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. ;
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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.
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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
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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.
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