FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 24, 2001
Cardinal girls defeat Cougars Cardinal varsity boys
Heppner varsity girls beat
lone women’s varsity coach to seal the fate of the Echo team.
Dana Heideman had to have been
Peck led her team with 10 defeat Cougars
Athena-Weston in close game moderately satisfied with the points.
She also captured six
The Cardinal varsity men won
By Molly Rhea
The Mustang fans that braved
the fog to drive to Athena on
Friday, January 19, were treated
some good basketball with both
varsity teams winning by less
than 10 points. After a close first
half, the Heppner girls won 51-
43.
The Tiger-Scots gave the
Mustangs had all they could
handle in the first half of the
competition, with Heppner
leading by one going into the
break. In the third quarter the
Mustangs gradually pulled away,
outscoring the pesky house pets,
14-9. Heppner held on and
extended their lead in the final
period to hand Weston-McEwen
their third Columbia Basin loss.
Shelley Rietmann proved
unstoppable, scoring 24 points,
12 coming from behind the
charity stripe. Lacey Matteson
scored 10 points for the
Mustangs, with Brett Barber
adding nine.
The Heppner squad out
rebounded Weston-McEwen 44-
25, while converting 12 more
free throws which spelled the
difference.
Although, if the
Mustangs want to match up
against the big guns of the CBC,
they will need to shoot better
than 50 percent from behind the
line.
H eppner
11 12 14 14 - 51
W estonM c 11 11
9 12 - 43
Heppner (51)
Barber 3 2-2 9,
Elguezabal 0 1-3 I, Matteson 4 0-5 10,
McCabe 2 0-4 4, Patton 1 0-2 2,
Reitmann 6 12-14 24, Carlson 0 1-2 I,
Bailey.
Totals 16 16-32 51.
Weston-McEwen (43) Harrison 5 0-1
13, Thompson 1 0-0 2, Brito 2 2-4 6,
Bonifer 5 1-6 II, Robertson 1 0-3 2,
Winn I 0-1 2, Sparks 3 1-2 7, Allen,
Bailey. Totals 18 4-17 43.
3-point goals - Heppner 3 (Barber,
Matteson 2), Weston-McEwen 3
(Harrison 3) Rebounds - Heppner 44,
Weston-McEwen 25
Total fouls -
Heppner 19, Weston-McEwen 26.
Fouled out - Harrison, Matteson
lone varsity men post easy
win over Cascade Locks
lone varsity men posted an
easy win on Friday, defeating the
Cascade Locks Pirates, 86-37.
The Cardinals jumped out with a
comfortable 36-10 lead at
halftime and kept the pressure
turned up through out the
remainder of the game.
Brad Burright led the lone
squad with 21 points, seven
rebounds, five assists, two steals
and one blocked shot.
Adam Neiffer contributed 11
points and captured four
Diana McElligott scored four
points,
apprehended
two
rebounds and dished out one
assist. Salli McElligott added
four paints, one rebound, one
steal, one assist and blocked one
Central Christian attempt for a
basket. Kristina Powell scored
three points, apprehended four
rebounds, blocked one shot,
dished out two assists and
nabbed four steals.
Tracy Griffith scored two
points and earned one steal.
Cyndi Heagy contributed two
points, captured four rebounds,
blocked one shot, passed out one
assist and seized three steals.
Shelby Krebs scored two points
and grabbed three steals.
Ione JV ladies dominate Wasco
lone Cardinals' junior varsity
women laminated South Wasco
County on Jan. 12, defeating the
Redsides, 43-16.
lone tripled the Redside score
in the first quarter, 9-3. By
halftime, lone led 14-7. While
the Cardinals added an additional
15 points in the third quarter.
South Wasco County added eight
points to their score. In the fourth
quarter, lone scored another 14
points and kept the Redsides to a
nearly scoreless quarter, allowing
only one point at the free throw
line.
Leading point producer for
lone was Tracy Griffith with 10
points. Griffith also lead the team
with six rebounds.
Salli McElligott trailed
Griffith closely with nine points,
canning one three-point basket m
the third quarter. McElligott was
also a co-leader with Olivia
Thompson in assists. Meghan
McCabe scored seven points for
the Cardinals followed by Emily
Key with six points. Key was
also responsible for intercepting
seven Redside possessions.
