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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - FIVE Mustang girls fall to Rockets By Rick Paullus The H eppner M ustang varsity girls never could get going as they fell to the visiting Pilot Rock Rockets 66-36 on Friday, Jan. 23 in C olum bia Basin C onference play. The M ustangs dropped to 3 and 4 in the CBC and 5 and 10 overall. There will be CBC games at W eston-McEwen on Friday, Jan. 30 and at hom e against Stanfield on Saturday. The R ockets ju m p ed out to a 21-10 lead after one and led 39-17 at the h a lf and outscored the M ustangs 27-19 in the second half to secure the win. M adison Bailey had eight points and tw o steals with Brooke Rust adding nine rebounds and five steals. Stefanie Hanson and C helsja Britt each had five rebounds and Shanna Rietmann had three assists. H eppner 10 7 10 9-36 Pilot R ock 21 18 15 12-66 Heppner- Madison Bailey 2 2-2 8, Linsey Mitchell 3 0- 1 6, Shanna Rietmann 2 0-0 5, Chelsea Britt 2 1-2 5, Brooke Rust 2 0-2 4, Terra Wilson 2 0-0 4, Stefanie Hanson 1 0-0 2, Katie Britt 1 0-0 2, Blair Keithley and Laurie Murray. Team 15 3-7 36. 3-pts: Bailey 2 and Rietmann. Pilot Rock- Kylie Bronson 7 4-6 21, Ally Robles 9 0-1 18, Hannah Kirk 2 4-5 8, Jenn Ulrich 3 0-16, Ashley Simpson 2 1-2 5, Haley Kannard 0 4-4 4, Jessie Westberg 1 0-0 2, Stefka Waite 0 1-2 1, Kelsey Walker 0 1-3 1, Christina Barkley and Andrea Pedro. Team: 24 15-24 66. Mustang girls blow out Bulldogs in second half By Rick Paullus f After trailing 15-11 late in the first quarter, the Heppner M ustang girls varsity outscored the C ulver Bulldogs 53-17, including 31 -9 in the second half, the rest o f the way to take a 64-32 win in C ulver on Saturday, Jan. 24 in Colum bia Basin C onference play. The M ustangs im proved to 4 and 4 in the CBC and 6 and 10 overall w ith gam es at W eston-M cEw en on Friday, Jan. 30 before playing at hom e on Saturday, Jan. 31 against Stanfield. The Bulldogs went up 5-0 before Shanna Rietm ann got the Mustangs on the board by hitting a long jumper. Stefanie Hanson scored inside then fed Rietmann for a lay-in then hit a 3-pointer, but the Bulldogs still led 13-9. Terra W ilson scored o ff a pass from Brooke Rust and w ith the B ulldogs leading 15-11. Rust scored o ff a rebound, K atie Britt hit tw o free throws and Rietmann scored o ff a rebound to give the Mustangs their first lead at 17-15 after one. Rietmann scored twice, Hanson hit a running jum per and C helsea B ritt and Rust scored o ff drives to m ake it 27- 16. Rust scored o ff a rebound to m ake it 29-18 and M adison Bailey hit tw o lay-ins to end the first h a lf with the M ustangs leading 33-23. Linsey M itchell scored twice, Rietm ann scored o ff a m issed shot and Laurie M urray hit two free throw s to make it 41 -25 midway through the third. Blair Keithley got a rebound basket, M urray scored inside and Bailey hit a 3-pointer to end the third with the M ustangs leading 48-27. Bailey hit a short jum per, H anson scored o ff a drive and Rust scored tw ice inside to m ake it 56-29. Keithley hit a rebound basket and fed R ietm ann for a lay-in, w ho then returned the favor and Katie Britt hit two free throw s to close out the scoring. Rietmann had 12 points, 12 rebounds, four assists and two steals. Hanson had 11 points, 13 rebounds and two assists. Rust had 10 points and two assists. Bailey had nine points, six rebounds, five assists and tw o steal. K eithley had seven rebounds and W ilson had two steals. H eppner 17 16 15 16-64 C ulver 15 7 4 6-32 Heppner- Shanna Rietmann 6 0-0 12, Stefanie Hanson 5 0-4 11, Brooke Rust 5 0-0 10, Madison Bailey 4 0-0 9, Blair Keithley 3 0-0 6, Linsey Mitchell 2 0-0 4, Laurie Murray 1 2-2 4, Katie Britt 0 4-4 4, Chelsea Britt 1 0-2 2 and Terra Wilson 1 0-0 2. Team: 28 6-12 64. 