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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 21,2005 Mustang Boys Split at Harrisburg Tournament By Rick Paullus After just two practices due to the long run on the football play-offs, the Heppner Mustang varsity boys went to the Harrisburg tournament and split two games taking third place on Friday, Dec. 9 and Saturday, Dec. 10. On Friday they ran into a very good Santiam Christian team and lost 70-44 but came back on Saturday taking a 40-34 win over Reedsport. The Mustangs fell behind 11 -4 after one and 29-15 at the half but got 12 points from matt VanCleave in the third to get within ten at 45-35 but the Eagles ran away in the fourth taking the win. Rory Kilkenny led the Mustangs with 16 points with VanCleave adding 12 points and Mikel Britt adding seven. Heppner Santiam C. 4 11 11 18 20 16 11-44 25-70 Heppner- Rory Kilkenny 6 4-7 16, Matt VanCleave 5 2- 4 12, Mikel Britt 3 1-2 7, Matt Kenny 2 0-2 4, Lane Bailey 1 0-0 3, Matt McCabe 1 0-0 2, Nacho Elguezabal 0 0-10, Quinn Peck, RJ Farrens, Justin Delveaux, Nathan VanCleave, 18 7-16 44. 3pt.-Bailey. Santiam Christian- Bittner 5 2-4 13, Mason 4 1-69, John 3 2-2 8, Warner 2 3-4 7, Menges 1 4-4 6, Sullivan 2 2-2 6, Richardson 3 0-0 6, Chabis 2 1-2 3, Hart 1 0-0 2, Kubler 1 0-02. 26 15-24 70. 3pt-Bittner. photo by Sandy Matthews Matt Van Cleave goes over the top of the Bulldogs in a close match with Heppner coming out ahead at the buzzer 56-53. Mustangs start CBC with two wins The Heppner Mustang boys got off to a good start to the Columbia Basin Conference by winning their first two gam es on Friday, D ecem ber 16, and Saturday, December 17. On Friday, they won at Irrigon, 73-20, and came home on Saturday taking a narrow, 56-53, win over the Culver Bulldogs. The Mustangs will be at the Camas, WA, tournament on Wednesday, December 28, and Thursday, December 29, before getting back into CBC play the following weekend. The Mustangs fell behind the Knights, 6-0, before Rjory Kilkenny, with a little over four minutes left in the first quarter, finally got them on the board. Matt McCabe scored off a drive. Kilkenny scored six more and Matt Kenny scored off a steal to give them a 12-8 lead after one. Matt Van Cleave scored four points, Lane Bailey scored off a steal, Kenny hit a short jumper and Mikel Britt scored four straight to make it 24-10. Kilkenny scored inside, Bailey hit a long jumper, Justin Delveaux hit a three- pointer. Nacho Elguezabal hit a short jumper. Quinn Peck hit a three-pointer and scored of an assist from RJ Farrens. Van Cleave scored to close out the first half with the Mustangs leading, 40-11. The Mustangs didn't slow down in the third as Britt had eight points and seven, including another three-pointer as they increased their lead to 62-12 after three. Bailey scored inside, Nathan Van Cleave hit a short jumper, Elguezabal scored four straight and Peck hit another three-pointer as they coasted through the fourth. Peck finished with 15 points with Kilkenny adding 12 points and six rebounds and Britt had 12 points. Matt Van Cleave had eight points and four rebounds. H eppner 12 28 22 11-73 Irrigon 8 3 1 8-20 Heppner-Quinn Peck 6 0-0 15, Mike Britt 5 2-3 12, Rory Kilkenny 5 -23-12. Matt Van Cleave 4 0-0 8, Lane Bailey 3 0-0 6. Nacho Elguezabal 2 2-2 6 Matt Kenny 2 0-0 4, Justin Delveaux I 0-0 3, RJ Farrens 1 0-0 3, Nathan Van Cleave 1 0-3 2, Matt McCabe 1 0-0 2, 31 6-11-73. Irrigon-N unn 3 1-2 7, Griffin 2 0-0 4, Anthony 2 0-04, Rivera 0 3-4 3. White 0 2-3 2. Barnett, McKeon, 7 6-9 20. Mustang JV girls beat Irrigon By Rick Paullus The Heppner Mustang JV girls built an 18-4 first half lead and eventually won 45-24 over the Irrigon Knights on Friday, Dec. 16 in Irrigon to improve to 4 and 1 on the year. The Mustangs will be at home against Grant Union on