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.