SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 14,2007
Mustang boys rally for win over Tigers
By Kick Paullus
After falling behind
by 10 points in the first
q u a rte r, the H ep p n er
Mustang boys rallied for a
67-52 win over the visiting
Stanfield Tigers on Friday,
F eb ru ary 9, in B lue
Mountain Conference play
on se n io r n ig h t. The
Mustangs, 9-5 in the BMC
and 13-9 overall, ended up
tied w ith Pilot Rock for
second place in the BMC.
The Mustangs will play the
Rockets on Friday, February
16, in district tournament in
Pendleton at around 3 p.m.
with the winner facing Union
on Saturday night for the
district championship. The
loser will play on Saturday
afternoon to determine the
third and fourth seeds into
the state tournament.
The gam e m arked
the final re g u la r season
basketball game at home for
seniors RJ Farrens, Aaron
Allstott, Tony Haguewood,
Ju stin D elv eau x , and
Brendan McElligott.
The Tigers jum ped
out to a 6-0 lead before
F arren s
and
N acho
Elguezabal each scored off
drives. Elguezabal scored off
a pass from Farrens and Lane
Bailey scored off a pass from
Matt McCabe but the Tigers
built an 18-8 lead. Delveaux
fed Elguezabal and McCabe
for lay-ups and Andre Rauch
scored after a steal to close
out the first quarter with the
Tigers leading 18-14.
Elguezabal scored
off a pass from Farrens,
Jared Huddleston scored off
a drive and Elguezabal hit a
Matt McCabe adds to the Mustangs win against the
Stanfield Tigers 67-52. - P hoto hy Saudi Matthew*
short jumper to tie it at 20-
20. F arren s hit a th ree-
pointer but the Tigers still led
24-23 before Rauch scored
tw ice o ff passes from
McCabe and Farrens scored
off a drive. The Mustangs
eventually led 30-25 at the
half.
Rauch scored twice
inside and Bailey hit a long
jumper but the Tigers were
still w ithin 36-30 before
McCabe scored twice inside.
Huddleston hit one of two
free throws and Bailey hit a
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running jumper to make it
43-31. The Tigers scored the
last eight points of the third
and hit one o f tw o free
throws to open the fourth to
get within three. Elguezabal
scored o ff a pass from
Farrens and Rauch scored
o ff a pass from B ailey.
Farrens fed Elguezabal for a
lay-up to make it 49-42,
Bailey hit two free throws to
m ake
it 51-43
and
E lguezabal co m p leted a
three-point play to make it
54-45.
After a Tiger three-
pointer, Elguezabal scored
five straig h t po in ts and
Rauch scored off a pass from
Farrens to make it 61-48
with 3:40 left. After a Tiger
bucket, the Mustangs put the
game away as Elguezabal
scored tw ice inside and
Rauch scored off a pass from
Farrens.
Elguezabal led the
M ustangs with 26 points,
four reb o u n d s and two
blocked shots with Rauch
added 16 p o in ts, nine
rebounds, three steals, and
two blocked shots. Farrens
had nine assists and five
rebounds, Delveaux had four
rebounds, three assists and
two steals, McCabe had five
assists and five steals, and
Bailey had nine points, two
assists, and two steals.
Stanfield 18 7 14 12-
52
H eppner 14 16 13
24-67
Stanfield - Watson 7
0-0 17, Irving 5 0-0 10,
Dorran 2 4-8 8, Ellis 2 0-0
6, Equival 1 1-3 4, Scibotta
1 1-2 3, M ills 1 0 -0 2,
Dunlop 1 0-0 2. 20 6-13 52.
T hree-pointers - W atson
with three, Ellis with two,
and Equival with one.
H eppner - N acho
Elguezabal 11 4-5 26, A.J.
Rauch 8 0-0 16, Lane Bailey
3 3-4 9, RJ Farrens 3 0-0 7,
Matt McCabe 3 0-0 6, Jared
Huddleston 1 1-2 3, Justin
D elv eau x ,
B rendan
M cE llig o tt,
Tony
Haguewood, Aaron Allstott.
29 8-11 67. Three-pointer -
Farrens.
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or state playoff trips. Debbie
M organ, with help from
Sylvia Sanford, will be in
charge of collecting names
for the playoff ad in the
Heppner Gazette Times,
The club will donate
$50 to N ix y aaw ii H igh
School B o o ster C lub in
memory of student Priscilla
Craig, who was killed in an
a u to m o b ile acc id e n t in
January.
