Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - FIVE
Mustang boys rally for 51-46 win over Pirates
By Rick Paullus
After a slow start,
the Heppner Mustang boys’
varsity finally got going
rallying for a 51 -46 win over
the visiting Riverside Pirates
on Saturday, Dec 11 in their
first game of the season The
M ustangs continue their
n o n -leag u e schedule by
hosting the M ustang
T ourney on Friday and
Saturday, Dec. 17 and 18
w ith Portland Lutheran,
Nyssa and Mac-Hi coming
to town
The 2004-05 version
o f the Heppner Mustangs
looks a little different after
graduating long-time starters
C huy E lguezabal, Luke
Murray, Brian Smith and
Justin B otefuhr They do
return with seniors Brandon
Seitz, Gus Torres and Josh
G u tierrez,
who
saw
significant playing time last
year. A long w ith junior,
Matthew VanCleave; seniors
K ory
P aullus,
Kyle
Huddleston and Tyler Boyer;
juniors, Rory Kilkenny, Matt
Kenny and Mikel Britt, who
all have JV experience; and
sophomore, Quinn Peck and
freshman, Matt McCabe will
float up from the JVs. Head
coach F o rrest M cKinnis
returns for his second year
along with assistant Chuck
Matteson. Tim VanCleave is
the new C-Team coach this
year
The Pirates came out
o f firing on all cylinders
blowing out to a 12-0 lead
before the Mustangs finally
got on the board on a
rebound
b ask et
by
VanCleave with 3:40 left in
the first quarter. VanCleave
scored off another rebound
and hit one o f tw o free
throws and Rory Kilkenny
scored off a pass from Torres
to get them within 14-7 after
one.
Seitz opened the
second, scoring off a nice
pass from Torres and hitting
one of two free throws, then
Paullus scored tw ice off
rebounds, but the Pirates still
led 20-14 Kilkenny then fed
Gutierrez for a lay-in and hit
one o f two free throws and
Torres hit one o f two free
throws to narrow the lead to
20-18 at the half
P aullus
and
VanCleave hit one o f two
free throws and Seitz hit a
short jum per to get the
Mustangs within 23-22 and
Gutierrez hit back to back 3-
pointers to give them their
first lead o f the game at 28-
25, but the Pirates came back
to take a 29-28 lead after
three
The Pirates extended
their lead to 33-28 to open
the fourth, but VanCleave
scored o ff a pass from
Gutierrez and Paullus scored
off a pass from Torres to get
within one Paullus hit one
o f two free throws, Torres
hit a running shot off a drive
and Seitz scored off a pass
from Gutierrez, to give the
Mustangs a 37-35 lead Seitz
hit two free throws, but the
Pirates tied it at 39-39, but
back came the Mustangs as
VanCleave scored inside and
hit one of two free throws
and Seitz hit tw o free
throws. Torres scored off a
drive, but the Pirates were
still within two at 46-44 after
a 3-pointer. Gutierrez hit a
long jumper with 35 seconds
left, then tw o free throws
with 16.5 seconds left to
make it 50-44 and clinch the
win.
G u tie rre z led a
balanced scoring attack from
the Mustangs with 12 points
and had two assists and two
steals Seitz added 11 points
and six rebounds, VanCleave
added 11 points and 16
rebounds and Paullus had
eight points, 15 rebounds
and two steals. Torres had
seven rebounds, five assists
and three steals and Kilkenny
had five rebounds. The
Mustangs helped themselves
by hitting nine o f 12 free
throw s in the fourth, but
finished just 1 5 o f3 4 fo rth e
game.
Heppner 7 11 10 23-
51
Riverside 14 6 9 17-
46
H eppner-
Josh
Gutierrez 4 2-2 12, Brandon
Seitz 3 5-6 11, M atthew
VanCleave 4 3-10 11, Kory
Paullus 3 2-4 8, Gus Torres
2 2-9 6, Rory Kilkenny 1 1-
3 3, Matt Kenny and Kyle
Huddleston. Team: 17 15-34
51. 3-pts: Gutierrez 2.
R iv ersid e- Lee
Pritchard 5 5-7 15, Dustin
Swindler 6 0-0 13, Andrew
Parker 3 0-0 6, Brandon
McGill 3 0-0 6, Anthony
Calvillo 1 2-4 4, Shawn
Dirksen 0 2-2 2 and Cody
Nailor 0 2-2 2. Team: 18 9-
15 46. 3-pts: Swindler
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Mustang JV boys lose to Pirates
Quinn Peck fights for
a
rebound
K ic k P a u llu s
photo h\ Sand\ Matthews
Matt Van Cleave (31) and Brandon Seitz fight for a re
bound.
