FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 26, 2005 Mustang boys lose at Stanfield Mustang boys hang on to beat Lady Cardinals take win against By Rick Paullus Horizon Christian JVs Tigerscots 64-57 In a gam e that basket, VanCleave scored featured a total o f 66 free th row s, the H eppner Mustang boys’ varsity never got into a rhythm otfensively and ended up losing at Stanfield 53-49 on Saturday, Jan 22 in Columbia Basin Conference play The Tigers hit 17 o f 34 free throw s, including seven o f 10 in the final two minutes, to the Mustangs 19 o f 32. The Mustangs, 2-4 in the CBC and 5-8 overall, will be at hom e against Umatilla on Friday, Jan 28 and at Sherman County on Saturday, Jan 29 as they begin the second half o f CBC play The Tigers jumped out to a 10-3 lead as the M ustangs m anaged a Matthew VanCleave short jum per and a free throw from Brandon Seitz and they cut the lead to 10-5 after one on a Seitz lay-in M att M cC abe hit one of two free throws, Josh G utierrez hit one o f two, Gus Torres scored o ff a rebound and Seitz scored twice inside off passes from Kory Paullus and Torres to give the Mustangs a 13-10 lead Rory Kilkenny scored off a pass from Gutierrez and hit two free throws to make it 17-14 McCabe and Seitz hit one o f two free throws and McCabe hit two more as the teams ended up tied at 21-21 at the half. The Tigers came out with 11 straight points to open the third before R.J Farrens hit Kilkenny and Seitz inside for lay-irrs, then hit two free throws to cut the lead to 33-27. Kilkenny hit two free throws and Torres scored off a drive to cut the lead to,35-31 and the Tigers eventually took a 37-31 lead after three Torres hit one o f two free throw s to open the fourth and after a Tiger twice inside and Gutierrez hit a jum p er to get the Mustangs to within 39-38 Seitz hit one o f two free throws, then scored off a drive to give the Mustangs a 41 -40 lead with 4:50 left, but the Tigers came back with four straight to regain the lead at 44-41. VanCleave scored off a rebound and after a Tiger basket, Gutierrez scored off a drive to cut the lead to 46-45 with 2 minutes left, but the Tigers hit four of six free throws to make it 50-45, with 1:14 left Kilkenny and Farrens each hit two free throws to cut it to 50-49 with 49 1 seconds left, but the Tigers hit three o f four free throws down the stretch and turnovers by the Mustangs ended the game Seitz had 13 points and nine reb o u n d s and Kilkenny had 10 points and six rebounds to lead the Mustangs. VanCleave had eight p o in ts and six rebounds, Torres had five rebounds and two assists, Paullus had six rebounds, Kenny had two steals and Gutierrez and Farrens each had two assists. Heppner 5 16 10 18- 49 Stanfield 10 11 16 16- 53 Heppner- Brandon Seitz 5 3-6 13, Rory Kilkenny 2 6-6 10, Matthew VanCleave 4 0-4 8, Gus Torres 2 1-4 5, Josh G utierrez 2 1-2 5, M att M cC abe 0 4-6 4, R.J F arrens 0 4-4 4, K ory Paullus, Mikel Britt, Quinn Peck and Matt Kenny Team: 15 19-32 49. 3-pts: none. Stanfield- Grogan 5 3-4 16, Sobotta 4 4-6 13, B lackburn 3 5-8 11, Flemmer 3 3-7 9, Gehrke 1 2-6 4, Zielke 0 0-2 0, Ramos 0 0-10 and Baros. Team: 16 17- 34 53. 3-pts: Grogan 3 and Sobotta IMS “A” team boys win against Condon By Beth Morter The lone M iddle School boys’ “A” team won against the Condon Demons on Saturday, Jan 15. T he C ard in als started out strong and by the end of the first quarter, lone had a six-point lead, 11-5 lone scored eight in the second quarter and Condon only scored four, leaving the score at halftime, 19-9. In the second half, Condon started the scoring with seven points, but lone scored nine to lead at the end o f the third quarter, 28-16. In the last quarter, Condon scored eight points, but lone scored nine and finished the game strong, 37-24. The leading scorers for the Cardinals were Clay M o rter and Storm y K endrick with 10 points each Matt Hams followed with seven, Cory Peterson made five, Luke Bradfield scored three and Aidan Burt brought in two. “We have turned up the defensive pressure the last couple o f w eeks in practice and it has shown in the g am es,” said Coach Mike Garrett “Scoring was evenly distributed and the kids moved the ball well against Condon. 