Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 20, 2002 - FIVE
M ustangs shoot past R ockets
By Kick Paullus
The sixth-ranked Heppner
Mustangs rode the hot shooting
ot Michael McCabe and David
Norton to get past the Pilot Rock
Rockets, 82-68, on Tuesday, Feb.
12 in Pi lot Rock. The win kept the
Mustangs in first place in the
Columbia Basin Conference with
a 12 and 1 record and improved
their overall record to 19 and 2.
M cCabe hit eight o f nine
shots in the first half and Norton
hit nine o f 10 shots in the second
half to keep the Rockets at bay.
The M ustangs had th eir
running game going from the
outset as Norton scored off a pass
from M cC abe and S tefan
Matheny scored o ff the break.
M ichael M cCabe hit a short
jumper, but the Rockets came
back for an 8-6 lead. Norton and
McCabe hit short jumpers but the
Rockets scored to tie it at 10-10.
Matheny scored off the break and
McCabe hit a short jum per to
make it 14-10. M cCabe got a
steal and lay-in and hit a jumper
from the free throw line, while
Brian Rust made a lay-in on a
pass from Matheny to make it 20-
12. The Rockets came back to
take a 22-21 lead before McCabe
had a steal and lay-in and Norton
hit a jum per at the buzzer to give
the Mustangs a 25-22 lead after
one.
M cC abe scored o ff a
rebound and Rust drove the
baseline for a lay-in to open the
second. After four points by the
Rockets, Brad Adams made one
o f two free throws, Matheny hit
a three-pointer and McCabe fed
. Norton for a lay-in to make it 35-
26.
The Rockets w ouldn’t quit
th o u g h as they scored four
straight. Rust hit a lay-in on an
assist from M cCabe but back
came the Rockets as they tied it
at 37-37 late in the second
quarter. After a Rocket miss as
time was running out, McCabe
heaved a prayer from about 65
feet that sw ished through the
basket as the buzzer went off to
give the Mustangs a 40-37 lead
at halftime.
M cCabe opened the third
with a steal and lay-in and a
rebound basket, but the Rockets
came back to get within 44-43.
By Rick Paullus
Rust hit a jumper but the Rockets
hit a three-pointer for a 46-46 tie.
Norton came back to hit a short
jum per and a lay-in on a pass
from McCabe, who hit a baseline
jumper and scored off a drive, but
the Rockets kept up, tying the
game at 54-54. McCabe scored
off a rebound and Rust fed Norton
twice for baskets as the Mustangs
took a 60-56 lead into the fourth
quarter.
Rust hit two free throws to
open the fourth and, a fte r a
Rocket three-pointer, McCabe hit
a long jum per and Matheny hit a
short jum per to make it 66-59.
Adams scored and Matheny fed
Norton on the fast break to make
it 70-61, but McCabe went down
with an ankle injury. Matheny hit
a running jum per and N orton
scored on a rebound to make it
74-64 with 3:10 left. The Rockets
scored four straight, but that was
the end o f their scoring. Norton
made one o f two free throws, then
scored o ff a pass from McCabe,
who returned for a short while
from his injury. Norton scored off
a pass from Matheny to make it
79-68 with 1:00 left, then hit
another free throw and scored on
a tip-in as time ran out.
M cCabe finished w ith 30
points, on 14 of 15 shooting, had
eight rebounds, seven assists and
four steals. N orton added 28
points, hitting 13 o f 19 shots, and
grabbed 11 rebounds and two
steals. Matheny added 11 points,
four rebounds, four steals and
three assists. Rust had 10 points,
four rebounds and two assists.
Adams had seven rebounds, two
assists and two steals.
Statistics
Heppner: 25 15 20 22 - 82
Pilot Rock: 22 15 19 1 2 - 6 8
Heppner-M ichael McCabe
14 1-2 30, David Norton 13 2-4
28, Stefan Matheny 5 0-0 11, Brian
Rust 4 2-3 10, Brad Adams 1 1-2
3, Kevin Drake 0 0-1 0, Josh
Winters, Sam VanLiew. 37 6-12
82. T hree-pointers: M cCabe,
Matheny.
Pilot Rock-Harrison 8 5-7 24,
Sampson 7 4-5 20, Perry 5 1-2
11, Stelk 3 0-0 7, Christensen 2
0-0 4, Wallis 1 0-0 2, Waite. 26
10-14 68. T h r e e - p o in te rs :
Harrison (3), Sampson (2), Stelk.
By Rick Paullus
4 C* team boys win final games
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner M ustang 'C '
team boys won their final game
o f the year, 50-42, o v er the
Riverside Pirates on Thursday,
Feb. 14, in H eppner. The
M ustangs, coached by Jay
Papineau, finished the year with
a record o f 10 and 7.
