Heppner fCf boys nip Eagles
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner Mustang "C" team
boys held on to nip the visiting
Spray Eagles' JV team, 42-39, on
Thursday, Feb. 1, to improve their
record to 8-0 on the year.
Connor Kilkenny got the
Mustangs going, hitting a three-
pointer to start the game and help
them to a 9-2 lead early on. The
Mustangs led 18-14 after one, but
the Eagles came back to take a 25-21
lead at halftime.
The Mustangs got their press
going in the third quarter, going
on a 14-2 run and eventually lead
35-29 going into the fourth quarter.
The Eagles got to within 41-39
with :50 left, but Aaron Griffith hit
a free throw with : 12 left to make
Heppner
girls
fall
to
it 42-39. A desperation three-pointer
at the buzzer fell short, giving the Huskies in big way
Mustangs the win.
Josh Wmters led the Mustangs
with 11 punts and pulled down
seven rebounds. Griffith added 10
points, including a three-pointer.
Kilkenny finished with eight points
and six rebounds. Justin Botefur
had a strong inside game, pulling
down 13 rebounds.
Statistics
Spray: 14 11 4 10 - 39
Heppner: 18 3 14 7 - 42
Heppner (42): Josh Winters 5 1-211,
Aaron Griffith 4 1-310, Connor Kilkenny
31-3 8, Justin Botefur 1 2-5 4, Zack Skaggs
1 1-2 3, Judd Shepherd 10-02, Zack Whalen
1 0-0 2, Brian Smith 0 2-2 2, Ben Turrell.
Darin Skaggs. Matt Young, Kyler Lovgren,
Doug Orwick, Adam Wight, Christian MOIIer,
Kiel Naims. 16 8-17 42. Three-pointers:
Kilkenny, Griffith.
Lady Cardinal varsity
surprises Blue Devils
lone Lady Cardinal's varsity
squad surprised Condon on Friday,
Feb. 2, by defeating the Blue Devils,
36-33.
lone had a 29-22 lead at the end
o f the third quarter but Condon
closed the lead, adding an additional
11 points to their score in the fourth
quarter. lone shot 50 percent from
the line and 37 percent from the
field.
Leading the Cardinal cause was
Natalie McElligott with 17 points,
shooting 100 percent from both the
three-point area and the foul line.
McElligott also captured three
rebounds, five steals, delivered three
assists and blocked two shot
attempts.
Amellia Peck dumped in eight
points, brought down one rebound,
seized one steal and distributed two
assists. Cyndi Heagy scored four
points, seized five rebounds and
handed out one assist. Diana
McElligott added four points,
grabbed five rebounds, five steals
and blocked one shot.
Salli McElligott scored three
points in the second quarter, nabbed
two steals and shoveled out two
assists. Shelby Krebs captured two
rebounds, one steal and delivered
one assist. Kristina Powell aided
the Cardinals capturing five
rebounds. Powell also blocked one
Condon attempt for a basket and
delivered one assist.
lone
JV
girls
lose
to
Condon
The lone junior varsity women
had a tight game against Condon
on Fnday, Feb. 2, losing to the Blue
Devils, 27-15.
The first half o f the game was
close as the score at the end o f the
first quarter was tied at four points.
By halftime, lone had pulled ahead
of the Blue Devils to lead 9-6.
Condon became more intense
after the half to double their score
and lead the Cardinals by two points,
13-11 at the end of the third quarter.
Emily Key led the Cardinals with
five points, four rebounds, two steals
and one assist.
Jeanette Brantley added four
points, led the team on the boards
with seven rebounds, and pilfered
one steal from the Devils. Eva Chi tty
scored three points, nabbed one
rebound and two steals. Natalie
McElligott added two points, three
rebounds and apprehended two Devil
possessions. Tracy Griffith added
one point, captured five rebounds
and three steals. Megan E. McCabe
grabbed one rebound and pilfered
three steals. Helping out Brantley
on the boards was Meghan M.
