FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 24,2007
Cardinal boys 6-2 in league play
T he lone B o y ’s
Varsity notched two more
league w ins last w eek,
defeating Condon in lone on
T uesday and dow ning
Arlington on the road on
Saturday. The surprising
Cardinals now sport a 6-2
league record and are 10-5
overall.
On Tuesday, January
16, the C ardinals hosted
Condon-Wheeler in what is
always a competitive game.
The Cards are training their
fans that leaving early is not
a good idea as for the fourth
time this season, the game
came down to the closing
seconds and they pulled out
a two point victory, 44-42.
The early going was
all lone as the C ardinals
jumped out to a 16-4 first
quarter lead and maintained
a 12 point halftime lead, 29-
19. But the Knights never go
away easy, lone’s lead was
35-30 a fte r three and
C ondon-W heeler battled
back to take the lead in the
clo sin g m inutes. A lan
Rietmann hit a huge three
p o in ter w ith ju s t over a
minute to go to tie the score
and Paul Hams stole the ball
and hit the lay up to put the
Cardinals back in the lead for
good.
"The Ione-Condon
game is always a competitive
game and you have to be
ready to play” said Coach
Dennis Stefani. "We had a
big lead built up early and I
thought the kids relaxed a
little too m uch w hich
allowed Condon to get back
in the game.”
Paul Hams led the
Cardinals with 12 points, five
rebounds, five steals and two
assists. Kip Krebs was also
in double figures with ten
points along w ith seven
rebounds.
"This was a great
win to get,” added Coach
Stefani. “Once again, the
team did what they needed
to do to get the win down
the stretch.”
On
S aturday,
January 20, Arlington hung
tough with the Cardinals
through the first half, trailing
just 32-35 at the half. But
the Cards ratcheted up the
defense in the second half,
holding the Honkers to a
total of 11 points to take the
63-42 win.
Kip Krebs had an
outstanding night, leading
all scorers with 19 points.
Also in double figures for
the Cardinals were Kevin
Fowler with 12 and Justin
Archer with ten.
lone held a 36-31
rebounding advantage. Kip
Krebs, Kevin Fowler and
Clay Morter each had seven
boards. Alan Rietmann led
the team with three assists
and five steals.
"The kids played a
really good second h a lf ’
said Coach Stefani. "Kip
has really stepped it up the
last few games. This was a
good win for us and sets us
up for the showdown for
first place in the E ast
Division of the Big Sky wit
Nixyaawii.”
The Cardinals are
scheduled to play Nixyaawii
this Friday, January 26 at
Mission.
Mustang girls use big second Blue Mountain
Conference
quarter to beat Rockets
basketball
tournament to be
held Feb. 16-17
T he 2007 Blue
M ountain
C o n feren ce
Basketball Tournament will
be held Friday and Saturday,
February 16 and 17 at the
P en d leto n
C o n v en tio n
Center.
Afternoon sessions
will begin at 1:30 p.m. with
a second game to follow at
ap p ro x im ately 3 p.m.
Evening sessions will begin
at 6 p.m. with the second
gam e
to
follow
at
approxim ately 7:30 p.m.
Doors will open and tickets
go on sale one hour before
game time.
Tickets prices for
each session are $6 for adults
and $4 for students.
Day passes are $10
for a d u lts and $7 for
students.
Tournament passes
are $18 for adults and $12
for students. No other passes
w ill be honored except
O regon
C oaches
HHS wrestling
Association Gold.
The C o n v en tio n
team takes on
C en ter does not allow
Umatilla, Irrigon
balloons or posters in the
Lyndi Patton shoots over a Rocket Friday night scoring two for
w ith W ellman adding 10 and Boardman
gym.
the Mustangs. The Heppner Mustangs beat the Rockets 58-50. The
points and Hauer with nine.
All awards will be
The
H eppner Heppner Mustangs lead the BMC conference.
