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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 23, 2002 - FIVE Mustangs hang on to beat Tigers lone girls’ varsity easily beats Cascade Locks By Rick Paullus lone Cardinal girls’ varsity squad easily defeated Cascade Locks, 63-20, on Jan. 18. Natalie McElligott was hot from the three-point territory, hitting three of five attempts and leading the Cardinals with 23 points. McElligott also contrib uted eight rebounds, six steals and five assists to her team's cre dentials. Amellia Peck continues to be a consistent factor to the Lady Cardinals, “always giving 150 percent and never giving up.” Peck scored 19 points, led the team on the boards with 12 rebounds, grabbed three steals and delivered five assists. Diana McElligott contributed six points, apprehended two re bounds and three steals. Salli The Heppner Mustang boys improved to 6-0 in the CBC by hanging on in the third quarter, then making enough plays in the fourth to take a hard-fought 65- 55 win over the Stanfield Tigers in Stanfield on Saturday, Jan. 19. Next up on the schedule for the sixth-ranked Mustangs, who im proved to 13-1 on the year, will be a home game against Pilot Rock on Friday, Jan, 25, and a road game at Culver on Saturday, Jan. 26 David Norton scored inside and Michael McCabe hit a three- pointer to get the Mustangs out to a 5-0 lead. Stefan Matheny then scored off a pass from McCabe, Brad Adams hit a jumper, then fed McCabe for a fast break lay- m to make it 11-4. The Tigers got to within 11-9, but Matheny hit two three-pointers to end the first with the Mustangs up, 17-9. McCabe scored off a rebound and a lay-tn to open the second, then scored off a pass from Chuy Elguezabal and a baseline drive and lay-in to make it 25-12. The Tigers got to within 25-19, but Norton hit a jumper, Elguezabal drove the lane for a lay-in, Nor ton hit another short jumper and Matheny hit another three- pointer to make it 34-24. Elguez abal hit a short jumper to end the first half with the Mustcngs lead ing 36-26. Norton hit three of four free throws and a short jumper as the Mustangs held a 41-32 led mid way through the third, but the Tigers went on an 8-0 run to get within 41-40. Brian Rust hit a rebound basket and Norton hit a free throw to end the third with the Mustangs clinging to a 44-40 lead. Matheny drove the lane for a lay-in, but a three point play by the Tigers got them to within 46- 45. That was as close as they got. Matheny had another drive to the basket for a lay-m and a running jumper. Elguezabal got a re bound basket to make it 53-46. Norton hit a turnaround jumper and Elguezabal got a steal and lay-in to make it 57-48. Matheny also got a steal and a lay-in, mak ing the score 59-50, but the Ti gers came right back to score. Adams scored off a rebound with 1:15 left, then McCabe hit two free throws and Norton, one, to put the game away. Matheny hit eight of 15 shots, including three of three from three-point range, finishing with 20 points, plus he had two steals. Norton scored 15 points and grabbed eight rebounds. McCabe scored 13 points, grabbed seven rebounds and had two steals. Elguezabal went four for four from the field for eight points, had seven steals and dished out two assists. Adams had seven rebounds. Statistics Heppner: 17 19 8 21 - 65 Stanfield: 9 17 14 15 - 55 Heppner-Stefan Matheny 8 1-3 20, David Norton 5 5-9 15, Michael McCabe 5 3-4 13, Chuy Elguezabal 4 0-0 8, Brian Rust 2 0-0 5. Brad Adams 2 0-0 4, Kevin Drake. 26 9-16 65. Three-pointers: Matheny (3), Rust Stanfield-Veliz 7 0-4 14, Sherrett 5 1-2 11, Haines 3 0-0 8, Perches 3 0-0 7, Cearns 3 1-1 7, Flemmer 1 3-4 5, Aber crombie 1 0-0 3. 