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5lX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 22, 2003 £ Mustang JV boys win two Burright and M cE lligott selected area athletes o f the year n. ni ■V to 9i c Ic Tí» oí c il 6 fl' II V. I. * A. T fi > O \r \ or #15 Tyler Boyer makes a shot against Culver By Rick Paullus b' T he H eppner M ustang ° JV boys had to blow -out w ins o v e r th e w e e k e n d b e a tin g W ahtonka at hom e 60-24 and r<- w in n in g at C u lv er 77-19 on Saturday to im prove to 11 -1 on the year. The M ustangs will be at U m atilla on Friday, Jan. 24 and will be at home on Saturday, Jan. 25 next up on their schedule. A gainst the Eagles the M ustangs took a 14-4 lead after one and got four second quarter points from Zach Skaggs in taking a 28-10 halftim e lead. The Mustangs increased their lead to 41-19 after three getting three points from Brian b Hague wood and coasted through the fourth getting six points from ^ G us Torres to get the easy win. Skaggs and Torres led a k' balanced scoring effort with eight •* points each w ith H aguew ood *' adding seven points and Judd •e‘ L em m on and Josh G utierrez b a d d in g s ix p o in ts e a c h as everybQdy scored at least tw o ¿til-. 2. fcf, tP 'T h e ‘M u sta n g s had a m uch easier tim e o f it in Culver k- as they ju m p ed to a 27-3 lead 'f,< after one getting six points each from Torres and Aaron Griffith, four points from Haguewood and three points each from C ody 6 W alton and Jode C oil. They oi'd i d n ’t let up in the second as ° r Walton and Kyler Lovgren each 's c o r e d f o u r p o in ts as th e M ustangs built their lead to 47-6 at the half. Torres hit two 3-pointers J»r and M atthew VanCleave scored six points as the M ustangs took photo b> Teresa Hughes a 64-10 lead after three and got four m ore p o in ts each from Torres and V anC leave in the fourth as they coasted to the easy win. T orres had 16 p o in ts w ith V a n C le a v e a d d in g 12 p o in ts, G riffith n in e p o in ts, Walton eight points and Lovgren seven points as all the M ustangs scored at least tw o points again. H eppner 14 14 13 I9 60 W ahtonka 4 6 9 5-24 Heppner: Zach Skaggs 4 0- 0 8, G us T orres 4 0-0 8, B rian Haguewood 3 1 -4 7, Judd Lemmon 3 0-0 6, Josh Gutierrez 3 0-0 6, Matthew VanCleave 2 1-4 5, Kyler Lovgren 2 0-2 4, Aaron Griffith 2 0-0 4, Jode Coil 2 0-2 4, Tyler Boyer 2 0-0 4, Cody Walton 0 2-4 2 and Eric Torres 1 0-0 2. Team: 284-16603-pt.: none Wahtonka: Smith 4 0-0 8, Torres 2 0-0 5, J.J. Despain 2 0-0 4, LaDaceur 1 1-2 4, Connelly 1 1-3 3, Perez 0 0-2 0, T. Despain, Dahlberg and Vintz. Team: 10 2-7 24 3-pt.: Torres and LaDaceur. B rad B urright and D iana M cElligott both from lone were selected by the East O regonian as the areas athletes o f the year for 2002. B rad B u rrig h t’s a th le tic accom plishm ents this past year included winning four titles at the s ta te . tr a c k and f ie ld c h a m p io n s h ip s . W h ile participating in this meet he broke four school records and three state records. He participated in the 110 hurdles, 300 hurdles, the long jum p and the triple jum p. In the triple ju m p he w as ust 1/4" aw ay from breaking the m eet record. He was nam ed to the C lass 1A all-state first team basketball team. At the state East West All Star Football Gam e he was nam ed defensive player for the east and the m ost valuable player o f the gam e. He is the punter for the Eastern O regon University football team this past fell. Diana M cElligott competed at th e s ta te tr a c k a n d f ie ld championships w inning the 100- m eters for the third consecutive year, the 200 m eters for the second year in a row and ran the anchor leg on the 400 relay team and third place in the 400-meters. She is know n by her coaches as talented, confident and willing to listen. On the Cardinal volleyball team she was iastrumental in their making it to the state playoffs and taking home the 3rd place trophy. She received first-team Big Sky East volleyball recognition and was also nam ed to the first-team all-tournament squad at the state tournament. H eppner 27 20 17 13- C ulver 3 3 4 9-19 Heppner: G Torres 7 0-016, VanCleave 5 2-2 12, Griffith 4 1-2 9, Walton 3 2-3 8, Lovgren 3 1-4 7, Haguewood 