Mustangs end season with two losses at state
Local man to cut
long locks, donate
to charities
Rick Drake (before photo)
Story and photo by Debbie Harper
Mustang Cheerleaders support their team at State
CBC all-stars named
(l-r) Brian Rust, Stefan Matheny and Michael McCabe wait fur rebound in state playoff game photo by Molly Rhea
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner Mustang boys’
basketball team ended a very
successful season with two losses
at the OSAA-U.S. Bank State
2A Basketball Championships in
Pendleton. They lost to the
Westside Christian Eagles, 71 -50,
on Tuesday, Feb. 26, and to the
Joseph Eagles, 74-64, on
Wednesday, Feb. 27, to end the
year with a fine 20 and 4 record.
Six Mustangs played their
final game as seniors. Michael
McCabe, Stefan Matheny, David
Norton, Brian Rust, Kevin Drake
and Sam VanLiew ended their
high school careers that started
with Colt basketball. The team
was coached by Chuck Matteson.
The Mustangs stayed with
W estside C hristian early as
M ichael McCabe fed David
Norton for a lay-in and made four
free throws for a 6-6 tie, but the
Eagles scored nine straight before
Brad Adams scored on a rebound
basket to end the first with the
Eagles leading, 15-8.
Brian Rust made two free
throws to open the second, but the
Eagles scored six straight to
increase their lead to 21 - 10 .
M cCabe scored o ff 9 drive,
Norton hit a free throw and Kevin
Drake hit a three-pointer to get
the Mustangs within 23-16, but the
Mustangs scored five straight
points. Stefan Matheny scored,
but the Eagles took a 30-18 lead
into the locker room. The
Mustangs hit seven of eight free
throws in the first half, but the
Eagles were better, hitting 12 of
13 from the charity stripe.
The Eagles came out flying
in the third as the Mustangs got a
lay-in from McCabe but fell
behind, 46-20, before Matheny hit
a three-pointer. Norton converted
a three point play and scored off
a rebound to close out the third
with the Eagles leading, 48-28.
McCabe hit a baseline jumper
to open the fourth, Rust hit a
jumper and Matheny made one of
two free throws and a three-
pointer, but the Eagles still led. 54-
36. McCabe hit a jumper, Drake
hit a three-pointer, Matheny hit a
running jumper and Rust scored
off a steal by McCabe to make it
62-45 and McCabe hit a three-
pointer to get the Mustangs within
64-48 with 3:00 left. The Eagles
came back with four straight
points. Brian Smith scored off a
rebound and the Eagles hit a
three-pointer to close out the
scoring.
McCabe finished with 15
points, while Matheny added 11
points and five steals. Norton had
eight points, six rebounds and two
assists. Rust had six points, five
rebounds and two assists. Drake
hit both three-point attempts for
six points. Adams had nine
rebounds, Seven o f them
offensive.
The Mustangs hit nine of 11
free throws for the game, but the
Eagles hit 19 of 22.
Statistics
Westside Christian: 15 15 18
23 - 71
Heppner: 8 10 10 22 - 50
Westside Christian-Churchill
7-14 5-5 20, Kappler 8-14 1-2 17,
Steputis 3-7 7-7 13, Thomas 2-2
2-3 6 , Stokes 3-4 0-0 6 . Baretich
1-3 2-2 4, Smith 1-10-0 3. Weber
0-1 2-2 2, Hawkins 0-1 0-1 0.
Richards 0 -1 0-0 0, Ellerbrook 0-
1 0-0 0, Friesen 0-0 0-0 0. 25-49
19-22 71. Three-pointers:
Churchill, Smith.
Heppner-Michael McCabe
5-15 4-4 15, Stefan Matheny 4-
15 1-2 11, David Norton 3-8 2-3
8 , Brian Rust 2-5 2-2 6 , Kevin
Drake 2-3 0-0 6 , Brad Adams 1 -
6 0-0 2, Brian Smith 1-2 0-0 2,
Sam VanLiew 0-1 0-0 0, Luke
Murray 0-1 0-0 0, Donald Adams
0-0 0-0 0, Josh Winters 0-0 0-0 0,
Tanner Britt 0-0 0-0 0. 18-56 9-
11 50. Three-pointers: Matheny
(2), Drake (2), McCabe.
The Mustangs dominated the
game against Joseph at times in
the first half, but couldn’t keep
their lead in the fourth quarter.
