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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon lone boys lose to Dufur in District Playoffs By Marie Key The lone Cardinal varsity boys lost to the Dufur Rangers in the District Playoffs at Umatilla on Thursday, Feb. 19. The game was close, with the score tied, 21-21, at halftime. In the third quarter, Dufur picked up a three-point lead. The quarter ended, 31 -34. Both teams scored ten points in the fourth quarter, and lone lost, 41 -44. Tyler Brown led the Cardinals with 19 points. Arthur Ekstrom had eight points. Others contributing were Curtis Thompson, Nick Christman and Kelly Thompson with four points each and Tyler Raible with two points. Brown led with eight rebounds, one steal and five assists. Ekstrom had five rebounds; Curtis Thompson had three rebounds; Christman had two rebound, two steals and two assists; Kelly Thompson had one rebound, one steal and two assists; Raible had one rebound and one steal; and John Walton had one rebound. Coach Dennis Stefani said, “ It was a good season, and gives us something to build with for next year.” Wednesday, February 25,2004 - THREE Mustangs fall to Rockets at lone girls edge past Condon District in overtime By Marie Key In a close game at Umatilla on Thursday, Feb. 20, the lone Lady Cardinals edged past the Condon Blue Devils in overtime at the District Playoffs. The score was tied 6-6 at the end o f the f ir \ quarter. In the second period, Condon gained two points, leading 11 - 13 at halftime. lone narrowed the lead one point, 21 -22 in the third period. With less than five seconds left in the game, and lone behind 27-30, Natalie McElligott shot a very long three-pointer and tied the game 30-30. In overtime, Condon shot seven points and lone edged past them with nine points, winning the game 39-37. Natalie McElligott led the Lady Cardinals with 14 points, including one three-point field goal. Others adding points were Eva Chitty w ith eight points; Barbara Holland with seven; Sara Peck with five; Emily Key with one three-point field goal; and Amber Patton with two points. McElligott also led with 11 rebounds, six steals and one assist. Holland had five rebounds, one steal and one assist; Peck had four rebounds, two steals and one assist; Ashly Grams had four rebounds; Chitty had three rebounds, six steals and McElligott led w ith 11 two assists; Patton had two rebounds; Key had one steal; and rebounds, three steals, four Jenny Griffith had one assist. assists and one blocked shot. Holland had four rebounds, one steal, one assist and three blocked shots; Patton had four rebounds, one steal and one By Marie Key a ssist; K ey had th ree rebounds, two steals and one In their third game o f District Playoffs, the lone Lady a ssist; C h itty had th ree Cardinals fell to No. 1 ranked Dufur at Umatilla on Saturday, rebounds, three steals and one Feb. 21. assist; Peck had two rebounds The Lady Cardinals were tired, having played Condon and one assist; and Griffith had less than 24 hours before this game. They shot 29 percent, 11 two rebounds. o f 38, two-point shots; 0 percent, 0-8, three-point shots; and 60 percent o f 10 free throws. Correction Freshman Amber Patton led the team w ith eight points. In last week’s story, Others adding to the score were Sara Peck with seven points; “A short history o f Morrow Barbara Holland w ith five; Natalie McElligott with four; and County” it is Stansbury Flat, Eva Chitty and Jenny Griffith with two points each. not Sansbury Flat. Peck led with 10 rebounds, one steal and yne assist. O rder Patton had six rebounds; McElligott had five rebounds, one steal and one assist; Holland had five rebounds and one steal; M ag n etic Emily Key had two rebounds, one steal and one assist; Griffith D o o r Signs had two rebounds and one assist; Ashly Grams had two HERE rebounds and one steal; and Alyssa Rietmann had one rebound. lone. No. 2 in the Big Sky League, will host Crane, Heppner No. 2 in Old Oregon League, in the state first round playoffs Gazette-Times on Saturday, Feb. 28. 