Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday. February 13, 2002 - FIVE
Mustangs take down Tigers 59-46 Mustang JV boys rebound for split M ustang girls fall to Tigerscots
By Rick Paullus
By Rick Paullus
I he sixth-ranked Heppner
Mustang boys led from start to
tinish as they downed the visiting
Stanfield Tigers, 59-46, on Satur­
day, Feb 9. The win kept the
Mustangs in First place in the Co­
lumbia Basin Conference with a
one-game lead over the Umatilla
Vikings at 11 and one, with their
overall record going to 18 and
two. The Mustangs will play their
final home game on Friday, Feb.
15, against the Wahtonka Eagles.
The Mustangs got going ear­
ly as Michael McCabe hit a run­
ning jumper, David Norton hit a
long jumper and Stefan Matheny
hit a three-pointer to make it 7-2.
Brad Adams hit two free throws
and Norton hit a short jumper off
a drive, but the Tigers hit a three-
pointer to get within 11-8. The
Mustangs closed the First with a
flourish though, as McCabe hit a
short jumper, Matheny complet­
ed a three-point play and Norton
scored off a pass from Josh Win­
ters to make it 18-8.
Norton started the second by
converting a three-point play off
a steal and Matheny hit a long
jumper, but the Tigers scored sev­
en straight points to make it 23-
15. Matheny scored off a drive
and reverse lay-in, but the Tigers
scored Five more to make it 25-
20. Norton hit two short jumpers
o ff p asses from A dam s and
Matheny hit a running jum per to
make it 31-22. Matheny hit one
o f two free throws and McCabe
hit a running jumper to end the half
with the Mustangs leading 34-24.
M atheny scored o f f a
baseline drive and McCabe hit a
lay-in on an inbounds play from
Brian Rust to make it 38-27. Af­
ter a three-pointer by the Tigers,
Norton hit a long jumper on the
baseline, but the Tigers came back
with Five straight points to get
within 40-35. Rust hit a three-
pointer but the Tigers scored to
end the third to trail 43-27 going
into the fourth.
Norton and McCabe each hit
two free throws to open the fourth
and, after a Tiger free throw, the
Mustangs put the game away as
Matheny hit a three-pointer from
the comer and Kevin Drake hit a
long three-pointer and two free
throws to make it 55-38. Drake
hit two more free throw s and
Winters hit two. The Tigers hit
two late three-pointers to make
the Final 59-46.
Matheny led the Mustangs
with 18 points, Five rebounds and
two steals. Norton hit eight o f 17
shots for 17 points, had seven re­
bounds, Five of them offensive,
and three steals. McCabe hit four
o f seven shots for 10 points and
grabbed Five rebounds. Adams
had 11 rebounds. Five offensive,
and had two assists. Rust had two
steals.
The M ustangs had another
good game from the line, hitting
15 o f 21 free throws.
Statistics
StanField: 8 16 13 9 - 46
Heppner: 18 14 9 16 - 59
S tanfield-V eliz 5 2-2 15,
Haines 3 1-2 7, Sherritt 3 1-2 7,
C. Perches 2 1-2 7, Flemmer 2 0-
0 4, Abercrom bie 1 0-0 3, R.
Perches 10-0 3.17 5-8 46. Three-
pointers: Veliz (3), C. Perches (2),
Abercrombie, R. Perches.
Heppner-Stefan Matheny 7
2-6 18, David Norton 7 3-3 17,
Michael McCabe 4 2-2 10, Kevin
Drake 1 4-4 7, Brian Rust 1 0-0
3, Brad Adams 0 2-2 2, Josh Win­
ters 0 2-2 2, Luke Murray 0 0-2
0, Sam VanLiew, Donald Adams.
20 15-21 59. T hree-pointers:
Matheny (2), Rust, Drake.
M ustangs jum p on T igerscots
early for w in
throws, the Tigerscots answered,
By Rick Paullus
The sixth-ranked Heppner
Mustang boys' varsity held a 30-
6 advantage early in the second
quarter and carried it to a 69-47
win over the Weston-McEwen
Tigerscots on Friday, Feb. 8, in
Athena. The win kept the Mus­
tangs in First place in the Colum­
bia Basin Conference with a 10
and 1 record and improved their
overall record to 17 and two.
The Mustangs scored early
and often in the First as Michael
McCabe hit a long jum per and
Stefan M atheny hit a baseline
jumper. After a three-point play
by the Tigerscots, McCabe hit two
free throws and Matheny scored
off a drive and hit a long jum per
. to make it 10-3. Matheny hit two
three-pointers and David Norton
hit a baseline jum per for an 18-4
lead. Matheny hit a three-pointer
from about 35 feet at the buzzer
for a 21 -6 lead after one. Matheny
hit six o f six shots in the First for
15 points.
