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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - FIVÉ- Mustang boys get big win over Vikings Mustang girls beat Vikings m Mustang boys cruise past Huskies in first half R photo by Teresa Hughes #5 Josh W inters m aking a 3 point shot against Umatilla By Rick Paullus The Heppner M ustangs boys’ varsity got a big win over the first place Um atilla Vikings, 47-43, on Friday, Feb. 14 in H eppner to m ove one gam e b e h in d th e le a d e r s in th e Columbia Basin Conference. The Mustangs improved to 8-3 in the CBC and 15-6 overall. The Mustangs fell behind 4-0 early but cam e back on tw o baskets from Brad Adam s and a r u n n in g ju m p e r fro m J o s h W inters to take a 6-4 lead. The V ikings cam e back to take the lead, but Brian Smith hit two free throw s to tie it up at 8-8. A fter a Viking basket, Chuy Elguezabal made one o f two free throws and hit a running ju m p er to give the M ustangs an 11-10 lead after one. S m ith h it a re b o u n d basket and A dam s scored o ff a pass from Elguezabal to open the second, but the Vikings went on a 10-3 run, E lguezabal hit a 3- pointer, to take a 20-18 lead at the half. B ra n d o n S e itz h it a baseline jum per and after another Umatilla basket, Winters scored o ff a drive to make it 25-24. The V ikings scored to up their lead to there again, but Elguezabal scored on a lay-in after a Seitz blocked shot. After a Viking free throw, the M ustangs w ent on a 7-0 run to close the third. Luke M u rray hit one o f tw o free throws, Adams and Seitz scored o ff rebounds and A dam s hit a ju m p er to give the M ustangs a 33-28 lead after three. M u rray sc o re d o f f a drive to open the fourth, then V ikings hit a 3 -p o in te r and M urray fed Sm ith for a lay-in. The Vikings hit another 3-pointer and Winters hit a rebound basket. The Vikings then hit tw o free throw s, but Sm ith scored o ff a pass from Murray and made one o f two free throws to make it 42- 36. The Vikings cam e back w ith a 3-pointer and tw o free throws to get within one with 2:34 left, Tanner Britt scored on a tip- in, but the Vikings got to within one at 44-43 w ith 1:17 left. It stayed that way until Elguezabal hit tw o free throw s w ith 7.9 seconds left, to m ake it 46-43. After the Vikings missed on the front end o f a one and one, Adams hit one o f two free throws with 4 seconds left to take the win. Adam s finished with 13 points, seven rebounds and two steals. E lg u ezab al ad d ed 10 p o in ts, fo u r reb o u n d s, three assists and two steals. Smith had a strong gam e o ff the bench scoring nine points, grabbing four rebounds and blocking three shots. W inter had four rebounds and three steals and M urray had two assists. H eppner 11 7 15 14-47 U m atilla 10 10 8 15-43 Heppner: Brad Adam s 6 1-2 13, C huy Elguezabal 3 1- 3 10, Brian Sm ith 3 3-4 9, Josh W inters 3 0-0 6, Brandon Seitz 2 0-0 4, Luke M urray 1 1-2 3, T anner B ritt 1 0-0 2, Justin B otefuhr and D onald Adam s. T e a m : 19 6-11 4 9 3-p t.: Elguezabal. U m atilla: Tony Villanueva 46-815, Brian Littrell 5 2-2 12, A ndre Pharr 3 0-0 8, Chris Wyland 3 0 -16 and Daniel A dam s 1 0-0 2. Team: 15 8-11 43 3-pt.: Wyland 2, Pharr 2 and Villanueva By Rick Paullus #5 Stefanie H ansen is going for the lay in shot, WE PRINT BUSINESS CARDS Lett e^ S tyU t - L ett «1 d e te c t Heppner G a z e tte - Times 676-9228 NLC.6.8. LEXINGTON, OREGON 1-800-452-7396 • 989-8221 WASCO, OREGON 1-800-824-7185 www.m cgg.net SUPPORTING YOUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDING: * PROPANE SALES AND SERVICE * FARM