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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 14, 2004 Mustangs roll over Prospectors Mustang JV girls fall to Prospectors By Rick Paullus By Rick Paullus lone varsity girls win over South Wasco By Marie Key A 15-2 run in the first quarter carried the H eppner It w as a different story less than a w eek later as the M ustang varsity boys to a 51 -22 win over the visiting Grant Heppner M ustang J V girls fell to the Grant Union Prospectors, U nion P rospectors o f John D ay on M onday, Dec. 29, in a 39-19, on M onday, Dec. 29, after beating the Prospectors in non-league basketball w in. The M ustangs improved to 9 and John Day the previous week. The M ustangs dropped to 3 and 1 on the year. H eppner will host Um atilla on Friday, Jan. 16, 4 on the season with the loss. and will be at Sherm an County on Saturday, Jan. 17, as they The M ustangs fell behind 8-6 after one; Sarah Price get back into C olum bia Basin Conference play. They will be had all six points for Heppner. They trailed 17-9 at the half. at W ahtonka on Tuesday, Jan. 20, in a m ake-up o f a gam e Price had four points in the third, but the Prospectors increased that was postponed because o f weather. their lead to 29-15 after three and coasted through the fourth Justin B otefuhr had five points, Luke Murray, three, for the win. and Chuy Elguezabal hit a three-pointer in the M ustangs first The M ustangs hurt them selves with 26 turnovers and quarter run. Elguezabal hit another three-pointer in the second only hit one o f nine free throws. as they increased their lead to 26-8 at the half. Price led the M ustangs w ith 10 p o in ts and 13 The Prospectors got to w ithin 32-18 after three rebounds, with Lynan Bingham adding five points. H eather quarters, but the Mustangs got four points from Aaron Griffith Yocom had five rebounds, three steals and two assists. Lyndi and Matt Van Cleave, three from Brian Haguewood and Josh Patton had four steals. G utierrez, and a three-pointer from M urray as they coasted Statistics through the fourth to the easy win. G rant U nion 8 9 12 1 0 - 3 9 Botefuhr led the Mustangs with 11 points, with Murray H eppner 6 3 6 4 - 19 adding ten points. Elguezabal, Griffith and Van Cleave each G rant U nion-L egg 4 2-3 10, Ferguson 5 0-2 10, added six points. A ndrew s 2 1 -2 5, Allen 2 0-0 5, H oliday 1 2-3 4, M oore 1 1 - Statistics 2 3, Lem cke 1 0-0 2, M yers 0 0-2 0, K rausse, H ueckm an, Tirico, Dowdy. 16 6-1439. Three-pointer: Allen. G rant U nion 2 6 10 4 - 22 H eppner 15 11 6 1 9 - 5 1 H eppner-Sarah Price 5 0-2 10, Lynan B ingham 2 1- Grant Union-Bo Thunell 3 0-0 8, Adam Kowling 2 0- 4 5, Terra W ilson 1 0-0 2, H eather Yocom 1 0-0 2, Lyndi 1 4, M att Rose 1 2-2 4, Isaac M oore 1 0-3 2, C ub C arpenter Patton 0 0-3 0, Sandra K rotzek, B lair K eithley, B rittney 1 0-2 2, Ty R aw lins 1 0-0 2, Eli M cClure, B.J. Eddy, N olin Herbison, M ahaley H uddleston, A shley Zim m erm an. 9 1-9 Page. 9 2-8 22. Three-pointer: Thunell (2). 19. Three-pointer: none. Heppner-Justin Botefuhr 5 1-1 11, Luke M urray 4 1 - 2 10, C huy Elguezabal 2 0-0 6, Aaron Griffith 2 2-2 6, M att Van Cleave 3 0-0 6, Gus Torres 2 0-0 4, Brian H aguew ood 1 1- 1 3 , Josh G utierrez 1 1-3 3, Brian Sm ith 1 0-0 2, K yler Lovgren, M att Kenny. 21 6-9 51. Three-pointer: Elguezabal By Marie Key (2), Murray. The Cardinals traveled to Arlington Friday, Jan. 2, and lone varsity boys lose to Arlington Mustang JV boys beat Prospectors in OT By Rick Paullus lost their first league game to the Arlington Honkers, 36 to 55. Nick Christman lead the Cardinals with 11 points. Tyler Brown shot for seven points. Tyler Raible had six points; Dan Satterly, five. Kelly Thompson, Curtis Thompson and Dan Long had two points each. Billy G ates added one point. Tyler Raible lead in rebounds with eight; Tyler Brown had seven; and Billy Gates and Dan Long had tw o rebounds each. Curtis Thompson, Arthur Ekstrom and Brian Bunch had one rebound each. Tyler Brow n lead w ith three steals, Billy Gates had tw o and Nick Christm an had one. The Cardinals fought hard, but couldn’t overcom e the 9 to 15 lead the H onkers had at the end o f the first quarter. The Heppner Mustang J V boys won