Natalie McElligott scored a
total of five points in the first
quarter, hitting the first three-
point basket of the game. Caitlin
Orem and Megan E. McCabe
added two points each to the
team endeavor. Jeanette Brantley
also scored two points and
captured six rebounds.
lone boys’ fCf team falls to
Central Christian
On Tuesday, Jan 16, lone "C"
team men fell to Central
Christian's varsity team, 56-36.
lone shot 41 percent from the
field and 100 percent from the
free throw line. A more
experienced Central Christian
shot 60 percent from the field
and 75 percent from the free
throw line. lone out-rebounded
Central Christian, 27-24.
Brian Gutierrez led lone
scorers with 12 points. Gutierrez
also apprehended seven rebounds
and grabbed three steals.
Paul Neiffer added eight points
and three rebounds to the
Cardinal effort. Cayle Krebs
scored six points and captured
four rebounds. Aaron Tworek
also added six points and handed
out three assists to his
12 .
lone came out in the second
half ready to defend their honor
and, with less than 10 seconds
left in the third quarter, Amellia
Peck hit the bucket, giving lone
an 18-17 lead. Peck's last second
basket was all that was needed to
spark the Lady Cardinals. lone
kept the Cougars scoreless in the
second half and added an
additional 17 points to the score
teammates.
Curtis Thompson scored two
points
and
grabbed
two
rebounds. Tim Doherty added
two points and Johnny Collin
dispensed two assists. Derek
Campbell was credited with three
rebounds.
Central Christian had three
exceptional players who were the
only Central Christian team
members that scored
Coach Jim Swanson said he
was satisfied with the level of
play his team displayed. "Central
Christian shot 60 percent from
the floor and had only seven
turnovers the entire game; that's
a hard team to beat," he said
"The boys did an outstanding job
and the entire team had a lot of
playing time.”
rebounds, six steals and blocked
two Cougar attempts for a basket.
Kristina Powell played an
excellent game, scoring seven
points,
apprehending
10
rebounds,
one
steal
and
delivering one assist. Cyndi
Heagy added four points, four
rebounds and two steals to the
Cardinal statistics.
Diana McElligott scored four
points, grabbed one rebound,
three steals and delivered one
assist. Salli McElligott hit a
three-point shot, closing the
deficit the Cardinals had in the
second quarter. Olivia Thompson
added two points and captured
one rebound for the lone squad.
Natalie McElligott hit one point
from the free throw line in the
third quarter, grabbed three
rebounds, three steals and handed
out two assists.
a tough fought game against
Echo on Saturday, defeating the
Cougars, 55-51.
The Cougars came out strong
in the first quarter, leading the
Cardinals, 13-11. lone added 10
points in the second quarter, but
Echo turned up the tempo by
adding 15 points to secure a 28-
21 lead at halftime. The lone
men came out in the third quarter
to avenge the damage done by
Echo by whittling away the
Cougar lead. In the last minute of
the third quarter, junior Adam
Neiffer canned a three-point
bucket, lifting lone above Echo,
37-35. The remainder of the
game remained extremely close
until the bitter end.
Leading point producer for
lone was Aaron Brown with 14
points. Brown also captured two
rebounds, one steal and delivered
By Rick Paullus
A slow start forced the
Heppner Mustangs to come back
for a 62-54 win over the Weston-
McEwen TigerScots in Athena
on Friday, Jan. 19. The win left
the Mustangs with a 4-1
Columbia Basin Conference
record and 9-4 overall.
The TigerScots led 6-0 before
Craig Scott scored on a short
jumper with 4:40 left in the first
quarter. Michael McCabe and
Blake Knowles each hit a free
throw to cut the lead to 11-4 and
Joe Papineau hit a long jumper to
make it 13-6 after one.
Ryan Matteson then got hot
from the outside, hitting all three
of his three-point attempts and
finished with 10 points in the
second quarter to give the
Mustangs a 24-21 lead at
halftime.
Matteson hit a short jumper to
open the third, but the TigerScots
came back to tie the game at 26-
26 on a three-pointer. Stefan
Matheny came back with a three
of his own and Matteson scored
to make it 31 -26. A McCabe lay-
in made it 33-29 and Matteson
hit a free throw and scored on a
pass from McCabe to make it 36-
31. Matteson and Knowles
scored on driving lay-ins as the
Mustangs took a 40-37 lead into
the fourth quarter.
Matheny hit a three-pointer and
David Piper scored on a pass
from Scott to boost the lead to
45-37, but the TigerScots came
for a total of nine points. Jeanette
Brantley threw in six points.
