Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner. Oregon Wednesday, January 31,2007 - FIVE
Mustang girls fly past Outlaws
Katie Kilkenny, No. 22, takes a shot against Enterprise Friday
night in Heppner. The Heppner Mustangs dominated Enterprise
with a 58-21 w in. - Photo by Sandi Matthews
By Rick Paullus
The
H eppner
Mustang girls built a 30-13
lead at the half and cruised
to an easy 58-21 win over
the v isitin g E n terp rise
Outlaws on Friday, January
26, in Blue M ountain
C o n feren ce play. The
Mustangs, 9-0 in the BMC
and 15-2 overall, will be at
Union on Friday. February 2,
at home against second place
W eston-M cE w en
on
Saturday, and at Irrigon on
T uesday, February 6, in
BMC play.
Lyndi Patton had
seven points in the first as the
Mustangs took a 16-7 lead.
Aftan Betsinger had
six points and Patton and
Katie Kilkenny each had four
as they built their halftime
lead. Kilkenny and Taylor
Kempas each had four points
in the third as they extended
their lead to 46-17 after
three. Betsinger and Jessica
Hughes each had four points
in the fourth as they cruised
to the easy win.
B etsin g e r had 14
points, nine rebounds, and
two steals. Patton added 11
p o ints and tw o steals,
Kilkenny had eight points
and three a ssists, and
S herilyn Peck had four
rebounds, three assists, and
two steals.
Megan Orr had six
assists and four steals,
Amber Patton had six assists,
and Kylie Doherty had three
steals.
Enterprise 7 6 4 4-21
Heppner 16 14 16
12-58
Enterprise- Foster 6
1- 2 13. DeSpain 1 0-0 2,
Neil 0 2-2 2, O ’Leary 1 0-0
2. Maasdean 1 0-0 2. 9 3-4
21. Three-pointer - none.
H ep p n er- A ftan
Betsinger 4 6-8 14. Lyndi
P atton 4 2-3 I I , K atie
Kilkenny 4 0-1 8, Taylor
Kempas 2 3-4 7, A m ber
Patton 1 4-4 6. Megan Orr 1
2- 2 4, Jessica Hughes 2 0-0
4, Regi S eitz 0 2-2 2,
S herilyn Peck 0 1-2 1,
Kristen Van Cleave 0 1-21,
Sarah Price, Kylie Doherty.
18 21 -28 58. Three-pointers
- L. Patton.
Cardinal varsity boys Mustang boys lose
heartbreaker to Outlaws
win one, lose one
The lo n e b o y s’
varsity split their games last
weekend, suffering a tough
loss on the road against
Nixyaawii on Friday and
coming back to hold off a
charging Sherman County
team on the lone home floor
on Saturday. The Cardinals'
league record now stands at
7-3, keeping them in second
place behind Nixyaawii in
the Western Division of the
Big Sky East. Their season
record is 11 -6.
On Friday, January
26, the host N ixyaaw ii
Golden Eagles got out to an
early lead and the Cardinals
stru g g le d to get going.
Down 8-13 a fte r one,
quarter, lone fell behind lb-
29 by halftime. The Golden
Eagles put the C ardinals
away in the third quarter
outscoring them 25-10 and
coasted home for the 73-47
win.
Paul Hams led the
Cardinals in scoring with 12
p o in ts fo llo w ed by Kip
K rebs w ith ten. lone
stru g g le d
w ith
their
shooting, hitting just 29% of
their shots from the floor
compared to a sizzling 53%
for Nixyaawii. The Cardinals
also fell short on the boards,
giving up a 35-42 advantage
to th e ir hosts. In o th er
statistical categories. Kip
Krebs led with three assists
and Clay Morter had five
steals.
"We got caught up in
their game and it hurt us”
said Coach Dennis Stefani.
“It is a hard place to play and
we just never got going.”
On Saturday night,
the Cardinals took the floor
looking rejuvenated and
ready to play. lone led 15-
14 after one and 29-23 at the
half. The Cards opened up a
10-point lead in the third but
the Huskies closed in on
som e hot th ree point
shooting, taking the lead 45-
44 at the end of three. But
the Cardinals dug in down
the stretch like they have
done several times already
this season. Paul Hams hit 7
of 8 free throws in the fourth
quarter and the team as a
whole connected on 17 of 25
from the line for one of their
best effo rts to date this
season. A huge momentum
sw ing happened w hen a
Sherman player was whistled
for a technical following a
two shot foul late in the
fourth. Paul Hams hit three
of four to put the Cardinals
back in the front. The final
score was 64-59 in favor of
lone.
lone had th ree
players in double figures led
by Alan Rietmann with 19.
Paul Hams added 15 while
freshm an M att H am s
chipped in with 13. Both
teams shot around 35% from
the floor.
