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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 1, 2003 - THREE Mustang girls rally past Eagles Mustang girls take third By Rick Paullus After falling behind in the first q u a rte r, the H ep p n er Mustang girls’ varsity exploded past the Hood River Valley Eagles J V girls 61 -37 on Saturday, Dec. 28 to improve to 3-5 on the year. The M ustangs outscored the Eagles 42-19 in the second and third quarters using their press to frustrate the Eagles into numerous turnovers. The Mustangs have two non-league games remaining before beginning the Columbia Basin Conference at Weston- McEwen on Friday, Jan. 10 and at home against Stanfield on Saturday, Jan. 11. Stefanie Hanson scored first for the Mustangs on a pass from Lacey Matteson but the Eagles came back to take a 6-2 lead. Matteson tied on a lay-in ¡on a pass from Madison Bailey and two free throws. The Eagles came back with two free throws •but the Mustangs came back to take a 10-8 lead after one, on a free throw from Chelsea Britt and a three-point play by Matteson. A fter M atteson hit a short jum per to open the second quarter the Eagles got to within 12-11 but the Mustangs came back with a 20-4 run to end the half with a 32-15 lead. Matteson scored off a drive, Bailey made a free throw and a rebound basket. Jesse Kempas hit a 3- pointer, Nikki Sisk made a free throw and Matteson hit two free throw s and tw o lay-ins and Kempas hit another 3-pointer to end the quarter. The Mustangs didn’t let up in the third as Tylynn Smith hit a jum per, Kempas hit a long jum per, Sm ith scored o ff a rebound and hit a lay-in on a pass from K em pas, Hanson made a lay-in and Kempas hit another 3-pointer to make it 45- 19. Britt scored o ff a pass from Sisk and hit two free throws and Smith hit a long 3-pointer at the buzzer to give the Mustangs a comfortable 52-27 lead going into the fourth. S m ith sc o re d o f f a rebound, Hanson hit two free throw s, Matteson hit a jum per and Britt made a free throw and scored at the buzzer to make the final 61-37. M atte so n led th e Mustangs with 21 points, five rebounds, four steals and two assists. Kempas had 11 points, five rebounds and two assists. Smith had 11 points and six rebounds. Britt had eight points and four rebounds and Hanson had six points, four steals and tw o assists. Bailey had five rebounds, four steals and two assists, while Susan Southworth had five rebounds and Sisk had four rebounds. Heppner 1022 20 9-61 Hood River 8 7 12 10- 37 H eppner: L acey M a tte so n 8 5-7 2 1 , Jesse Kempas 40-011, Tylynn Smith 5 0-5 11, Chelsea Britt 2 4-7 8, S te fa n ie H an so n 2 2-3 6, Madison Bailey 1 1-2 3, Nikki S isk 0 1-3 1 an d S usan Southworth. Team: 22 13-27 61 3-pt.: Kempas 3 and Smith. Hood River Valley: Drapes 8 2-2 18, Flem 4 1-2 9, Delepine 2 0-2 4, Monahan 0 2- 2 2, Munoz 1 0-02, Flory 1 0-0 2, Herman 0 0-2 0, Elliott 0 0-1 0 and Pritchett. Team: 16 5-11 37 3-pt.: none Mustang JV girls rally to beat Cardinals By Rick Paullus Trailing 11 -6 after the first quarter, the Heppner Mustang J V girls outscored lone 25-10 in the second and third quarters to beat th e C a rd in a ls 37-31 on Thursday, Dec. 19 in lone. The Mustangs, now 3-2 on the year will play Riverside in Boardman on Friday, Jan. 3 at 3 p.m. and against the Hermiston Frosh on Monday, Jan. 6. The Mustangs got four points from Blair Keithley in the first but still tra ile d 11-6. However, they outscored the Cardinals 12-2 in the second ■getting six points from Lindsey Mitchell to take an 18-13 halftime lead. M itch ell and Lynan Bingham each had four points in the th ird as th e M u stan g s extended their lead to 31 -21 after three and got four points from Laurie Murray in the fourth as they held off the Cardinals. Mitchell led the mustangs with 10 points and had three assists w hile M urray added seven points and five rebounds. Keithley had