Thursday, Dec. 29 before traveling to Walla Walla to face the DeSales Irish on Friday, Dec. 30. The M ustangs led 10-0 over one against the Knights, getting four points from Kylie Doherty and eventually led 18-4 at the half. Sarah Milner had 7 points in the third as they increased their lead to 34-10 after three and they coasted to the win. M ilner led the M ustangs with 15 points, five rebounds, and four steals, with Doherty adding Sarah Milner had eight points in the 12 points and four steals. Melissa West had eight steals, four rebounds and four assists; Kylie Helfrecht had three steals and two assists; Maggie Armato had six points and two steals, and Stephanie Cutsforth had nine rebounds. H eppner: 10 8 16 11 - 45 Irrigon: 0 4 6 14 - 24 Heppner: Sarah Milner 6 3-4 15; Kylie Doherty 5 2-2 12; Maggie Armato 3 0-0 6; Kaylie Helfrecht 2 0-0 4; Melissa West 2 0-0 4; Stephanie Cutsforth 1 0 -1 2 ; Cassie Wilson 1 0-0 2; Mercedes Garrett 0 0-2 0; Lynnell Bowie. 20 5-9 45. Three-pointers: none. Irrigon: DeBoise 3 0-0 6; Reeves 3 0-1 6; Krick 2 0-0 4; Campos 2 0-0 4; Tolar 1 0-0 2; Garciloza 1 0-0 2. 12 The Mustangs fell behind 8-5 to Reedsport after one but got 11 points from Kilkenny in the second to get 0 - 1 24. Three-pointers: none. within 21 -19 at the half. Bailey had four points in the third The Mustangs opened the year at Grant Union and as they tied it at 26-26 after three and got five points from came away with a 32-26 loss to the Prospectors on Britt as they pulled way fro the win in the fourth. Thursday, Dec. 1. Grant Union led 16-11 at the half, 30-22 Kilkenny finished with 13 points with Matt Van after three, and hung on from there for the win. Cleave adding 9 points and Bailey 7 points. Doherty led the Mustangs with 10 points, with Milner adding four points. Heppner 5 14 7 14-40 Reedsport 8 13 5 8-34 H eppner: 5 6 11 4 - 2 6 G ra n t Union: 9 7 14 2 - 32 Heppner- Kilkenny 5 3-8 13, M. VanCleave 3 3-8 9, Bailey 3 0-0 7, Britt 1 3-5 5, Kenny 1 0-0 2, Farrens 1 0- H eppner: Doherty 2 6-12 10; Milner 2 0-0 4; Wilson 1 1 2, McCabe 1 0-0 2, Peck Delveaux, Elguezabal, N. 1- 2 3; Cutsforth 1 1-2 3; Sherilyn Peck 1 0-4 2; Van Cleave 15 9-22 40. 3 pt.-Bailey. Reedsport- Kaufmann 5 4-7 14, Johnson 3 0-0 6, Spuglio Helfrecht 1 0-0 2; Garrett 1 0-2 2; West 0 0-2 0; Bowie, 2 1-2 5, Plotz 2 0-04, Horton 1 0-0 3, Fulps 1 0-2 2. 13 4- Armato, Chelsey Hedman, Baillee Keithley, Vickie Koch, Kelsie Fox. 9 8-24 26. Three-pointers: none. 11 34. 3 pt.-Horton. G ra n t Union: Gilliam 4 0-0 8; Hoffman 3 0-5 6; Morrow County Sheriff’s office Rutherford 3 0-1 6; Gibbons 2 1-2 5; Waggoner 1 1-4 3; Gill 1 0-2 2; Barry 1 0-2 2; Houdt 0 0-2 0. 15 2-18 32. motor vehicle accident report Three-pointers: none. The stretch of 1-84 standby but were never used between mile marker 164 that evening in the county. Heppner returned home Friday, Dec. 2 to play the and the 171 and Highway The Morrow County Imbler Panthers and came away with a 33-26 win. The 730 between the 168-mile 911 c e n te r fie ld e d 184 Panthers took a 10-7 lead after one, but the Mustangs got m arker and the 171 was incoming calls: 148 business four points from Wilson in outscoring Imbler 20-4 in the extremely slick due to black line calls and 36 911 calls on second quarter to take a 27-14 lead at the half. The ice. M orrow C ounty d e sig n a te d 911 lin es. Panthers narrowed the gap to 29-20 after three, but the S h e riff’s office received M C S O ’s call volum e Mustangs hung on from there to take the win. approximately 31 calls for in c re ase d 53 p ercen t. Wilson led the Mustangs with 12 points, with motor vehicle accidents on A dditional 911 operators Doherty adding six points. Dec. 15. The calls were were called in to help with The Mustangs traveled to Riverside on Tuesday, called in on 911 lines, the call load. Dec. 6 and came