Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 22,2006 - FIVE
Mustang boys’ rally falls short
By Kick Paullus
A 2 0 -p o in t th ird
quarter deficit proved to be
too much to overcome as the
Heppner Mustang boys had
their season come to an end
at the hands of the Pilot
Rock Rockets in a loser-out
game at the Columbia Basin
C o n feren ce
d is tric t
to u rn am en t
at
the
C onv en tio n C en ter in
Pendleton on Friday, Feb.
17. The Mustangs finished
the season with a 10 and 9
record.
It also ended the
b ask etb all careers in a
Mustang uniform for seniors
Rory Kilkenny, Matt Kenny,
Matt Van Cleave and Mikel
fjritt.
S ophom ore M att
McCabe hit a 3-pointer to
open the gam e and Van
Cleave scored off a drive but
the Rockets came back to
take a 14-5 lead after one.
Van C leave hit a short
jumper and Kilkenny scored
off a pass from RJ Farrens
to make it 17-9 and Van
Cleave and Kilkenny each hit
short ju m p e rs but the
Rockets stretched their lead
to 27-13. Britt scored twice
inside but the Rockets took
a 31-17 lead at the half.
The Rockets scored
six straight to open the third
taking a 37-17 lead before
the Mustangs woke up as
Lane B ailey hit a long
jumper, Farrens hit one of
tw o free throw s and
K ilkenny scored o ff a
rebound. After a three-point
play by the Rockets, Van
Cleave scored off a pass
from Farrens and hit one of
two free throws and McCabe
hit a 3-pointer to cut the lead
to 40-28. After four straight
from the Rockets, Farrens
hit a 3-pointer to end the
third with the Rockets still
in front 44-31 going into the
fourth.
Kilkenny scored off
a reb o u n d and fed Van
Cleave for a lay-in and Bailey
hit a running jumper to open
the fourth and Kilkenny hit
one of two free throws and
scored off a rebound to cut
the lead to 46-40 with 4:35
left. Farrens scored off a
drive and Britt hit one of two
free throws to make it 49-
43 with 3 minutes left, but
the Rockets scored eight
straight before Farrens hit a
long 3-pointer to cut the lead
to 57-46. Farrens hit another
3-pointer, Kilkenny scored
inside and Britt scored off a
pass from Farrens to close
out the scoring w ith the
M ustangs com ing up six
points short.
Kilkenny led three
Mustangs in double figures
with 13 points and grabbed
eight rebounds with Farrens
getting 12 points and six
a ssists and Van C leave
finishing with 11 points,
eig h t rebou n d s and two
a ssists. B ritt had seven
points, B ailey had three
ste a ls, M cC abe had six
points and two assists and
Matt Kenny had two assists.
Heppner 5 12 14 22-
53
Pilot Rock 14 17 13
15-59
H epp n er-
Rory
K ilkenny 6 1-4 13, RJ
Farrens 4 1-2 12, Matt Van
Cleave 5 1-411, Mikel Britt
3 1-2 7, Matt McCabe 2 0-0
6, Lane Bailey 2 0-0 4. Matt
K enny, Q uinn Peck and
Nacho Elguezabal. Team:
22-49 4-12 53. 3-pts:
Farrens 3 and McCabe 2.
Pilot Rock- Doss 7
3-8 17, Byrnes 5 2-5 12,
N o rq u ist
4
1-2
9,
Humphreys 2 1-2 6, Graham
2 2-4 6, Bronson 1 3-3 5,
Murry 1 0-0 2 and Hoover 1
0-0 2. Team: 23-47 12-26
59. 3-pts: Humphreys.
Ponies stop Knights
On Friday, Feb. 17,
the Heppner Ponies faced
the Irrigon Knights. It was
the first game for the Ponies
after a two-week break.
The Ponies began
the game slowly on offense,
but held the Knights to only
one first-quarter point. In the
second quarter, the Ponies
showed fatigue on defense
and let the Knights back into
the game.
O ver h a lf o f the
Ponies first-half points came
o ff o f free th row s. The
Ponies got the Knights into
foul trouble by driving the
lane and pounding the ball
into the post. At halftime, the
Ponies led 13-7.
In the second half,
the Ponies came out with
ren ew ed in te n sity on
d efen se. B randi H ong,
Taighler Dougherty and Erin
Price put pressure on the
Knight guards and halted
K night
fast-b reak
opportunities. The Ponies
took control of the game in
the third quarter. A late
technical on a Knight player
sealed the 30-15 victory for
the Ponies.
Kristen Van Cleave
scored 13 points to lead the
P onies,
C ath erin e
McElligott added five.
Mustang girls rally twice to take B team Ponies lose to Irrigon
On Friday, Feb. 17, more baskets for the Ponies.
third
By Kick Paullus
C lutch free throw
shooting helped the Heppner
Mustang girls rally twice and
take the third seed out of the
Columbia Basin Conference
district tournam ent going
into the C lass 2A state
tournament. The Mustangs
beat the Stanfield Tigers 34-
32 on Friday, Feb. 17 and
came back on Saturday to
eliminate Umatilla 36-31.
The Mustangs, now
11-2 on the year, played at
Nyssa on Tuesday, Feb. 21
in the first round o f the
O SA A
US
B ank/L es
Schwab Tire Class 2A state
tournament.
