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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 7,2007 Mustang’s season ends in Pendleton By Kick Paullus Two straight losses by the Heppner Mustangs at the OSAA US B ank/Les Schwab 2A Championships in Pendleton ended their season a day early. The Mustangs lost 48-45 to the N estu cca B obcats on Thursday, March 1, and 52- 48 to the Lost River raiders on Friday morning, March 2, in the consolation bracket, which prevented them from playing on Saturday for a trophy. The M ustangs, coached by Mark Dowdy, ended their season with a 21 - 5 record and said goodbye to seniors Lyndi Patton, Amber Patton, Regi Seitz, and Sarah Price. The first q u a rte r against the Bobcats was a back and forth as both teams took turns at the lead. After the B o b c a ts’ K elsea Hurliman hit a three-pointer, the Mustangs’ Megan Orr hit a long jumper and a three- pointer to give them a 5-3 lead. Hurliman tied it but Regi Seitz made a lay-up from Aftan Betsinger and hit two free throws to make it 9-5. The Bobcats went on a 6-1 run until Orr hit two free throws to give the Mustangs a 12-11 lead after one. The Bobcats came back to take a 16-12 lead before Sarah Price hit a short jumper to end a four and a half minute scoring drought. Amber Patton tied it with a rebound basket but the Bobcats ended up with a 20- 17 lead at the half. Seitz scored inside early in the third but the Bobcats extended their lead to 27-19 before Betsinger hit III ' f r x qn IV i'Hi m a % ~ Juniors Katie Kilkenny and Megan Orr hustle for the team scrambling to get the hall Friday in the Consolation game Photo by Small Matthews against Lost River. one of two free throws and Seitz hit a three-pointer. Six straig h t p o in ts by the Bobcats gave them a 33-2.1 lead. The teams then traded baskets as Orr scored six points and Lyndi Patton scored off a steal but they still trailed 40-31 after three. The Mustangs went on a 9-2 run to open the fourth as A m ber Patton scored twice inside, Taylor K em pas scored o ff a rebound and Seitz hit a three-pointer to get within tw o at 42-40. They got w ithin one w hen K atie Kilkenny hit two free throws with 2:26 left to make it 44- 43. Two long jumpers from Hurliman made it 48-43 but Orr came back to hit a long shot of her own to cut the lead to 48-45 with l :05 left. The M ustangs had tw o chances to tie it in the last 15 seconds but could not get the shot to fall as they came up short. Orr led the Mustangs with 15 points and two steals with Seitz adding 13 points, six reb o u n d s, and tw o assists. Amber Patton had a strong game off the bench grabbing 10 rebounds and getting two steals to go with her six points. Kilkeny had six rebounds and two assists. Price had six rebounds and Lyndi Patton and Betsinger each had two assists. H urlim an led the B o b cats w ith 22 points in clu d in g three three- pointers. The next morning, in the consolation bracket, both the Mustangs and Raiders struggled offensively in the first quarter as neither team Heppner Middle School wrestler advances to state Heppner Middle School wrestler Aidan Wright placed at a middle school wrestling regional at Riverside High School on Saturday and will advance to the middle school state championships, set this Saturday, March 11. at Woodburn High School. Jared Gorham. Alex smith. Cody nelson, Seth Palmer, John Nelson, Zach Yocom, Jarreid Miller, Curtis Martin, Tim Nelson. Bryce Fowler, Josh William, Drew Brannon, and Justin Yocom also competed at the regional but did not place. The Riverside regional, one of three in the state, hosted teams from 28 schools and had 341 wrestlers in attendance. It was the second largest of the three. The top six placers in each regional weight bracket advance to state competition. We appreciate Ken Bailey and Brian Harmon. Heppner High School and Heppner Booster Club for all their time and efforts in building a wrestling program for Heppner. Aidan Wright MORROW COUNTY HEALTH DISTRICT is accepting bids on a surplus 20 year old Merlin Legend phone system and a 20 year old Spirit 8 X 24 phone system, both include a server and multiple phones. For more information and to bid by phone, call 676-2942 until March 15, 2007. 