FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 18,2006
Mustang boys dropped by
Rockets
Mustang boys split over weekend Mustang boys win at Culver
By Rick Paullus
Matt VanCleave takes control of the hall against the Rockets.
Photo by Sandy Matthews.
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner Mus
tang varsity boys dropped a
Columbia Basin Conference
game to the visiting Pilot
Rock Rockets 63-57 on Fri
day. Jan. 13 as they would
fall behind, catch up only to
fall behind again and could
never get over the hump.
The Mustangs dropped to 3
and 2 in the CBC and 5 and
4 overall with the loss.
The Rockets jumped
out to a 12-6 lead after one,
but got seven points, includ
ing a 3-pointer, from Lane
Bailey, five points from
Mikel Britt and four from
Matt VanCleave to get with
in 25-24 at the half.
VanCleave had five
points and Rory Kilkenny hit
five of six free throws but the
Rockets pushed their lead to
43-37 after three and Van
Cleave added 11 points in the
fourth, but the Rockets held
off the Mustangs to take the
win.
VanCleave finished
with 24 points, 12 rebounds
and four steals, with Kilken
ny adding 13 points and 12
rebounds. Britt had eight
points and six rebounds and
RJ Farrens had six assists.
Pilot Rock 63, Hepp
ner 57
Pilot Rock 12 13 18
20-63
Heppner 6 1 8 1 3 20-
57
Pilot Rock- Byrnes 11
2-12 24 Humphreys 6 4-6 17,
Howard 2 2-2 6, Hoover 2 0-4
6, Doss 0 5-8 5, Norquist 2 0-
0 5, Graham 0 0-2 0 and Mur
ry. Team: 23 13-34 63. 3-pts:
Hoover 2, Norquist and Hum
phreys.
Heppner- Matt Van
Cleave 11 2-2 24, Rory Kilk
enny 3 7-10 13, Mikel Britt 3
2-5 8, Lane Bailey 3 0-0 7, RJ
Farrens 1 0-2 3, Matt McCabe
1 0-0 2, Matt Kenny, Quinn
Peck, Justin Delveaux and Na-
cho Elguezabal. Team: 20 11-
19 57. 3-pts: none.
Cardinals pull win from Knights
The lone boys’ var
sity kept their league record
perfect on the road against
the
C o n d o n -W h ee le r
Knights on Saturday, Jan.
14, but it wasn’t easy.
The Knights came
out gunning for the Cardi
nals, outscoring them 11 -3 in
the first quarter. The Cardi
nals got their offense mov
ing in the second, putting 21
points up and grabbing a slim
24-22 lead. The third quar
ter was played even with
each team scoring 16 and the
fourth showed a two-point
advantage for lone, giving
them the final 55-51 margin.
K elly T hom pson
was the game's high scorer
with 22 points. Tyler Brown
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was the only other Cardinal
in double figures with 14
points. Thompson also led
the team with six assists and
four steals while Brown was
the leading rebounder with
seven. The teams were very
close in team rebounds, 22-
21 in favor of lone and in
shooting percentages, 48
percent to 47 percent lone.
“Condon gave us all
we could h a n d le ,” said
C oach D ennis S tefan i.
“Their post game is strong
but I felt that Dan Long did
a good job when he came in
on defense.”
The win moved the
Cardinals season record to
8-4 and their Big Sky Con
ference record to 3-0.
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After thrashing the
visiting Umatilla Vikings 79-
44 on Friday, Jan. 6, the
Heppner M ustang varsity
boys ended the w eekend
g e ttin g beat 61-41 at
Sherman in Columbia Basin
C o n fe re n ce play. The
M ustangs, 3 and 1 in the
CBC and 5-3 overall, will be
at W eston-M cE w en on
Friday, Jan. 20 and back at
home on Saturday against
the Stanfield Tigers.
M att K enny and
Matt VanCleave each had
four points and RJ Farrens
h it a 3 -p o in te r as the
Mustangs and Vikings were
tied at 11 -11 after one. Then
Quinn Peck brought in nine
points, including tw o 3-
pointers, and Mikel Britt had
six points as the Mustangs
took a 34-22 lead at the half.