The Cardinals were
outrebounded 31-46 in the
contest. Kip Krebs led lone’s
effort with nine followed by
Alan Rietmann and Kevin
Fowler with six each.
Paul Hams had an
outstanding seven steals and
five assists and A lan
R ietm ann also had five
assists.
“We came back from
a loss on F rid ay and I
thought played very well,”
said Coach Dennis Stefani.
“ We hit big free throw s
down the stretch and that
was the difference." Coach
Stefani was also pleased with
the team play he witnessed.
“I thought everyone played
well as a team. That showed
in only having 14 turnovers.”
The Cardinals have
tw o tough w eeks o f the
regular season remaining.
A fter p lay in g Echo and
C entral C hristian on the
road, the Cards return home
to host A rlin g to n on
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By Kick Paullus
After taking a two
point lead with less than
eight seconds left on a short
jumper by R.J. Farrens. the
Heppner Mustang boys saw
their lead evaporate as the
Enterprise O utlaw s hit a
three-pointer at the buzzer to
take a 54-53 win in Blue
Mountain Conference play
on F rid ay , Jan. 26 in
Heppner. The Mustangs, 5-
4 in the BMC and 9-8
overall, will be at league
leading Union on Friday.
Feb. 2; at hom e against
sec o n d -p la c e
W eston-
McEwen on Saturday, Feb.
3; and at Irrigon on Tuesday,
Feb. 6, in BMC play.
The Outlaws took a
4-0 lead before Lane Bailey
hit a long jumper. After an
E nterprise three-pointer,
Andre Rauch scored twice
inside to cut the lead to 7-6.
The Mustangs took an 11-8
lead when Farrens fed Tony
Haguewood for a lay-in and
Jared Huddleston hit a three-
pointer. After six straight
p o in ts by the O u tlaw s,
Rauch scored off a rebound,
but Enterprise took a 19-14
lead after one.
The
M ustangs
would regain the lead to start
the second quarter when
Bailey scored off a steal,
Nacho Elguezabal scored off
a rebound and Rauch scored
five points to make it 23-19.
The Outlaws came back with
eight straight points before
Bailey hit a long jumper and
Farrens hit a short jumper at
the buzzer to tie it up at 27-
27 at the half.
A fter an O utlaw
three-pointer to start the
second half, E lguezabal
scored five points, Rauch
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scored off a rebound and
Farrens hit a three-pointer to
give the Mustangs a 37-30
lead. Rauch scored off a
rebound and Matt McCabe
hit two free throws as the
Mustangs led. 41-36, after
three.
Rauch scored twice
inside and Elguezabal scored
off a pass from Bailey to
m ake it 4 7 -4 0 m idw ay
through the fourth, then,
after the O utlaw s got to
w ithin one point. B ailey
scored inside. Enterprise hit
a three-pointer to tie it at 49-
49
w ith
:53.3
left.
Elguezabal scored inside, but
the Outlaws came back to tie
it at 51-5I with :30 left to
set up the final fran tic
seconds.
Rauch finished with
19 points and 12 rebounds,
with Elguezabal scoring 11
points. Bailey finished with
eight points, five steals and
two assists. McCabe had six
rebounds, six assists and four
steals. F arren s had five
assists and Huddleston had
two steals.
Enterprise: 19 8 9 18 - 54
Heppner: 14 13 14 12 -
53
Enterprise: Neil 7 l-
2 18. Butterfield 5 0-1 11,
Kelly 3 0-0 6, Conrad 2 2-2
6, Stewart 2 0-0 6. DeSpain
2 1-2 5. Hull I 0-0 3 .22 4-7
54. Three-pointers: Neil (3),
Stewart (2), Hull.
H eppner: A ndre
R auch 9 1-3 19. N acho
Elguezabal 5 1-2 II. Lane
Bailey 4 0-0 8. R.J. Farrens
3 0-0 7. Jared Huddleston 1
1-2 4. Matt McCabe 0 2-3
2, Tony Haguewood 1 0-0
2, Aaron Allstott. Daulton
Wellman. 23 5-10 53. Three-
p o in te rs:
F arren s,
Huddleston.
Heppner FFA
having donut
sale
The H eppner FFA
Chapter is currently selling
Krispy Kreme donuts. They
are $8 per dozen and w ill be
available for pick up at the
Heppner-Weston Basketball
game on Saturday, February
3 at HHS.
Anyone interested in
should email their choice of
glazed or chocolate and the
number of orders to Beth
D ickenson at E lizabeth.
Dickenson (onxxmw.k 12.or.us.
Checks can he made
out to HHS FFA. memo:
“donuts" and can be prepaid
or paid for when the donuts
are picked up.
A pizza feed w ill also
be held that evening and w ill
include a slice o f p izza
(pepperoni or H aw aiian),
salad, dessert and drink for
$5.