Natalie McElligott and Caitlin
Orem each added five points to
the board. Meghan McCabe and
Olivia Thompson each scored
four points and Megan E.
McCabe scored an additional two
points.
Leading the lone squad on the
boards was Tracy Griffith with
10 rebounds, assisted by Meghan
McCabe and Jeanette Brantley
with eight rebounds each.
Meghan McCabe led the team
with three assists. Jeanette
Brantley, Olivia Thompson,
Caitlin Orem and Emily Key led
the team thievery with three
steals each.
Mustangs beat Tigers, 62-45
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner Mustang boys'
varsity used good first and
second quarters to get past the
visiting Stanfield Tigers, 62-45,
on Saturday, Jan. 20.
The win put the Mustangs in
second place in the Columbia
Basin Conference at 5-1 and
upped their overall record to 10-
4.
The Mustangs are at Pilot Rock
on Friday, Jan. 26, and come
home to host the Culver Bulldogs
on Saturday, Jan. 27.
Michael McCabe got the
Mustangs going on a lay-in off a
Stefan Matheny blocked shot,
then Matheny completed a three-
point play to make it 5-2 early.
The Tigers came back to take a
7-5 lead, but McCabe scored on
a drive and Craig Scott hit a short
running jumper. McCabe scored
on a jumper, then stole the ball
and hit a lay-in to make it 13-7.
The Tigers came back with
four straight before Ryan
Matteson and Blake Knowles hit
rebound baskets. Joe Papineau
converted a three-point play off a
nice pass from McCabe to close
out the first quarter with the
Mustangs ahead, 20-11.
Scott opened up the second
with a running jumper before
Matteson took over, hitting three
three-pointers and a free throw to
give the Mustangs a 35-19 lead.
The Tigers came back to score
the last seven points of the
second to make it 35-26 at
halftime.
Knowles started the third with
a rebound basket. Matteson hit
two free throws, but the Tigers
came back with a 5-1 run to get
within eight before Scott hit a
lay-in off a steal to make it 42-
32. The Tigers got to within 42-
37, but Papineau hit a jumper and
two free throws with :01 left to
make it 46-37 going into the
fourth.
Matteson scored on a rebound
basket to make it 48-39, hit a
short jumper to make it 50-41
and a three-pointer to make it 53-
43. The Tigers scored to make it
53-45 midway through the
fourth, but those were their last
points for the game. Matheny hit
a reverse lay-in off a baseline
drive, Papineau hit a free throw
and Knowles and Matteson each
hit two free throws. McCabe hit
a lay-in at the buzzer for the final
margin of 62-45.
Matteson led the Mustangs
with 23 points on 7-12 shooting,
hit four three-pointers, had six
rebound and four assists.
McCabe had 10 points and three
steals. Knowles had nine points
and 16 rebounds. Papineau had
eight points and four rebounds.
Scott had six points, four
rebounds and three steals.
Matheny had four steals to go
with his six points.
back to cut it to 45-41. The
Mustangs then went on a 7-0 run
as McCabe hit two free throws,
Knowles hit one, Matheny hit
two more on a technical foul and
McCabe scored on a pass from
Matteson to make it 52-41.
Matheny hit two more free
throws with 2:00 left to make it
54-43 and Knowles scored on a
pass from McCabe to make it 56-
45. The TigerScots cut the lead
to 56-51 with :45 left, but
Matteson hit two free throws and
McCabe hit one to boost the lead
to 59-51. A TigerScot three-
pointer cut the lead to 59-54, but
Matheny hit two more free
throws and Knowles, one, to
close out the scoring as the
Mustangs hit 13 of 21 free
throws in the quarter.
Matteson led four Mustangs in
double figures with 20 points.
Matheny hit 6-7 free throws and
finished with 12 points. Knowles
had 11 points, eight rebounds and
two steals. McCabe had 11
points, four rebounds, two steals
and two assists.
Statistics
Heppner: 6 18 16 22 - 62
Weston-McEwen: 13 8 16 17 - 54
Heppner: (62) Ryan Matteson 7 3-6 20,
Stefan Matheny 2 6-7 12, Blake Knowles
2 7-10 11, Michael McCabe 3 5-13 11,
Craig Scott 2 0-1 4, Joe Papineau 1 0-0
2. David Piper 1 0-0 2, Sam Van Liew,
Brad
Adams.
