SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 8, 2003
M u sta n g JV girls fall to P irates
Mustang boys rally to outlast Eagles in two overtimes
By R ick Paullus
By Rick Paullus
T railing by seven points
with less than 20 seconds left, the
The Heppner Mustang JV girls fell behind early and could
not catch up as they lost to the Riverside Pirates 40-32 on Friday,
Jan. 3 in Boardman. The Mustangs will play at Weston-McEwen on
Friday, Jan. 10 and will play at home against Stanfield on Saturday,
J a n .11.
The Pirates led 12-4 after one but the Mustangs came back
in the second getting six points from Terra Wilson and three from
Laurie Murray to get within 18-13 at the half.
The Pirates extended their lead to 30-20 after three but the
Mustangs rallied in the fourth getting to within 36-32 getting four
points each from Wilson, Blair Keithley and Lindsey Mitchell, but
could not get closer finally losing by eight.
Wilson and Keithley each had 10 points, eight rebounds and
two assists. Murray had five points and six rebounds, Mitchell had
five rebounds and two assists and Tiffany Piper had two assists.
Riverside 12 6 12 10-40
Heppner 4 9 7 12-32
Riverside: Slover5 3-5 13,McNamee3 0-l 6, Mason 3 0-0 6, Juacez
20 -1 4 , Dirks 1 1-23, Baumgart 10-12, Close 10-12, Buschke 1 0-0 2, Leon 0
2-3 2, Wesemanand Mayzlett. Team: 17 6-14 40 3 -pt.: none
Heppner: Terra Wilson 26-810, Blair Keithley 2 6-910, Laurie Munay
2 1-25, Lindsey Mitchell 2 0-0 4, Tiffany Piper 1 0-0 2, Katie Britt 0 1-2 1, Lynan
Bingham 0 0-2 0, Heather Yocom, Krista Hendricks, Krystal Naims and Chelsey
Betsinger. Team: 9 14-23 32 3-pt.: none
M u sta n g JV boys start slow , finish
fast to beat P irates
By R ick Paullus
After a slow start the Heppner Mustang JV boys turned it on
taking a 57-27 win over the Riverside Pirate on Friday, Jan. 3 in
Boardman to remain unbeaten at 7-0 on the year.
The Pirates led 8-0 before the Mustangs’ Brian Smith hit a
jumper with 1:24 left in the first to get them on the board. The Pirates
led 11-6 after one but the Mustangs finally took the lead with 5:30
left in the second and didn’t stop until they led 26-14 at the half.
Brandon Seitz had eight points in the quarter with Eric Torres and
Aaron Griffith adding four points each, the last two coming at the
buzzer.
The Mustangs kept up the pressure in the third extending
their lead to 42-20 getting four points each from Brian Haguewood
and Matt Young and coasted through the fourth getting two 3-pointers,
the second at the buzzer, from Torres to take the win.
Seitz finished with 10 points, four rebounds, two blocked
shots and two steals. Torres had 10 points and four rebounds. Kyler
Lovgren had seven points, six rebounds and two steals and Smith
had six points, five rebounds and four blocked shots. Haguewood
had six rebounds and two blocked shots, Josh Gutierrez had three
steals and Cody Walton had two assists.
Heppner 6 20 16 15-57
Riverside 11 3 6 7-27
H eppner: Eric Torres 40-310, Brandon Seitz 42-310, Kyler Lovgren
3 1-2 7, Brtan Smith 3 0-0 6, Josh Gutierrez 20-05, Judd Lemmon 21-15, Brian
Haguewood 2 0-2 4, Aaron Griffith 2 0-0 2, Matt Young 1 2-3 4, Cody Walton
1 0-0 2, Jode to il and Tyler Boyer. Team: 24 6-14 57 3 -p t: Torres 2 and Gutierrez.
R iverside: Pritchard 3 3-10, 9, Johnson 1 1-4 4, Swindler 2 0-0 4,
Parker 2 0-2 4, Young 1 0-0 2, Dirksen 1 0-0 2, Griffin 0 2-2 2, Imus 0 0-2 0,
Wedding and Sorenson. Team: 10 6-20 27 3-pt.: Johnson.
Mustangs dropped by Pirates
By R ick Paullus
The Heppner Mustang boys’ varsity fell behind by 10 after
one and were dropped by the Riverside Pirates 63-49 in Boardman
on Friday, Jan. 3 to drop their non-league record to 6-3 on the year.
