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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - FIVE Mustang girls pull away from Huskies Mustangs come up short at Umatilla ffH S basketball schedule By Rick Paullus By Rick Paullu* The H eppner M ustang g irls ’ v arsity rebounded from a disappointing loss the night before to U m atilla to o u tsco re the Sherm an County Huskies in every quarter and pull away for a 46-32 win on Saturday, Jan 8 in C olum bia B asin C o n feren ce play The Mustangs improved to 2-1 in the CBC and 10-2 overall and will be at Pilot Rock on Friday, Jan 14 and will be back at home on Saturday, Jan 15. The Huskies jumped out to a 6-1 lead early, before Susan S ou th w o rth hit a running jumper Megan Orr then fed Lyndi Patton and Shanna Rietmann for lay-ins to cut the lead to 8-7 Southw orth scored o ff a rebound and hit two free throws and Rietmann scored off a pass from Orr to give the Mustangs a 13-10 lead after one Rietmann fed Orr for a lay-in and scored off a drive to open the second and Terra Wilson scored inside to end the q u a rte r w ith the M ustangs taking a 19-14 lead into the locker room The Huskies came out with a vengeance, taking a 21-19 lead, but Southworth scored inside and Rietmann scored off a rebound to make it 23-21. After the Huskies tied it, S outhw orth hit tw o free throws, Rietmann converted a th re e -p o in t play, O rr scored off a pass from Regi Seitz and Lyndi P atto n scored o ff a pass from R ietm ann to give the Mustangs a 32-23 lead after three O rr co n v erted a three-point play to open the fourth, Seitz scored off a pass from Rietmann and Orr hit two free throws to make it 39-25. Rietmann scored off a drive to make it 41 -27, Wilson scored off a drive and Southworth scored off a pass from Sarah Price to make it 45-29 and put the game away. The Mustangs, who hit 18 o f 40 from the field and 10 o f 14 from the line, were led by Rietmann who hit six o f 10 shots scoring 13 poin ts, g rab b ed five rebounds, had four steals and four assists. Southworth hit four o f six finishing with 12 points and eight rebounds Orr scored 10 points and grabbed six rebounds, six steals and two assists and Price and Patton each had two assists Heppner 13 6 13 14- 46 Mikel Britt blocks out for a rebound against the Vikings. Photo Sherman 10 4 9 9-32 bv Sandv Matthews. H eppner- Shanna The H eppner three Rietmann 6 1-1 13, Susan M u stan g b o y s ’ varsity Mikel Britt scored Southw orth 4 4-5 12, played hard, but came up off a drive and Gutierrez Meagan Orr 3 4-6 10, Terra short at U m atilla as the scored off a steal to open the Wilson 2 1-2 5, Lyndi Patton Vikings pulled out a 44-41 fourth and after the Vikings 2 0-0 4, Regi Seitz 1 0-0 2, win on Friday, Jan 7 in came back to take a 40-36 Sarah Price, Linsey Mitchell, Columbia Basin Conference lead, VanCleave scored off H eather Yocom, Lynan play. The Mustangs, who a rebound to cut the lead to Bingham, Madison Bailey dropped to 1-1 in the CBC 40-38 It was 42-38 before and Mahaley Huddleston and 4-5 overall, will try to Britt converted a three-point Team: 18 10-14 46. 3-pts: get back on track at Pilot play with 4 1 4 seconds left none Rock on Friday, Jan 14 to cut the lead to 42-41,the Sherman- Funkouser before coming home to take Vikings came back with two 4 0-2 8, Sharp 4 0-0 8, Hill 3 on Culver on Saturday, Jan free throws with 6.6 seconds 3-6 9, Moore 1 2-2 4, W 15. left and took the win as a Nogle 1 0-0 2, B. Nogle 0 Everything looked T orres 3 -p o in ter at the 2- 2 2, Bird, Weedman and good for the Mustangs at the buzzer bounded in and out Meizer Team: 13 7-12 33. start as Brandon Seitz hit a VanCleave led the 3- pts: none jumper and scored inside off Mustangs with 13 point and M ustang boys fall short again st Huskies By Rick Paullus After jumping out to a 14-0 lead to start the game, the Sherm an C ounty Huskies held off the Heppner M ustangs 56-48 on Saturday, Jan 8 in Heppner in C olum bia B asin C o n feren ce play. The Mustangs, 1-2 in the CBC and 4-6 overall, will try to get back in the winning mode at Pilot Rock on Friday, Jan 14 before being back home on Saturday, Jan 15 against the Culver Bulldogs Brandon Seitz finally got the M ustangs on the board hitting one o f two free th ro w s then M atthew V anCleave scored o ff a rebound to cut the lead to 