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FOR RESERVATIONS, call 676-5017 JOHN'S PLACE MAIN STREET HEPPNER Horizon Christian of Hood River brought a JV girls’ team to lone last Saturday, providing the younger Cardinals a chance for some court time Taking every advantage of that, the Lady Cards dominated from the start, rolling out to a 10-2 lead after one and a 20-2 advantage at the half Horizon Christian continued to struggle in the second half as lone moved on to a 48-16 win Amber Patton led all scorers with 13 points, followed by a strong effort from Kayla LaRue with 10 points Other scorers were Sara Peck with eight, Kylee Svetich with six, Jenny Griffith with five, Kaylee Palmateer with four and Emily Rietmann with two Julie VandenBrink didn’t score, but played a strong game for lone Coach Ryan Rudolf was pleased with the effort “This was a good opportunity for some o f my younger players to get some playing time In the long run, the more the younger girls play, the better we will become district time,” said Rudolf. By Rick Paullus Cardinals split over weekend Matthew VanCleave waits for the block against a Weston- McEwen player before putting it in for two. Photo by Sandy Matthews The H eppner M ustang v arsity boys o u tsco red the visiting Weston-McEwen Tigerscots 11 -5 in the final two minutes to hang on to a 64-57 win on Friday, Jan 21 in Columbia Basin Conference action The Mustangs, 2-3 in the CBC and 5-7 overall, will be at home against Umatilla on Friday, Jan 28 before going on the road to Sherm an C ounty on Saturday, Jan 29. Brandon Seitz hit a jumper to tie it at 2-2 early and Matthew VanCleave hit a short turnaround jumper to tie it at 4-4 Rory Kilkenny scored on a pass from Matt Kenny and after the Tigerscots came back for a 10-6 lead, Kilkenny scored twice inside and Gus Torres hit a long jumper to give the Mustangs a 12-10 lead after one The Tigerscots took a 17-13 lead early in the second, but the Mustangs came back to tie it on a 3- pointer by Josh Gutierrez and a free th ro w s from Torres Torres hit two free throw s then scored off a drive to make it 21-19 and Seitz hit a baseline jumper at the buzzer to give them a 23- 21 lead at the half Kenny scored on a pass from Gutierrez to open the third Torres hit a 3- pointer and Kenny hit a short jumper to make it 30-23, but the Tigerscots came back with five straight Kilkenny scored on a pass from Torres, then Torres and Kilkenny scored of drives to make it 36-30, but the Tigerscots came back to get within 36-34 at the end of the third quarter. After the Tigerscots scored to open the fourth to tie it, Seitz hit a short jumper and VanCleave converted a three-point play to make it 41 -36 VanCleave scored oft' passes from Gutierrez and Torres to make it 45-38, then scored off another pass from Torres, but the Tigerscots came back with four straight to make it 47-45. Gutierrez scored off a drive, fed Kenny for a lay-in and Torres hit two free throws, but again the Tigerscots came back to get within one at 53-52. V anCleave hit tw o free throws, Seitz hot one of two and a short jumper and Matt McCabe hit one o f two to make it 59-52 with 42.7 seconds left After two free throws by the Tigerscots, Gutierrez hit one o f two and Seitz hit tw o with 27 8 seconds left to make it 62- 54 and after a 3-pointer by the Tigerscots, McCabe and Torres each hit one o f two free throws to seal the win T orres led four Mustangs in double figures with 16 points and had eight assists VanCleave added 13 points, Seitz added 11 points and five reb o u n d s and Kilkenny had 10 points, 10 rebounds and two steals Kenny had seven rebounds and G u tierrez had four assists and two steals Heppner 12 11 13 28-64 Weston-McEwen 10 11 13 23-57 H eppner- Gus Torres 4 7-10 16, Matthew V anCleave 5 3-3 13, Brandon Seitz 4 3-4 11, Rory Kilkenny 5 0-4 10, Josh G utierrez 2 1-2 6, M att Kenny 3 0-2 6, M att M cC abe 0 2-4 2, Kyle H uddleston, Mikel Britt, Quinn Peck and R J Farrens Team: 23 15-29 64 3-pts: Torres and Gutierrez. W eston-M cEw en- Ch Watts 7 1-1 15, Sheard 6 5-5 14, King 5 0-0 11, Duke 2 0-0 5, Hassenbank 1 3-6 5, Ca Watts 2 0-0 5, Robertson 1 0-0 2, Peterson and Johnston Team: 22 9- 12 57. 