EQUIPMENT SALES. PARTS AND SERVICE * ATV SALES, PARTS AND SERVICE * FERTILIZER AND FARM CHEMICAL SERVICE * FARM SUPPLIES AND LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT * DIESEL AND GAS SALES CAsr m ■ K aw asaki le t fHe g o o d tim p s roll photo by Teresa Hughes By Rick Paullus T he H eppner M ustang g irls’ varsity beat the visiting U m a tilla V ikings, 4 0 -3 3 , in C o lu m b ia B asin C onference action on Friday, Feb. 14, to im prove to 8-3 in the C B C and 12-9 overall. T he M ustangs got six points from Chelsea Britt in the first as they took a 9-2 lead after one and eight points from Lacey M a tte so n , in c lu d in g tw o 3- pointer, in the second as they took a 19-18 lead at the half. T y ly n n S m ith a n d Stefanie H anson each had four points in the third as the Mustangs increased their lead to 29-22 after three. They pushed it to 33-22 as Britt scored on a pass from Nikki Sisk and M atteson hit a short ju m p er and extended it to 40-26 on a Sisk jum per, Sm ith free throw, and two free throw s from Matteson a lay-in by Smith on a pass from Jesse Kem pas. The Vikings scored the final seven points, but it w as too little, too late. Matteson had 13 points, 13 rebounds and three assists. Britt added 10 points and two steals. Smith had seven points, seven rebounds and four steals, K em pas had four rebounds, three assists and three steals and Sisk had tw o assists and two steals. H eppner 9 10 10 11-40 Um atilla 2 164 11-33 H eppner: L acey Matteson 4 3 -4 1 3 , Chelsea Britt 3 4-4 10, Tylynn Sm ith 3 1-2 7, Stefanie H anson 3 0-3 6, Jesse K em pas 1 0-0 2, Nikki Sisk 1 0-0 2, B rooke R ust 0 0-2 0, L in se y M itc h e ll and S usan Southw orth. Team: 15 8-15 40 3-pt.: M atteson 2. Umatilla: Cam pos 5 0- 0 13, S. Harvey 3 0-3 6, Borden 2 1-2 5, A. H arvey 2 0-4 4, M eede 1 1-4 3, Forcshe 1 0-0 2 and Henry. Team: 14 2 -1333 3-pt.: Cam pos 3. Mustang C-team boys run past Riverside in second quarter By Rick P aullus Morrow County [Grain Growers ik . \ #2 Chuy Elguezabal M aking a nice lay in a good gam e against the Husky's T he H eppner M ustang C -te a m b o y s u s e d a 2 3 -2 advantage in the second quarter to run past the Riverside Pirates, 68-29, on M onday, Feb. 10 in Boardman. The Pirates led 12-8 in th e first q u a rte r b e fo re the M ustangs rallied to take a 16-12 lead after one as Kory Paullus, Rory K ilkenny and M ikel Britt each scored four points. In the M ustangs big second quarter, Josh Lankford had five points, in c lu d in g a 3 -p o in te r, an d P a u llu s, B ritt and M atth ew V anC leave each scored four points to give them a 39-14 lead at the half. The Mustangs increased their lead to 51-23 after three getting four m ore points from Paullus and coasted through the fourth getting four points from Dan Basile, three from Kilkenny an d a 3 -p o in te r from M att Kenny. Paullus had 14 points, with Britt adding 12 points and Kilkenny 10. VanCleave had six points and Lankford and Kyle I Carlson each had five, as all the M ustangs scored. H eppner 16 23 12 17- 68 Riverside 12 2 9 6 -2 9 Heppner: Kory Paullus 7 0- 1 14. Mikel Britt 6 0-0 12. Rory K ilk en n y 3 4 -8 10. M atthew VanCleave 2 2-4 6, Josh Lankford 2 0-0 5, Kyle Carlson 2 1-2 5. Riley Wight 2 0-04, Dan Basile 20-14, Matt Kenny 1 0-0 3, Roy Proctor 0 2-5 2, Robert McElligott 1 0 - 1 2 and Kyle Huddleston 0 1-21. Team: 28 10-24 68 3-pt.: Lankford and Kenny. R iverside: Jones 4 0-3 8, Kegler 3 0-0 7. Martinez 2 0-2 4. Krick 1 2 -2 4 , Nai lor 2 0-2 4, Martin 1 0-02, Wright. N eal, Groce and Montez. Team: 13 2-9 29 3-pt.: Kegler. CUSTOM BANNERS A n y 81 m