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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, Marcn 8, 2000 - THREE Mustang girls lose to Mustang girls drop first game to Santiam City Christian By Rick Paullus The Heppner Mustang girls opened the OSAA State 2A Tournament by losing to the Santiam Wolverines 45-29 on Tuesday, Feb. 29. The cold shooting Mustangs fell into a hole and couldn’t get out of it as the Wolverines built a 25-11 lead at halftime. Although Heppner played a much better game in the second half, they could get no closer than eight points. Shelley Rietmann continued her solid play from the district tournament with 16 points and 14 rebounds, 10 offensive, to lead the Mustangs. Casey Ingraham got the By Rick Paullus the Lions Annalise Nashif hit The Heppner Mustang back-to-back three-pointers, the girls gave a valiant effort against last at the buzzer to increase the the City Christian Lions but lead to 47-27. Nashif hit four couldn't keep up in the second three-pointers in the quarter for half, falling 59-35 to end their the Lions. season with an 18-11 record. Rietmann scored on a The Lions came into the baseline lay-in, Adams hit a tournament with a 45-game rebounds basket and Barber hit winning streak, a number-one another long jumper to make it ranking and were expected to 52-33 but the Mustangs could get win their second straight state no closer. Ingraham hit a short championship, but were upset in jumper for the Mustangs final the first round. The Lions went points for the season. on to win the consolation Rietmann led the championship and fifth place at Mustangs with 11 points, five the OSAA State 2A tournament. rebounds and a steal. Ingraham The Mustangs started out had a good all around game, hot as Shelley Rietmann scored hitting 3-4 from the field for on a short shot, then hit a lay-m seven points, eight rebounds and on a nice pass from Casey two assists. Adams came off the Ingraham. The Mustangs took a bench for six points, three 7-2 lead after Ashley Ropp rebounds, all offensive, and converted a three-point play. Papineau had four rebounds and Amy Papineau hit a rebound a steal. SanJaunita Elguezabal basket to put the Mustangs up 9- had six rebounds and two steals 7 and Rietmann scored on a and Barber scored four points. rebounds basket to give the Matteson had three assists and a Mustangs their last lead at 11-9. steal. The Lions scored the final four Casey Ingraham, Trisha points of the quarter to take a 13- Adams, Ashley Ropp, Amy 11 lead after one. Papineau and Macy Rhea played Trisha Adams hit a short their final games as Mustangs as jumper to get the Mustangs they completed a successful within 15-13 and Rietmann season. Statistics scored on a lay-in to make it 19- Christian 13 18 16 12-59 15. Adams scored on a rebounds City Heppner 11 9 7 8-34 basket to get the Mustangs to C.C.-Nashif 5 0-0 15, Crary 5 3-5 13, within 21-17 but the Lions went Bracelin 5 1-2 11, Estes 3 0-0 8, Biesemeyer 2 0-0 4, Malmin 2 0-0 4, on a 9-0 run before Ingraham hit Damazio 1 0-0 2, Gawa 1 0-0 2. 24-50 4- a three-pointer to cut the lead to 7 59. 3pt.-Nashif 5, Estes 2. 30-20. Heppner- Shelley Rietmann 5 1-2 11, Ingraham scored on a Casey Ingraham 3 0-2 7, Trisha Adams 3 rebound basket to make it 33-22 0-0 6, Brett Barber 2 0-0 4, Ashley Ropp 1 1-1 3, Lacey Matteson 1 0-0 2, Amy and a lay-in by Lacey Matteson Papineau 1 0 -0 2, Marissa McCabe 0 0-1 cut it to 39-25. Brett Barber hit a 0, SanJaunita Elguezabal. Macy Rhea. long jumper to cut it to 41-27 but Meghan Bailey, Jody Carison. 16-43 2-6 Mustangs going by hitting a long jumper and a rebound basket by Amy Papineau gave them their last lead at 4-2. The Wolverines outscored the Mustangs 10-2 the rest of the way to take a 12-6 lead after one. Rietmann got a steal and lay-in to make it 14-8 and Ingraham hit two free throws to make it 21-10. Santiam built their lead to 25-1 at halftime as the Mustangs made just 3 of 18 from the field. Papineau made two free throws and Rietmann converted a three-point play to get the Mustangs to within 27-16 and Ingraham hit a running jumper, but the Wol vermes still led 31 -18 Western Mennonite ends Mustang boys' season By Rick Paullus p ho to by Joyce Hughes Clint Bellamy looks for a shot. Foreground is Joe Papineau By Rick Paullus The Westem-Mennemte Pioneers ended the Heppner Mustang boys' very successful season with a 50-46 win at the OSAA Sate 2A Tournament on Wednesday, March 1. The Mustangs ended their season with a 16-12 record. The game was the final one for the Mustangs' lone senior, Clint