Kevin Drake opened the sec­
ond by making two free throws
and h ittin g a th re e -p o in te r.
Matheny hit a running jumper and
McCabe made two free throws
to make it 30-6 early in the sec­
ond. The Tigerscots outscored the
Mustangs, 14-2, before Matheny
hit a three-pointer and Norton hit
a short jum per to make it 37-20.
The T igerscots w o u ld n 't quit
though, scoring the last seven
points o f the second to get within
37-26 at halftime.
The Tigerscots scored the
First four points of the third be­
fore Brian Rust and Brad Adams
each made a free throw. A three-
point play by the Tigerscots made
it 39-33. Matheny hit two free
then Rust hit two three-pointers
to make it 47-35. Matheny scored
off a fast break to end the third
with the Mustangs leading 49-37.
McCabe scored off a drive
then converted a three-point play
to make it 54-38. McCabe then
made two o f three free throws.
Rust, one of two, and Norton, two
o f two, to extend the lead to 59-
39. McCabe scored on a rebound.
Josh Winters hit a three-pointer
and Sam VanLiew hit a jumper to
make it 66-41. Winters made a
free throw and Norton made two
to close out the scoring to make
the Final 69-47.
Matheny hit nine o f 13 shots,
eight for eight in the First half, to
Finish with 25 points and had sev­
en rebounds. McCabe hit four of
eight shots and seven of eight free
throw s for 15 points, four re­
bounds and three steals. Norton
had nine points and Five rebounds.
Rust had eight points. Drake had
six rebounds and VanLiew had
three blocked shots.
The Mustangs hit 21 oF 33
free throws as a team.
Statistics
Heppner: 21 16 12 20 - 69
Weston-McEwen: 6 20 11 10 -
47
Heppner-Stefan Matheny 9
3-7 25, Michael McCabe 4 7-8 15,
David Norton 2 5-6 9, Brian Rust
2 2-4 8, Kevin Drake 1 2-2 5, Josh
Winters 1 1-4 4. Sam VanLiew 1
0-0 2. Brad Adams 01-21, Donald
Adams, Luke Murray. 20 21-33
69. Three-pointers: Matheny (4),
Rust (2). Drake, Winters.
Weston-McEwen-Jorgenson
5 5-8 15, Johnson 5 5-7 15,
Parrish 1 3-5 6, Sheard I 0-0 3,
King 1 1 - 1 3 , Delph 1 0-0 2,
Langford 1 0-0 2, Duncan 0 1-2
1, Allen 00-2 0, Tucker. 15 15-25
47. T h re e -p o in te rs: P arrish ,
Sheard.
A 20-point deficit at the free
By Rick Paullus
Weston-McEwen-King 10 3-
throw
line was too much for the
After another close, disap­
6 23, Hausner 6 6-9 18, Shroud 1 Heppner Mustang girls to over­
pointing loss to the W eston-
5-6 7, Froese 1 2-6 4, Greenwalt
come as they fell to the Weston-
McEwen Tigerscots, the Heppner
2 0-2 4, Williams 1 0-2 2, Brita 1
McEwen Tigerscots, 64-57, on
Mustang JV boys rebounded for
0 - 1 2, Kennedy 1 0-0 2, Davis 0 Friday, Feb. 8, in Athena. The
a 60-40 win over the StanField
1- 4 1, Allen. 23 17-36 63. Three- Tigerscots hit 27 o f 35 from the
Tigers. The Mustangs lost, 63-51,
pointers: none.
line compared to the Mustangs’
in overtime in Athena on Friday,
seven o f 13. The Mustangs re­
Feb. 8, for only their second loss
Brian Smith got the Mustangs
mained one game ahead o f the
in two seasons, both o f them to
going against the Tigers, scoring
Tigerscots in the Columbia Basin
the Tigerscots, but led from the
six points in the First with Winters
Conference at six and five, in
sta rt ag a in st the T igers in
adding Four points, Britt, three, and
fourth place, with their overall
Heppner on Saturday, Feb. 9, to
Murray hitting a three-pointer to
record
falling to 10 and nine for
run their record to 14 and 2 on
help them take an 18-0 lead.
the
year.
the year.