25 * lone girls down Echo at the District Playoffs By Marie Key The Lady Cardinals dow ned the E cho Lady Cougars in their first game of the D istric t P lay o ffs on Thursday, Feb. 19 at Umatilla. Ionejum pedtoa 15- 3 lead in the first quarter. They had a commanding 23-8 lead at halftime. Echo tried to recover in the third period with 10 points. lone responded with 12 points and went into the final quarter leading 37-20. The Lady Cards held Echo to five points in the fourth quarter; downing the Cougars 48-25. Emily Key led the Cardinals with 14 points, including three three-point field goals. Natalie McElligott had 12 points, including two three- point field goals, and Barbara Holland had 11 points. Others contributing were Sara Peck with six points; Jenny Griffith and Amber Patton with two points each; and Eva Chitty with one point. lone Lady Cardinals fall to Dufur 676-9228 GOOD LUCK at STATE IONE LADY CARDINALS! 2004 1A Girls State Basketball Championships First Round Playoffs lo n e C a r d in a ls V a r s it y G ir ls (L -R ): b a c k r o w - A s s is t a n t C o a c h C h a r it y M c E llig o t t . A m b e r P a tto n , K im M o r r is . S a r a P e c k , B a r b a r a H o lla n d . N a t a lie M c E llig o t t . E m ily K e y , S t e p h a n ie H o lla n d , H e a d C o a c h R y a n R u d o lf; fro n t r o w - M a n a g e r M e g a n M c C a b e . A s h ly G r a m s , A b b y K e y , E v a C h it ty , A ly s s a R ie t m a n n Crane Mustangs vs. lone Lady Cardinals at lone High School Saturday, Feb. 28th at 1 p.m. J e n n y G riffith These individuals & businesses congratulate lone on th eir D istric t victories and say Good Luck a t State! Anda Kay B.E.O Financial Services Ashley, Cathy, Adam & Meghan McCabe Bank of Eastern Oregon Member FDIC Barney & Barb Rea & Nate. Dan. Paige & Gabby Becky. Heather & Shelby Betty Gray Betty Rietmann Betty, Cody 4 William Bergstrom Bill Rietmann Bill, Joan 4 Tim Doherty Bill, Sharon 4 Kim Morris Bink. LynDee. R J.. MaKenna Ramos 4 Ashley Boardman Foods Bob 4 Bonni Ball Bob Baker Bob Hubbard Bob Perry Brian 4 Lori Sullivan 4 Family Brian 4 Peggy Doherty Family Brian, Sharon. Andrew, Allysa. Alan, Ale» 4 Anthony Rietmann Butch 4 Helen Heideman • Buzz. Jeanette 4 Jim Logan Cart. KeHy. Sheena 4 Nick Christman Central Market Chad, Kari, Sierra 4 Jordyn Charity, Jeremiah. 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Cayle 4 Kip Krebs Stan, Teena, Tyler, Alex 4 Haylea Fetterhoff Steve 4 Vicki Wagenblast Steve Camille, Amelia 4 Sara Peck Steve, Rose, Grace 4 Cameron Crum Sue Johnson Sunflower Junction Sweeney Mortuary Terri, Kyle 4 Kaylee Palmateer The Raible Family Tim. Deboie Megan Amber JoAnna 4 T.J. Patton Tim, Shelly, Emily, Abby 4 Justin Key Tom 4 Anne Bedortha Tom 4 Marlene Pointer 4 Aidon Tom Ariynda. Charrisa 4 Bill Gates Toni 4 Eva TREO Ranches Tri County Seed Virgil, Debbie. Kelly. Korey. Kari Morgan 4 Simone Wayne, Dianna 4 Shawn Hams Wheatland Insurance Windmill Cafe Woolery House Wright Chevrolet Luke Murray takes a shot against Pilot Rock By Rick Paulius The third time was not a charm as the H eppner Mustangs fell to the Pilot Rock Rockets 68-56 in the District 7 2A championship game on S atu rd ay , Feb. 21 in Pendleton at the Convention Center. The Mustangs beat the Rockets twice in the regular season, but went cold in the fourth quarter to fall to 20 and 3 on the year. By finishing second, the Mustangs will host the third place team