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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 15, 2003 - FIVÉ Mustang girls fall to Bulldogs By Rick Paullus The s h o r t- h a n d e d Heppner Mustang v arsity girls fell behind early and couldn’t make up the ground as they lost to the H erm iston B ulldog JV s, 37-22 on Monday, Jan. 6 in Hermiston to w rap up th eir non -leag u e schedule with a 4-6 record. The Bulldogs took a 15- 4 le a d a f t e r o n e , b u t th e M ustangs got a 3-pointer from N ikki Sisk in the second to get within 17-10 at the half. M adison Bailey hit a 3- p o in te r in th e th ird b u t the Bulldogs pulled away to a 30-16 lead and coasted to the win. Bailey led the Mustangs with six points, five steals and foi ir rebounds. C helsea B ritt added five points, six rebounds and two steals. Susan Southw orth and Linsey M itchell each had four re b o u n d s a n d S isk had tw o steals. H erm iston 15 2 13 7-37 H eppner 4 6 6 6-22 Hermiston: Burrows 4 1-2 9, Perez 4 0-1 8, Walchli 2 2-2 6, Emerick 2 0-0 4, Barnett 2 0-1 4, Douglass 1 1-2 3, Wilson 1 0-0 2, Bothum 0 1-21 and Royer. Team: 16 5-1037 3-pt.: none Heppner: Madison Bailey 2 1-2 6, Chelsea Britt 1 3-4 5, Nikki Sisk 1 0-0 3, Tylynn Smith 0 3-4 3, Brooke Rust 1 0-0 2, Stefanie Hanson 0 2-2 2, Susan Southworth 0 1-2 1, Linsey Mitchell and Tiffany Piper. Team: 5 10-14 22 3-pt.: Sisk and Bailey. Mustang JV boys rebound for split By Rick Paullus After suffering their first loss o f the season at W eston- M cEw en on Friday, Jan. 10, the H e p p n e r M u s ta n g JV b o y s rebounded for a hard fought 76- 63 win at home over the Stanfield Tigers on Saturday, Jan. 11. The M ustangs (9-1) will be at home, ■ F r id a y , J a n . 17 a g a in s t W ahtonka before taking to the road at Culver on Saturday, Jan. The T igerscots took a -10 lead after one despite four points from the M ustangs Brian Sm ith and led 27-22 at the h a lf despite five points, including a 3- pointers from Cody Walton and a 3-pointer from Jode Coil. The Tigerscots increased their lead to 3 8 -3 1 a f te r t h r e e b u t th e M ustangs rallied in the fourth getting six points from Zach Skaggs, four points from K yler Lovgren and a 3-pointer from Josh Gutierrez, but they couldn’t get over the hum p as they fell 49- 46. Skaggs led the Mustangs with 10 points, hitting six o f eight free throw s, w ith Sm ith adding seven points. Lovgren finished with six points, with Walton, Coil and G utierrez each adding five points. The M ustangs cam e out running in the first quarter against Stanfield getting five points from M att Young, four each from Aaron Griffith and Gutierrez and three from Haguew ood taking a 21-15 lead. They kept up the pressure in the second getting four points each from Skaggs, W alton and Eric Torres as they took a 43-28 halftim e lead. The Mustangs hit 11 o f 18 free throws in the first half. S k a g g s s c o r e d six points, hitting all four o f his free th ro w s in th e t h ir d as th e M ustangs took a com fortable 60-41 lead after three. The Tigers ra llie d in the fo u rth b u t the M ustangs held them o f f w ith Torres hitting five o f six free throw s to take the win. Skaggs hit eight o f 10 free throw s scoring 12 points, with Torres hitting six o f eight free th ro w s an d a lso s c o rin g 12 points. Young had nine points, w ith Tyler Boyer, G riffith and G u tie rre z each ad d in g eig h t points. The M ustangs hit 32 o f 53 free th ro w s as th e team s com bined for 55 fouls for the