23 5-11 55. Three- pointers: Haines (2), Perches. Abercrom bie. Mustang JV boys split By Rick Paullus After suffering their first loss in two years on Friday, Jan. 18, to the Weston-McEwen Tiger- scots, 40-39, the Mustangs JV boys rebounded with a 42-33 win at Stanfield on Saturday, Jan. 19, to up their record to 9-1 on the year. The Mustangs will host Pi lot Rock on Friday, Jan. 25, be fore traveling to Culver on Sat urday, Jan. 26. Josh Winters hit a three- pointer in the first quarter, but the Mustangs found themselves down 11-7 after one. Donald Ad ams scored six points and Brian Smith, four, as the Mustangs came back to tie it up at 19-19 at halftime. Justin Botefuhr had four points in the third, but the Tiger- scots took a 33-31 lead into the fourth. Conor Kilkenny scored to tie it and Adams scored on a lay- in to put the Mustangs up 35-33. Winters had a steal and lay-in to put the Mustangs up 37-36 with 1:40 left. Brandon Seitz scored off a nice pass from Adams to make it 39-36 with 1:10 left. The Tigerscots got to within one with 15 seconds left and took the lead with :02.4 left to steal the win. Winters led the Mustangs with 11 points, Adams had eight and Botefuhr and Smith each had six points. The Mustangs hurt them selves by hitting only four of 16 free throws. Statistics Weston-McEwen: 11 8 14 7 - 40 Heppner: 7 12 12 8 - 39 Weston-McEwen-Froese 6 0-0 12 King 6 0-0 12, Brito 1 5-8 7, Greenwalt 1 1- 2 3, Watson 1 0-0 2, Allen 1 0-0 2, Sheard 1 0-0 2. 17 6-10 40 Three- pointers: none Heppner: Josh Winters 3 2-4 11, Donald Adams 4 0-1 8, Justin Botefuhr 2 2- 4 6, Brian Smith 1 0-4 6. Tanner Britt 1 0-1 2, Conor Kilkenny 1 0-2 2 Brandon Seitz 1 0-0 2. Kyler Lovgren 1 0-0 2, Brian Haguewood 1 0-0 2, Doug Orwick 17 4-16 39 Three-pointer: Winters. The Mustangs fell behind Stanfield, 16-14, after one but held the Tigers tojust two second quarter points to take a 20-18 lead at halftime. Kyler Lovgren had six third quarter points to help the Mus tangs to a 32-24 lead going into the fourth. The Tigers got to within two points, but Adams hit three of four free throws and Winters had three points down the stretch as the Mustangs pulled away for the 42-33 win. Lovgren led the Mustangs with 11 points, with Smith add ing six and Adams and Winters adding five each. Kilkenny, Seitz and Doug Orwick each added four points. Statistics Heppner: 14 6 12 10 - 42 Stanfield: 16 2 6 9 - 33 Heppner-Lovgren 5 1-411. Smith 3 0-1 6, Winters 2 1-2 5, Adams 1 3-4 5, Kilkenny 1 2-2 4, Seitz 2 0-0 4, Orwick 2 0-0 4, Haguewood 1 0-0 2, Britt 0 1-2 1, Botefuhr." 17 8-15 42. Three-pointers: none. Stanfield-Dick 4 0-0 8, Abercrombie 2 2-2 7, Little 3 0-3 6, Perches 1 1-2 4. Sperr 1 1-3 4. Zielke 1 0-0 2. Baros 0 2-2 2. 12 6-12 33. Three-pointers: Sperr, Abercrombie, Perches. lone JV women defeat South Wasco lone’s junior varsity women narrowly defeated the South Wasco County Redsides on Sat urday, Jan. 19, 25-21. lone out- scored the Redsides in the first three quarters but SWC had a big fourth quarter to nearly tie the Cardinals. Barbara Holland was the leading point producer with eight points. Sara Peck added four points, with Emily Key, Megan E. McCabe and Alyssa Rietmann each contributing three points. Missy Baker and Kim Morris each scored two points for the Cardinals. Sara Peck, Alyssa Rietmann and Megan E. McCabe apprehended seven rebounds each Missy Baker and Barbara Holland each grabbed five re bounds. Emily Key, Macarena Esposito and Sara Peck each delivered one assist. Emily Key led the team larceny with five steals and Alyssa Rietmann helped out with three steals. 