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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner Oregon Wednesday, January 9, 2002
Mustangs roll to tournament Lady cardinals surprise
championship
Heppner 37-26
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on a drive, then fed Elguezabal for
a lav-in. Matheny hit a shortjumper,
but the Savages still led 7-6. The
Mustangs got their running going
as McCabe hit ajum per, Matheny
scored o ff a nice pass from
Elguezabal who then fed McCabe
twice for lay-ins o ff the fast break
to make it 15-7. McCabe scored on
a tip-in and a lay-in o ff a drive to
end the first quarter with a 19-9
Mustang lead.
Matheny scored o ff a rebound
and Adams hit a shortjumper to open
the second. Elguezabal hit a rebound
basket and Matheny hit a three-
pointer to end the first half with the
M ustangs taking a 28-12 lead.
Rust converted a three point play,
Adams completed a three point play
o ff a rebound put-back and
E.lguezabal scored o ff the fast break
on a nice pass from Matheny to make
it 36-14. Rust and McCabe scored
o ff driv es to make it 40-16, then
M cCabe scored o ff a pass from
Matheny and hit two free throws
to increase the lead 44-18. Winters
scored o ff a rebound and McCabe
hit a tip-in at the buzzer to make it
48-20 going into the fourth quarter.
Matheny scored off a drive and
W inters hit a short jumper off a pass
from McCabe to make it 53-22.
McCabe hit a running jum per and
W inters hit a baseline jum per to
make it 57-27. The final score was
58-32.
McCabe led the Mustangs with
22 points, hitting 10 o f 18 shots,
pulled down seven rebounds and
had two steals and two assists.
M atheny added 12 points, three
assists and two steals. Elguezabal
added eight points, four steals and
three assists; Adams had seven
rebounds; Winters had tour rebounds
and three steals; and Rust had four
rebounds.
M cCabe was nam ed Most
Valuable Player for the tournament
and, with Matheny and Adams,
named to the All-Tournament Team.
Randy C amine of Condon and Kevin
G om es o f Enterprise were also
named.
In what they hope is a preview
o f things to com e in the first week
of March, the 1 leppner Mustang boys
rolled to the championship o f the
Oregon frail Classic at the
Convention C enter in Pendleton,
beating Condon. 57-38, on Friday.
Dec. 28. and Enterprise, 58-32, on
Saturday . 1 Xx\ 29 rhe eighth-ranked
Mustangs improved to 7-1 on the
year and opened Columbia Basin
Conference play at home against
Umatilla on Friday, Jan. 4. then
traveled to Sherm an County on
Saturday. Dec. 5,
Brad Adams got the Mustangs
going with a tip-in and Michael
McCabe hit a jumper. After a Blue
Devil three-pointer, McCabe scored
on a nice pass from Chuy Elguezabal
and Stefan M atheny scored o ff a
steal to make it 8-3. rhe Blue Devils
came back to take a 9-8 lead, but
Matheny hit a lay-m off a drive and
Kevin Drake hit a three-pointer to
give the Mustangs a 13-9 lead alter
one.
McCabe scored o ff a drive, but
the Blue Devils cam e back to tie
it at 15-15 before McCabe hit a short
jum per and Elguezabal scored o ff
a rebound to make it 19-15. Adams
scored o ff a drive and McCabe hit
another short jumper to make it 23-
17. The M ustangs took a 25-19
halftime lead as McCabe got a steal
and fed Elguezabal for a lay-in.
Four straight free throws by
McCabe to open the third increased
the lead to 29-19, then the Mustangs
went on a roll, getting a running
jumper from Matheny, a long jump
shot from McCabe, a free throw from
Adams, two short jum pers from
Met abe and a lay-in by Josh Winters
on a nice pass from Elguezabal to
make it 4 0 -2 1.
laking a 40-25 lead into the
fourth. Adams scored off a nice pass
from McCabe. After a basket by
Condon, the M ustangs went on
another roll to put the game aw ay.
Matheny hit tw o jum pers, Adams
conv erted a three point play o ff a
pass from McCabe. Elguezabal fed
M cCabe tw ice for lay-ins and
\lc ( abe hit a jumper to make it 55-
27. fhc Blue Devils came back with
nine straight points before McCabe
scored on a lay-in while Condon
scored to end the game with the
Mustangs taking a 57-38 win.
