Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Mustangs use 2nd quarter to down Eagles
Rick Paullus
A 15-6 ru n in the
second q u a rte r h elp ed the
H e p p n e r M u sta n g s co m e
b a c k to b e a t th e J o s e p h
Eagles 57-44 on Thursday,
Feb. 26 in Heppner in the first
r o u n d o f th e O S A A -U S
Bank-Les Schwab Tires 2004
Class 2A basketball state play-
offs. The Mustangs improved
to 21 and 3 on the year and
advanced to the second-round
to play at Regis on Saturday,
F e b . 28 fo r th e r ig h t to
a d v a n c e to th e s ta te
cham pionships in Pendleton.
T h e M u s ta n g s b e a t th e
defending cham pion and top-
ranked Regis 51 -50 in the first
gam e o f the season for both
teams on Dec. 5 at the Santiam
Christian Tournament.
Brian Sm ith got the
M ustangs on the board first
w ith a rebound basket as the
team s traded baskets m ost o f
the first quarter. The Mustangs
to o k t w o - p o in t le a d s as
B ra n d o n S eitz hit a sh o rt
ju m p e r, C h u y E lg u e za b a l
sc o re d o f f a re b o u n d and
Sm ith scored o ff a pass from
Justin Botefuhr and hit a short
jum per. Seitz scored o ff a
drive to tie the gam e at 12-12,
but the Eagles scored to end
the first with a 14-12 lead.
E lguezabal tied the
gam e to open the second, the
E ag les sc o re d to go back
ahead, then Seitz hit a long
jum per and Elguezabal scored
o ff a pass from G us Torres to
give the M ustangs an 18-16
lead. A fter the E agles tied it
again, Aaron Griffith scored off
a pass from Elguezabal, Torres
scored o ff a steal, Elguezabal
hit a ru n n in g ju m p e r and
B otefuhr scored o f f a pass
from Torres to m ake it 26-18.
A f te r a n E a g le b a s k e t,
Elguezabal hit one o f two free
throws to give the Mustangs a
27-20 lead at the half.
T h e E a g le s s c o re d
tw ice to open the third, but
Seitz scored four straight to
push th em b ack to 31-24.
A fter four straight from the
E a g le s , E lg u e z a b a l h it a
running jum per, Torres fed
M urray and Seitz for lay-ins
and M urray scored o ff a drive
to m ake it 39-28. The Eagles
scored to end the third with the
M ustangs leading 39-30.
The Eagles scored to
open the fourth, but M urray
and E lguezabal scored o ff
drives to m ake it 43-32. After
a Joseph score, Seitz hit a
ru n n in g ju m p e r, th e n the
Eagles scored again; M urray
scored o ff a pass from Torres
and hit one o f two free throws,
Seitz hit three o f four free
th r o w s a n d E lg u e z a b a l
com pleted a three-point play
to m ake it 54-36 w ith 2:32
left. M urray scored o ff a drive
to make it 56-38 with 1:12 left
and Zach Skaggs hit one o f two
free throw s and the Eagles hit
tw o 3-pointers late to m ake
the final 57-44.
By
Seitz led the Mustangs
w ith 17 points, six rebounds
a n d tw o b lo c k e d s h o ts .
E lguezabal added 16 points
and two assists. Murray added
11 points and four rebounds,
Torres had five assists and four
steals, Smith had six rebounds
and three blocked shots and
Botefuhr had three assists and
two steals.
H e p p n e r 12 15 12
18-57
Joseph 14 6 10 14-
44
H ep p n e r- B randon
S e itz 7 3 -4 17, C h u y
E lguezabal 7 2-3 16, Luke
Murray 5 1-3 11, Brian Smith
3 0-0 6, A aron G riffith 1 0-0
2, Justin Botefuhr 1 0-0 2, Gus
Torres 1 0-0 2, Zach Skaggs
0 1-21, K yler Lovgren, Matt
VanC leave, Brian Haguewood
and C ody W alton. Team: 25
7-12 57. 3-pts: none.