Heppner 12 19 12 11-54
presented following the last
w restling squad hit the
Photo by Satuli Matthews
Enterprise 10 2 4 13-29
session on Saturday evening.
snowy trail to "The Pit” in
H eppner: B raden
T hen
w ith the
Umatilla to participate in a By Rick Paullus
B ritt 6 1-2 13, Bryan
A 23-11 advantage in Mustangs up 55-48 in the
four-way meet against the
Holland 6 0-0 12, Daulton
Vikings, Knights of Irrigon. the second quarter carried the final minute, Seitz hit two of
W ellman 3 3-4 9, Brent
Heppner Mustang girls to a four free throws and Lyndi
and Pirates of Boardman.
E ckm an 2 0-0 5, Sean
58-50
win over the visiting Patton hit one of two to hold
In the first match,
Murray 2 1-4 5, Sam King 0
The lone boy’s JV
the Mustangs took on their Pilot Rock Rockets in Blue the Rockets off.
3- 6 3, Tim Hauer 1 0-0 2,
team
outscored
Arlington
Seitz had 15 points
host, the V ikings. The Mountain Conference play on
Chris Lien 0 2-2 2, Jordan
and three steals with Amber 25-14 in the second half to
Vikings scored several pins Friday, January 20.
H atfield 1 0-0 2, Jason
Patton adding 10 points and overcome a 20-17 halftime
The
Mustangs,
now
but there w ere som e
H ouw eling 0 1-2 1, Joe
five
rebounds. Betsinger had deficit during last Saturday’s
m atches that w ent the 7-0 in the BMC and 13-2
Pranger, Grant Smith. 2111-
distance. Chance Day (140) overall, will be at home for eig h t p o in ts and four gam e in A rlin g to n . The
20 54. Three pt. - Eckman.
pinned a Viking in the first two games this weekend as rebounds, Orr had seven Cardinals held a four-point
Enterprise: Fisher 3
period. D illion L utcher Enterprise comes on Friday rebounds, seven steals and advantage at the end of the
4- 6 10, Simpson 3 0-0 7,
(130) stretched his match and Elgin is here on Saturday. four assists, Kilkenny had third quarter and stretched it
Girtz 2 1-2 5, Warner 2 0-0
Regi Seitz had four eight rebounds, Sherilyn out to take the 42-34 win.
out to the third period but
4, Sticka 1 0-02, Butterfield
P lay in g ju s t tw o
could not hold out and lost points in the first but the Peck had three steals and
1 0-0 2. 12 5-8 29. Three pt.
0-8. Spencer Palmer (160) Rockets took a 13-12 lead K ylie D oherty had tw o quarters. Matt Hams led all
- Simpson.
scorers with 12 points. RJ
plowed his way through the a fte r one. The M ustangs assists.
Heppner 8 21 16 21-66
came
back
in
the
second
as
Pilot Rock 13 11 14 12-50 Ramos and William Wehrli
match and took a lead into
Elgin 8 6 12 11-37
each added nine. A lso
the third, but could not Seitz had six points and Aftan Heppner 12 23 13 10-58
Heppner: Eckman 6
Pilot Rock: Barkley scoring for lone was Clay
capitalize and lost 8-13. Betsinger and Taylor Kempas
1-6 15, Wellman 4 2-4 10,
each
had
four
as
they
took
a
4 1-2 II. Doherty 5 1-2 II. M orter with six, Gunner
Others participating were
Hauer 4 1-2 9, Murray 3 1-2
35-24
lead
at
the
half.
Walker 4 2-3 10, Waite 3 2- Jessen with four, and Dalton
T yler R obinson (1 2 5 ),
7, Britt 2 2-4 6, Houweling
Katie Kilkenny and 2 8, Benson 1 2-4 4, Winnett Campbell with two.
Tomás Elguezabal (145),
2 0-1 4, Lien 1 2-4 4,
Stormy Kendrick led
Sarah Price each hit two free 1 0-4 2, Kannard 1 0-02, hall
and Trent Miles (171).
Hatfield 2 -0 -0 4, Holland 1
Up next for the throws as the Mustangs took I 0-1 2. 20 8-18 50. Three a strong effort on the boards
0-2 2, Smith 1 0-0 2, Pranger
with 10 rebounds. William
Mustangs were the Knights a 39-26 lead early in the third. pt. - Berkely 2.
