FOUR • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 7,2007
lone boys drop to second in Big Sky East
T he lo n e B o y s’
Varsity team enjoyed a brief
stay in the number one slot
of the Big Sky East over the
past weekend after winning
a high scoring shootout in
Prineville on Friday. The
leag u e stan d in g s w ere
re a rra n g ed the next day
when the C ardinals were
upset by A rlin g to n in
overtime moving them back
into second. The Cardinals’
record after the weekend
stands at 9-4 in league, 13-7
overall.
With Kevin Fowler
out sick, the Cardinals faced
an im p roving C entral
Christian team on the road
on Friday, February 2 one
man dow n. The C ards
jumped out to a 17-9 first
quarter lead followed by a 25
point second quarter out of
both teams, leaving the score
42-34 at the half, lone would
build a 15-point lead only to
have Central Christian scrap
back to within eight. In the
fourth quarter, the Cardinals
held a 13-point advantage
that evaporated to just four
p o ints w ith u n d er tw o
minutes to go. But lone dug
in down the stretch, hitting
free throws and coming up
w ith key steals to pull out the
88-80 victory.
Five players notched
double figures led by Paul
Hams with 26 points, hitting
67% of his shots including
three three-pointers. Clay
M orter added 18 points
followed by Matt Hams with
16, Kip Krebs with 14 and
Alan Rietmann with 11. The
Cardinals shot 34-66 from
the Boor for a sizzling 52%.
Central Christian connected
on 31 o f 82 sh o ts that
included seven treys.
The Cardinals had an
all-around team rebounding
effort, outdoing the Warriors
41-38. Kip Krebs led the
way with nine, followed by
Clay M orter with eight,
Justin Archer with seven and
Paul Hams with six.
Morter had six steals
and three blocked shots
while Alan Rietmann and
Paul Hams had five assists
each.
“This was a must win
for us,” said Coach Dennis
Stefani. "The kids did a great
job playing as a team and that
showed having five players
in double figures. Paul Hams
and C lay M o rter really
stepped up and had great
games for us.”
W ith
that
win
combined with a Nixyawii
loss on Friday night, the
Cardinals moved into first
place in the Big Sky East.
H ow ever they found that
nothing is going to come
easy as the regular season
w inds
dow n.
F acing
A rlin g to n in lo n e on
S atu rd ay a fte rn o o n , the
C ardinals found that the
Honkers just w ouldn’t go
away.
As the fourth quarter
wound down, the Cardinals
attempted to hang on to the
lead while Arlington had an
upset on their mind. With
tim e ru n n in g out, the
Honkers executed a perfect
full court run, ending with a
lay-up to tie the score at 51
at the end of regulation.
In
o v ertim e,
A rlin g to n
sw ung the
m om entum th eir way as
Alan Rietmann, Clay Morter
and Kevin Fow ler fouled
out. For the gam e, the
Honkers went to the line 42
tim es, connecting on 27
while the Cards got just 11
Mustang boys beat Tigerscots 63-54
By Rick Paullus
The
H eppner
Mustang boys outscored the
visiting W eston-M cEwen
Tigerscots in every quarter
as they took a 63-54 win on
Saturday, February 3, in Blue
Mountain Conference play.
The Mustangs, now 7-5 in
the BMC and 11-9 overall,
finish the regular season at
home against Stanfield on
Friday, Feb. 9.
The Mustangs took
a 7-5 lead midway through
the first on three-pointer by
Matt McCabe and two inside
bask ets
from
N acho
Elguezabal. McCabe made
two free throw s but the
Tigerscots came back to take
a 10-9 lead before McCabe
and Lane Bailey hit long
ju m p ers and RJ Farrens
scored just before the buzzer
to give the Mustangs a 15-
10 lead after one.
McCabe hit a long
jum per after four straight
points from the Tigerscots.
Tony Haguewood scored off
a rebound and McCabe hit a
three-pointer to make it 22-
14. Jared Huddleston hit two
free throws, Farrens hit a
th re e -p o in te r,
and
Huddleston hit a jumper to
make it 29-18. The
Tigerscots then came back to
narrow the lead to 29-13 at
the half.
A.J. Rauch scored
off a pass from Farrens,
Bailey hit a baseline jumper
and Huddleston hit two free
throw s as the M ustangs
pushed their lead to 35-24
early in the third. Bailey then
scored tw ice m ore and
Farrens mad a lay-up to
m ake it 4 1 -2 9 . F arren s
scored o ff a d riv e and
McCabe scored off a steal
but the Tigerscots closed the
lead to 45-38 after three.
Elguezabal hit two
free throw s and R auch
scored o ff a pass from
Farrens to open the fourth
then Farrens fed Elguezabal
and Rauch for lay-ups to
push the lead to 53-40.