six points, seven rebounds and two assists, Terra Wilson had four rebounds, two assists and two steals, Katie Britt had three assists and two steals and Heather Yocom had two steals and two assists. Heppner 6 12 13 6-37 lone 11 2 8 10-31 H eppner: L in d se y Mitchell 50-010, Laurie Murray 3 1-2 7, Blair Keithley 3 0-16, Lynan Bingham 2 0-1 4, Terra Wilson 1 1-43, Heather Yocom I 1-1 3, Tiffany Piper 1 0-0 2, K atie B ritt 1 0-0 2, K rystal N airns, Amy Jepsen, K rista H e n d ric k s an d C h e lse y Betsinger. Team: 17 3-8 37 3- pt.: none lone: Grams 6 2-7 14, Griffith 2 0-0 5, Rietmann 2 0-2 4, Key 1 0-0 2, Chitty 1 0-0 2, Morris 1 0-2 2, Baker 1 0-0 2, Bailey and Emery. Team: 142- II 31 3-pt.: Griffith. ^ TRANE It's Hard To Stop A Trane! MUTINO ANI COOLING UC "If great sen/ice u)as a thing of the past... No one told us!" S ervice Y our Unit 10% O FF 20 P O IN T CHECK S e rv ic in g A ll B r a n d s Oil, G as, E lectric Offer expires 2/28/03 Eclipse Heating and Cooling LLC G ood People — G reat Service 80907 Highway 395 N. Hermiston, OR 97838 (next to the Court Club) Telephone: ( 541 ) 564-1031 Fax: Locally Owned and Operated by: Jay Winters Terry Hall Ty Zeller (541) 567-1606 CCB# 150403 By Rick Paullus After a heart-breaking loss on a last second bucket to the Klickitat Vandals on Friday, Dec. 20, the Heppner Mustang girls’ varsity came back with a convincing 53-36 win over the lone C ardinals on Saturday, Dec. 21 to take third place in the S outh M o rro w C o u n ty Tournament in Heppner. The M ustangs (2-5) will play in Riverside on Friday, Jan. 3, and at Hermiston on Monday, Jan. 6 to w rap up the no n -leag u e portion o f their schedule. On F riday night the Mustangs jum ped out to a 7-2 lead on two jump shots by Lacey Matteson, along with a Stefanie Hanson free throw and a lay-in, on a pass from Madison Bailey, from Tylynn Sm ith, but the Vandals came back to take a 9- 7 lead. Brooke Rust hit two free throws and Matteson had a steal and a lay-in but the Vandals tied it at 11 -11 after one. M atteso n h it tw o jum pers and Rust made a free throw but the Vandals still led 19- 16 but Nikki Sisk tied it with a 3-pointer midway through the second quarter. Rust fed Hanson for a lay-in and Matteson hit a 3-pointer but the Vandals came back to lead 25-24 at halftime. The Mustangs came out hot in the third as Smith and Hanson scored o ff rebounds, Matteson scored five straight and Smith hit a short jum per to lead 35-28, but the Vandals closed to with in one at the end o f three. The Vandals took an early lead but C helsea Britt converted a three-point play and Hanson scored o ff a nice pass from Bailey to give the Mustangs a 40-36 lead. The Vandals came back with six straight before Jesse Kempas hit a 3-pointer to give the Mustangs a 43-42 lead. The Vandals made it 47-43 but Rust scored on a rebound then scored o ff a nice pass from Matteson who then fed Britt for a lay-in to give the Mustangs a 49-47 lead with less than two minutes left. The Vandals tied with two free throws with a minute left and scored the game w inner with 10 seconds left. The Mustangs had a chance to tie but turned the ball over as time expired. M atteso n led th e Mustangs with 18 points, 10 rebounds and two assists with Hanson and Rust each had seven points. Smith had six points, Kempas had three steals and Bailey had two assists. The Mustangs got off to a good start against lone with Hanson scoring the first six points and Matteson had a steal and a lay-in to make it 8-4 eventually taking a 9-6 lead after one. T h ey k ep t up the pressure in the second as Britt scored off a rebound and Bailey hit a free throw and a lay-in on a pass from Hanson to up their lead to 14-7. Matteson fed Britt fora lay-in and made two free throws to make it 18-9 but the Cardinals came back with seven straight before Susan Southworth scored off a rebound. The Cardinals got to w ithin one but M atteson