game. W eston-M cEwen 12 15 11 11-49 H eppner 1012 9 15-46 M ustang girls suffer loss to Tigerscots By Rick Paullus The s h o r t- h a n d e d H eppner M ustang varsity girls s ta y e d w ith e ig h th - r a n k e d W eston-M cEwen for a half, but the Tigerscots pulled away in the second h a lf for a 45-21 w in to b e g in th e C o lu m b ia B a sin C o n fe re n c e seaso n . T he M ustangs fell to 4-7 on the year and w ere playing their second straight gam e w ithout leading scorer Lacey M atteson w ho re injured her knee the w eek prior to the game. M adison Bailey hit a 3- pointer in the first quarter as the M ustangs trailed ju st 9-7 after one and 14-9 at the h a lf but the T ig e r s c o ts o u ts c o r e d th e M ustangs 31-12 in the second h a lfto g e tth e win. C h e lsea B ritt led the Mustangs with four points, Linsey M itchell had six rebounds and S u sa n S o u th w o rth h ad five re b o u n d s a n d th re e s te a ls . Brooke Rust had four rebounds By Rick Paullus SAVE OVER 1500 P Q L R R I5 The W a y O ut. ) hit tw o free throw s, M urray hit two free throw s, A dam s hit one o f tw o free throws, and Seitz hit tw o free throw s to m ake it 59- 50. S e itz h it tw o m ore free throws, Justin Botefuhr hit a short jum per and Elguezabal hit a long 3-pointer to m ake it 63-57 with 1:20 left. Elguezabal hit a long ju m p e r and Seitz hit a short jum per to make it 65-51 with 38 seconds left and after tw o free throw s by the Tigerscots, Seitz hit a short jum per to m ake it 67- 63 w ith 21 seconds left. The Tigerscots made two of four free throws in the final seconds to get the win. The Mustangs scored 30 points in the fourth quarter hitting 11 o f 14 free throw s along the way. Adams led the Mustangs w ith 24 points, hitting 10 o f 19 shots, and grabbed 15 rebounds, seven o f them offensive. Seitz a d d e d 12 p o in ts a n d 11 rebounds, eight o f w hich were offensive. Elguezabal had nine points and two assists, Smith hit three o f five shots for seven points and four rebounds and W inters and Botefuhr each got two steals. W eston-M cEwen 16 12 20 21-69 H eppner 12 5 16 30-63 W eston-M cEwen: T.J. Parrish 10 7-13 34, Zach Johnson 4 4- 8 12, Eric Delph 16-108, Jimmy King 2 2-3 6, Epi Brito 1 0-0 2, Dusty Minthorn I 0-1 2, Beau Annundson 1 0-0 2, Alec Sheard 0 1-2 1, Dan Tucker 0 1-2 1, Bobby Parrish, Monty Davis and Cole Hausner. Team: 20 22-41 69 3-pt.: Parrish 7. Heppner: Brad Adams 104- 6 24, Brandon Seitz 4 4-6 12, Chuy Elguezabal 2 4-6 9, Brian Smith 3 I -2 7, Luke M urray 2 2-2 6, Justin Botefuhr 1 0-0 2, Josh Winters 0 2-2 2, T an n er B ritt 0 0-1 0, B rian Haguewood 0 1-2 1, Donald Adams, Conor Kilkenny and Doug Orwick. Team: 22 18-28 63 3-pt: Elguezabal. Mustang “C” team beats Blue Devils By Rick Paullus Offer good at participating Rolans dealers and subject to product availability. 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Team: 15 14-25 45 3-pt.: Johnson Heppner: Chelsea Britt 2 0- 0 4, Madison Bailey 1 0-0 3, Tylynn Smith 1 1-2 3, Nikki Sisk 0 2-2 2, Stefanie Hanson 1 0-0 2, Linsey Mitchell 1 0-0 2, Tiffany Piper 1 0-0 2, Susan Southworth 1 0-2 2, Brook RustO 1-2 1 and Jesse Kempas. Team: 84-8 21 3-pt.: Bailey. Mustangs’ rally falls short against Tigerscots The Heppner M ustangs trailed by 18 points in the fourth quarter but rallied to within four points twice in the last minute but co u ld n ’t get all the w ay back Weston-McEwen: Watts 6 losing to the W eston-M cEw en 0-0 14, Peterson 3 2-4 9, Parish 3 1-5 T igerscots 69-63 in A