SIX • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 21,2007
Cruz-In to kick
off St. Patrick’s
parades
Heppner Mustang girls take district title
Heppner High School girls’ basketball team. Blue Mountain Conference winners.
Photo by Sandi Matthews
By Rick Paullus
After falling behind
by 10 points in the first quar
ter, the Heppner Mustang
girls shook off a sloppy first
half to beat the Union Bob
cats, 50-44, to win the Blue
Mountain Conference Dis
trict championship held at
the Pendleton Convention
Center on Saturday, Feb. 17.
The Mustangs, now 20 and
three on the year, earned the
number-one seed from the
BMC into the Les Schwab /
US Bank OSAA Class 2A
state tournament.
The Mustangs will
be at home for the first round
against the Central Linn Co
bras, the number-three seed
from the M ountain View
League, on Saturday, Feb.
24, at 6 p.m. The winner will
advance to the quarterfinals
at the Pendleton Convention
Center.
The Mustangs, who
shot only 11 percent from the
field in the first half, could
manage just two free throws
from Katie Kilkenny, as the
Bobcats took a 12-2 lead in
the first quarter. Regi Seitz
hit two free throws and a
three-pointer as they closed
the gap to 12-7 at the end of
one.
The Mustangs final
ly took the lead midway
through the second as Tay
lor K em pas hit two free
throws, Seitz hit two more,
Sherilyn Peck hit one of two
and Sarah Price hit a running
jumper to make it 14-13. The
Bobcats came back to hit
two of seven free throws and
regain the lead. Lyndi Patton
then came up with a steal and
lay-in to give the Mustangs
a 16-15 lead at the half.
The third q u arter
was like a track meet com
pared to the first half as both
teams came out hot and trad
ed baskets for most of the
quarter. Aftan Betsinger and
Kilkenny scored inside, Seitz
hit two more free throws and
hit a short jumper, Lyndi Pat
ton scored off a pass from
Betsinger and hit a long
jumper and Amber Patton hit
one of two free throws to
make it 29-25. The Bobcats
scored five straight, but
Amber Patton scored off a
rebound to give the M us
tangs a 31-30 lead going into
the fourth.
Kilkenny hit one of
two free throws and Price hit
three of four to open the
fourth, but the Bobcats came
back to tie it at 35-35.
Megan Orr fed Kilkenny
tw ice for lay -in s and
B etsin g er hit tw o free
throws to make it 41 -38, but
a Bobcat three-pointer tied
it up again. Kilkenny scored
off a rebound and Lyndi Pat
ton hit one o f tw o free
throws to make it 44-41.
Betsinger then hit two more
free throws to make it 46-
42 with 1:07 left. Orr scored
off a drive 20 seconds later
and, after a Bobcat basket
with :18 left, Seitz hit two
free throws with less than a
second left to seal the win.
Seitz led the Mus
tangs with 11 points, eight
rebounds, two steals and two
blocked shots, with Kilken
ny adding 11 points and three
rebounds. B etsinger had
eight points, 13 rebounds,
two assists and two blocked
shots. Lyndi Patton had sev
en points, seven rebounds
and four steals. Orr had eight
rebounds and three assists.
Price had seven rebounds.
The Mustangs out-
rebounded the Bobcats, 58
to 46, for the game.
At the conclusion of
the game, it was announced
that senior Regi Seitz and
ju n io r M egan O rr w ere
nam ed to the BMC first
team, juniors Aftan Betsing
er and Katie Kilkenny were
named to the second team,
and seniors Lyndi Patton and
Sarah Price were honorable
mention.
Statistics
Union 12 3 15 14 - 14
Heppner7 9 15 19 - 50
Union: Walker 4 4-9 13, Rey
nolds 4 1-2 9, Stratton 3 2-5 9,
Bunkers 1 1-2 4, Bauer 2 0-0 4,
Longwell 0 3-6 3, Williams 1 0-2
2, Anderson, A. Courtney, K.
Courtney. 15-58 11 -26 44. Three-
pointers: Bunkers, Stratton, Walk
er.