Brian
Rust,
Chuy
Elguezabal. 18 21-37 62 Three-pointers:
Matteson (3). Matheny (2).
Weston-McEwen: (54) Lieuallen 5 2-2
14, Perrine 4 2-2 10, Johnson 3 3-4 9,
Parsons 4 0-0 8, Peterson 2 0-0 6,
Langford 1 0-0 3, Monaco 1 0-0 2, Tucker
1 0-0 2, Quaempts 21 7-8 54. Three-
pointers: Lieuallen (2), Peterson (2).
Langford.
Mustang JV girls come up
short against TigerScots
By Molly Rhea
The junior varsity Mustang
girls made a run on the Tiger
Scots of Weston-McEwen high
school on Friday, January 19, but
came up short, losing 39-47.
Playing on the Athena
hardwood, the Mustangs led by
one after one, but couldn't get
much going in the second quarter
and trailed by five at the half.
The Heppner squad tied up score
by the end of the third quarter,
but the young Mustangs were
unable to keep up in the fourth as
Statistics
Stanfield: 11 15 11 8 - 45
Heppner: 10 15 11 16 - 62
Stanfield: (45) Garda 6 0-0 17. Mueller
3 2-4 8, Perches 3 0-0 6. Ibarra 2 1-2 5,
Scott 2 0-0 4, Veliz 1 0-0 3. Flemmer 1 0-
0 2. Ceams. Oliveria. Haines. Spear. 20
3-6 45 Three-pointers: Veliz, Garda.
Heppner: (62) Ryan Matteson 7 5-6 23.
Michael McCabe 5 0-2 10, Blake Knowles
3 3-4 9. Joe Papineau 2 4-5 8. Craig
Scott 3 0-1 6, Stefan Matheny 2 2-4 6,
Brian Rust, Sam Van Liew, Brad Adams.
Chuy Elguezabal. 22 14-22 62. Three-
pointers: Matteson (4).
the Tiger-Scots outscored them
15-6, to take the game.
Tylynn Smith played strong
and led the Mustangs with 12
points and 17 rebounds, while
Brooke Rust and Stephanie
Hanson both chipped in eight
points.
Heppner
16 4 13 6 -
39
Weston/Mc
15 10
7 15 -
47
Heppner (39) Kempas 2 I-I 5, Smith
6 0-4 12, Hanson 4 0-3 8, Miller I 0-0 2,
Rust 3 2-2 8, Piper 1 2-6 4, Loosley,
McCauley, Penturf, Woodward.
Team Totals 17 5-16 39.
Mustang JVs take easy
victory over Tigers
Donald Adams added six points.
The Heppner Mustang boys' JV
The Mustangs' next actions wil.
basketball team extended their be at Pilot Rock on Friday, Jan.
perfect record to 10-0 on the year 26 and back home against Culver
with an easy 59-41 win over the on Saturday, Jan. 27.
Statistics
visiting Stanfield Tigers on
Stanfield: 7 4 7 23 - 41
Saturday, Jan. 20.
Heppner 14 12 23 10 - 59
Stanfield (41) Perches 3 0-1 7, Cearns
The Mustangs struggled early,
0-0 6, Sperr 1 2-2 4. H Ramos 2 0-0 4,
but got five points from Brian 3 Ollvera
1 2-4 4, Rivera 2 0-0 4, Iberra 2 0-
Rust in the first and eight points 0 4, Flemmer 1 2-7 4, Abercrombie 1 0-0
from Chuy Elguezabal in the 2, Austin 1 0-0 2, G Ramos. 17 6-14 41
Three-pointer: Perches
second to take a 26-11 lead at
Heppner: (59) Chuy Elguezabal 7 2-2
16. Brian Rust 2 5-6 9. Brad Adams 3 2-2
halftime.
Donald Adams 2 2-6 6. Kevin Drake 2
The Mustangs finally got on 9,
0-0 4, Brian Haguewood 1 2-4 4. Brad
track in the third, getting four Bowman 1 1 -4 3, Adam Bergstrom 1 1-1
points each from Brad Adams, 3. Luke Murray 1 0-0 2, Tanner Britt 0 2-4
2, Sam Van Liew 0 1-41, Kelly Paullus, 0
Rust and Elguezabal to take a 49- 0-2
0, Jon Bennett, Leland Rill 20 18-35
18 lead after three.
59 Three-pointer: B Adams
The Tigers outscored the
Mustangs 23-10 in the fourth
quarter, but the outcome was
never
in
doubt.
