SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 12, 2003
Mustang girls run past Tigers Mustang boys outscore Tigers Mustangs rally past Tigerscots
By Rick Paullus
Elguezabal hit a jumper
to give the Mustangs a 48-43
in third
The Heppner Mustang to open the fourth but the
By Rick Paullus
By Kick Paullus
A 9-0 advantage in the
third quarter propelled the
Heppner Mustang girls’ v arsity to
a 51 -37 win over the Stanfield
Tigers in Stanfield on Saturday,
Feb. 8, in Colum bia Basin
Conference play.
The Mustangs, 7-3 in the
CBC and 11 -9 overall, will play
at home against Umatilla on
Friday, Feb. 14 before traveling
to the eighth-ranked Sherman
County Huskies on Saturday,
Feb. 15, in Moro.
The Mustangs did not
suffer a let dow n from their big
win over Weston-McEwen the
night before as they came out hot
in the first quarter taking a 17-
15 lead getting seven points from
Stephanie Hanson and six from
Tylynn Smith. Hanson had seven
more points in the second quarter
as the Mustangs increased their
lead to 28-23 at the half.
The Mustangs hit five of
six free throws in the decisive
third quarter and got six points
from Lacey Matteson and four
from Chelsea Britt as they held
on through the fourth. They hit 10
o f 14 free throw s in the fourth
quarter and 19 o f 26 for the
game.
Hanson, who hit six of
eight shots in the first half, finished
w ith 16 po in ts and eight
rebounds. Matteson added 10
points, four assists and four
rebounds. Jesse Kempas had 11
rebounds and two steals, Susan
Southworth had seven rebounds
and two steal and Britt had seven
rebounds. Linsey Mitchell had
five rebounds and Nikki Sisk had
two steals.
Heppner 17 119 14-51
Stanfield 15 8 0 14-37
Heppner: Stefanie Hanson
6 4-8 16, Lacey Matteson 3 4-6 10,
Tylynn Smith 3 1-2 7, Chelsea Britt I
4-4 6, Jesse Kempas 0 4-4 4. Brooke
Rust 2 0-0 4, Susan Southworth 1 0-0
2, Linsey Mitchell 0 202 2 and Nikki
Sisk. Team: 16 19-26 51 3-pt.:none
Stanfield: Kim Davis 6 0-0
16, Ky l e Mi l l s 5 0 -0 11. D.
Weatherman 1 3-4 5, Nicole Mills 1 0-
2 2, Catherine Zielke I 0-0 2. Kelli
Davis 0 1-10 1 and Nancy Sandoval.
Team: 14 4 -1 6 3 7 3-pt.: Kim Davis 4
and Kyle Mills.
M ustang JV boys drop two
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner Mustang
JV boys suffered through a tough
weekend as they lost to the
v isitin g W eston-M cEw en
Tigerscots 42-34 on Friday, Feb.
7 and lost 53-42at Stanfield on
Saturday, Feb. 8. The Mustangs
now, 15-3 on the year, will try to
get back on track as they face
Umatilla at home on Friday, Feb.
14 and go on the road to Moro
to face Sherman County on
Saturday, Feb. 15.
Against the Tigerscots,
the teams were tied after one at
12-12 as Josh Gutierrez hit a 3-
pointer and the Mustangs lead
19-17 at the half as Zach Skaggs
had three points in the second.
Kyler Lovgren had three
points in the third but the
Tigerscots opened up a 30-26
lead after three. Gutierrez had
another 3-pointer in the fourth
but the Mustangs could not
overcome the deficit.
Lovgren and Skaggs
each had seven points with
Gutierrez and Brian Haguewood
each scoring six points.
At Stanfield, the Tigers
jumped out to a quick lead but
Gutierrez had 1 - points in the first,
including two 3-pointers to get
the Mustangs to within 19-16
after one. Skaggs had four points
in the second but the Tigers took
a 28-23 lead into the half.
The Tigers took a 43-31
lead after three and held the lead
through the fourth to take the win.
G u tierrez lead the
Mustangs with 12 points, Skaggs
had five points w ith Haguewood,
Aaron Griffith and Gus Torres
each scoring four points.
Weston-McEwen 12 5
13 12-42
Heppner 12 7 7 8-34
The Heppner Mustang
boys’ varsity outscored the
Stanfield Tigers in each quarter
in taking a 62-56 win in Stanfield
on Saturday, Feb. 8 in Columbia
Basin Conference action.
