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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 9, 2002 Mustangs put Vikings away in second half By Rick Paullus The Heppner M ustang varsity boys finally got their running game going in the second half, outsconng the Umatilla Vikings, 41 -31, to post a 65-50 win in their opening game o f the Columbia Basin conference season in Heppner on Friday, Jan 4 The win improves the Mustangs' overall record to 8-1. The Vikings took a 6-2 lead early as the Mustangs’ only bucket came on a Bnan Rust lay-in on a nice pass from Stefan Matheny. A rebound basket by Brad Adams made it 6-5, but a three-pointer by the Vikings made it a four-point game again. A David Norton free throw and a Matheny jum per cut it to one, but another Viking basket make it 11 -8. Two driving lay-ins by Matheny gave the Mustangs their first lead at 12-11 as the first quarter came to an end. Norton fed McCabe for a lay-in to open the second quarter, but the Vikings came back to take a 15-14 lead. Norton's jum per o ff an inbounds play and Matheny's drive and lay-in make it 18-15. A basket by the Vikings got them to within one, but two long three-pointers by Matheny and Rust made it 24-17. The Mustangs took a 24-19 lead into the locker room. Matheny opened the third with a three-pointer and Norton hit a jumper to make it 29-19. Rust scored on a nice pass from M cCabe and drove for a lay-in to make it 33-21. Chuy Elguezabal scored twice to make it 37-25, but the Vikings cut it to 37-29. Elguezabal scored on a pass from McCabe, then got a steal and a lay-in. Norton hit a short jumper as the Mustangs held a 43-33 lead after three. Matheny opened the fourth quarter with a three-pointer. The Vikings responded with a three of their own. Elguezabal scored, then fed Norton and M cCabe but the Vikings wouldn't go away, getting to within 52-44. Matheny hit another three- pointer that was answered by the Vikings. McCabe hit back-to-back baskets to make it 59-47 and a long jum per to make it 61-49, putting the gam e out o f reach. McCabe hit two free throws and Kevin Drake hit a jum per as the buzzer went off to make the final margin 65-50. Matheny hit eight o f 15 shots, including four of five three-pointers, to lead the Mustangs with 20 points. McCabe added 13 points and two assists. Elguezabal hit five o f eight shots for 10 points and had two assists and two steals. Norton had nine points, 11 rebounds and five steals. Rust had nine points, five rebounds and two steals. Adams had seven rebounds. Bnan Littrell led the Vikings w ith 20 points and Tony Villanueva added 19 . Statistics Umatilla: 11 8 14 17 - 50 Heppner: 12 12 19 22 - 65 Umatilla-Littrell 10 0-0 20, Villanueva 8 2-2 19, Ybarra 3 0-0 8. W olfgram 1 0-0 2. Wyland 0 1 -2 1. 22 3-4 50 Three-pointers Ybarra (2), Villanueva. Heppner-Stefan Matheny 80-210. Michael McCabe 5 3-4 13, Chuy Elguezabal 5 0-1 10, David Norton 4 1-4 9, Brian Rust 4 0-0 9, Kevin Drake 1 0-0 2, Brad Adams 1 0-0 2.284-11 65. Three-pointers: Matheny (4), Rust. Appaloosa Club elects officers The Oregon Trail Appaloosa Club recently held their year-end dinner 2 nd meeting in Hermiston. Members held an exchange o f tree ornaments Awards o f silver belt buckles for the year 2001 were given to Nina Taylor and Sheldon Marlnee Taylor has been responsible for the education o f the club, organizing the annual potluck and picnic. She has promoted sales o f articles the club wants to sell and has helped with horse shows and concessions. She has also been responsible for locations o f meetings. M arlnee has enthusiastically organized the annual Poker Ride and has been regim ental in