3 0-0 6, Coil 2 1-2 5, Boyer 2 0-2 4, E. Torres 20-04, Skaggs 1 0-02, Lemmon 1 0-02 and Gutierrez 1 0-0 2. Team: 34 7-15 77 3-pt.: G Torres 2. Culver: Roen 5 5-11 15, Towell 1 0-0 2, Symons 1 0-0 2, O ’Gorman 0 0-4 0, Rhoan, Chavez and Bedell. Team: 75-15 19 3-pt: none oi Cardinal girls bring down heavy win over Grizzlies yi» ffti T he lone G irls Varsity oi raced out to a 16-2 first quarter .K> lead and never looked back as ob they cruised to an easy win over no the H elix G irls Varsity 66-38, c : Friday, Jan. 17. A shly G ram s started at c the point, in place o f N atalie -i» M cElligott, who played limited In time due to her ankle injury, and did a superb jo b in leading the * • Cardinals w ith nine points. It was the post play o f Barbara Holland 1»’ and Sara Peck though that caused ni H elix the biggest problem s as oo th e y w e n t f o r 17 a n d 14 respectively. c O ther points from the n< C a rd in a ls c am e from T racy ac G r if f ith w ith e ig h t, D ia n a o r.< #23 Brian Smith takes the shot photo by Teresa Hughes By Rick Paullus Diana McElligott M cElligott and Em ily Key with five, Natalie McElligott with four, and Eva Chitty and Jenny Griffith with two points apiece. 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L uke M urray got the M ustangs o ff to their quick start scoring six first quarter points w ith Brian Sm ith adding five p o in ts and B rad A dam s and www.heppnBr.ntt I T h e lo n e b o y s ’ JV p la y e d th r e e q u a r te r s o f basketball against the Echo boys’ JV te a m a n d m a n a g e d to o u tsc o re the C o u g a rs 25-18 despite not scoring in the second quarter. C oach S w anson com m ented that the C ardinals W Madison Bailey attempts a shot By Rick Paullus Diana McElligott C huy E lguezabal each adding fo u r p o in ts. A d am s hit a 3- p o in te r in the seco n d as the M ustangs took a 32-16 halftime lead. Sm ith and Elguezabal each had five points in the third quarter, but the B ulldogs cam e back to get w ithin 45-32 after three. The Mustangs pulled away in the fourth getting 10 points from A dam s, four each from M urray and Sm ith and three points from Josh W inters to win by nineteen. The M ustangs hit seven o f nine free throw s in the fourth quarter and hit 13 o f 16 for the game. A dam s le d fo u r M ustangs in double figures with 18 points, hitting seven o f nine fre e th r o w s , g r a b b e d 15 rebounds and had tw o assists. Sm ith hit seven o f 10 shots for 16 p o in ts a n d g r a b b e d 12 rebounds, six o f them offensive. M urray hit six o f 12 shots for 12 points, had four rebounds and tw o steals. Elguezabal had 11 p o in ts, tw o a s sis ts a n d tw o steals. Justin B otefuhr had five reb o u n d s, W inters had three steals, B randon Seitz blocked three shots and Tanner Britt had two steals. H eppner 19 13 13 23- 68 C ulver 5 11 16 17-49 Heppner: Brad Adams 5 7- 9 18, Brian Smith 7 2-2 16, Luke Murray 6 0-0 12, Chuy Elguezabal 5 1-1 11, Josh Winters 2 1-2 5, Justin Botefuhr 1 2-2 4, Tanner Britt 1 0-0 2, Brandon Seitz, Donald Adams, Doug Orwick and Brian Haguewood. Team: 27 13-1668 3-pt.: B. Adams. Culver: Nate Lewis 10 3-5 27, Chris Dix 2 2-2 7, Nick Hagman 3 1-5 7, Grant Putnam 1 0-0 2, Cory Boyd 0 2-2 2, Maury Rhoan, Josh O ’Gorman and Jared Roen. Team: 16 8-14 49 3-pt.: Lewis 4 and Dix. lone JV boys score victory over Cougars PRICED TO BUY! . t- w Brad Burright M ustang boys use big first quarter to cruise past Bulldogs 77 Mustang girls beat Bulldogs played “excellent defense” and that is w hy they won the game. D an Satterly hit tw o 3- pointers on his way to 13 points. Kelly Thom pson had six points, C urtis Thom pson had four and A rth u r E k stro m a d d e d tw o points. T he H eppner M ustang girls’ varsity built a 19-point lead after three quarters and coasted to a 49-36 w in at C ulver on Saturday, Jan. 18 to im prove to a 3-1 in the C olum bia Basin Conference and 7-7 overall. The M ustangs will be at Umatilla on Friday, Jan. 24 and will host Sherm an C ounty on Saturday, J a n .25. T he M ustangs started slow eventually taking a 10-6 lead after one getting four points from Lacey M atteson and built the lead to 20-12 at the h a lf getting four points each from M atteson and Stefanie