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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 31,2003 - THREE Mustang JV girls win two Mustang JV boys roll past Tigers By Rick Paullus By Rick Paullus The H eppner M ustang JV girls got their first two wins o f the season beating D eSales 25-23 on M onday, D ec. 22 in H eppner, th en m aking the long trip to John Day, they beat the Grant Union P r o s p e c to r s 3 8 -3 1 on T u esd ay , D ec. 23. T he M ustangs, now 2 and 3 on the s e a s o n , p la y a t h o m e on S a tu rd a y , J a n . 3 a g a in s t R iv e r s id e th e n tra v e l to Hermiston on M onday, Jan. 5 to play the Bulldog Frosh. A gainst the Irish, the M u s ta n g s g o t th re e firs t q u arter po in ts from Lynan Bingham and six points from K atie Britt in the second, but tra ile d 17-14 at h a lftim e . B ingham scored three points in the third as the Mustangs got w ithin 19-17 after three then got five points from Lyndi Patton and three from Sarah Price in the fourth to pull out the narrow win. B in g h am and B ritt each had six points to lead the M ustangs, w ith Patton adding five points, seven rebounds and six steals. Regi Seitz had eight rebounds and six steals, H e a th e r Y o co m h a d fo u r rebounds and tw o steals and Price had four rebounds. The Prospectors took a 14-9 lead after one, but the M ustangs cam e back to take a 27-17 lead at the half getting s e v e n p o in ts fro m T e rra W ilson, five from B ritt and four from Price. Price had five more points in the fourth as the M ustangs coasted to the win. P r ic e le d th e Mustangs with 15 points, five rebounds and three steals. Seitz had eight rebounds, eight steals and tw o assists. Patton h a d s ix s te a ls a n d fo u r rebounds, Yocom had three steals and two assists and Britt had tw o steals. Heppner 25, DeSales 23 H eppner 7 7 3 8-25 D eSales 8 9 2 4-23 H eppner- Lynan Bingham 2 2-3 6, Katie Britt 0 6- 7 6, Lyndi Patton 1 3-6 5, Sarah Price 1 1-3 3, Regi Seitz 10-12, Mahaley Huddleston 1 0-0 2, Blair Keithley 0 1-2 1, S andra K ro tzek 0 0-2 0, H e a th er Yocom , C h elsea Betsinger, Ashley Zimmerman and Brittney Herbison. Team: 6 13-24 25. 3-pts: none H ep p n er 38, G rant Union 31 H eppner 9 18 4 7-38 G rant U nion 14 3 4 10-31 Heppner- Price 6 3-9 15, Terra Wilson 31-2 7, Patton 3 1-6 7, Britt 1 3-4 5, Bingham 0 2-3 2, Seitz 1 0-4 2, Krotzek, Keithley, Yocom, Huddleston and Zimmerman. Team: 14 10- 28 38. 3-pts: none Grant Union- Moore 3 0-0 6, Leas 2 2-5 6, Lemeke 1 3-7 5, H o llid ay 2 0-0 4, Ferguson 1 1-2 3, Myers 1 0-0 2, Allen 1 0-0 2, Andrews 1 0- 0 2, Dowdy 0 1-3 1, Krause 0 0-2 0, Hueckman and Tirico. Team: 12 7-17 31. 3-pts: none Mustangs outscore Tigers By Rick Paullus The H eppner M u s ta n g b o y s ’ v a r s ity outscored the Stanfield Tigers in all four quarters to beat them 60-43 in C o lu m b ia B asin Conference play on Saturday, D ec. 20 in S tanfield. T he M ustangs im proved to 2 and 0 in the CBC and 5 and 1 overall. Luke M urray hit a 3- pointer and scored six points in th e first q u a rte r as the M ustangs took a 13-11 lead after one. Brian Sm ith added seven points and G us Torres four in the second to take a 28-21 lead at the half. Sm ith h a d n in e p o in ts , C h u y Elguezabal five and Murray hit a n o th e r 3 -p o in te r as th ey increased their lead to 45-36 after three and Brandon Seitz scored 10 points in the