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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 6, 2002 - FIVE Mustangs fall to Vikings in OT By Rick Paullus The H eppner M ustangs dropped into a first-place tie with the Umatilla Vikings in the Colum bia Basin Conference by losing 67-61 in overtime on Friday, Feb. 1. The fifth-ranked Mustangs dropped to 8 and 1 in the CBC and 15 and 2 overall. The Mustangs and Vikings started out even as M ichael McCabe hit a short jumper off a drive and Brad Adams scored twice off of offensive rebounds to give the Mustangs a 6-5 lead. The Vikings came back to take a 18-6 lead before Brian Rust hit a three-pointer, but the Vikings scored again to make it 20-9. Adams scored another rebound basket but the Vikings came back with five points, the last three on a long shot at the buzzer, to take a 25-11 lead after one. The Vikings extended the lead to 30-11 early in the second be fore the Mustangs got on track. David Norton hit two free throws, McCabe hit a jumper, drove the baseline for a lay-in and scored off a long pass from Stefan Matheny, and Norton scored off a rebound to make it 30-21. After a Viking free throw, McCabe con verted a three-point play and Norton hit a short jumper to make it 31 -26. The Vikings scored, but McCabe hit a long jumper and scored off a pass from Norton to get the Mustangs to within 33-30 at halftime. The Mustangs regained the lead early in the third as Matheny hit a running jumper and then fed . McCabe for a lay-in. After a three-point play by the Vikings, Rust scored on a pass from Adams to tie it at 36-36. The Vi kings came back with three points, but McCabe scored on a pass from Matheny who then hit a baseline jumper to make it 42-41. The Vikings took the lead back, but Adams hit a baseline jumper and Kevin Drake hit a three-point JV boys take two over weekend By Rick Paullus The Heppner Mustang JV boys came back for a 48-40 win over the Umatilla Vikings on Fri day, Feb. 1, in Umatilla, and re turned on Saturday, Feb. 2, to take an easy home victory over the Sherman County Huskies, 79-38. The wins improved the Mus tangs’ record to 13 and 1 on the year with a chance to avenge their only loss in the last two years with a game at Weston-McEwen on Friday, Feb. 8. Stanfield will come to Heppner on Saturday, Feb. 9, then the Mustangs will travel to Pilot Rock on Tuesday, Feb. 12. The Mustangs got off to a slow start in Umatilla, falling be hind 14-8 after one, but came back to tie it at 18-18 at halftime with the help of a three-pointer from Doug Orwick. The Mustangs got another three-pointer from Luke Murray in the third and six points from Donald Adams, including a short jumper at the buzzer to take a 33- 32 lead after three. The teams traded baskets until Brian Smith converted a three-point play to give the Mus tangs a 38-37 lead with 4:00 re maining. The Vikings came right back with a three-pointer to take a 40-38 lead. Murray hit another three-pointer with 3:00 left to make it 41 -40 then fed Smith for a baseline lay-in to make it 43-40 with 1:15 left. After a steal, Smith fed Josh Winters for a lay-in to make it 45-40 and Winters hit a jumper with :40 left to make it 47- 40 and seal the win. Smith led a balanced scoring effort with nine points, with Adams and Murray each adding eight points. Winters finished with seven points and Conor Kilkenny added six. Statistics Heppner: 8 10 15 15- 48 Umatilla: 14 4 14 8 - 40 Heppner-Brian Smith 41-3 9, Donald Adams 3 2-2 8, Luke Murray 2 2-3 8, Josh Winters 3 1-2 7, Conor Kilkenny 1 4-6 6, er to make it 47-43. The Vikings scored to get within 47-45 after three, then scored to open the fourth to tie the game at 47-47. Norton scored on a rebound basket and Matheny hit a three- pointer, but the Vikings came right back to tie it at 52-52. Matheny hit a running jumper, but the Vi kings came back with a three- pointer and a free throw to go up 56-54. Matheny hit a long jumper to tie it up with 2:00 left and both teams had chances to score down the stretch but neither could score, sending the game to overtime. The overtime period started out well for the Mustangs as Rust scored on a rebound basket, then fed McCabe for a lay-in on an inbounds play and Norton hit one of two free throws