The Mustangs kept
the pressure on in the third
as Rory Kilkenny had seven
points and Peck hit another
three to increase the lead to
54-28 and Farrens had nine
points, including another 3-
pointer as they coasted to an
easy win.
Peck finished with
17 points as four Mustangs
scored in double figures and
had five rebounds and three
assists with Farrens scoring
16 points, getting five steals
and four assists. Britt had 11
points and nine rebounds,
Kenny had 10 points and six
rebounds and Matt McCabe
had seven rebounds. The
Mustangs shot 29 of 56 for
the game.
In Moro, VanCleave
had six points in the first as
the Mustangs took a 12-10
lead after one and had six
more in the second, but the
Huskies came back to take a
33-22 lead at the half.
VanCleave had eight
points in the third as they
narrowed the gap to 43-34,
but the Huskies hit 13 of 17
free throws in the fourth to
pull away for the win. The
Huskies hit 22 o f 29 free
th ro w s fo r the gam e
compared to the Mustangs
three of 12.
VanCleave led the
way with 22 points, eight
rebounds and two steals with
Britt adding seven points and
four rebounds. Farrens had
seven assists.
H ep p n er
79,
Umatilla 44
H eppner 11 23 20
25-79
Umatilla 11 11 6 16-
44
H ep p n er- Q uinn
Peck 6 2-4 17, RJ Farrens 5
4-4 16, Mikel Britt 5 1-2 11,
Matt Kenny 5 0-0 10, Rory
K ilk en n y 2 3-3 7, M att
VanCleave 3 0-2 6, Nacho
Elguezabal 2 0-0 4, Justin
D elveaux 1 1-2 3, Lane
B ailey 1 0 -0 2, N athan
VanCleave 1 0-0 2, Matt
McCabe 0 1-2 1. Team: 31
12-19 79. 3-pts: Peck 3 and
Farrens 2.
Umatilla- Routson 5
1- 7 11, Williams 5 0-0 10,
Olvera 3 3-4 9, Creason 3 0-
0 7 , Russell 1 2-24, Murrillo
1 0-0 2, Navarro 0 1-2 1,
White and Bow. Team: 18 7-
15 44. 3-pts: Creason.
S h erm an
61,
Heppner 41
Heppner 1210 12 7-
41
Sherman 10 239 19-
61
H ep p n er-
M.
VanCleave 110-1 22, Britt
3 1-5 7, Elguezabal 3 0-0 6,
Bailey 1 0-2 2, Peck 0 2-2 2,
Kenny 1 0-0 2, McCabe 0 0-
2 0, F a rren s, D elv eau x ,
Kilkenny and Rauch. Team:
19 3-12 41. 3-pts: none.
Sherman- Moore 9
7-9 25, Wood 2 6-7 10, Ev.
Kaseberg 4 0 -19, Mobley 1
3-4 5, El. Kaseberg 1 3-5 5,
Walker 2 0-0 4, Quintero 0
2- 4 2 and King 0 1-3 1.
Team: 19 22-29 61. 3-pts:
Ev. Kaseberg.
Ione JV boys take win at Nixyaawii
The lone boys’ JV
team overcame some ball
handling difficulties to take
a win on the road against
Nixyaawii on Jan. 10.
The game was close
in the early going, with lone
taking a slim 19-15 lead after
one quarter. The game began
to swing the Cardinals’ way
in the seco n d , as lo n e
outscored Nix 16-8 for a 35-
23 halftime lead. The Cards
outscored their opponent
18-9 in the third before
coasting home to a 65-51
victory.
Dan Long and Clay
Morter led the Cardinals in
scoring with 16 points each.
I Also scoring for lone was
Kevin Fowler with 11 points,
W illiam B ergstrom and
Justin A rcher with seven
each, Derek Davidson with
six and William Wehrli with
two points.
lone had a fine effort
on
the
b o a rd s
out
re b o u n d in g the G o ld en
Eagles 39-23. Cory Peterson
led the w ay w ith eig h t
rebounds, followed by Long,
Fow ler and M orter w ith
seven each. Archer had five
steals and Davidson had five
assists to lead the team.
Coach Jim Swanson
was concerned with the high
n u m b er o f tu rn o v e rs
committed by the team but
was pleased to com e out
with the win in spite of that
situation. “Nixyaawii is a
very tough place to play.
