ilG H T - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 5, 2003
Sheriff's Report
Mustang boys beat Umatilla
to get second seed
The Morrow County
Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) re-
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner Mustang
boys went on a 25-0 run in the
first quarter and early in the
second and carried it to a 52-
38 win over the Umatilla
Vikings on Saturday, Feb. 22
in Hermiston. The win gave the
Mustangs the second seed in
the
C olum bia
Basin
Conference district tournament
as the two teams ended the
CBC season tied at 11-3. The
Mustangs improved to 19-6 on
the year.
The Vikings lead early
4-0 but the Mustangs got their
running game going getting six
points from Justin Botefuhr, five
points, including a 3-pointer,
from Chuy Elguezabal; and
three points from Luke Murray
to take a 20-4 lead after one.
Brian Smith had four
points in the second as the
Mustangs took a 27-7 lead, but
the Vikings came back to cut
the lead to 31 -17 at the half.
Brad Adams had five
points, including a 3-pointer,
and Brandon Seitz four points
as the Mustangs built their lead
to 44-27 after three and
coasted through the fourth to
the win.
Adams led a balanced
scoring attack with 10 points,
13 rebounds and two assists.
Elguezabal scored nine points,
dishing out six assists and
getting six steals. Smith had
eight points and 10 rebounds
and Seitz hit four of five shots
for eight points and grabbed
four rebounds. Murray had
four rebounds and three steals
and Tanner Britt had three
steals.
Heppner 20 11 13 8-
52
Umatilla 4 13 10 11-
38
H eppner:
Brad
A dam s 4 1-4 10, Chuy
Elguezabal 4 0-0 9, Brian
photo by Teresa Hughes
Brad Adams attempts a shot
Smith 3 2-2 8, Brandon Seitz
4 0-2 8, Justin Botefuhr 3 0-0
6, Tanner Britt 2 0-0 4, Luke
M urray 2 1-3 5, D onald
Adams 1 0-0 2, Doug Orwick,
Aaron G riffith and Brian
Haguewood. Team: 23 4-11
52 3-pt.: Elguezabal and B.
Adams.
Umatilla: Brian Littrell
6 0-2 12, Daniel Adams 4 0-0
9, Chris Wyland 3 0-0 9, Tony
Villanueva 1 4-7 7, Brandon
Fig 0 1-2 1, Andre Pharr 0 0-
1 0, David White, Erik Ortega,
Fay Bursell, Justin Bissonette
and Hector Olvera. Team: 14
5-12 38 3-pt.: Wyland 3,
Adams and Villanueva.
Mustangs lose to Vikings in overtime to end season
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner Mustang
boys’ basketball team saw their
season end in a disappointing
58-50 overtime loss to the
U m atilla V ikings at the
C onvention C en ter in
Pendleton on Friday, Feb. 28
in the C olum bia B asin
C o n feren ce
d istric t
tournament.
The
M ustangs,
coached by Ken Eckman and
assisted by Shane Matheny,
ended the year with a 20-7
record and will be losing
seniors, Brad Adams, Donald
Adams, Josh Winters, Doug
Orwick and Conor Kilkenny.
The Vikings took an
early 3-0 lead, but the
Mustangs come back with a
jumper by Brad Adams and a
3-pointer from Luke Murray to
take a 5-3 lead. The Vikings
scored four straig h t, but
Brandon Seitz hit two long
jumpers from the baseline to
make it 9-7. The Vikings came
back to take an 11-10 lead.
Tanner Britt hit a 3-pointer to
five the Mustangs back the
lead, but the Vikings tied it at
13-13 after one.
Chuy Elguezabal hit
one o f two free throws and
Adams hit a jumper to open the
second. The Vikings came
back w ith a 7-0 run, but
Elguezabal hit a 3-pointer at the
end o f the second to cut the
lead to 20-19 at the half.
Seitz scored o ff a
rebound to open the third and
after the Vikings hit two of three
free throws, Josh Winters hit a
3-pointer to make it 24-22.
After a basket by the Vikings,
Murray hit a 3-pointer. The
Vikings then scored three
straight points, but Elguezabal
hit back-to-back 3-pointers,
the last one a long one at the
buzzer to end the third with the
Mustangs leading 33-27.