The Mustangs, 7-3 in
CBC and 14-6 overall, will play
at home against Umatilla in a key
CBC game on Friday, Feb. 14,
before going on the road to
Moro to face the Sherm an
County Huskies on Saturday,
Feb. 15.
The Mustangs led 16-14
after one getting five points from
Brad Adams, five points from
Chuy Elguezabal, including a 3-
pointer, and four points from
Luke Murray, including a 3-
pointer.
Adams had five more
points and Murray hit another 3-
p o in ter in the second and
Elguezabal hit a 3-pointer at the
buzzer to give the Mustangs a 28-
25 lead at halftime.
The Tigers scored first to
open the th ird and after
Elguezabal hit a jumper, they
scored four straight to take a 31 -
30 lead. Brandon Seitz hit one
o f two free throws and Adams
converted a three-point play and
Seitz scored off a rebound to give
the Mustangs a 39-33 lead. Josh
Winters hit a long jumper to make
it 43-37, the Tigers hit a 3-
pointer, Conor Kilkenny scored
off a pass from Tanner Britt, the
Tigers came back with another
3-pointer, but Elguezabal hit
another 3-pointer at the buzzer
W eston-McEwen:
lead after three.
The Tigers got to within
two to open the fourth but
Murray scored off a drive and
Elguezabal hit a jumper to make
it 52-46. The Tigers came back
to get within one, but Adams
scored twice inside off drives to
make it 56-51, the Tigers scored
but the Mustangs put the game
away as Justin Botefuhr scored
off a rebound and Elguezabal and
Murray each hit two o f two free
throws in the final minute to
preserve the win.
Elguezabal had 20 points
and three assists, with Adams
hitting nine o f 13 free throws,
scoring 19 points and grabbing
14 rebounds and Murray had 11
points, four assists and two
steals. B o tefu h r had nine
rebounds, W inters had five
rebounds and two steals and
Seitz had six rebounds.
Heppner 16 12 20 14-
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Stanfield 14 11 18 IS
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Heppner: Chuy Elguezabal
7 3-3 20, Brad Adams 5 9-13 19, Luke
Murray 3 3-4 11, Brandon Seitz 2 1-3
5, Justin B otefuhr 1 1-2 3, Josh
Winters 1 0-0 2, Conor Kilkenny 1 0-
0 2, Donald Adams 0 0 - 2 0 and Tanner
Britt 0 0-1 0. Team: 20 17-28 62 3-pt.:
Elguezabal 3 and Murray 2.
Stanfield: Ricky Perches 5
5-5 16, Jacob Flemmer 5 4-6 15, Chuy
Perches 5 2-2 14, Jason Sperr 3 0-0 8,
Jason F lem m er 1 1-2 3, A aron
A bercrom bie, Tyler G rabiel and
Alonso Rivera. Team: 19 12-15 5 6.3-
pt.: C. Perches 2, Sperr 2, R. Perches
and Jacob Flemmer.
Greenwalt 6 1-213, Hausner 2 4-6 8,
Watts 3 0-0 6, Froese 0 3-6 3, Williams
Mustang C team runs past Prospectors
0 2-4 2, Watson 0 2-2 2. Duke 1 0-0 2,
Peterson 1 0-0 2, Sheard 0 2-6 2,
Johnston 1 0-0 2, Clark. Freston, Todd
and Sparks. Team: 14 14-2642 3-pt.:
none
Heppner: Kyler Lovgren 3
1- 1 7 , Zach Skaggs 3 1-3 7, Brian
Haguew ood 3 0-0 6, Josh Gutierrez 2
0-0 6, Cody Walton 1 1-6 3, Aaron
Griffith 1 0-0 2, Gus Torres 1 0-0 2,
Judd Lemmon 0 1-2 1, Tyler Boyer,
Eric Torres, M att Y oung and
Matthew VanCleave. Team 14 4-12 34
3-pt.: Gutierrez 2.
By Rick Paullus
Stanfield 19 9 15 10-53
Heppner 16 7 8 11-42
Stanfield: L ittle6 6 -1 0 18,
Gabriel 6 2-6 17, Sobotta 3 1-1 8,
Flemmer 2 2-4 6, Zielke I 0-2 2, Dick 1
0-0 2, Baros and Ramos. Team: 1911-
23 53 3-pt.: Gabriel 3 and Sobotta.