3-pts: Hanson and Bailey. Culver- M cW illiams 7 4-11 18, Alley 1 9-18 11, Thompson 1 0-0 2, Montes 0 1-21, Ganstead 0 0-2 0 and Pooke. Team: 9 14-33 32. 3-pts: none Mustang girls rout Eagles By Rick Paullus The H eppner M ustang varsity girls evened their C olum bia Basin Conference record at 3 and 3 by routing the W ahtonka Eagles, 43-17, in The Dalles on Tuesday, Jan. 20. The M ustangs, now 5 and 9 on the year, will play at Weston- M cEwen on Friday, Jan. 30, and will be at hom e on Saturday against Stanfield. The M ustangs took an 11-4 lead after one, getting five points, including a three-pointer, from Stefanie Hanson, and increased it to 17-5 at the half. Shanna R ietm ann hit a three-pointer in the third to help them to a 29-11 lead after three. C helsea B ritt had six points, Brooke Rust, four, and Rietm ann, three, in the fourth as the M ustangs cruised to the easy win. Britt led the M ustangs with nine points and nine rebounds, with Rust adding eight points and four rebounds. Rietmann had eight points and three assists; Hanson had seven points and two steals; Linsey Mitchell had four rebounds; and M adison Bailey had three assists. H eppner: 11 6 12 14-43 W ahtonka: 4 1 6 6 -1 7 Heppner- Chelsea Britt 3 3-4 9, Shanna Rietmann 3 I- 2 8, Brooke Rust 4 0-1 8. Stefanie Hanson 3 0-1 7, Blair Keithley 2 0-0 4. Madison Bailey I 1-2 3, Terra Wilson 1 0-0 2, Katie Britt 1 0-0 2 and Linsey Mitchell. Team: 18 5-10 43. 3-pts: Hanson and Rietmann. Wahtonka- Lacey Lick 3 1-2 7, Campos 2 0-0 4, Zabel 0 2-4 2, Grayson I 0-0 2, Lindsey Lick 1 0-0 2, Holland 0 0-1 0, Padilla. Harmon and Hilbun. Team: 7 3-7 17. 3-pts: none Coil places at wrestling tournaments Jode C oil, a student at H eppner High School, is currently wrestling for Riverside High School. At competitions held Jan. 17 and 18, Coil placed fourth in a tournam ent at Grant Union and seventh at a Bend tournament. Mustang boys hold off Rockets Mustangs hold off Huskies By Rick Paullus By Rick Paullus After trailing by two after one, the Heppner Mustang varsity boys outscored Sherm an County 34-16 in the second and third quarters and held o ff the H uskies, taking a 62-50 win on Saturday, Jan. 17 in M oro in Colum bia Basin Confer ence play. The M ustangs improved to 5 and 0 in the CBC and 12 and 1 overall, w ith gam es at W eston-M cEwen on Friday, Jan. 30 and at hom e against Stanfield on Saturday, Jan. 31. The Huskies led 14-12 after one, despite seven points from Luke Murray, but the Mustangs rallied in the second be hind nine points from M urray and six from Brandon Seitz to take a 29-20 lead at the half. The M ustangs continued their strong play in the third, increasing their lead to 46-30 after three behind eight points from Chuy Elguezabal, four each from Murray and Brian Smith, and a three-pointer from Aaron Griffith. M urray had six more points and Seitz added four as they held o ff the H uskies to take the win. M urray had 26 points to lead the M ustangs, with Elguezabal adding 12 points, Seitz 10 and Sm ith had eight point. H eppner: 12 17 17 16-62 Sherm an C ounty: 14 6 10 2 0 -5 0 Heppner- Luke Murray 12 0-0 26, Chuy Elguezabal 6 0-1 12, Brandon Seitz 5 0-2 10, Brian Smith, 4 0-0 8. Aaron Griffith 1 0-0 3, Justin Botefuhr 1 0-0 2, Zack Skaggs 0 1-21, Kyler Lovgren 0 0-1 0, Cody Walton, Brian Haguewood and Gus Torres. Team: 29 1-6 62. 