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Mustang boys beat Tigerscots in first half By Rick Paullus A 34-22 lead at the half carried the Heppner M ustang boys’ varsity to a 68-54 win over the W eston-M cEw en Tigerscots on Friday, Jan. 30 in Athena. The C olum bia Basin Conference win im proved the M ustangs to 8 and 1 and 15 and 2 overall. There will be CBC games at Umatilla on Friday, Feb. 6 and at hom e against Sherm an C ounty on Saturday, Feb. 7. The Mustangs took a 15-9 lead after one getting three points each from Luke M urray and B randon Seitz and a 3- pointer from Gus Torres. They increased their lead getting five points from Zach Skaggs, three from Aaron Griffith and a 3- pointer from Kyler Lovgren in the second quarter. Torres had five points, including a 3-pointer, and Justin Botefuhr, Skaggs and M urray each added four points as the M ustangs increased their lead to 53-35 after three and Seitz had four points in the fourth as they coasted to the win. Torres led a balanced scoring effort w ith 12 points. Skaggs added 11 points and Seitz added nine. H eppner 15 19 19 15-68 W eston-M cEw en 9 13 13 19-54 H eppner- G us Torres 4 2-2 12, Zach Skaggs 5 1-3 11, Brandon Seitz 3 3-5 9, Luke M urray 2 3-4 7, Justin Botefuhr 2 2-2 6, Aaron Griffith 2 1 - 1 5 , Chuy Elguezabal 2 0-1 4, Brian H aguew ood 2 0-0 4, K yler Lovgren 1 0-0 3, Brian Smith 3 0-0 6, Cody Walton 0 1 -4 1 , and Josh Gutierrez. Team: 26 13-22 6 8 .3-pts: Torres 2 and Lovgren. W eston-M cEwen- Jimmy King 6 3-8 15, Hasselbank 3 3-8 9, Ben G reenw alt 3 1-2 8, Scott Peterson 2 1-2 6, Alec Shard 2 1-5 6, Epi B rito 2 0-0 4, Je ff Duke 0 4-4 4, C ory W illiams 1 0-0 2 and Tony Todd. Team: 19 13-31 54. 3-pts: Sheard, Peterson and Greenwalt. M ustang boys blow past Tigers By Rick Paullus Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 4, 2004 • SEVEN coasted to the win getting four points from Kory Paullus and three each from Britt and Kilkenny in the fourth quarter. Britt led four Mustangs in double figures with 19 points. K ilkenny added 12 points and G utierrez and Paullus each scored 10 points. By Rick Paullus A fter an even first quarter against Stanfield, the The Heppner M ustang varsity girls fell behind early M ustangs took a 23-19 lead at the half, getting four points and never could recover as they lost at W eston-M cEw en on each from Gutierrez and Kilkenny in the second quarter. They Friday, Jan. 30 by a score o f 47-30 in C olum bia Basin increased their lead to 44-39 as Gutierrez hit three 3-pointers, C onference play. The loss dropped the M ustangs to 4 and 5 Kilkenny had six points and Paullus four points in die third. in the C B C and 6 and 11 overall w ith gam es at U m atilla on Gutierrez had eight points, including another 3-pointer, Britt Friday, Feb. 6 and at home against first place Sherman County six points and M atthew VanCleave five as the M ustangs held on for the win. on Saturday, Feb. 7 G utierrez led the way with 21 points. Britt added 13 The M ustangs trailed 12-2 after one, but cam e back in the second getting four points from Terra W ilson and a 3- points, Kilkenny 10 and VanCleave eight. H eppner 58, W eston-M cEw en 38 pointer from Katie Britt to get w ithin 20-13 