3-pts Sheard, Duke, King and Ca Watts. W e Print Business Cards Heppner Gazette AOIINI HU 6 MHti Win her heart with the sweetest gift... Roses! Valentine’s Day is Monday, Feb 14th Call us at 676-9426 to place your order! ^ Mumyi tkq 217 North Main • Heppner • «76-9168 • Floral «76-942« Serving Heppner Lexington S lone The lone Cardinals split their games this past weekend, losing a tough contest to the South Wasco County Redsides on the road, before coming home to defeat a tenacious Horizon Christian team on Saturday, Jan. 22. Trouble at the free throw line cost the Cards the game against the third-ranked Wasco team lone had 33 chances at the line and only managed to convert on 13. The Cardinals trailed 13-9 after one quarter and were still within striking distance at halftime, 23-28 It was a letdown in the third quarter that let the Redsides get away, with South Wasco outscoring the Cards 18-11 to lead 46-34 after three The last quarter was played evenly, but lone just couldn’t seem to close in on their hosts The final score was 65-36 Redsides Tyler Brown had a strong inside game for the Cardinals scoring 23 points. Tyler Raible also had one of his best games o f the year with 13 points Rounding out the scoring was Tony Bolin with seven, Kelly Thompson with six, Nick Christman with two and Arthur Ekstrom with two. Thompson led the team with seven assists, while Bolin and Ekstrom led with five rebounds each “This is a game we could have won,” said head coach Dennis Stefani “We played with them all night but couldn’t convert our free throws. Shooting 13 of 33 from the line was the difference in the game ” Horizon Christian came to town Saturday night, hoping to take advantage o f a team that might have been tired from the long trip to Maupin They did find the Cards a little weary after arriving home at midnight the night before; however, the Cardinals gutted it out and held off the visitors, finally stretching out the margin o f victory in the final period, winning 60-49. Brown again led the Cards, brining in 18 points, as well as grabbing a team-leading 11 rebounds. Christman had a strong performance, tallying 12 points, hitting three big shots midway through the fourth quarter to put the game away for good Bolin scored 11 points and against led the team in assists with six Also scoring for the Cards were Raible with nine, Ekstrom with six and Thompson with four. “ We played tired from the hard contest with Wasco,” said Coach Stefani. “But we did what we had to do to get the win ” IMS “B” team boys lose to Condon By Beth Morter The lone Middle School boys’ “B” team was defeated by the Condon Demons on Saturday, Jan 15. In the first quarter, lone scored five points, but Condon scored 11 In the second quarter, lone scored seven points and held Condon to seven, leaving the score at halftime, 18-12 with Condon leading In the third quarter, lone couldn’t pick up any points and left the Demons to score six points to bring the score to 24-12. In the last quarter, the Cardinals brought in two points, but it wasn’t enough to catch the Demons who outscored them again with six points, leaving the final score with the Demons winning 30-14 The top scorers for the Cardinals were Alex Rietmann and Kevin LaRue with five points each Tanner Rietmann and Gunner Jessen also scored two points each “The kids played good and are improving every week Our offense is getting better and we are having a lot o f shots that are just missing,” said Coach Mike Garrett “ We have real good team speed, but have a hard time slowing down when we are attempting our shots.” Cardinals “B” team girls defeat swished in eight points, Beth Goslings By Beth Morter The lo n e M iddle School “ B” team girls d efeated the A rlington Goslings on Saturday, Jan 22 . There were only two 15-minute halves instead of four six-minute quarters In the first half, lone had a demanding lead o f 14-2 and they didn’t lighten up from there In the second half, the C ardinals scored 13 points and the Goslings only scored four, leaving the final score 27-6 lone played tough defense and executed a strong offense to work the ball closer to the basket The top scorer for the game was Kara Clay with 10 points Mariah Bradfield Morter banked in five points, M ary G ates canned tw o points and Brianna Peterson added two points. “The B team had a great gam e,” said Coach Lynn Dee Ramos “They played really well together and had a great execution on both ends of the court ” CUSTOM BANNERS A n jrK u Lots o f C o lo n Logos V O ftfh ta a Heppner Gazette 676-9228 \