FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 19, 2003
Mustangs end season with loss to Bobcats
Chuy Elguezabal (2) and Tanner Britt lead the M utangs back on the field after half
tim e
Second Quarter
M yrtle Point- Matt
Buche two-yard run (run failed)
10:18
M yrtle Point- Young
five-yard run (Young run) 7:18
Third Quarter
Myrtle Point- Young 35-
yard pass from Buche (Buche run)
10:18
H eppner-
Justin
Botefuhr eight-yard pass from
Chuy Elguezabal (pass failed) 8:50
Fourth Quarter
M yrtle Point- Young
one-yard run (kick failed) 3:40
Heppner- Tanner Britt
five-yard pass from Elguezabal
(pass failed) :50
First Downs: M yrtle
Point 14, Heppner 9, Rushes-
yards: M yrtle Point 58-200,
Heppner 23-70; Passing yards:
Myrtle Point 132, Heppner 118;
Passes: M yrtle Point 4-6-0,
H eppner 11-23-2; Penalties-
yards: Myrtle Point 5-35, Heppner
2-15; Fumbles-yards: Myrtle
Point 0-0, Heppner 0-0.
Individual Statistics:
Rushing: Myrtle Point-
Young 32-124, Buche 18-51,
Marco Rizueno 3-13, Jake Gould
3-11 and B rian Ligons 2-1;
H eppner- Tyler B oyer 6-39,
Elguezabal 10-19, Kyler Lovgren
6-15 and Cody Walton l-(-3);
Passing: Myrtle Point- Buche 3-
5-0 117 yards and Young 1-1-0 15
yards; Heppner- Elguezabal 11-22-
2 118 yards, Jode Coil 0-1-0 0;
Receiving: Myrtle Point- Wes
Anderson 2-50, Craig Stevens 1-
47 and Young 1-35; Heppner-
Botefuhr 3-42, Lovgren 3-29, Britt
2-13, Coil 2-12 and Walton 1 -22.
Heppner Garden HHS 2003-2004 basketball schedule
The Heppner High School 2003-2004 basketball
Club to hold
season is about to begin. The first games o f the season are a
greens workshop tournament at Santiam Christian on Dec. 5 and 6.
K yler Lovgren (44) goes up for a pass against M yrtle Point w hile Tyler Boyer (17)
looks on
By Rick Paullus
The second-ranked
Myrtle Point Bobcats used
‘ sir size to beat the Heppner
u stangs 34-12 in the
laVtdrfinals dPthHJS-Barik/
Les Schwab Tires/OSAA
Class 2A football playoffs on
Saturday, Nov. 15 in Heppner.
The loss ended the season for
the Mustangs, who ended with
a 10 and 1 recording, having
advanced to the quarterfinals
for the fifth straight year.
The loss also ended
the Mustangs football careers
for seniors, Chuy Elguezabal,
Brian Haguewood, Kyler
Lovgren, Brian Smith, Justin
Botefuhr, Cody Walton, Zack
Skaggs, Aaron Griffith, Tanner
Britt and Judd Lemmon.
The
M ustangs
couldn’t get anything going
offensively in the first half,
punting four straight times,
while Myrtle Point built a 20-
0 lead before Haguewood
seemed to spark the Mustangs
with a quarterback sack for a
20-yard loss to force a punt.
E
Elguezabal hit Jode Coil twice
for 12 yards to give the
Mustangs their first first down
of the game at the Bobcat 40-
yard line. Elguezabal hit
Lovgren for six yards, Tyler
Boyer ran for eight, Elguezabal
ran for seven more, but an
interception gave the Bobcats
the ball at the one and they ran
out the clock to end the first
half.
The Bobcats scored
early to increase their lead to
28-0 in the third before the
Mustangs put together their
first scoring drive of the game.
Lovgren returned to kickoff to
the Mustangs 37-yard line.
After a three-yard run by
Lovgren, E lguezabal hit
Botefuhr for a 20-yard gain
then took off on an option
keep for 32 yards to the eight-
yard line. Elguezabal then hit
Botefuhr in the end zone for
their first touchdown o f the
game. The conversion pass
failed, so the Bobcats led 28-
Ladies
LORUS
Dress
6 midway through the third
quarter.
On the Bobcats next
possession, Smitl) had a
quarterback sack for a six-
yard loss to force a punt with
the Mustangs taking over at
their own twenty. Boyer broke
free for 21 yards and Lovgren
ran for ten, but the drive stalled
and the Mustangs were forced
to punt, which was downed at
the th ree-yard line: The
Mustangs forced a punt, which
was downed at the Bobcat 32-
yard line. An interception at the
seven ended the drive and the
Bobcats drove the length of
the field for a touchdown to
make it 34-6.
Elguezabal returned
the kickoff to the 48-yard line
and on third and long hit
Lovgren for 12 yards and
Boyer ran for three yards and
a first down. Elguezabal hit
Walton for a 22-yard gain to
set up a five-yard touchdown
pass to Britt to make the final
34-12.
Boyer led the defense
with 25 defensive points, with
Botefuhr adding 22 point and
Smith 20 points. Elguezabal
had 16 points, Lovgren 14
points, Skaggs 12 points,
Matt Kenny 11 points and
Haguewood had nine points.