Botefuhr added six points and
Meghan Bailey got the Mus­
The Mustangs took an 11-6
Winters and Smith, four, as the
tangs o ff to a good start by nail­
lead a fte r one a g ain st the
Mustangs extended their lead to
ing a three-pointer, and two jump­
Tigerscots, getting four points
34-21 at halftime.
ers from Jodie Carlson made it 7-
from Conor Kilkenny and three
The Mustangs put the game
6 midway through the first. A lay-
from Luke Murray. They extend­
away in the third, getting four
in by Tylynn Smith on a nice pass
ed their lead to 27-20 at halftime,
points each from Sm ith and
from Jesse Kempas and two free
getting Five points each from
Murray, and a three-pointer from
throw s from B ailey gave the
B randon S eitz and Ju stin
Kilkenny to take a 50-29 lead go­
Mustangs an 11-9 lead, but the
Botefuhr, and still led 35-28 going
ing in to the fo u rth . B rian
Tigerscots scored the last five
into the fourth quarter.
Haguewood scored six points, in­
points o f the quarter to take a 14-
The Mustangs held a 49-43
cluding a lay-in after losing a shoe
11 lead after one.
lead w ith 1:40 left but the
while making a steal near mid­
Smith opened the second by
Tigerscots whittled it down and
court, as the Mustangs coasted
scoring
off a drive, then Carlson
Finally tied it at 51 -51 by making
through the fourth to a 60-40 win.
hit
a
jum
per off an assist from
two free throws with :06 left. The
Smith had a strong game in­
Brett
Barber
to give the Mustangs
Tigerscots made eight of 11 free
side and Finished with 14 points,
a 15-14 lead. M adison Bailey
throw s in the overtim e period
with Winters adding nine points.
scored off a drive to make it 17-
while the Mustangs were held
Botefuhr had eight points, Murray,
lb. Meghan Bailey scored off a
scoreless.
seven, Haguewood, six, and Britt,
nice pass from Brooke Rust, then
Murray and Botefuhr each
Five, as everyone scored.
returned the favor by feeding Rust
scored 10 points to lead the Mus­
Statistics
for a lay-in to make it 21 -18. The
tangs in scoring with Kilkenny
StanField: 10 1 8 11 - 40
Tigerscots came back to take a
adding eight points and Seitz, sev­
Heppner: 18 16 16 10 - 60
22-21 lead, but Madison Bailey
en. Tanner Britt and Josh Winters
Stanfield-Perches 4 0-0 9,
scored off a baseline drive and
scored Five points each.
Sabotta 3 0-0 6. Zielke 3 0-0 6,
lay-in to m ake it 23-22, and
Statistics
Dick 3 0-0 6. Rivera 2 0-0 4, Pag­
Kelsey
Greenup hit a running
Heppner: 11 16 8 16 0 - 51
es 2 0-2 4, Abercrombie 1 0-0 2,
jum
per
to make it 25-24. The
Weston-McEwen 6 14 8 23 12
Ramos 1 0-0 2, Patterson 0 1 -2 1 ,
Tigerscots
scored six straight
- 63
Baros, Speer, WyckofT. 19 1 -4 40.
points
before
M adison Bailey
Heppner-Luke Murray 2 6-9
Three-pointer: Perches.
made two free throws to cut the
10, Justin Botefuhr 4 2-4 10,
Heppner-Smith 7 0-2 14, Win­
lead to 30-27 at halftime.
Conor Kilkenny 3 2-2 8, Brandon
ters 3 3-4 9, Botefuhr 4 0-0 8,
The Tigerscots extended their
Seitz 2 3-3 7, Josh Winters 2 1-2
Murray 3 0-1 7, Haguewood 3 0-
lead to 34-27 to open the third, but
5, Tanner Britt 1 3-6 5, Brian
0 6, Britt 2 1-2 5, Kilkenny 1 1 -2
Shanna Rietmann hit a rebound
Smith 1 2-8 4, Donald Adams 1
4, Adams 1 0-0 2, Orwick 1 0-0
basket and Barber scored off a
0-0 2, Kyler Lovgren 0 0-2 0,
2, Seitz 1 0-0 2, Lovgren 0 1-21.
drive to cut the lead to 34-31. Two
Brian Haguewood, Doug Orwick.
26 61-3 60. T h re e-p o in te rs:
free throws and a three-pointer
16 19-36 51. T hree-pointers:
Murray, Kilkenny.
by the Tigerscots made it 39-31
none.
before Carlson scored off a re­
bound. A nother basket by the
Tigerscots made it 41-33, but
Smith scored inside and Stefanie
By Rick Paullus
Hanson scored off an assist from
A huge second quarter propelled the Heppner Mustang JV girls
Barber to cut the lead to 41-37.
to a 41-25 win over the Weston-McEwen Tigerscots on Friday, Feb.