A p laq u e w ill be
made to honor Butch and
Helen Heideman for their
years supporting the sports
p ro g ram s at lone. The
plaque will read "Simply the
Best - Cardinal Fans Butch
and Helen Heideman." They
will be honored at the last
game against Helix,
The club approved a
$300 grant request from
Superintendent Browning to
p u rch ase
fram ed
motivational posters for the
high school. The student
body officers will select the
posters, which will be placed
above the lockers in the
hallway,
The
fo llo w in g
people were thanked for
their contributions of time
and effort to the club: Anne
Morter for putting together
and ordering the community
calendars; Laurel Cannon for
d e liv e rin g and sellin g
c ale n d a rs; The Bank o f
Eastern Oregon for selling
calendars and merchandise;
Dean Robinson for designing
and o rd e rin g the sp o rts
schedule poster; and Karen
Padberg for making the sub
sandw ich sack meals for
visiting teams,
The next meeting of
the Cardinal Booster Club
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be Monday, March 5, at
7 p.m. in the school library,
By Rick Paullus
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The
C ard in al
Booster Club met Monday,
February 5, at the school
library. 16 members were
p resen t.
T hank
you
m essages w ere receiv ed
from Cascade Locks High
School, Sherm an County
High School and Condon
Coach Joe Colby for the
meals provided their players
after games in lone.
The lo n e H igh
S chool H all o f Fam e
applications will be posted
on the school website and
w ill be p laced in the
newspaper. Nominations are
being
a ccep ted
for
outstanding individuals up to
1960.
Lynn Dee R am os
gave an update on the weight
room project. Ramos, Dean
Robinson, Keith Morter, and
Vince Alleman toured the
H erm isto n H igh School
weight room and talked to
their athletic director who
had g ran t in fo rm atio n ,
Morter will work on a design
to put before the school
board for final approval this
month. Lisa Rietman has
agreed to help the club with
grant applications once the
plan is approved.
Superintendent
Browning stated the football
bleachers are being inspected
and may need to be replaced,
Funding for that project may
be added to the weight room
grant applications.
The boy’s basketball
team w ill begin d istric t
p layoff action Thursday,
February 15. The club voted
to provide the team with
$ 100 per day of district and
state competition for help
with expenses throughout
the playoffs. Club members
also approved providing a
charter bus for any regional
Mustang JV girls win two
more to end season
We Print Business Cards
Now a member o f
Cardinal Booster
Club holds meeting
Pear Shaped Amethyst Colored Stone
Set In A Sterling Mounting
The Heppner Mustang JV girls ended their 2006-
2007 basketball season with a win at Irrigon on Tuesday,
February 6, by a score of 37-28 and a win at home against
the Stanfield Tigers 46-12 on Friday, February 9. The
Mustangs, coached by Chris Rauch, ended up with an 18-
2 record.
Emily Thompson had four points and Brynna Rust
three as the Mustangs held a 9-6 lead over Irrigon after
one but blanked the Knights in the second taking an 18-6
lead at the half. Catherine McElligott had six points in the
third as they led 28-14 after three and Kaylee Helfrecht
had three points in the fourth as they took the nine-point
win.
McElligott led the Mustangs with 10 points with
Thompson and Erin Price each adding four points.
The Tigers held an 8-7 lead after one despite four
points from McElligott but came back to take an 18-10
lead at the half as Mercedes Garrett had four points and
Rust hit a three-pointer in the second. Sarah Milner had
six points and McElligott four as they put the game away
in the third, increasing their lead to 37-10. The blanked the
Tigers in the fourth to take the win.
M cE lligott finished with eight p o in ts, four
rebounds, and three steals with Milner adding six points
and three steals. Kristen Van Cleave had six points and
two steals, Kelsie Fox had 10 rebounds, Melissa West had
four steals and three assists. Price had four steals and two
assists, Jessica Hughes had three steals and two assists.
Rust had six steals, Maggie Armato had five rebounds and
Kassi Wilson had two steals.
Heppner 37, Irrigon 26
Heppner 9 9 10 9-37
Irrigon 6 0 8 14-28
Heppner-Catherine McElligott 5 0-0 10, Erin Price
2 0-0 4, Emily Thompson 2 0-0 4, Brynna Rust 1 1-13,
Kaylee Helfrecht 1 1-2 3, Jessica Hughes 1 0-0 2, Kelsie
Fox 1 0-2 2, Mercedes Garrett 1 0-0 2, Torn Lovgren 1 0-
0 2, Brandi Hong 0 1 -2 1 , Melissa West. 173-11 37. Three-
pointer - none.
Heppner 46, Stanfield 12
Stanfield 8 2 20-12
Heppner 7 1119 9-46
Heppner - McElligott 4 0-2 8, Milner 3 0-0 6, Van
Cleave 3 0-0 6. Rust 2 0-0 5, Garrett 1 2-2 4, Hughes 2 1-
2 3. Armato 1 1-2 3, Lovgren 1 0-0 2, Fox 0 1-41, Hong,
West, Helfrecht. 18 9-21 46. Three-pointer - Rust with
one.
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