encouraging members to participate in the parades in this area Newly elected board members for the year 2002 are: Gene Smith, president; Floyd Bithell, vice- president; Pam W est, secretary- treasurer; Nina Taylor, education; Betty Pelletier, publicity; Jackie Smith, newsletter director; Shannon Mayfield, arena; Sue Jankums. show secretary and stallion futurity chairperson; Lee Gross, point secretary; and Sheldon Marlnee. director-at-large. The club's next meeting will be held at El C azador Restaurant in Hermiston on Thursday, Jan 17. at 6 p.m. For more information, call Doug Moyer. 676-5632. Heppner. or 567- 3076. Hermiston. Wr Print Computer Forms H e p p n e r Gazette-Time,* Mustang girls fall short against Umatilla By Rick Paullus Brian Rust guards Umatilla player Mustang JV boys take two B> Rick Paullus The Heppner Mustang JV boys improved to 7-0 on the year, taking a hard-fought game from the visiting Umatilla Vikings, 43-38, onFnday, Jan. 4, and a 60-44 win over the Sherman County Huskies in Moro on Saturday, Jan. 5. The Mustangs took a 13-6 lead after one against the Vikings, getting four points from Donald Adams and three from Conor Kilkenny, but led just 23-18 at halftime. Josh Winters hit a three-pointer in the third quarter, but the Vikings trailedjust 28-26 and got to within 37-36 in the fourth until Tanner Britt hit a jum per to make it 39-36. The Vikings scored to get within 39-38 with 1:15 left, but W inters fed Kilkenny fo ra lay-in with :36 left and again with :09.4 left to make it 43-38 and put the game away. Bnan Haguewood scored five points in the fourth quarter. Kilkenny led the Mustangs with 10 points; Adams had eight; and Brandon Seitz had six points. Statistics Umatilla: 6 12 8 12 - 38 Heppner: 13 10 5 15 - 43 Umatilla-Bissonette 5 0-2 10, Ortega 4 0-0 9, Aguilar 2 0-0 5. Fig 2 0-0 5, Strong 2 0-3 5. Brown 2 -0 4, Adams, Wolmsdort, Sergent. 17 0-5 38 Three-pointers: Aguilar, Ortega, Strong, Fig Heppner-Conor Kilkenny 4 2-610, Donald Adams 3 2-2 8. Brandon Seitz 3 0-0 6, Josh Winters 1 2-5 5, Brian Haguewood 2 1-2 5. Tanner Bntt 2 0-2 4, Justin Botefuhr 1 1-2 3, Brian Smith 0 2-2 2, Kyler Lovgren 16 10-18 43 Three-pointer: Winters The M ustangs raced out to an 18-9 lead after one against Sherman County, getting six points from Kilkenny and four each from Adams and Botefuhr. Kilkenny scored four more in the second as the Mustangs took a 29-19 lead into the half. Adams scored four more in the third as the Mustangs extended their lead to43-31. Kilkenny scored seven points in the fourth as the Mustangs coasted to the 60-44 win. Kilkenny again led the Mustangs w ith 19 points, with Adams adding 10. Winters scored nine and Botefuhr finished with six points. Statistics Heppner: 18 1 14 17 - 60 Sherman County: 9 10 12 13 - 44 Heppner-Kilkenny 9 1-3 1 9 , Adam s 5 0-1 10, Winters 4 1-2 9. Botefuhr 3 0-3 6, Smith 2 1-2 5, Britt 2 0-1 4. Seitz 2 0-0 4, Lovgren 1 1-2 3 Haguewood. 28 4-14 60. Three-pointers: none. Sherman County-Olsen 4 1-2 9, Lozamo 9 2-3 20, Kaseburg 1 2-2 4, W eedman 2 0-0 4. Koch 11-4 3, Brown 1 0-0 2. Reeves 0 2-2 2. Thompson 0 0 4 0 18 8-17 44 Three- pointers: none Mustang JV girls earn split By Rick Paullus The Heppner Mustang girls' JV team dropped a close game to the visiting Umatilla Vikings, 43-40. on Friday, Jan. 4. but came back strong, routing the Sherman County Huskies, 50-22. in Moro. on Saturday, Jan. 5, to improve their record to 5-2 on the year. The M ustangs fell behind the Vikings, 12-8. after one and trailed 18-10. but rallied to within 18-16 at halftime, getting six points from Chelsea Bntt. Bntt scored five more points in the third, but the Mustangs still