Justin Botefuhr hit a 3-
pointer to open the fourth,
giving the Mustangs a 36-27
lead, but the Vikings scored five
straight to make it 36-32.
The two teams tossed
points back and forth as Adams
hit a long jum per and the
Vikings scored four straight;
then, Adams completed a
th ree-p o in t play and the
Vikings hit two free throws.
Ending the round, Adams fed
Seitz for a lay-in to make it 43-
38.
The Vikings went on to
score eight straight points
before Murray scored off a
drive to cut the lead to 46-45
with 15 seconds left. The
Vikings missed two free throws
with 8.8 seconds left, but got
rebound and the Mustangs
were forced to foul. The
Vikings hit two free throws
with 7.2 second left to take a
48-45 lead, but Elguezabal hit
Adams who launched a 25-foot
shot at the buzzer that hit
nothing but net to send the
game to overtime.
Botetuhr hit one of two
free throws to open the extra
period, but the Vikings scored
six straight before Seitz hit one
o f two free throws to get the
Mustangs to w ithin 54-51. The
Vikings hit four o f six free
throws in the last 30 seconds
to preserve the win and earn
the state tournament birth.
A dam s led the
Mustangs with 13 points and
nine rebounds. Elguezabal
added 10 points, eight assists
and three steals. Seitz had nine
points, eight rebounds and
seven blocked shots. Murray
had eight points, six rebounds
and four assists. Brian Smith
I
had five rebounds and Botefuhr
had four rebounds.
The Mustangs hit nine
o f 21 from the three-point
range, but just five o f 11 from
the free throw line compared
to the Vikings 18 o f 31 from
the-line.
Umatilla 13 7721 10-
58
Heppner 13 6 14 15
2-50
Umatilla: Brian Littrell
9 4-8 22, Tony Villanueva 3 8-
1014, Chris Wyland 33-412,
Andre Pharr 2 0-3 5, Brandon
Fig 1 1-3 3, Daniel Adams 0
2-3 2, David W hite, Erik
Ortega, Fay Bursell and Justin
Bissonette. Team: 18-50 18-
31 58 3-pt.: Wyland 3 and
Pharr.
H eppner:
Brad
A dam s 5 2-3 13, Chuy
Elguezabal 3 1-410, Brandon
Seitz 4 1-2 9, Luke Murray 3
0-0 8, Justin Botefuhr 1 1-24,
Josh Winters 1 0-0 3, Tanner
Britt 1 0-0 3, Donald Adams,
Brian Smith, Doug Orwick and
Aaron Griffith. Team: 18-56 5-
11 50 3-pt.: Elguezabal 3,
Murray 2, B. Adams, Winters,
Britt and Botefuhr.
Class o f’73 to hold
meeting
The Heppner High
School Class o f 1973 will be
holding a class reunion meeting,
Sunday, March 9. The meeting
will be held at GD’s in Heppner
at 2 p.m.
Anyone interested in
helping to plan this year’s class
reunion is invited to attend. If
you cannot make the meeting
or have questions, you can call
Barb Watkins at 676-9949.
Jan. 1: M CSO,
Boardman Police Dept, re
ceived a report from a caller in
Boardman of shots fired near
her residence. There were nu
merous gunshots heard due to
New Year’s Eve. An officer
was unable to locate anyone.
-MCSO received a
report from a caller in Irrigon
that they heard a gun shot and
now have a hole in their ceil
ing.
-B oardm an Police
Dept, officer cited a female ju
venile for No Operator’s Li
cense and No Insurance. The
vehicle was impounded.
-MCSO, Boardman
Police Dept, received two
hang-up 911 calls from a resi
dence in Boardman. The resi
dents were warned about the
misuse of 911.
-MCSO, Boardman
Police Dept, received a report
from a caller in Boardman of
loud music coming from her
neighbor’s residence.
-MCSO received a
report from a caller in Irrigon
o f a fight in progress across
from her residence, with 4-5
subjects involved.
-MCSO received a
report from Umatilla Police
Dept, that Stacie Ann Meeks,
26, was arrested on an Irrigon
Justice Court warrant for Fail
ure to Pay Fine/Driving while
License Suspended. She was
cited and released.
