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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 17, 2003 Mustang JV girls drop two Mustangs start fast to beat Ponies take third in seventh Patton had six rebounds and grade tourney w hen the horn sounded, the By Rick T Paullus Pirates he H e p p n e r three steals. By Larry Palmer T h e sev en th g rad e Ponies traveled to Pilot Rock fo r th e s e v e n th g r a d e b a sk e tb a ll to u rn a m e n t on Saturday, Dec. 13. In the opening gam e for Heppner, they took on the A th e n a -W e sto n P a n th e rs. Both teams cam e out sluggish and they were tied at the half, 6 - 6 . In the second half, the Ponies found their range and opened up a lead that they never relinquished. W hen the buzzer sounded, the Ponies had taken their opening game 19-10 and found them selves in the championship bracket. The Ponies were lead by Spencer Palm er w ith 13 points and Joe Pranger, Josh Shank and Matt Holland each with two. H eppner 6 13-19 W eston 6 4-10 In the second gam e, the Ponies found them selves g o in g up a g a in s t a m o re physical U m atilla V ikings team. The Vikings ju m p ed out to an early lead and kept the pressure on and the Ponies were not able to handle it. By halftime they were down 3-15. A fter the break, the Ponies w ere able to regroup and played at a more even keel w ith the Vikings. H ow ever, Ponies w ere headed for the th ir d p la c e g a m e , b e in g outscored 10-24. The scoring leaders w ere Joe Pranger w ith tw o points, Dalton W ellman with tw o, S pencer P alm er w ith three. Matt H olland with one and Taylor H odges w ith two points. H eppner 3 7-10 Umatilla 15 9-24 The Ponies w ent up against the hom e team , the Pilot Rock Rockets, for third place. T h e R o c k e ts h a d beaten the Ponies in their two prev ious meetings during the regular season and were set to blast oft'again, but the Ponies w e re n ’t about to let them complete their mission. The first h a lf was all defense and three free throws as the Rockets held onto a 1 - 2 lead. In the second half, the Ponies w ere not about to be d e n ie d and o u tsc o re d the R ockets 9 to 7 and captured third place winning, 10-9. The Ponies consisted o f Jo e P ra n g e r w ith tw o points, Spencer Palm er w as six points, Josh Shank with tw o p o in ts , G ra n t S m ith , D a lto n W e llm a n , M a tt Holland, Braden Britt, Taylor H o d g es and in ju re d Luke Young and Brock Herbison. H eppner 1 9-10 Pilot R ock 2 7-9 M ustang JV girls dropped their first tw o gam es o f the season 29-27 at M ac-Hi on Friday, Dec. 12 and 46-31 at R iverside on Saturday, Dec. 13. The M ustangs will go for their first w ins o f the season w ith a hom e gam e against W eston-M cEw en on Friday, Dec. 19 and at Stanfield on Saturday, Dec. 20. On Friday at Mac-Hi, the M ustangs trailed 8-5 after one, but cam e back in the second. T he had five points from Katie Britt, four from Lyndi Patton and three from Sarah Price to get w ithin 20- 18 at the half. They took a 25- 24 lead after three, getting a 3-pointer from Regi Seitz, but w ent cold in the fourth as the Pioneers took the win. P a tto n le d th e Mustangs with six points, with Price and B ritt adding five points each. The M ustangs took an 11-10 lead after one at R iverside. Sandra K rotzek and Price each added four points, but the Pirates cam e back to take a 25-19 lead at the half. The Pirates outscored the M ustangs 21-12 in the second half to win going away. P r ic e le d th e M ustangs with 12 points, five reb o u n d s and tw o assists. K rotzek had four points and four assists. L