trailed 26-23 going into the fourth quarter. Madison Bailey made one o f two free throws to tie the game at 37-37 and the Mustangs took a 39-37 lead as Stcfanie Hanson got a steal and fed Brooke Rust for a lay-in with 1:48 left. Umatilla tied it up on free throws with 1:30 left. Hanson made one o f two free throws to give the M ustangs a 40-39 lead, but the Vikings scored the final four points o f the game to get the win. Bntt led the Mustangs with 11 points and 14 rebounds, with Hanson scoring 10 points, grabbing 11 rebounds and dishing out two assists. Bailey had five points, three assists and three steals Chantea Macaulay had five rebounds and Nikki Sisk had four steals and four rebounds Statistics Umatilla: 12 6 8 17 - 43 Heppner 8 8 7 1 7 - 4 0 Umatilla-Henry 4 4-4 12. Ruiz 3 2-8 8 Harvey 2 2-6 6, Bollinger 2 2-2 6 Campos 0 6-8 6, Strong 1 1-1 3. Dahlm 10-2 2 13 17-31 43 Three-pointers none Heppner-Chelsea Bntt4 3-1011. Stefanie Hanson 3 4-11 10, Madison Bailey 1 3-6 5. Brooke Rust 2 0-0 4 Marcy Miller 2 0-0 4 Tiffame Piper 1 0-0 2, Nikki Sisk 1 0-0 2. Chantea Macaulay 0 1 -2 1 , Lmsey Mitchell 0 1-21, Cara Kennedy, Blair Keithley 14 12-31 40 Three-pointers none It was never close in the Sherman County game as Britt scored four first quarter points to help the M ustangs to an 11-2 lead Rust scored seven points in the second as the Mustangs extended their lead to 28-7 at halftime and put the game away in the third, getting five point from 1 lanson and lour from Mitchell for a 37-12 lead. Hanson led the Mustangs with 11 points and four rebounds, with Rust adding nine points and two assists. B ntt scored nine points; Mitchell had six points, four assists, three rebounds and two steals; Macaulay had five rebounds; and Bailey had four steals. Statistics Heppner 11 17 21 12 - 50 Sherman County: 2 5 5 10 - 22 Heppner-Hanson 4 3-7 11, Rust 4 1-1 9, Britt 3 3-4 9, Mitchell 3 0-0 6, Miller 2 1-2 5, Bailey 1 2-2 4, Piper 1 1-2 3. Sisk 1 0-0 2, Macauley 0 1-4 1 .1 9 12-22 50. Three- pointers: none. Sherman County-Brehm 21-2 5, Nogle 2 1-4 5, Moore 1 2 -4 4. McCurdy 1 0-0 2. NacNab 1 0-2 2, Cardona 1 0-4 2. Weedman 0 1-21. Burnett 0 1 -2 1 , Crowder 0 0-2 0, Gray 8 6-22 22. Three-pointers: none M C Health Dept. The M orrow County Health I Xpartment lists its January schedule for clinic hours: IFiursday, Jan. 10-Heppner clinic, 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m.; Monday. Jan. 14-Boardman clinic, 8:30 a m .-4:30 p.m.; Tuesday. Jan. 15-Boardmanclmic. 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m.; Wednesday. Jan. 16-Imgon clinic, 8:30 a m .-4:30 p.m.. Hiursday. Jan. 17-Heppner clinic, 8:30 a m .-4:30 p.m.; Tuesday, Jan 22-Boardman clinic, 8:30 a m .-4:30 p.m.: Thursday. Jan. 24-Heppner clinic. 8:30 a m .-4:30 p.m.; Monday. Jan. 28-Boardman clinic, 8:30 a m .-4:30 p.m.; Tuesday. Jan. 29-Boardman clinic. 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m.; Thursday, Jan. 31 -Heppner clinic, 8:30 a m -4:30 p.m. All clinics are closed for lunch from 12:30-1 p.m. One more minute and the Heppner Mustang varsity girls probably would have caught the visiting Umatilla Vikings, but the game ended with the Vikings on top, 51-48, in the opening game of the Columbia Basin Conference season on Friday, Jan. 4. The Mustangs trailed by as many as 17 points late in the third quarter, but battled back to w ithin two with seven seconds left, but fell just short. The Mustangs jum ped out to a quick 4-0 lead on jum pers by Meghan Bailey and Jodie Carlson, but the Vikings came right back to tie. Brett Barber hit a jumper; the Vikings cam e back with seven straight points before Lacey Matteson hit two