E lguezabal scored tw ice
more inside and Brendan
McElligott scored off a pass
from Huddleston to make it
59-43.
F arren s
fed
Elguezabal for a lay-up to
m ake
it 61-47
and
H uddleston hit tw o free
th ro w s to clo se out the
scoring as the Mustang took
the win.
Elguezabal finished
with 14 points and getting
four steals. Farrens had nine
points, 11 assists and three
steals, Huddleston had eight
points and five assists, and
Bailey had eight points and
two steals.
Weston-McEwen 10
13 15 16-54
Heppner 15 14 16
18-63
Weston-McEwen -
Giger 5 6-7 16. Eastwood 4
5- 7 13, Lindell 3 3-4 10,
Schroeder 3 0-0 7, Duke 2
0-04, Nelson 2 0-0 4. 19 14-
18 54. T h ree -p o in te rs -
Lindell and Schroeder.
H ep p n er - M att
McCabe 5 2-4 14, Nacho
E lguezabal 6 2-2 14, RJ
Farrens 4 0-0 9, Lane Bailey
4 0-0 8, Jared Huddleston 1
6- 7 8, A.J. Rauch 3 0-0 6,
Brendan McElligott 1 0-0 2,
Tony Haguewood 1 0-0 2,
Tim Hauer, Sam King. 25
10-13 63. Three-pointers -
M cC abe w ith tw o and
Farrens with one.
Morrow County Gun Club news
Only six shooters
showed up last Sunday to
shoot in the fog.
16-yard results were:
Mark Schlichting 22, Roger
Mortimore 20, and Steven
Crum 18. Shooting at 20
yards was difficult due to the
fog. Mike Gorman topped all
shooters with 20, followed
by Mark Schlichting 18, and
Roger Mortimore 17. The
next shoot will be Sunday,
February 11, at noon.
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ch an ces, h ittin g five.
A rlington o u tscored the
Cards 11-7 in the overtime
period to take the win 62-58.
Alan Rietmann led
the Cardinal scorers w ith 15
points follow ed by Matt
Hams with 13 and Kevin
Fowler with 11. Rietmann
also tallied 11 rebounds, four
assists and two steals.
Kip Krebs was the
leading rebounder with 12
boards and lone tallied a 42-
30 rebounding edge over the
Honkers.
"This was a hard loss
for the kids. We have been
sick all week and were just
trying to get through the
w e e k e n d ,” said C oach
Dennis Stefani. “The late
night to Central Oregon the
night before caught up with
and we ran out of gas, plain
and simple.”
The Cardinals finish
th eir regular season this
w eek, h o stin g H elix on
Friday and traveling to Hood
River to take on Horizon
Christian on Saturday. They
also play Condon-Wheeler in
F ossil on T uesday w ith
results coming after press
time.
The Heppner Mustang boys kept up with first place
Union until midway through the third quarter, but fell behind
and could not come back as the Bobcats took a 68-57 win
on Friday, February 2, in Blue Mountain Conference play
at Union. The Mustangs fell to 6-5 in the BMC and 10-9
overall with the loss.
Lane Bailey and Nacho Elguezabal each had four
points in the first but the Bobcats raced out to a 20-12 lead
after one. RJ Farrens hit three three-pointers and Matt
McCabe had five points in the second as the Mustangs
closed the gap to 30-28 at the half.
The Bobcats increased their lead to 49-42 after three
and even though Elguezabal had seven points and Farrens
five in the fourth, it was not enough as the Mustangs took
the tough loss.
Farrens finished with 17 points and five assists with
Elguezabal adding 13 points and four steals. Bailey was
also in double figures with 10 points and had five assists
with McCabe adding nine points, two steals and two
blocked shots. A.J. Rauch had eight rebounds and two
blocked shots.
Heppner 12 16 14 15-57
Union 20 10 19 19-68
Heppner - RJ Farrens 5 3-4 17, Nacho Elguezabal
5 3-4 13, Lane Bailey 4 2-2 10, Matt McCabe 4 0-0 9, A.J.
Rauch 2 1-2 5, Jared Huddleston 1 0-0 3, Brendan
McElligot, Tony Haguewood, Sam King. 21 9-12 57.
Three-pointers - Farrens with four and McCabe and
Huddleston with one.
Union - Hewitt 11 5-6 27, Haney 7 0-2 14, Papineau
2 8-10 13, Titus 4 2-2 11, O'Brien 0 3-7 3. 24 18-27 67.
Three-pointers - Papineau and Titus.
lone boy’s JV
team takes
win against
Arlington
By Rick Paullus
The lone boy’s JV
team notched a hard fought
win against Arlington on
Saturday, February 3 in lone.