4-H News Picture Perfect 4-H Club By Miranda Hunt, reporter CUSTOM HEAD SERVICE Complete Auto Repair Get Ready For W inter! Stop by Custom Head Service for your FREE winter safety inspection today. We check: All Lights and Electrical Accessories ✓ Refill Washer Reservior v Belts v' Hoses s Windshield Wipers ✓ Antifreeze v Tires ✓ Battery * All Fluid Levels Parts & Engines plus Installation Stop la & Say Hi To Mike Scott end Hob Skaggs 1140 N Main, Hwy 395 Stanfield • 449-1276 On Jan. 11. the Picture Per fect 4-H Photography Club met Members held the meeting in the art room at lone Elementary School Members saw how pic tures are developed in a dark room They even got to try de veloping them. The club added new mem bers Ashley and Lynzee Sjurset. Members present were Miranda Hunt. Tiana Camarillo, Jordan Graff, Kim Moms. Kaylee Pal- mateer, Emily Rietmann. Kylee Svetich and Tyree Svetich The next meeting will be Sunday. Feb. 10. at the Krebs’ lambing camp JV girls win two By Rick Paullus McElligott scored five points, brought down one rebound, de livered one assist and sw iped one Pirate possession Barb Holland scored four points, captured five rebounds, blocked one shot at tempt and made two steals. Kristina Powell scored four points, acquired six rebounds, blocked two shot attempts, swiped one Pirate possession and delivered one assist. Cyndi Heagy scored two points, seized four rebounds, two steals and delivered one assist. Also helping the team on the boards were Tracy Griffith with five re bounds, Emily Key with three rebounds and Caitlin Orem with two rebounds. Key and Orem each had one steal to aid the Car dinal thievery. lone JV boys defeat Dufur lone Cardinal JV boys de feated Dufur, 38-31, on Saturday, Jan. 12. With lone trailing the Rang ers 5-8. Curtis Thompson swiped a Ranger possession with 10 sec onds left in the first quarter, passed the ball to Mike Radie who canned a basket to close the lead to one point at the end of the first quarter, 7-8. lone men let up their defenses in the second quar ter allowing the Rangers to lead 14-19 at the half. Early in the third quarter, Nick Christman grabbed an of fensive rebound, put it back up for two points and drew a foul, making one point at the free throw line to close the lead to 17-19. Mike Radie and Nick Christman led the Cardinal men with seven points each. Radie also pulled down four rebounds and seized three Ranger posses sions. Christman apprehended five rebounds, delivered one as sist and accumulated two steals. Jeff Hunt scored five points, brought down six rebounds, handed off one assist and swiped one Dufur possession. Tyler Raible scored four points, cap tured five rebounds and one steal. Curtis Thompson added four points, one rebound and two steals to his team's effort. Cayle Krebs scored two points, led the team with seven rebounds, handed out two assists and robbed three Ranger posses sions. Arthur Ekstrom scored two points in the second quarter. Also aiding the Cardinal larceny were Til Tullis. Tim Doherty and Cody Bergstrom with one steal each. JV boys defeat Cascade Locks lone Cardinal junior varsity men defeated Cascade Locks in two quarters on Friday, Jan. 18. 