Mustang girls fall to Bulldogs
By Rick Paullus
T h e c o ld - s h o o tin g
Heppner M ustang girls’ varsity
dropped their first home game o f
the year to the Hermiston Bulldog
JVs 51-32 on M onday, Dec. 9
to drop their record to 1-2 on
the year.
The M ustangs held an
early lead as Brooke Rust and
Lacey M atteson each hit short
jum pers for a 4-2 lead but the
Bulldogs ran o tf the next 11 points
before Stefanie Hanson put in a
re b o u n d s b a sk e t w ith 1:40
rem aining in the quarter but
Hermiston ended up taking a 15-
6 lead after one.
The M ustangs clim bed
back into the game getting to with
15-11 on a M adison Bailey 3-
pointer and Susan Southworth's
lay-in on a pass from Bailey. After
a B ulldog basket, Bailey hit a
runningjum pertom ake it 17-13
but the Bulldogs w ent on a 7-1
run to close out the first half with
a 24-14 lead.
The Bulldogs scored first
in the third, but Matteson hit a 3-
pointer then Tylynn Smith hit a
jum per to m ake it 28-19 but the
Bulldogs extended their lead to
33-19. M atteson hit a running
jum per but the Bulldogs scored
the last six points o f the third to
take a 39-21 lead into the fourth.
Southworth converted a
three-point play and M atteson
scored o ffa drive to make it 43-
26 but the B ulldogs extended
their lead again to 51 -27 before
Sm ith hit tw o free throw s and
Nikki Sisk converted a three-
p o in t p lay to c lo se out the
scoring.
M a tte s o n led th e
Mustangs with nine points, seven
re b o u n d s , a n d tw o s te a ls .
Southw orth had seven points,
Sm ith had five points and four
rebounds and Bailey had five
points and three rebounds.
H erm iston 15 9 15 12-
51
H eppner 6 8 7 11-32
Hermiston: Mykal Bothum
6 1-2 16, Mindy Walchli 4 3-4 11,
Ashley Emenck 4 0-0 8, Cynthia Perez
3 0-0 6, Andrea Burrows 3 0-0 6,
Amanda D ouglas 1 0 - 1 2 , Helen
Hodney 1 0-0 2, Kelley Royer, Britney
Wilson and Anne Barnett. Team: 22
4-7 51 3-pt.: Bothum 3.
Heppner: Lacey Matteson
4 0-0 9, Susan Southworth 2 2-6 6,
Tylynn Smith 1 3-6 5, Madison Bailey
2 0-0 5, Nikki Sisk 1 1-1 3, Brooke Rust
10-12, Stefanie Hanson 1 0-0 2, Jesse
K em pas 0 0-2 0, C helsea Britt,
Lindsey Mitchell and Tiffany Piper.
Team: 12 6-15 32 3-pt.: Matteson and
Bailey.
Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 18, 2002 - FIVE
Mustang JV boys roll past Knights
Mustang boys outlast Pirates
in overtime
By Rick Paullus
The H eppner M ustang
boys’ varsity withstood a furious
late rally by the visiting Riverside
Pirates to put out a 54-45 w in in
overtim e on Friday, Dec. 13 to
rem ain unbeaten at 4-0 in the
pre-season. The M ustangs w ill
host the South Morrow’ County
Tournament on Friday, Dec. 20
and Saturday, Dec. 21 w ith lone,
P e n d leto n JV a n d K lick ita t
joining Heppner.
The M ustangs led 6-5
after one getting all six points
from Luke Murray and extended
it to 15-9 at the half. Justin
Botefuhr scored four points in the
third as they increased their lead
to 27-20 going into the fourth and
led by ten points late as Chuy
Elguezabal hit five o f six free
th ro w s and D o n a ld A d am s
scored four points but the Pirates
rallied to tie it up and send it to
overtime.
The Mustangs outscored
the Pirates 12-3 in overtim e
getting five points from Murray
hitting three o f five free throws,
four points from Elguezabal and
three points from Brad Adams to
pull away for the win.
By Rick Paullus
Murray led the Mustangs
w ith 13 points and had five
rebounds and three steals w ith
Elguezabal adding 11 points,
three steals and three assists.