M et abe led all scorers with 28
points, hitting 12 o f 14 shots, and
had three rebounds and three steals.
Adams had 10 points and pulled
down 14 rebounds. Matheny hit five
o f nine shots for 10 points with two
steals and two assists. Brian Rust
had five steals and four rebounds.
E lguezabal had lour assists and three
rebounds.
Enterprise stayed with the
Mustangs early as McCabe scored
Statistics
Game One
Condon: 9 10 6 13 - 38
Heppner: 13 12 15 17 - 57
Condon-Shaffer 5 0 -0 1 2 , Camine 4 0-0
8, Lanis 4 0-0 8, Bednar 3 CM) 6, Anderson
1 0-1 2. Smith 1 0-0 2. 18 0-1 38. Three-
pointers: Shaffer (2).
Heppner-Michael McCabe 12 4-4 28,
Stefan Matheny 50-010, Brad Adams 4 2-3
10, Chuy Elguezabal 2 0-0 4, Kevin Drake
1 0-0 3, Josh Winters 1 0-0 2, Brian Rust
0 0-2 0, Donald Adams 25 6-9 58. Three-
pointer: Drake.
Game Two
Heppner: 19 9 20 10 - 58
Enterprise: 9 3 8 12 - 32
Heppner-McCabe 10 2-2 22. Matheny
5 1 -2 1 2 , Elguezabal 3 2-4 8, Winters 3 0-0
6. Rust 2 1-1 5, B Adams 2 1-1 5, D Adams
0 0-1 0, Drake 25 7-11 58 Three-pointer:
Matheny.
Enterprise-Gilbert 6 2-3 14, Gomes 2
0-0 5, Crawford 2 0-0 4, Stangel 1 0-0 3,
Lukens 1 0-2 2, Freels 1 0-0 2, Marcum 1
0-12, Kiser 0 0-2 0.14 2-8 32. Three-pointers:
Gomes, Stangel
lone varsity men lose
lone Cardinal varsity men were
unable to keep up with the I leppner
Mustangs on Friday, Dec. 21, losing
to the Heppner team, 55-77.
The Mustangs commanded the
lead early in the quarter and had a
4-0 lead over lone with only two
minutes off the clock. lone made
a hearty attempt to keep up with the
Mustangs and. at the end o f the first
quarter, w ere down by four points.
11-15. By halftim e, the Cardinals
liad a 19-39 deficit and couldn't make
it up.
Brad Burnght led the team with
16 points, 13 rebounds, one assist,
one steal and blocked two Mustang
point attempts. Adam Neiffer
pumped in 13 points, grabbed six
rebounds, delivered four assists and
blocked one shot. Ashley Roberts
scored 10 points, grabbed two
rebounds and handed off four assists.
Karl Morgan scored seven points,
brought down three rebounds, passed
out one assist and seized one
Mustang possession. Andrew
Rietmann scored four points and
overturned one Heppner possession.
Helping the Cardinals on the boards
were Adam M cCabe with four
rebounds, Nick Christman with two
rebounds and Cayle Krebs with one
rebound.
lone varsity girls
overwhelmed by Rockets
I he Pilot Rock Rockets
overwhelmed the lone varsity girls
on Saturday. Dec. 22. Pilot Rock
played tight defense and used a full
court press the entire game to devour
the ( ardinals. handing the Cardinal
women a 31-56 loss.
Diana M cElligott led the team
w ith 10 points, four rebounds, two
steals and one assist. Amellia Peck
added nine points, brought down
endeavor. Natalie McElligott scored
seven points, brought down two
rebounds, blocked one shot nabbed
two steals and deliv ered three assists.
Kristina Powell scored six points,
apprehended five rebounds and led
the team in blocked shots by swatting
three Mustang point attempts.
Amellia Peck scored five points,
and was a force to reckon with on
the boards by grabbing 11 rebounds,
pilfering three Mustang possessions,
and delivering one assist. Cyndi
Heagy scored four points at the free
throw line and seized three rebounds.
Salli McElligott scored three points,
launching a missile from three-point
territory at the end o f the third
quarter.
lone varsity men surprised
by Rockets
Pilot Rock surprised the lone
varsity men early in their game on
Saturday, Dec. 22. Pilot Rock had
a 0-4 lead in the first 15 seconds.