14-3. Seitz scored inside off a pass from Gus Torres, Mikel Britt hit a baseline jumper and VanCleave hit one o f two free throws to cut the lead to 18-8 at the end o f one T orres and Josh Gutierrez hit back-to-back 3-pointers to cut the lead to 21-15 and Britt scored off a pass from Torres, but the Huskies increased their lead to 31-17 at the half Seitz scored off a drive to open the third, then VanCleave and Seitz scored off rebounds to cut the lead to 33-23. After four straight free th ro w s from the Huskies, Seitz scored off a rebound, converted a three- point play and Torres hit a 3-pointer to cut the lead to 37-31, but the Huskies came back to take a 41-31 lead after three The Huskies pushed their lead to 45-32 before VanCleave scored off a drive and G utierrez hit tw o o f three free throw s. M att Kenny then scored off-a pass from Torres to make it 46- 38 Gutierrez hit one o f two free throws and a 3-pointer to cut the lead to 48-42 with just over a minute left, then Torres hit a 3-pointer to make it 51-45. VanCleave converted a three-point play with 19 4 seconds left to cut the lead to 52-48, but the Huskies hit four straight free throws to close out the game and preserve the win Seitz led the Mustangs with 13 points, six rebounds, two steals and two blocked shots. VanCleave followed adding 11 points and 11 rebounds Torres had nine points, four assists and three steals and Gutierrez had nine points, three steals and two assists Britt had eight rebounds and Kenny had four rebounds Heppner 8 9 14 17- 48 Sherman 18 13 10 15-56 Heppner- Brandon Seitz 5 3-6 13, M atthew VanCleave 4 3-5 11, Gus Torres 3 0-0 9, Josh G utierrez 2 3-7 9, Mikel Britt 2 0-0 4, Matt Kenny 1 0-0 2, Kyle H uddleston, Quinn Peck and M att McCabe Team 17 9-18 48 3-pts: Torres 3 and Gutierrez 2 . Sherman- Olsen 6 10-14 24, Ev Kaseberg 6 5- 6 19, M oore 4 1-2 9, Ju stesen 1 2-2 4, M K aseberg 0 0-1 0, El Kaseberg and Wood Team 17 18-25 56 3 -p ts: Ev. Kaseberg 2 and Olsen 2 HHS C lass o f 1965 organizational meeting to hold The Heppner High School Class o f 1965 will be holding an organizational meeting to discuss plans for their 40lh class reunion The meeting will be held at 7 p m., Jan 19 at John’s Place in Heppner a pass from Gus Torres and they led 7-3 after a Torres 3- pointer. They kept pouring it on as Matthew VanCleave hit one o f two free throws, Torres hit another 3-pointer, Seitz hit two jumpers and Josh G u tierrez hit a 3- pointer to make it 18-5 and the Mustangs settled for an 18-7 lead after one The Vikings came back in the second to get with 22-18 at the half as all the Mustangs could get in the second were a Gutierrez rebound basketball and a VanCleave lay-in off a drive The Vikings again came out hot in the third as they took a 29-22 lead, before VanCleave hit one o f two free throws and scored off a drive and Matt Kenny hit a jumper to make it 29- 27. VanCleave hit a short jumper and Torres hit two free throws to tie it at 31- 31, but the Vikings ended up taking a 33-32 lead after Board offers John BMCC President At the Blue M ountain C om m unity College Board o f Education m eeting on W ednesday evening, Jan 5, the Board voted unanimously to offer the p o sitio n o f BMCC President to John Turner effective July 1,2005 Interim President Turner thanked the board and said he w ould be in terested in pursuing a contractual agreement with the College In other business The Board appointed Sally Anderson- Hansell (Morrow County), Roderick Davis (Hermiston/ Stanfield/E cho/U m atilla) and D oug M oram arco (Baker County) to serve on the C ollege B udget Committee The Heppner/ lo n e p o sitio n rem ains unfilled Interested parties are asked to contact the president’s office Heppner High School has just nine more games before the district tournaments are held Following is a schedule o f games Friday, Jan. 14- Pilot Rock at Pilot Rock, 3 p m., JVG JVB, VG VB; Saturday, Jan. 15-Culver at Heppner, 1 p m , JVG JVB, V G V B ; Tuesday, Jan. 18- Hermiston Frosh at Heppner, 5 p m., JVG JVB, Friday, Jan. 21- Weston-McEwen at Heppner, 3 p m., JVG JVB, VG VB; Saturday, Jan. 22- Stanfield and Stanfield, 1 p m , JVG JVB, VG VB; Friday, Jan. 28- Umatilla at Heppner, 3 p m , JVG JVB, VG VB; Saturday, Jan. 29- Sherman County at Sherman County, 11 a m , JVG JVB, VG VB, Friday, Feb. 4- Pilot Rock at