Hanson. Tylynn Smith scored nine points in the third and M adison B ailey hit a 3-p o in ter as the M ustangs built their led to 39-20 and coasted through the fourth to the 13-point win. M a tte s o n le d th e M ustangs w ith 14 points, nine l W mm phot° by Teresa HugheS rebounds, three assists and tw o steals. Smith added 11 points, 13 rebounds, and Hanson was also in double figures with 10 points, nine rebounds and tw o steals. Bailey had seven points and three steals, N ik k i S isk had th ree steals, two assists and a blocked shot and C helsea Britt had four rebounds. H eppner 10 10 19 10- 49 C u lv e r6 6 8 16-36 Heppner: Lacey Matteson 5 4-5 14, Tylynn Smith 5 1-3 11, Stefanie Hanson 5 0-3 10, Madison Bailey3 0-2 7, Chelsea Britt 2 1-4 5, Nikki Sisk 1 0-0 2, Jesse Kempas, Brooke Rust, Linsey Mitchell, and Tiffany Piper. Team: 21 6-17 49 3-pt.: Bailey. Culver: Lytle 4 1-7 9, W hitaker 3 0-4 6, Lang 2 2-2 6, McWilliams 2 0-5 4, K. Alley 2 0-0 4, Hagman 2 0-0 4, C. Alley 1 1-23.Team: 1 6 4-20 36 3-pt: none Mustang boys outlast Eagles By Rick Paullus T he H eppner M ustang b o y s’ varsity overcam e a slow start and outlasted the visiting W a h to n k a E a g le s 5 6-45 on Friday, Jan. 17 in a C olum bia B asin C onference gam e. The M ustangs improved to 2-1 in the C B C and 9-4 overall. Both team s started o ff slow as B rad A dam s hit one o f two free throw s with 5:06 left in the first quarter for the first points for either team . The Eagles then scored seven straig h t before Adam s hit two more free throws and Luke M urray hit two o f four as the M ustangs trailed 7-5 after one. The M ustangs got to an 11-9 lead early in the second as C huy E lguezabal hit a short ju m p e r a n d fed A d am s and Murray for lay-ins, but the Eagles cam e back to take a 15-11 lead. E lguezabal hit a 3-pointer and Josh W inters had a steal and lay- in. to give the M ustangs a 16-15 lead, but the Eagles again cam e back w ith six straight to regain the lead. Winters hit a fade away ju m p e r and a 3-pointer to end the first h alf with the teams tied a 21 - 2 1 . T he team s w ere tied at 23-23 w hen Elguezabal hit a 3- pointer, Justin Botefuhr converted a three-point play, and Elguezabal fed A dam s and W inters for lay- ins to give the M ustangs a 33-23 lead. The Eagles came back with a run o f their ow n to tie it again, but A dam s scored off a rebound and E lg u ezab al hit tw o free throws and the Mustangs led 37- 35 after three. T he E agles hit a free throw s to get w ithin one but Adam s hit two free throws and a long jum per, W inters hit a 3- po in ter, A dam s scored o f f a baseline drive and hit a short jum per to make it 48-36 then fed Elguezabal for a lay-in to make it 50-38. Elguezabal fed Brandon Seitz and A dam s tw ice for lay- ins to m ake it 56-43 and give the M ustangs the win. A dam s hit seven o f 10 ) shots in the second h a lf and finished w ith 21 points and 11 » rebounds with Elguezabal adding 13 points, six assists and tw o steals. Winters hit five o f six shots and finished with 12 points and four steals and Seitz had nine rebounds and two blocked shots. H eppner 5 16 16 19-56 W ahtonka 7 14 14 10- 45 Heppner: Brad Adams 8 5- 6 21, Chuy Elguezabal 4 3-5 13, Josh Winters 5 0-0 12, Luke Murray 1 2-4 4, Justin Botefuhr 1 1-2 3, Brandon Seitz 1 1-3 3, Tanner Britt, Brian Smith and Doug Orwick. Team: 20 12-20 56 3- pt. : Winters 2 and Elguezabal 2. Wahtonka: Ryan Young 9 4- 11 22, Austin Crowell 7 0-0 14, Eric Lindbrandt 1 1 -2 4, Eli Carter 2 0-0 4 and Oscar Juarez 01 -2 1 . Team: 19 6- 15 45 3-pt.: Lindbrandt. Cardinal JV score a victory over Grizzlies The lone girls’ JV team beat the Helix girls’ JV 61 -4 6 to increase their w inning streak to four w ins in a row and their record to 7-5, Friday, Jan. 17. The Cardinals took a 44- 17 halftim e lead and despite being out scored by the Grizzlies 39-17 in the second h a lf they m anaged to hold on for the win. A ll seven p layers for Cardinals m anaged to put some points on the board; A bby Key topped the scoring effort with 14 points, Alyssa Rietmann and Kim M orris com bined for 20 points w ith 10 each, Eva C hitty had nine, A shly G ram s had seven points, Jenny Griffith put up six and A m anda Em ery had three points. i I