their second close gam e in less than a week over the Grant Union Prospectors o f John Day; this tim e it took overtim e as they w on 49-43 on M onday, Dec. 29. With the win, the M ustangs improved to 7 and 1 on the year. The M ustangs took a 9-3 lead after one, getting five points from M att Kenny, and still led 17-14 at the half. They got eight points from Matthew Van Cleave and four from Kory Paullus as they took a seem ingly safe 31 -22 lead after three quarters. The Prospectors d id n ’t quit through, as they cam e back to tie it in the last minute, sending it to overtime with the J kc6re, 37-37. By Marie Key K enny scored tw ice and Van C leave, once, as the The lone Cardinal varsity boys traveled to M aupin on M ustangs took a 43-37 lead and Kenny hit three o f four free Saturday, Jan. 10, to play South Wasco. throws to make it 47-39 with :48.8 left. The Prospectors scored At the end o f the second quarter lone w as ahead, 32 four straight, but Dan Basile scored in the final seconds to seal to 27, but during the third quarter the Redsides started making the win. three-point field goals and jum ped ahead with a 12-point lead. K enny led the M ustangs w ith 16 points, w ith Van The C ardinals couldn’t seem to stop the long shots and lost, Cleave adding 15 points, and Paullus, six. 51 to 66. The boys played a good offensive gam e, but were Statistics weak in defense. G rant U nion 3 11 8 15 6 - 43 Nick Christman lead the team with 18 points, including H eppner 9 8 14 6 12 - 49 four three-point field goals. Tyler Brow n had 14 points, Grant Union-M ascall 5 0-2 10, Page 4 1-49, Rawlins including two three-point field goals. Kelly Thompson had 10 3 0-1 7, H ieple 2 2-4 6, C oxen 3 1-3 7, Ferguson 1 0-0 2, points; Tyler Raible had four points; C urtis Thom pson had Johns 0 1-4 l ,R e e d 0 1-1 1, Sprouffske, H ererra. 18 6-19 two points and Dan Satterly had one three-point field goal. 43. Three-pointer: Rawlins. Tyler Brown lead with 10 rebounds. A rthur Ekstrom Heppner-M att Kenny 6 4-8 16, M atthew Van Cleave and Curtis Thom pson had four rebounds each. Tyler Raible 6 3-5 15, K ory Paullus 2 2-4 6, Josh G utierrez 2 0-2 4, Kyle had three rebounds. Nick Christman and Kelly Thompson had Huddleston 1 0 -0 2 , Mikel Britt 1 0-2 2, Robert M cElligottO tw o rebounds each, and Dan Long had one rebound. 2- 2 2, Dan Basile 1 0-0 2, Kyle Carlson. 19 11-23 49. Three- Coach Dennis Stefani said, “ I think the team showed pointer: none. good moments on the offense side o f the ball. But, we seem to be in a struggle with our defense. Until we can shut the other team s down, we are going to have problem s.” H eppner Colt basketball will hold a small clinic and m eeting to get the program started for the year on Sunday, Jan. 25, at I p.m. at the Heppner High School gymnasium. All interested third through sixth graders are invited to attend. By Marie Key Volunteers and parents are also invited to attend. The lone Cardinal JV boys lost to C ondon, 39 to 49, For m ore inform ation, contact Ron Brisbois at 676- at lone on Saturday, Jan. 3. 5447. Dan Satterly lead the team with 15 points. Dan Long had 12 points; John Walton had five points; William Beigstrom had three points; and Brian Bunch and Curtis Thompson added tw o points each. South Wasco downs lone The lone Lady C ardinals w ere a little slow getting started at M aupin on Saturday, Jan. 10, but a w eek w ith no games or practice didn’t stop them from playing a good game. At the end o f the first quarter lone was 6 and the Redskins 5. At half-tim e lone had extended their lead to 17-11. Sara Peck lead the team w ith 13 points. N atalie McElligott had 12 points, including one three-point field goal. Ashly G ram s had nine points including one three-point field goal. Em ily Key and A m ber Patton had two points each. Natalie M cElligott lead in rebounds with 10. Barbara H olland and Sara Peck had six rebounds each. Em ily K ey had tw o rebounds; and A shly G ram s, Am ber Patton, Jennie Griffith, Alyssa Rietmann, and Kim M orris had one rebound each. T he girls are 2-1 in Big Sky C onference G irls Basketball and 6-3 overall. Mustang girls fall to Prospectors again By Rick Paullus For the second time in six days, the Heppner M ustang