aurie M urray h a d fo u r p o in ts a n d fiv e re b o u n d s . S e itz h ad fo u r rebounds and tw o steals and M ac-H i 29, H eppner 27 H eppner 5 13 7 2-27 M ac-H i 8 12 4 5-29 Heppner- Lyndi Patton 2 2-2 6, Katie Britt 1 3-5 5, Sarah Price 2 1-7 5, Regi Seitz 1 1-5 4, Heather Yocom 1 1-2 3, Lynan Bingham 1 1-2 3, Laurie Murray 0 1-4 1, Sandra Krotzek, Ashley Zimmerman, Chelsea Betsinger, Brittney Herbison and Jessica Brandt- Drury. Team: 8 10-28 2 7 .3-pts: Seitz M ac-Hi- Vandeurs 3 2-4 8, Riley 0 4-7 4, Pursell 1 2-4 4, Garton 2 0-0 4, Miller 2 0-0 4, Holden 1 0-2 2, Rhodes 1 0-1 2, Rodighiero 0 1-4 1, Wright 0 0-4 0, Fetter, Dixson, Landa, Carlson and Caraghan. Team: 10 9-26 29. 3-pts: none R iv e r s id e 46, H eppner 31 H eppner 11 8 6 6-31 Riverside 10 15 12 9- 46 Heppner- Price 6 0-0 12, Krotzek 2 0-0 4, Murray 2 0-0 4, Seitz 1 1-23, Patton 1 0- 0 2, B ingham 1 0-0 2, Zimmerman 1 0-0 2, Betsinger 0 2-2 2, Yocom, H erbison, Brandt-Drury. Team: 14 3-4 31. 3-pts: none Riverside- Lomen 9 0- 019, Close 4 1-2 9, Colin 3 0-0 6, Barrera 2 0-0 4, Hayzlett 1 0-0 2, D. Garciloza 1 0-0 2, A. Garciloza 0 2-2 2, Sands 1 0-0 2, Kegler 0 0-2 0, Wiser and Kroske. Team: 21 2-6 46. 3- pts: Lomen. Ponies take second in eighth grade tourney Mustang JV boys split By Larry Palmer By Rick Paullus T h e e ig h th g ra d e Ponies travel to W eston for their basketball tournament on Saturday, Dec. 13Vi • .I T h e P o n ie s m e t Columbia in the,championship bracket and ju m p ed out to take a commanding 13-2 lead. They weren't able to hold their intensity throughout the game and allowed the Raiders to row back into the game. The Ponies circled the w agons and held them o ff to win 17-13. T he Ponies scoring le a d e r s w e re N acho E lguezabal w ith five points, Andre Rauch with two points, Custom Banners Any Size Lots of Colors Logos & Graphics Heppner Gazette-Times 676-9228 N athan V anCleave w ith two points. Matt M cCabe with six points and M ichael W ellman with two points. H eppner 13 4-17 Colum bia 214*13 .n ;; ' : The Ponies then found j th e m s e lv e s in th e championship game taking on the Stanfield Tigers. The Tigers pounced out to a 6-11 lead at the half. T h e P o n ie s c o u ld never cut into their lead as the Tigers m atched them point- for-point in the second half. T h e T ig e rs c la im e d th e cham pionship as the Ponies finished in second. The final score being Ponies 20, Tigers 25. T h e p la y e r on the team were Nacho Elguezabal with 10 points, A ndre Rauch with four, Nathan VanCleave w ith six, Lane Bailey, M att M cC abe, Jason H ouw eling, M ic h a e l W e llm a n , S e a n M u rray and in ju re d Luke Basile. H e p p n e r6 14-20 Stanfield 11 14-25 (We also have gift certificate») Open Sunday,!« 4 ’ - ~ ' ^ Heppner *11 142 N orth Main from 12-4 p.m. \ * Jewelers/ E punch ni°r ‘offeJ e• _____ __ / and 676-9200 "Where Friend* Meet" cookies too! and Seitz for lay-ins to start the third as they increased their lea d to 3 6 -1 2 a n d K y le r Lovgren scored o ff a drive to end the third with the Mustangs leading 38-14. The Pirates began the fourth with six straight, Seitz com pleted a three-point play and the Pirates scored four m ore to g et w ithin 41-24. E lg u e z a b a l hit a ru n n in g jum per, but the Pirates got to w ithin 4 3 -2 9 before Luke M urray scored o ff a drive. Z ack S k ag g s hit tw o free throws then fed Seitz for a lay- in to put the game out o f reach. Seitz led the Mustangs w ith 18 p o in ts. B o te fu h r finished w ith 10 points and Elguezabal added eight points and five assists. H eppner 20 8 10 11- 49 Riverside 4 8 2 16-30 H eppner- B randon Seitz 8 2-4 18, Justin Botefuhr 5 0-0 10, Chuy Elguezabal 4 0- 1 8, Brian Smith 2 0-0 4, Gus Torres 1 1-13, Kyler Lovgren 1 0-0 2, Luke Murray 1 0-0 2, Zack Skaggs 0 2-2 2, Aaron Griffith, Brian Haguewood, Cody W alton and M atthew VanCleave. Team: 22 5-8 49. 