Joseph-
C o le
L a th ro p 8 0-4 16, C o re y
O tten 3 2-2 8, D erek Layton
2 2-3 7, Tristan Patton 3 0-0
6, Malte Siever 2 0-0 4, Kyle
Hook 1 0-0 3, Andy Hayes,
Lane Bailey, C had Dotson,
Justin Bird, Joe D aw son and
Tristan Gorsline. Team: 144-
9 4 4 . 3 - p ts : H o o k a n d
Layton.
photos by Teresa Hughes
Mustangs end season at Regis
By Rick Paullus
A v e ry s u c c e s s fu l
seaso n
cam e
to
a
disappointing end in the fourth
q u a rte r, at R e g is, for the
H eppner M ustangs as they
lost 66-52 on Saturday, Feb.
28 in the O SA A /U S Bank/
Les Schw ab Tires State 2A
b a s k e tb a ll p la y o f f s . T h e
M ustangs, 21 and 4 on the
year, battled the Ram s for
three plus quarters, but w ent
cold in the fourth, were forced
to foul and the Ram s made 12
o f 13 free throws in the fourth
to pull away for the win.
The game marked the
final g a m e in a M u sta n g
u niform for se n io rs Luke
M urray, C huy E lguezabal,
B ria n
S m ith ,
B ria n
Haguewood, K yler Lovgren,
Aaron Griffith, Justin Botefuhr.
Z ach Skaggs and C ody
W alton. The rest o f the team
w ere ju n io rs B randon Seitz
a n d G u s T o rre s a n d
sophom ore M att VanCleave
and were coached by Forrest
M c K in n is a n d C h u c k
Matteson.
S e itz o p e n e d th e
game by hitting a short jum per
but the Ram s w ent on a 6-1
run to take a 6-3 lead. Seitz
s c o re d o f f a p a s s fro m
Elguezabal and Botefuhr hit a
lo n g ju m p e r to g iv e th e
M ustangs a 7-6 lead and after
again, but the Rams scored to
end the third with a 43-41 lead.
Regis scored first to
open the fourth. Sm ith hit a
short jumper, the Rams scored
four straight and after Seitz hit
two free throws, they pushed
their lead to 54-45. Elguezabal
got a steal and lay-in, the Rams
hit two free throws and Torres
scored o ff a drive to m ake it
56-49. A fter tw o m ore free
throws, Torres hit one o f two
with 2:20 left to m ake it 58-
50 but the Rams hit six o f six
in the next m inute to put the
g a m e aw ay . H a g u e w o o d
scored inside o ff a pass from
Torres for the M ustangs last
points o f the year with about a
minute left.
Seitz had 13 points
and tw o blocked shots with
Torres adding 10 points, two
a s s is ts a n d tw o s te a ls .
Elguezabal had a good all-
around game with eight points,
s e v e n a s s is ts a n d s e v e n
rebounds. Sm ith had nine
rebounds, M urray had four
rebounds and two assists and
Botefuhr had four rebounds.
H ep p n er 13 17 11
11-52
Regis 19 11 13 23-66
H eppner- B randon
Seitz 5 3-4 13, G us Torres 4
1-2 10, Chuy Elguezabal 3 0-
0 8, Zach Skaggs 3 0-0 6,
Justin Botefuhr 2 1-2 5, Luke
M urray 2 0-0 4, Brian Smith
2 0-0 4, Brian H aguew ood 1
0-0 2, Kyler Lovgren, Aaron
G riffith and C ody W alton.
T eam : 22 5-8 52. 3 -p ts :
Elguezabal 2 and Torres.
R e g is :
B la k e
M usscardin 9 4-6 24, Tyler
Lulay 5 6-8 18, Drew Church
2 8-8 13, N athan Keudell 4
0-0 8, Ricky B rentano 2 1 -2
5, B rian K eohnke, A ustin
M o o th a rt, R u ssell L ulay,
L aw rence Silbernagel and
Ryan Butler. Team: 22 18-24
66. 3 - p ts ; T. L u la y .j^ j
Musscardin 2 and Church. J
the Rams came back with five
straight, Botefuhr hit another
long jum per and Smith scored
o ff a drive to tie it at 11-11.