Norton got the Mustangs on
the board by hitting a short jumper
then Matheny hit a three-pointer,
Norton hit a baseline jumper and
Matheny hit one o f two free
throws to make it 8-2 early.
Norton hit a short jumper off a
drive but the Eagles came back
to get within 10-8 before Matheny
scored off a drive and McCabe
hit a short jumper. McCabe scored
off a drive and Adams hit a lay-
in, but a three point play by the
Eagles narrowed the lead to 18-
12 after one.
Norton scored o ff a pass
from McCabe, Matheny got a
steal and lay-in, Norton scored off
a drive and Rust hit a running
jumper to make it 26-14. McCabe
hit two free throws and Norton
hit one of two but the Eagles came
back to get within 29-22. Norton
hit a lay-in and Matheny hit a
running jumper to make it 33-22.
McCabe scored off a pass from
Rust then fed Norton for a lay-in
to give the Mustangs a 37-28 lead
at halftime.
Joseph scored four straight to
open the third before the teams
began trading baskets as Adams
scored off a long pass, Norton
scored off a drive and Adams
scored off a pass from Matheny
to make it 43-36. Rust hit one of
two free throws, Norton got a
steal and lay-in, Matheny scored
off a drive and McCabe drove the
lane for a lay-in but the Eagles
hit a three-pointer at the buzzer
to narrow the Mustangs’ lead to
52- 48 going into the fourth.
The Eagles scored for first
five points of the fourth to take a
5 3 - 52 lead before M atheny
scored to give the Mustangs back
the lead. The Eagles came back
with four straight before Matheny
hit one of two free throws and
Norton hit a short jumper off a
drive to tie it at 57-57 with 4:30
left.
The Eagles took a three point
lead but Drake came back with a
three point play to tie it again at
60-60 with 3:37 left. After an
Eagle basket, McCabe tied it up
again with a drive and lay-in and
after two free throws by Joseph,
Norton hit one of two free throws
to make it 64-63 with 2:10 left.
The Eagles then outscored the
Mustangs, 10-1, down the stretch
to take the win.
Norton hit 11 of 14 shots for
24 points, pulled down six
rebounds, had three steals and two
blocked shots. Matheny added 15
points, three assists and two
steals. McCabe was also in double
figures, with 12 points, four
rebounds, four steals, and three
assists. Rust had seven rebounds,
five assists and four steals.
Adams hit all thret^ of his shots
for six points.
The Mustangs hit only nine of
22 free throws compared to 25
of 34 for the Eagles, who also out-
rebounded the Mustangs 40 to 25.
Statistics
Heppner: 18 19 15 12 - 64
Joseph: 12 16 20 26 - 74
Heppner-Norton 11-14 2-6
24, Matheny 6-17 2-4 15, McCabe
5-14 2-5 12, B. Adams 3-3 0-0 6 ,
Rust 1-6 2-4 4, Drake 1-2 1-3 3,
VanLiew 0-1 0-0 0, Winters 0-0
0-0 0, D. Adams 0-0 0-0 0, Britt,
Murray, Smith. 27-57 9-22 64.
Three-pointer: Matheny.
Joseph-Wells 9-13 6-7 24,
Cole Lathrop 6-7 5-7 17, Stroup
4-8 5-8 13, Nall 3-6 5-7 12,
Stubblefield 2-10 4-5 8 , Cody
Lathrop 0-2 0-0 0. 24-46 25-34
74. Three-pointer: Nall.
Photo by Dana Reid
Left to right: back-David Norton, Michael McCabe. Stefan Matheny, Brian
Rust; front-Vleghan Bailey, Lacey Matteson. Not pictured is Brett Barber.
Heppner High School girls’ and boys’ Columbia Basin Conference
all-stars have been selected.
Seniors Stefan Matheny. Michael McCabe and David Norton
were selected for the boys' first team. Senior Brian Rust received
honorable mention.
Junior Lacey Matteson was chosen for the girls’ first team,
with seniors Meghan Bailey and Brett Barber named honorable
mention.
Local AAU team takes first in tournament
Leonard Foundation to
award scholarships
Symphony, Singers to
Perform on St.