Brad Adam s scored nine points,
grabbed 15 rebounds and had
two assists, w hile Donald Adams
had seven points and grabbed
eight rebounds. Botefuhr had 11
rebounds and C onor Kilkenny
had six rebounds.
H eppner 6 9 12 15 12-
54
R iverside 5 4 11 22 3-
45
Heppner: Luke Murray 5 3-
5 13, Chuy Elguezabal 2 7-1211, Brad
Adams 3 3-5 9, Donald Adams 3 1 -2
7, Justin Botefuhr 1 4-6 6, Josh
Winters 1 0-0 2, Conor Kilkenny 0 2-
2 2, Brian Smith 1 0-0 2, Tanner Britt 0
2 -2 2, D o u g O rw ick and Brian
Haguewood. Team: 16 22-34 54 3-pt.:
none
Riverside: Brandon Beatty
5 1-2 13, Joe Reese 4 0-0 10, Josh
Kegler 2 1-2 5, Joel Strebin 2 1-2 5,
Brandon Wedding 2 0-0 4, Shawn
Dirksen 1 1-2 4, Burse Duder 1 0-0 2,
Andrew Parker 0 2-2 2 and Brandon
Richards. Team: 17 6-10 45 3-pt.:
Reese 2, Beatty 2 and Dirksen.
Mustangs’ defense leads to win over Mustang JV girls nip Pirates in
Walla Walla Academy
overtime
in th e e x tr a p e rio d as
By Rick Paullus
By Rick Paullus
G ood team defense led
the H eppner M ustangs’ varsity
boys to a 61-47 win over the
visiting W alla Walla A cadem y
Knights on Tuesday, Dec. 10 to
improve their non-league record
to 3-0 on the year. The Mustangs
will host the South M orrow
County Tournament on Friday,
Dec. 20 and Saturday, Dec. 21.
Luke Murray had the hot
hand in the first quarter scoring
11 points as the M ustangs took
a 17-11 lead after on and he
added five m ore in the. second
and Chuy Elguezabal scored six
points as they took a 32-25 lead
at halftime.
T h e M u s ta n g s to o k
control in the third outscoring the
Knights 16-4 getting eight points
from Brad Adams and four more
from Elguezabal to take a 48-29
lead and coast to the w in.
M urray hit six o f 10
shorts to lend the mustangs with
20 points, hitting eight o f 10 free
throws and grabbed six rebounds
while Elguezabal hit seven o f 11
shots for 19 points and had six
assists, five rebounds and four
steals. Adams had 12 points and
grabbed 10 rebounds, five o f
them offensive, Justin Botefuhr
h a d fiv e r e b o u n d s , C o n o r
K ilkenny had three steals and
Donald Adam s had two.
H eppner 17 15 16 13-
61
Walla Walla 11 14418-
47
Heppner: Luke Murray 6 8-
10 20, Chuy Elguezabal 7 5-619, Brad
Adams 5 2-2 12, Justin Botefuhr 1 1-
1 3, Josh Winters 0 2-4 2, Donald
Adams 1 0-02, Conor Kilkenny 1 0 -
0 2 , Aaron Griffith 0 1-4 1, Doug
Orwick 0 0-2 0, Tanner Britt, Brian
Haguewood and Brian Smith. Team:
21 19-2961 3-pt.: none
W alla
W a lla :
Jaren
Williams 3 3-4 10, Chad Smith 4 0-0
10, Ryan Agui 2 2-2 7, Caleb Johnson
2 2-3 6, David Christensen 1 1-2 3,
Joe Knoblack 1 1-2 3, Stefan Boyd 0
3-4 3, Brian Chinn 1 0-0 2, Jonathon
Thomas 1 0-02,ChibuilkeOpara0 1-
2 1 andAndrew Perry. Team. 15 13-19
47 3-pt.: Smith 2, Williams and Agui.
Heppner football players chosen for
All-State team
B rad A dam s, D onald
A dam s, Justin B otefuhr and
Chuy Elguezabal were chosen to
be on the All-State football team.
Brad Adams w as chosen
as a second-team running back
and a first-team line backer.
