Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - FIVÉ-
Mustang boys get big win over Vikings
Mustang girls beat Vikings
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Mustang boys cruise past
Huskies in first half
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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,
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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 .
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#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
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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.
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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
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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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