McCabe with six rebounds. McCabe
also helped the team thievery with
two steals.
By Molly Rhea
It was a horrible, terrible, very
bad day, Saturday, February 3,
for the varsity Heppner girls.
The Mustangs were unable to get
through the Huskies' smothering
press and Sherman County kept
up the pressure throughout the
game.
The Huskies mushed out to a
23-6 first quarter lead and,
although the Mustangs did
manage to keep pace in the
second period. Heppner just
couldn't get anything together
and went down, 75-37.
Shelley Rietmann and Lacey
Matteson both scored 10 points,
and Jodi Carlson was credited
with five boards.
This loss keeps the Mustangs
holding third place in the
Columbia Basin Conference.
Heppner hosts fourth-place
Weston-McEwen this Friday,
February 9, and travels to
Stanfield on Saturday afternoon
lone Lady Cardinal varsity team
defeated Dufur, 48-37, on Saturday,
Feb. 3.
The first half was close with lone
leading 19-17. lone pulled away
in the third quarter, sconng 17 points
to lead 36-28.
Natalie McElligott scored 15
points, three from three-point
temtory, captured two rebounds,
two steals, handed out five assists
and blocked one shot attempt.
Amellia Peck scored 13 points,
seized six rebounds, three steals
Cardinal
JV
women
defeat
Dufur
Heppner fC?
lone junior varsity women one Ranger attempt for a basket.
defeated the Dufur Rangers, 28-22,
Meghan McCabe scored six
on Saturday, Feb. 3.
points, captured two rebounds, two team girls fall
The first quarter was a low steals and handed out two assists.
scoring and tight quarter, with lone Salli McElligott added five points, to Spray JVs
leading 7-6 at the end of the quarter, one three-point shot in the second
21 39. Three-pointers: Lewis.
lone fCf team lose to Rangers
The lone "C" team men sparred
against Dufur on Saturday. Feb.
3, losing to the Rangers, 53-34.
Aaron Tworek scored 11 points
for the Cardinal men. Tworek had
an excellent game, captured six
rebounds, three steals and delivered
two assists.
Brian Gutierrez scored 10 points,
seized two rebounds, four steals
and handed out two assists. Til Tullis
played his best game of the season,
sconng six points, capturing five
rebounds and pilfering one steal
Cayle Krebs continued to do an
outstanding job in the middle. He
scored three points, brought down
ten rebounds, seized four steals and
delivered two assists. Mike Radie
added two points and grabbed two
rebounds. Tim Doherty scored two
points, nabbed one steal and dished
out one assist. Derek Campbell aided
in the Cardinal larceny with four
steals, he also added three rebounds
and one assist to his acclaim.
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Heppner Gazette-Times
By Molly Rhea
to tangle with the Tigers.
Heppner
6 14 10 7 - 3 7
Sherman Co. 23 14 18 20 - 75
Heppner (37) Elguezabal I 1-2 3,
Matteson 4 0-0 10, Reitmann 2 6-7 10,
McCabe 2 0-0 4, Patton. Hanson 0 1-2 I ,
Bailey 2 0-0 4, Carlson 2 0-0 4. Sisk 0 I -
2 1 Totals 13 9-13 37.
Sherman County (75) Sanderson 9 1-4
19, K. Stroud 8 5-7 23, Beers 5 3-4 16,
C. Stroud 2 0-0 5, Bird, Macnab, Tatum.
Weedman, Olsen 1 0-0 3, Danielson I I-
I 3, W o lff 3 0-0 6 Totals 29 10-16 75.
3-point goal - Heppner 2 (Matteson 2).
Sherman Co 7 (Beers 3, K Stroud 2. C
Stroud, Olsen) Total fouls - Heppner
15, Sherman Co 13
Columbia Basin Girls
Team
League Season
Pilot Rock
Sherman County
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and handed off one assist. Diana
McElligott scored eight points,
captured two rebounds, three steals
and delivered four assists.