Billy Gates canned a three-point
bucket to close the gap 3-4. Brad
Burnght followed up with an
additional three-point bucket to lead
the Rockets by two, 6-4. The Rockets
added 21 points in the fourth quarter
in an attempt to tighten the gap but
the Cardinal men maintained their
lead to hand Pilot Rock a 74-65 loss.
Brad B urnght led the team's
scoring with 27 points. Burnght also
led the team with 14 rebounds and
delivered three assists and overturned
two Rocket possessions. Ashley
Roberts scored
16 points,
apprehended six rebounds, three
steals and distributed five assists.
Andrew Rietmann added seven
points to the score, brought down
seven rebounds, delivered two assists
and swiped two steals. Adam
McCabe scored seven points and
seized two rebounds
Adam Neiffer added six points
and three rebounds to his team's
effort. Billy Gates canned two three-
point shots for a total o f six points,
led the team with eight assists,
grabbed one rebound and three steals.
Karl Morgan donated five points,
three rebounds, one assist and one
steal.
Mustang I * 4C’ team wins
triple overtime thriller
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner Mustang "C" team
boys outlasted the visiting Riverside
Pirates, winning 70-69 in three
overtim es on Thursday, Jan. 3.
The Mustangs took a 14-10 lead
after one, getting a three-pointer from
Josh Gutierrez, four points from Judd
Lemmon and a three-pointer from
Damn Skaggs. Gutierrez scored four
more in the second, but Riverside
closed to within 24-22 at halftime.
Lemmon scored seven points in
the third, along with Gutierrez's four,
to give the Mustangs a 41 -35 lead
after three. The Pirates then went
on a 14-0 run in the first four minutes
o f the fourth to take a 49-41 lead.
The Mustangs battled back though
and Gutierrez hit three free throws
with 6.3 seconds left to tie the game
at 53-53 and send it to overtime.
The Pirates hit a three-pointer
to take an early lead, but Lemmon
came back with twojump shots and
two free throws to give the Mustangs
a 59-56 lead. The Pirates came back
to tie. hitting one o f two free throws
with 8.2 seconds left to tie it at 59-all
and send it to a second overtime.
Kiel Naim s hit a three-pointer
with 28 seconds left in the second
overtime to give the Mustangs a 66-
64 lead, but the Pirates came back
to tie it up again, hitting an off-
balance shot in the final seconds
to force yet another overtime.
Iremmon hit two free throws with
a minute left in the third overtime
to give the M ustangs a 70-69 lead
and they made it stand up, finally
taking the win.
Lemmon led all scorers with 29
points, including nine for 12 from
the free throws line, with Gutierrez
adding 19 points. Tyler Boyer and
Kyle Huddleston each had six points.
^ t a tiQ fir Q
Riverside: 10 12 13 18 6 7 3 - 69
Heppner: 14 10 17 12 6 7 4 - 70
Riverside-Parker 7 0-0 14, W edding 4
2-4 11, Jake Johnson 5 0-5 10, Pritchard
4 0-0 8, Orozco 3 0-2 8, Calvillin 2 0-1 5,
Imus 2 1-3 5. James Johnson 1 2-2 4,
Carranza 2 0 -0 4 , Griffin, Krick. 30 5-17 69.
Three-pointers: Orozoo(2), Wedding, Calvillin
Heppner-Judd Lemmon 10 9-12 29, Josh
Gutierrez 7 4-7 19, Tyler Boyer 2 2-3 6, Kyle
Huddleston 1 4-10 6, Kiel Nairns 1 0-5 3,
Adam Wight 1 1-4 3, Darrin Skaggs 1 0-0
3, Aaron Delveaux 01-21, Matt Young, Robert
McElligott. 23 21-43 70. Three-pointers:
Skaggs, Nairns, Gutierrez.
Ione JV girls defeated
Ionejumor varsity women were
no match for Pilot Rock on Saturday.
Dec. 22. lone was handed a 23-44
defeat by the Rockets. Pilot Rock
proved to be a tough defensive team.
The Cardinal women, howev er, were
not discouraged as they never gave
up trying during the game.