to make it 61- 56. The Vikings came back to tie with 1:39 left, took the lead with 1:00 left and the Mustangs were forced to foul. The Vikings hit enough free throws down the stretch to take the win. McCabe led all scorers with 23 points and had two steals, with Matheny adding 11 points, four assists, four rebounds, two steals and two blocked shots. Norton had nine points, 13 rebounds, three steals, two assists and two blocked shots. Adams had eight points, 16 rebounds and two blocked shots. Rust had seven points and two assists. Statistics Heppner: 11 22 17 9 5 - 61 Umatilla: 25 8 12 11 11 - 67 Heppner-Michael McCabe 11 1-1 23, Stefan Matheny 5 0-0 11, David Norton 3 3-4 9, Brad Adams 4 0-0 8, Brian Rust 3 0-1 7, Kevin Drake 1 0-0 3. 27 4-6 61. Three-pointers: Matheny, Rust, Drake. Umatilla-Villanueva 6 7-10 19, Wolfgram 4 4-5 15, Wyland 4 3-4 13, Ybarra 4 0-1 10, Littrell 5 0-0 10, Campos, Dyer. 23 14-20 67. Three-pointers: Wolfgram (3), Ybarra (2), Wyland (2). ‘C ’ team defeats Umatilla JVs The lone Cardinal 4C’ team defeated the Umatilla Viking JVs, 2-40, on January 22. Top scorer for the lone team was Til Tullis with 10 points and three rebounds. Tyler Raible was close behind with nine points and four rebounds. C urtis Thompson had eight points and five rebounds. Mike Radie had six points, three rebounds, three assists and three steals. Taylor McElligott had six points, five rebounds and three steals. Jeff Hunt had six points and three assists. John Collin made three points, four rebounds, two assists and three steals. Scoring two points apiece were Cayle Krebs, who also made 10 rebounds, and Arthur Ekstrom, who added three rebounds. Tim Doherty made three rebounds and Cody Bergstrom made two. The Cardinals shot 23-48 for 48 percent and made 42 rebounds. The Vikings shot 18-67 for 27 percent and made 26 rebounds. The Cardinals had 16 Justin Botefuhr 1 1-2 3, Doug Orwick I 0-0 3, Kyler Lovgren 1 0-2 2, Brian Haguewood 1 0-0 2, Tanner Britt, Brandon Seitz. 17 11-2048. Three-pointers: Murray (2), Orwick. Umatilla-Bissonette 3 2-2 8, Aguilar 3 0-0 7, Wolmstaf 6 0-0 12, Fig 2 0-0 4, Adams 1 1-4 3, Brown 1 0-0 2, Jensen 1 0-0 2, Hendon 1 0-0 2, Sargent. 18 3-6 40. Three-pointer: Aguilar. The Mustangs left no doubt against the Huskies, taking an 18- 3 lead after one. with Winters hit ting 10 points. Justin Botefuhr and Kyler Lovgren each made five points as the Mustangs extended their lead to 42-12 at halftime. Winters had seven points in the third, including a three-point er, but the Huskies came out hot, outscoring the Mustangs 19-11 to narrow the gap to 53-31 going into the fourth. The Huskies were no match though, as the Mustangs coasted, getting nine points from Botefuhr. five from Orwick and four each from Murray and Brandon Seitz, to a final score of 79-38. Botefuhr finished with a game-high 20 points, with Winters adding 17, as all the Mustangs scored. Seitz added 11 points, and Orwick and Murray each added six points. Statistics Sherman County: 3 9 19 7 - 38 Heppner: 18 24 11 26 - 79 Sherman County-Olsen 4 3- 4 14, Lozano 2 4-6 9, Brown 1 0- 0 3, Kaseburg 0 3-4 3, Bird 1 0-0 3, Justensen 1 0-0 2, W'eedman 0 2-5 2, Sharp 1 0-0 2, Thomas 0 1 - 2 1, Winter 0 0-1 0, W'allace, Erickson, Thompson. 10 13-22 38. T hree-pointers: O lsen (2), Lozano, Bird, Brown. Heppner-Botefuhr 9 2-3 20, Winters 7 2-3 17, Seitz 5 1-2 11, Orwick 2 2-4 6, Murray 3 0-0 6, Lovgren 1 3-4 5, Kilkenny 1 0-0 4, Smith 2 0-2 4, Adams 10-12, Haguewood 1 0-0 2, Britt 1 0-0 2. 34 10-19 79. Three-pointer: Winter. By Kick Paullus The Heppner Mustang girls cut a 19-point Sherman County lead late in the third quarter to a six-point lead with 3:00 remaining in the game, but couldn’t get all the way back. The Mustangs eventually lost, 52-34, on Saturday. Feb. 2, in Heppner. The loss drops the Mus tangs’ Columbia Basin Conference record to 6 and 4 and their overall record to 10 and 8. The Mustangs will travel to Weston-McEwen on Friday, Feb. 8, and will host Stanfield on Saturday, Feb. 9. The Mustangs will then travel to top-ranked Pilot Rock on Tuesday, Feb. 12, before finishing out the regular season by hosting Wahtonka on Friday, Feb. 15. Shanna Rietmann hit a short jumper to get the Mustangs out to a quick 2-0 lead, but