Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - FIV£
Mustang boys use second half Mustang girls open with win Mustang “C” team open with a win
to get by Cardinals
over Vikings
it 15 Donald Adams takes a shot as he is guarded by #10 of lone
Bv Rick Paullus
A fter an even first half,
the H eppner M ustang b o y s’
v a rs ity o u ts c o re d th e lo n e
C ardinals 33-19 in the second
half to pull away for a 61 -47 win
in the first game o f the season for
both teams.
The Cardinals opened
the g am e h ittin g tw o three-
pointers, but Luke M urray hit a
long jumper, Brian Smith hit two
free th ro w s th en fed C huy
Elguezabal for a lay-in, Connor
K ilkenny scored o ff a rebound
and Brian Hague wood hit a short
ju m p er to give the M ustangs a
10-7 lead. Another three-pointer
by the C a rd in a ls tied it up,
Elguezabal scored off a drive but
the Cardinals scored to tie it 12-
12 after one.
Brad Adam s scored off'
a pass from Justin B otefuhr to
open the second, Elguezabal
scored from Botefuhr, Adam s
fed M urray and Tanner Britt for
lay-ins, hit a running jum per and
added tw o free throw s to make
it 24-19 but the Cardinals got
back to w ithin one. Kilkenny
s c o re d o f f a p a s s fro m
E lguezabal and hit tw o free
throw s but the Cardinals tied it
at 28-28 at halftim e.
T he C ardinals scored
first in the third but the Mustangs
scored the next 12 as B otefuhr
hit a jum per, Elguezabal hit a
three-pointer and scored o ff a
drive, then fed Botefuhr twice for
lay-ins and A dam s hit a free
throw to m ake it 40-30. The
teams traded baskets as Britt hit
a baseline jum per, Josh Winters
scored o ff a pass from Kilkenny
and H a g u e w o o d hit a short
jum per as the M ustangs took a
46-37 lead after three.
A C ardinal three-pointer
pulled them to within six to open
the fourth but the Mustangs went
on a 15-0 run to put the gam e
aw ay. B otefu h r scored o ff a
rebound, Adam s fed Murray for
a lay-in, B otefuhr scored o ff a
nice pass from Elguezabal and
m ade a free throw, A dam s hit a
jumper, Kilkenny and Smith each
hit a free throw and Elguezabal
sco red tw ice on lay -in s o ff
drives. The Cardinals scored the
final seven points to m ake the
ending score 61-47.
Elguezabal hit six o f 11
shots to finish w ith 15 points, had
four assists and three steals with
Botefuhr hitting five o f six shots
for 11 points and grabbed seven
rebounds. A dam s hit four o f
seven shots for nine p oints,
grabbed nine rebounds and had
three assists. Kilkenny had seven
points and six rebounds and
Smith grabbed seven rebounds.
H eppner 12 16 18 15-
61
lone 12 16 9 10-47
Heppner: Chuy Elguezabal
7 0-3 15, Justin Botefuhr 5 1-2 11,
Brad Adams 3 3-5 9, Connor Kilkenny
2 3-8 7, Luke Murray 3 0-0 6, Tanner
Britt 2 0-0 4, Brian Haguewood 2 0-0
4, Brian Smith 0 3-4 3, Josh Winters 1
0- 0 2, Doug Orwick, Donald Adams
and Aaron Griffith. 25 10-2261 3-pt.:
Elguezabal.
lo n e: B row n 4 1-2 12,
Christman 4 3-4 12, Krebs 4 0-2 8,
Gates 2 0-0 6, Radie 2 0-0 4, Morgan 1
1- 23, Rietmann 1 0-0 2, K. Thompson,
C. Thompson Ekstrom and Raible. 18
5-10 47 3-pt.: Brown 3, Gates 2 and
Christman.