free throws. Barber hit a three-pointer to get the Mustangs to within 13-11, but the Vikings went on another run to go up 19-11. Bailey scored off a rebound; still the Vikings took a 21-13 lead after one. Barber hit a rebound basket, but the Vikings extended the lead to 29- 15 before Shanna Rietmann hit two free throws and Barber hit another three-pointer to cut the lead to 31 -20 at halftime. Starting the third, Bailey hit two jum pers to cut the lead to 32-24. The Vikings then ran out to a 42-25 lead before Kelsey Greenup scored on a rebound to close out the third quarter. Barber scored o ff a rebound, Bailey had a lay-in and Carlson hit a jumper to open the fourth, cutting the lead to 42-33. The Vikings extended it to 45-33, but Carlson hit another short jum per and Matteson got a steal and lay-in to cut it to 45-37. Barber hit two free throws and Matteson hit a running jumper to cut the lead to 46-41 with 1:45 left. Bailey hit one o f two free throws and Rietmann scored off a rebound with 40 seconds left to cut the lead to 48-44. After the Vikings missed two free throws, Stefanie Hanson scored on a drive to cut it to 48-46 w ith: 17.3 left. After two free throw s by Umatilla, Rietmann scored on a drive to cut the lead to 50-48 with 7.1 seconds left. The Vikings hit one o f two free throws with 4.5 seconds left, but a final Mustang shot fell short, ending the game at 51-48. Barber led the Mufctangs '¡vith 14 points, six rebounds and two assists, with Bailey adding 11 points and 13 rebounds, 10 o f them offensive. Carlson had seven points and eight rebounds. Matteson had six points and three steals. Rietmann had six points. Greenup and Hanson each had four rebounds. Statistics Umatilla: 21 10 11 9 - 51 Heppner: 13 7 7 21 - 48 Umatilla-Borden 8 0 -4 1 6 , Strong 5 2-2 12, Cleaver 4 0-2 8, Brown 2 1 -2 6 , Campos 21-5 5. Baumgart 0 4-6 4.21 8-21 51 Three- pointer: Brown. Heppner-Brett Barber 5 2-214, Meghan Bailey 51-611, Jodie Carlson 3 1 -2 7 , Lacey Matteson 2 2-2 6, Shanna Rietmann 2 2-2- 6, Kelsey Greenup 1 0-0 2, Stefanie Hanson 1 0-0 2, Tylynn Smith, Nikki Sisk, Brooke Rust 19 8-14 48. Three-pointers: Barber ( 2 ) Shanna Rietmann looks for ball against Umatilla First half carries Mustangs to win over Huskies By Rick Paullus A 45-24 halftim e lead carried the Heppner Mustangs to a 73-43 win over the Sherm an County Huskies on Saturday, Jan. 5, in Moro. The win im proves the M ustangs' Colum bia Basin Conference record to 2-0 and their overall record to 9-1. The Mustangs will be at Wahtonka on Friday, Jan. 11, and at home against Culver on Saturday, for their next games. The Mustangs jum ped out to a 6-0 lead on a basket by Stefan M atheny and, two by Michael McCabe. David Norton scored on passes from Matheny and McCabe, then Brian Rust scored after a steal to make it 12-5. The Huskies got to within 12-10, but Norton hit a jum per and M cCabe scored on a nice pass from Chuy Elguezabal to boost the score. Kevin Drake and M atheny hit back-to-back three- pointers and Elguezabal scored off a pass from Brad Adams to make it 24-13. Norton then hit a jum per to m ake it 26-15 after one. Rust hit two free throws and M cCabe hit a jum per as the Mustangs kept up the pressure and increased the lead to 30-17. Matheny hit a three-pointer, McCabe scored o ff a drive and Norton hit a short jum per to make it 37-19. Norton hit another jumper. Matheny made two free throws and McCabe hit a three-pointer, then scored on a pass from Norton. A three-pointer by the Huskies at the buzzer made it 45-24 at the half. f lone JV boys lose to Condon lone junior varsity men faced the Condon Blue Devils on Saturday, Jan. 5. lone