Bellamy. Joe Papineau got the Mustangs going by hitting a short jumper and they built their lead to 7-3 on a Ryan Matteson inbounds shot, a Stefan Matheny jumper and a Papineau free throw. Bellamy scored on a nice pass from Craig Scott to make it 9-5 and a Michael McCabe drive and lay-m made it 11-7. Matteson hit a three-pointer to make it 14-9 and Matheny hit a three-pointer with about 10 seconds left to make it 17-13, but the Pioneers came down and scored with three seconds left, then stole the inbounds pass and hit a long three-pointer at the buzzer to take an 18-17 lead. The pioneer ran their lead but Matteson and Brian Rust hit a long three-pointers to give the Mustangs a short-live 23-22 lead. Rust hit a running jumper at the end of the first half to get the Mustangs within 27-25 at,the break. Matheny opened the third quarter with a great move for a short jumper, then Blake Knowles scored on a rebound basket to give the Mustangs a 29- 27 lead. The Pioneers came back with a three-pointer and a three- pomt play before Scott hit a p ho to by Joyce Hughes Amy Papineau dives for the ball D R A W I N G FOR 1/2 BEEF Benefit for Faith Healy &. fuan Elguezabal $1 per tick et - BUY A TICKET YOU COULD WIN THE BEEF! (Lindsay Feedlot Beef) Drawing to be held on April 30th at St. Patrick’s; the w inner w ill be notified ^ Sponsored by Holy Name Society of St. Patrick is Parish baseline jumper to cut the lead to 33-31, Matheny hit a three- pointer to end the third quarter, giving the Mustangs a 34-33 lead. Matheny then hit a running jumper to open the fourth and Knowles hit a three- pointer to give the Mustangs a 39-35 lead. The Pioneers came back to take a 40-39 lead but McCabe hit a running jumper with 3:00 left to give the Mustangs back the lead. McCabe hit one of two free throws to tie it at 42-42 then Matheny hit a running jumper to tie it again with 1:29 left. The Pioneers hit four straight free throws but Matheny hit a jumper with :20 left to get the Mustangs to within 48-46. The Mustangs had a couple more chances down the stretch but couldn't capitalize and the Pioneers hit a couple more free throws for the final margin. Matheny hit 7 of 13 and finished with 16 points to lead the Mustangs. Matteson finished with eight points, six rebounds, two steals and an assist and Knowles had five points and six rebounds. McCabe had five points, one steal and an assist and Papineau had six rebounds. Statistics Heppner 17 8 9 12-46 West Men 18 9 6 17-50 Heppner-Stefan Matheny 7 0-0 16, Ryan Matteson 3 0-0 8, Blake Knowles 2 0-3 5, Michael McCabe 2 1-2 5, Brian Rust 2 0- 0 5. Joe Papineau 1 1-2 3, Clint Bellamy 1 0-0 2, Craig Scott 1 0-0 2, Chip Piper. Sam V an liew 1 9 -5 1 2 -6 46 3pt - Matheny 2. Matteson 2, Rult, Knowles. West Men -Lankin 5 2-2 15, Baker 7 3-5 17, Walther 5 3-6 14, Eshleman 2 0-0 4, Stanffer, Zook 19-46 8-13 50. 3pt -Lankin 3. Walther. NOTICE TO WATER USERS (Vinter peeking may now be removed from meters. C1AJ&cLdiviq/ ^toaAûesSs Also, a reminder that the customer is liable for any damages to the equipment and that it is a A llis o n P a r k s & R y a n R u d o lf violation to operate the meter stop that controls W eddin g: jM arch 18 , 2000 the flow of water to the meter unless there is a A n g e la C u r r in & ^ ia t e W i l l i a m s shut-off on the property side of the meter. ^ W cd d i ng: A p r il 8, 2000 Please contact the iVater Superintendent ^ Miuuuj'i Thug at Heppner City Hall if there is a problem with your water service. 217 North Main • Heppner • 676-9158 David Winfirt City Crew Foremn PhoM: 676-9618 Serving Heppner. Lexington A lone i* i pyrmsmm ***v*-r.* swm-wpai and Ingraham had six points, four rebounds, two steals and an assist. Matteson had four steals and an assist and SanJuamta Elguezabal had three rebounds and one steal. Ashley Ropp three rebounds and a steal Statistics Heppner 6 5 7 11-29 Santiam 12 13 6 14-45 Heppner-Shelley Rietmann 4 8-10 15. Amy Papineau 2 3-4 7, Casey Ingraham 2 2-3 6. SanJaunita EiguezaPai Ashley Ropp, Trisha Adams, Lacey Matteson Marissa McCabe Jodie Carlson. Macy Rhea Meghan Bailey. Brett Barber 0 0-2 0. 8-41 13-19 29 3pt.-none Santiam-Frednckson 4 6-6 14 K Plotts 4 2-3 12. Adams 4 0-1 8 E Plotts 7. Cuevas 0 2-2 2. Carr 1 0-0 2 15-33 11- 14 45. 2 1-2 3pt.-K Plotts 2 E Plotts 2 Mustang boys dropped by tall Oakridge in first round 35. 3pt.