fourth as they coasted to the win. S m ith le d th e Price finished with 12 M ustangs with 20 points and points, five steals and four rebounds. Patton also finished with 12 points, along with five re b o u n d s i1 an d tw o ste • a , ls. ; l 7 .T Lynan Bingham had six points By Rick Paullus and six rebounds, H eather Yocom had three rebounds After jum ping out to a and th re e steals, M ah aley big lead, the Heppner Mustang Huddleston had five rebounds, b o y s v a rs ity u se d a 14-5 Sandra Krotzek had four steals advantage in the fourth quarter a n d A s h le y Z im m e rm a n to pull away from the visiting grabbed four rebounds. D eS ales Irish on M onday, H eppner 10 12 13 6- D ec. 22, w inning by a score 41 o f 53-43 to im prove to 6 and Im bler 2 4 0 2-8 1 on the year. Heppner- Sarah Price Luke M urray scored 6 0-2 12, Lyndi Patton 6 0-0 o ff a drive, C huy Elguezabal 12, Lynan Bingham 1 4-4 6, an d B rian S m ith hit short S andra K rotzek 2 0-0 4, jum per and M urray scored off Mahaley Huddleston 1 0-2 2, another drive to m ake it 8-0 Blair Keithley 1 0-0 2, Terra early in the first. Smith scored Wilson 1 0-0 2, Heather Yocom o f f a rebound and Brandon 0 1-4 1 and A shley Seitz scored o ff a drive, but Zimmerman. Team: 18 5-1241. the Irish cam e back to get 3-pts: none within 12-11. Smith scored off Imbler- Lovins 1 0-0 2, a rebound and hit one o f tw o Johnson 1 0-0 2, Clinkenbeard free throw s and M urray hit a 1 0-0 2, Crew 1 0-0 2, 3-pointer, but the Irish cam e M a tth e w s, C line and back to take a 19-18 lead Anderson. Team: 4 0-0 8. 3- after one. pts: none J u s tin B o te fu h r Mustang JV girls shut down Panthers By Rick Paullus The H eppner M ustang JV girls w in their third straight game completely shutting dow n the v isiting Im b le r P a n th e rs 4 1 -8 on S a tu rd a y , D e c . 2 7 . T h e M ustangs evened their record at 3 and 3 on the season, with th e w in a n d w ill p la y at R iv e r s id e a t h o m e on S a tu r d a y a n d w ill b e a t Hermiston on Monday, Jan. 5. T h e M u s ta n g s g o t four points each from Sarah Price and Lyndi Patton in the first quarter to take a 10-2 lead and got four m ore from Patton in the second to increase their lead to 22-6 at the half. T he M ustangs shut out the Panthers in the third as Price and Patton each had four points and increased their lead to 3 5 -6 a f t e r th r e e a n d coasted through the fourth for the easy win. Order Magnetic Door Signs HERE Heppner Gazette-Times fourth as the coasted to the win. Gutierrez and Paullus e ach h ad 10 p o in ts, w ith K ilkenny adding nine and VanCleave eight. H e p p n e r 12 18 13 15-58 Stanfield 5 7 9 11-32 H eppner- Josh G u tie rre z 4 2-2 10, Kory P au llu s 5 0-0 10, Rory Kilkenny 4 1-1 9, Matthew VanCleave 4 0-0 8, Mikel Britt 3 0-0 6, Kyle Carlson 3 0-2 6, Robert McElligott 2 0-0 4, Roy Proctor 1 0-0 3, Dan Basile 0 1-2 1, Matt Kenny 0 1-21 and Kyle Huddleston. Team: 26 5- 9 58. 