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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 19, 2001 lone hosts South Morrow Co. Tourney lone varsity girls lose to Heppner lone Cardinal varsity girls lost to Heppner on Saturday, Dec. 15 at the South M orrow County Tournam ent. Heppner's tight defensive play held lone to one point in the first quarter w hile the Mustangs dumped in 14 points. Even with the 13-point deficit in the first quarter, the Lady Cardinals did not give up and were able to get themselves back into the gam e. lone outscored Heppner in the second and third quarters but was unable to take the lead, losing to H eppner 43-55. Diana McElligott led the Cardinals -with 16 points, two assists and led the team w ith six steals. Aniellia Peck scored 10 points, grabbed four rebounds and delivered one assist. Salli McElligott made three attempts from the three-point area for a total o f nine points. M cElligott also captured two rebounds, seized one steal and delivered one assist. Natalie M cElligott scored four points, apprehended four rebounds, and handed out one assist. Kristina Powell scored three points, grabbed one rebound and one steal. Cyndi Heagy scored two points at the free throw' line, passed o ff two assists and captured four rebounds and three steals. Tracy Griffith aided in the team pilferage with two steals. lone varsity men were also unsuccessful at claiming a victory over Heppner Mustangs. Heppner outscored lone, 86-56. lone had a 28-40 deficit after the first half but the Mustangs released 29 points in the third quarter alone. lone’s leading point producer was Brad Burright with 25 points. Bumght also grabbed three rebounds and blocked one shot. Ashley Roberts contributed 11 points, delivered three assists, three rebounds and one steal to the team effort. Adam Neiffer scored eight points, handed out two assists, and nabbed two steals. Andrew Rietmann scored seven points, passed o ff four assists and grabbed two rebounds. Billy Gates added five point, delivered three assists, grabbed two rebounds and one steal. lone hosted the South Morrow County Tournament on December 14-15. Photo by Debbie Radie Diana McElligott and Natalie McElligott in action at the Morrow County Tournament in lone lone varsity dominate Tigers lone Cardinal varsity women totally dominated the Stanfield Tigers on Tuesday, Dec. 11. The Lady Cardm alsjum ped out early in the first quarter to lead the Tigers 9-2. Salli McElligott intercepted a ball, passed it off to her sister, Diana, w ho took the ball inside for two points. Diana McElligott and Amellia Peck should have been cited for petty larceny as both had several steals in the first quarter o f the game. Salli McElligott launched a three point shot in the second quarter and was fouled, adding insult to injury. At the close o f the first half, lone led Stanfield, 24-9. Amellia Peck led the team w ith 20 points. 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During the lone varsity girls’ game on Dec. 14, Natalie McElligott drew a foul in the first minute o f the game against Umatilla and scored the first two points o f the game at the free throw line. Toward the end o f the first quarter, the Lady Cardinals threw up several shots that just wouldn't fall. With two seconds remaining in the first quarter, the Lady Cardinais were down 5-8 w hen Salli McElligott launched a three point shot to tie the score at eight. In the beginning o f the second quarter, Umatilla made a foul shot to lead lone by one point. Amellia Peck drove to the center for two points and then repeated the perform ance to lead 12-9. The Vikings followed up with several steals and soon the lone team trailed 12-13. The game remained extremely tight. When the score was tied at 14-14, Salli McElligott pumped in two consecutive three point shots to take the lead at 20-14. Amellia Peck then drove into the center, scored two points and drew' a foul, making two additional points at the free throw line to lead 24-14. Umatilla applied a full court press m an effort to keep the Cardinals from scoring the last two minutes o f the first half. With 10 seconds remaining in the first half, Natalie M cElligott made a steal, the ball was passed to Diana McElligott and at halftim e, lone had a 26-16 lead. In the third quarter, lone w'as plagued with turnovers. Umatilla capitalized on the Cardinals' misfortune and with three minutes remaining in the quarter, both teams Amelia Peck tries for steal against Umatilla had a slugfest o f baskets, tying the score at 41 -41. In the fourth quarter, Kristina Powell was called upon and donated tw o points at the free throw line when U m atilla drew a technical foul. Am ellia Peck had outstanding offensive play throughout the game, grabbed an offensive rebound and scored a basket to lead the Vikings 51-47. The Lady Cardinals kept their lead the rem ainder o f the quarter and finally closed with a 81-55 victory. Amellia Peck led her team w ith 18 points, nine rebounds and delivered one assist. Natalie Photo by Debbie Radie McElligott contributed 16 points, captured sl \ rebounds, blocked three shots, seized nine o f her opponents' possessions and delivered nine assists. Salli M cElligott scored all nine o f her points from behind the three-point marker. McElligott also grabbed one rebound and three steals. Diana M cElligott donated eight points, seized six rebounds, one steal, and delivered three assists. Cyndi Heagy