Barbara Holland was the leading
point producer for the young Cards
with 13 points. Holland also led the
team with eight rebounds and
blocked one shot. Megan E. McCabe
scored four points, apprehended four
rebounds and one steal. Sara Peck
played aggressively, scored two
points, grabbed two rebounds one
steal and blocked one shot attempt.
Caitlin Orem scored two points,
grabbed four rebounds, and delivered
two assists.
Emily Key scored one point at
the free throw line in the second
quarter. Key brought down one
rebound, handed out three assists,
blocked one shot and seized three
steals. M eghan M. McCabe
connected with one basket from the
free throw line in the second quarter
while donating four rebounds and
one steal to her team's cause. Also
helping the Cardinal women on the
boards were Missy Baker with two
rebounds and Alyssa Rietmann with
three rebounds.
lone varsity men take
victory over Rockets
six rebounds, seized three steals and
delivered two assists. Cyndi Heagy
scored six points and led the lone
wom en on the board with 12
rebounds. Tracy Griffith and Salli
McElligott each scored two points.
Kristina Powell scored two points,
grabbed five rebounds, blocked five
shot attem pts and delivered four
assists.
D irk a n d J e n n ie M cE lligott o f S a lem
a n n o u n c e th e b irth o f th e ir c h ild re n
TEGAN R IC H A R D M cE L L IG O T T <5 ib. 3
The Lady Cardinal varsity girls
surprised the Mustangs on Friday,
Dec. 21, by claiming a 37-26 victory.
The score was tied at eight points
with 1:30 rem aining in the first
quarter when Natalie M cElligott
connected with one basket at the
free throw line to lead 9-8 at the end
of the quarter. The Cardinal women
had several steals and some checked
balls to lead the M ustangs 17-13
at the half rhe Cardinals maintained
the lead the remainder o f the game
Diana McElligott led the Cardinals
on the scoreboard with 12 points.
McElligott also provided five
rebounds, one blocked shot, four
steals and three assists to her team's
lone Cardinal varsity men
commanded a 23-17 lead in the first
quarter and continued to outscore
the Pilot Rock Rockets for an 80-69
victory on Dec. 29.
Brad Burnght was the leading
point producer with 29 points.
Burnght also led the team with 17
rebounds and handed out two assists.
Adam N eiffer scored 21 points,
seized eight rebounds, four steals
and delivered three assists. Ashley
Roberts contributed 13 points,
grabbed one rebound, led the team
with seven assists and nabbed three
steals.
Andrew Rietmann scored six
points, grabbed 10 rebounds, one
steal and delivered four assists. Adam
M cCabe scored two points,
apprehended four rebounds and
delivered three assists. Karl Morgan
grabbed one rebound and delivered
two assists. Tyler Raible aided the
team larceny with one steal.
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on Sunday, January 6, 2 0 0 2 in Salem.
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Jo h n and Reeky W eygandt o f l a C r a n d f
a n d D i r k a n d I M < L lligntt o f l o n e
Dr. Donald J. Carlson, Foot Specialist
will be at the Pioneer Memorial Clinic
on January 16th for the diagnosis
of this and other foot problems.
Call 676-5504 - Heppner
or 5 67 - 8 7 5 0 - Hermiston
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The lone Cardinal junior varsity
women closed their game against
Heppner with a 30-45 deficit on Dec.
21 .
Sara Peck exhibited aggressive
play, blocking several Mustang shot
attempts.
lone scored only four points in
the first quarter and had several
turnovers on account o f weak passes
early in the second quarter. The
Cardinals were down nine points
when Meghan McCabe made a hook
shot to close the score to a seven-
point spread. Em ily Key made a
bucket from the three-point region
and the score at the end o f the third
quarter was 24-33. lone could not
make up the deficit, losing 30-45.
Cardinal JV men lose
lone Cardinal junior varsity men
were down 0-6 against Heppner
and two minutes into the first quarter
before Nick Christman put lone on
the scoreboard, on Dec. 21. lone
lost the game, 64-27.
Cayle Krebs had an outstanding
game, leading the team on the boards
with 12 rebounds and five steals.