Barber hit a three-pointer and
8, in Athena, but they fell behind the Stanfield Tigers at home and
Rietmann made one o f two free
couldn't quite come back, losing 41-35 on Saturday, Feb. 9. The Mus­
tangs' record now stands at 13 and four on the year, with a home
game against Wahtonka on Feb. 15 for their last game of the year.
The Tigerscots took a 4-2 lead after one, but the Mustangs came
out Firing in the second, getting seven points, including a three-pointer,
from Madison Bailey, four points each from Brooke Rust and Chelsea
By Rick Paullus
Britt, and a three-pointer from Nikki Sisk to take a 22-11 lead at half­
A
28-12 advantage in the sec­
time.
ond
half
helped the Heppner Mus­
Tiffany Piper scored six points in the third as the Mustangs in­
tang
girls
to a 52-33 win over the
creased their lead to 30-17 and extended their lead in the fourth, get­
visiting
Stanfield
Tigers on Satur­
ting five points from Rust and four more from Britt to win 41-25.
day, Feb. 9. The win improved the
Rust Finished with nine points, six steals and five rebounds, with
M ustangs’ CBC record to seven
Britt scoring eight points and grabbing four rebounds. Bailey had sev­
and five and their overall record
en points, six steals, five rebounds and three assists. Piper had six
to 11 and nine. The Mustangs play
points and three steals. Stefanie Hanson had eight steals, Sisk had
their final league game at home
three steals, and Chantea Macaulay had four rebounds.
on Friday, Feb. 15, against the
Statistics
Wahtonka Eagles in an important
Heppner: 2 20 8 11 - 41
game for seeding purposes going
Weston-McEwen: 4 7 6 8 - 25
in the district tournament.
Heppner-Brooke Rust 4 1-2 9, Chelsea Britt 4 0-3 8, Madison
Brett Barber got the M us­
Bailey 3 0-0 7, Tiffany Piper 3 0-0 6, Nikki Sisk 1 0-0 3, Marcy Miller
tangs
going by hitting a short
1 0-0 2, Chantea Macaulay 1 0-0 2, Terra Wilson 1 0-0 2, Stefanie
ju
m
p
e
r, th en fed S hanna
Hanson 1 0-2 2. Blake Allstott, Jessica Woodward. 19 1-7 41. Three-
R
ietm
ann
for a lay-in. A fter
pointers: Bailey, Sisk.
Meghan
Bailey
hit a short jumper
Weston-McEwen-Ranch 3 2-2 8, Miller 2 1-2 5, Todd 1 2-9 4,
and
Rietmann
scored on a re­
Thompson 1 1-7 3, Spino 1 1-2 3, McBean 1 0-0 2, Kyles, Froese,
bound basket, it was 8-1 early in
Rideout, Britey, Nichols, Richmond. 9 7-22 25. Three-pointers: none.
the first. The Tigers came back
Hanson had six points and Rust, three, as the Mustangs trailed
with four points, but Tylynn Smith
10-9 after one, but fell behind 22-14 at halftime. Hanson scored an­
converted a three-point play off
other six points in the third and Rust added three, but the Mustangs
an assist from Barber and Bailey
still trailed 36-27 going into the fourth. Bailey rallied the Mustangs,
hit a three-pointer to end the first
hitting a three-pointer to get them within 39-35, but could get no closer
with the Mustangs leading 14-7.
as they fell 41-35.
Kelsey Greenup hit one o f
Hanson Finished with 12 points and two steals, with Rust adding
two free throws and Rietmann
seven points and 10 rebounds. Bailey had five points and two assists.
scored off a drive to make it 17-
Linsey Mitchell had six rebounds. Britt, five rebounds, and Sisk had
9.
Stefanie Hanson hit a short
three steals.
jum
per and Rietmann hit a re­
Statistics
bound
basket to make it 21-11.
Stanfield: 10 12 14 5 - 41
The
Tigers
came back with sev­
Heppner: 9 5 13 8 - 35
en
straight
points before Smith
Stanfield-Rodriguez 6 1-2 13, Davis 5 0-4 13, Kammerzell 3 2-4 8,
scored
and
Jesse
Kempas hit one
Cook 2 1-3 5, Weatherman 1 0-0 2, Vassey. 17 5-11 41. Three-point­
o f two free throws. A Tiger three-
ers: Davis (3).
pointer at the buzzer cut the Mus­
Heppner-Hanson 6 0-4 12, Rust 2 3-6 7, Bailey 2 0-0 5, Miller 1 2-
tangs' lead to 24-21 at halftime.