Donald Adam s w as chosen as a
third-team offensive line. Justin
Botefuhr was picked as a third-
team tight end. Chuy Elguezabal
w as c h o se n as a first-te a m
defensive back.
GARDINER'S
MEIN'S
WEAR
HOLIDAY
HOURS
The H eppner M ustang
JV girls w on a tight gam e over
the visiting Riverside Pirates, 41 -
40 in overtim e on Friday, Dec.
13 to improve to 2-1 on the year.
T he P irates led 11-9
after one as Tiffany Piper scored
four points for the Mustangs and
Katie Britt hit three o f five free
throw s in the second to help tie
the game at 18-18 at halftime.
Susan Southw orth had
five points in the third but the
Mustangs trailed 27-26 going into
the fourth, but they cam e back
to tie it up at 37-37 at the end o f
regulation with the help o f a Britt
3-pointer.
Lindsey Mitchell scored
all four o f the M ustangs’ points
th e
Mustangs held on for the win.
M itchell finished with
eight points and six rebounds
while Britt also had eight points.
Piper finished w ith slx points and
four steals, while Blair Keithley
had eight rebounds and tw o
steals. Heather Yocom had four
rebounds and tw o assists and
Terra Wilson and Krystal Naims
e a c h h a d fo u r r e b o u n d s .
H e p p n e r 9 9 8 11 4-41
R iverside 11 7 9 10 3-40
Heppner: Lindsey Mitchell
4 0 - 1 8 , Katie Britt 1 5-9 8, Tiffany
Piper 2 2-2 6, Susan Southworth 2 1-
3 5, Terra Wilson 0 4-7 4, Blair Keithley
10-0 2, Heather Yocom 1 0-0 2, Laurie
Murray 1 0-0 2, Krista Hendricks 1 0-
0 2 , Lynan Bingham 1 0-0 2, Krystal
Nairns 0 0-2 0, Am y Jepsen and
Chelsey Betsinger. Team: 14 12-24 41
3-pt.: Britt.
The H eppner M ustang
JV boys rolled to a 79-41 win
over the visiting Walla Walla
Academy JVs on Tuesday, Dec.
10 to run their record to 2-0 on
the year. The Mustangs w ill travel
to lone on Thursday, Dec. 19
and w ill play after the girls’ game
at 5:30 p.m.
The Mustangs got going
early getting six points from
Brandon Seitz, five from Jode
Coil, including a 3-pointer, and
four from Zack Skaggs taking a
21 -8 lead after one. Tyler Boyer
hit a 3-pointer in the second half
to help the Mustangs extend their
lead to 35-18 at halftime.
Judd Lemmon and Seitz
each scored six points in the third
as the M ustangs outscored the
Knights 21 -4 in the third, taking
a 56-22 lead after three and got
nine points from Skaggs and four
each from Seitz and Lemmon as
they coasted through the fourth
to the easy win.
By Rick Paullus
The H eppner M ustang
JV boys used a good first half to
get past the visiting Riverside
Pirates 37-31 on Friday, Dec. 13
to im prove to 3-0 on the year.
The M ustangs will play at lone
on Thursday, Dec. 19 with the
girls getting started at 5:30 p.m.
The M ustangs jum ped
out quick taking a 14-2 lead after
one getting five points from Zack
Skaggs and four from Brandon
S e itz an d still led 21-11 at
halftime.
The Pirates closed to
within 26-19 after three but the
M ustangs got six m ore points
from Seitz in the fourth to hang
on for the win.
By Rick Paullus
A 36-9 advantage in the
second half helped the Heppner
M ustang J V boys to a 53-16 w in
at Condon in their first gam e o f
the year. The Mustangs w ill be in
lone on Thursday, Dec. 19 w ith
the girls getting underw ay at 5:30
p.m. and the boys to follow.
After a slow first quarter
the M ustangs got their offense
going in the second q u arter
getting four points from Tyler
B oyer and a 3-pointers from
Jode Coil to take a 17-7 halftime
lead.
Zack Skaggs and Aaron
Griffith each scored six points in
th e th ir d as th e M u s ta n g s
extended their lead to 31 -12 after
three and Kyler Lovgren scored
seven points, Coil six and Josh
Gutierrez scored five points in the
fourth as they coasted to the win.
