FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 29,2014
Mustang girls turn out ‘best-played
games of the season’
Split weekend games, but not by much
The H eppner g irls ’
basketball team put together
two o f their best-played
gam es o f the season so
far and came away with
a split of their conference
games this weekend. The
Mustangs beat the Stanfield
Tigers 36-15 and then took
the league-leading Pilot
Rock Rockets to the wire
before losing 37-33.
In th e gam e w ith
the Tigers, the Mustangs
struggled to score early
but still led 4-0 at the end
o f the first quarter and
13-7 at halftime. Heppner
outscored the Tigers 23-8
in the second half to secure
the win.
In maybe her best game
of the year, Kayla Kindle
scored a game high 10
points, had five rebounds
and two steals. Maddie
Lindsay followed with eight
points and eight rebounds.
Kelly Wilson scored seven
p o in ts and d ish ed out
three assists. Micha Hintz
had five points and three
rebounds for the game.
Blake Greenup scored four
points, had six rebounds
and two assists. Jessica
Kempkin scored two and
had seven big rebounds on
the night.
On Saturday night the
h ig h ly -ran k ed R ockets
cam e to tow n and the
Mustangs nearly pulled off
the upset. Heppner led 10-9
after the first quarter and the
game was tied at halftime
18-18.
After three quarters the
Rockets led by the score
o f 27-26. The H eppner
crowd was into the game
and the student cheering
section was very loud. The
game was close to the very
end, and the Mustangs had
opportunities, but it was not
to be on this night.
G reenup had a big
game with 13 points, four
rebounds and two assists.
Wilson followed with seven
points and eight rebounds.
Kindle had another good
game with six points, four
rebounds and two assists.
Lindsay scored five points
and had seven rebounds
on the night. Paige Grieb
had two points and two
rebounds. Hintz had four
Kayla Kindle (#11) and a Pilot Rock Rocket struggle over the
ball while Micha Hintz (#10) and Maddie Lindsay (#20) guard
Kindle's back in Saturday’s edge-of-seat contest. The Mustangs
took the Rockets to the wire in a tough game but eventually
lost 37-33. -Photo bv Sandra Putman
rebounds for the game.
th e W e sto n -M c F w e n
T h is w eek en d the TigerScots and then host
Mustangs travel to play the Union Bobcats.
Mustang boys hold even record
Hatfield had one.
The M ustangs won
their game on Saturday
night against the Pilot Rock
Rockets by a score of 78-
30. Heppner jumped out to
a 20-4 lead after one quarter
and led 41-9 at halftime.
The score was 61 -16 at the
end of three quarters as the
team coasted to the win.
Logan Grieb led the
team with 20 points and
four assists. Ross Cutsforth
had a strong game and
scored 14 points. Collins
came back from the ankle
injury to score 12 points
and haul in 11 rebounds. CJ
Kindle played an inspired
gam e and scored nine
points, had six rebounds,
four assists and two steals.
Rill also scored nine points
and had four rebounds for
the game. Jaden Orr had
five points, Corbin three
and Hatfield two.
T h is w eek en d the
M u s ta n g s h a v e tw o
im p o rta n t c o n fe re n c e
gam es. They trav el to
Athena to play Weston-
McEwen on Friday night
and host the Union Bobcats
at home on Saturday.
Heppner Senior Andrew Hatfield (#11) tries for the net in
a contest the Mustangs ultimately lost against the Stanfield
Tigers. Photo by Sandra Putman
The H eppner Boys
Varsity basketball team
gained another split on the
w eekend in conference
play. Their overall record is
11-6 and 5-5 in BMC play.
H e p p n e r l o s t to
Stanfield by a score of 69-
39. The Tigers shot the
lights out of it early in the
game and jumped out to a
26-9 first-quarter lead.
M ustang post player
Patrick Collins went down
in the second quarter with
an injured ankle and did not
return to the game.
T he T ig e rs led at
halftime 45-22 and then
held the Mustangs scoreless
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in the third quarter to make
the score 56-22. Heppner
outscored the Tigers in the
fourth quarter but it was
too late for the Mustangs to
make up lost ground.
Leading the way for the
Mustangs was JC Putman
with eight points and four
rebounds. Logan Grieb
scored seven points and
had three assists. Ross
Cutsforth had seven points
and Jesse C orbin five.
Collins scored four and
Brian Rill had three points
and six rebounds. Weston
Putman and Tate Gentry
each scored two points
on the night and Andrew
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Mustang CJ Kindle (#24), a Heppner sophomore, fights ofT a
Rocket as he goes for the points. Kindle played an “inspired”
game Saturday, contributing nine points, six rebounds, four
assists and two steals to Heppner’s 78-30 victory. -Photo by
Sandra Putman
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of Commerce will be Thursday, Jan. 30, at noon in the St.
Patrick’s Senior Center dining room. The guest speaker
will be Rep. Greg Smith, who will introduce Director of
the Oregon Department of State Lands Mary Abrams.
Cost of lunch is $ 10; Howe’s About Pizza will cater.