thena on 7, Hausner 2 2-2 6, Duke 1 2-2 4, Friday, Jan. 10. The Mustangs in Greenwalt 1 0-0 2, Preston 1 0-0 2, dropping their first C olum bia Basin Conference game saw their Todd 1 0-0 2, Watson 10-0 2, Williams record fall to 7-4 on the year. 0 1-21, Clark, Johnston and Froese. The M ustangs ju m p ed Team: 19 8-15 49 3-pt.: Watts 2 and out to a quick 4-0 lead on lay- Peterson. ins by B rad A d am s but the Heppner: Zach Skaggs 2 6- Tigerscots scored six straight to 8 10, Brian Smith 3 1-2 7, Kyler take a 6-4 lead. Brian Sm ith hit Lovgren 3 0-1 6, Cody Walton 2 0-0 one o f tw o free throw s and a 5, Josh Gutierrez 2 0-2 5, Jode Coil 1 2- 2 5, Aaron Griffith 1 0-0 2, Judd s h o r t j u m p e r a n d A d a m s converted a three-point play but Lemmon 1 0-0 2, Eric Torres 1 0-0 2, the T igerscots still led 11-10. Brian Haguewood 1 0-0 2, Tyler Boyer Sm ith scored o f f a rebound but and Matt Young. Team: 17 9-15 46 3- the Tigerscots scored the final five pt.: Gutierrez, fo il and Walton, points o f the quarter to take a 16- ..............H eppner 21 22 17 16- 12 Tead a |te r one, 76 X d a m s s c o re d tw ic e Stanfield 15 13 13 22- inside in the second quarter but 63 the Tigerscots extended their lead Heppner: Zach Skaggs 2 8- to 28-17 at halftime. 1012, Eric Torres 36-812, Matt Young The T igerscots opened 3 3-49, Josh Gutierrez 3 2-3 8, Aaron the third w ith a basket to go up Griffith 3 2-2 8, Tyler Boyer 2 4-6 8, by thirteen, A dam s scored o ff a Brian H aguew ood 2 1-2 5, Cody baseline drive and lay-in. The Lovgren 2 0-4 4, Kyler Lovgren 1 2-5 Tigerscots scored four straight, 4, Jode Coil 1 1-2 3 and Judd Lemmon 0 3 - 73. Team: 22 32-52 76 3-pt: none Brandon Seitz and A dam s both scored o ff rebounds and Luke Stanfield: Gabriel 8 0-0 18, M urray hit a baseline jum per but Flemmer 3 5-8 11, Dick 5 1-3 11, th e T ig e r s c o ts h it th r e e Sobotta 34-710, Baros 3 0-06, Ramos consecutive 3-pointers to go up 1 0-0 2, Dorran 1 0-0 2, Zielke 01-41, 43-25. Chuy Elguezabal hit two Blackburn, Ibarra, Challis, and a o f th re e free th ro w s, S m ith H eppner player scored in w rong scored o ff a rebound, A dam s basket giving Stanfield 2. Team: 25 scored off a drive and hit two free 11-22 63 3-pt.: Gabriel 2. throw s but the Tigerscots took a 4 8 -3 3 le a d in to th e fo u rth quarter. A 3 - p o in te r by th e Tigerscots made it 51 -33, Adams scored a rebound basket, Josh W inters hit tw o free throw s and Murray hit a short jum per but the M ustangs still trailed 57-39. A dam s scored o ff a drive, Seitz scored o ff a rebound, Elguezabal future purchase Polaris Snowmot today for this pii and tw o steals, N ikki Sisk had tw o steals and tw o assists and J e s s e K e m p a s h a d fo u r rebounds and two assists. Tylynn Sm ith had four rebounds and S te fa n ie H a n so n h a d th re e rebounds and an assist. W eston-M cE w en 9 5 18 13-45 H eppner 7 2 3 9-21 Morrow County Grain Growers Lexington, O R (5 4 1 ) 989 -8 22 1 8 0 0 -4 5 2 -7 3 9 6 The H eppner M ustang “C” team shook o ff the dust from their long lay -o ff and beat the C o n d o n B lue D evil JV s on Saturday, Jan. 11 in C ondon to im prove to 5-1 on the year. The M ustangs will host Um atilla on Thursday, Jan. 16 and M ac-H i on Tuesday, Jan. 21, w ith both games beginning at 5:30 p.m. Josh Lankford hit two 3- pointers in the first quarter to help the Mustangs to a 14-9 lead after one and M atthew VanCleave scored six points in the second quarter as they increased their lead to 26-15 at the half. M att