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. Condon is
a very good defensive team
and I was glad to see the
perimeter players handle the
ball so well.”
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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.
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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 ”
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