The Mustangs got six points from Luke Murray but still trailed
21-11 after one and trailed 34-24 at the half getting seven second-
quarter points from Brad Adams.
The Mustangs rallied in the third going on a 17-5 run, getting
five points each from Murray and Chuy Elguezabal and four points
from Brandon Seitz, to take a brief 41-39 lead but the Pirates came
back to take a 48-41 lead after three. The Pirates outscored the
Mustangs 15-8 in the fourth to coast to the win.
Murray led the Mustangs with 13 points and had two steals
and hit six of nine shots. Adams scored 12 points and grabbed six
rebounds. Justin Botefuhr had seven points, six rebounds and three
assists, while Elguezabal had seven points and four rebounds and
Brian Haguewood had five rebounds.
Riverside 21 13 14 15-63
Heppner 11 13 17 8-49
Riverside: Brandon Beatty 5 4-8 14, Brice Studer 5 3-4 13, Joe Reese
4 0-2 10, Bryon Richards 41-2 1 0 , Joel Strebin 4 0-0 8, Brandon Wedding 2 0-
2 6, Josh Young 0 2-2 2, Dustin Swindler, Shawn Dirksen and Andrew Parker.
Team: 24 10-2063 3-pt.: Wedding 2, Reese 2 and Richards.
H eppner: Luke Murray 6 0-0 13, Brad Adams 5 2-3 12, Chuy
Elguezabal 2 3-6 7, Justin Botefuhr 3 1-2 7, Brandon Seitz 2 2-2 6, Donald
Adams 1 0-0 2, Tanner Britt 1 0-0 2, Josh Winters, Brian Haguewood, Brian
Smith and Doug Orwick. Team: 20 8-13 49 3-pt.: Murray.
Heppner Mustang boys’ varsity
rallied to tie it at 44-44 at the
buzzer and outlasted the Hood
River Valley Eagles eventually
winning 61 -60 in two overtimes.
The Mustangs finished up the
non-league portion o f their
schedule with a 7-3 record and
w ill start C olum bia Basin
Conference play at Weston-
McEwen on Friday, Jan. 10 and
will be home against Stanfield on
Saturday, Jan. 11.
The Eagles led off the
game with a 3-pointer but the
Mustangs came back getting four
points from Brandon Seitz and a
Luke Murray lay-in made it 6-3.
The lead was sh o rt-liv ed
however as the Eagles outscored
the Mustangs 11-2 to end the first
quarter with a 14-8 lead.
The Mustangs scored
the first five points of the second
quarter with Chuy Elguezabal
hitting one o f two free throws,
Brad Adams scored off a drive
and Murray hit a rebound basket
but the Eagles went on a 9-3 run
to take a 23-16 lead late in the
quarter. The Mustangs came
back though as Adams hit two
free throws, Seitz hit a jumper,
Elguezabal made one free throw
and missed the second but Justin
Botefuhr grabbed the rebound
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JV boys score another win over Eagles
By Rick Paullus
Oregon Ranch
and put it back in at the buzzer
to tie it at 23-23 at halftime.
Neither team could get
anything going in the third quarter
as the Eagles took the lead but
Elguezabal hit a turn-around
jum per to tie it and after the
Eagles hit two free throws, Brian
Smith had a tip-in at the buzzer
to tie it again at 27-27 after three.
The Eagles took an early
lead in the fourth but Seitz hit a
short jumper to make it 29-28.
The Eagles came back with four
straight points. Brad Adams hit
two free throws, and after another
four points from the Eagles,
Donald Adams scored inside.
The Eagles came back with four
more points to make it 40-33.
Elguezabal hit a 3-pointer but the
Eagles hit three o f eight free
throws to take a 43-36 lead but
Botefuhr hit a 3-pointer with 18
seconds left to make it 43-39.
After two missed free throws,
Murray hit a 3-pointer to get the
Mustangs within one with 7.8
seconds left. The Eagles made
one o f two free throws with 6.6
seconds left and Elguezabal took
the ball the length of the court and
scored and was fouled at the
buzzer but missed the free throw
and the game went to overtime
tied at 44-44. The Eagles had hit
just seven o f 16 free throws in
the fourth quarter to help the
M ustangs get back into the
game.
