Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 25,2006 - FIVE
Mustang boys lose to Tigerscots
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Rorj Kilkenny gets checked from behind by a Weston-McEwen
Tigerscot. Pholo by Sandy Matthews.
By Kick Paullus
A fter a bad third
q u arter, the H eppner
Mustangs varsity boys rallied
to tie the Weston-McEwen
T igerscots at the end of
re g u la tio n , but w ere
outscored 11-7 in overtime,
losing 58-54 in Athena on
Friday, Jan. 20 in Columbia
Basin Conference play. The
M ustangs, 4 and 3 in the
CBC and 6 and 5 overall,
will be at Umtilla on Friday,
Jan. 27 before facing league
leading Sherman County at
home on Saturday, Jan. 28.
The Mustangs took
a 15-12 lead a fte r one
getting Five points from Rory
Kilkenny and four each from
M att K enny and M att
McCabe. They held a slim
25-24 lead at the half, getting
six points from Matt Van
Cleave and four from Mikel
Britt in the second quarter.
The Tigerscots took
a 44-36 lead after three, but
the Mustangs rallied, getting
six points from Kenny to tie
it at 47-47 at the end of
regulation. Van Cleave had
four points in overtime, but
it w a sn ’t enough as the
Tigerscots pulled away for
the win.
Van Cleave finished
with 20 points, 14 rebounds
and five blocked shots, with
Kilkenny adding 11 points
and seven rebounds. Kenny
had 10 points, two steals and
two assists; M cCabe had
three assists and three steals;
and R.J. Farrens had three
assists.
Heppner 15 10 11 11
7- 54
Weston-McEwen 12
12 20 3 11- 57
Heppner: Matt Van
Cleave 8 4-7 20, Rory
Kilkenny 4 3-3 11, Matt Kenny
4 2-2 10, Mikel Britt 3 0-0 6,
Matt McCabe 1 2-2 4, Quinn
Peck 1 0-0 2, R.J. Farrens 0 1-
1 1, Lane Bailey, Justin
Delveaux, Nacho Elguezabal.
Team: 21 12-16 54. 3-pts:
none.
Weston-McEwen: Watts 7 3-4
19. Hasenbank 5 0-2 10,
Eastwood 3 2-2 8, Broucheau
6 0-0 12, Schroeder 2 0-3 4,
Tompkins 1 1-3 3, Lindell 0 2-
2 2. Team: 24 8-16 58. 3-pts:
Watts (2).
BMCC to offer digital
photography class
Blue
M ountain
C om m unity C ollege has
sch ed u led
a
d ig ita l
photography class to begin
Tuesday, Feb. 7 at Heppner
High School. D arlene
Marquardt is the instructor.
Time for the class is 6-8 p.m.
and it w ill run for four
weeks. Tuition is $40 plus $5
lab fee. Students age 62 and
over may take the class for
$25 plus the $5 lab fee.
T his co u rse is
intended to help students
work with digital photos.
Starting with the basics, they
will learn how to transfer
images from the camera to
the computer. Then leam to
manipulate photos for best
presentation and how to save
them. Students should bring
digital cameras to class.
Pre-registration is
req u ired . P lease contact
BMCC Coordinator Anne
M orter at 4 2 2 -7 0 4 0 for
more information.
Stefani.
A w eekend o f ice
cold shooting led to a couple
of disappointing losses for
the lone Cardinals, falling to
South W asco C ounty at
home on Friday, Jan. 20 and
to H orizon C h ristia n in
Hood River on Saturday,
Jan. 21.
Twenty-one
turnovers and 23 percent
shooting from the field kept
the Cardinals from getting
out of the early hole they
found themselves in against
South Wasco. The Redsides
jumped out to an early 11-1
lead that the Cardinals could
never overcome, lone was
down 16-6 at the end of one
and trailed by 14 at the half,
31-17. The Redsides shot 22
of 48 for 46 percent and 4-
11 from behind the three-
point line. The Cardinals
managed just 12 of 53 for 23
percent and were just one of
16 behind the three-point
arc.
Tyler Brown led the
team in scoring w ith 12
points and eight rebounds.
Nik Kamp pulled down nine
reb o u n d s. Tony B olin
recorded three assists.
“This was a tough
loss but you are not going to
win too many games when
you shoot 23 percent from
the field,” said Coach Dennis
On
the
road
Saturday night playing Hood
River, lone’s shooting woes
continued as they fell to a
surprisingly tough Horizon
C h ristia n squad 49-45.
Shooting 18 o f 59 for 31
percent, the Cardinals led at
the end of each of the first
th ree q u a rte rs but w ere
outscored in the fourth to
give H orizon the w in.
Twenty-two turnovers for
lone com pared to 15 for
Horizon were another factor
in the loss.
“This was huge loss
for us,” said a disappointed
coach D ennis Stefani. “ I
hope we can get th in g s
turned a ro u n d .” He also
noted that it appeared the Jessica Hughes sticks with a Mustang player.
team has lost its focus over
the weekend.
B row n was the
team’s high scorer with 18
points. Kelly Thompson was
the only other Card in double
fig u res w ith 10 p o in ts.
Brown and Bolin each had
seven reb o u n d s
and
Thom pson collected four
steals.