The Mustangs jumped out to
a big lead in the first quarter,
getting six points from Zack
Skaggs and three points from
A aron G riffith , w hile Josh
G utierrez hit five o f six free
throws, as the team settled for a
16-11 lead.
Skaggs scored six more in the
second as the Mustangs built their
lead to 31-20 at halftime. The
Pirates rallied in the third, getting
to within 35-34 going into the
fourth, but the Mustangs came
back, getting three points each
from Griffith, Gutierrez and Judd
Lemmon and rebounding from
Matt Young to pull away for the
win.
Skaggs led the Mustangs w ith
The Heppner Mustang varsity
girls ended their Columbia Basin
Conference season with a 45-39
win over the visiting Wahtonka
Eagles on Friday, Feb. 15. The
Mustangs finished the season in
fourth place with an 8 and 6
record and improved their overall
record to 12 and 10 heading into
the 2-A District Tournament this
weekend.
The Mustangs started out hot
as Jodie Carlson made a lay-in and
Brett Barber hit a jumper. After a
three-point play by the Eagles,
Meghan Bailey and Barber each
hit running jumpers to make it 8-
3. The Eagles came back with four
straight points before Tylynn
Smith hit one o f two free throws.
After an Eagle free throw, Kelsey
Greenup scored o ff a rebound.
The Eagles scored at the buzzer
to get within 11-10 after one.
Smith scored o ff an assist
from Barber, Stefanie Hanson hit
one o f two free throws, Shanna
Rietmann scored on a rebound
basket, Brooke Rust scored off
an a ssist from B arber and
Greenup hit a free throw to make
it 19-10. The Eagles scored four
straight points before Bailey
scored off a pass from Rietmann
while another basket by the Eagles
made it 21-16 at halftime.
T he M u stan g s cam e out
running to start the third as Barber
got a steal and lay-in, Rietmann
had a lay-in and Barber hit a
three-pointer. A fter an Eagle
basket, Greenup scored o ff an
assist from Bailey to make it 30-
18. B arber hit another three-
pointer and fed Rietmann for a
lay-in to make it 35-22. The
Eagles came back with six straight
points before Barber hit a jumper
to make it 37-28. The Eagles
scored to end the third and to open
the fourth to get within 37-32.
B arber fed Rietm ann and
Rust for lay-ins to make it 41-33,
but back came the Eagles to get
within 41-37. Carlson put the
game away with a lay-in from
Barber and a steal and lay-in to
make it 45-37 and, after the Eagles
hit two free throw s late, the game
ended with the Mustangs on top,
45-39.
Barber led the way with 14
points, six assists, three steals and
four rebounds. Rietmann scored
eight points, grabbed 12 rebounds
and had two assists. Carlson had
six points, four rebounds and two
steals. Smith had five rebounds
and Greenup, four.
Statistics
Wahtonka: 10 6 14 9 - 39
Heppner: 11 10 16 8 - 45
W ahtonka-Eagy 6 3-7 15,
West 4 0-0 8, La. Lick 1 4-4 6,
Lewis 2 1-15, Li. Lick 1 2-4 4,
Gonzales 0 1-3 1. 14 11-19 39.
Three-pointers: none.
Heppner-Brett Barber 6 0-0
14, Shanna Rietmann 4 0-1 8, Jodie
Carlson 3 0-0 6, Kelsey Greenup
2 1-2 5, Meghan Bailey 2 0-2 4,
Brooke Rust 2 0-0 4, Tylynn Smith
1 1-6 3, Stefanie Hanson 0 1-21,
Jesse Kempas, Madison Bailey.
20 3-13 45. T h re e-p o in te rs:
Barber (2).
M ustang girls down Tigerscots
in seeding gam e
By Rick Paullus
T he H ep p n e r M ustang
varsity girls beat the W eston-
McEwen Tigerscots, 41-37, on
Saturday, Feb. 16, in Hermiston
to get the number-four seed going
into the 2A District Tournament
in P en d leto n on F riday and
Saturday, Feb. 22-23. Both teams
ended the CBC season with 8 and
6 records and had defeated each
other once. With the loss, the
Tigerscots will play second place
S herm an C ou n ty at 1:30 on
F riday, Feb. 22, w hile the
Mustangs will play the third place
Umatilla Vikings on Friday at 7
p.m. The M ustangs improved
their overall record to 13 and 10.
Mustangs were unable to regain
In the game on Saturday, the
the lead, losing 53-51.