Cyndi Heagy added five points
to the lone score, apprehended two
rebounds, one steal and shoveled
out two assists. Kristina Powell
scored four points, grabbed six
rebounds and blocked one attempt
for a Dufur basket. Salli McElligott
contributed three points, three
rebounds, two steals and two assists
to her team's effort.
Mustang JVs blow by
Culver
Bulldogs
By Rick Paullus
lone Varsity men upset first-
place Big Sky East team
quarter, grabbed two rebounds, three
steals and delivered two assists.
Natalie McElligott scored three
points in the first quarter, brought
down two rebounds and seized three
steals. Tracy Griffith added three
points, apprehended nine rebounds
and blocked one shot attempt. Emily
Key contributed two points, three
rebounds and seized two Ranger
possessions. Eva Chi tty scored two
points, grabbed six rebounds, one
steal and dished out one assist.
Heppner girls outscore Vikings
Lady Cards beat Dufur
The Heppner Mustang JV boys
blew past the visiting Culver
Bulldogs, 65-39, to extend their
perfect record to 12-0 on Saturday,
Jan. 27. The Mustangs are at home
on Friday, Feb. 2, against
Umatilla, and travel to Sherman
County on Saturday, Feb. 3, for
their next games.
Chuy Elguezabal scored nine
points in the first quarter as the
Mustangs built a 13-9 lead after
one. Elguezabal scored eight and
Sam Van Liew, five, as they
extended their lead to 32-16 at
halftime.
The Mustangs put the game
away with a 26-10 run in the third
lone Cardinal varsity men upset captured 12 rebounds, four steals, quarter, getting seven points from
the first place Big Sky East team. handed out three assists and blocked Brian Rust, four each from Brad
Condon, on Fnday, Feb. 2, defeating three Condon attempts for a basket. Adams and Kevin Drake and a
the Blue Devils, 56-55.
Brooks Rea added 13 points, one three-pointer from Brad Bowman.
lone trailed Condon 19-11 at the rebound, one steal and two assists
Elguezabal led the Mustangs
end of the first quarter. In the second to his team's effort. Aaron Brown with 19 points. Rust and Drake
quarter lone scored an additional scored 10 points, grabbed four each scored 10. Adams led the
15 points to close the lead to 30-26 rebounds, one steal and delivered Mustangs with eight rebounds,
at the half. lone led the Blue Devils three assists. Cory Bennetto scored with Van Liew, Leland Rill and
at the end of the third quarter. 42-38. two points and brought down seven Jon Bennett each grabbing four.
Condon retaliated, scoring 17 points, rebounds. Adam Neiffer added five
Statistics
9 7 10 13 - 39
but Brooks Rea kept lone in the points, seized one rebound and Culver:
Heppner: 13 19 26 7 - 65
game by sconng an additional nine handed out two assists.
Culver: (39) Lewis 3 1-2 8, Ricketts 2
points to help seal the fate o f the
The Cardinals shot 49 percent 2-4 6, Co, Boyd 3 0-1 6, Pollack 2 1-2 5.
McKim 1 2-2 4. Herman 2 0-0 4, J
Condon team.
from the field and 71 percent from Z. McKim
11-2 3, Calderon 0 2-4 2, Say 0 1-2
the
foul
line.
Brad Bumght scored 15 points.
1, Ca. Boyd 0 0-2 0. Thomas, Dix. 14 ID-
lone scored nine points in the
second quarter and allowed Dufur
to score only one point to lead 16-7
at the half.
Dufur came back in the third
quarter to double their score, holding
lone to only one basket to close the
lead, 18-14.
Jeanette Brantley scored seven
points, including one three-point
basket in the fourth quarter, captured
10 rebounds, one steal and blocked
Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 7, 2001 - THREE
By Molly Rhea
The Heppner girls' 'C' team led
the Spray JVs after one quarter,
on Thursday, February l, but
were unable to sustain their
momentum and went down, 21-
38.
