EIG HT - Heppner G azette-Tim e*, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 13, 2000
Heppner JV girls lose to Baker
Cardinals squeak out
win over Mustangs
Bv Molly Rhea
points and six rebounds. Chip
The lone Cardinals squeaked Piper finished with six points and
out a win over the visiting five rebounds. Stefan Matheny
Heppner Mustangs varsity, 62- dished out three assists and had
61, on a late shot by Aaron two blocked shots. Craig Scott
Brown with seven seconds left, had two steals.
Brad Bumght led the Cardinals
in a non-league boys' basketball
game on Tuesday, Dec. 5. The with 24 points, followed by
Mustangs’ record dropped to 1- Brown with 18.
The Mustangs are off until
and-2 on the young season as
they are still trying to get in Friday, Dec. 15, when they will
play Helix in the first round of
basketball shape.
The Mustangs took a 17-13 the South Morrow County
lead after one, getting 10 points Tournament. lone will take on
from Michael McCabe, and still Joseph in the other game, with
the third place and championship
led 31-26 at halftime.
Dec. 16.
lone closed the gap to 49-46 games on Saturday,
Statistics
and the mustangs still had the
Heppner: 17, 14, 18, 21 - 61
lone 13 13 20 16 - 62
lead and the ball with less than
Heppner (61) Joe Papineau 6 3-6-15,
30 seconds left but turned it over Michael McCabe 4 3-7 14. Blake Knowles 4
on a jump ball to set up Brown’s 0-0 8, Chip Piper 3 0-0 6, Stefan Matheny 2
0- 0 3, Craig Scott 1 3-4 3, Ryan Matteson I
heroics.
Joe Papineau led the Mustangs 1- 2 4, Brian Rust 1 2-2 4. 22 14-21 61.
Matheny, Matteson, McCabe
with 15 points and nine Three-pointers:
lone: (62) Bumght 11 2-4 24, Brown 6 5-
rebounds. McCabe finished with 12 18. NeitTer 3 1 -2 7, Rea 2 0-0 5, Morgan
14 points and dished out two 1 2-2 4, Bennetto 2 0-0 4, Fabian,
Haguewood 23 10-20 62. Three-pointers:
assists. Blake Knowles had eight Brown,
Rea
By Rick Pauilus
Mustang 'C team boys beat lone
By Rick Drake
The Heppner Mustang "C"
team boys beat lone, 41-26, at
home on Monday, Dec. 11, to
improve to 2-and-0 on the year.
The Mustangs will host Riverside
on Thursday, Dec. 14, with the
girls' game starting at 5 p.m. and
the boys following.
The Mustangs got four points
from Adam Bergstrom in the first
to take a 12-4 lead and went on
to lead 19-7 at halftime.
The Cardinals stayed with the
Mustangs in the third, but
Heppner got five points from
Conor Kilkenny in the fourth to
extend their lead to the final
score of 41-26.
Heppner’s junior varsity girls
had a frustrating Friday,
December 8, when they tried to
match up against the Baker City
JVs, losing 22-61.
The Bulldogs' press frustrated
the Mustangs throughout the
game, along with their general
quickness and superior size.
Brooke Rust played well,
pulling down several offensive
rebounds and putting them back
C ourt discusses plow ing
up to score six points for the
Mustangs. Stefame Hansen also
netted six points. Jesse Kempas
consistently
displayed
aggressive, tenacious defense in
spite of the lopsided score.
The next contest on the
schedule for the JV Mustangs is
Tuesday, December 19, as they
start out the action at 3 p.m. as
all four JV and varsity teams in
action against the Condon Blue
Devils.
Heppner JV girls lose to Ukiah
board.
Heppner Junior Varsity girls
Ukiah's Susan Barber led all
opened
their
season
on scorers with 20,
Maiko
November 30 with an aggressive Yamaashiro added 14 for the
attack against Ukiah's varsity, but Cougars.
4 7 11 1 6 - 3 8
were unable to contain the Ukiah
Cougars' key players, losing 29- Heppner 0 6 8 1 5 - 2 9
Heppner - Marcy Miller 2 1-1 5, Sheena
38.
I 0-02, Nikki Sisk 1 0-0 2,
Stefame Hanson led .the Shank
Danielle Loosley 2 0-0 4, Chantea
Mustang scoring with six points. McCaulay 2 0-2 4, Stefame Hanson 3 0-
Heppner had a balanced 0 6, Brooke Rust 2 0-0 4, Kelsey
offensive effort with eight of 10 Greenup 0 2-3 2, Tiffany Mathmey,
players putting points on the Lorena Penturf.
