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
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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.
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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
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B a n k o f E a ste r n O r e g o n ,
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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,
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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
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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
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