1 0-0 2, King 1 0-0 2. 28 9-
Wehrli and Dalton Campbell
Lyndi P atton hit a short
Heppner: Regi Seitz
25 67. Three pt. - Eckman from Irrigon. The squad jumper and Betsinger hit one
logged seven each. Matt
stru g g led th ro u g h this
3 7-12 15, Amber Patton 4
2 .
match with Chance Day o f tw o free th ro w s. The 1-1 10, Aftan Betsinger 3 2- Hams and Dalton Campbell
Elgin: K. Miller 4 1-
each had three steals and
Rockets came back to get
1 11. H ardy 3 0-0 9, taking a win scoring 12-3 within six but Seitz scored, 5 8, Lyndi Patton 2 1-2 6, Hams and Stormy Kendrick
Predmore 3 1-1 7, C. Miller and Spencer Palmer came Betsinger scored off a pass Megan Orr 2 0-0 5, Taylor each notched two assists to
2 0-0 5, Whiteman 2 0-0 4, close but was pinned the from Lyndi Patton and Amber K em pas 1 3-4 5, K atie lead the team.
K ilkenny 0 4-6 4, Sarah
Scott 1 0-0 3. 15 2-2 37. third.
“It was a good win
The Mustangs then Patton scored off a pass from
Price
0 2-2 2. Kylie Doherty for us” said JV Coach Jim
Three pt. - Hardy 3, K.
Megan
Orr
to
give
them
a
48-
tried to upset the Pirates of
Miller 2, C. Miller, Scott.
I 0-0 2, Sherilyn Peck 0 1-2 Swanson. “1 have been after
Riverside. Spencer Palmer 38 lead at the end of three.
The Rockets scored 1. 16 21-34 58. Three-pt. them to shoot more and in
got a pin in the th ird .
Seitz 2, A. Patton. L. Patton. this game they put up 66
Chance Day made it to the the first three of points of the
Orr.
shots.” He also noted that RJ
second p erio d but was fourth but Lyndi Patton hit a
Ramos had a good game,
three-pointer
to
make
it
51-
pinned.
especially
on defense.
Up next for the 41. The teams traded baskets
squad is the Dual M eet as Amber Patton scored off a
Championships in Elgin on reb o u n d and S eitz and
Saturday, January 27. The Kempas each hit one of two
free throws.
By Rick Paullus
Orr led a balanced
T he
H ep p n er scoring effort with 11 points.
Mustang girls jumped out to Van Cleave added 10 points
a big lead over the Irrigon off the bench. Patton had
Knights and never looked eight points, and Betsinger
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The M ustangs got Orr 5 0-0 11, Kristen Van
four points from Megan Orr C leave 4 2-4 10, Amber
and took a 15-4 lead after Patton 4 0-1 8, A ftan
one and a 27-7 lead at the Betsinger 2 2-2 6, Regi Seitz
half. Kristen Van Cleave had 2 1-2 5, Lyndi Patton 2 0-0
six p o in ts, O rr had five 4, S arah Price 2 0-0 4,
points, and Aftan Betsinger Sherilyn Peck I 2-4 4, Taylor
had four points in the third K em pas 1 2-2 4, K atie
as they increased their lead K ilkenny 1 1-2 3, Kylie
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Mustang JV boys win two
on the road
By Rick Paullus
The M ustang JV
boys game away with two
wins on their road trip to the
Wallowa Mountains taking a
54-29 win over Enterprise
on Friday, January 5, and a
66-37 win over Elgin on
Saturday, January 6, to
improve their record to 8-1
on the year.
In E nterprise, the
M ustangs led ju st 12-10
after one but a 19-2 run in
the second gave them a 31-
12 lead at the half. They
increased their lead to 43-16
after three and they coasted
through the fourth for the
win.
Braden Britt led the
Mustangs with 13 points.
Bryan Holland had 12 points
and Daulton Wellman added
nine points.
In Elgin, the teams
were tied at 8-8 after one but
Brent Eckm an had seven
points and Jason Houweling
had four points in the second
as they took a 29-14 lead at
the half. Wellman had seven
points in the third to help
them increase their lead to
45-26 after three and Sean
Murray had six points and
Jordan H atfield and Tim
Hauer each had four points
in the fourth.
E ckm an led the
M ustangs with 15 points
lone JV boys
take win
Mustang girls beat Irrigon
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