3-pts: none Riverside- Kegler 5 2- 4 12, Gill 3 1-1 7, Parker 2 1-3 5, Pritchard 2 0-0 4, Young 1 0-0 2, Wedding, Nailor, Johnson and Sorensen. Team: 13 4-8 30. 3-pts: none M ustang boys lose Pioneers in second half to H e p p n e r 17 14 10 11-52 M ac-H i 8 20 20 17- 65 H eppner- L uke Murray 8 0-0 16, Brian Smith 4 1-1 9, Zack Skaggs 4 0-1 8, Brandon Seitz 2 1-3 5, Chuy E lguezabal 2 1-2 5, K yler Lovgren 1 3-7 5, Gus Torres 1 0-1 2, Aaron Griffith, Justin B o tefu h r and B rian Haguewood. Team: 22 8-17 52. 3-pts: none Mac-Hi- Carlson 6 5- 6 20, Worsech 5 4-6 17, Millar 3 5-6 12, Flemming 1 5-6 8, Hatterley 1 3-6 5, Brown 1 0-0 2 and Farley 0 1-2 1. Team: 17 23-32 65. 3-pts: Carlson 3, W orsech 3, Flem m ing and Millar. Mustang girls get first win at Mac-Hi Bailey had four steals and HEPPNER ELKS 358 676-9181 A 20-4 first quarter ru n h e lp e d th e H e p p n e r M ustang b o y s’ varsity get back on the w inning track at R iverside as they beat the Pirates 49-30 on Saturday, Dec. 13. The M ustangs, now 3 and 1, will be at hom e on F r id a y , D e c . 19 a g a in s t W eston-M cEwen and will be at Stanfield on Saturday, Dec. 20 as they begin C olum bia Basin Conference play. They will also be at home against the D eS ales Irish on M onday, Dec. 22 in a non-league game to m a k e up an e a r l ie r postponement. The Mustangs jumped out to a 6-0 lead getting a rebound basket from Brian Sm ith and tw o lay-ins from B r a n d o n S e itz . A f te r a R iv e r s id e b a s k e t, S e itz completed a three-points play and C huy Elguezabal hit a running jum per to make it 11- 2. After a Pirate basket, Smith h it a sh o rt ju m p e r, Ju stin B o te f u h r s c o r e d in s id e , Elguezabal m ade a lay-in and Gus Torres completed a three- p o in t p lay to end the first quarter w ith a 20-4 lead. S eitz and B otefuhr scored o f f rebounds to open the second, B otefuhr hit a ru n n in g ju m p e r and S e itz scored o ff a rebound as the M ustangs took a 28-12 lead at the half. E lg u e z a b a l h it a jum per then fed Botefuhr twice G u tie r r e z le d th e M ustangs with 13 points with By Rick Paullus K ilkenny and Paullus each a d d in g 10 p o in ts , K e n n y The H eppner added seven points and Britt M ustang boys varsity let a big finished with six. first quarter lead slip away and M ac-H i 57, H eppner w ere outscored 37-21 in the 37 H eppner 8 6 11 12- second h a lf in losing to the M ac-H i Pioneers, 65-52, in 37 M ilton-Free w ater on Friday, M ac-H i 18 15 18 6- D ec. 12. 57 The M ustangs led 17- Heppner- Mikel Britt 8 after one and 31-28 at the 5 0-0 10, Matt VanCleave 3 0- 0 6, Kory Paullus 3 0-0 6, Josh half, but co u ld n ’t hold on as th e P io n e e rs g o t the lead G u tie rre z 2 1-2 5, K yle m id w ay th ro u g h the th ird H u d d lesto n 2 0-0 4, Roy quarter and kept it the rest o f Proctor 1 0 -1 2 , Kyle Carlson the game. 1 0-0 2, Matt Kenny 1 0-0 2, The M ustangs w ere Robert McElligott 00 -1 0 , Dan led by L uke M urray w ith 16 Basile and Rory Kilkenny. points. Brian Smith added nine Team: 18 1-4 37. 3-pts: none p o in ts a n d Z a c k S k a g g s Mac-Hi- Middleton 5 finished with eight points. 0-0 10, S. Gonzales 4 2-2 10, J. Gonzales 4 0-0 10, Tiscareno 3 0- 0 7, Caballero 2 0-0 6, Corona 3 0-0 6, Betancourt 2 0-0 4, Miller 2 0-0 4, Raine 0 0-2 0 and Conlee. Team: 25 2-4 57. 