, both inside and oul. Morrow County District Attorney David C. Allen donated the icicle lights on
the front windows: the Historical Society donated metal brackets for the Christmas wreaths; and
Commissioner Dan Brosnan and employees, both indis¡dually and through their "pop fund", added to the
Christmas decor. I.es Paustian, courthouse maintenance, put up the "Noel" In the center window and the
chasing lights on the roof "bullseyes". "It’s really generous," said Morrow County personnel director Andrea
Denton. "We jus» had a bunch of employees who decided the courthouse should he decorated."
The Heppner Mustang “C”
team girls got a late free throw
from LaRena Penturf to nip the
lone Cardinals, 33-31, in lone on
Tuesday, Dec. 14.
The Mustangs dominated the
first half, building a 19-7 lead, but
the Cardinals outscored Heppner
14-4 in the third quarter to get
back in the game.
Marcy M iller scored four
points in the fourth quarter as the
Mustangs got the win.
The wm was the First of the
lone Cnited Church of
Christ
The lone United Church of
Christ will offer a candlelight
service on Christmas Eve at 10
p.m. at St. William's Catholic
Church in lone. The theme of the
service will be "Christmas
Blessings".
weaving
the
Christmas story with the
blessings and beatitudes found in
the Gospels.
Everyone is welcome to
worship on Sunday mornings at
10 a.m. with a time for coffee
and conversation after the
service.
A special
after-
Christmas family service will be
held on December 26. and
January 2 will be the first
worship service of the year 2000.
Sunday School will begin again
on January 9 at the usual time of
9:45 a.m. at the Christian
Education Building at the comer
of Main and 'E' streets, and
children's choir practice will
resume on January 13 at 3:45
p.m.
First Christian Church
Serv ices at the Heppner First
Christian Church are at 9:45 a.m.
for Bible school and 11 a.m. for
worship service.
HHS JV boys get revenge
on Vikings
Kevin Drake had eight points.
By Rick Paullus
A week and a half ago. the
Heppner Mustang JV boys suf
fered a 32-point loss to the
Umatilla Vikings. On Tuesday,
Dec. 14, the Mustangs built a 46-
30 lead before settling for a 58-52
win to gain some revenge.
Brian Rust scored five of his
10 points in the first quarter as the
Mustangs led 15-9 after one. Sam
Van Liew scored eight points in
the second to help the Mustangs
to a 33-21 lead at halftime.
The Vikings mounted a come
back in the fourth quarter, but the
Mustangs made enough free
throws to hang on for the win.
Van Liew finished with a game-
high 17 points and Chip Piper
added 11 Rust scored 10 and
Lady Cardinals
beat Mustangs
The lone Lady cardinals
showed their talents by defeating
the Heppner Mustangs 35-18 on
December 16 in Heppner.
. lone started out the game with
three points over Heppner at the
end of the first quarter and
continued to out-score the
Mustangs each quarter after.
Freshman Olivia Thompson
was the lead scorer with eight
points. "Thompson moves at the
speed of light and was able to rob
three steals from the Mustangs,
said an lone spokesperson.
Sophomore Salli McElligott
had four steals to her credit,
while Kristina Powell and
Jeanette Brantley brought down
10 rebounds each. The Cardinals
played a consistent game and
worked the ball really well, they
said.
C-team girls nip lone Cardinals
By Rick Paullus
Christmas Mass will be held on
Christmas
Day.
Saturday.
December 25. at St. William's
Church in lone beginning at 8:45
a.m.
vear and improved their record to
1 - 2 .
Tylynn Smith led the Mustangs
with nine points. Miller finished
with eight and Jesse Kempas
added seven.
Statistics
Heppner-12 7 4 10 - 33
ipne-5 2 14 10 • 31
Heppner Tylynn Smith 2 5 -1 1 9 . Marcy
Miller 4 0-1 8 Jesse Kempas 3 1-3 7,
Cindy Gall 0 3-4 3 Nicote Sisk 1 0-1 2.
Paula Sptcerkuhn 10-2 2 . LaRena Penturf
0 2-4 2 11 11-26 33
lone O. Thompson 6 1-5 16. S
McElligott 1 3-13 5 Chnstman » 1-2 3.
Brantley 1 0-0 2 M McElligott 1 0-0 2.
Heagy 1 0-0 2. J. Thompson 0 1-2 1 1 1 6
22 31 Three-pointers O Thompson (3)
The win improved the Mus
tangs' record to 3-3 on the year.
Statistics
9 ,2 2 - 52
.
Heppner- 15 18 13 ,12 - 57
Heppner: Sam Van Liew 7 3-10 17.
Chip Piper 5 1-211. Brian Rust 2 5-8 10.
Kevin Drake 3 2-2 8. Brad Adams 3 0-2 6.
Justin Wood 1 2 -4 4, Brad Bowman 1 0-
0 2, Brandon Young 21 13-28 58 Three-
pointers: Rust.
Umatilla- 9,, 12
Obituaries
Boyd Redding
Boyd Redding. 81, died Mon
day, November 29, 1999, at Las
Vegas, Nevada.
Mr. Redding was bom May 1,
1918, at Eightmile. He graduated
from Heppner High School before
serving in the Army Air Force
during World War II. He was
manager o f a bank at Santa
Monica, California when he re
tired in 1981 and spend the fol
lowing years traveling with his
wife in their motor home.
He is survived by his wife, for
merly Lois Ashbaugh; sons.
Randall of Sausalito. California. K.
Mason of Ventura. California:
daughter. Shan Sheehan of Lake
Havasu City, Arizona: and grand
son Michael Sheehan of Mission
Viejo. California.
Marjorie L. Wright
Maijone L. Wnght. 85. passed
away on December 9. 1999. at
Everett General Hospital. Everett
Washington. Disposition was by
cremation. A graveside service at
the Heppner Masonic Cemetery
is planned for a later date.
Mrs. Wright was bom January
1. 1914 in Wasco, to Henry and
Vera Happold. They moved to
Heppner where Marjone grew up
and attended school. She
graduated from Heppner High
School in 1931.
On August 11. 1934. Marjorie
married Oral Wright, also of
Heppner
They had three
daughters. Marjone and Oral had
a special relationship spanning
65 years. Together, they enjoyed
hunting, fishing, camping and
boating and many good friends.
Survivors include husband.
Oral: three daughters. Lynn
Wright Haguewood of Olympia
Washington. Nancy Wnght
Huffman of Palm Bay. Flonda.
and Deanna Wnght Bellamy of
Bothell.
Washington;
11
grandchildren.
12
great
grandchildren and one great-
great-grandchild.
She
was
predeceased in death by her
parents and a sister, Betty.