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
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hit tw o free throw s, M urray hit
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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
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63 w ith 21 seconds left. The
Tigerscots made two of four free
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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
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and four rebounds and W inters
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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.
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8 9, Katie Todd 3 1-3 7, Kendra Winn
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Darlene Thompson 2 0-1 4, Molly
T ucker 0 2-2 2, Kati Bennett 01-3 1,
Ashley Peterson 0 0-2 0 and Shellie
Schoonover. Team: 15 14-25 45 3-pt.:
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Heppner: Chelsea Britt 2 0-
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Smith 1 1-2 3, Nikki Sisk 0 2-2 2,
Stefanie Hanson 1 0-0 2, Linsey
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Susan Southworth 1 0-2 2, Brook
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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.
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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-
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Stanfield 15 13 13 22-
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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
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Griffith 3 2-2 8, Tyler Boyer 2 4-6 8,
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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
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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.
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