-MCSO received a
report from a caller in Heppner
of a suspicious vehicle hanging
around Hager Park.
-MCSO, Boardman
Police Dept, received a request
for an officer contact from a
caller at the Boardman Texaco
regarding a man’s vehicle win
dow that had been broken.
-MCSO, Boardman
Police Dept, received a report
from a 13-year-old at the east-
bound Boardman rest area that
she was left at the rest area
while traveling to Montana. The
father was found in Washing
ton and arrangements made for
the juvenile to be returned.
-MCSO received a
report o f dirt bikes tearing up
a road and are now at the tur
key shoots.
-M C SO , O regon
State Police received a report
from a caller on 1-84 east bound
o f three vehicles traveling to
gether and speeding back and
forth between each other.
-M C SO , C ity o f
Heppner received a report
from a caller in Heppner of a
small tan-colored dog that ap
peared to be abandoned.
-MCSO deputy cited
Barry Braff Newman, 31, for
Violation of the Basic Rule, 77
mph in a 55 mph zone.
-B oardm an Police
Dept, officers cited Brent
Cooney, 39, for Driving while
License Suspended-Misde
meanor. The vehicle was im
pounded.
-M C SO , O regon
State Police, Boardman Police
Dept., Boardman ambulance
received a report from a caller
at the Boardman westbound
rest area of a vehicle with eight
male subjects in it; one subject
with blood on his face ran into
the restroom. The van left trav
eling westbound on 1-84. The
v eh icle was stopped in
Sherman County. It was deter
mined all was okay.
-B oardm an Police
Dept, officer cited Benito
Mohedano Islas, 23, for Fail
ure to Obey Traffic Control
Device.
-MCSO, Boardman
Police Dept, received a report
from a caller of two males act
ing suspiciously; they appeared
to be hiding behind a small
b u ild in g ju s t east o f the
Boardman 76 station.
-MCSO received a
request for a deputy contact in
Heppner regarding a neigh
bor’s dogs.
-B oardm an Police
Dept, officer cited Jeffrey Earl
Sepulveda, 21, for Violation of
the Basic Rule, 59 mph in a 45
mph zone.
Jan. 2: MCSO re
ceived a report that the flood
computer was down; all appro
priate personnel were notified.
-MCSO received a
report that someone broke into
the Irrigon Marina restrooms.
-MCSO received a
request for a deputy for a fu
neral procession in lone across
Highway 74.
-B oardm an Police
Dept, officer arrested Janet Lee
Cowan, 68, on an Irrigon Jus
tice Court warrant for Failure
to Appear/Harassment.
-MCSO deputy cited
Sandy Lynn Harlan, 26, for Vi
olation o f the Basic Rule, 54
mph in a 35 mph zone.
-MCSO deputy cited
J. Santos Serratos Larios, 34,
for Violation of the Basic Rule,
76 mph in a 55 mph zone.
-M C SO , H eppner
ambulance received a request
for an am bulance at the
Heppner Library for a juvenile
female who was having a sei
zure. No transport was made.
-MCSO received a
report from a caller about a
subject driving from Irrigon to
Boardman; the subject had no
license and drives recklessly.
The caller was concerned the
subject would cause a motor
vehicle accident.
-MCSO deputy cited
Rafael Calvillo Mendoza, 24,
for Violation of the Basic Rule,
78 mph in a 55 mph zone.
-MCSO received a
request for a deputy contact in
Irrigon regarding questions
about a children services issue.
-MCSO received a
report o f an unknown emer
gency in Boardman. It was de
termined to be a family distur
bance between a mother and
son.
Jan. 3: MCSO re
ceived a report from a caller in
Irrigon of a loud noise outside
her residence, the dog growled,
and then she heard a “rig” in
front o f the residence. Depu
ties were unable to locate any
one.
-MCSO received a
report from the Salem Police
Dept, that James Alan Cavan,
22, on a Heppner Justice Court
warrant for Failure to Pay Fine/
Failure to Appear; he also had
a warrant out of state for Pa
role and Probation. A hold was
placed for Morrow County. He
was lodged at the Marion
County Jail.