Chelsea Britt and Tylynn Smith going for the rebound
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner Mustang
g irls ’ varsity opened their
season with a 54-40 win over
the lone Cardinals in lone on
Tuesday, Dec. 3 using a 15-4
advantage in the third quarter
to pull away.
The Mustangs took an
early 8-2 lead and eventually
led 13-9 after one but the
C ardinals cam e back to take
a 21 -16 lead midway through
the second. Stefanie Hanson
scored on a pass from Shanna
Rietmann and Lacey Matteson
hit a turn around jum per to get
the Mustangs to w ithin one, the
Cardinals cam e back w ith a
basket, Rietmann hit two free
throws and after another lone
basket M atteson hit another
jum per and Rietm ann hit a
th re e -p o in te r to g iv e th e
M ustangs a 27-25 lead at
halftime.
M atteson scored five
m ore points, H anson hit a
three-pointer and Chelsea Britt
h it a sh o rt ju m p e r as the
M ustangs extended their lead
to 42-29 after three.
The Mustangs kept up
the pressure as Brooke Rust
s c o re d o f f a d riv e a n d
Rietmann scored offa steal and
assist from M adison Bailey.
The C ardinals cut the lead to
48-36 but Susan Southworth
scored on a break on a pass
from Hanson and Matteson hit
a running ju m p er to put the
game away.
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M atteson finished with
15 points, six rebounds, three
steals and two assists. Rietmann
scored 12 points, grabbed six
rebounds and had tw o assists.
Hanson had seven points, three
steals and two assists. Britt had
seven points, Tylynn Smith had
five rebounds and tw o steals,
Bailey had two assists and two
steals and Southw orth had five
rebounds.
H eppner 13 14 15 12-
54
lone 9 16 4 11-40
Heppner: Lacey Matteson
6 2-4 15, Shanna Rietmann 3 5-6 12,
Stefanie Hanson 2 2-24 7, Chelsea
Britt 2 3-3 7, Brooke Rust 3 0-1 6,
Susan Southworth 2 0-0 4, Tylynn
Smith I 0-0 2, Jesse KempasO 1-21,
Nikki Sisk and Madison Bailey. 19 12-
20 54 3-pt.: Matteson, Rietmann and
Hanson.
lone: Natalie McElligott 6 0-
2 14, Barbara Holland 4 0-0 8, Diana
McElligott 3 1-3 7, Sara Peck 2 1-3 5,
Tracy Griffith 1 1-23, Jennifer Griffith
1 0-02, EvaChitty, Emily Key,Caitlin
Orem, Alyssa Rietmann, Missy Baker
and Ashley Grams. 17 3-10 39 3-pt.:
N. McElligott 2.
R on Paullus takes the basketball in for a lav-in
By Rick Paullus
After a tight first quarter,
the Heppner M ustang boys “C”
team ran away from the Umatilla
Vikings 66-44 in the first game
o f th e y e a r in U m a tilla on
Thursday, Dec. 5.
The M ustangs will play
at Mac-Hi on Thursday, Dec. 12
and will host Stanfield at 5:30 p.m.
on M onday, Dec. 16 for their
next games.
The team s were tied at
12-12 after one as the Mustangs
Roy Proctor scored five points
including a three-pointer. The
M ustangs took a 32-27 lead at
halftime getting four points each
fro m R o ry K ilk e n n y and
M atthew VanCleave and three
points each from Mikel Britt and
Kory Paullus.
They extended their lead
to 48-38 after three getting six
points from Paullus and four each
fro m
M a tt K e n n y an d
V a n C le a v e . T he M u s ta n g s
coasted to the win as Proctor hit
tw o m ore three-pointers and
Kilkenny scored four points in the
fourth quarter.
Paullus led a balanced
scoring effort with 13 points,
w hile Proctor added 11, including
three three-pointers. VanCleave
had 10 points, Kilkenny nine and
Kenny had eight points.