3-pts: Murray 2 and Griffith. Sherm an C ounty- C lint M oore 8 8-12 24, Evan Kaseberg 3 2-2 8, Eliot Kaseberg 3 0-0 7, Chad King 2 1-3 6, Matt Kaseberg 1 1-2 3. Brett Brown 1 0-0 2 and Preston Wallace. Team 18 12-19 50. 3-pts: King, El. Kaseberg. Trailing 8-2 early in the first quarter, the H eppner M ustang varsity boys rallied to take a 15-14 lead after one and \vent on to hang on for a 49-44 physical w in over the visiting Pilot Rock Rockets on Friday, Jan. 23 before a packed gym. The win gives the M ustangs sole possession o f first place in the C olum bia Basin Conference with a 7 and 0 record and 14 and 1 overall. The Mustangs continue CBC play at Weston- M cEw en on Friday, Jan. 30 and return hom e on Saturday, Jan. 31 to face Stanfield. The Rocket led 6-0 before Brian Smith hit a rebound basket then converted a three-point play to get the M ustangs within 8-5. Luke M urray hit a running jum per to m ake it 10-8. B randon Seitz scored o f f a m issed shot to m ake it 12-10. Smith scored inside then Seitz hit a lay-in o ff a pass from Chuy E lguezabal at the buzzer and w as fouled. He m ade the free throw to give the M ustangs the 15-14 lead. M urray scored tw ice and Smith once to increase the lead to 21 -14, but the Rockets cam e back to get w ithin one at 21 -20 before Justin B otefuhr hit three o f four free throw s. A fter a Rocket 3-pointer, M atthew VanCleave scored inside o ff a pass from G us Torres to give the M ustangs a 26-24 lead at the half. Seitz scored o ff a rebound to m ake it 28-24. Elguezabal hit a running jum per then fed Murray for a lay-in to m ake it 32-26, but the Rockets cam e right back to tie it at 32- 32. Seitz scored inside and M urray hit a 3-pointer, but the M ustangs led ju st 37-35 at the end o f three. M urray and B otefuhr hit jum pers to open the fourth quarter. VanCleave hit a jum per from the key and Elguezabal hit a lay-in to make it 45-39. A fter four missed free throw s by the Rockets, M urray hit tw o to m ake it 47-39. The M ustangs m issed four straight free throw s dow n the stretch and after a R ocket 3-pointer m ade it 47-44 w ith seven seconds left, Murray sealed the win by hitting two free throws with four and a half seconds left. M urray had 17 points, three steals and tw o assists. Smith scored nine points, grabbed 13 rebounds, blocked three shots and had three steals. Seitz had nine points, 10 rebounds and four steals. Z ach Skaggs had five steals, B otefuhr had four rebounds and two assists and Elguezabal had three assists. H e p p n e r 15 11 11 12-49 Pilot Rock 14 10 11 9-44 Heppner- Luke Murray 6 4-4 17, Brian Smith 4 1-2 9, Brandon Seitz 4 1-3 9, Chuy Elguezabal 2 1-6 5, Justin Botefuhr 1 3-4 5, Matt VanCleave 2 0-0 4, Kyler Lovgren, Zach Skaggs and Gus Torres. Team: 19 10-19 49. 3-pts: Murray. Pilot Rock- Frank Hoogesteger 6 0-3 12, T.J. Parrish 4 0-0 9, Josh Wallis 2 4-108, Michael Krosting 2 0-0 5, Phil Perrine 0 4-5 4, Mitch Byrnes 2 0-1 4, Jimmy Doherty 1 0-0 2, Bobby Parrish and Nolan Mills. Team: 17 8-19 44. 