Heppner: Gutierrez 4 2-212,
Skaggs 2 1-2 5, Haguewood 1 2-2 4,
Griffith 2 0-2 4, G Torres 2 0-0 4,
Walton 1 1-4 3, Lovgren 1 0-0 2,
Boyer 1 0-0 2, Lemmon 1 0-0 2, Young
1 0-0 2, VanCleave 1 0-0 2 and E.
Torres. Team: 17 6 -1 2 42 3 -p t.:
Gutierrez 2.
The Heppner Mustang
“C” team jumped out to an 18-4
lead after one and never looked
back beating the visiting Grant
Union Prospectors 83-44 on
Thursday, Feb. 6, to improve
their record to 11 -2 on the year.
The Mustangs play their final
gam e at W eston-M cEw en,
Thursday, Feb. 13, at 6 p.m.
Kory Paullus had nine
points in the Mustangs big first
quarter with Josh Lankford and
Matt Kenny each hitting 3-
pointers and Kyle C arlson
scoring three points.
Mikel Britt had six points
and Matthew VanCleave and
Paullus each scored four points
in the second as the Mustangs
took a 36-23 lead at the half.
The Mustangs increased
their lead to 56-33 after three as
Lankford had six points, including
a 3-pointer, and Britt and Paullus
each had four points. They
coasted through the fourth getting
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six points from VanCleave, five
from Carlson, including a 3-
pointer, Roy Proctor brought in
a 3-pointer and Paullus had three
more points.
P aullus led four
Mustangs in double figures with
20 points, with LanWhrd'and
Britt each scoring 12 points and
VanCleave adding 10 points.
Carlson had eight points and
Kenny had seven.
Heppner 18 18 20 27-
83
Grant Union4 19 10 11-
44
Heppner: Kory Paullus 8 4-
5 20, Josh Lankford 4 2-5 12, Mikel
Britt 5 2-5 12, Matthew VanCleave 3
4-4 10, Kyle Carlson 3 1-2 8, Matt
Kenny 3 0-0 7, Robert McElligott 2 2-
2 6, Rory Kilkenny 2 0 -0 4, Roy
Proctor 1 0-0 3, Kyle Huddleston 0 1-
2 1, Riley Wight and Dan Basile. Team:
31 16-25 83 3 -p t: Lankford 2, Kenny,
Proctor and Carlson.
Grant Union: Page 9 5-6 23,
Ashmead 3 0-0 6, Coxen 3 0-4 6, Johns
2 0-0 4, Holland 0 3-4 3, Reed 0 1 - 21,
Cary 0 1-2 1, Harrara 0 0 - 1 0 and
SproufTska. Team: 17 10-19 44 3-pt.:
none
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varsity boys overcame a slow
start to rally past the visiting
Weston-McEwen Tigerscots 67-
56 in C o lu m b ia B asin
Conference play. The Mustangs
improved to 6-3 in the CBC and
13-6 overall with the win.
The Mustangs led 4-2
early on a Brandon Seitz rebound
basket and a Brad Adams drive
and lay-in, but the Tigerscots
came back to take an 8-5 lead
after one.
The Mustangs started
fast in the second as Conor
Kilkenny hit a 3-pointer, Luke
Murray drove the lane for a lay-
in and Adams hit three o f four
free throws for a 13-8 lead, but
the Tigerscots came right back
with a 10-0 run to take an 18-
13 lead. Murray came back with
two free throws and a runny
jumper and Adams scored off a
drive to give the mustangs a 19-
18 lead. Murray scored off a
drive and after the Tigerscots tied
the game at 21-21, Adams
scored twice inside and Chuy
Elguezabal completed a three-
point play to end the second to
five the Mustangs a 28-21 lead
at the half
The Tigerscots scored
first to open the third but Seitz
scored off a pass from Josh
Winters, Adams scored twice
inside and Elguezabal scored off
th e fast break to five the
Mustangs a 36-23 lead. The
Tigerscots came back with a 12-
3 run before Justin Botefuhr hit a
3-pointer to make it 42-35, then
the teams traded baskets as
Murray hit a running jumper,
BotefUhr scored off a pass from
Donald Adams and M urray
scored o ff a drive, but the
Tigerscots were within 48-45 at
the end of the third quarter.