scored to give the Mustangs a 22-19 lead at halftime. Smith hit a short jumper on a pass from Hanson to open the third quarter then Kempas hit a 3-pointer. Matteson had a steal and lay-in and Hanson scored off a pass from Kempas to make it 31-21. Matteson scored twice on lay-ins, Britt scored inside and Smith scored off a pass from Bailey to give the Mustangs a 39- 26 lead after three. Smith hit a short jumper and Southworth converted a three-point play to make it 44- 28. Rust hit a short jum per and Britt made a free throw to make it 47-30 and put the game out of reach. The Cardinals scored the next six points but Kempas hit two free throws, Hanson hit two more and Rust scored off a pass from Kempas to end the game w ith the Mustangs winning 53- 36. Matteson led a balanced scoring effort for the Mustangs with 12 points and three steals w ith Hanson scoring 10 points, grabbing 10 rebounds, two steals and two assists. Britt had seven p o in ts and four reb o u n d s, Southworth had six points and eight rebounds, five offensive, Smith had six points and four rebounds and Kempas had five points, four assists and Bailey had two steals. Klickitat 11 14 9 17-51 Heppner 11 13 11 14- 49 Klickitat: Graeme 11 3-8 26, Ramsey 3 6-9 12, Curtis 2 2-4 6, Huwe 1 0-0 3, Schultz 1 0-0 3, Watlamet 0 1-21 and Clack. Team: 18 12-23 51 3-pt.: Graeme, Huwe and Schultz. H eppner: L acey M atteson 8 1-5 18, Stefanie Hanson 3 1-2 7, Brooke Rust 2 3-5 7, Tylynn Smith 3 0-1 6, Chelsea Britt 2 1-1 5, Nikki Sisk 1 0-0 3, Jesse Kempas 1 0-0 3, Susan Southworth 0 0-2 0 and Madison Bailey. Team: 206-16 49 3-pt.: Matteson, Kempas and Sisk. Heppner 9 13 17 14-53 lone 6 13 7 10-36 Heppner: Matteson 5 2-2 12, Hanson 3 4-6 10, Britt 3 1-2 7, S m ith 3 0-2 6, Southworth 2 2-3 6, Kempas 1 2-2 5, Rust 2 0-0 4, Bailey 1 1- 4 3 and Sisk. Team: 20 12-21 53 3-pt.: Kempas. lone: Natalie McElligott 4 3-4 12, Barbara Holland 4 1- 6 9, Diana McElligott 3 2-4 8, Sara Peck 1 1-43, Eva Chitty 1 0-1 2, Jenny Griffith 0 2-4 2, Tracy Griffith 0 0-1 0, Missy Baker, Alyssa Rietmann, Caitlin Orem, Emily Key and Ashly Grams. Team: 13 9-24 36 3-pt.: N. McElligott. Mustang Boys get slow start but still roll over Eagles By Rick Paullus The Heppner Mustang boys’ varsity took aw hile to get going but w hen they did they got past the Hood River Valley Eagle J Vs 63-44 on Saturday, Dec. 28 in Hood River. The Mustangs, now 6-2, have two more non leag u e gam es le ft b efo re beginning C olum bia B asin Conference play at W eston- McEwen on Friday, Jan. 10 and at home against Stanfield on Saturday, Jan. 11. Donald Adams made one o f two free throw s to get the Mustangs on the board and it stayed that way until midway through the qu arter before Adams scored off a pass from Chuy E lguezabal and Luke Murray made two free throws to make it 5-0 before the Eagles finally scored. Brad Adams hit a running jum per and after the Eagles closed to within one, Tanner Britt scored off a pass from Elguezabal to end the first q u arte r w ith the M ustangs leading 9-6. Justin Botefuhr hit a long jum per to open the second and after a three-point play by the Eagles, M urray scored five straight to make it 16-9. Botefuhr and Conor Kilkenny scored off rebounds but the Eagles were within 20-15 before Elguezabal fed Brandon Seitz for a lay-in and sco red o f f a reb o u n d and Kilkenny hit a long jumpier to end the half for a 26-15 lead. Donald Adams scored to op»en the second half and after an Eagle bucket, Botefuhr and Adams each hit two free throws, Elguezabal hit a running jumpier. Botefuhr scored off a rebound and Britt hit a short jum per to make it 38-17. The Eagles came back with two 3-pointers but Elguezabal answ ered with a three and after two more buckets by the Eagles, Kilkenny scored off a rebound to end the third with the Mustangs leading 43-27. The Eagles scored first in the fourth, but the Mustangs came back with a free throw