K enny hit tw o 3-pointers and Lankford one as they increased their lead to 39-20 after three and they coasted through the fourth to get the win. Kenny led the Mustangs w ith 10 points, w ith Lankford a d d in g n in e p o in ts . R o ry K ilk e n n y , M ik e l B ritt a n d V anC leave ad d ed six points c<ich H eppner 14 12 13 8-47 C ondon 9 6 5 9-29 Heppner: Matt Kenny 4 0- 0 10, Josh Lankford 3 0-0 9, Rory Kilkenny 3 0-0 6, Matthew VanCleave 3 0-0 6, Mikel Britt 3 0-06, Dan Basile 1 0-0 2, Riley Wight 1 0-0 2, Kyle Carlson 2 0-0 4, Roy Proctor 1 0-0 2, Kyle Huddleston, Kory Paullus and Robert McElligott. Team: 21 0-0473- P‘ .: Lankford 3 and Kenny 2. Condon: M. Potter 3 0-1 7, M. Street 2 0-2 4, Anderson 1 0-1 2, J. Potter 3 0-0 7, J. Street 0 2-2 2, V. Bednar 0 2-4 2, Campbell 1 0-0 2, Griffith 1 0-0 2, KamererO 1-2 1 and Perry 0 0-2 0. Team: 11 4-13 29 3-pt.: M. Potter and J. Potter. Mustang JV girls earn split over weekend By Rick Paullus The Heppner M ustang JV girls dropped a 38-29 decision to the Weston- M cEwen Tigerscots on Friday, Jan. 10, in Athena, but bounced back with a 50-46 win over the visiting Stanfield Tigers on Saturday, Jan. 11. The M ustangs (5-5) will host W ahtonka on Friday, Jan. 17 and will travel to C ulver on Saturday, Jan. 18. A gainst the Tigerscots the M ustangs trailed 10-4 after one but got four points from Katie B ritt to get w ith in 15-13 at halftime. Susan Southworth had four points in the third but the Tigerscots increased their lead to 26-19 after three and took the win despite five points, including a 3-pointers from Britt and Blair Keithley hitting tliree o f four free throws. Britt led the M ustangs with nine points with Southworth, Tiffany Piper and Linsey Mitchell each adding four points. The Mustangs fell behind 11 -8 after one against the Tigers despite four points from Laurie M urray but they cam e back to take a 17-16 lead at the h a lf getting four points from Terra Wilson. The Mustangs exploded in the third getting seven points, including tw o 3-pointers from B ritt and th re e p o in ts from S outhw orth, to take a 33-24 lead after three. The tigers fought b a c k in th e fo u rth b u t th e Mustangs got seven points from Britt and six points, including four o f four from the free throws line from Piper to hang out for the win. B r itt a g a in led th e M ustangs with 16 points, to go with nine steals. M urray added six points, six rebounds and two steals. Piper had six points, three re b o u n d s a n d tw o a s s is ts , M itchell had six points and five rebounds and Lynan Bingham had three rebounds. W eston M cEw en 10 5 11 12-38 H eppner 4 9 6 10-29 Weston McEwen: Tucker 6 2-4 14, Froese 2 2-2 4, Miller 1 3-5 5, Alford 10-02, Peraloza 10-0 2, Bomfer 1 0-4 2, McDonald 1 0-0 2, Zeller 1 0- 0 2, Smalley 1 0-2 2, Lewis 0 1-21, Flory, Huskey and Nichols. Team: 15 8-19 38 3 -p t: none Heppner: Katie Britt 2 4-6 9, Tiffany Piper 2 0-0 4, Susan Southworth 2 0-0 4, Linsey Mitchell 2 0-04, Laurie Murray 1 1-8 3, Blair Keithley 0 3-6 3, Terra Wilson 0 2-3 2, Heather Yocom, Chelsey Betsinger, Amy Jepsen, Krista Hendricks and Lynan Bingham. Team: 9 10-23 29 3- pt: Britt H eppner 8 9 16 17-50 Stanfield 11 5 8 22-46 Heppner: Britt 5 3-4 16, Piper 1 4-4 6, Murray 3 0-46, Mitchell 2 2-4 6, Wilson 1 2-5 4, Southworth 1 1-2 3, Keithley 1 1-4 3, Yocom 1 0-02, Betsinger 1 0-0 2, Bingham 0 2-2 2, Jepsen and Hendricks. Team: 16 15- 29 50 3-pt: Britt 3. Mustang girls nip Tigers By Rick Paullus The H eppner M ustang g irls’ varsity