3-pts: Proctor. The H eppner M ustang JV boys built a 30- 12 lead at the h a lf and rolled past the Stanfield Tigers 58- 32 on Saturday, Dec. 20 in Stanfield to improve to 3 and 1 on the year. M atthew VanCleave and K ory Paullus each had four points as the M ustangs took a 12-5 lead after one and Paullus had four more and Roy Proctor hit a 3-pointer in the second as they extended their lead. Josh Gutierrez scored six po in ts and R ory K ilkenny three as they increased their lead to 43-21 after three. Kyle Carlson had four points in the (¿Jtayrpy ¿ fle w ^ .e a r! fjcom everyone at ¿Peterson's ¿jew elers Before we step into the future, we'd like to step back and say Thank You to all our customers and friends who have helped make our year a success. QOe w ill be closed ¿January 1st 20 rebounds. M urray added 11 points and Seitz 10 points. Elguezabal had nine points and four steals and Torres had eight points and three assists. H e p p n e r 13 15 17 15-60 Stanfield 11 10 15 7- 43 Heppner- Brian Smith 8 4-4 20, Luke Murray 4 1-4 11, Brandon Seitz 4 2-2 10, Chuy Elguezabal 4 1-1 9, Gus Torres 3 2-3 8, Zack Skaggs 0 2-4 2, Justin B otefuhr and Aaron Griffith. Team: 23 12- 18 60. 3-pts: Murray 2. S ta n fie ld - Jason F lem m er 6 4-10 16, Kyle Sobotta 5 0-0 10, Tyler Gabriel 2 2-2 7, Rick Perches 2 0-0 6, Aaron Abercrombie 1 0-1 2, Jerrad Little 1 0-0 2, Jason Sperr and Mike Sobotta. Team: 17 6-13 43. 3-pts: Perches 2 and Gabriel. M ustang boys pull away from Irish i f com pleted a three-point play, G us Torres hit a 3-pointer, Seitz scored o ff a rebound, M urray hit a baseline jum per then fed Seitz for a basket to m ake it 30-27. Seitz scored o ff a rebound then fed Murray for a lay-in at the buzzer to give the M ustangs a 34-29 lead going into the fourth. M urray opened the fourth by hitting a short jumper. Torres got a steal and lay-in, Sm ith scored o ff a pass from Elguezabal, Murray hit three o f four free throws and Smith hit one o f tw o, before the Irish finally scored to m ake it 51 - 40. Aaron Griffith scored off a tip-in before the Irish hit a 3-pointer for the final margin. M u rra y le d th e M ustangs w ith 20 p oints, seven reb o u n d s and three steals. Smith added 10 points and five rebounds. Seitz had eight points and 10 rebounds. Elguezabal had five assists and Torres had five steals. H eppner 18 16 7 12- 53 D eSales 19 10 9 5- 43 H eppner- Luke Murray 8 3-5 20, Brian Smith 4 2-4 10, Brandon Seitz 4 0-1 8, Gus Torres 3 0-3 7, Justin B otefuhr 1 1-1 3, C huy Elguezabal 1 0-1 2, Aaron Griffith 1 0-0 2, Zack Skaggs 0 1-2 1, Kyler Lovgren, Cody Walton and Brian Haguewood. Team: 22 7-17 53. 3-pts: Murray and Torres. DeSales- Cesar Lopez 7 2-2 21, Nick Conley 1 4-6 6, M atthew Fazzari 2 0-0 6, M ichael R ichard 0 4-4 4, Casey Worth 1 0-0 2 and Blake Nelson. Team: 13 10-1243.3- >ts: Lopez 5 and Fazzari 2. Mustang boys rally to beat Prospectors to make it 49-40 after three By Rick Paullus The H eppner M ustang boys v arsity fell behind after one, but rallied to get a hard fought 67-56 win o v e r th e G r a n t U n io n Prospectors in John Day on Tuesday, Dec. 23 to improve to 7 and 1 overall. In a fast-paced back and fourth first quarter, Luke M urray scored o f f a drive, Brandon Seitz hit three o f four fre e th ro w s a n d C h u y Elguezabal scored twice inside off drives to give the Mustangs a 9-4 lead. Seitz hit two more free throw s and M urray hit a lo n g ju m p e r , b u t th e Prospectors cam e back to get within 13-12. Justin Botefuhr sc o re d o f f a reb o u n d and Brian Smith scored o ff a pass from K yler Lovgren, but the Prospectors hit two 3-pointers at the buzzer to give them an 18-17 lead after one. Smith hit one o f two free throws to tie it then Seitz scored the Mustangs next eight points to m ake it 26-20 and E lg u e z a b a l h it a ru n n in g jum per, but the Prospectors cam e