Elguezabal completed
11 o f 22 passes for 118 yards
and Boyer rushed six times for
39 yards. Botefuhr caught
three passes for 42 yards,
Lovgren three for 29 yards
and Britt two for 13 yards.
Myrtle Point 6 14 8
6-34
Heppner 0 0 6 6-12
The Heppner Garden
Club will be holding their
annual Greens Workshop on
Saturday, Dec. 6, from 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m., at the Morrow
C ounty F air P av ilio n ,
Heppner.
Participants will get
the opportunity to create their
own wreaths or swags. Greens
will be supplied for free and
the Garden Club will have
rings, wire and bows for sale.
Gloves and clippers will need*
to be brought.
Club members will be
available for assistance.
Seventh grade
Ponies lose to
Vikings
By Larry Palmer
The Heppner seventh
grade Ponies entertained the
visiting Umatilla Vikings.
The Ponies struggled
early trying to get the ball to
go through the hoop, trailing 2
to 8 in the first quarter. In the
second quarter, they found
their shot and tallied 13 points,
but were still down at the half
by seven.
Another drought in the
third quarter and the Ponies
were never able to recover,
finishing out the contest 29 to
50.
Scorers in the game
were Joe Pranger with two
points, Dalton Wellman with
five, Spencer Palmer with 20
and Josh Shank with two
points.
Heppner 2 13 2 12-29
Umatilla 8 14 15 15-52
lone to hold Fall
Sports Dessert
lone High School will
be holding its Fall Sports
Dessert, for grades 9-12 on
Thursday,
Nov. 20 at 6 p.m.
First Quarter
The
event
will
be held in the
Myrtle Point- Zac Young
cafeteria.
five-yard run (kick failed) 2:29
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Following is the 2003-2004 basketball schedule as of
Nov. 24,2003:
Friday and Saturday, Dec. 5 and 6: Santiam
Christian Tourney, 3 p.m. varsity girls (VG) and 4:30 p.m.
varsity boys (VB);
Tuesday, Dec. 9: DeSales at Heppner, 3 p.m., G/B
JV, G/B V;
Friday, Dec. 12: Mac Hi at Mac Hi, 3 p.m., G/B JV,
G/BV;
Saturday, Dec. 13: Riverside at Heppner, 1 p.m., G/
B JV, G/B V;
Friday, Dec. 19: Weston-McEwen at Heppner, 3
p.m., G/B JV, G/B V;
Saturday, Dec. 20: Stanfield at Stanfield, 1 p.m., G/
B JV, G/B V;
Monday, Dec. 22: Pendleton JV at Heppner, 3 p.m.,
G/B JV, G/B V;
Tuesday, Dec. 23: Grant Union at John Day, 1 p.m.,
G/B JV, G/BV;
Saturday, Dec. 27: Imbler at Heppner, 1 p.m., G/B
JV, G/B V;
Monday, Dec. 29: Grant Union at Heppner, 1 p.m.,
G/B JV, G/BV;
Friday, Jan. 2: Hermiston JV/C at Hermiston, 5:15
p.m., G/B JV, G/B V;
Friday, Jan. 9: Wahtonka at Wahtonka, 3 p.m., G/B
JV, G/B V;
Saturday, Jan. 10: Culver at Heppner, 1 p.m., G/B
JV, G/B V;
Friday, Jan. 16: Umatilla at Heppner, 3 p.m., G/B
JV, G/B V;
Saturday, Jan. 17: Sherman at Moro, 1 p.m., G/B
JV, G/B V;
Friday, Jan. 23: Pilot Rock at Heppner, 3 p.m., G/B
JV, G/B V;
Saturday, Jan. 24: Culver at Culver, 1 p.m., G/B JV,
G/BV;
Friday, Jan. 30: Weston-McEwen at Weston, 3
p.m., G/B JV, G/BV;
Saturday, Jan. 31: Stanfield at Heppner, 1 p.m., G/
B JV, G/B V;
Friday, Feb. 6: Umatilla at Umatilla, 3 p.m., G/B JV,
G/BV;
Saturday, Feb. 7: Sherman at Heppner, 1 p.m., G/B
JV, G/B V;
Tuesday, Feb. 10: Pilot Rock at Pilot Rock, 3 p.m.,
G/B JV, G/BV;
Friday, Feb. 13: Wahtonka at Heppner, 3 p.m., G/B
JV, G/B V;
Friday and Saturday, Feb. 20 and 21: District
Tourney for VG and VB, times and opponents TBA.
Eighth grade Ponies take win over
P a n th e rs
By Larry Palmer
The eig h th grade
Ponies found themselves in a
defensive game against the
v isitin g A th en a-W esto n
Panthers.
The next games for the
Ponies are at home, Friday,
Nov. 21, at 3 p.m., against
Columbia and Saturday, Nov.
22,9 a.m., at Stanfield.
The P onies lead
throughout the contest but
could never pull away and
ended up winning 30 to 17.
Scorers for the eighth
grade Ponies w ere Sean
M urray with three pints,
Nacho Elguezabal with three
points, Andre Rauch with 11
points, Nathan VanCleave
with seven points and Matt
McCabe with six points. Also
on the team are Luke Basile,
Tyler Hodges, Lane Bailey,
Jason Houweling and Michael
Wellman.
Heppner 8 6 8 8-30
Athena-Weston 4 4 2
7-17
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