Krebs also scored four points for
the Cardinal squad. Mike Radie led
the team with 11 points, grabbed
five rebounds, delivered two assists
and nabbed one steal. Nick
C hristm an scored four points,
brought down three rebounds.
handed out one assist and
apprehended three steals. Jeff Hunt
scored two points, snatched three
rebounds, one steal and rendered
one assist. Hunt also tied up the ball
in the second quarter for an Ionq
possession.
Tyler Raible scored two points,
seized three rebounds, one steal and
gave out one assist. Curtis Thompson
scored two points to aid the Cardinals
on the scoreboard. Adam McCabe
scored two points, captured five
rebounds and overtook one Mustang
possession. Johnny Colin helped
on the boards by grabbing one
rebound.
lone JV Cards defeated
lone basketball teams hosted Pilot assist and seized one steal. Tyler
Rock on Saturday, Dec. 29. lone Raible contributed four points, three
ju n io r varsity men lost to the rebounds, and one assist. Adam
Rockets, 45-65. lone had a 8-15 McCabe scored four points, brought
deficit at the end o f the first quarter down six rebounds and apprehended
and Pilot Rock added 20 points in two Pilot Rock possessions.
the second quarter for a 19-point
Curtis Thom pson scored two
lead.
points, grabbed two rebounds and
Nick Christman led the Cardinals one steal. Tim Doherty added two
with 11 points, one rebound, one points to the Cardinal score. Johnny
assist and two steals. Mike Radie Colin also added two points and also
scored 10 points, grabbed three delivered one assist and led the team
rebounds, one steal and delivered thievery with three steals. Jeff Hunt
two assists. Karl Morgan added five scored two points and grabbed one
points in the fourth quarter to the rebound. Aiding the Cardinal men
Cardinal cause. Cayle Krebs scored on the boards were Taylor McElligott
four points, fed the team on the board with two rebounds and one blocked
with 11 rebounds, handed out one shot and Til Tullis with four
rebounds.
lone varsity men take win
The lone Cardinal varsity men
easily achieved a win over Helix
on Friday, Jan. 4, downing the
Grizzlies, 59-28.
Brad Burnght scored the team
high o f 30 points, led the team on
the boards with 15 rebounds,
delivered one assist and seized one
Grizzly possession. Adam Neiffer
scored six points, caught 14
rebounds, apprehended two steals
and blocked one Grizzly point
attempt. Andrew Rietmann scored
six points, delivered two assists,
brought down one rebound and
swiped one Helix ball.
Ashley Roberts added five points,
two assists, nine rebounds, and one
steal to the Cardinal arsenal. Billy
Gates canned one three-point bucket,
grabbed five rebounds, and delivered
five assists for the lone men. Adam
McCabe scored three points, grabbed
three rebounds and one steal. Nick
Christman scored two points and
apprehended two rebounds. Cayle
Krebs scored two points, handed
out two assists and brought down
two rebounds. Mike Radie added
two points and snared one rebound.
Team members Til Tullis and Tyler
Raible aided their team on the
boards. Tullis captured one rebound
and Raible seized two.
Town & Country includes
programs for producers
Heppner Town and Country 2002.
"The Red, White and Blue" will be
held Thursday, Jan. 17.
The afternoon program begins
at 1:30 p.m. with "Weed,” a one-act
play characterizing the con flicts of
a landowner when he finds an
unknown "plant” on his Bl.M
allotm ent and the struggles he
endures as he decides to report it
to the BLM office.
The play also shows the danger
o f losing the Western way o f life.
All this is done in a lighthearted style
to bring the message home and "is
a convincing way to see ourselves,
evaluate our beliefs and consider
the beliefs o f others," said an
Extension news release
The remainder o f the afternoon
schedule is as follows.
2:45 p.m.: Rick W oodley.
Klamath SW CD - "The Klamath
Basin Story - Could it happen to
you?"
3:15 p.m.: Pesticide Use Reporting
- Livestock pesticide use too.
3:35 p.m.: W illow Creek
W atershed and SB 1010 update.
3:55
pm.:
EPA/ODA
AFO/CAFO inspection update.
4:15 p.m.: M orrow County
Livestock Growers Annual Meeting.
6 p.m.: No-Host Social Hour
7 p.m.: Dinner - S20.
Dinner tickets may be purchased
at Murray's Drug, Bank o f Eastern
Oregon. Klamath First Federal or
M orrow County Gram Growers.