25-12. Nick Christman led the Car dinals with nine points, four re bounds, one assist anyl three steals Cayle Krebs had out standing play, donating six points, 10 rebounds and two steals. Mike Radie scored three points, handed out one assist and swiped two Pirate possessions. Tyler Raible scored three points, brought down five rebounds and delivered one assist. Billy Gates dumped in two points, two re bounds and handed off one assist. Karl Morgan scored two points and apprehended four rebounds. Till Tullis donated two rebounds to the Cardinal team effort. Coach Jim Swanson commented that the boys played hard and all members had a good game. Cardinal JV girls dominate Cascade Locks and absconded three lone Cardinal junior varsity women totally dominated Cas cade Locks in two quarters on Friday, Jan. 18. The Cardinals defeated the Pirates, 40-9. Sara Peck and Barbara Hol land each scored eight points to lead the team on the scoreboard. Peck also grabbed three rebounds JV men handed tough loss lone Cardinal junior varsity men were handed a tough loss on Saturday, Jan. 19. In what was a tight game, lone succumbed to South Wasco County. 40-41. The Cardinals were ahead. 40-39, with six seconds remaining in the game, when the Redsides scored two points to take the lead lone had possession of the ball with one second remaining but was unable to get Nick Christman's shot to fall. Christman led the team with 15 points, four rebounds, two assists and two steals. Tyler Raible dumped in nine points, apprehended five rebounds, one steal and handed out two assists. Jeff Hunt scored six points, cap tured seven rebounds, one steal and one assist. Mike Radie hit a three-point bucket in the first quarter, grabbed two rebounds, two steals and passed out three assists. Cody Bergstrom also canned a three-point shot in the second quarter, grabbed two rebounds and two steals. Cayle Krebs do nated two points, led the team on the boards with eight rebounds, delivered two assists and pilfered one Redside possession. Curtis Thompson scored two points and brought down two rebounds for his team Pirate possessions. Megan E. McCabe played excellent offense, dump ing in six points. Emily Key scored four points, swiped five Pirate possessions and delivered two assists. Meghan M. McCabe scored four points, delivered two assists and captured three re bounds. Caitlin Orem added four points and Tracy Griffith added two points to the Cardinal score- board. Eva Chitty scored four points, delivered two assists and robbed three Cascade Locks pos sessions. The Heppner Mustang JV girls had two convincing wins over the weekend, beating the Weston-McEwen T lgerscots, 47- 29. on Friday, Jan. 18. in Hepp ner, and the Stanfield Tigers, 37- 18, in Stanfield on Saturday, Jan. 19. The wins improved their re cord to 9-2 on the year. The Mus tangs will host Pilot Rock on Fri day, Jan. 25 and will travel to Culver on Saturday. Jan. 26. for their next games. Madison Bailey hit a three- pointer in the first quarter to help the Mustangs to a 7-7 tie at the end of one against the Tigerscots. Brooke Rust scored six points and Nikki Sisk hit a three-pointer in the second quarter as the Mus tangs took a 20-13 lead at half- time. Chelsea Britt scored four points in the third as the Mus tangs kept up the pressure and increased the lead to 30-18 after three. Stefanie Hanson had five fourth quarter points. Britt hit three of four free throws and Blair Keithley had three points as the Mustangs extended their lead and coasted to the win. Hanson had nine points and nine rebounds, with Britt scoring nine points and grabbing five rebounds. Rust had six points and Bailey had five points and five rebounds. Statistics Weston-McEwen 7 6 5 11 - 29 Heppner: 7 13 10 17 - 47 Weston-McEwen-Thompson 3 1-2 7, Todd 3 1-2 7. Miller 3 0-0 6, Rideout 2 0-0 4, Rauch 1 0-1 2, McBean 1 0-0 2. Kyles 0 1-3 1. 13 3-8 29 Three-pointers: none. Heppner-Stefame Hanson 3 3-5 9. Chelsea Britt 3 3-4 9, Brooke Rust 3 0-0 6. Madison Bailey 2 0-0 5, Marcy Miller 2 0- 3 4, Tiffany Piper 2 0-2 4, Mitchell 2 0-0 4, Nikki Sisk 1 0-0 3, Blair Keithley 1 1-2 3, Chantea Macaulay, Cara Kennedy. 