away with a 37-35 win over the Pirates. business lines, including one The sudden weather They led 8-0 after one, but the Pirates came back to take a call from On Star. There change that created the black 13-12 lead at the half. Kelsie Fox had three points in the were countless slide-offs and ice was a contributing factor third as the Mustangs tied it at 20-20 and Doherty had six disabled vehicles that were in th is ch ain o f e v en ts, points, and Cutsforth, four, as they pulled out the narrow never reported. Most of the according to the Sheriff’s win. accidents were non-injury, office. The other factor was Doherty led the Mustangs with 12 points, with how ever 13 people were excess speed on unknown Baillie Keithley, Helfrecht and Cutsforth each adding four. transported to the hospital road c o n d itio n s. As the for various injuries, with county is expecting more H eppner: 8 4 8 17 - 37 over 20 people checked out accidents due to weather, all Riverside: 0 13 7 15 - 35 by the ambulance personnel drivers are encouraged to all together. practice safe driving habits Heppner: Doherty 3 6-10 12; Helfrecht 2 0-2 4; B o a r d m a n over all roads, they said. Keithley 1 2-2 4; Cutsforth 2 0-0 4; Fox 1 1-2 3; Milner ambulance saw 11 patients, M orrow C ounty 0 3-4 3; Wilson 0 2-2 2; West 1 0-4 2; Armato 1 0-0 2; Irrigon ambulance saw four Sheriff’s Office and Oregon Hedman 0 1-2 1; Koch 0 0-2 0; Bowie, Garrett. 1115- p a tie n ts; also U m atilla State Police will investigate 30 37. Three-pointers: none. ambulance crew was placed th ese m o to r v eh icle on stan d b y fo r serv ice accidents, Oregon Dept, of The Mustangs were at home on Monday, Dec. 12 b etw een U m a tilla and Transportation will continue against Mac-Hi and came away with a 27-20 win over the Irrigon areas. H erm iston sanding and de-icing the Pioneers. The Mustangs led 10-6 at the half and got four am bulance w ere also on highway. points from West in the third to pull away to a 22-10 lead and hung on from there to take the win. West led the Mustangs with eight points, with Cutsforth adding six points. Fox and Milner each added four points. Mac-Hi: 2 4 4 10 - 20 Heppner: 6 4 12 5 - 27 It was a whole different story on Saturday as the Bulldogs took a 14-13 lead after one, despite seven points from Matt Van Cleave and four from Matt Kenny, but Peck hit two three-pointers and Farrens, one, as the Mustangs came back to take a 33-31 lead at intermission. Van Cleave had six points and Bailey, five, as they built their lead to 46-40 after three and the Mustangs hung on for the win as a last second three-point attempt bounced off the rim. Van Cleave had 17 points, Kilkenny had 10 points and 12 rebounds. Peck had nine points, Kenny, eight, and Farrens had eight assists. Mac-Hi: Tucholke 2 2-2 6; Brown 1 0-0 2; Chapin 1 0-2 2; Sams 1 0-0 2; Shannon 2 0-0 4; Potter 0 2-2 2; Sandoval 1 0-0 2; Granger 0 0-1 0. 8 4-7 10. Three- pointers: none. Heppner: West 4 0-1 8; Cutsforth 3 0-0 6; Fox 2 0-0 4; Milner 2 0-0 4; Helfrecht 1 0 -1 2 ; Wilson 1 0-0 2; Keithley 0 1-3 1; Bowie, Hedman, Koch, Armato, Garrett. 13 1-5 27. Three-pointers: none. C ulver 14 17 9 13-53 H eppner 13 20 13 10-56 Culver- Blood 7 5-6 23, Lewis 4 2-2 11, Gibson 3 0-0 6, Roen 2 1-2 5. Chavez 2 0-0 4. Bode 2 0-0 4, 20 8-10 53. 3 pt- Blood 4, Lewis Heppner-M . Van Cleave 7 3-5 17. Kilkenny 5 0-2 10, Peck 3 1-1-9. Kenny 2 4-4 8. Bailey 2 0-0 5, Farrens 1 0-03, M C ube 10 0-1 2, Elguezabal 1 0-0 2, Delveaux, 22 8-13 56. 3pt-Peck 2, Farrens, Bailey. » It’s the magic of the season. Christmas is the reason. It’s a time for family. A time for friends. A time of giving and hometown living. Celebrate the spirit of Christmas. And Celebrate the spirit of your hometown by shopping locally for Christmas this year. Celebrate the spirit of your hometown! £ Bank o f Member FDtC f