After falling behind
4 -0 to the T ig ers, the
Mustangs came back w ith 11
straight as Regi Seitz hit one
o f tw o free th ro w s and
completed a three-point play
and M egan O rr hit three
ju m p e rs in clu d in g a 3-
pointer and they eventually
led 11 -6 after one quarter.
S h erily n Peck hit
two free throws and Aftan
B etsin g e r sco red o ff a
rebound to open the second,
but the Tigers came back to
get within 16-13 at the half.
O rr hit tw o free
throws and a 3-pointer, but
that was all the offense the
Mustangs could muster as
they fell behind 24-21 after
three.
After a Tiger basket
to open the fourth, Seitz hit
a baseline jumper then fed
Katie Kilkenny for a lay-in
to cut the lead to 26-25.
Lyndi Patton hit two free
throws to give the Mustangs
the lead and after a Tiger
basket, Seitz hit two more to
make it 29-28 with 4:25 left.
After the Tigers hit two of
five free throws, Orr hit three
of four to make it 32-30 with
2:14 left. The Tigers tied it,
but Seitz hit two clutch free
throws with 18 seconds left
and the Mustangs held on for
the win.
Orr led the Mustangs
with 15 points, five rebounds
and two steals, with Seitz
adding 1 I p o in ts, seven
rebounds and three assists.
Patton had four rebounds,
two steals and two assists,
Betsinger had eight rebound
and K ilkenny had five
rebounds.
The next day, both
teams got off to slow starts
as the Mustangs didn't get
on the board u n til six
minutes were gone as Orr hit
a 3-pointer to give them a 3-
2 lead. Sherilyn Peck hit one
of two free throws and Seitz
hit two to make it 6-2 after
one quarter.
Seitz hit three of four
free throws and Kilkenny
completed a three-point play
to open the second and give
the Mustangs a 12-2 lead.
After four straight by the
Vikings, Patton hit Seitz for
a lay-in and gave the
Mustangs a 14-6 lead at the
half.
Seitz hit tw o free
throws early in the third, but
the Vikings came back to
take a 17-16 lead. Taylor
Kempas hit three of four free
throws, but the Vikings tied
it at 19-19 a fte r three
quarters of play.
Kilkenny hit two free
throws and a short jumper,
but the Vikings came to take
a 27-23 lead m idw ay
th ro u g h the fo u rth . O rr
completed a three-point play
and Peck hit a long jumper
as the Mustangs regained the
lead, but the Vikings came
back to take a 31-29 lead.
Patton hit a 3-pointer to give
the Mustangs the lead for
good with 2.5 minutes left
and Kilkenny hit one of two
free throws, Patton hit two
with 36.6 seconds left and
Seitz hit one of two as they
held on for the win.
Seitz, who hit 15 of
21 free throw s for the
to u rn a m e n t,
led
the
M ustangs with 10 points,
nine rebounds and two steals
with Kilkenny adding nine
points, 12 rebounds and two
assists. Orr had 10 rebounds
and four steals. Peck had five
rebounds and two steals,
B etsin g e r had
seven
rebounds and Patton had
two assists.
Heppner 34, Stanfield
32
Heppner 115 5 13-34
Stanfield 6 7 11 8-32
Heppner- Megan Orr
4 5-8 15, Regi Seitz 2 7-9 11,
Sherilyn Peck 0 2-4 2, Aftan
Betsinger 1 0-0 2, Lyndi Patton
0 2-2 2, Katie Kilkenny 1 0-2
2, Taylor Kempas and Whitney
Matthews. Team: 8-35 16-25
34. 3-pts: Orr 2.
Stanfield- Walchli 3 4-
8 10, Erwert 3 0-0 6, Surber 2
0-1 4, Madison 2 0-1 4,
Carrillo 2 0-0 4, Rodriguez 1
0-1 2, Caldera 1 0-2 2. Team:
14-55 4-13 32. 3-pts: none.
Heppner 36, Umatilla
31
Heppner 6 8 5 17-36
Umatilla 2 4 13 12-31
Heppner- Seitz 18-12
10, Kilkenny 2 5-9 9, Orr 2 1-
1 6, Patton 1 2-2 5, Kempas 0
3-4 3, Peck 1 1-4 3, Betsinger
0 0-2 0 and Matthews. Team:
7-43 20-34 36. 3-pts: Patton
and Orr.
Umatilla- Borden 5 0-
%
011, Campos 2 1-6 5, Bieren
2 0-0 4, Linquist 2 0-0 4,
Villanueva 2 0-0 4, Vandever
0 3-7 3, Adams, Lougee,
Dahlinand Phillips. Team: 13-
53 4-15 31. 3-pts: Borden.
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The Knights prevailed, 33-
15.
Brooke Thom pson
finished the game with nine
points and Lindsay Cutsforth
had four.
The Ponies played
two quarters o f a C game
and fell to the Knights, 7-6.
Natalie Rauch, Cassi Day
and M ayci G arrett each
sco red a b ask et fo r the
Ponies.
Thompson and Miller receive
Jason Halvorsen award
Kelly Thompson of lone (left) and Erica Miller of Dufur (right)
received the Jason Halvorsen Award at the district tournament
in Umatilla. The award is given to players who display the spirit
of basketball. Photo by Donna Kietmann
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faced the Irrigon Knights.
The Ponies started the game
strong, putting up six quick
points. However, that was all
o f the points the Ponies
could muster in the first half.
The Knights led 22-6 at the
half.
In the second half,
the Ponies set screens to free
their guards. This led to
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