By Molly Rhea
Birthday party to benefit kids
Kilkenny led the Mustangs
with 12 points and Bergstrom
finished with six points. Josh
Winters, Brian Smith, Tanner
Britt and Matt Young each
finished with four points. Koby
Rea led the Cardinals with 13
points.
Statistics
lone: 4 3 7 12 - 26
Heppner: 12 7 7 15 - 41
lone: (26) Rea 5 3-15 13, NeifTer 2 2-2 6,
Tworek 2 0-0 4, Hunt 1 0-0 2, Campbell 0 1-
2 1, Tullis 0 0-4 0, Doherty, Collins,
Thompson, Bergstrom 10 6-23 26 Three-
pointers: none
Heppner: (41) Conor Kilkenny 4 4-9 12,
Adam Bergstrom 3 0-2 6, Josh Winters 1 2-2
4, Brian Smith 2 0-2 4, Matt Young 2 0-0 4,
Tanner Britt 2 0-0 4, Zack Skaggs 1 0-0 2,
Justin Botefur I 0-0 2, Judd Shepherd I 0-0
2, Adam Wight 0 1-2 1, Christian Mailer,
Ben Turrell, Dann Skaggs, Kiel Naims, Zack
Whalen 17 7-17 41. Three-pointers: none.
The Heppner Mustangs' JV
boys outscored the visiting lone
Cardinals, 28-9, in the second
h^lf to come out on tip, 60-316, on
Thursday, Dec. 7. The Mustangs
remained unbeaten at 3-0 on the
young season with the win.
A rematch is scheduled at lone
on Thursday, Dec. 14 with the
girls' game starting at 5 p.m. and
the boys' game following.
lone led 13-12 after one and
trailed only 32-27 at halftime
thanks to Billy Gates' four three-
pointers in the second quarter.
Brad Adams scored seven points
in the second to help the
Mustangs take the lead.
Kevin Drake scored eight
points, including two three-
pointers, and Chuy Elguezabal
Mustang varsity girls come
up short against Baker City
By Molly Rhea
The Mustang varsity girls
squared off with the 3A Bulldogs
from Baker City on Friday,
December 8, but came up short,
losing 45-52. The Bulldogs were
the GOL distrist champions last
year and this season’s squad
features seven seniors.
Heppner trailed throughout the
game, as many as 14 points in the
second quarter, but never let up,
battling back to within two points
at the close of the third period. It
was an exciting game with both
teams playing tight defense and
aggressive offense.
Shelley Rietmann led the
Mustangs with 19 points, while
Lacey Matteson scored 10 points,
scooped seven boards and dished
out four assists.
Marissa
McCabe pulled down 10
rebounds and blocked three
shots.
Coach Dana Reid said she was
pleased with the effort, “This was
a great preseason game. We
went up a stronger team and
never let up ”
Teams from lone, Helix and
Joseph will be in town this
weekend, December 15 and 16,
as the Mustangs host the South
Morrow County Tournament.
Games will start at 3 p.m Friday
with the Heppner girls' team
playing Helix, followed by the
Heppner boys against Helix. The
Friday evening games feature
contests between the lone and
Joseph teams. The consolation
round starts at 1 pm on Saturday
with championship action to
follow.
On Tuesday, December 19, all
four JV and varsity Mustang
teams will take the court when
Heppner hosts the Condon Blue
Devils.
Condon’s girls were last
season’s 1A State Champions,
and always prove to be strong
pre-season competition.
Baker
15 16 6 15 - 52
Heppner 12 13 10 10- 45
Baker City (52) Warner 3 1-2 7,
Kuchenbecker I 1-2 3,Landstrom 5 0-0
13, Parks 2 0-0 4, Moutsandies 1 0-0 3,
Hull 11 0-0 22, Hill, Rino, Gyllenbery,
Taylor Totals 23 2-4 52
Heppner (45) Barber 2 4-5 9,
Elguezabal I 3-6 5, Matteson 3 2-4 10,
McCabe I 0-0 2, Reitmann 7 5-8 19,
Patton, Bailey, Carlson. Totals 14 14-
23 45.
