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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 28, 2001 - FIVE Mustang boys advance to state tournament By Rick Paullus The Heppner Mustang boys used a stifling defense to advance to the OSAA 2A State Tournament by winning two games at the District 7 Basketball Tournament on Friday, Feb. 23, and Saturday, Feb. 24. With the two wins, the Mustangs earned the second seed from the Columbia Basin Conference and were to play Dayton, the second ranked team in the state, on Tuesday, Feb. 27. (The Mustangs lost to Dayton in a close game.) The Mustangs beat Sherman County on Fnday, 44-33, and Culver on Saturday, 54-35, to improve to 19 and five on the year. The Sherman County Huskies took an early 2-0 lead before Ryan Matteson hit a three-pointer and Craig Scott hit a short jumper to make it 5-2. Joe Papineau scored off a pass from Michael McCabe and David Piper scored off a rebound to end the first quarter with the Mustangs leading, 9-4. Scott hit one of two free throws and Stefan Matheny scored off a pass from Blake Knowles to make it 12-5. Bnan Rust hit a jumper to make it 14-5. Papineau hit a free throw to close out the first half scoring with the Mustangs leading, 15-9. Neither team could find the mark in the first three minutes of the second half until Scott made a lay-in and Matheny hit a three-pointer, but the Huskies came back to get within 20-15. Matheny hit a long jumper and Matteson hit a three- pointer to make it 25-17. Matheny hit two more three-pointers to make it 31-21 and Knowles scored on a rebound to make it 33-21. The Huskies scored at the end of the third to cut the lead to 33-23. Matheny hit a long jumper to open the fourth to make it 35-23. Papineau made a free throw and Knowles hit a long jumper, but the Huskies came back to get within 38-30. Matheny hit another long jumper, Scott made two free throws to make it 42-30, and Brad Adams hit two more free throws to make it 44-31. Piper hit a jumper to end the game with the Mustangs taking the win, 46-33. Matheny hit seven of 11 from the field, including three of three from the three-point range, to finish with 17 points to lead all scorers. He also had three steals. Scott had seven points, five rebounds and two steals. Matteson had six points and Knowles pulled down 11 rebounds. McCabe had four rebounds and two steals. Papineau had four rebounds. The Mustangs fell behind 2-0 to the Culver Bulldogs early in Saturday's game, but McCabe came back with a three-pointer, Matheny fed Knowles for a lay-in and Knowles scored off a rebound to make it 8-2. Matteson hit a three- pointer from the comer and Scott scored on a nice pass from McCabe to make it 12-4. Papineau then scored off a nice pass from Knowles to end the first quarter with the Mustangs leading, 14-6. Matheny hit a running jumper and Rust put in a rebound basket to start the second to increase to lead to 18-6. After a Bulldog three- pointer, Rust hit a short jumper to make it 20-9. After another Bulldog three-pointer, Knowles scored on a pass from Piper and Papineau scored on a fast break off a nice pass from Scott to make it 24-12. Chuy Elguezabal hit a three-pointer to close out the first half with the Mustangs ahead, 27-14. Scott hit a short jumper off a rebound to make it 29-15 to start off the third, then Matteson hit a three-pointer, Piper scored off a drive, Knowles hit a rebound basket and Piper hit a jumper from the free throw line to make it 38-16. Piper scored off a rebound. Rust hit two free throws to make it 42-21 and Piper scored off his own miss to end the third with the Mustangs out in front, 44-24. McCabe hit a short jumper from the baseline and Matteson scored on an inbounds play on a nice pass from Matheny to open the fourth, giving the Mustangs a 48-26 lead. Then Khowles came up with the defensive play of the night hustling down the court and blocking a shot off the backboard on a breakaway. The Bulldogs got to within 48-33, but Rust hit three of four free throws and Adams hit one of two down the stretch. Elguezabal got a steal and lay-in to close out the scoring, giving the Mustangs the 54-35 win. Rust hit five of seven free throws to lead the Mustangs with nine points and added three rebounds. Knowles had eight points and pulled Mustang girls fall short against Tiger-Scots in district tournament By M olly Rhea David Piper looks for rebound in d istrict playoff game Papineau down 11 rebounds. Piper had eight points and six rebounds. Matteson