from Murray, a long 3-pointer from Elguezabal. Brad Adams had a rebound basket and D onald Adams made two free throws to make it 51 -29. After an Eagle 3- pointer, the Mustangs w ent on a 10-0 run to put the game away as Brad Adams scored seven straight, Seitz scored o ff a pass from Murray and Britt made one o f tw o free throw s. The Eagles scored twelve straight and Seitz scored at the buzzer to close out the scoring w ith the Mustangs taking the nineteen-pioint win. B rad A d am s led a balanced scoring effort for the Mustangs w ith 11 points hitting five o f nine shots and had nine rebounds w ith Elguezabal adding 10 points and seven assists. Donald Adams had nine points and Botefuhr had eight points, seven rebound and two steals. M urray had eig h t p o in ts, Kilkenny had six pxiints and four rebounds and Josh Winters had four rebounds. The Mustangs helped themselves hitting nine of 12 free throws in the second half after hitting only four o f 12 in the first half Heppner 9 17 17 20-63 Hood River 6 9 12 17- 44 Heppner: Brad Adams 5 1-2 11, Chuy Elguezabal 4 0- 0 10, Donald Adams 2 5-6 9, Luke Murray 2 4-8 8, Justin B o te fu h r 3 2-2 8, C o n o r Kilkenny 3 0-2 6, Tanner Britt 2 1 -4 5, Brandon Seitz 3 0-0 6 and Josh Winters. Team: 24 13-24 63 3-pt.: Elguezabal 2. Hood River Valley: D. Chance 4 0-0 9, B. Crosswhite 4 1-1 9, D. Methvin 3 0-0 8, T. Price 2 0-2 6, Cline 2 0-0 4, B. Ching 0 2-2 2, A. Lorenzo 1 0- 0 2, S. Wooten 1 0-0 2 and B. Williams 1 0-0 2. Team: 18 3-5 44 3-pt.: Methvin 2, Price 2 and Chance. Common School Fund to distribute monies for schools Secretary o f State and State At the end o f December, the Oregon Division o f State Lands will distribute nearly $25 million from the Common SCI Fund, including a one-tim e supplem ental distribution o f $17.7 million for use by K-12 public schools. T he su p p le m e n ta l distribution was ordered earlier this year by the third special session o f the legislature. The funds will come from revenue deposited in the Common School Fund during the past 50 years from activities such as w aterway leases, permit fees and fines. The remaining $7.3 million allocation comes from earnings on the CSF. County treasurers will forward the funds to school districts w ithin two weeks o f receipt. DSL distributed $7.8 million from the CSF for schools in June. By law, the funds are d ed ic a te d to “ su p p o rt and maintenance of common schools in each school district.” County population ages 4-20 determine each county's share o f earnings. The Oregon Constitution established the State Land Board as trustee of the C ommon School Fund. DSL is the administrative agency o f the State Land Board, com posed o f the G overnor, Treasurer. At statehood, the federal governm ent granted Oregon roughly six percent of the new state’s land for the use of sch o o ls. T he C o n s titu tio n dedicated the school lands and their mineral, timber and other re so u rc e s to th e C om m on School Fund. The State Treasurer and O regon Investm ent Council invest the fund. Fund values in recent years have ranged from $600 million to $800 million, depending on market conditions. Twice a year, earnings from investments are distributed to counties for the support o f schools according to a formula established by the State Land Board. For more information and a list o f distributions for each county you can visit their website at www.oregonstatelands.us. WE PRINT ENVELOPES Heppner Gazette 676-9228 Heppner Little League and Youth Baseball M eeting Heppner Little League will hold a meeting Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 6:30 p.m. at G D ’s Restaurant, Heppner. The purpose of the meeting is to elect new board members and discuss the upcoming 2003 season. All interested people are welcome to attend. Your help is needed and appreciated. For more information, call Doug Holland, 676-5067 or Dave Pranger, 676-9767. »