Lots off C olon Logos & Graphics Heppner Gazette 676-9228 A 4 1 -1 9 ru n in the first h a lf, fu e le d by C h u y Elguezabal’s 20 points, carried the H eppner M ustangs bo y s’ varsity to a 75-59 win over the Sherm an County H uskies on Saturday, Feb. 15 in M oro in C olum bia Basin C onference play. The Mustangs improved to 8-3 in th e C B C a n d 1&-6 overall. The team will finish the regular season at W ahtonka on Friday, Feb. 21 and depending on what happens in the final w eek, they could have a tie b rea k e r gam e on S aturday, Feb. 22. T h e M u s ta n g s fe ll behind early, 8-4, to the Huskies m anaging ju st a short jum per from Brandon Seitz and a Luke M urray rebound basket, but went on a 15-2 run to close out the first quarter. Brad Adam s m ade tw o free throw s, Josh Winters hit a short jum per on a pass from Murray, Brian Smith hit a rebound basket and Chuy Elguezabal hit two free throws, drove tw ice for lay-ins and converted a three-point play to make it 19-10 after one. Tanner Britt scored off a pass from Elguezabal who then drove the key for another lay-in and Adam s scored on a move inside to open the second quarter and push the lead to 25- 10. Elguezabal hit a 3-pointer and Murray hit two free throws to m ake it 30-15, then, the M ustangs went on another run as Elguezabal scored twice on the fast break and fed Britt for a jumper. Adams made one o f two free throws, Elguezabal hit two free throws and Justin Botefuhr hit two free throw s to m ake it 41-19 at the half. The Mustangs didn't let up in third as Murray scored off a drive, Elguezabal hit a short jum per and W inters and Seitz scored o ff rebounds to make it 49-23. M urray hit tw o free throws, Seitz hit a long jum per on the baseline, M urray scored o ff a rebound and a lay-in on a pass from A dam s, Seitz hit another long ju m p e r on the baseline and Elguezabal hit one o f tw o free throw s to end the third with the Mustangs leading 60-34. M urray scored inside and A dam s hit a short jum per on a pass from Elguezabal to m ake it 64-36 and after a 6-0 I run by the Huskies, Britt hit two free throw s to m ake it 66-42. The Huskies went on an 8-0 run until Botefuhr hit one o f two free throws, Conor Kilkenny scored off a rebound and Donald Adams hit one o f two free throw s to make it 70-52. W inters hit three o f four free throws and Britt two more to close out the scoring with the Mustangs cruising to the win. E lg u e z a b a l le d th e Mustangs with 23 points, hitting nine o f 11 shots, had four assists and two steals. Murray added 14 points, o f five o f eight shooting and tw o steals. Seitz hit four o f seven shots for eight points and had five rebounds. Brad Adams had eight rebounds, two assists and tw o steals, Sm ith had four rebounds and tw o steals and Kilkenny had five rebounds. The M ustangs hit 14 o f 23 shots in the first h a lf and finished with 25 o f 52 for the gam e and hit 24 o f 30 free throws. H eppner 19 22 19 15- 75 Sherm an County 10 9 15 25-59 H eppner: C huy E lg u e za b a l 8 6-7 23, L uke M urray 5 404 14, Tanner Britt2 4-4 8, Brandon Seitz 4 0-0 8, B rad A d a m s 2 3-5 7, Jo sh Winters 2 3-4 7, Justin Botefuhr 0 3-4 3, C onor K ilkenny 1 0-0 2, Brian Sm ith 1 0-0 2, D onald A dam s 0 1-2 1, D oug Orw ick and Brian Haguewood. Team: 25 24-30 75 3-pt.: Elguezabal. Sherm an C ounty: W illy Reeves 7 6-6 20, Bryce Olsen 5 7-9 17. Jose Sanchez 2 0-0 7, Kit Hill 2 0-0 5, K eegan K ock2 0 -0 4 , C had King 1 1-1 3, Je ff Hall 0 3-4 3 and C lint M oore. Team: 18 17-20 59 3- pt.: Hill and Sanchez. 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