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
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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 -
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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If the kids place first at the district hoop shoot they
will participate in the state hoop shoot Feb. 14 at Linfield
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