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
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