at the half. The H eppner 13 13 20 12-58 T igerscots increased their lead to 30-19 after three quarter W eston-M cEw en- 4 18 8 8-38 and won it in the fourth by hitting nine o f 11 free throws in the Heppner- M ikel Britt 6 7-9 19, Rory Kilkenny 5 2-6 quarter despite four more points from W ilson and another 3- 12, Josh Gutierrez 5 0-0 10, Kory Paullus 5 0-2 10, M atthew pointerfrom Britt. Britt had eight points and two steals with Wilson also VanCleave 2 1-2 5. M att Kenny 1 0-0 2, Kyle Huddleston 0 finishing with eight points. Shanna Rietmann had six points and 0-2 0, Roy Proctor 0 0-2 0, Kyle C arlson and Dan Basile. six rebounds. C helsea Britt had five rebounds and M adison Team: 24 10-23 58. 3-pts: none W eston-M cEw en- Sparks 5 0 -1 1 1 , Johnston 2 6-6 Bailey had two steals. 10, J. Schroeder 1 1-2 4, D. Shroeder 0 3-4 3, Froses 11-1 H eppner 2 1 1 6 11-30 3, G uardipee 1 0-0 2, M cC ullough 1 0-0 2, B aker 1 0-0 2, W eston-M cEw en 12 8 10 17-47 H eppner- Terra W ilson 4 0-3 8, Katie B ritt 3 0-0 8, Lindell 0 1 - 2 1 , G reenw alt. Tompkins and Curtis. Team: 12 Shanna R ietm ann 3 0-0 6, Brooke Rust 2 0-3 4, Stefanie 12-16 38. 3-pts: Sparks and J. Schroeder. Heppner 63, Stanfield 54 Hanson 2 0-2 4, Chelsea Britt, Madison Bailey, Linsey Mitchell H eppner 10 13 21 19-63 and Blair Keithley. Team: 14 0-8 30. 3-pts: K. Britt 2. Stanfield 109 19 16-54 W eston-M cEw en- Johnson 6 7-9 19, Paredes 4 5-8 Heppner- Gutierrez 7 3-7 21, Britt 6 1 -2 13, Kilkenny 13, Thom pson 3 0-2 6, Bennett 12-2 5, Todd 1 0 -1 2 , Baker 5 0-3 10, VanCleave 3 2-5 8, Paullus 2 2-2 6, K enny 1 1-3 0 0 -1 0 , Bonifer, Froese, Turner, Tucker and Miller. Team: 15 3, Carlson 1 0-0 2, Basile 0 0-2 0, Proctor and Huddleston. 14-23 47. 3-pts: Bennett. Team: 25 9-24 63. 3-pts: Gutierrez 4. Stanfield- Gehrke 6 4-6 16, Ram os 5 2-5 12, M ills 2 2-3 7, Zielke 2 2-2 7, W atson 3 0-2 6, Baros 2 0-0 5, D ick 0 1 -4 1 and Blackburn. Team: 20 11 -22 5 4 .3-pts: M ills, Zielke and Baros. By Rick Paullus Mustang girls fall at Weston-McEwen Mustang JV girls nipped by Tigerscots The H eppner M ustang JV girls lost a close gam e to the W eston-M cEw en Tigerscots 37-35 on Friday, Jan. 30 in A thena in their only gam e o f the w eekend. T he M ustangs dropped to 7 and 7 on the year and will be at U m atilla on Friday, Feb. 6 and at hom e against Sherm an C ounty on Saturday, Feb. 7. The tw o team s w ere tied at 8-8 after one as Lyndi Patton hit a 3-pointer and Regi Seitz had three points. The M ustangs took a 16-13 lead at the half as Lynan Bingham had four points and Terra Wilson three points in the second quarter. Patton had five more points in the third as the Mustangs kept a 25-22 lead, but the T igerscots cam e back to steal the win despite six points from Bingham. B ingham led the M ustangs w ith 12 points and four rebounds. Patton added eight points and three steals. Sandra Krotzek had five rebounds and tw o steals and Seitz and Sarah Price each had tw o steals. H eppner 8 8 9 10-35 W eston-M cEw en- 8 5 9 15-37 H eppner- Lynan B ingham 3 6-6 12, Lyndi Patton 2 3-4 8, Regi Seitz 2 1 -1 5 , Terra W ilson 1 1-33, Laurie Murray 1 0 - 1 2 , H eather Yocom 1 0 - 1 2 , Sarah Price 1 0-0 2, Katie B ritt 0 1 -2 1 , B lair