back to get w ithin 28- 26. A aron Griffith hit one o f tw o free throw s and M urray hit a running j umper to give the M ustangs a 31 -27 lead at the half. A fter a G rant Union s c o re to o p e n th e th ird , M urray com pleted a three- point play, Smith hit one o f two free throws, then scored o ff a pass from G riffith and Gus Torres scored o ff a drive to make it 39-30. Elguezabal hit a running jum per and after the Prospectors w ent on a 6-0 run, Murray scored twice and Elguezabal hit a lay-in, then M urray scored o ff a rebound quarters. Murray hit one o f two free throws, Seitz scored o ff a rebound and Sm ith hit two free throw s to make it 54-40. Torres scored o ff a drive, then M urray scored five straight and Brian Haguewood scored o ff a pass from Elguezabal to m ake it 6 3 -4 4 . A fte r six straight from the Prospectors, Smith hit two free throws, then Lovgren hit one and Cody Walton hit one for the final margin. M u rra y led th e M ustangs with 21 points, six rebounds, four steals and three assists, w ith Seitz adding 15 points, 15 rebounds and four blocked shots. Smith had 10 points, 11 rebounds and four blocked shots. E lguezabal added eight points, five assists and two steals. Griffith had two steals and two assists. H ep p n er 17 14 18 18-67 G rant Union 18 9 13 16-56 H e p p n e r- Luke M urray 9 3-6 21, Brandon S e itz 5 5 -7 15, C h u y Elguezabal 5 0-0 10, Brian Smith 2 6-8 10, Gus Torres 2 0-1 4, Justin Botefuhr 1 0-2 2, Brian Haguewood 1 0-0 2, Cody W alton 0 1-4 1, K yler L o v g re n 0 1-2 1, A a ro n G riffith 0 1 - 2 1 and M att Kenny. Team: 25 17-31 67. 3-pts: none G ra n t U n io n - B o Thunell 4 6-6 16, M att Rose 5 0-2 10, Eli M cClure 3 0-0 6, A dam K ow ing 3 0-0 6, C ub C arpenter 3 0-0 6, Ty Rawlins 3 1-2 7, BJ Eddy 1 0-0 2, Trey M ascall 0 2-2 2, Nolan Page 0 1 -4 1 and Isaac M oore 0 0-2 0. Team: 22 10- 18 56. 3-pts: Thunell 2. Mustang JV boys beat Irish in second half By Rick Paullus A 33-15 advantage in the second h a lf carried the Heppner M ustang J V boys to a 62-38 w in over the visiting D eSales Irish on M onday, Dec. 22 to im prove to 4 and 1 on the year. DeSales had an 11- 10 lead after one despite four p o in ts fro m M a tth e w VanCleave, but the Mustangs got four points from M att Kenny in the second to take a 29-23 lead at the half. Josh Gutierrez had six points and VanCleave three as the M ustangs increased their lead to 44-32 a fte r three. VanCleave had six points and Kenny, Mikel Britt and Rory Kilkenny each had four as they coasted through the fourth to win going away. VanCleave led three M ustangs in double figures with 15 points. Kenny added 12 points and Britt added 10. Gutierrez finished w ith eight points. H ep p n e r 10 19 15 18-62 DeSales 11 12 96-38 H eppner- M atthew VanCleave 6 3-4 15, M att Kenny 3 6-6 12, Mikel Britt 5 0- 4 10, Josh Gutierrez 4 0-0 8, Rory Kilkenny 3 0-2 6, Kory Paullus 2 0-0 4, Kyle Carlson 2 0-0 4, Dan Basile 1 0-0 2, Robert McElligott 0 1-2 1 and Kyle Huddleston. Team: 26 10- 18 62. 3-pts: none. DeSales- Moore 8 0- 0 16, Ebding 3 0-0 7, Reiff2 0- 0 5, Richard 1 2-4 4, Thomas 1 1- 13, Duncan 1 0-0 2, Wyjek 0 1-4 1, Zitterkerf, Coding, W ade, C rosby and Wahl. Team: 16 4-9 3 8 .3-pts: Ebding and Reiff. Paustain and Wolff voted employees of the year C USTO M BANNERS Heppner Gazette-Times 6 7 6 -9 2 2 8 SELF EMPLOYED? 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