Heppner: Regi Seitz 2 6-613,
Katie Kilkenny 4 3-6 11, Aftan
Betsinger 2 4-5 8, Lyndi Patton 3
1 -4 7, Sarah Price 1 3-6 5, Megan
Orr 1 0-3 2, Sherilyn Peck 0 1-21,
Amber Patton 01-21, Taylor Kem
pas 0 2-2 2, Kylie Doherty 13-54
23-38 50. Three-pointer: Seitz.
The seventh annual
St. Paddy’s Cruz-In will take
place Saturday, March 17, as
part of the 25th annual St.
Patrick’s celebration in Hep
pner.
Vehicle enthusiasts
will assemble at the north
west entrance to Heppner
(former Kinzua Mill site) on
Highway 74/207 from 10
a.m. until 11:30 a.m. The
Cruz-ln parade into Heppner
will begin at noon.
Entrants are encour
aged to arrive by 10:30 a.m.
so the parade announce will
have time to gather parade
information on vehicles and
owners. After the parade, the
vehicles will be displayed on
both sides of Willow Street
for viewing.
Dash plaques will be
given to those who register.
Forms can be found on the
w ebsite at w w w .heppner
chamber.com or by calling
541 -676-5536, or by mail to
P.O. Box 1232, Heppner,
OR 97836. Registration be
fore March 13 will be $10
and on-site registration will
be $15.
P laq u es w ill be
awarded for Leprechaun’s
First Team All-Star Kej>i Seitz make a shot to keep the Mustangs Choice, Judge's Choice, and
in front. The Mustang heat the Union Bohcats to win the League
the Mustang Award, which
Championship 50-44.
Photo by Sandi Matthews
is sponsored by the Heppner
High School student boy.
The 25th annual
Great Green Parade will be
gin at 1 p.m. on March 17.
Library
District has
new travel
books
Photo by Saudi Matthews
Heppner High School girls’ team, league winners.
Heppner basketball players named to all-conference
M e n ’s Citizen Watch
All conference players (left to right): Regi Seitz, RJ Farrens, Lane Bailey, Nacho Flguezahal.
Megan Orr, Aftan Betsinger, Katie Kilkenny. Amber Patton. Sarah Price. Photo by Sandi Matthews
Heppner High School senior Regi Seitz and junior Megan Orr were named to the
Blue Mountain Conference girls’ first team and junior Ignacio 'Nacho' Elguezabal was
named to the boys’ first team.
Juniors Aftan Betsinger and Katie Kilkenny were named to the girls’ second team.
Seniors Lyndi Patton. Sarah Price and RJ Farrens and junior Lane Bailey received
honorable mention.
Mustangs win Sportsmanship award
Water Resistant
Mineral Crystal
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The Heppner Mustang Bovs and iiirls won the All-Conference Sportsman Ship award for the
2007-year.
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The O regon Trail
Library District has recently
purchased many new travel
books that have information
about sightseeing, hotels,
and restaurants.
For trav el to far
away, exotic locations, try
New Zealand, France, Italy
and Ireland. If you were
thinking of staying closer to
home, there are books about
Colorado, Idaho, Vancouver
and British Columbia or even
Florida.
Just taking a road
trip? Maybe the Roadside
G eo lo g y o f O regon or
Washington would be a good
book to take along. There
are even travel e-b o o k s
available to read online at
home.
If
you
p re fe r
arm chair travel, there are
also many titles available.
O ne
such
title
is
“ H oneym oon w ith my
Brother” by Franz Wisner. In
this true story, Franz Wisner
is jilted by his fiancée and
then demoted at work. In
spite of this, he decides to go
on his honeymoon to Costa
Rica and take his brother
K urt w ith him - a
honeymoon without a bride.
A fter
th e ir
adventurous trip to Costp
Rica, they quit their jobs, sell
their houses and belongings
and travel the world for two
years. In all, they visit 53
countries. There are letters
to their grandma, which she
shares with the others in the
assisted living facility. The
trip is charted with pins on a
map in her room.
After this extensive
tra v e l,
the
a u th o r
recom m ends, “throw the
guidebooks out and just talk
to the locals.”
You decide. Either
way, all you need is your
library card.
Photo by Sandi Matthews
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