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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 5,2005 - FIVE Mustang girls pound Bulldogs Mustang girls rout Prospectors Mustang boys fall to Imbler in Bv R ic k P au llu s overtime to start CBC A fte r a slo w first throw s and Lynan B ingham By R ic k P au llu s An 18-3 advantage in the first quarter helped the Heppner M ustang varsity girls pound the Culver Bulldogs 66- 40 in Culver on Tuesday, Dec 21 in their C olum bia Basin C o n f e re n c e o p e n e r T h e M ustangs will get back into C B C play at U m atilla on Friday, Jan 7 and will be at hom e on S aturday, Jan 8 against Sherman County. M egan O rr had seven points, including a 3-pointer, and Terra W ilson five points, in helping the Mustangs to their 18-3 a d v a n ta g e and B lair Keithley had six points in the second quarter as they took a 30-20 lead into the half O rr had six more and Shanna Rietmann and Susan Southw orth had four points e a c h in th e th ir d as th e M ustangs extended their lead to 45-30 after three. W ilson had five, K eithley and O rr each had four and Rietm ann had th re e p o in ts as th e y cruised through the fourth to the easy win O rr led the M ustangs with 17 points, with W ilson adding 11 points, Keithley 10 and Rietmann had nine points, five assists and four steals H ep p n e r 18 12 15 21-66 Culver 3 17 10 10-40 Heppner- Megan O rr 8 0-0 17, Terra W ilson 4 3-4 11, Blair Keithley 2 6-8 10, Shanna Rietm ann 4 1-1 9, Susan Southw orth 2 2-4 6, Regi Seitz 2 0-0 4, Sarah Price 1 1-2 3, Lynan Bingham 1 0 -1 2 , Linsey M itchell 1 0- 0 2, Lyndi Patton 1 0-0 2 and Heather Yocom Team: 26 13- 19 66. 3-pts: O rr C ulver-Lang 2 3-8 7, Kraft 2 2-4 7, Alley 2 4-5 8, Briggs 3 0-0 6, Roen 2 0-0 4, G angstead 1 1-2 3, N orris 0 2-6 2, W offord 1 0-0 2 and Thom pson 0 1-2 1 Team: 13 12-27 40. 3-pts: Kraft Gochnauer to be installed as Chamber president C h a m b e r m e m b e rs a re rem in d ed o f th e 2005 annual Chamber o f Commerce luncheon, Tuesday, Jan 11 at 1 1 :3 0 a m at A ll S a in ts E p is c o p a l P a r is h H all Reservations may be m ade by calling the C ham ber office at 676-5536 by Friday, Jan. 7. N oah Fleischer, from H am burg, Germany, will be speaking at the luncheon on an o u t s i d e r ’s p e rs p e c tiv e o f H e p p n e r F le is c h e r is an exchange student staying with the Kuhn and Spicer family. Nancy Gochnauer will take the helm as president o f th e H e p p n e r C h a m b e r o f C om nierce Board m em bers being installed are: Jeff Bailey, Tim VanCleave, Dave Sykes, B a rb a ra H a y e s, B e rt H ouw eling, John M urray, N ancy S nider and B renda Sherrell The B o a rd of D irectors met W ednesday, Jan 5 to form ulate goals for 2005, which will be shared with the membership during the annual luncheon “It’s all about thriving in 2005 and working to g e th e r to m ak e o u r community the best that it can be,” says Gochnauer L o o k fo rw a rd to some unique entertainment B> R ic k P au llu s scored oft'a drive to close out the scoring and m aking the The H eppner M ustang boys' varsity put up a valiant final 54-33. effort rallying from a 10-point deficit to tie the game at the end O rr led the M ustangs o f regulation, but they ran out o f gas in overtime as the Imbler w ith 23 p o in ts and seven r e b o u n d s w ith R ie tm a n n Panthers took a 64-55 win on Tuesday, Dec 28 in Imbler in non-league basketball action The Mustangs, now 4-4 on the a d d in g nin e p o in ts , nine year, get back into Columbia Basin Conference play at Umatilla rebounds, six assists and five on Friday, Jan 7, before finally com ing home on Saturday, steals and Southworth finishing Jan 8 w ith nine points and seven The M ustangs actually jum ped out to a quick lead as steals Gus Torres hit two ffee throws and a runningjumper and Rory H e p p n e r9 17 14 14- Kilkenny hit one o f tw o free throws to make it 5-2 and M atthew 54 VanCleave and Torres com pleted three-point plays to give G rant Union 6 9 9 9- them an 11-7 lead after one 33 The Panthers scored four straight to open the second, Heppner- Megan Orr 8 7-8 23, Shanna Rietmann 4 but Kilkenny scored o ff a pass from M att Kenny, Josh 1- 2 9, Susan Southworth 2 5- Gutierrez hit a short jumper, Kilkenny hit one o f two free throws 8 9, Terra W ilson 0 4-6 4, and Mikel Britt scored off a pass from Kory Paullus to tie it at Regi Seitz 0 3-4 3, Linsey 18-18 G utierrez hit one o f tw o free throw s and Britt scored Mitchell 10-12, Lyndi Patton o ff a pass from Kenny, but the Panthers built a 27-21 lead at 1 0 -1 2 , Lynan Bingham 1 0- the half G utierrez opened the third with tw o 3-pointers and 0 2, S a ra h P ric e , B la ir fed Kenny for a lay-in to get the M ustangs