For the second time in a
week, the Heppner Mustang JV
boys easily defeated the Hood
River Valley Eagle frosh 71 -42
in Heppner on Saturday, Jan. 4
to improve to 8-0 on the year.
The M ustangs play next at
Weston-McEwen on Friday, Jan.
10 and play at home against
Stanfield on Saturday, Jan. 11.
The Mustangs took a
13-7 lead after one, getting six
points from Aaron Griffith and
got their running game going in
the second quarter getting 13
points from Brandon Seitz and six
points from Josh Gutierrez to
take a 38-18 lead at halftime.
Brian Smith had eight
points in the third as the Mustangs
took a 48-25 lead after three and
got seven points from Jode Coil
and four each from B rian
Haguewoodaad Judd Lemmon,
as they coasted through the
fourth to the easy 71 -42 win.
Seitz had all o f his 13
points in the second quarter to
lead the Mustangs in points, with
Griffith adding 12 points and
Smith was also in double figures
with 10 points. Coil had seven
points and Gutierrez and Eric
Torres each had six points.
Heppner 13 25 10 23-
71
Hood River Valley 7 11
7 17-42
H eppner: Brandon Seitz 6
1-1 13, Aaron Griffith 5 1-1 12, Brian
Smith 5 0-1 10, Jode Coil 3 1-4 7, Josh
Gutierrez 2 2-2 6, Eric Torres 3 0-0 6,
Kyler Lovgren 21-25. Judd Lemmon
2 0-0 4. Brian Haguewood 2 0-2 4,
Matt Young 1 0-0 2, Tyler Boyer 1 0-
0 2 and Cody Walton. Team: 32 6-13
713 -p t: Griffith.
Hood River VaDey: Chance
5 4-6 15, M oore 3 5-11 11,
Oppenheimer 1 3-4 6, Bello 0 4-7 4,
Shyphertt 2 0-0 4, Jimenez 1 0-2 2,
Byrne 00-1 0, Martinez and Forbes.
Team 12 16-31 42 3 -p t: Chance and
Oppenheimer.
Seitz scored off a drive
to open the first overtime and
after the Eagles tied it. Botefuhr
scored off a pass from Adams
and Murray scored off a drive to
make it 50-46. The Eagles hit
three of four free throws, but Brad
Adams hit a baseline jumper to
make it 52-49, however, the
Eagles came back with five points
to take a 54-52 lead with 18.7
seconds left. Botefuhr hit two
free throws with 17.7 left to tie it
up and send the game to a
second overtime.
Botefuhr hit one o f two
free throws and Elguezabal hit a
jumper but the Eagles led 59-57
until Botefuhr hit two free throws
to tie it with 1:46 left. The Eagles
hit one o f two free throws but
B otefuhr came back with a
jumper to give the Mustangs a
61 -60 lead with 46 seconds left.
The Mustangs got the ball on a
jump ball with 18 seconds left
and were able to run out the clock
and take the win.
Botefuhr hit five of nine
shots and led the Mustangs with
16 points and 10 rebounds,
seven offensive, with Elguezabal
scoring 11 points and getting
three assists. Brad Adams had 10
points and 10 rebounds, with two
assists. Seitz hit five of seven shots
scoring 10 points and grabbing
10 rebounds, Murray had nine
OSU to offer
sheep training
program
An educational program
offered by the Oregon State
University Extension Service will
provide area sheep producers
the opportunity to be trained and
c e rtifie d for the recen tly
developed Sheep Safety &
Q uality A ssurance (SSQA)
program. The training program
will be offered at four locations
throughout northeastern Oregon,
^foUows:
H erm iston - OSU
Hermiston Agriculture ft esearefi
& Extension Center Conference
Room, Tuesday, Jan. 14,7 p.m.
Enterprise - Cloverleaf
Hall, Wednesday, Jan. 15,1 p.m.
L aG rande- M isner
Room, 1001 4* St., Wednesday,
Jan. 15,7 p.m.
Baker City - Extension
Building, Thursday, Jan. 16, 7
p.m.
Dr. James Thompson,
O SU E x ten sio n S ervice
Extension Sheep Specialist will
p re sen t the p rogram . The
registration fee is $ 10 per person
(payable at the door) which
covers the SSQA manual and
L evel I c ertific a tio n for
participants.
