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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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