Patrick’s Day
The Willow Creek Sy mphony
and the Willow Creek Singers will
perform on Sunday, March 17, at
3 p.m. at the Heppner Elementary
School gym. The concert is free
to the public and is sponsored by
the Morrow County Unified
Recreation District. It is also
supported by donations from the
Morrow County Commission on
C hildren and Fam ilies, the
Herbert A. Templeton Foundation
and Central Red Apple Market.
Photo by Theresa Hams
Left to right: Back-Coach Steve Brown, Kyle Carlson. Tyler Brown, Kelly
Thompson, Kyle Palmateer, Jason Snow ; Front-Paul Hams. Alan Rietmann.
Justin Archer
The lone eighth grade AAU
team won their pool play and
collected championship medals at
the LaGrande “shoot out” on Feb.
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All those people who
have been waiting for Rick
Drake to cut his hair, the time has
come. Rick, who lives in
Heppner, has decided to donate
his cut hair to the Locks of Love
organization and he’s auctioning
off the cutting privilege to the
highest bidder at the annual St.
Patrick's auction Friday, March
15, at 7 p.m.
Half the money from
the winning donation w ill be given
to Locks of Love and half to the
St. P atrick’s auction. Kay
Fowler, auction co-chair and
owner and operator of the Hair
Expressions hair salon, will braid
the hair and the winner can cut
it. Then he or she gets to have
the clippers and style Rick’s
shorn locks in any way they see
fit. He has agreed to wear the
results the rest of the evening.
Rick decided to cut his hair be
cause he wanted to help a friend
quit smoking. Rick agreed if his
friend, Dave Peterson of Ruggs,
would quit, Rick would cut the
hair he’d been growing for over
four years. The friend has been
smoke free for over five weeks
now . Rick said that Locks of Love
seemed a good place for the hair.
Locks of Love is a non-profit or
ganization that provides hair
pieces to children in need who
have lost their hair from long-term
medical treatm ent. Several
people in Heppner have already
donated their hair. People want
ing more information about Locks
o f Love can find it on-line at
www.locksofiove.org. People
wanting more information about
the auction or w anting to donate
items can contact Kay Fowler or
Ann Murray
23-24. They beat the LaGrande.
Mission and Enterprise teams.
The lone team was coached
h\ Steven Brow n, lone. The team
consisted o f Kelly Thompson.
Tyler Brown. Kyle Palmateer,
Jason Snow. Kyle Carlson, Alan
Rietmann. Justin Archer and Paul
Hams.
Tvler Brown w as selected as
MVR
School district invites
scholarship applications
The Morrow County School
D istrict is again accepting
applications from high school
seniors for the Carl W. Troedson
Grant Scholarship and former
Troedson Grant Scholarship
recipients.
Applications are available for
high school seniors through the
counselors at Heppner High
School, lone High School and
Riverside
High
School.
Applications are available for
form er
Troedson
G rant
Scholarship recipients through the
School D istrict O ffice in
Lexington.
Deadline
for
application m aterials to be
returned is Friday, April 19.
Contact the above listed schools
for scholarship information.
The Red and Gena Leonard
Foundation
will
award
scholarships to students who
have graduated or obtained a
GED from Arlington, Boardman,
Condon. Echo, Fossil, Heppner,
Hermiston, lone. Monument,
Pendleton. Pilot Rock. Spray,
Stanfield, Ukiah or Umatilla high
schools. Students must attend an
accredited college, university,
community college, vocational,
trade or technical program based
in Oregon.
It is the intent of the Red and
Gena Leonard Foundation to
benefit average students of good
character with poor financial
circumstances w ho have a desire
to seek further educational
opportunities, but due to their lack
of scholastic performance, their
ability to receive scholarships
may be limited. In the selection
process, priority w ill be given to
students who are not at the top
academ ically; have limited
financial resources; show the
ability to be or become upstanding
citizens; and have an interest in
a blue-collar trade.
The Red and Gena Leonard
Foundation awarded scholarships
to 19 local area students totaling
$38,000 for the 2001-2002
academic year.
A pplications may be
obtained from school counselors
or by contacting Tracy Gammell,
564-9177. Deadline to submit
applications is Friday, March 15.
For more information contact
Tracy G am m ell, Executive
D irector, P.O. Box 1024,
Hermiston. OR 97838 or (541)
564-9177.
Filing deadline March 12
The filing deadline for
Morrow County Commissioner
and Morrow County District
Attorney positions is Tuesday,
March 12.