overcam e a slow start to nip the visiting Stanfield Tigers 56-54 to get their first Columbia Basin Conference win o f the season. The M ustangs (1 - 1 in CBC, 5-7 overall) playing their third straight game without leading scorer Lacey M atteson will be at home against Wahtonka on Friday, Jan. 17 and will be on the road to C ulver on Saturday, Jan. 18. The Tigers had things going their way early in the first quarter taking a 9-0 lead before Susan Southworth hit one o f two free throw s with 5:29 left in the quarter. N ikki Sisk and Jesse K em pas hit 3-pointers to m ake it 11-7 a n d T y ly n n S m ith converted a three-point play to m ake it 13-10. Sm ith hit a long ju m p e r, S o u th w o rth sc o re d inside and B rooke Rust hit a short ju m p er but the M ustangs still trailed 21-16 until Kem pas drove for a lay-in to end the quarter w ith the Tigers leading 21-18. S m ith o p e n e d th e second with a drive and lay-in, and hit one o f tw o free throw s, w hile M adison B ailey hit a 3- poiner to give the Mustangs their first lead 24-23. The Tigers led 29-28 until R ust scored inside and Stefanie Hanson scored o ff a rebound but the Tigers cam e back to lead by one but Hanson hit one o f tw o free throw s to tie it a 34-34 at the half. Smith hit a short jum per to begin the third and H anson scored off a pass from Bailey but the Tigers cam e back to take a 42-28 lead. H anson scored o ff a pass from Rust and hit a 3- pointer to end the third and give the M ustangs a 43-42 lead. S is k h it a n o th e r 3- pointer to open the fourth and after the Tigers came back to tie R ust scored o f f a pass from L in sey M itc h e ll and S m ith converted a three-point play to m ake it 51 -48. A fter the Tigers tied again Chelsey Britt made one o f tw o free throw s, the Tigers scored to take the lead with 2:00 left. M itchell m ade a free throw to tie it w ith 1:39 left and the Tigers took the lead at 54-53 with 1:26 left. Kem pas fed Rust for a s h o rt ju m p e r to g iv e th e M ustangs the lead with 1:06 left and b o th team s m issed free throws in the final seconds until H anson reb o u n d ed a m issed T iger shot and passed out to K em pas w ho w as fouled w ith 9.4 seconds left. Kempas hit one o f two free throws and the Tigers had a chance to tie but missed a shot inside at the buzzer as the M ustangs escaped with the win. Sm ith led the M ustangs w ith 13 points, nine rebounds, four assists and tw o steals. Rust a d d e d 11 p o in ts a n d 10 rebounds. Southworth had four points and 20 rebounds, Hanson had 10 points and Sisk had seven p o in ts a n d fo u r re b o u n d s . K e m p a s had six p o in ts, six rebounds and three assists and Bailey had two assists. The team s com bine for 59 fouls and 82 free throws with Stanfield hitting 21 o f 45 and the M ustangs hitting 13 o f 37 free throws. H eppner 1 8 1 6 9 13-56 Stanfield 21 13 8 12-54 Heppner: Tylynn Smith 5 3- 8 13, Brooke Rust 4 3-411, Stefanie Hanson 4 1-2 10, Nikki Sisk 2 1-2 7, Je sse K em pas 2 1-5 6, Susan Southworth 1 2-9 4, Madison Bailey 1 0-3 3, Chelsea Britt 0 1-2 1, Linsey Mitchell 0 1-21 and Tiffany Piper. Team: 19 13-37 56 3-pt.: Sisk 2, Kempas, Bailey and Hanson. Stanfield: Kammerzall 3 7- 13 13, Ke. Davis 4 2-2 11, N. Mills 4 0- 2 10, K. Mills 2 5-9 9, Weatherman 2 2-8 6, Ki. Davis 0 3-5 3, Ena 0 2-2 2, Zeilke 0 0-4 0 and Sandoval. Team: 15 21 -45 54 3-pt.: N. Mills 2 and Ke. Davis. GREAT BUY ON QUIET STREET $ 41,900 P R IC E R E D U C E D ! 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