Chantea McCauley and
Stephanie Hanson both scored
six points for the Mustangs, with
McClauley also snaring the
majority of Heppner's rebounds.
TTiis has been a tough season
for these young gals as they are
forced to play most schools' JV
teams. Nevertheless. Coach
Kathy Britt is pleased with their
progress and enhanced skills seen
this season.
Spray
6 10 11 1 1 - 3 8
Heppner 8 4 2 7 - 2 1
Spray (38) Brewer 6 4-6 16, Tankersly
Heppner: (65) Chuy Elguezabal 8 1-2
19, Brian Rust 4 1-2 10, Kevin Drake 5 0-0
10, Sam Van Liew 2 1-2 5, Brad Bowman
2 0-0 5, Brad Adams 2 0-2 4. Tanner Britt
2 0-0 4, Jon Bennett 1 0-0 2, Donald
Adams 1 0-0 2, Adam Bergstrom 1 0-0 2,
Kelly Paullus 0 1-21, Luke Murray 01-2
1, Leland Rill, Brian Haguewood. 28 5-12
65. Three-pointers: Elguezabal (2), Rust,
Bowman.
The Heppner girls' C team
came up with a big second
quarter at Umatilla on Monday,
January 29, outscoring the
Vikings 16-4, to effectively put
the game out of reach. The
Mustangs ended up defeating the
Vikings, 31-19.
Nikki Sisk was a big part of the
Mustangs second stanza push,
scoring eight of her game-high
11 points, including two treys.
Sisk came back in the third to
swish in another three pointer.
Marcy Miller and Tiffany Piper
each scored seven points to add
to Heppner's bottom line.
Heppner
Umatilla
2
4
16
4
7
8
6-31
3 - 19
Heppner (31) AIstott I 0-2 2, Clough.
Matheney, 2 0-0 4, Piper 3 1-2 7, Shank.
Woodward 0 0-1 0. Looslie 0 0-2 0, Sisk
4 0-0 I I , M ille r 3 1-2 7
Totals 10 2-9 31.
I m atilla (19) Totals 9 1-2 19
Assisted Living Facility receives
Meyer Memorial Trust monies
The Willow Creek Valley
Assisted Living Facility has
received notice that it has been
awarded a $12,000 Meyer
Memorial Trust grant. The grant
will be used to make the
community's first assisted living
facility "more interesting and
identifiable by building a
playground
for
visiting
grandchildren and designing
attractive signs and brochures."
The Meyer Memorial Trust
recently announced 46 awards
totalling $5,046,550 to non-profit
groups in Oregon and Clark
County. WA, including the
Willow Creek Valley Assisted
Living Center during December
and January.
Board chair Gerry Pratt
announced that the new grants
brought the total funds awarded
to more than $20.3 million in the
Trust's current fiscal year, which
began April 1, 2000. Since it
began operating in 1982. the
Meyer Trust has provided more
than $266 million to tax-exempt
groups, mostly within the state of
Oregon.
The grants included 27 awards
in the Trust's Small Grants
program, designed to provide
assistance to small projects that
are of special importance to
applicants, which are normally
smaller organizations.
Grants awards ranged in size
from $1,000,000 to Loaves and
Fishes Centers in Portland to
build a new central kitchen and
administrative office for this
senior meals program that serves
Multnomah County to $1.500 to
Good Shepherd Montessori
Preschool and Kindergarten in
Vancouver to improve the
durability of its educational
materials.
Last year the Meyer Trust
granted more than $23 million,
and expects to award a similar
amount this year, Pratt said.
In addition to Pratt, trustees
include Debbie Craig. John
Emrick, Orcilia Zuniga Forbes,
and Wame Nunn.
The Meyer Memorial Trust is
not connected with Fred Meyer
Inc., the retail enterprise.
For more information
regarding the facility or the gram,
contact Suzanne Jepsen at 676-
9850.
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