Brian
Haguewood scored four and Brad
The annual meeting of the
Bowman, three, in the fourth South
Morrow
County
quarter.
Scholarship Trust will be held
Elguezabal finished with 16 Monday, Jan. 29, at 6 p.m. at
points to lead the Mustangs,
Klamath First Federal Bank in
followed by Brad Adams and
Heppner The public is invited to
Rust with nine points each.
attend.
By Rick Paullus
lone fCT team loses tough
game to Heppner
lone boys "C" team hosted
Heppner on Jan. 11. lone made
an admirable showing and played
a tough game against Heppner
but lost the game to the
Mustangs, 44-34.
lone shot 65 percent from the
free throw line, while Heppner
shot 68 percent. lone nearly
matched Heppner on the boards,
capturing 50 of the 101 rebounds.
The leading scorer for lone was
Aaron Tworek with 10 points.
Tworek played a strong game,
seizing five rebounds, two steals
and dishing out two assists.
Cayle Krebs scored seven points
and captured eight rebounds
Curtis Thompson produced five
points
and
grabbed
two
rebounds.
two assists. Aiding Brown on the
scoreboard was Brad Burright
with 12 points, nine rebounds,
six assists and one steal. Adam
Neiffer added nine points,
captured six rebounds, delivered
one assist and seized two Cougar
possessions.
Korey Morgan scored six
points, grabbed three rebounds,
delivered two assists and grabbed
one steal. Brooks Rea added six
points, four rebounds, six assists,
seized one steal and blocked one
Echo shot attempt. Cory
Bennetto scored three points,
brought down three rebounds and
robbed one Echo possession.
Dustin Haguewood added three
points to the score and captured
one rebound in the second
quarter. Zac Fabian scored two
points in the second quarter to
aid in sealing the Cougar fate.
Mustangs come back for win
Cardinal JV women blow
away Echo Cougars
lone's junior varsity women
blew away the Echo Cougars
with a 57-5 win. lone held the
rebounds.
Aaron
Brown Echo squad scoreless in the first
dispensed nine points, seized 13 half leading 17-0. The Cougars
rebounds and delivered four had a respectable defense but had
assists. Brooks Rea added eight a difficult time getting their shots
points, six rebounds, six assists to fall. Meanwhile, lone just
and four steals to his team's couldn't miss, adding 21 points in
arsenal.
the third quarter and 19 points in
Cory Bennetto scored five the fourth quarter.
points and captured one rebound.
Tracy Griffith had an excellent
Korey Morgan dumped in five game and led the team with 12
points, seized one rebound and points.
supplied five assists. Dustin
Emily Key ripped up the court,
Haguewood added five points, adding 10 points to the Cardinals
captured four rebounds and score. Salli McElligott canned
handed out one assist.
two shots from three-point
territory and added another three
lone varsity girls defeat
Christian by big margin
lone Cardinal varsity women
had no difficulty defeating
Central Christian on Tuesday,
Jan. 16. The Cardinals defeated
Central Christian 51-18.
Amellia Peck pushed in 15
points, shooting 75 percent from
the free throw line. Peck also
captured three rebounds, blocked
one shot attempt, seized six
steals and delivered two assists.
Natalie McElligott followed
with 13 points, five rebounds,
delivered three assists and
grabbed two steals. Jeanette
Brantley scored six points,
brought down four rebounds,
seized two steals and gave out
two assists.
outcome of Saturday's basketball
game against Echo. The Lady
Cardinals defeated the Cougars,
29-17.
lone had a hard time keeping
possession of the ball in the first
quarter and was overwhelmed by
the hard, crisp passing of their
Echo opponents. Echo led the
Cardinals 15-7 at the end of the
first quarter, but by halftime,
lone had closed the lead to 17-
Til Tullis scored four points
and seized four rebounds. Mike
Radie scored two points, grabbed
seven rebounds and delivered
three assists. Brian Gutierrez
scored two points, led the team
with 10 rebounds and contributed
three assists. Paul Neiffer added
two points and seized seven
rebounds.
Derek Campbell scored two
points, grabbed five rebounds
and dished out three assists.
Cody Bergstrom connected with
a basket for two points and
delivered one assist.
Coach Jim Swanson was
pleased with the team’s effort.
"Til Tullis, Curtis Thompson and
Aaron Tworek really stepped up
their game. It was our best effort
as a team."
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