had six points and McCabe had five points and five rebounds. Scott had three steals and two assists. Matheny had two assists and Elguezabal had five points. Statistics Game One Sherman County: 4 5 14 10 - 33 Heppner: 9 6 13 13 - 46 Sherman County (33): Welk 4 2-4 10, Kaseberg 31-27, Yourchek 3 0 0 6, Langston 2 1 -2 5, Shelton 2 1-2 5, Sanchez 0 0-2 0, Relten, Ketchum Totals 14-47 5-12 33 Three-pointers: none Heppner (46): Stefan Matheny 7 0-017 Craig Scott 2 3-4 7, Ryan Matteson 2 0-0 35 is Joe 6. Blake Knowles 2 0-0 4. David Piper 2 0-0 4. Joe Papineau 1 2-4 4. Brian Rust 1 0-0 2, Brad Adams 0 2-3 2. Michael McCabe. Sam Van Liew, Chuy Elguezabal Totals 17-52 7-11 46. Three-pointers: Matheny (3), Matteson (2). Game Two Culver: 6 8 10 11 - 35 Heppner: 14 13 17 10 - 54 Culver (35): Cruz 3 2-4 9, Sosa 3 2-2 8. Macy 2 1 -2 6, Lewis 1 2-3 4. Cloud 2 0-0 4, Herman 1 1-2 3, Dix 0 1-2 1, Z McKim. Whitaker. J. McKim. Pollock, Say. Totals 12-63 9-15 35. Three-pointers Macy, Cruz Heppner (54): Rust 2 5-7 9, Knowles 4 0-1 8, Piper 4 0-0 8, Matteson 2 0-0 6, McCabe 2 04) 5, Elguezabal 20-15. Matheny 2 0-0 4, Scott 2 0-0 4. Papineau 2 0-0 4 Adams 0 1-21, Van Liew Totals 22-68 6-11 54 Three-pointers Matteson (2). McCabe. Elguezabal. Health district contracts new billing system will By Molly Rhea “If it’s not broke - Don’t fix it.” Right? Well, Pioneer Memorial Clinic’s billing system through Good Shepherd Medical Group wasn’t "broke", it just never worked in the first place. As of March 1, the billing and collections for the Morrow County Health District clinics is being contracted out to Vidian Services, a company based in West Richland, specializing in billing for clinics and physician practices. “Vidian has the software ability to extract the data from both software systems the clinics are currently running and transfer it to their billing system,” said MCHD CEO Victor VanderDoes. Vidian will be reimbursed 6.75 percent of their collections. As part of the service they will provide and install computer terminals (or just the software if the PCs are already in place) at both the Heppner and Irrigon clinics. Each provider’s office, nurse's desk, as well as the office manager's and the receptionists’ desks sport a computer terminal. The software package includes patient scheduling, which all clinic staff will be accessing. Vidian is providing off-site as well as on-site staff training within the first week of March. Monica Swanson is joining the clinic staff as office manager of both the Heppner and Irrigon clinics. Swanson brings 15 years of office management experience with her, albeit in the dental field. “I’m excited to be coming back to work for the health district,” said Swanson, “And looking forward to learning the medical aspects of this position.” Swanson joins PMC receptionist Nola Binchus, clinic nurses Linda Dunaway and Trish Maben, as well as Shelly Rietmann and Susan Thompson, who fill in on an “as needed” basis. The clinic staff in Irrigon includes Physician Assistant, Nancy Drinkwalter, R.N., receptionist Maria Romero, and medical assistant Michelle Jung. It'S ^ n 9 e " fO* VO TE The Mustang girls put up a valiant effort on Friday, February 23, but fell short, losing 44-51 to Weston-McEwen in their first game of the loser-out Columbia Basin Conference district tournament held at the Pendletor Convention Center over the weekend. Marissa McCabe started the evening’s scoring by hitting from the baseline, and the Mustangs immediately transitioned to full court pressure. The TigerScotte Chelsie Bomfer sunk one to tin up the score, then back oil offense, San Juanita Elguezabae scooped a rebound and put tin- ball in the bucket to put Heppm back on top. Becky Sparks hi the front end of a one-plus-om. freethrow. Mustang Shelley Rietmann grabbed the rebound and the Mustangs raced down the court. When Elguezabal was unable to penetrate the key, she passed the ball back out to Lacey Matteson who swooshed in a three point shot to put the Mustangs up 7-3. goes up for After another trip down the SanJuanitaElguezabal is Shelley Rietmann. floor with the TigerScots scoring a basket, Jodie Carlson slipped Elguezabal nabbed a rebound, her defender to hit a jumper from passed to Matteson, who was the side, again increasing then fouled on the breakaway. Heppner’s lead to four points. Matteson hit the second of her McCabe and Matteson forced a two shot freethrow attempts, then Weston-McEwen turnover. Weston-McEwen’s Darlene Elguezabal was fouled and went