the Huskies came back to take a 6-2 lead. Jodie Carlson hit a jumper and Rietmann hit a rebound basket to tie it at 6- 6, only to see the Huskies come back to take a 12-6 lead. Meghan Bailey hit a three-pointer, but the Huskies returned with two of their own to take an 18-9 lead after one. Brett Barber hit a three-pointer to open the second, but back came the Huskies with another six point run to take a 24-12 lead. Bailey and Rietmann scored on drives to the basket and Kelsey Greenup hit one of two free throws, but the Huskies extended their lead to 32-17. Rietmann hit two free throws while the Huskies scored to end the first half with a 34-19 lead. The Huskies extended their lead to 38-19 before Rietmann scored off a drive and Tylynn Smith hit a lay-in. The Huskies returned back with a bucket but Rietmann scored on a drive to end the third with the Huskies leading 40-25. Stefanie Hanson scored off a pass from Rietmann, Madison Bailey had a steal and lay-in, Meghan Bailey hit a three-pointer and Smith hit a lay-in on a pass from Rietmann to make it 40-34 with 3:00 left. The Mustangs couldn't get anything to drop the rest of the game and were forced to foul with the Huskies making eight of 13 free throws down the stretch to take the win. Rietmann led the Mustangs with 12 points, three rebounds and two assists, with Meghan Bailey adding eight points, six rebounds and two steals. Smith had four points and three rebounds. Greenup grabbed six rebounds and Madison Bailey had two steals. Statistics Sherman County: 18 16 6 12 - 52 Heppner: 9 10 6 9 - 34 ShermanCounty-01sen4 9-13 17, Macnab5 0-0 10, Stroud 4 0-3 9, Fritz 2 0-0 5, Bird 2 1-2 5, Danielson 2 0-1 4, Hill 1 0-0 2, Pinkerton, H. Kaseburg. N. Kaseburg. 20 10-19 52. Three-pointers: Fritz, Stroud. Heppner-Shanna Rietmann 5 2-2 12, Meghan Bailey 3 0-0 8, Tylynn Smith 2 0-0 4. Brett Barber 1 0-0 3, Jodie Carlson 1 0-0 2, Stefanie Hanson 10-12. Madison Bailey 1 0-0 2, Kelsey Greenup 1 0-0 2, Jesse Kempas. 14 3-5 34. Three-pointers: Meghan Bailey (2), Barber. M ustang JV girls win two By Rick Paullus The Heppner Mustang JV girls improved to 12 and 3 on the season by taking a hard-fought game in Umatillq, 43-3£. on Fri day, Feb. 1, and bjp.wing out a 43-29 lead before Greenup Sherman County, 44-22, in scored off a drive. The Vikings Heppner on Saturday, Feb. 2. The went on a 10-0 run to end the third Mustangs will travel to Weston- with a 53-31 lead. Bailey hit two free throws to McEwen on Friday, Feb. 8, and open the fourth, Rietmann hit a will host Stanfield on Saturday, rebound basket and Greenup hit Feb. 9, before traveling to Pilot Rock on Tuesday, Feb. 12. two free throws to cut the lead to The Mustangs fell behind 8- 56-37. Smith hit a short baseline jumper but the Vikings extended 6 after one, despite four points from Chelsea Britt, but came back their lead to the final of 62-40. Rietmann led the Mustangs to take an 11-10 lead at halftime. Brooke Rust scored eight with 10 points, 11 rebounds, sev points and Stefanie Hanson en of them offensive, four steals scored four in the third quarter as and two assists, with Bailey add the Mustangs extended their lead ing nine points, six rebounds and to 23-21 going into the fourth quar three steals. Greenup had a strong ter. The Mustangs pulled away in game off the bench, scoring eight points and grabbing four re the fourth, stretching their lead to 41-31 on a three-pointer by bounds. Kempas had six points Hanson with 1:50 left. The Vi and five steals and Barber had kings came back to get within 41 - four steals and three assists. 35, but a steal and lay-in by Mad Carlson grabbed four rebounds. ison Bailey with just under a Statistics minute left sealed the win for the Heppner: 7 14 10 9 - 40 Mustangs. Hanson and Bailey Umatilla: 13 19 21 9 - 6 2 each had eight points in the quar Heppner-Shanna Rietmann 3 ter with Rust adding four. 4-8 10, Meghan Bailey 2 3-4 9. Rust hit six of nine shots in Kelsey Greenup 2 4-6 8. Jesse the second half, seven of 13 over Kempas 2 0-0 6. Tylynn Smith 2 all, and finished with 15 points, 0- 0 4, Jodie Carlson 1 0-0 2. Ste seven steals and two assists. fanie Hanson 0 1-2 1. Brett Bar Hanson added 14 points and six ber 0 0-2 0. Brooke Rust. Madi son Bailey. 