Regis scored eight straight until
Seitz scored o ff a pass from
E lguezabal to end the first
quarter trailing 19-13.
After a Ram basket to
open the second, Torres hit a
3-pointer, but Regis pushed
their lead to 24-16, but back
c a m e th e M u sta n g s w ith
M urray hitting a ju m p er and
Torres feeding Seitz for a lay-
in. A Ram 3-pointer m ade it
27-20, but S kaggs scored
three straight lay-ins on passes
from Elguezabal, Lovgren and
M urray, then M urray scored
o ff a rebound and Torres got
a steal and a lay-in to make it
30-27. Regis tied it at the half
at 30-30 on a late 3-pointer
after a scram ble for a loose
ball.
The Rams opened the
third w ith a basket to take the
lead, but E lguezabal hit a 3-
pointer and Seitz made one of
two free throws to make it 34-
32. After the Rams tied it again,
E lg u e z a b a l hit a long 3-
poionter only to see the Rams
com e back to take a 39-37
lead. Torres tied it with a drive
and lay-in, the Ram s went
ahead and Seitz scored o ff a
pass from M urray to tie it
Mustang head coach Forrest McKinnis paces the
sidelines
Heppner fans cheer on the team
HHS announces
March schedule
Gus Torres guards a Regis player
Chuy Elguezabal goes up for a layin against Regis
EWU announces Dean’s List
lone Lady Cardinals fall in
first round
A shley C arm ack, o f lone, was listed on Eastern By Marie Key
Washington University’s Fall Quarter 2003 Dean’s List. To be
listed, a student m ust carry at least 12 credits and achieve a
T h e lo n e L a d y
grade point average o f 3.5 (4.0 scale) or above, w hich is C ardinals lost to the C rane
equivalent to the letter grade “A.”
M ustangs, 35-40, in the first
round o f state playoffs on Feb.
28 at lone.
The Lady C ardinals’
offense struggled from the
beginning o f the gam e, but
their defense kept Crane from
the basket until the final few
minutes o f the fourth quarter.
T h e f ir s t q u a r te r
ended with lone behind one
p o in t, 7-8. In the seco n d
quarter, lone scored eight
points to Crane's seven points.
The third quarter ended with
lone in the lead, 25-23. In the
fourth quarter the Lady Cards
had 10 points, and Crane had
18 points.
Natalie McElligott led
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points, including four three-
p o in t fie ld g o a ls . O th e rs
contributing w ere Sara Peck
w ith four p o in ts; B arbara
H olland w ith three; A m ber
Patton and Eva C hitty with
two points each; and Em ily
Key with one point.
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Patton led w ith five
re b o u n d s . K ey h a d fo u r
r e b o u n d s a n d o n e s te a l;
M c E llig o tt h a d
th re e
rebounds, four steals and four
blocked shots; H olland had
three rebounds; Peck had two
reb o u n d s and tw o ste a ls;
Chitty had two rebounds, two
steals, three assists and one
b lo c k e d sh o t; a n d A sh ly
Gram s had one rebound.
H e p p n e r J u n io r /
Senior High will be holding
S p rin g B re a k M a rc h 22
through March 26.
The M orrow County
School Board will m eet at 7
p.m ., M onday, M arch 8, at
A.C. Houghton in Boardman.
T h e H H S W in te r
S p o rts D e s s e rt w ill be
Tuesday, M arch 9 at 7 p.m.
The
HHS
S ite
Council will meet at 6 p.m. on
Wednesday, March 10 and the
HHS Booster Club will meet
at 7 p.m.
On Friday, M arch 12
the OSEA Fiddlers will be at
th e H e p p n e r E le m e n ta ry
School gym at 5 p.m. and 9
p.m. There will also be a Lads
and Lassies D ance from 7
p.m. until 1 a.m.
T h e C o m m u n ity
E ducation C om m ittee will
m eet on M onday, M arch 15
at 7 p.m . at HES.
Also remember, wear
g re e n on S t. P a t ’s D ay ,
W ednesday, M arch 17.
T here w ill also be
num erous baseball and track
events beginning this month.
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