3-point goals Baker 4 (Landstrom 3,
Moutsandies), Heppner 3 (Matteson 2,
Barber). Rebaounds Baker 27, Heppner
33. Total fouls Baker 20, Heppner 9.
Heppner JV girls defeat lone
Kelsie Fox with donated toys
Is it just visions of sugar
plums, or do Morrow County
kids seem especially kind and
giving-not
to
mention
innovative-this Christmas?
Instead of a regular birthday
party this year, 10-year-old
Kelsie Fox decided to have a
party to benefit kids who may not
be as fortunate this Christmas.
She said she got the idea from
watching a Fox Family television
program and the idea fit right in
with her December birthday.
Unbeknownst to Kelsie, two
other girls had planned the same
thing on the same day-December
8-and were featured in last
week's Gazette. "I had no clue
that lone girls were doing it,"
said Kelsie, who is a fifth grader
at Heppner Elementary School.
On Monday, Dec. 11, Kelsie
donated a whole pile of toys,
including Barbies, games, a
football and a Teddy Bear, to the
Heppner Neighborhood Center.
Kelsie, the daughter of Lori
and Kelly Fox of Heppner, will
celebrate her 11th birthday on
December 17.
“The girls played well as a
team," commented JV Coach
Ron BniboiS. Kelsey Greenup
led the Mustangs' charge with
nine points and Stefame Hanson
chipped in seven.
f
state highway from Ruggs to
Gooseberry. The County will
also keep Sunflower Flat to
Grant county open.
The Court also took the
following action:
- approved two road permits:
Centurytel on Sandhollow and
Umatilla Electric Cooperative on
Washington Road;
- approved five tax refunds;
- approved computer materials
for the Computer Department
and Behavioral Health;
- accepted the resignation of a
board
member
of
the
Baker/Morrow
County
Partnership
and
Regional
Investment Board;
- accepted a grant from the
Department of Human Resources
for
the
County
Health
Department;
- approved a resolution in the
matter
of appointing
an
authorized representative for
Behavioral Health;
- approved a resolution in the
matter of approving the regional
diversion plan for the Central and
Eastern Oregon Juvenile Justice
Consortium;
- declared an emergency and
approved Ordinance MC-C-3-00
in the matter of adopting a
procedure for submitting an
application for compensation
arising under provisions of
Section 18, Article 1 of the
Oregon Constitution as amended
by Ballot Measure 7.
in Eugene).
The remaining board members
are David Crowell, (chairman of
Blachly-Lane Electric Co-op in
Eugene); and Bryan Wolfe,
(director of Umatilla Electric Co
op in Hermiston). Officers were
elected following the 57th annual
meeting
of the
ORECA
members.
The ORECA is a trade
association representing 17 rural
electric
cooperatives
who
provide services to over 250,000
Oregonians in 32 of the 36
counties.
Chess Club started at
Heppner Elementary
Gun Club holds first winter shoot
By Sandi Day
The Morrow County Gun Club
(MCGC) held their first shoot of
the winter on a chilly Sunday
December afternoon. Plenty of
shooters braved the cold wind
and shot anyway.
Mark Schlichtmg had 24 of 25
at the 16-yard line, followed by
Jeff Cutsforth with a 23 and
Harvey Childers, Barry Munkers
and Curt Day, all with 22. At the
20-yard handicap line, Harvey
Childers took first with 23 of 25,
Curt Day shot a 20, while Barry
Munkers and Jeff Cutsforth each
had 17 of 25. Harvey Childers
won both the Annie Oakleys
shoots.
MCGC will shoot again on
Sunday, Dec. 17 at noon and will
then break until Sunday, Jan. 7,
when they will begin league
shooting.
lone plans town-wide open house
The annual lone Christmas
Open House is planned for
Wednesday, Dec. 20, from 10
a.m.-3 p.m.
Businesses and organizations
participating include the Bank of
Eastern Oregon, Wheatland
Insurance,
lone
Market,
Beecher's Restaurant, MCGG,
lone City Hall, lone Public
Library, the Woolery House, the
lone Post Office, Jordan Elevator
and lone Repair/Auto Parts.
The open house will feature
Christmas goodies, door prizes
and "great chances to visit," said
an organizer.
D ecem ber 15 th - F rid ay
Toy Dinner. Bring in a new, un
wrapped toy and receive a free
dinner. (The toys will be taken to
the Neighborhood Center for dis
tribution to the Heppner, Lexing
ton and lone areas for the holi
days.) Dinner starts at 6 p.m.