19 7-16 47. Three-pointers: Bailey. Sisk The Mustangs jumped out to a 7-0 lead at Stanfield, only to have the Tigers come back and take an 8-7 lead midway through the second. The Mustangs came back to take a 15-9 lead at half time with the help of four points from Bailey. Hanson had four points and Britt, three points in the third as the Mustangs in creased their lead to 28-18 after three. Rust went four for four from the line and Miller chipped in four points as the Mustangs blanked the Tigers in the fourth, increasing their lead to 37-18. In a very balanced scoring effort, Bailey had six points, four steals and three rebounds; Rust had six points and six rebounds; Hanson had six points and four steals; and Miller also had six points. Britt had five points and Keithley had four points and four rebounds. Statistics Heppner: 7 8 13 9 - 37 Stanfield: 2 7 9 0 - 18 Heppner-Bailey 3 0-0 6. Rust 1 4-5 6, Hanson 2 2-9 6. Miller 3 0-0 6, Britt 2 1- 2 5, Keithley 1 2-2 4. Piper 1 0-0 2. Mitchell 1 0-0 2. Sisk. Macaulay. Ken nedy. 14 9-18 37. Three-pointers: none Stanfield-Davis 3 2-6 8, Rodriguez 3 0-2 6. Sandoval 2 0-2 4 Blackburn 0 0-3 0. Weatherman 0 0-2 0. Cook 0 0-1 0. Kammerzell 0 0-1 0. Vassey, Lemmon 8 2- 17 18 Three-pointers: none. We Print Business Cards Heppner Gazette-Times Births Jamie Allen Richardson-a son, Jamie Allen, was bom to Elizabeth Guerro and David Richardson of Imgon on Decem ber 27, 2001. at (iood Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston. The baby weighed 8 lbs. 0 oz. Alyssa Jean Bert-a daugh ter, Alyssa Jean, was bom to Pamela and Alva Bert of Imgon on December 28. 200!. at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston. The baby weighed 7 lbs. 12 oz. Jazlyn Romero-a daughter. Jazlyn. was bom to Maria and Jose Romero of Imgon on De cember 28, 2001. at Good Shep herd Medical Center in Hermis ton. The baby weighed 9 lbs. 10 oz. Johona Yamillet Sepuls eda Vieyra-a daughter. Johona Yamillet. was bom to Maria and Luis Sepulveda of Boardman on December 29. 2001. at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston. The baby weighed 8 lbs. 15 oz. Jillian Alice Rudolf-a daughter. Jillian Alice, was bom to Allison and Ryan Rudolf of lone on January 1.2002. at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston. The baby weighed 8 lbs. 8 oz. Calvin F.dward Metz-a son Calvin Edward was bom to Melissa and Daniel Metz of Heppner on January 7. 2002. at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston. The baby weighed 8 lbs. 1 oz. Bradley David Osborne-a son, Bradley David, was bom to Michelle and Dw ight Osborne of Llnsey Imgon on January 9, 2002, at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston. The baby weighed 8 lbs. 9 oz. Cristian Alexander Rea-a son, Cristian Alexander, was bom to Margarita Villegas and Marcello Rea of Boardman on January 15. 2002. at Good Shep herd Medical Center in Hermis ton. The baby weighed 7 lbs. 9 oz. Elks Hoop Shoot planned Jan. 27 M ■ -I-', bus n o K iib n o *' The local competition for the 30th Annual Elks Hoop Shoot, the national free throw shooting contest for youth ages eight through 13. will be held at the Heppner High School gym on Sunday. Jan. 27. at 5:30 p.m. Over three million youth from throughout the country en tered last year’s competition for boys and girls in age categories eight-nine; 10-11; and 12-13. Each contestant has 25 shots at the hoop. The boy and girl in each age group with the best scores advance through four tiers of competition to qualify for the national finals. Local winners w ill compete against other contestants in the district event at Sandstone Mid dle School in Hermiston on Sat urday. Feb. 2. Through Feb. 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