Lemmon 4 2-3 10, Jode Coil 4 0-0 10.
Kyler Lovgren 2 4-9 8, Aaron Griffith
3 0-2 6, Tyler Boyer 1 1-2 4, Josh
Gutierrez 1 1-2 3, Cody Walton 1 0-0
2 and Brian Haguewood 1 0-0 2.
Team: 32 12-26 79 3-pt.: Coil 2 and
Boyer.
Walla Walla: Christian Bell
60-1 12, Bnt Balk 4 3-3 12,JonSalis2
1 -2 6, Karl Larce 1 4-4 6, Rouly Guth 2
1- 4 5, Tom Beyer, Jimmy Whilhem,
Nick Peterson, Jake Bleth, Devon
Blackburn and Aaron Leen. Team: 15
9-1441 3-pt.: Salis and Balk.
C o il led a b a la n c e d
scoring effort for the M ustangs
with 11 points. Bandon Seitz
added eight points and Lovgren
and G utierrez each added six
points.
Heppner 4 13 14 22-53
Condon 1 6 5 4-16
Heppner: Jode Coil 5 0-2 11,
Brandon Seitz 3 2-2 8, Kyler Lovgren
2 3-4 7, Josh Gutierrez 3 0-0 7, Aaron
Griffith 3 0-0 6, Zack Skaggs 3 0-0 6,
Tyler Boyer 2 0-0 4, Cody Walton I
0-0 2, Brian Smith 0 2-2 2 and Judd
Lemmon. Team: 22 7-1053 3-pt.: Coil
and Gutierrez.
Condon: Humphrey 1 2-44,
Fennem 2 0-2 4, Campbell 1 1-2 3,
Griffith 1 0-0 2, Kamerrer 0 1 -4 1, M .
Street 0 1 - 2 1 , Potter 01- 2 1, J. Street
0 0-2 0 and Bednar 00- 10. Team: 5 6-
18 16 3-pt.: none
Mustang Girls nipped by Pioneers
Heppner: Brandon Seitz 6
0-1 12, Zack Skaggs 2 4-6 8, Brian
Haguewood 1 2-4 4, Cody Walton 0
2-6 2, Jode Coil 0 2-4 2, Tyler Boyer 1
0-0 2, Eric Torres 1 0-0 2, Kyler
Lovgren 1 1-2 3, Aaron Griffith 0 1-4
1, Josh Gutierrez 0 1-21 and Judd
Lemmon 0 0-2 0. Team: 1213-31 373-
pt.: none
R iverside: Andy Wedding
3 2-2 11, Andrew Parker 2 1-1 5,
Shawn Dirksen 0 4-6 4, Lee Pritchard
2 0-0 4, Cory Griffin 0 3-4 3, Dustin
Swindler 1 0-0 2, Tony Sorenson 1 0-
0 2, Jason Imus 0 2-2 2. Jake Johnson
and John Young.
#10 M adison Bailey of Heppner guarding M ac-Hi #15 as she tries to bring
the ball down the court
the Mustangs but they trailed 12-
By Rick Paullus
8 after one. They got to w ithin
The M ac-H i Pioneers
m ade a short shot w ith four
seconds left to nip the visiting
Heppner M ustang girls’ varsity
38-36 on Saturday, Dec. 14 in a
n o n - le a g u e c o n te s t. T h e
M ustangs (1 -4) will play in the
S outh M orrow T ournam ent,
Dec. 20-21.
M adison Bailey hit a 3-
pointer and scored five points for
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The M ustangs trailed
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Matteson hit eight o f 13
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rebounds and tw o steals. Rust
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M ac-H i 12 6 9 11-38
H eppner 8 8 6 14-36
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Madison Bailey 2 0-0 5, Tylynn Smith
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Seitz led the M ustangs
w ith 18 p o in ts w ith Skaggs
adding 16, Lem m on and Coil
e a c h s c o re d 10 a n d K y le r
L ovgren finished w ith eight
points.
H eppner 21 14 21 23-
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and Nikki Sisk. Team: 11 13-23 36 3-
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