from the Wapiti League, Joseph, on Thursday, Feb. 26 at 6:30 p.m. and with a win will play at the number one seed from the Tri-River League, number one ran k ed R egis. The Mustangs beat the Rams in the first game of the season at the Santiam Christian Tournament by one point late in the game. Luke Murray got the Mustangs going by hitting a jum per and a 3-pointer to make it 5-2, but the Rockets went on an 8-0 run. Murray scored off a pass from Chuy Elguezabal and Brandon Seitz hit one of two free throws, but the Rockets led 12-8 after one. Murray hit a running jumper, but the Rockets led 18-10. Brian Smith scored twice off rebounds and Seitz scored off a rebound, but the Rockets led 26-16. Murray hit two free throws and Smith hit one o f two to make it 26-19 when a scramble after a loose ball ended up with Justin Botefuhr getting punched above his left eye opening up a gash and leav in g him bloodied. Murray hit the two free throws from the flagrant foul, Seitz scored off a pass from Elguezabal and Smith scored tw ice to give the Mustangs a 27-26 lead with just over a minute left. The Rockets hit three free throws at the end o f the second to take a 29-27 lead at the half. Smith scored o ff a rebound to tie it up to open the third. The Rockets scored five straight, but M urray converted a three-point play and Elguezabal hit a short jumper to tie it at 34-34. The Rockets came back with five straight again, but Elguezabal hit a 3-pointer and Murray scored off a drive to tie it again at 39-39. After four straigh throws, but that was the last lead the Mustangs would have as the Rockets went on a 10- 2 run to go up 61-54. Elguezabal scored off a drive to make the final score 68-56. The Mustangs hurt themselves at the free throw line hitting ju st 10 o f 23 compared to the Rockets 25 of 36 free throws. M urray led the Mustangs with 25 points and five rebounds. Smith added 11 points, 12 rebounds, two steals and two blocked shots. Seitz had 10 rebounds and two steals, Torres had six rebounds, five steals and three assists and Elguezabal had three assists and two steals. Heppner 8 19 14 15- 56 Pilot Rock 12 17 14 25-68 H ep p n er- Luke Murray 88-1425, Brian Smith 5 1 3 11, Chuy Elguezabal 3 0-0 7, Brandon Seitz 3 1-5 7, Gus Torres 2 0-1 6, Kyler Lovgren, Aaron Griffith, Justin Botefuhr, Zach Skaggs and Matt VanCleave. Team: 21 10-23 56. 3-pts: Torres 2, Elguezabal and Murray. . P ilo t R ock- Fran Hoogesteger 8 4-7 20, Mitch Byrnes 5 5-7 15, T.J. Parrish 4 7-7 15, Phil Perrine 2 3-5 7, Michael Krosting 1 2-2 5, Bobby Parrish 0 4-6 4, Josh Wallis 1 0-0 2 and Jimmy Doherty. Team: 21 25-36 68. 3-pts: Krosting. College students to put on program about Haiti trip Emily and Meaghan Unruh o f Heppner will be putting on a presentation about their recent mission trip to the country of Haiti. Both girls are currently nursing students at Oregon Institute of Technology. They went on a m ission trip during their Christmas break in December with an organization called STEM -S h o rt Term Evangelical Missions. While in Haiti, the girls worked in a hospital and an orphanage among other things. T h ey w ill be at Lexington Baptist Church on Sunday, Feb. 29 at 11 a.m. to from the Rockets, Seitz scored off tell about their trip and to share a pass from Gus Torres to make it a power point presentation of 43-41 at the end of the third. pictures that they took. A Murray scored off a drive and Torres hit two 3- p o tlu ck w ill fo llo w the pointers to give the Mustangs p ro g ram . E v ery o n e is a 49-45 lead. The Rockets welcome to attend. came back to tie it, but Murray scored off a pass from Kyler COPY PAPER Lovgren to make it 51-49. Ream or Carton A fter the R ockets tied it Heppner Gazette-Time Murray hit one o f two free