Mustangs
fell behind early, but
Smith led the Mustangs with
came
back
as Jodie Carlson made
13 points, with Winters adding 10
tw
o
free
th ro w s, S hanna
points and Murray, eight. Adams
Rietmann scored o ff an assist
and B o te fu h r each had five
from Jesse Kem pas and Brett
points.
Barber made a lay-in to make it
Statistics
6-2. The Tigerscots came back to
Wahtonka: 11 17 14 11 - 53
take a 7-6 lead, but Barber made
Heppner: 18 10 12 11 - 51
a lay-in and Kelsey Greenup hit a
Wahtonka-Alvarez 6 1-4 14,
Darate 3 2-4 8, Despain 2 0-0 4, jumper to give the Mustangs back
the lead. After two free throws
Jones 3 0-0 7, Kroi 2 0-0 4, Young
by the T ig e rsc o ts, S te fa n ie
2 0-0 4 ,0 ’Halloran 2 0-0 4, Farris
Hanson hit a jumper at the buzzer
2 0-0 4, Alvaredo 1 0-0 2, Brooke
to
make it 12-9.
1 0-0 2.24 3-8 53. Three-pointers:
The Tigerscots scored to open
Alvarez, Jones.
the
second,
but Carlson made a
Heppner-Brian Smith 5 3-4
free
throw
, T ylynn S m ith
13, Josh Winters 5 0-0 10, Luke
rebounded
the
missed second free
Murray 4 0-1 8, Donald Adams 1
throw and put it back in. Barber
3-4 5, Justin Botefuhr 2 1-2 5,
made two o f four free throws and
Conor Kilkenny 1 2-2 4, Tanner
Smith hit a short jum per to make
Britt 1 0-0 2, Doug Orwick 1 0-0
it 19-11. B arber hit a three-
2, Brandon Seitz 1 0-0 2, Kyler
pointer to make it 22-12, but the
Lovgren, Brian Haguewood. 21
Tigerscots scored eight straight
9-13 51. Three-pointers: none.
points before Meghan Bailey hit
a three-pointer at the buzzer to
make it 25-20 at halftime.
The Tigerscots opened the
third with four straight points
14 points, with Griffith adding nine
before Carlson came back with a
p o in ts and G u tie rre z , eight.
jum
per and a lay-in off an assist
Lemmon and Adam Wight each
from
Rietmann to make it 29-24.
added five points.
Bailey
hit a turn-around jumper
Statistics
and Barber fed Kempas for a lay-
Riverside: 11 9 14 8 - 42
in to m ake it 33-26. The
Heppner: 16 15 4 15 - 50
Tigerscots hit a three-pointer at
Riverside-Griffin 5 1-5 11,
Pritchard 3 4-9 10, Parker 3 0 -1 the buzzer to get within 33-29
going into the fourth.
7, Carranza 3 1-3 7, Wedding I
The teams traded baskets in
0- 0 3, Imus 1 0-0 2, Orozco 1 0-0
the fourth as Smith hit two free
2, Johnson, Krick. 17 6-18 42.
throw s, Bailey hit a jumper from
Three-pointers: Parker, Wedding.
the baseline then hit a three-
Heppner-Zack Skaggs 5 4-8
pointer to make it 40-33, but the
14, Aaron Griffith 3 3-6 9, Josh
Gutierrez I 6-9 8, Adam Wight 2 T igerscots cam e back to get
1- 2 5, Judd Lemmon 21-25, Darin within 40-37 late in the game.
Madison Bailey made one of two
Skaggs I 2-64, Kyle Huddleston
free throw s with :09 left and
I 1 -2 3, Matt Young 0 I -4 1, Kiel
Barber stole a long pass and ran
Naims 01-21, Robert McElligott.
out the clock, giv ing the Mustangs
15 20-41 50. Three-pointers:
the win.
none.
M eghan B ailey led the
Mustangs
with 10 points and three
We Print
rebounds, w ith Barber adding nine
Computer Forms points, seven rebounds, three
assists and two steals. Carlson
H eppner G azette-T im es
had seven points and Smith, six
6 7 6 -9 2 2 8
p o in ts and seven reb o u n d s.
JV boys end season with loss
The H eppner M ustang JV
boys ended their season with a
loss to the Wahtonka Eagles, 53-
51, on Friday, Feb. 15, in Heppner.
The Mustangs, coached by Ken
| Eckman, ended their season with
a 14 and 4 record.
The M ustangs had things
going for them in the first quarter,
building a big lead behind four
points each from Luke Murray
and Josh Winters, and three points
each from Justin Botefuhr and
Brian Smith, to eventually lead
18-11 after one. Winters had four
points in the second, but the
Eagles came back to tie the game
at 28-28 going into halftime.