H eppner 12 20 16 18-
66
Umatilla 12 15 11 6-44
Heppner: Kory Paullus 6 1-
2 13, Roy Proctor 4 0-0 11, Matthew
VanCleave 4 2-4 10. Rory Kilkenny 4
1 -5 9, Matt Kenny 3 2-2 8, Mikel Bntt
2 1-1 5, Riley Wight 2 0-0 4, Robert
McElligott 1 0-02, Kyle Carlson 1 0-
1 2, Kyle Huddleston 0 2-2 2, Dan
Busile 0 0-2 0 and Josh Lankford. 27
9-20 66 3-pt.: Proctor 3.
I matilla: Rouston 82-521,
Navarro 5 0-1 10, T. Wilson 1 2-2 4,
Ashbeck 1 0-0 3, Madsen 1 0-1 3,
Roberto 1 0-0 2, C. Wilson 0 1-2 1,
Louger 00-10, Stine, Montalino and
McLane. 17 5-12 44 3-pt.: Rouston 3,
Madesen and Ashbeck.
lone High School Fall Sports Awards/Dessert
lo n e H ig h S c h o o l
ath letes receiv ed fall sports
awards at a dessert held in the
new ly rem odeled cafeteria on
T u esd ay , N ov. 26. A th letic
director Dean Robinson passed
out pins to the girls’ volleyball
team for placing second in the
state for 1A schools with a 3.82
GPA. The boys' football team
received pins for placing second
in com bined 1A and 2A level
schools in the state with a 3.50
GPA.
D e b b ie R a d ie a n d
Darlene M arquardt presented a
video o f highlights o f the football
and volleyball seasons.
Diana M cElligott and
M ike R adie, W endy’s H igh
School Heisman Award winners,
received bronze m edals from
principal Mike Stuart. McElligott
also received a silver m edal for
being a state w inner.
Cardinal football coach
Dale H olland thanked all the
people w ho helped m ake the
football season a success. He
read a farewell letter from senior
m anager Cody Bergstrom who
c o u ld n 't a tte n d th e a w a rd s
program . The team signed a
football to present to Bergstrom.
Players receiving awards were:
Most Improved- Austin Arballo;
M o st I n s p ir a tio n a l-A s h le y
Roberts; Big Stick Award for
incredible offense and defense-
Cayle Krebs; and Most Valuable
Player-Andrew Rietmann.
V o lle y b a ll c o a c h e s
C harity M cElligott and Cathy
McCabe presented gifts to Mary
Rietmann and MaKenna Ramos
for being ball girls, and Kayla
LaRue and Emily Rietmann for
taking stats at district and state
tournaments. Coach McElligott
noted several school volleyball
records w ere broken this year:
Diana M cElligott-points scored
(231) and kills (252); N atalie
M cElligott-blocks (165); and
M eghan M cC abe-sets (801).
Players receiving awards were:
Most lmproved-Tracy Griffith;
M ost I n s p ir a tio n a l- A ly s s a
Rietm ann; and M ost Valuable
Player-Diana McElligott.
L-R: Andrew Rietmann, Ashley Roberts, Cavie Krebs and
Austin Arballo.
L-R: Alyssa Rietmann, Diana McElligott and Tracy Griffth.
lone JVs lose to Enterprise
Playing their first game o f
the season, the lone b o y s’ JV
team lost to the 2A JV team from
Enterprise 49-35.
“I was very pleased w ith
th e e ffo rt o u r k id s g a v e ,”
c o m m e n te d
C oach
Jim
Swanson.
E n te rp rise o u tsc o re d
lone 18-4 in the third quarter, but
lone cam e back and outscored
lone 13-8 in the fourth.
“We had a meltdown in
the third but never gave up. I was
real proud o f th em ,” added
Swanson.
Tyler Raible led the team
with 12 points followed by Dan
Satterly with nine points on three
three-pointers. Kelly Thompson
had five points, Cody Bergstrom
had four, Curtis Thom pson had
three, and Arthur Ekstrom had
two points.
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