3-pts: Caballero 2, S. Gonzales By Rick Paullus The H eppner 2 and Tiscareno. Mustang girls’ varsity got their H eppner 51, first win o f the season at Mac- Riverside 48 Hi by a score o f 34-29 on H eppner 6 12 15 5 Friday, Dec. 12 building a first 13-51 R iverside 6 11 10 11 h a lf lead a n d h a n g in g on through the second half. 10-48 The M ustangs took a Heppner- Gutierrez 4 5-4 lead after the first and 5-8 13, K ilkenny 4 2-4 10, increased it to 17-9 at the half Paullus 4 2-4 10, Kenny 2 3-3 g e ttin g seven p o in ts from 7, Britt 3 0-1 6, VanCleave 1 1- 2 3, Proctor 0 1-3 1, Basile 0 S h a n n a R ie tm a n n . T h e 1-2 1, C arlso n 0 0-2 0, Pioneers got to w ithin 25-20 H u d d le sto n 0 0 - 1 0 and after three, but Rietm ann had McElligott. Team: 18 15-30 51. eight points in the fourth as the Mustangs hung on for the win. 3-pts: none R ie tm a n n le d th e Riverside- Kegler 6 2- M ustangs with 19 points, five 2 15, Turner 4 1-3 9, Johnson 3 re b o u n d s a n d fiv e ste a ls. 0-0 7, Hinz 3 0-0 6, Jones 2 1- Brooke Rust added six points 3 5, McKenney 2 0-0 4, Krick and four rebounds. M adison 1 0-0 2, Wright 0 0-2 0, Martin and Sallisbury. Team: 21 4-10 48. 3-pt: Kegler and Johnson. D m . 21st Jeweters of America. Inc Peterson s v ; A fter dropping their first gam e o f the season, the H eppner M ustang JV boys rebounded w ith an over-tim e will at Riverside on Saturday, Dec. 13. The Mustangs will be at hom e on Friday, Dec. 19 and will be at Stanfield on S a tu rd a y , D e c . 2 0 . T h e D e S a le s gam e w as rescheduled for Monday, Dec. 22 in Heppner. On Friday, Dec. 12 the Mustangs traveled to Mac- H i a n d d ro p p e d a 5 7 -3 7 decision to the Pioneers. The Pioneers jum ped out to an 18- 8 lead after one despite four points from M ikel B ritt and H eppner trailed 33-14 at the half. The M ustangs got four points from Kory Paullus and three from Josh Gutierrez in the t h ir d , b u t th e P io n e e r s increased their lead to 51 -25 and coasted through the fourth for the win. Britt led the Mustangs w ith 10 p o in ts w ith M att VanCleave and Paullus each sco rin g six and G u tie rre z adding five points. Against Riverside, the Mustangs pulled away from a first quarter tie getting four points from Rory Kilkenny in the second to take an 18-17 halftime lead. They increased their lead to 33-27 after three, g e ttin g six p o in ts fro m Gutierrez, four from Kilkenny and three each from M att K enny and Paullus, but the Pirates cam e back to tie the gam e at 38-38 at the end o f regulation. The Pirates took an early lead in the overtime, but th e M u sta n g s c a m e b a c k getting four points each from G utierrez and Paullus to take a 51-48 win. By Rick Paullus S a tu rd a y , Decem ber 2 0 t h T O M A N D JERRY PARTY! A ham and roast beef dinner will also be served starting at 6 p.m. For Elks members and out-of-town guests only. three assists, Chelsea Britt had five steals, Linsey Mitchell had th r e e s te a ls a n d S u s a n Southworth had two steals. H eppner 5 12 8 9-34 M ac-H i 4 5 11 9-29 H eppner- Shanna Rietmann 6 7-10 19, Brooke Rust 2 2-2 6, Chelsea Britt 2 0-0 4, Katie Britt 1 0-0 2, Stefanie Hanson 0 1-21, Terra Wilson 0 1-31, Blair Keithley 0 1-5 1, Madison Bailey and Linsey Mitchell. Team: 11 12- 23 34. 3-pts: none Mac-Hi- B. Garton 1 8-12 10, Brown 3 0-0 6, Sears 1 1-2 3, C arlson 1 1-2 3, Contreras 1 0-0 2, York 1 2-2 4, M. Garton 0 1-21, Timmons and Holden. Team: 8 13-20 29. 3-pts: none H eppn er D ayC are w ill be closed Decem ber 2 4 ,2 5 and 26 fo r the H oliday Season MERRY CHRISTMAS!
