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
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Andre Rauch with two points,
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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.
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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
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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
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f
the
season
at Mac-
Riverside 48
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by
a
score
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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
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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.
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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
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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!