Luke Basile matches wits with teacher Jannie Allen
On Mondays after school, and
Tuesday and Thursday mornings
before school, bishops, knights,
kings and queens are found
everywhere in Mary Ann
Elguezabal's
classroom
at
Heppner Elementary School.
Elguezabal started a Chess
Club around the first of
November and the number of
players has grown to 54, with
new people coming in each
week.
Several
community
members donated chess boards
and pieces to get the club going
and as the number continues to
grow, more are needed.
Many adults have been helping
out with organization, advice to
players and encouragement, and
more are welcome to attend.
Adam Doherty, Missy Cutsfoijji,
Kelly Holland and Mike Armato
have all served in those
capacities, but lt'i Elguezabal
that has the attention of the group
when she claps her hands five
times and the chess players
respond with two claps of their
own.
Elguezabal asked students the
tirst day if they considered
th e m s e lv e s
begi nne rs,
intermediates
or
advanced
players of chess. Beginners are
often found playing with the
most advanced players, with
lessons taking place throughout
the game. Elguezabal says that
she is still learning to play chess
and appreciates those young
chess masters who are willing to
give advice and assistance in a
patient manner.
Young people in Chess Club
don't just leam about how to play
chess, they leam how to be good
sports whether they win or lose,
how to encourage and coach new
and younger members, and how
to shake hands, look an opponent
in the eye and say, "Good game."
Don’tMUd Tbut!
Treasures & Trinkets LAST CHANCE SALE
By M olly Rhea
Heppner’s junior varsity team
handily defeated lone’s JVs on
Thursday, December 7. The
Mustangs outscored the fledgling
Cardinals in every period,
winning 32-18.
At a bnef session on December
6, the Morrow County Court
discussed the plowing of parking
lots for snowmobilers, clarifying
that when snow plows are in the
area, they will plow the lots.
With representatives of the
Morrow County Fair Board, the
court opened the one bid on the
doors
for the
Wilkinson
Building. Noland Doors of
Hermiston
submitted
two
options, so the board will
examine them and decide which
to accept.
The
court
heard
from
representatives
of
the
Watermaster's Office about
budgetary needs in that agency.
The court explained that the
county is also facing financial
problems and that those will be
continuing over several years.
Judge Tallman explained further
that each department is being
asked to make a budget cut.
Public Works Director Burke
O'Brien reported that the
department is diligent in attempts
to re-inspect work sites after
project completion. He said that
the crew is working on ditches
and on sanding in Clark's
Canyon. The dtate has agreed to
handle county road sanding and
snow-plowing from Hawkinses
to Pine City and Upper Little
Buttercreek to Highway 74. The
County, in return, will keep the
The Oregon Rural Electric
Cooperative Association Board
of Directors has elected Jerry
, Healy as vice-president of the
association.
Healy, who lives in Heppner, is
manager of Columbia Basin
Electric Cooperative in Heppner.
Other officers elected to the
board are Russell Green,
president (manager of West
Oregon Electric Co-op in
Vemonia); and Jeri Nelson,
secretary/treasurfcr
(vice-
president of Lane Electric Co-op
scored six points in the third as
the Mustangs outscored lone, 16-
5, to take a 48-32 lead into the
fourth.
Drake led all scorers with 15
points, followed by Elguezabal
with 14 and Adams with 13.
Gates finished with 14 points to
lead the Cardinals.
Statistics
lone: 13 14 5 4 - 36
Heppner: 12 20 16 12 - 60
lone (36) B Gâtes 5 0-0 14, K Morgen 3
2-3 8, Z. Fabian 2 0-0 5, A. Rietmann 2 1-4
5, C Krebs 1 0-0 2, B. Gutierrez I 0-0 2, P.
Neiffer 0 0-2 0, K Rea 0 0-10, J. Hunt, M
Radie. 14 3-10 36. Three-pointers Gates (4),
Fabian
Heppner: (60) Kevin Drake 6 0-0 15, Chuy
Elguezabal 4 6-9 14, Brad Adams 5 3-7 13,
Donald Adams I 2-4 4, Sam Van Liew 1 1-2
3, Brian Rust 1 1-3 3, Brad Bowman 0 3-7 3,
Luke Munay 1 1-2 3, Jon Bennett 1 0-0 2,
Leland Rill 0 0-0 0. 20 17-34 60 Three-
pointers: Drake (3).
By Doris Brosnan
Jerry Healy elected statewide
electric co-op vice president
HHS JV boys down Cardinals
By Rick Pauilus
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