The mission of the SSQA
program is to m axim ize
consumer confidence in and
acceptance of sheep products by
using research and education to
improve management during the
production o f safe and high
quality sheep products.
C onsum ers
are
concerned about the safety o f the
food they eat, as well as about
the quality o f the products they
buy. Consumer concerns have
prompted those in every sector
o f the livestock industry to take
a careful look at the products
they market. As a result, the US
livestock industry has developed
these education and certification
programs to assure the consumer
is receiving a safe, wholesome,
high-quality product. These
meetings will provide producer
ed ucation and the Level I
certification required to be a
participant in this program
recen tly developed by the
American sheep industry.
For
ad d itio n al
information regarding these
programs, please contact you
local office of the OSU Extension
Service.
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points and D onald Adams
grabbed five rebounds.
N either team helped
themselves from the line as the
Mustangs hit just 12 o f 32 free
throws and the Eagles hit just 19
o f 40.
Heppner 8 15 4 17 10
7-61
Hood River 14 9 4 17
10 6-60
H eppner: Justin Botefiihr 5
5-6 16, Chuy Elguezabal 4 2-9 11,
Brad Adams 3 4-4 10, Brandon Seitz
5 0-010, Luke Murray 4 0-6 9, Donald
Adams 10-12, Brian Smith 1 0-2 2,
C onor K ilkenny 0 1-4 1, Brian
Haguewood, Tanner Britt and Josh
Winters. Team: 23 12-32 61 3-pt.:
Boteiuhr, Elguezabal and Murray.
Hood River: Belcher 36-10
12, Chance 3 2-2 8, Price 3 0-3 8,
Crosswhite 2 3-6 7, Krizman 2 2-3 6,
Williams 2 2-4 6, Klien 2 0-3 4, Lozano
1 1-34, Michimato 03-4 3, Methran 1
0-0 2, Wooten 0 0-2 0, Chang and
Dietrick. Team: 1919-40 60 3-pt: Price
2 and Lozano.
Sheriff7» Report
The Morrow County Sheriff’s
Office (MCSO) reports handling
the following business:
D ec.
4:
M CSO
re ceiv ed a rep o rt from
Washington County that Lloyd
Arthur Costello, 37, was arrested
on a Morrow County Circuit
C o u rt w arran t for Parole
Violation/Attempt to Elude,
DUII, Failure to Perform Duties
o f a Driver, False Information,
R eckless Endangerm ent o f
Highway Worker, and on local
charges. He was lodged at the
Washington County Jail with a
hold placed for Morrow County.
-M C SO receiv ed a
report from Klamath County that
Craig M. Scott, 19, (date of birth
5/31/83) was arrested on a
Heppner Justice Court warrant
for Failure to Pay Fine/Illegal
Possession o f Fireworks. He
was lodged at the Klamath
County Jail then released due to
overcrowding.
-M C SO receiv ed a
report from a caller in Heppner
that 4-5 male subjects were
throwing bottles at the Miller
building.
-Boardman Police Dept,
officer cited Juan Manuel Zuniga,
52, for Driving Uninsured.
-M C SO receiv ed a
report from a caller in Heppner
regarding a vandalized vehicle.
-M C SO receiv ed a
report from The Dalles that
Kimberly Ann Hixson, 36, was
arrested on a Morrow County
Circuit Court warrant for Failure
to A pp ear/P o ssessio n o f a
C o n tro lled
S u b stan ce,
M anufacture/D elivery o f a
Controlled Substance, Giving
False Information to a Police
Officer and another charge and
was arrested on an Irrigon Justice
Court warrant for Failure to
Appear/Driving while License
Suspended, Failure to Pay Fine/
Theft II. She was lodged at
NORCOR.
-M C SO receiv ed a
request for a background check
from Federal Investigations
Processing Center on a male
subject.
-M CSO receiv ed a
report from a caller in Irrigon that
her father went to do errands
yesterday and hadn’t returned.
The male subject was found and
was not missing.
-Boardman Police Dept
officer cited Todd Holeman, 39,
for Violation o f the Basic Rule,
46 mph in a 30 mph zone.
-M C SO receiv ed a
report from the Hermiston Police
Dept, that Sheryl Lynn Duran,
44, was arrested on an Irrigon
Justice Court warrant for Failure
to Appear/DUII.