within 32-29 Keithley, Mahaley Huddleston VanCleave scored oft'a drive, but the Panthers built their lead and Heather Yocom Team: 17 to 41-31 until Seitz scored o ff a rebound and Torres fed 20-30 54 3-pts: none VanCleave for a lay-in Seitz and Torres hit jum pers as the Grant Union- Ashby- A ndrew s 3 0-0 9, Bartlett 2 Panthers took a 45-39 lead into the fourth Seitz fed VanCleave for lay-in then scored off a pass 2- 3 7, M yers 2 0-0 5, Cary 2 from Torres who then converted a four-point play early in the 0- 0 4, Legg 1 1-43, Alley 1 fourth to tie the game at 47-47 Two Panther free throw s were 1- 1 3 ,C o je n 0 1-21, Lemcke followed by a Seitz jum per to tie it The Panthers took a tw o- 0 1-3 1, Holliday 0 0-1 0, Krouse, M oore, Tirico and point lead, Seitz hit one o ftw o free throw s with 1:14 left and Caughlin Team: 11 6-14 33 Torres hit one o f tw o free throw s with 31 6 seconds left to tie again The Panthers missed a long field goal try at the buzzer 3- pts: A sh b y -A n d re w s it 3, and into ov ertime they went Bartlett and Myers The Panthers took an early lead before Seitz scored to cut the lead to 54-53, then scored with 38 1 seconds left to cut the lead to 58-55, but the Panthers m ade enough free throw s down the stretch to preserve the win Torres led the M ustangs with 14 points and three assists, with Seitz adding 13 points, eight rebounds, two assists Army Pfc Jose G M artinez has graduated from basic and tw o steals Gutierrez had nine points, four assists and tw o combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S C During the nine weeks o f training, the soldier studied steals. VanCleave had nine points, five rebounds and tw o the Army mission, history, tradition and core values He also blocked shots, Paullus and Kilkenny each had four rebounds studied physical fitness and received instruction and practice and Kenny had tw o assists and tw o steals H eppner II 10 18 12 4-55 in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and Imbler 7 20 18 6 13-64 b ay o n et train in g , drill and cerem ony, m arching, rifle Heppner- G us Torres 4 5-6 14, Brandon Seitz 6 1 -2 marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field 13, Josh G utierrez 3 1-2 9, M atthew VanCleave 4 1-1 9, tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, Rory Kilkenny 1 2-4 4, Mikel Britt 2 0-0 4, M att Kenny 1 0- foot marches and field training exercises 0 2, Kory Paullus 0 0-2 0 and Kyle H uddleston. Team: 21 M artinez’s parents are Jose and B etty M artinez o f 10-1755. 3-pts: G utierrez 2 and Torres Boardman He is a 1996 graduate o f Riverside High School in Imbler- M cIntosh 8 13-16 29, O ’Donald 5 2-3 12, Boardman M cKinnis 2 4-4 8, Cam pbell 1 4-9 7, Nilsson 1 2-4 4, Cline 1 2-2 4 and Fulfer Team 18 27-38 64. 3-pts: Campbell. quarter, the Heppner Mustang g irls ’ v arsity w arm ed up, turning a three-point lead into a 54-33 rout o f the visiting G rant Union P rospectors on Thursday, Dec 23 The M u s ta n g s , winning their seventh straight, im proved to 7-1 on the year an d w ill g e t b a c k in to Colum bia Basin C onference play on F riday, Jan 7 at Um atilla before being back h o m e a g a in a g a in s t th e Sherman County Huskies on Saturday, Jan 8 The Mustangs got five points from Susan Southworth and took a 9-6 lead after one Shanna Rietmann made seven points, Southworth made four m ore and Terra W ilson took three to extend their lead to 26-15 at the half Megan Orr scored the Mustangs first 12 points o f the th ird q u a r te r and L insey M itchell hit a jum per to give the M ustangs a 40-24 lead at the end o f the third quarter O rr s c o re d o f f a rebound to open the fourth, hit four straight free throws and a running ju m p e r and Lyndi Patton scored o ff a pass from Rietmann to extend the lead to 50-28 Regi Seitz hit tw o free Riverside graduate completes basic training Shamrockette OWC to meet in Boardman o f fhe M onth The O regon W heat Commission will hold a regular m eeting on M onday, Jan 10 from 3-6 p m and Tuesday, Jan 11 from 8 a m -12 p m The meeting will be held at the Riverfront Center located at 2 Marine Driv e in Boardman Commission meetings are open to the public and anyone wishing to attend is encouraged and welcomed to do so The meeting location is accessible to persons with disabilities The ADA prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities To request an interp reter for the hearing im p a ire d o r f o r o th e r accom m odations for persons with disabilities, please contact the OW C office 48 hours in advance at (503) 229-6665 or TTY (503) 986-4762 K a tie Ta> loe, 11, w as selected as th e D e c e m b e r S h a m ro c k e tte o f the M o n th . 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