-B oardm an Police
Dept, officer arrested Michelle
Lynn Fisher, 28, on a Skagit
County warrant for Forgery/
Identity Theft. She was lodged
at the Umatilla County Jail.
-MCSO received a
report of lights stolen off a road
grater in the last 4-5 days at
Patterson Ferry/Highway 730.
-MCSO, Boardman
Police Dept, officers arrested
Randall Vernon Wright, 40, on
a Skagit County warrant for
Forgery/ldentity Theft. He was
lodged at the Umatilla County
Jail.
-M CSO and other
agencies received a report from
a caller in lone of a building on
fire that was fully engulfed. It
was determined to be a con
trolled bum but other buildings
needed protection.
-MCSO deputy cited
Tana Jo Hill, 49, for Violation
of the Basic Rule, 79 mph in a
55 mph zone.
-MCSO received a
report that someone has been
cutting fences in Irrigon.
-MCSO received a
report from a subject in Irrigon
that someone took the sub
ject’s wheelbarrow sometime
in the last month.
-MCSO deputy cited
Jorge Gameros Sanchez, 30,
for Violation of the Basic Rule,
71 mph in a 55 mph zone.
-MCSO received a
report of an alarm at the Riv
erside H igh School in
Boardman. It was determined
all was okay; a game was go
ing on.
-MCSO received a
report from a caller in Irrigon
that Christmas lights had been
taken from her porch. The call
er called back and said the
lights had been found.
-MCSO received a
rep o rt from a c aller in
Boardman that a female sub
ject was on her property and
had been asked to leave. The
subject was there regarding a
custody/visitation issue. It was
unknown if the subject was still
at the location.
-MCSO received a
request for deputy contact from
the above subject regarding
feeling threatened and possible
child endangerment.
-MCSO deputy cited
Ann Marie Murray, 38, for Vi
olation o f the Basic Rule, 75
mph in a 55 mph zone.
-MCSO received a
report o f a visitor sign, possi
bly belonging to the hospital or
senior center, was down and
left behind the St. Patrick’s
Senior Center in Heppner.
-MCSO received a
report from a caller in Irrigon
about illegal fireworks going off;
the fireworks had been occur
ring since New Year’s.
-M CSO , L o o slie’s
Tow received a report o f a ve
hicle in the ditch on Highway
207 just past the Bombing
Range Road. No injuries had
occurred.
-M CSO received a
report o f an assault. The sus
pect had fled the scene. A
Probable Cause for arrest on
the suspect for Assault IV/Fel-
ony was issued.
-M C SO , H eppner
Fire Dept, received a report of
railroad ties on fire.
-MCSO deputy cited
a subject for No Operator’s
License.
J a n . 4: MCSO re
ceived a report from the Eu
gene Police Dept, that Dellana
Irene Ferrell, 23, was arrested
on a Morrow County Circuit
Court warrant for Failure to
Appear/Unauthorized Use of a
Motor Vehicle. She was lodged
at the Lane County Jail.
-MCSO deputy cited
Lisa J. Stevens, 19, for Viola
tion of the Basic Rule, 77 mph
in a 55 mph zone.
-M C SO , O regon
State Police, Boardman Police
Dept, received a report from a
caller in Irrigon that she could
hear screaming and yelling
coming from a residence; it
sounded like fighting.
-M CSO received a
report from a caller in Heppner
that a male subject was trying
to break into a pickup or steal
the hitch.
-M CSO received a
request for an ambulance from
a caller in Irrigon for a 75-year-
old female who was dehydrat
ed and having difficulty breath
ing. The patient was transport
ed to Good Shepherd Medi
cal Center in Hermiston.
-M CSO received a
report from a caller at the Lex
ington Airport that a pickup
was left parked on a ramp and
not the parking lot. It seemed
suspicious.
-B oardm an Police
Dept, officer cited Jesse Gil
bert Villarreal, 59, for Violation
of the Basic Rule, 48 mph in a
30 mph zone.
-MCSO deputy cited
a subject for Violation of the
Basic Rule, 50 mph in a 35 mph
zone.
-B oardm an Police
Dept, officer cited a subject for
No Operator’s License.
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