Smith scored six points in the
third and Conor Kilkenny, four, but
the Eagles took a 42-20 lead after
three. Smith had four points and
Donald Adams hit three o f four
free throws in the fourth, but the
M ustang girls dow n E agles
Greenup and Hanson had three
rebounds each.
Statistics
Heppner: 12 13 8 8 - 41
Weston-McEwen: 9 11 9 8 -
37
Heppner-Meghan Bailey 4 0-
0 10, Brett Barber 3 2-5 9, Jodie
Carlson 2 3-4 7, Tylynn Smith 2
2-2 6, Kelsey Greenup 1 0-0 2,
Jesse Kempas 1 0-0 2, Stefanie
Hanson 1 0-02, Shanna Rietmann
1 0-0 2, Madison Bailey 0 1-21,
Brooke Rust. 15 8-3 41. Three-
pointers: M eghan Bailey (2),
Barber.
Weston-McEwen-Winn 4 1-
5 9, Bennett 3 0-2 8, Johnson 2 2-
4 7, Parades 2 1-2 5, Darlene
Thompson 2 0-0 4, Kyles I 0-0 2,
S c h o o n o v e r 1 0-0 2, D arcy
T ho m p so n 0 0-2 0, Todd,
Peterson. 15 4-15 37. Three-
pointers: Bennett (2), Johnson.
JV boys fall to
Pilot Rock
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner M ustang JV
boys came up short at Pilot Rock
on Tuesday. Feb. 12, losing to the
Rockets, 55-47. The Mustangs'
record dropped to 14 and 3 on the
year with the loss.
The M ustangs fell behind
early but three points from Doug
Orwick and a long jumper from
Kyler Lovgren at the buzzer got
them to within 13-11 after one.
Brian Smith scored six points in
the second, but the Rockets took
a 26-22 lead at halftime.
The Rockets extended their
lead to 40-31 after three, despite
five points from Brandon Seitz.
The Mustangs rallied behind six
points each from Smith and Josh
Winters to get w ithin 49-45 with
1:45 left, but that was as close as
they would get as the Rockets
would hit enough free throws to
get the win.
Smith led the Mustangs in
sco rin g w ith 14 points, with
Winters and Luke Murray each
adding eight points.
Statistics
Heppner: II II 9 1 6 - 4 7
Pilot Rock: 13 13 14 15 - 55
Heppner-Brian Smith 7 0-0
14, Josh Winters 4 0-0 8. Luke
Murray 4 0-3 8. Brandon Seitz 2
1-2 5, Justin Botefuhr I 2-2 4,
Kyler Lovgren I 1-2 3, Doug
O rw ick 0 3-4 3, B rian
H aguew ood 1 0-0 2, D onald
Adams, Tanner Britt. 20 7-13 47.
Three-pointers: none.
Pilot Rock-Anderson 5 6-7
20, Perrine 3 2-5 8, Krosting 3 0-
2 6, Doherty 2 2-2 6, Golden 1 2-
4 5, Mills 2 0-0 4, Ellis I 0-0 2,
Christensen 1 0-0 2, Gillespie 1 0-
0 2. 19 12-20 55. Three-pointers:
Anderson (4), Golden.
Mustangs end season with blowout
By Rick Paullus
A 41 - 15 halftime lead carried
the Heppner Mustang varsity
boys to a 74-37 win over the
Wahtonka Eagles on Friday, Feb.
15, in the final regular season
gam e.
T he
six th -ran k ed
Mustangs ended the Columbia
Basin Conference season in first
place w ith a 13 and 1 record and
improved their overall record to
20 and 2.
By winning the conference
cham pionship, the M ustangs
advance straight to the OSAA
State 2A Tournament Feb. 26
through March 2. The Mustangs
will play the West Valley League’s
number-two team at 4:30 p.m. on
Tuesday, Feb. 26, at the Pendleton
Convention Center.
The game marked the final
home game for seniors Stefan
Matheny, Brian Rust, Michael
McCabe, Sam VanLiew, Kevin
Drake and David Norton.
The game started out weU as
Stefan M atheny and M ichael
McCabe scored on drives to the
basket and Sam VanLiew hit a
free throw, but the Eagles came
back to take a 7-5 lead. It was
short-lived though, as Brian Rust
hit a rebound basket, McCabe
scored o ff a pass from David
Norton, then Matheny hit a three-
pointer, a running jum per and
another three-pointer to make it
17-7. Norton hit a jumper from
the free throw line at the buzzer
to make it 20-11 after one.