Chamber lunch attendees are asked to RSVP at 541-
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Ione JV sweeps
wins against Echo,
Arlington
The Cardinal JV boys’
team swept its weekend
lineup with solid victories
over Echo on Friday and
Arlington on Saturday. JV
game stats are as follows:
lone v Echo, Jan. 24
lone JV 22, Echo JV 9
Score bv quarters
lone JV: 15,22
Echo JV: 4, 9
Fouls
lone JV 3, Echo JV 4
Player: Reb, Ast, Pts
Danny Doherty: 0, 0, 2
Donald McElligott: 4, 3, 1
Joe Doherty: 0, 0, 0
Austin Carter: 4, 0, 2
Colton Hollis: 0, 0, 0
Zane King: 0, 1, 0
Daniel Holtz: 0, 0, 0
Jason Juarez: 3, 3, 4
Hector Aguilar: 4, 0, 2
Tre’ Neil: 2, 0, 9
Joel Stillman: 0, 0, 0
Jorge Aguilar: 1, 1, 2
“Echo was short on
players for varsity, so we
only played a h alf o f a
game. Our defense was
tough, we only allowed
them to get a couple of
buckets in each quarter,”
said lone assistant coach
Brian Spivey. “Our team
as a whole did a lot better
rebounding, pretty even
across the team as far as
rebounds go. Sophmore
Tre’ Neil led the team in
scoring with nine points.”
lone v Arlington, Jan. 25
lone J V 30, Arlington J V 22
Score by quarters
lone JV: 12, 18, 24, 30
Arlington JV: 11,18,20,22
Fouls
lone JV 11, Arlington JV 11
Player: Reb, Ast, Pts
Danny Doherty: 1, 1, 0
Donald McElligott: 10, 1,9
Joe Doherty: 2, 2, 3
Austin Carter: 0, 2, 2
Colton Hollis: 0, 0, 2
Zane King: 2, 1, 0
Daniel Holtz: 0, 1, 0
Jason Juarez: 4, 2, 2
Hector Aguilar: 0, 0, 0
Tre’ Neil: 7, 1,6
Joel Stillman: 4, 1, 4
Jorge Aguilar: 3, 0, 2
“ We got the j u mp
on Arlington in the first
quarter, held them scoreless
for most of the first quarter,
then they knocked down
three threes in a row to pull
within one at the end of the
quarter. We were tied at
the half,” said Spivey. “We
came out in the second half
and stepped up our defense,
held them to four points in
the half. Freshman Donald
M cElligott finished the
game with nine points and
10 rebounds, sophomore
Tre’ Neil had six points
and seven rebounds in one
quarter of play. Our defense
was the key to our win; we
had 16 steals in the game.
Joe Doherty came up with
five of those steals.”
Heppner JV ‘C’ team
enters season strong
The Heppner JV Boys
basketball team split their
games over the weekend to
take their record to 9-2 for
the season.
Heppner travelled to
Stanfield and lost to the
Tigers by a score of 39-20.
The Mustangs were looking
to avenge their only loss
on the season so far but did
not get the job done. The
Stanfield pressure defense
was too much for them to
handle and the Mustangs
had a poor shooting night.
Heppner trailed
throughout the game and
just couldn’t get anything
going. Weston Putman led
the team in scoring with
five. Jesse Corbin had four
points and Jake Lindsay
three. Kolby Currin, Kevin
Murray, Jeremiah Petzoldt
and Ross C utsforth all
scored two points in the
game.
The team was at home
on Saturday night to play
the Pilot Rock Rockets.
The Mustangs played much
better than the night before
and won the game 60-22.
Heppner scored early and
often off the Pilot Rock
press and kept it up when
the Rockets took the press
off. The Mustangs led 18-6
after one quarter and 34-8
at halftime; the lead then
increased to 46-16 after
three quarters o f play. A
balanced scoring attack
was led by Lindsay with
13. Jesse Corbin scored
12, Cutsforth and Caden
Hedman had eight each.
Currin, Murray, Putman
and Cade Arbogast each
scored four points, and
Kaden Corbin had three.
The JV2 or “C” team
won their first two games
o f the new year. They
beat the Weston-McEwen
Tigerscots by a score of 52-
35 and the Stanfield Tigers
73-43.
Against the Tigerscots,
Jeremiah Petzoldt led the
team in scoring with 14.
Ryan Cecil had nine and
Kaden Corbin scored seven.
Murray followed with six
and A rbogast had five.
C urrin and Jeff Dowdy
both scored four points
and Lindsay had three on
the night.
E v e r y t h i n g was
wo r k i n g wel l fo r the
Mustangs in the game with
the Tigers and everyone
on the team scored in the
gam e. Lindsay had the
hot hand on the night and
scored 18 points to lead the
team. Hedman had 13 and
Arbogast scored 10. Currin
contributed eight points,
while Kaden Corbin and
Petzoldt added seven each.
Murray had five and Cecil
scored four. Dowdy had
two points for the game.
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Mustang Junior Ross Cutsforth (#4) and freshman Kevin
Murray (#20) meet under the net as they guard the ball from
the Stanfield players during the JV game last Friday. The
‘Stangs lost to the Tigers but turned it around to beat the Pilot
Rock Rockets Saturday. -Photo by Sandra Putman