Heppner, 3 p m , JVG JVB, VG VB; Saturday, Feb. 5- Bye Tuesday, Feb. 8- Weston-McEwen at Weston- McEwen, 3 p m ; Friday, Feb. 11- Stanfield at Heppner, 3 p m , JVG JVB, VG VB; Feb. 18-19- District Tournament The HHS “C” Team boys have only five games left in the season Their schedule is as follows: Thursday, Jan. 20- Irrigon at Irrigon, 4:30 p m.; Monday, Jan. 24- Pilot Rock at Heppner, 5 30 pm ; Thursday, Jan. 27- Stanfield at Heppner, 6 p m ; Thursday, Feb. 3- Irrigon at Heppner, 5 p m ; Monday, Feb. 7- Pilot Rock at Pilot Rock, 5 p m HJHS girls’ basketball season schedule announced The Heppner Junior High girls’ basketball season began with two games held Jan 7 and 8 in Heppner Following is the schedule for the rest o f the season: Thursday, Jan. 13- Mt Vernon at Heppner, 5 p.m.; Friday, Jan. 14- Pilot Rock at Heppner, 12 p m , Saturday, Jan. 15- Riverside at Riverside, 9 a m ; Friday, Jan. 21- Stanfield at Stanfield, 4 p m ; Saturday, Jan. 22- Mt. Vernon at Mt Vernon, 11 am Friday, Jan. 28- Umatilla at Umatilla, 3 p m ; Saturday, Jan. 29- Pilot Rock at Pilot Rock, 9 a m; Thursday, Feb. 3: Echo at Heppner, 4 p.m.; Friday, Feb. 4- Irrigon at Irrigon, 12 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 5- Athena-Weston at Weston, 9 am.; Friday, Feb. 11- Riverside at Heppner, 12 p.m ; S a tu rd a y , Feb. 12- B Team Tournament at Umatilla, 9 a m and A Team Tournament at Riverside, 9 six rebounds. Torres followed with eight points, seven rebounds, five steals and four assists Seitz had eight points and three steals, Gutierrez had four steals and two assists, Britt had four rebounds and Kenny had lone Youth Group announces annual four assists Heppner 18 4 10 9- service award recipient 41 Umatilla 7 11 15 11- 44 Heppner- Matthew V anCleave 5 3-4 13, Brandon Seitz 4 0-1 8, Gus Torres 2 2-2 8, Josh G utierrez 2 0-0 5, Mikel Britt 2 1-4 5, Matt Kenny 1 0-0 2, Kyle H uddleston, M att M cCabe and RJ Farrens Team: 16 6-11 41 3-pts: Torres 2 and Gutierrez. Umatilla- Jensen 8 4- 5 20, Marzaloni 4 1-2 9, Olvera 2 3-4 7, White 1 4-4 Barbara Holland (center in blue t-shirt) at the Blanchet House 6, C am pos 1 0-1 2 and soup kitchen in Portland. Palamino Team 15 12-16 44 3-pts: none Barbara Holland is the 2005 recipient of the lone Ecumenical Youth Group Outstanding Service Award Turner position as “The award is the highest honor given by the group and reflects full participation and sincere commitment and service to others throughout high school,” noted youth group leader Jeri McElligott The M arch board Holland, a senior at lone High School, has regularly meeting was rescheduled attended meetings and sold and delivered Christmas trees from March 2 to March 9 to allow board members to to make money for group projects She has helped with attend the annual Oregon the annual food drive to benefit the Heppner Neighborhood C om m unity C ollege Center and sponsored the “ Souper Bowl o f Caring,” collecting donations for a soup kitchen in Portland, as well Association conference John Turner was as collecting soup for the Neighborhood Center She has approved as the BMCC made trips to Burnside Street in Portland to serve the poor representative to the City o f She has toured agencies, served in soup kitchens and sorted Pendleton C onvention clothing for the poor of the area She has participated in C en ter C om m ission He worship services, doing follow-up projects to trips and replaces Dave Gallaher who sharing experiences She has also helped with fundraisers has served for the past on the 4th o f July Holland, the daughter o f Dale and Karen Holland, several years attends Valby Lutheran Church The Oregon State University Extension Service is moving into Umatilla Hall HHS softball team to hold fundraiser on the Pendleton campus in The Heppner High The meal w ill be prepared by January and has requested an School softball team is the Elguezabal Family additional 550 square feet be holding a fundraiser dinner added to their lease Interim GET YOUR Provost Dr Gayle Lawn- on Friday, Jan 28 in the CUSTOM Day reported the remodeling HHS cafeteria from 5-7 p m T he dinner will be BANNERS costs would stay within a $100,000 budget, which homemade posadas, with HERE beans and rice for $3 50, BMCC and OSU will share H e p p n e r (¿a z c ttc -T im e * with extra posadas for $1 equally 676-92 2H a m .