Up next for lone is
what should be a tough re
m atch w ith C ondon-
Wheeler at home on Friday,
Jan. 27 and a road trip to
Cascade Locks on Saturday,
Jan. 28.
Lady Cardinals bring in three
wins
the beginning of the game
T he lone Lady
Cardinals finished the week
w ith th ree league w ins,
defeating Echo on Tuesday,
Jan. 17, South W asco
County on Friday, Jan. 20
and Horizon Christian on
Saturday, Jan. 21. T heir
record now stands at 9-5
overall and 6-1 in the Big
Sky.
lo n e h osted the
Echo Cougars on Tuesday,
Jan. 17 coming away with a
37-27 win. After jumping
out to a 10-1 first-quarter
lead, the C ardinals were
played fairly evenly for the
rest of the game. The score
was 21 -13 at the half and 31 -
19 after three.
“We played well at
but lost a little focus during
the last three quarters,” said
Coach Ryan Rudolf. “Echo
played well. We need to play
better, especially at home, if
we want to play in the post
season.”
Ashly Grams led the
team in scoring with 11
points followed by Amber
Patton with nine and Emily
Rietmann with seven. Also
sco rin g fo r the Lady
C ard in als w ere Jenny
G riffith , K ylee S v etich ,
Stephanie Holland, Kaylee
Palmateer and Kayla LaRue.
Leading rebounders
were Rietmann and Holland
with eight. Patton paced the
team with seven steals and
Rietmann had three assists.
Tree lights to come down
Volunteers are reminded that it is time to remove
the tree lights and put them away for another year. The
Chamber has two extension poles, which makes the task
much easier. People are welcome to check them out of the
Chamber closet. The three volunteers, with help from the
City of Heppner and Tom Rawlins of Heppner TV are to
be commended for making the town look festive throughout
Christmas and Town and Country.
Grant workshop scheduled in
Heppner
Blue Mountain Community College has scheduled
a one-day workshop entitled, “Getting a G rant,” for
Wednesday, Feb. 15, at the Morrow County Extension
Office in Heppner. The class will run from 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. Participants should bring their own lunch. The cost of
the workshop is $30 and pre-registration is required.
This one-day seminar will introduce participants to
the basics of getting a grant and then what to do once a
grant has been received. Topics covered include:
Demystifying the grant-seeking process; Identifying funding
sources; Framing the project; Elements of a proposal; and
What to do once you get a grant.
Susan Plass, BM CC’s Director of Grants, will
present the workshop. Plass has over 20 years experience
with grants and proposals in the field.
To pre-register for the class, contact Anne Morter,
BMCC Coordinator for South Morrow County, at 422-
7040.
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Torri Lovgren goes for a shot against Echo.
The Ponies hosted a tournament Saturday, Jan. 21.
The A team finished the day with a 2-1 record. They lost
their first game to the Helix Grizzlies 23-26. Torri Lovgren
made crucial shots that kept the Ponies in the game and led
the team with 10 points. Kristen Van Cleave added six
points.
In their second game, the Ponies faced the Mt.
Vernon M ustangs. The Ponies came out with strong
defensive pressure. They created turnovers which led to
easy baskets. The Ponies won 41-13. Van Cleave led the
team with 15 points. Erin Price chipped in eight points.
In their final game of the day, the Ponies faced a
weary Echo team. The Ponies again came out with a strong
defensive effort and kept the Cougars scoreless in the first
half. The Ponies won 28-8. Van Cleave again led the team
in scoring with nine points. Jessica Hughes added eight
points in the win.
Rocket club to hold work session
T he
B la sto ff
Rocketeers group, lead by
Pat Struthers, will be holding
a rocket work session on
Saturday, Jan. 28. The club
still has to put together parts
fo r the p ay lo ad ro ck ets
projects and get an idea of
how many rockets are going
to want to fly at the Feb. 18
launch. T his sessio n is
optional, but hopes are that
enough m em bers will be
there to get all the parts
ready for final assembly at
the next meeting. Tentatively
the work session will run
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and
will be in Struthers’ new
o ffice
d ow ntow n
in
Heppner. The address is 198
Willow Street, next to the
Gazette-Times offices and
across from the fire station.
T h ere is a lot o f
space to work and tables will
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p ro v id ed . Som e q u ie te r
power tools will be available
if any heavy-duty drilling or
sanding is needed. If there
are questions or suggestions,
you can call Struthers at 676-
0989 (office) or 676-5443
(home).
In other club news,
The H o llan d s (S tep h en ,
Craig and Janet) worked at
obtaining the clu b 's first
o fficia l sp o n so r fo r the
rocket
clu b .
M ore
information will be available
at a later date, but there
should be enough funds to
buy m otors for the next
launch, and then some.
Struthers will also be
going out to the Jepsen farm
to look at a launch site for
the February launch.
Notes will be sent
out on the last meeting along
w ith d e tails o f the next
meeting on Feb. 2 and on the
launch. There will also be a
report on T A R C /scratch
building experiments, which
are very interesting.
WCLL to hold
meeting
Willow Creek Little
League will be holding a
m eeting in A rlington on
Wednesday, Feb. 15 at 6:30
p.m. at the Village Inn.