5lX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 22, 2003
£ Mustang JV boys win two
Burright and M cE lligott selected
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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
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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
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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
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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
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.K> lead and never looked back as
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no the H elix G irls Varsity 66-38,
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A shly G ram s started at
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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.
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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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The H eppner M ustang
boys’ varsityjum pedouttoa 19-
5 lead after one and cruised to a
6 8 -4 9 w in o v e r th e C u lv e r
Bulldogs in Culver on Saturday,
J a n . 18, to im p r o v e th e ir
C o lu m b ia B asin C o n fe re n c e
record to 3-1 and their overall
record to 10-4.
The M ustangs will be at
Um atilla on Friday, Jan. 24 and
at home against Sherman County
on Saturday, Jan. 25.
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
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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.
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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
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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.
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M ustang boys use big first
quarter to cruise past Bulldogs
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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
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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.
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