Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - THREE
Mustang JV girls beat Tigers
Mustang boys lose to Tigers Mustang girls beat Tigers
Lynan Bingham powers one in for the Mustangs. Photo by Sandy
Matthews
By Rick Paullus
A 31-12 advantage
in the first and fo u rth
quarters helped the Heppner
M ustang JV girls end the
season with a 41 -24 win over
the visiting Stanfield Tigers
on Friday, Feb. 11. The
Mustangs, who finished the
year 10 and 7, were coached
by C hris R auch and
consisted of juniors Heather
Yocom and Lynan Bingham;
sophomores, Regi Seitz and
M ahaley H uddleston and
freshm en
W hitney
Matthews, Cyde Coil, Katie
Kilkenny, Kelsie Fox, Kylie
Doherty, Taylor Kempas,
Jenna B ow m an, A ftan
B etsin g e r and B aillie
Keithley.
Seitz had five points
and Matthews and Coil each
hit 3 -p o in te rs as the
Mustangs took a 15-4 lead
after one, but the Tigers
came back to trail just 19-
13 at the half. Coil had four
points in the third as they
pushed the lead to 25-16
after three and M atthews
had five points in the fourth,
including a long 3-pointer at
the buzzer as the Mustangs
coasted to the win.
C oil
led
the
Mustangs with 11 pints and
had six steals, w ith
M atth ew s adding eight
points, five rebounds and
four steals. Kilkenny had six
points, seven rebounds and
two assists, Seitz had five
points, three steals and two
assists, Betsinger had six
rebounds and tw o steals,
Kempas had three steals and
tw o assists. Fox had five
rebounds, B ow m an had
three steals, Yocom had two
assists and Bingham had two
steals.
Heppner 15 4 6 16-
41
Stanfield 4 9 3 8-24
Heppner- Cyde Coil
5 0-0 11, Whitney Matthews
2 2-2 8, Katie Kilkenny 3 0-
2 6, Regi Seitz 2 1-2 5,
Taylor K em pas 1 2-3 4,
Lynan Bingham 1 1-2 3,
Kylie Doherty 1 0-3 2, Kelsie
Fox 1 0-3 2, Aftan Betsinger
0 0-2 0, Heather Yocom,
Mahaley Huddleston, Baillie
K eith ley
and
Jenna
Bowman. Team: 16 6-19 41
3-pts: Matthews 2 and Coil.
Stanfield- Caldera 4
1-4 9, Rodriguez 2 2-9 6,
Blackburn 2 0-2 4, Walchi 0
3-4 3, Rojas 1 0-0 2 and
Hendrix. Team: 9 6-19 24.
3-pts: none.
Lady Cards defeat Echo
The lo n e Lady
Cardinals got back on the
winning track last Tuesday
night, Feb. 8 defeating the
visiting Echo Cougars 41-
28.
lone got out to an
early 11 -2 lead at the end of
one q u arter, using an
effective press and good
team defense. By halftime,
the Cards led 22-10. Echo
pulled to within eight at one
point in the second half but
the Lady Cards answered
and pulled away for the win.
Amber Patton had a
big game for lone, scoring
17 points, pulling down 11
rebounds and grabbing five
steals. Jenny Griffith also had
a strong effort with eight
points and eight rebounds.
“This was a good
win for us after the loss to
D ufur” said Coach Ryan
Rudolf. “We were able to put
some pressure on them and
we played very good team
defense. We shot the ball
better than we have in recent
games and that is a good sign
heading towards the District
Tournament.
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Kyle Huddleston puts up a fight against the Tigers. Photo by Sandy
Megan Orr tips the hall away from Mazy Madison. Photo by Sandy
Matthews.
Matthews.
By Rick Paullus
By Rick Paullus
A d isap p o in tin g
season came to an end on
Friday, Feb 11 for the
Heppner M ustang varsity
boys as they lost to the
visiting Stanfield Tigers by a
score o f 55-31 in Columbia
Basin Conference play. The
Mustangs finished the season
with a 2-10 record in the
CBC and 5-14 reco rd
overall
It also was the last
game for seniors Brandon
Seitz, Kyle Huddleston, Josh
Gutierrez, Gus Torres and
Kory Paullus. Players who
will be returning next year
for head coach F o rrest
M cK innis are ju n io rs,
Matthew VanCleave, Matt
Kenny, Rory Kilkenny and
Mikel Britt; sophomores, RJ
Farrens and Quinn Peck and
freshman, Matt McCabe
The M ustangs got
off to a horrible start as all
they
could
m uster
offensively was a 3-pointer
by Torres that tied it at 3-3
and a rebound basket by
Paullus as the Tigers took a
17-5 lead after one
Torres hit a jumper
to make it 19-7 then
Huddleston hit one o f two
free throws and VanCleave
scored twice inside to make
it 21 -12. Kilkenny hit one of
two free throws and Paullus
scored o ff a pass from
Torres, but the Tigers took
a 28-15 lead into the locker
room.
The Mustangs went
cold again in the third as all
they could get was a free
th ro w and lay-in from
Paullus and a VanCleave lay-
in on a pass from Farrens as
the Tigers increased their
lead to 42-20 at the end of
three.
Huddleston scored
off a rebound to open the
fourth Peck hit one of two
free throws and Gutierrez
scored off a drive to make it
48-25 Gutierrez and Peck
hit short jumpers to make it
50-29 and Kenny scored off
a pass from Farrens for the
final two points o f the year
P aullus
led
a
balanced scoring attack with
seven p o in ts and five
rebounds, with VanCleave
adding six p o in ts, six
rebounds and five blocked
shots. Seitz had five blocked
sh o ts and tw o steals,
H u d d lesto n had four
rebounds, Farrens had four
assists, Gutierrez had two
steals and Kenny had two
blocked shots.