A fter leading 15-7 at the
half, the Cardinals fell behind
in the third as the Honkers
outscored them 14-5. But
the young Cards played hard
in the fourth t(% regaqi,tlje
lead and take the 33-31 win.
RJ Ramos led the
team in scoring w ith 13
points followed by William
Wehrli with seven. Ramos
also had four assists and
three steals. Wehrli led the
rebounding effort with nine,
helped out by Ramos with
eight.
"It was our best
defensive game all season.”
said Coach Jim Swanson.
“There were four or five
tim es w here A rlin g to n
worked the ball for at least
two minutes without taking
a shot.” He also noted that
RJ Ramos had his best game
this year, not only in scoring
but also on defense and
running the point. “ I was
really proud o f them
e sp e c ia lly since they
returned home the night
before at 3 a.m.”
The J V ’s record
stands at 7-12 overall and 5-
7 against league opponents.
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Kip Krebs scored 10
points in the fourth quarter
and the team hit 5 of 6 free
throws to put away a pesky
Echo team in E cho last
Tuesday night 48-43. The
C ard in als o u tsco red the
Cougars 23-14 in the fourth
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After trailing most of
the gam e, the H eppner
Mustang girls led when it
mattered as they took a 38-
34 win over the visiting
Weston-McEwen Tigerscots
on Saturday, February 3, in
Blue Mountain Conference
play. The Mustangs, now 11 -
1 in the BMC and 17-3
overall, have wrapped up
first place in the BMC as
they hold a two game lead
over the Tigerscots with two
games to go and they hold
the tieb reak er with their
sweep of the two games. The
m u stan g s w rap up th e
re g u la r season at hom e
against Stanfigld on Friday,
February 9.
Regi Seitz had five
points in the first as the
Mustangs led 11 -9 after one
but the Tigerscots came back
to take an 18-15 lead at the
half.
The team s traded
baskets through the third as
Megan O rr hit a jum per,
Katie Kilkenny scored off a
pass from Lyndi Patton then
fed Aftan Betsinger for a lay
up and Seitz hit two free
throws. Orr cut the lead to
26-25 as she scored off a
rebound to close out the
quarter.
The
T ig ersc o ts
extended their lead to 31 -26
before Orr scored off a pass
from Amber Patton then fed
Lyndi Patton for a lay-up to
cut the lead to 31-30. After
a three-point play be the
T igerscots, Lyndi Patton
quarter after switching to a
man-to-man defense to seal
the win.
lone trailed Echo
12-13 after one quarter and
17-18 at the half. Echo held
a fo u r point ad v an tag e
heading into the final frame
before the Cards switched
gears.
“Kip Krebs came out
in the fourth quarter and
took over. He had a terrific
fourth quarter and really
changed things inside," said
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Mustang girls take down
Tigerscots in fourth
m ade one o f tw o free
throws, hit a long jum per
then got a steal and fed
Betsinger for a lay-up who
was fouled and made the free
throw to give the Mustangs
a 36-34 lead with 1:03 left.
Lyndi Patton and Betsinger
each hit one of two free
throws in the final minute
and A m ber Patton had a
blocked slot as the defense
held
the
T ig ersco ts
scoreless.
Betsinger finished
with 10 points. Orr had eight
points, six rebounds, four
steals, and two assists, and
Seitz had seven points, five
rebounds, and five steals.
Lyndi Patton had four steals
and tw o a ssists, A m ber
Patton had five rebounds,
and K ilkenny had four
rebounds.
Weston-McEwen 9
9 8 8-34
Heppner 114 10 13-
38
Weston-McEwen -
Turner 6 1-2 13,T hul2 2-2
7, N. G rig g s 2 1-2 6,
Ramirez 1 0-0 2, Thompson
1 0 -0 2, M iloy 1 0-0 2.
Sampson 1 0-0 2. 14 4-6 34.
Three-pointers - N. Griggs
andThul.
H eppner - A ftan
Betsinger 4 2-4 10, Megan
4 0-0 8, Regi Seitz 2 3-5 7,
Lyndi Patton 2 2-4 6, Katie
K ilkenny 1 2-2 4, Sarah
Price 1 1-2 3, Sherilyn Peck,
K ylie D oherty, T ay lo r
K em pas. 14 10-17 38.
Three-pointer - none.
Cardinal boys outscore Cougars
Lett
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Mustang boys lose at Union
By Rick Paullus
I
S
K rebs
led
the
Cardinals in scoring with 15
points follow ed by M att
Hams w ith 12 and Alan
R ietm ann w ith 11. lone
outdid Echo on the boards
39-33 led by Kevin Fowler
and Clay M orter with 10
each. Fowler also had four
steals and Paul Hams led the
team in assists with four.
"Echo is alw ays a
tough place to play," said
Coach Stefani. “Going to
man-to-man defense in the
fourth quarter really worked
to our advantage.”
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