By Rick Paullus
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With the final seconds
ticking down, Lacey Matteson
fed Brooke Rust inside who
calmly sank a short jumper at the
buzzer to five the Heppner
Mustang varsity girls a 42-40 win
over the twelfth-ranked Weston-
McEwen Tigerscots on Friday,
Feb. 7 in H eppner. The
M ustangs im proved th e ir
Columbia Basin Conference
record to 6-3 and their overall
record to 10-9 with the win.
The Tigerscots jumped
out to a 6-1 lead but the
M ustangs cam e back as
Matteson fed Stefanie Hanson
for a lay-in then hit a jumper and
after a Tigerscot bucket, Tylynn
Smith drove the lane for a lay-in,
Matteson hit a long jumper then
hit a long 3-pointer at the buzzer
to give the Mustangs a 12-8 lead
after one.
Madison Bailey drove
for a lay-in to make it 14-10 but
the Tigerscots went on a 12-2 run
to take a 22-16 lead. Smith then
hit one o f two free throws and
scored off a pass from Matteson
and Hanson scored off a rebound
but the Tigerscots scored the final
four points of the quarter to take
a 26-21 lead at the half.
The Tigerscots scored
first to open the third quarter but
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Elguezabal 3 5-1011, Brandon Seitz 4
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Kilkenny 1 0-0 3, Donald Adams 0 0-
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Kilkenny and Botefuhr.
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would get just one free throw the
repfqftbe way as Matteson fed
Chelsea Britt for a lay-in and
scored inside off a drive. Smith
hit two free throws, Hanson
scored inside, Britt scored off a
pass from Linsey Mitchell and
Rust scored o ff a pass from
Matteson to give the Mustangs a
33-29 lead after three.
The Tigerscots tied it at
33-33 but Matteson hit a running
jumper and Britt scored off a
rebound to five the Mustangs a
37-33 lead with two minutes left.
The Tigerscots scored to get
within two but Smith hit two free
throws with 54 seconds left to
make it 39-35 but back came
the Tigerscots to get within one
with 38 second left. Smith hit one
o f two free throws, but the
Tigerscots tied it with 20 second
remaining and almost stole the
ball with five seconds left but
knocked the ball out o f bounds
to give it back to the Mustangs.
On the play, Bailey suffered a
bad ankle injury and had to leave
the game. Matteson took the
inbounds pass and drove toward
the basket, but when she was
surrounded by Tigerscots she
passed to Rust who put in the
winning shot
Matteson had 11 points,
eight rebounds and five assists.
Smith hit seven of 10 free throws
for l l points, grabbed eight
rebounds and had two assists.
Hanson had seven points and
four rebounds and Britt had six
points and five rebounds.
Heppner 12 9 12 9-42
Weston-McEwen 8183
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Heppner: Lacey Maneson
5 0-2 11, Tylynn Smith 2 7-10 11,
Stefanie Hanson 3 1 -6 7 , Chelsea Britt
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Tigerscots got to within two at
50-48, Adams and Murray each
hit one o f two free throws and
after a Tigerscot basket got them
within two again, Seitz hit two
free throws and scored off a pass
from Elguezabal and Botefuhr
scored off a rebound to give the
Mustangs a 58-50 lead. Seitz hit
a baseline jumper, the Tigerscots
converted a three-point play,
Botefuhr and Adams each hit one
o f two free throw s and the
Tigerscots scored to make it 62-
56 for their last score. Adams
m ade a free th ro w and
Elguezabal hit four o f six free
throws down the stretch to put
the game away.
Adams finished with 21
points, 16 rebounds, three steals
and three assists to lead four
Mustangs in double figures.
M urray had 14 p o in ts,
Elguezabal had 11 points and five
assists, and Seitz had 10 points
and four rebounds. Botefuhr had
eight points, Winters had five
rebounds and two assists and
Brian Smith had two blocked
shots.
Heppner 5 23 20 19-67
Weston-McEwen 8 13
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3 0 -1 6 , Brooke Rust 2 0 -0 4 , Madison
Bailey 1 0-0 2, Susan Southworth 0
1-2 1, Nikki Sisk, Jesse Kempas and
Linsey Mitchell. Team: 169-21 4 2 3 -
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Matteson.
W eston -M cE w en: Kayla
Johnson 6 3 -4 1 5 , Kayla Paredes 4 1 -
2 9, Kendra Winn 3 0 -1 6 , Katie Todd
2 0-2 4, Darlene Thompson 1 2-3 4,
Kati Bennett 0 2-3 2, Ashley Peterson.
S h e llie
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16 8-15 40 3-pt.: none