Thompson hit her only bucket of to the line to sink the first half of the night to finish the first half's a one-and-one. Carlson grabbed scoring, Heppner trailing 21-28. the rebound, but wasn’t able to Elguezabal started the third convert the basket. Two quarter as she had the second, by TigerScots hit for another four converting an offensive rebound points, to end the first quarter into two points for the Mustangs. with the Mustangs leading by Then Weston-McEwen’s Beckys one, 10-9. (Sparks and Brito) went to work, Elguezabal started out the scoring all of 10 of the second quarter by putting back TigerScots' third quarter points. an offensive rebound to increase It was 23-36 when Barber again the Mustang lead to three. At went inside to score. Next that point Weston-McEwen’s Matteson stole the ball and put it Sparks went into a scoring in for another two points, frenzy, hitting 11 of her eventual bringing the score to 27-36. 20 points in this period. The Sparks hit for two at the other Mustangs were down 12-16 end, and Rietmann scored from when Matteson hit a short jumper the outside to post another two to narrow the gap to two. points for the Mustangs and end TigerScot Renee Robertson hit a the third period, 29-38. Sparks scored the first four trey, again stretching the lead. Elguezabal slipped through the points of the final quarter, Weston-McEwen’s key to put in another two for the widening The Mustangs Mustangs. Bomfer hit the back lead to 13. end of a two shot freethrow and buckled down to narrow the the Heppner squad went back margin. Rietmann scored with down the court. Matteson passed her patented finger roll for two the ball to Brett Barber for two and Matteson hit a trey. Brito points from inside the key, and scored the final field goal for the the Mustangs trailed by two, 18- TigerScots to extend their lead 20. Sparks and Robertson back to 10. 34-44. Matteson combined for six quick points for again drove the key to score two Weston-McEwen, then Barber points and went back on defense took matters into her own hands, to force a turnover. Elguezabal dribbled through the key to score pulled down an offensive board another bucket for the Mustangs. and dished off to Rietmann for Down in TigerScot territory another Mustang bucket. Barber then stole the ball and passed the ball to Elguezabal for another score, bringing the Heppner fans to their feet and the Mustangs within four. 40-44. With only a few minutes remaining, the Mustangs turned up the heat, but the TigerScots were able to counter this pressure by converting seven of nine freethrows. Although Meghan Bailey hit an outside shot and Elguezabal scored another, the Mustangs ran out of time and came up short to end their season. Elguezabal scrapped her way through the game to lead the Morrow County School Board Zone #2 shot in district play Friday. No 32 team with 13 points and 11 rebounds. Matteson scored 13 points, made four steals and was credited with two assists. Rietmann scored six points, pulled down 11 boards and made one assist, while Barber ended with six points, two steals and two rebounds. Carlson made two points and scooped four boards, McCabe also had two points, along with two rebounds, three steals and an assist. Bailey finished with two points, two rebounds and one assist. Once again the outcome of the game came down to freethrows. While Heppner went to the line only six times to score two points, WestonMcEwen went behind the charity stripe 16 times, converting 10. Although the Mustangs outscored the TigerScots from the field, the Heppner squad shot a miserable 28 percent, whereas WestonMcEwen hit for 43 percent. . n Becky Sparks ended with 20 points and 10 rebounds for the TigerScots. Individually Sparks shot 64 percent from the field WestonMcEwen 9 19 Heppner 10 II 10 13 - 51 8 15 - 44 Weston-McEwen (51) Harrison, Thompson, Brito 5 4-5 14, Bomfer 2 1-2 5, Robertson 3 2-3 9, Allen, Winn 0 1-2 1, Bennett, Sparks 9 2-4 20 . Totals 19 10-16 51. H eppner (44) Barber 3 0-0 6, Elguezabal 6 1-3 13, Matteson 5 1-2 13, McCabe 1 0-0 2, Patton, Bailey 10-12, Rietmann 3 0-0 6, Carlson 1 0-0 2, Greenup. Totals 20 2-6 44 Three point goals - Weston McEwen 1 (Robertson), Heppner 2 (Matteson 2). Fouled out - Barber. MS Walk set The annual MS Walk & Roll, Rain or Shine has been scheduled for Saturday, April 21. Last year the MS Walk raised over $360,000 in the fight against multiple sclerosis statewide and in Clark County, WA. 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