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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - FIVE Mustang girls continue in bid for state title Second annual Donkey Basketball held at HHS By Matt McCabe The Heppner Varsity G irl’s basketball got their ticket to the State Champi onship Tournament in Pend leton with a dominating win over the Chiloquin Queens 66-39. The M ustang girls showed pride and determi nation on the floor with their execution and discipline on the court. The Mustang girls will progress their hopeful road to a championship at 3:15 on Wednesday against Santiam at the Pendleton Convention Center. Chiloquin 7 7 13 12 39 Heppner 13 18 17 18 66 Heppner: Megan Orr 17, Katie Kilkenny 17, Aftan Betsinger 10, Kristen Van Cleave 10, Taylor Kem- pas 3, Jessica Hughes 2, Kylie Doherty 2, Mer cedes Garrett 2, Torri Lovgren 2, Erin Price 1, Catherine McElligott, Brynna Rust. Rebounds: Kilkenny 17 Assists: Orr 9 Threes: Orr 2, Kempas 1 Free throws: Chiloquin 6-14 Heppner: 15-22 Pictured are the students and staff that participated in second annual Donkey Basketball game held at HHS. Senior Megan Orr takes the shot for a total of 17 points against the Queens Friday in Heppner. Photo by Sandy Matthews Heppner boys end basketball season in Lakevievv By Alita Nelson In L akeview , the s p e e d o f th e H o n k e rs trumped the size of the Mus tangs and Lakeview earned a trip to the Class 2A state tournament. Down by 16 headed into the final frame, Heppner pushed back hard and cut the deficit to five points with ju st over tw o m inutes to play. The rally came on four consecutive hit three-point ers by Jared H uddleston and Lane Bailey, and an exclamation point dunk by A.J. Rauch. Coach Forest McK- innis complimented the play of Rauch, who had to step up with Lakeview clamping down on fellow post Nacho Elguezabal. Rauch finished with a team-high 19 points. Lakeview shot an impressive 12 o f 14 from the free throw line, includ ing crucial shots late to seal it up in the fourth quarter. “I can't say we didn’t play well,” McKinnis said. “We just had a hard time match ing up w ith their team speed, and they took advantage of it.” Casey Clemens led Lakeview with 22 points. H ep p n er 9 1 2 1 1 2 6 -5 8 Lakeview 15 16 17 20-68 H ep p n er - Jarred Huddleston 11, Lane Bailey 14, A.J. Rauch 19, Braden Britt 4, Nacho Elguezabal 10, Bryan Holland, Brent Eckman, Chris Lien, Nathan VanC leave. Lakeview - Casey Clemens 22, Cole Bietrkt 8, Jordan K. 20, Brandon B. 2, Matt. Clemens 6. Harold Downs 6, Jonathan S. 4. T h ree -p o in t field goals - Heppner 6, Lakev iew 4. Free throws - Hep pner 6-13, Lakeview' 12-14. Fouls - Heppner 16. Lakev iew 16. By Jeannie Collins If you did not attend the second annual Donkey Basketball on February 9th, you missed a fast paced, hilarious, fun filled event. Riders with no control, donkeys bucking and riders falling off, all while trying to make a basket made for a truly entertaining and comical event. The object o f the game was to score as many points as possible by making has- kets. However, these were not just ordinary made baskets. In order for the basket to count one had to shoot it from the back o f their donkey. This does not sound like a very difficult thing to do, however, it is a lot harder than one would think. Not only do you have the other team trying to steal, or swat the ball out o f your hands (while try- ing to innocently knock you off at the same time), you have to try to get your donkey near the basket so that you can shoot. As you may well now, donkeys can be stubborn, They do not neck reign, nor do they pay at- tention to leg cues. They do whatever their owners have taught them and that is through cues that come from their owners who are the referees tapping a stick and chasing the donkeys down the court. The rider has ab- solutely no control, Needless to say it was a free for all w ith riders and donkeys totally out o f con- trol. Somehow baskets were made. The HHS staff team “OLD" was outnumbered as many o f the staff' members were away for training, but they put up a good fight. The final score was Students 22 and Staff' 14. Junior High wrestlers bring home second place trophy HHS boys’ basketball season comes to end By Nathan Van Cleave The Heppner boys’ basketball team met their match Saturday when they trav eled to Lakeview to play the fighting Honkers in the first round o f state playoffs. Lakeview finished their season first in league lining them up to play Hep pner, who finished third in the Blue Mountain Confer ence. The Mustangs played a hard fought game but did not have the m om entum necessary to shut down their opponents losing the game 66-56. Although down by a considerable amqunt in the third quarter Heppner ral lied together sinking three consecutive three pointers bringing the point differ ence within five. Heppner held this difference right up until the end o f the game but was not able to narrow the margin enough to pull out a win. T he g a m e, h o w ever, was toped o ff on a positive note when senior A ndre Rauch drove past Heppner Junior High Wrestling team took home the second place trophy from the Grant Union his defending player and meet. Pictured are the junior high wrestlers with their coach, Mark Lemmon. slam dunked the ball over a H onker player leaving Lakeview silent. Even th o u g h the Heppner boys would have liked to advance further into the playoffs they played a great gam e and ended strong. Heppner Varsity Baseball Schedule March 11 -Pendleton JV in Pendleton, 4 March 25 - Santiam at home, 1 p.m. March 29-30 - at Colfax Tourney. p.m. April 1 - Mac Hi at home, 2 p.m. March 14 - Grant Union Tourney, 11 April 5 - Irrigon at home, 11 a.m. a.m. and 2 p.m. April 8 - at Pilot Rock, 4:30 p.m. March 18 - at Baker, 2 p.m. April 12 - at Weston-McEwen, 11 a.m. March 21 - Dufur at home, 2 p.m. Gourmet Wine Tasting Dinner Featuring King Estate Winery ^ Rooms are .still available fur„ this event! 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Practice has begun and the students have signed up to play, roughly 30 stu dents signed up. Most o f last years' m embers have returned and are r j excited about the new season. Sadly we had to say goodbye to three o f our players when they graduated last year, so now three positions are opened up to any player w ho's good enough to get the spots. This season should be a good one, seeing as we Heppner JV Base ball Schedule March 18 - at Baker, 2 p.m. March 20 at Weston, 4 p.m. March 24 at Nixyaawii, 3 p.m. March 3 1 Pilot Rock at home, 4:30 p.m. April 2 - at Stanfield, p.m. have two foreign exchange students playing this year, Mo (Pongvit Chotvijit) and 1 lee Young. This will be their first year o f ever playing the sport and they are both very excited about it. “ I really enjoy all the practices,” said Mo who’s a junior this year coming from Thailand. Mr. Morgan, assis tant coach o f the baseball team, thinks we'll be having a good year, hopefully bet ter than last year. Practices started February 19,h and are still being continued everyday at the Beef Bam at the fairgrounds. Practice is from 4 to 6 p.m., everyday. “When the field dries a little, then w e’ll take practice up there," explained Mr. Morgan. Heppner’s first varsity game will be held in Pendleton at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 11. Then on March 18, our JV will he playing in Baker at 2 p.m. These games will be great, so come and cheer for our teams. Heppner baseball teams to play fundraiser game Come watch the Heppner baseball teams scrim mage in the first annual Hundred Inning Game. This will be a fast paced game that will take place on March 5 and 6 at 4 p.m. The game is a fundraiser to pay for team equipment. Contact any baseball player if you would like to support the team. For more information about the fund raiser. contact Troy Morgan at 676-9138.
