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.
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Cody Nelson works on getting the pin.
Baseball season starts off at HHS
Bv Chris Hendricks
This year is looking
good for our baseball team.
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.