4 "lime *P<n CUSTOM BANNERS H eppner G a z e t t e - T im e s 676-9228 ’Wcaræ 0^ V ic tfieeaf co u ld get m uch going. Betsinger gave the Mustangs an early lead by scoring off a pass from Megan Orr and after the Raiders tied it, Kilkenny made two free to make it 4-2. Taylor Kempas hit a ju m p er and A m ber Patton hit one of two free throws but the Raiders came back to tie it at 7-7 after one. Jumpers from Seitz and Betsinger made it 11-8 midway through the second. After a Raider basket, Seitz and Betsinger hit jumpers, Lyndi Patton hit a three- pointer, and Amber Patton made one of two free throws to help the Mustangs take a 19-11 lead at the half. Kilkenny hit two free throws to open the third. The Raiders came back with five straight, then Kilkenny hit a jumper to make it 23-16. The Raiders hit two jum pers. Price an sw ered w ith a jumper. Lost River scored then Seitz hit two jumpers to make it 29-23. Amber Patton made one of two free throws and O rr and Price hit ju m p e rs to help the Mustangs take a 34-28 lead at the end o f the third quarter. The Raiders opened the fourth w ith a three- pointer and a jumper to get within one before Kilkenny scored off a pass from Price. Seitz hit a jumper and two free throws but the Raiders came back to take a 42-40 lead with 5:17 left. Betsinger hit two free throws and a jumper to give the Mustangs the lead, but a three-pointer gave the Raiders a 45-44 lead with 4:00 left. After a Raider basket. Betsinger hit two free throws and after Nestucca 119 20 8- 48 Heppner 12 5 14 14- 45 #3 Senior Anther Patton of the Heppner Mustangs goes up for a shot at the State Playoff Game Friday night in Pendleton. The Heppner Mustangs lost in their final game to Lost River 52-48. - Photo hy Samli Matthews another Raider bucket and free throw, Kilkenny scored off a rebound to cut the lead to 50-48 with :59 left. Both teams traded turnovers and a Raider basket with :22 left proved to be the back breaker as the M ustangs coiild not get anything to drop after that. S eitz led three Mustangs in double figures w ith 12 p o in ts, four rebounds, four steals and two assists. Betsinger added 12 points, seven rebounds, and two steals. Kilkenny had a double double with 10 points, 15 rebounds, and two assists. Orr had six rebounds, three steals, and two assists. Price had six rebounds and two assists, Lyndi Patton had three steals and two assists, and Amber Patton had two assists. N estu cca 48, Heppner 45 N e stu cca - H u rlim an 9 1-1 22, Chitwood 4 0-0 10, Carver 3 0-0 6, Wenrick 1 1-2 3, Kosinski 1 1-4 3, Royster 1 0-1 2, Measor 1 0-0 2. 10- 60 3-8 48. Three-pointers, H urlim an with three and Chitwood with two. H eppner - M egan Orr 6 2-2 15. Regi Seitz 4 3-4 13, Amber Patton 3 0-0 6, Lyndi Patton I 0-0 2, Sarah Price 1 0-0 2, Katie K ilkenny 0 2-2 2, Aftan Betsinger 0 2-4 2, Taylor Kempas I 0-2 2, Sherilyn Peck 0 1-21. Kylie Doherty. 16-43 10-16 45. T h ree- pointers, Seitz with two and Orr with one. L ost R iv er 52, Heppner 48 Heppner7 12 15 14- 48 Lost River 7 4 17 24- 52 H eppner-Seitz 5 2- 2 12, Betsinger 4 4-4 12, Kilkenny 3 4-4 10, Price 2 0-04, L. Patton 1 0-0 3, A. Patton 0 3-8 3, Orr 1 0-0 2, K em pas 1 0-1 2, Peck, Doherty. 17-55 13-19 48. Three-pointer, L. Patton. Lost River - Rieger 7 1-2 15, Thompson 3 0-0 8, Johnson 3 0-0 8, Swingle 3 1-3 7, Rajnus 2 2-2 6, Hernandez 2 0-0 4 Martinez 1 0-0 2, McCulley 0 1-21, Condon 0 1-2 1, Hammers, B arajas. 21-65 6-11 52. Three-pointers, Thompson with two and Johnson with two. Heppner/Echo AAU team completes season tí Í ív * I? M o z V f . I n m P i l a J Pictured left to right are Conner Bettencourt, Ian Rivera, Trey Waite, Corey Barros, Brian Gutierrez, Kyle Harrison, Treve Moffit and Steven Thompson. A co m b in ed Heppner/Echo boy’s sixth grade AAU team recently co m p leted a tw o -m o n th schedule of six tournaments. The team consisted of boys from the tw o to w n s to ensure the team had enough players. The team played in tournaments in Pendleton, H erm isto n (2), Im bler, L aG rande, and hosted a tourney in Echo. The team show ed steady improvement, often playing against teams from larger towns, and finished second in the last two tourneys played. In addition to the tourneys, the team played regular practice games with the Hermiston sixth grade AAU team. H eppner team m em bers in clu d ed Trey W aite, Kyle H arriso n , S teven T h o m p so n , and Garrett Robinson. The other members of the team are Ian R ivera, Brian G u tierrez, Conner Bettencourt, Treve Moffit and Corey Barros. 2 5 rh AnniveRSc\Ry ol- h e p p n c R s U J ee b ir Ò ’ ]Rc(c\nd Irish M int Non-Fat Frozen Yogurt Murray's St. Patrick's Day Weekend Schedule ~ Friday, March 16th ~ Open until 7:00 p.m. ‘Mini” Wine Tasting 5-7 p.m. Try some great party wines} * Shamrock P lan ts N o w In! 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For m ore information contact Reica Herbison for details at 676- 5 3 13. Come find out what the Booster Club is all about.