was nearly scoreless in the first quarter, facing a 2-13 deficit at the end of the quarter. By halftime, Condon maintained a 15-point lead. The C ardinals appeared to be on the receiving end o f a defeat, when the lone team held Condon to six points and dum ped in 15 o f their own to close the lead to 27-33. However, C ondon added an additional 11 points in the fourth quarter to hand lone a 37-44 loss. Freshman Nick C hristm an led the Cardinal brigade with 16 points, seven rebounds, one assist and one steal Mike Radie scored nine points, captured six rebounds, two steals, delivered two assists and blocked one Condon attem pt at a basket. Cayle Krebs played extremely well, added four points, and led the team with nine rebounds and seven steals, while passing o ff one assist and blocking four shots. Curtis Thom pson scored two points, grabbed one rebound, handed off one assist, and blocked one shot. Jeff Hunt scored two points and delivered one assist. Tyler Raible scored two points, grabbed one rebound, two steals, blocked one shot and passed off one assist. Arthur Ekstrom scored two points, snatched four rebounds, passed out two assists and blocked one shot. Also aiding the Cardinals on the boards were Til Tulhs with four rebounds and Tim Doherty and Johnny Collin with one rebound each. Taylor McElligott and Cody Bergstrom played tough defense, each blocked one Devil attem pt for a basket. McCabe opened the third with a lay-in on a baseline drive. Matheny hit a short jum per o ff a drive. McCabe hit a three-pointer, Rust hit a three-pointer and Elguezabal scored as the Mustangs took a 58-34 lead into the fourth quarter. Adam s scored o ff a rebound, McCabe hit a jum per and Adams hit a lay-in to make it 64-36. Norton hit a lay-in o ff a pass from Elguezabal. Adams hit a short jum per, McCabe hit Norton for a lay-in and then scored on a lay-in himself as the Mustangs coasted to the win. g McCabe hit 11 o f 15 shots and finished with 23 points plus dished o ff two assists. Norton also had a good shooting game, hitting eight o f 10 for 16 points, pulled down five rebounds, had three assists and three steals. Matheny had 13 points, three assists and three steals. Rust had eight points; Adams pulled dowp 13 rebounds and Elguezabal dishdd out four assists. Statistics Heppner: 26 19 13 15 - 73 Sherman County: 1 5 9 1 0 9 - 43 Heppner-Michael McCabe 11 0-0 23. David Norton 8 0-0 16, Stefan Matheny 4 3-4 13, Bnan Rust 2 3-6 8, Brad Adams 3 0-0 6, Chuy Elguezabal 2 0-1 4. Kevin Drake 1 0-0 3, Donald Adams, Josh Winters 31 6-11 73 Three-pointers: Matheny (2). McCabe. Rust, Drake Sherman County-Hall 5 0-0 12, Shelton 3 4-7 11, Goodenough 4 0-0 8, King 2 1 -3 5, Sanchez 2 0-0 5, Reiten 1 0-0 2, Rhodes, Fish. 17 5-10 43. Three-pointers: Hall (2), Sanchez. Shelton — Dave Matheny Benefit Pool Tournament and Calcutta Auction The evening will begin with a BBQ Hamburger Dinner 7:30 p.m. Saturday ^ January 12th at the Heppner Elks Calcutta Auction and Tournament will follow. 1. 2. 3. 4. What is a Calcutta Auction and How Does it Work? It is a fun way to raise money for a benefit. Each pool team is auctioned off before the tournament. Half of all the money raised from the auction goes to the benefit and the other half goes to the winning bidders of the winning teams by paying 50% for 1st place, 30% 2nd place and 20% for 3rd place. 1 Person or a group of people can go in to together to buy a team. Only 16 teams (32 players) so sign up quickly. Pool Players sign up sheet available at Bucknum's Tavern. Double Elimination. 55 entry fee per player. For More Information please rail: Judy Eckman: 989-849« Sonja McCabe: 676-5231 s '