-lngraham T ic k e ts a v a ila b le a t M urray D ru g s. B a n k o f E a ste r n O r e g o n , a n d K u h n , S p ic e r a n d M ills going into the fourth quarter. Rietmann hit two free throws and Papineau hit one to cut the lead to 10 and, after Rietmann scored on a rebound, the Wolverine lead was 31-23 with 3:00 left. Rietmann scored on a nice pass from Lacey Matteson to cut the lead to 33-25 with 2:15 left but Santiam came back to increase their lead to 38- 25. Rietmann hit two free throws with 1:28 left but the Wolverines hit a three-pointer to put the game away. Papineau hit another shot but Santiam made four free throws at the end for the final margin. Papineau finished with seven points and four rebounds, I The Heppner Mustang boys went up against a tall Oakridge Warrior team in the first round of the OSAA State Class 2A Tournament and came up short, 59-51, on Tuesday, Feb. 29. The Mustangs fell behind by seven after one and could never get closer than three the rest of the way. Joe Papineau hit a jumper from the free throw line to make it 5-2 early in the first but the Warriors went on an 8-1 run before Michael McCabe hit two free throws to cut the lead to 13-5. A Warrior three-pointer was countered by a Papineau jumper, then Papineau hit a short turnaround jumper at the buzzer to get the Mustangs within 16-9 after one. Stefan Matheny drove the lane for a lay-in to cut it to 16-11 and Craig Scott hit a short jumper to make it 20-13. Matheny hit a running jumper and McCabe two free throws to make it 24-27. After a Warrior free throw, McCabe drove in for a short shot, then hit two free throws to cut the lead to 26-21, but the Warriprs closed put the to take a 39*3 lilcad'ftt halftime. Blake Knowles hit a rebound basket but the Warriors held a 36-23 lead before Brian Rust and McCabe hit back-to- back three-pointers and McCabe sank a pair of free-throws to narrow the gap to 36-31. After a Warrior basket Matheny hit a three-pointer to get the Mustangs to within 38-34. Rust scored to cut the lead to 40-36 but Oakridge scored and hit a free throw to end the third quarter with a 43-36 lead Knowles opened the fourth with a tip-in and McCabe hit two free throws to get the Mustangs to within 43-40 but the Warriors went on an 11-1 run, including 7-9 free throws, to take a 54-41 lead. McCabe hit another three-pointer and Scott made one of two from the line to get within nine, but a Warrior free throw made it a 10-point game. McCabe scored on a dnve and lay-in and Scot hit two free throws with :52.6 left to make it 55-29. Ryan Maneson scored on a rebound basket with :38 left to make it 56-51 but the Warriors made 3-6 free throws down the stretch to hang on for the win. McCabe led the Mustangs with 21 points, including 11 of 12 from the line, and six rebounds. Matheny and Papineau each had seven points and Matteson had six rebounds and three steals. Knowles had four rebounds and one assist, despite being plagued with foul trouble all game. Clint Bellamy had a strong game off the bench with four rebounds, two aeais and 'AoWT&A£i#fterl ioo* W lr y a ln m * Heppner 9 12 15 15-51 Oakridge 16 13 14 16-59 Heppner- Michael McCabe 4 11-12 21. Joe Papineau 3 1-2 7, Stefan Matheny 3 0-0 7, Craig Scott 13-4 5. Brian Rust 2 0- 1 5, Blake Knowles 2 0-0 4. Ryan Matteson 1 0 - 0 2, Clint Bellamy Chip Piper, Sam VanLlew. 16 15-19 51. 3pt.-McCabe 2, Rust, Matheny Oakridge- Tipton 7 7-12 21. Cerkoney 4 6-9 15. Castleman 3 3-4 9. Veager 2 3-5 7. Ashcroft 1 1-2 4, Fine 0 3-4 3 Prenevost. 17 23-36 59 3pt.-Cerkoney, Ashcroft Applications accepted for litter patrol Know a young person looking for an outdoors summer job? The Oregon Department of Transportation may have a place for them. Each year ODOT hires 300-350 youth statewide to clean up state highway nghts-of-way as part of the Youth Litter Patrol program. Crews primarily pick up litter. However, duties may also include graffiti removal and general landscape maintenance. A typical crew includes a crew leader and at least two crew members. Youth Litter Patrol workers are paid on an hourly basis starting at $6.77 for crew members and $7.32 for crew leaders. Crew leaders must be at least 18 years old with a valid driver's license and good driving record. Crew members must be 16 to 20 years old. To apply for the Youth Litter Patrol, register with the local Employment Department office between March 13 and July 16, 2000 . Interviews for selected applicants for the summer session will begin during the month of May. Depending on the area, patrols may work up to 12 weeks this summer. The list also may be used to hire for year- round, Christmas and spring break crews. The Youth Litter Patrol program is funded through the sale of custom license plates available through Driver and Motor Vehicles Services.