added five points, three rebounds and one steal to her team's crusade. Knstina Powell scored five points, led the team on the boards w ith 13 rebounds, blocked two shots and retained one l Imatilla possession. lone varsity boys squeak by Umatilla lone JV girls lose to Stanfield lone basketball team s hosted Stanfield on Tuesday, Dec. 11. lone junior varsity women lost a tight battle against the Tigers, 22-24. Eva Chitty put lone on the scoreboard with two points at the beginning o f the first quarter. Megan E. McCabe did an outstanding job otrebounding, captured an offensive rebound and scored two points for the Cardinals. Alyssa Rietmann drew a foul and hit one o f two attempts for a 6-8 deficit at the end o f the quarter. Meghan M. McCabe launched a shot from three-point territory and donated one point at the charity stripe. Sara Peck hit a basket for two points and made one of two attempts at the free throw line for a 12-16 score at the half. In the third quarter, Emily Key intercepted a Stanfield pass, drove the ball down to the basket to score and drew a foul in the process. Key canned one o f two attempts at the free throw line. With 10 seconds left in the quarter, Barbara Holland scored two points to tie the score at 18, drew a foul and scored one point to lead the C ardinals 19-18 at the close o f the quarter. The fourth quarter remained extremely tight. Stanfield added four points to the scoreboard to lead the Cardinals by three. Emily Key robbed another Tiger possession and scored two for the Cardinals to close the lead within one. Stanfield scored an additional two points to secure the win.. Sara Peck displayed an outstanding performance, leading her team with five points, three rebounds and one steal. Barbara Holland added four points, five rebounds and one steal. Meghan M. McCabe scored four points, captured one rebound and nabbed two steals. Emily Key scored three points, led the team larceny with six steals, and captured one rebound. Eva Chitty scored two points, grabbed two rebounds and four steals. Alyssa Rietmann scored two points, brought down two rebounds, delivered one assist, and stole three Tiger possessions. Megan E. McCabe contnbuted two points, five rebounds and two steals to the team effort. Missy Baker helped the lone squad on the boards bringing down five rebounds. WE PRINT BUSINESS CARDS Heppner Gazette-Times 676-9228 Photo by Debbie Radie Brad Burright, Adam McCabe and Andrew Rietmann in action against Umatilla lone Cardinal varsity men squeaked past Umatilla in their first game o f the South Morrow County Tournam ent on Friday, Dec. 14. Within two minutes o f the first quarter the score was tied at 4-4 when Billy Gates fired a missile from the three-point territory to lead Umatilla 7-4. Billy Gates and Ashley Roberts pumped in an total of seven buckets from the three-point territory and w ith three m inutes o ff the clock, Roberts sent an impressive pass inside to Adam McCabe for a basket and a 25-15 lead. Adam Neiffer seized a rebound under the Viking bucket and made a long pass to Brad Bumght to score two. Andrew Rietmann repeated the performance with another long pass to B um ght for an additional two points and a 31 -21 lead. lone men did an outstanding job of getting the ball to the middle for Burright to score. Umatilla turned up the heat, and with two and a h alf minutes remaining in the first half, had closed the lead to w ithin two points, 34-32. Adam Neiffer came out in the third quarter, captured a Viking possession and took it down the court to score two. Neiffer continued on a mission, donated two points at the free throw line and then scored an, additional two points off an offensive rebound to help the Cardinals secure a 57-40 lead at the end of the quarter. The Cardinal men had nearly Haw less passing in the fourth quarter. Umatilla had a difficult time keeping up with the lane men. With two and a half minutes left in the game, lone had a 69-58 lead. Umatilla made a comeback to close the lead to tour points. With three seconds remaining. Um atilla scored three points to tighten the score to 72-71. Ashley Roberts drew a foul with tw o seconds remaining and secured the 73-71 victory for his lone squad. Brad B um ght was the leading point manufacturer with 26 points. B um ght delivered one assist, apprehended 16 rebounds, overturned one Umatilla possession and blocked one Viking attem pt for a basket. Ashley Roberts scored 16 points, brought down five rebounds, two steals and delivered nine assists. Billy Gates scored nine points from three- point territory, delivered three assists and earned one steal. Adam McCabe scored eight points and grabbed one rebound. Adam N eiffer contributed six points, delivered one assist, brought down four rebounds and nabbed three steals. Andrew Rietmann scored five points, passed out seven assists and grabbed three rebounds. Freshman Nick Christman scored three points and handed out one assist. n r-Q / ‘ guaranteed I V /O for 7 years Worried about falling interest rates on your investments? Check out a SelecTrack annuity from Kansas City Life Insurance Company. SelecTrack is a fixed annuity with rates guaranteed for five or seven years. Interest accumulates tax-deferred, and you pay NO annual fees. CALL OR STOP BY TODAY! Jay Wheclhouse. LlfT C F »»« im i KANSAS CITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 702 E. Main /1*0 Box 808 Hermiston, OR 978,38 541-567-6,367 800-244-0,327