2 4. Piper 0 2-2 2, Macaulay 1 0-0 2, Linsey Mitchell 1 0-0 2, Britt 0 1-
Jodie Carlson hit two free
2 1. Sisk. Blair Keithley. 13 8-16 35. Three-pointer: Bailey.
throws and Kempas, one, to make
it 27-21 early in the third, then
Rietmann fed Barber for a lay-in
and Madison Bailey hit a three-
p o in te r to m ake it 32-23.
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M ustang girls pull away from
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then scored off a pass from M ad­
ison to end the third with the Mus­
tangs leading 36-24.
Meghan Bailey opened the
fourth by scoring off a rebound
and Smith scored inside to extend
the lead to 40-25. R ietm ann
scored off a drive to make it 42-
27. The T ig e rs sco red fo u r
straight, but Smith scored off an
assist from Rietmann and Barber
scored off a drive to make it 46-
31. Meghan Bailey hit a lay-in.
Hanson made two free throws
and Nikki Sisk made a lay-in on a
pass from Brooke Rust to close
out the scoring, giving the Mus­
tangs a 52-33 win.
Rietmann led the Mustangs
with 14 points, five rebounds and
three steals. Meghan Bailey add­
ed nine points, four rebounds and
two steals. Smith had nine points
and five rebounds. Barber added
six p o in ts and three a ssists.
Carlson pulled down seven re­
bounds and had tw o ste a ls.
Kempas also had two steals.
Statistics
Stanfield: 7 14 3 9 - 33
Heppner: 14 10 12 16 - 52
Stanfield-Lemmon 5 1-4 11.
Weatherman 4 1-4 10. Marcum 4
1- 2 9. Davis 1 0-1 2, Mills 0 1-2
1. Kammerzell 0 0-2 0, Rodriguez
0 0-2 0. 14 4-1733. Three-point­
er: Weatherman.
Heppner-Shanna Rietmann 7
0-0 14, Meghan Bailey 4 0-0 9,
Tylynn Smith 4 1-1 9, Brett Bar­
ber 3 0-1 6, Stefanie Hanson 1 2-
2 4. Madison Bailey 1 0-0 3. Jodie
Carlson 0 2-2 2, Jesse Kempas 0
2- 6 2, Nikki Sisk 1 0-0 2. Kelsey
Greepup 0 1-41. Brooke Rust. 21
8-16 52. T hree-pointers: Me.
Bailey, Ma. Bailey.
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throws to cut the lead to 43-41,
but the Tigerscots extended their
lead to 45-41 after three.
Greenup converted a three
point play to open the fourth and
cut the lead to one. After four
straight points by the Tigerscots,
Rietmann converted a three-point
play and Smith scored o ff a re­
bound to tie the game at 49-49
with 3:20 left. Four free throws
and a basket by the Tigerscots
gave them a 55-49 lead, but
Meghan Bailey hit a long three-
pointer to make it 55-52 with 1:50
left.
The Tigerscots made three o f
four free throws, Carlson hit a
rebound basket, and two more
free throws by the Tigerscots
made it 60-54. Madison Bailey
came back with a three-pointer
to make it 60-57 with :40 left. The
Tigerscots made four of six free
throws down the stretch to close
out the scoring.
Meghan Bailey and Carlson
each finished with 10 points to lead
a balanced scoring effort by the
Mustangs. Bailey grabbed five
rebounds and had two assists,
while Carlson grabbed five re­
bounds. Madison Bailey chipped
in nine points and had two assists.
Smith had eight points and four
rebounds. Rietmann had six points
and six rebounds in limited play­
ing tim e due to foul trouble.
Kempas had four rebounds and
two assists and Barber had two
assists.
Statistics
Heppner: 11 16 14 16 - 57
Weston-McEwen: 14 16 15 19
- 64
Heppner-Meghan Bailey 3 2-
2 10, Jodie Carlson 5 0-3 10, Mad­
ison Bailey 3 2-2 9, Tylynn Smith
4 0-2 8, Shanna Rietmann 2 2-3
6, Brett Barber 2 0-0 5, Kelsey
Greenup 2 1-1 5, Brooke Rust 1
0-0 2, Stefanie Hanson 1 0-0 2,
Jesse Kempas, Nikki Sisk. 23 7-
13 57. Three-pointers: Me. Bailey
(2), Barber, Ma. Bailey.
Weston-McEwen-Johnson 5
12-15 23, Bennett 5 5-9 15,
Paredes 4 4-5 12, Winn 3 0-0 6,
Schoonover 1 0-0 2, Todd 0 2-2
2, Darcy Thom pson 0 2-2 2,
Darlene Thompson 0 2-2 2. 18 27-
35 64. Three-pointer: Johnson.
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