VanLiew hit a lay-in on
M cCabe’s assist and, after an
Eagle basket, the Mustangs went
on a big run. McCabe fed Norton
for a lay-in, then scored off a
drive, Norton hit a long jumper,
Rust hit a three-pointer, Matheny
hit a running jumper, then fed
McCabe and Rust for lay-ins.
McCabe fed Matheny for a lay-
in, then a long jumper and the
Mustangs led 41-13. A basket by
the Eagles to end the second made
it 41-15 at halftime.
Norton hit a long jumper to
open the third and a running
jumper by Matheny made it 45-
16, but the Eagles came back w ith
six stra ig h t p o in ts. N o rto n
com pleted a three-point play,
while Brad A dam s hit K evin
Drake for a lay-in and a jum per
to make it 52-22. Rust scored o ff
an assist from M cC abe and
VanLiew hit a jum per to end the
third with the Mustangs leading
57-28.
McCabe fed VanLiew for a
lay-in then hit a running jum per
and Adams hit two free throws
to open the fourth. Adams scored
off a drive along the baseline and
hit a rebound basket to make it
67-30. VanLiew hit a free throw
and Josh Winters hit a lay-in while
Adams made a reverse lay-in o ff
a drive and another rebound
basket to make the final 74-37.
Matheny led the M ustangs
with 18 points on nine o f 14
shooting before fouling out early
in the third quarter. He also had
three assists and tw o ste a ls.
M cCabe had 12 p o in ts, five
assists, five rebounds and two
steals. Adams scored 12 points on
five of 10 shooting and grabbed
11 rebounds. Norton hit six o f
nine shots for 11 points and
grabbed 11 rebounds. Rust hit
four of five for nine points and
had two steals. VanLiew had eight
points and two steals. Drake had
five rebounds.
Statistics
Wahtonka: 11 4 13 9 - 3 7
Heppner: 20 21 16 17 - 74
Wahtonka-Velador 3 3-5 11,
Ruggles 3 2-2 8, Foster 2 1-2 6,
Campos 1 2-4 4, Evans 2 0-0 4.
Leibrandt 0 2-2 2, Gray 1 0-0 2.
12 10-15 37. Three-pointers:
Velador (2), Foster.
Heppner-Stefan Matheny 8
0-0 18, Michael McCabe 5 2-6 12,
Brad Adams 5 2-2 12, David
Norton 5 1-1 11, Brian Rust 4 0-0
9, Sam VanLiew 3 2-6 8, Kevin
Drake 1 0-4 2, Josh Winters 1 0-
0 2. Donald Adams, Luke Murray.
32 7-19 74. T h ree-p o in ters:
Matheny (2), Rust.
JV girls blow out Eagles to end season
By Rick Paullus
A big first half helped the
Heppner Mustang JV girls to a
65-24 w in o v er the v isitin g
Wahtonka Eagles on Friday, Feb.
15. The Mustangs, coached by
Ron Brisbois, ended their season
with a 14 and 5 record.
T he M ustangs got eight
points from Chelsea Britt, three
from Linsey Mitchell and a three-
pointer Nikki Sisk as they took a
20-3 lead after one. Brooke Rust
scored eight points, Britt, four, and
Sisk hit another three-pointer as
they built their lead to 37-5 at
halftime.
Sisk hit another three-pointer
in the third as the M ustangs
extended their lead to 56-11 after
three and M arcy M iller and
Mitchell each added four points
as the Mustangs coasted to the
65-24 win.
Britt finished with 14 points,
four rebounds and four steals.
Rust scored 12 points, had four
rebounds and three steals Miller
had 10 points and four rebounds,
while Sisk hit all three o f three-
point attempts and finished with
nine points. Mitchell had eight
points, four rebounds, four steals
and four assists. Madison Bailey
had four rebounds, four assists and
four steals. Stefanie Hanson had
four assists and two steals. Blair
Keith ley had five rebounds.
Statistics
Wahtonka: 3 2 6 13 - 24
Heppner: 20 17 19 9 - 65
Wahtonka-Campos4 2-4 10,
Harmon 3 0-2 7, Aguire 2 0-0 4,
Washington 1 0-0 2, Terrell 0 1-2
1, Zabel, Rocha. 10 3-8 24.
Three-pointer: Harmon.
Heppner-Chelsea Britt 7 0-0
14, Brooke Rust 6 0-0 12, Marcy
Miller 5 0-0 10, Nikki Sisk 3 0-0
9, Linsey M itchell 3 2-4 8,
Madison Bailey 1 2-2 4, Blair
Keithley 2 0-0 4, Stefanie Hanson
I 0-2 2, Chantea Macaulay 0 2-2
2. 28 6-10 65. Three-pointers:
Sisk (3).
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