Heppner 5 8 5 11-31
Stanfield 17 11 14
13-55
Heppner-
Kory
Paullus 3 1-2 7, Matthew
VanCleave 3 0-0 6, Gus Torres
2 0-0 5, Josh Gutierrez 2 0-0
4. Kyle Huddleston 1 1-5 3,
Quinn Peck 1 1-2 3, Matt
Kenny 1 0-0 2. Rory Kilkenny
0 1-3 1. Brandon Seitz. RJ
Farrens and Matt McCabe
Team: 13 4-12 31. 3-pts:
Torres.
Stanfield- Sabotta 6 2-
5 14, Flemmer 5 2-5 12. Baros
3 2-2 8. Blackburn 3 0-0 6,
Gerhke 0 5-6 5. Grogan 1 2-2
4. Mills 1 0-0 2, Zielke 1 0-0
2. Ramos 0 1-21 and Ellis 0
1-21. Team: 20 15-24 55. 3-
pts: none.
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she hit tw o o f four free
throws and fed Price for a
lay-in and Patton hit a 3-
pointer to give the Mustangs
a 26-21 lead at the end o f the
third quarter
The Tigers opened
the fourth with a basket and
Patton hit anther 3-pointer,
but the Tigers came back
with four straight to cut the
lead to 29-27. Southworth
hit one o f two free throws
and Wilson hit a running
jum per to make it 32-27.
After a Tiger free throw, On-
scored twice off drivers to
make it 36-28. After a Tiger
score with 1:30 left cut the
lead to six, Orr hit three of
fo u r free th ro w s and
Mitchell hit one of two in the
final minute to seal the win
Orr led the Mustangs
with 12 points, four steals
and three assists, with Patton
adding
eight
p oints
S o u th w o rth had seven
points, five rebounds and
two assists Wilson and Price
each had six po in ts,
R ietm ann
had
seven
rebounds and two assists and
Mitchell had four rebounds
and two assists.
Heppner- 7 9 10 14-
40
Stanfield 6 114 9-30
H ep p n er- M egan
Orr 4 4-5 12, Lyndi Patton 2
2-2 8, Susan Southworth 1
5-9 7, Terra Wilson 3 0-0 6,
Sarah Price 3 0-0 6, Linsey
Mitchell 0 1-4 1, Shanna
Rietmann, Blair Keithley and
Regi Seitz Team: 13 12-20
40. 3-pts Patton 2.
Stanfield- Walchi 3
2-2 8, Packard 4 0-0 8,
Erwert 2 0-0 4, Madison 2
0-0 4, Bautista 1 0-0 3, Davis
1 0-0 2, Sandoval 0 1-2 1.
Team: 13 3-3 30. 3-pts
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VI
A 24-13 advantage
in the second half helped the
H eppner M ustang g irls ’
varsity to a 40-30 win over
the S tan field T igers on
Friday, Feb. 11 in Columbia
Basin Conference play on
Senior Night The Mustangs,
8-4 in the CBC and 16-5
overall, ended the regular
season tied with the Umatilla
Vikings for third and were to
have a play-off game on
Tuesday, Feb. 15 at
R iverside to d eterm ine
seeding for the District 7
tournament in Pendleton on
Friday, Feb 18 and Saturday,
Feb 19.
It also marked the
last regular season game at
home for seniors Shanna
R ietm ann,
Susan
S o u th w o rth ,
Linsey
Mitchell, Terra Wilson, Blair
K eithley and M adison
Bailey, who is out for the
season with a knee injury.
The Tigers scored
first, but the Mustangs came
back with a Southworth free
throw and a Wilson running
jumper to take a 3-2 lead
After two free throws by the
Tigers, Lyndi Patton hit two
free throws with 1 4 seconds
left to give them a 7-6 lead
after one
Orr open the second
by converting a three-point
play then fed Sarah Price for
a lay-in to make it 12-8, but
the Tigers came back with
five straight to take a 13-12
lead Orr fed Price again for
a lay-in and Wilson hit a
short jumper, but the Tigers
came back to take a 17-16
lead at the half
Southworth opened
the third by converting a
three-point play and after the
Tigers scored four straight,
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come by as the Heppner
Mustang JV girls lost to the
Weston-McEwen Tigerscots
24-17 at Athena on Tuesday,
Feb 8 The M ustangs
dropped to 9 and 7 on the
year with the loss
Katie Kilkenny had
all four o f the M ustangs
points as they took a 4-3 lead
after one, but trailed 13-11
at the half The Mustangs
could manage only six points
in the second half as the
Tigerscots pulled away for
the win
K ilkenny had six
points, four rebounds, three
steals and two assists, with
Lynan Bingham adding five
points Aftan Betsinger had
four points and two steals,
Regi Seitz had four rebounds
and four steals and Cyde Coil
had two steals
Heppner 4 7 4 2-17
Weston-McEwen 3
10 8 3-24
Heppner-
Katie
Kilkenny 3 0-1 6. Lynan
Bingham 2 1-2 5, Aftan
Betsinger 2 0-0 4. Regi Seitz 0
1-2 LCydeCoilO 1-3 I. Kelsie
Fox 0 0-2 0. Whitney
Matthews 0 0-1 0. Mahaley
Huddleston 0 0-1 0. Heather
Yocom. Ta\ lor Kempas. Kylie
Doherty and Jenna Bowman
Team 7 3-12 17 3-pts none
Weston-McEwen- S
Smalley 2 3-4 7. Thul 2 1-4 5.
C Smalley 2 0-2 4. Penaloza
I 1-23. Griggs 10-12, Lacy
Johnston 0 2-4 2. Laura
Johnston 0 1-2 I and
Thompson 0 0-2 0. Team 8 8-
22 24 3-pts none