3-pts: Krosting and T.J. P arrish . Mustangs fall short at Culver By Rick Paullus A combination o f a hard-fought game against Pilot Rock the night before, the long bus ride, a hot N ate Lewis and too m any fouls laid the foundation for a 71 -68 loss by the Heppner M ustang varsity boys to the Culver Bulldogs on Saturday, Jan. 24 in Columbia Basin Conference play. The Mustangs fell to 7 and 1 in the CBC and 14 and 2 overall on the season and will be at W eston-M cEw en on Friday, Jan. 30 and back hom e on Saturday, Jan. 31 against Stanfield. The Mustangs started out alright as Justin Botefuhr hit a ju m p e r and Luke M urray scored o ff a pass from C huy Elguezabal to give them a 5-3 lead and Brandon Seitz converted a three-point play to make it 8-7. M urray hit a jum per then fed Z ach Skaggs inside to m ake it 12-9 but tw o 3-pointers by Lewis gave the Bulldogs a 15-12 lead. Seitz hit three o f four free throw s to tie it up then scored o ff a pass from Elguezabal to tie it again at 17-17, but the B ulldogs took a 19-17 lead after one. Gus Torres scored off a drive, Seitz hit two free throws, then scored o ff a drive, but the Bulldogs still led 27-23, but a three-point play from Kyler Lovgren got the Mustangs to within one. Seitz scored o ff a rebound, but the Bulldogs took a 34- 28 lead at the half. M urray and B otefuhr scored to open the third, but eight straight points from Lewis m ade it 42-32 until M urray scored o ff a drive and Torres fed Botefuhr for a lay-in. Smith scored inside then Skaggs scored o ff a steal, but the official scorer didn’t catch it so it w asn’t counted and it would hurt the M ustangs later. Lewis hit two more 3-pointers to close out the third with the Bulldogs leading 54-40. Smith scored inside and Elguezabal hit a runningjumper then a 3-pointer to m ake it 57-47. Sm ith then scored o ff a rebound, Skaggs scored o ff a rebound, Elguezabal hit tw o free throw s and Botefuhr scored o ff a rebound to m ake it 60- 55. Smith scored o ff a rebound, Elguezabal scored o ff a steal. Sm ith scored o ff a pass from Lovgren to m ake it 65-61. Seitz then scored o ff a rebound and B otefuhr scored o ff a pass from Torres to m ake it 67-65 with 1:30 left. Lovgren hit a 3- pointer w ith just over a minute left to get the M ustangs within one at 69-68, but that w as as close as they w ould get as the Bulldogs held on for the w in. T he B ulldogs hit 14 o f 22 free throw s in the fourth quarter and 30 o f 49 for the gam e com pared to the M ustangs 12 o f 18. Seitz led the M ustangs with 17 points, 11 rebounds and tw o blocked shots. B otefuhr added 11 points, eight rebounds and two assists. Sm ith had 10 points, 10 rebounds and tw o blocks. Elguezabal had nine points, tw o assists and tw o steals. M urray had nine points and tw o assists. Torres had tw o assists and two steals and Lovgren had three assists. H eppner 17 11 14 28-68 C ulver 19 15 20 17-71 Heppner- Brandon Seitz 5 7-9 17, Justin Botefuhr 5 1- 2 11, Brian Smith 5 0-2 10, Luke Murray 4 1-29, Chuy Elguezabal 3 2-2 9, Kyler Lovgren 2 1-2 6, Zach Skaggs 2 0-0 4, Gus Torres 1 0-0 2 and Matt VanCleave. Team: 27 12-18 68. 3-pts: Elguezabaland Lovgren. Culver-Nate Lewis 10 16-21 4 3 ,0 'G o rm an 4 6-12 15, Kyle Blood 2 4-109. Rhean 0 2-2 2, Boyd 0 2-4 2, Roen and Towell. Team: 16 30-49 71. 