girls varsity lost a close game to the Grant Union Prospectors, this time by a score o f 56-52, on Monday, Dec. 29, in Heppner. The M ustangs fell to 3 and 7 on the year. They will get back into Columbia Basin Conference play on Friday, Jan. 16, hosting the Umatilla Vikings. The M ustangs got off"to a good start, taking a 19-16 led after a fast-paced first quarter. Heppner got six points froifi * Susan Southw orth, three each from Stefanie H anson and Shanna Rietmann, and a three-pointer from Katie Britt. Hanson and Southworth each scored four points and M adison Bailey scored five, including a three-pointer, as the M ustangs took a 34-29 lead at the half. The third quarter proved to be the undoing for the M ustangs as they w ere outscored 17-6 as the Prospectors took a 46-40 lead after three quarters. Bailey had five points, including another three-pointer, and Rietmann scored four, but it w asn’t enough as the Prospectors held on for the win. Southworth led the M ustangs with 12 points and five rebounds, with Bailey adding 10 points, nine steals and four rebounds. H anson had nine points, nine rebounds and tw o assists. Rietmann had nine points and nine rebounds. Chelsea Britt had six rebounds and tw o assists. Brooke Rust had six rebounds. The M ustangs hurt them selves by hitting only five o f 17 free throws. Statistics G rant U nion 16 13 17 10 - 56 H eppner 19 15 6 12 - 52 Grant Union-Whitney Simmons 16, Jessyka Reyes 13, Kim M atthew s 13, B obbie V idourek 5, M aci M ascall 4, Bronw yn Bartlett 2, Kaylee Lem cke 1.18 12-24 56. Three- pointer: M atthews (4), Reyes (3), Vidourek. Heppner-Susan Southworth 12, M adison Bailey 10, Stefanie H anson 9, Shanna R ietm ann 9, Linsey M itchell 4, Katie Britt 3, Terra W ilson 3, Brooke Rust 2, C helsea Britt, Blair Keithley. 22 5-17 52. Three-pointer: Bailey (2), K. Britt. Elks Hoop Shoot winners announced Colt basketball clinic planned lone JV boys lose to Condon ■*' oo O I . r ^ _ ^ Dramatic Class Wall Clock with Bold Black Arabic Numerals 24-Hour Markers By Seth Thomas 4 % o f A m o rtc a . Inc . Peterson's I R n 3 H eppn er ¿a J ew elers/ 676-9200 I lone JV girls defeat Arlington Jerad Huddleston takes a shot at the Elks Hoop Shoot The second Elks H oop Shoot w as held on Sunday, January 11, in lone. Two shoots w ere held locally this year because o f the bad weather. By Marie Key Alana Wilson from Heppner made six out o f 25 shots The lone Cardinal JV girls defeated the Honkers JV for first place in the girls’ 8-9 division. Kyle Harrison, Lexington, team , 15 to 13, in A rlington on Friday, Jan. 2. Abby Key lead the lone team with nine points. Jenny was first in the boys’ 8-9 division, m aking 11/25 shots. Z achary O rem o f lone w as first in the b o y s’ 10-11 Griffith and Alyssa Rietmann added three points each. category with 12/25 shots. There were no girls participating in All o f the girls played an excellent game. that age category. In the 12-13-year-old division, W hitney Matthews o f Heppner m ade 16/25 shots and Matt Ham s o f lone m ade 17/ tp j 25 shots for first place. Eight girls and 26 boys participated in the shoot. An T Elks spokesperson com m ented that they w ould like to see <» more girls turning out next year. K risti W orden & A b e M cN am ee The winners will participate in the District Hoop Shoot XPJ «ai Wedding - Saturday, January 17th in H erm iston on Jan. 31. The kids are invited to lunch at the lodge in Herm iston and the shoot starts at 1:30 p.m. “ We hope to see som e people from Heppner, Lexington and lone M elissa W allace & S c o tt T b in g elsta d cheering on the kids,” said the spokesperson. Wedding - Saturday, January 2 4 th If the kids place first at the district hoop shoot they will participate in the state hoop shoot Feb. 14 at Linfield 74« College in McMinnville. <3$ The annual hoop shoot will alternate locations yearly a - ■ H annnar - « ^ * - ■ 917 North Mnrth M lle ln • “}y 217 ein Heppner v ftO g C between H eppner and lone to help boost participation. For more information the program , contact the lodge 676-9158 233 ■**•' M,ln * H«ppn«r -j^ Serving Heppner , Lexington i lone 676*9426 hoop shoot director, M arc O rem , 541-376-5048 ■t ii ¥ Wedding Tabl es ¥ l f 1 ? f ^ Mumy'j