They can shoot the lights out
but we were able to keep
them from getting into any
rhythm,” said Swanson. He
noted that Long had a good
effort, especially playing just
tw o
q u a rte rs
and
complimented the full court
p re ssu re
a p p lie d
by
Davidson and Archer.
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Lead rebounder of the game Rory Kilkenny makes a shot against
the Culver Bulldogs. Photo by Sandy Matthews.
By Rick Paullus
A 40-25 advantage
in the seco n d and th ird
quarter carried the Heppner
Mustang varsity boys to a
63-51 w in at C u lv er on
S atu rd ay , Jan . 14 in
Columbia Basin Conference
play. The Mustangs, 4 and 2
in the CBC and 6 and 4
overall, will be at Weston-
McEwen on Friday, Jan. 20
and will be back at home on
S atu rd ay
a g a in st the
Stanfield Tigers in CBC play.
The Bulldogs took a
13-9 lead after one, but the
M ustangs got six points,
including a 3-pointer, from
RJ Farrens and five points
from Mikel Britt to take a
28-25 lead at the half.
Matt VanCleave had
12 points and Peck five,
including another three, as
the Mustangs increased their
lead to 51 -38 after three and
got six points from Rory
K ilkenny and four from
Justin Delveaux as they held
on for the win.
V anC leave led a
balanced scoring attack with
14 points and 13 rebounds,
with Kilkenny adding 13
points and 18 rebounds.
Farrens had 10 points and six
assists and Peck had nine
points. The Mustangs hit on
26 of 45 shots for the game.
Heppner 63, Culver
51
Heppner 9 17 23 12
-63
Culver 13 12 13 13-
51
H ep p n er-
M att
VanCleave 6 2-3 14, Rory
K ilk en n y 6 1-2 13, RJ
Farrens 3 2-3 10, Q uinn
Peck 4 1-2 9, Matt McCabe
3 0-0 6, Mikel Britt 2 1-15,
Justin D elveaux 2 0-0 4,
Matt Kenny, Lane Bailey and
Nacho Elguezabal. Team: 26
7-11 63. 3-pts: Farrens 2 and
Peck 2.
lone JVs take win over Condon-
Wheeler
rebounded the Cards 30-26.
The lone boys’ JV
team recorded the biggest
win of the day at Condon on
Saturday, Jan. 14, downing
a te n a c io u s C o n d o n -
Wheeler squad 61 -50.
T he
C ard in als
jumped out to an early lead
with a score of 11-4 at the
end of the first quarter and
kept it going throughout the
second and third period.
After three quarters, lone led
48-22. However, Condon
was not done for the day as
their outside shooters came
alive, scoring 28 points in the
final quarter. The Cards were
able to hang on though for
the hard fought win.
Dan Long, playing
just two quarters, led the
team in scoring w ith 16
p o in ts. A lso in d o u b le
figures for lone were Clay
Morter with 12 points and
Derek Davidson with 10.
Morter paced the team with
eig h t re b o u n d s and tw o
assists, while Justin Archer
had tw o steals. The tall
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“Condon-Wheeler is
the best 1A team we have
played so far,” said Coach
Jim Swanson. “We had a 26-
point lead that our second
unit let slip a little but they
played with a lot of energy.”
Swanson also noted
that a highlight of the game
was a three-pointer swished
in by e x ch an g e stu d en t
Michael Mayer early in the
second quarter. Mayer, who
had never played basketball
before attending lone, found
his way into the scorebook
for the first time this season.
“ M ike is alw ay s th ere,
working hard at practice and
in the games. He is a real joy
to have on the team,” said
Swanson.
Elks announce
annual local
hoop shoot
T he E lk ’s Lodge
#358 will hold their annual
local Hoop Shoot for kids 8-
13 (as of April 1, 2006) on
Sunday, Jan. 22 at the lone
Community School gym. It
is a free event that kids can
do year after year. The kids
will compete in the following
divisions: 8-9 girls, 8-9 boys,
10-11 girls, 10-11 boys, 12-
13 girls and 12-13 boys. The
top two free throw shooters
from each d iv isio n w ill
receive a trophy. The top
shooter from each division
will go to the District Hoop
Shoot in H erm isto n on
Sunday, Feb. 4. If you have
questions please call Marc
Orem at 376-5048.
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