3-pts: Lewis 7, O ’Gorman and Blood. Mustangs boys blow out Eagles By Rick Paullus T he H eppner M ustang varsity boys blew past the W ahtonka Eagles, 83-23, on Tuesday, Jan. 20, in a m ake-up o f a Colum bia Conference game originally scheduled for Fri day, Jan. 9. The gam e w as postponed due to bad weather. The M ustangs im proved to 6 and 0 in the CBC and 13 and 1 overall. The M ustangs took a 17-10 lead after one, getting six points from Brian Smith, five from Brandon Seitz, and four from M atthew Van Cleave. They outscored the Eagles 28-5 in the second, getting seven points from Sm ith and four each from Van Cleave, Luke M urray and Josh Gutierrez, and took a 45-15 lead at the half. Van Cleave had six points and Seitz four, as they in creased their lead to 61-20 after three. They got 14 points from Brian Haguewood and four from Aaron Griffith to finish the rout. Van C leave led the M ustangs w ith 16 points, with H aguew ood adding 14 point. Smith 13, and Seitz 12 point. H eppner: 17 28 16 22- 83 W ahtonka: 10 5 5 3 -2 3 H eppner - M atthew Van C leave 8 0-0 16, Brian Haguewood 7 0-0 14, Brian Smith 6 1-1 13, Brandon Seitz 5 2- 3 12, Luke Murray 4 0-0 8, Aaron Griffith 3 0-0 6, Josh Gutierrez 3 0-2 6, Chuy Elguezabal 1 2-2 4, Kyler Lovgren 1 0-0 2, Cody Walton 1 0-2 2 and Justin Botefuhr. Team: 39 5 10 83. 3-pts: none Wahtonka: Seaver Runarsson 3 2-2 10, Frankie Alvarez 2 1-2 5, Brendon O ’Halloran 0 4-5 4. Brandon Kuehn! 1 0-0 2, J.J. Despain 1 0-0 2 and Andrew Johnson 0 0-1 0. Team: 7 7-10 23. 3-pts: Runarsson 2. Mustang JV boys win two By Rick Paullus The H eppner M ustang JV boys won two games over the weekend, beating the visiting Pilot Rock Rockets, 56-41, on Friday, Jan. 23, before beating Culver, 60-35, in Culver on Saturday, Jan. 24. The M ustangs improved to 12 and 1 on the year. The team will be at W eston-M cEw en on Friday, Jan. 30, before com ing hom e to play Stanfield on Saturday, Jan. 31. The M ustangs took a 14-11 lead over the Rockets in the first, getting eight points from Josh Gutierrez and six from R ory K ilkenny, and led 20-19 at the half. K ilkenny had 10 points and M att Kenny, four, in the third as the M ustangs in creased their lead to 38-26. They got eight points from Gutierrez and five m ore from Kilkenny as they held o ff the Rockets in the fourth to get the win. K ilkenny had 23 points, w ith G utierrez adding 22 points, to lead the way. Gutierrez had six points in the first, but the M ustangs and B ulldogs w ere tied at 10-10 after one in Culver. Kenny had eight points and Kilkenny, three, in the second as they pulled aw ay to a 27-23 lead at the half. Dan B asile had six points and Kory Paullus, five, as the M ustangs increased their lead to 46-31 after three. Gutierrez had six points, Kilkenny, four, and K yle Carlson hit a three-pointer as they coasted through the fourth to the w in. Gutierrez had 18 points, Kilkenny 10, Basile and Kenny eight each and Carlson and Paullus had seven points each. H eppner 56, Pilot Rock 41 H eppner 14 6 18 20- 56 Pilot Rock 11 8 7 15-41 Heppner- Rory Kilkenny, 10 3-5 23, Josh Gutierrez 9 4-5 22, Matt Kenny 2 1-2 5. Dan Basile I 0-0 2, Kyle Huddleston I 0-0 2, Kory Paullus 0 0-2 0. Robert McElligott. Kyle Carlson and Roy Proctor. Team: 24 8-14 56. 3-pts: none Pilot Rock- Norquist 9 2-4 22. Mills 3 1-2 7, Van Pelt 2 2- 2 6, Howard 2 0-3 4, Christensen 1 0-0 2, Doherty, Hill and King. Team: 17 5-11 41. 3-pts: Norquist 2. H eppner 60, C ulver 35 H eppner 10 17 19 1 4 -6 0 C ulver 10 13 8 4 -3 5 Heppner- Gutierrez 8 2-4 18, Kilkenny 4 2-5 10. Basile 4 0-0 8, Kenny 3 2-4 8, Paullus 3 1-2 7, Carlson 2 2-3 7, Huddleston 1 0-0 2. McElligott and Proctor. Team: 25 8-18 60. 3- pts: Carlson. Culver- Hanson 2 8-14 12, Mann 2 3-4 7, W. Rhoan 3 1-2 7, M. Rhoan 2 0-1 4. Symons 1 1-2 3. Cooper 1 0-0 2, Torell, Pokoney. Chavez, Smith. Steadieman and Evans. Team: II 13-23 35. 3-pts: none