12 12-22 40. Three- rebounds. Bailey had eight points, including a three-pointer, and five pointers: Meghan Bailey (2), steals. Britt had eight rebounds Kempas (2). Umatilla-Mi. Strong 8 0-0 16, and Tiffany Piper had four re Borden 5 3-4 13. Cleaver 4 3-6 bounds, three assists and three 11, Baumgart 2 5-8 10, Campos 3 steals. Linsey Mitchell had four 1- 4 9, Dahlin 1 0-3 2, Brown 0 1 - rebounds and four steals. Marcy Miller had five rebounds. 2 1. Harvey, Henry. Ruiz. 23 13- Statistics 27 62. Three-pointers: Campos Heppner: 6 5 12 20 - 43 (2), Baumgart. Umatilla: 8 2 11 1 4 - 3 5 Mustang girls fall to Vikings assists, compared to the Vikings’ four. lone made 13 steals, versus the V ikings’ 11, and had 18 turnovers, compared to 19 for the Vikings. “This by far was our best team effort,” said lone coach Jim Swanson. “I was really pleased for their 110 percent effort on both offense and defense. They never gave up on the rebounding as we out-rebounded them 42-26. Everyone played a big part of the win. We had nine people score. They all played hard, especially Tim Doherty on his defense. I’m really proud of them. By Rick Paullus The Heppner Mustang var sity girls couldn’t make an early lead hold up as they fell to the Umatilla Vikings, 62-40, on Friday. Feb. 1, in Columbia Basin Con ference play. The M ustangs’ CBC record fell to 6 and 3 and their overall record dropped to 10 and 7 with the loss. The Mustangs started out with Jesse Kempas hitting a three-pointer and Shanna Rietm ann m aking two free throws, then scoring on a lay-in on a nice pass from Brett Barber to take a 7-5 lead. However, the Vikings scored the next eight points to take a 13-7 lead after one. Jodie Carlson hit a jumper to open the second quarter and, af ter a Umatilla basket, Meghan Bailey hit a three-pointer to cut the lead to 15-12. Kelsey Greenup hit two free throws to cut the lead to 16-14. then Stefanie Hanson hit one o f two free throw s and Greenup hit a short jumper to cut the lead to 18-17. That was as close as they would get though, as the Vikings went on a 9-0 run before Tylynn Smith scored off a pass from Barber. Rietmann made one of two free throws to cut the lead to 27-20. Bailey made one of two free throws, but the Vikings took a 32-21 lead into the locker room. The Mustangs came out hot to open the third as Kempas and Bailey each hit three-pointers and Rietmann hit a rebound basket to cut the lead to 32-29. The Vikings then went on another run. taking U of P announces dean’s list The University of Portland has announced that Kimberly Pointer of Lexington made the 2001 fall semester dean's list. Pointer is a sophomore and ma joring in business administration. Students need at least a 3.5 grade point average to make the dean’s list. 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The Mustangs got off to a great start against Sherman County, getting five points, includ ing a three-pointer, from Bailey, four points from Hanson and three from Britt to take a 14-0 lead af ter one. Britt had six points in the second as the Mustangs extend ed their lead to 26-8 at halftime. Rust scored four points in the third as the Mustangs took a 34- 14 lead into the fourth. Hanson scored six points and Chantea Macaulay scored four points as they coasted to the 44-22 win. Hanson finished with 13 points, four steals and five re bounds, with Britt adding 11 points and grabbing five rebounds. Rust added seven points, six rebounds and three steals, Bailey had five points and four steals. Macaulay had five rebounds. Blair Keithley, four rebounds, and Mitchell had two assists. The Mustangs hit 17 of 24 free throws for the game. Statistics Sherman County: 0 8 6 8 - 22 Heppner: 14 12 8 10 - 44 Sherman County-Nogle 3 3- 4 9. Moore 1 2-2 4. Cardona 1 1- 2 3. Macnab 1 0-0 2, Mabe 1 0-0 2, McCardy 01-21. Bouhn, Gray, Kaseburg. Burnett. 7 8-12 22. Three-pointer: none. Heppner-Hanson 2 9-14 13, Britt 4 3-3 11, Rust 3 1-2 7, Bailey 2 0-0 5, Macaulay 0 4-5 4. Blair Keithley 2 0-0 4. Piper. Miller, Mitchell. Cara Kennedy. 13 17- 24 44. Three-pointer: Bailey. Local student earns bachelor’s The University of Wyoming at Laramie. WY, has conferred a bachelor of arts degree to Eric Schonbachler of Heppner. at the completion of the 2001 fall se mester. >