Keithley, Sandra K rotzek and C helsey Betsinger. Team: 11 12-18 3 5 .3-pts: Patton. W eston-M cEw en- A lford 7 5-7 19, Bonifer 3 0-0 6, W illiam s 1 0-6 3, Z eller 1 1-2 3, Turner 0 2-4 2, Tucker 1 0- 0 2, G riggs 0 1-2 1, B aker 0 1-21 and H ancock. Team: 13 10-23 3 7 .3-pts: W illiams. After a close first quarter, the Heppner Mustang varsity boys blew past the visiting Stanfield Tigers on Saturday, Jan. 31,71 -43 in Colum bia Basin Conference play. The M ustangs improved to 9 and 1 in the CBC and 16 and 2 overall. The will be gam es at U m atilla on Friday, Feb. 6 and at hom e against Sherm an County on Saturday, Feb. 7. T he M ustangs had a 15-14 lead after one as Luke M urray had seven points, including a 3-pointer, and Brandon Seitz had four points, but they increased it to 33-21 at the half, getting five points from Brian Smith, four each from Seitz and C huy Elguezabal and another 3-pointer from M urray in the second quarter. They kept up the pace in the third as Seitz had eight points and M urray four to increase the lead to 49-27. Sm ith and A aron G riffith each had four points, S m ith, Brian Haguewood, Zach Skaggs and Josh Gutierrez each had three points and Gus Torres hit a 3-pointer. Seitz led the way with 16 points, with M urray adding 14 points and Smith 13 points. H eppner 15 18 16 22-71 Stanfield 147 6 16-43 Heppner- Brandon Seitz 6 4-5 16, Luke M urray 5 2- 2 14, Brian Sm ith 6 1 - 2 1 3 , C huy E lguezabal 3 0-0 6, Zach Skaggs 2 1-2 5, Aaron G riffith 2 0-0 4, Brian H aguew ood 0 3-4 3, G us Torres 1 0-0 3, Josh G utierrez 1 1-2 3, Justin Botefuhr 0 2-2 2, C ody W alton 0 2-2 2 and K yler Lovgren 0 0-2 0. Team: 26 16-23 7 1 .3-pts: M urray 2 and Torres. S ta n f ie ld - J a s o n F le m m e r 3 3 -4 10, A a ro n A bercrom bie 2 4-8 8, Kyle Sobotta 3 0-0 6, Jason Sperr 1 By Rick Paullus 2-2 5, M ike Sobotta 2 0-0 5, Jarrod Little 0 3-4 3, Tyler Gabriel 1 0-0 3, Ricky Perches 1 0-0 2, Emi Ramos 0 1-2 1, Tyler The H eppner M ustang JV boys overw helm ed the Watson and Hershel Zielke. Team: 13 13-20 43. 3-pts: Sperr, W ahtonka Eagles beating them 73-33 in a m ake-up gam e in Flemmer, Gabriel and M. Sobotta. the Dalles. The gam e was originally scheduled for Jan. 9, but w as postponed due to bad roads. The M ustangs took a 20-10 lead after one, getting four points each from Josh G utierrez and M ikel Britt. They increased the lead to 40-17 at the half, getting six points from Rory Kilkenny and four each from Gutierrez and Paullus. Paullus had 10 points and Gutierrez and Kilkenny four By Rick Paullus each as they increased their lead to 60-23 after three and coasted through the fourth for the easy win. Paullus led the M ustangs with 19 points. K ilkenny A fter building a big lead after three, the H eppner Mustang varsity girls hung on to beat the visiting Stanfield Tigers added 17 points, G utierrez added 12 and B ritt added eight 42-39 on Saturday, Jan. 31 in C olum bia Basin C onference points. Heppner- Kory Paullus 8 3-3 19, Rory Kilkenny 8 1- play. The M ustangs even their CB C record at 5 and 5 and improved their overall record to 7 and 11. They will have games 4 17, Josh Gutierrez 6 0 -3 1 2 , Mikel Britt 4 0-0 8, Roy Proctor at U m atilla on Friday, Feb. 6 and at hom e against first place 2 0-1 5, K yle C arlson 2 0-0 4, D an B asile 2 0-2 4, Kyle H u d d lesto n 1 0-2 2, M att K enny 1 0 -0 2 and R obert Sherm an C ountry on Saturday, Feb. 7. M cElligott. Team: 34 4-15 7 3 .3-pts: Proctor. The M ustangs took a 7-6 lead after one, but extended W ahtonka- Sm ith 3 2-2 8, Lick 2 2-2 7, H errigues 2 their lead to 18-9 at the half, getting four points from Stefanie Hanson and three from M adison Bailey. H anson added five 0-0 5, Jones 2 0-0 4, E nriquez 1 1-1 3, D espain 1 0-0 2, points, including a 3-pointer, and Shanna Rietmann added four C yphers 1 0-0 2, Rodha 1 0-0 2, Perez, Stuck and M edona. as they built a 33-19 lead after three. The Tigers outscored the Team: 13 5-5 3 3 .3-pts: Lick and Herrigues. Mustangs 20-9 in the fourth, but it wasn’t enough as they hung on for the win. H anson led the M ustangs with 11 points and five rebounds with Rietm ann adding nine points, eight rebounds By Rick Paullus and three assists. Chelsey Britt had seven rebounds and two After beating the W eston-M cEwen Tigerscots 58-38 steals, Bailey had five rebounds and three steals and Brooke on Friday, Jan. 30 in Athena, the H eppner M ustang JV boys Rust had three steals. Laurie M urray had five rebounds and cam e hom e to hold off the Stanfield Tigers by a score o f 63- Linsey M itchell had two steals and two assists. 54 on Saturday, Jan. 31. T he w ins im proved the M ustangs H eppner 7 1115 9-42 record to 14 and 2 on the year, w ith gam es at U m atilla on Stanfield 6 3 1020-39 Heppner- Stefanie Hanson 5 0-0 11, Shanna Rietmann Friday, Feb. 6 and at hom e against Sherm an C ounty on 4 1 -4 9 , M adison Bailey 2 2-8 6, Brooke Rust 2 1 -2 5 , Chelsea Saturday, Feb. 7. Against the Tigerscots, the Mustangs took a 13-4 lead Britt 2 1-2 5, Linsey M itchell 1 0-0 2. Katie Britt 1 0-0 2, after one, getting seven points from Rory K ilkenny and led Laurie Murray 1 0-0 2, Terra Wilson and Blair Keithley. Team: 26-22 at the half, getting eight points from M ikel Britt in the 18 5 -1 6 4 2 . 3-pts: H anson. Stanfield- Kammerzell 7 1-415, Mills 4 1 -2 1 0 , Surber second quarter. They increased their lead to 46-30 after three, 3 1-3 7, Sandoval 0 3-4 3, Zielke 0 2-2 2, Packard 0 2-2 2, getting 10 points from Josh G utierrez and six from Britt and Mustang JV boys romp over Wahtonka Mustang girls hang on to beat Tigers Mustang JV boys win twice Bautista, Davis and Erwert. Team: 14 10-17 39. 3-pts: Mills. February 2004 seatbelt blitz The State o f O regon ranked num ber four in the o v e rtim e sh ifts e n fo rc in g seatbelt laws and other traffic " a t'? n f° u ^ a! belt USagt ' n related issues. 2003 with 90.4 percent. The M orrow C o u n ty ig State of C regon has m ade going to be involved in a safety substantial progress m the area bHt/ that on M onday, ot seatbelt usage. This is in peb. 9. This safety blitz will go ar. f ¿ UC t0 a Pr° ë ram called 3 -F lag s w hich is a coalition betw een O regon W a s h in g to n und B r itis h th ro u g h S unday, Feb. 22. D e p u tie s fro m M o rro w County will be out during this tim e period doing seatbelt C o l u s a - S in ce O c to b e r 1993, the 3-Flags cam paign has so u g h t to re d u c e the n u m b e r o f m o to r v e h ic le related deaths and injuries by increasing public awareness of laws regarding safety belt use a n d o th e r t r a t t i c is s u e s including DU1I and speed. One o f these tools used in this campaign is a safety blitz. The safety blitzes are done during specific time periods in which o fficers w ork reg u lar and en fo rcem en t. A survey o f M orrow County was done on Jan. 23 o f 100 cars. Sixty-six percentofthedriver’softhose vehjc les w ere w earing their seatbelts. m s puts M orrow C ounty w e], below the state average fo r seatbelt usage, The goal o f the safety blitz is to ¡ncrease seatbelt usage. If y o u b a v e a n y q u e s tio n s j-egürding the safety blitz, you c a n c o n ta c t th e M o rro w County Sheriff’s Department at (541) 676-5317. St. Patrick’s Senior Center news M ark M arch 17 on your calendar. Pat Carroll o f the CCB (Construction Contractor’s Board) will be present during our congregate meal to speak and take questions about “C onstruction Fraud.” The industry is asking for tim e and providing the speaker free o f charge. The inform ation is o f general interest; and especially pertinent for any w ho m ight need sim ple repairs, drastic rem odeling or new building. Discussion of fraud protection in dealing with contract persons will be offered. The time of the meeting is from 11:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. M ore information will be provided at a later date. Sign-up sheets and requests for St. Patrick’s weekend activities will be circulating soon. We do express appreciation for “all-out-efforts’’ o f our m em bers in the past. The tim e o f H eppner’s celebration of our Irish history is enjoyable for all who like to be where the action is. We count on you- you have not let us down. Be ready. A reminder from Ed Baker: the senior bus has regular m edical trips to H erm iston on M onday, W ednesday and Friday; and to Pendleton and W alla W alla on Tuesday and Thursday. This weekly schedule allows extra passengers as room allows. Anyone needing or interested in the service should call the Center at 676-9030 at least 24 hours prior to the day o f need, between the hours o f 9 a.m .-4 p.m. Seventh Day Adventist volunteers are hosts for the Feb. 11 noon meal. Valentine's Day will be the em phasis o f the day. The menu is: fish with tarter sauce, baked potato, spinach, fruit, cheesy biscuits, cup cakes and milk. Inland Northwest to host 2 concerts In la n d N o rth w e s t M u sic ia n s w ill p re se n t a concert in Wallowa at the high school in the Beth Johnson Room on Saturday, Feb. 14 at 7 p.m ., and on Sunday. Feb. 15 at the Hermiston High School auditorium at 3:15 p.m. T he o rc h e stra w ill perform SinfoniaConcertante for oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon. Soloists are Jean Sands (o b o e ), Fanny Fitzgerald (clarinet), Phillip H e c to r ( h o r n ) a n d J ill Je sp e rse n (b a s s o o n ). T he orchestra will also perform Beethoven’s Sym phony #4. T h ese c o n c erts are p re se n te d free o f c h a rg e . Sponsors for this concert are: J.B . B ane a n d C o m p a n y , C o le m a n a n d C h r is m a n In su ra n c e, C a lp in e C o rp o ratio n and W allow a High School Music Department.