Mustang JV girls fall to Pirates
Bailey Keithley goes after a loose ball
By Rick Paullus
The
H eppner
Mustang JV girls opened the
2004-05 season by falling
short against the Riverside
Piratés by a score of 32-28
at home on Saturday, Dec
11 The M ustangs next
games will be at Hermiston
on Dec. 20, at Culver on
Dec. 21 and back at home
on Dec. 23 at 1 p m
The Mustangs led 8-
6 after one, but trailed 15-
13 at the half and 25-17 after
three quarters of play Lynan
Bingham had five points in
the fourth as the Mustangs
closed to within two, but
couldn’t quite get all the way
back
Bingham led the way
with eight points and nine
rebounds, with Regi Seitz
adding four points, five
rebounds and two assists
Cyde Coil had four points
and two assists, Mahaley
H u d d lesto n
had five
rebounds and Kylie Doherty
and Aftan Betsinger each
had three steals
Riverside 6 118 7-
32
Heppner 8 5 4 11-28
Riverside- Pedro 5
3 - 10 13, Mittlesdorf 3 0-3 6,
Sands 2 0-0 4, Purcell 1 0-0
2, Kroske 1 0-0 2, Costello
1 0-2 2, Wilson 1 0-0 2.
Baker 0 1-2 1, Wise 0 0-2 0,
Sullivan and Toury Team: 14
4 - 19 32
H eppner- Lynan
Bingham 3 2-5 8, Regi Seitz
1 2-4 4, Cyde Coil 2 0-0 4,
photo bv Sands Matthew
The
R iverside
Pirates outscored the host
Heppner Mustang JV boys in
each quarter to take a 56-43
win in the M ustangs first
game o f the season
The M ustangs will
be back on the hardwood on
M onday, Dec
20 at
Hermiston, Tuesday, Dec 21
at Culver and back at home
on Thursday, Dec. 23 against
Grant Union
Quinn Peck had five
points in the first, but the
Mustangs trailed 11-10 after
one and 22-18 at the half.
Peck had nine points,
including a 3-pointer, in the
third to keep the Mustangs
close, but still trailed 36-30
after three and the Pirates
pulled away in the fourth
despite six points from Peck
and four from Andre Rauch
Peck
led
the
photo by Sandy Matthews
Mustangs with 22 points,
with Rauch and M att
McCabe adding four points
each
Riverside 11 11 14
20-56
Heppner 10 8 12 13-
43
Riverside- Kegler 5
4-8 15, Turner 6 0-0 13,
Jones 4 3-5 11, Filarski 3 0-
2 6, Calvillo 2 2-2 6, Morelli
1 0-0 2, Doherty 1 0-1 2,
Youder 0 1-2 1, Martin 0 0-
2 0, Reikkola, Norling and
Callow. Team: 22 10-22 56.
3-pts: Turner and Kegler.
H eppner- Q uinn
Peck 8 5-6 22, Matt McCabe
1 2-4 4, Andre Rauch 1 2-3
4, Casey Maben 1 1-2 3,
Nathan VanCleave 0 3-4 3,
Justin Delveaux 1 0-1 2,
Lane Bailey 0 2-6 2, Tony
Haguewood 1 0-0 2 and
Nacho Elguezabal 0 1-2 1.
Team: 13 16-28 43. 3-pts:
Peck.
“B” team Ponies defeat Irrigon
By Larry Palmer
Kylie Doherty 1 0-0 2, Aftan
Betsinger 1 0-0 2, Mahaley
Huddleston 0 2-5 2, Katie
Kilkenny 1 0-0 2, Whitney
Matthews 1 0-0 2, Kelsie
Fox 1 0-0 2, Baillie Keithley,
Jenna Bowman and Jaylene
Petit. Team: II 6-15 28
St. Patrick’s
Senior Center
news
Volunteers for the
St Patrick’s Senior Center
Dec 22 Christmas meal are
members o f St Patrick’s
Catholic parish The menu
for the day will be baked
ham, sweet potatoes, green
bean casserole, Christmas
fruit salad, hot rolls and
pudding.
The
reg u lar
director's meeting convenes
at 12:30 p m., Dec 15 The
m ajor agenda item is to
com plete plans for the
annual meeting in January
2005.
Bingo will continue
on Dec. 21 at 7 p m in the
dining room Any changes
will be a rran g ed and
announced at that time
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It's on the road again for the Heppner “B” team
Ponies as they traveled to Irrigon to take on the Knights of
Columbia In this duel, the Knights were no match for the
quick-footed Ponies who grabbed a quick 11-2 lead By
the half, the Ponies lengthened their lead to 16-5.
In the second half, the Knights tried to hide behind
their shields, but the onslaught was on and the Ponies were
running wild, out scoring them 18-4 By the time it was
said and done, the Ponies had won 34-9 and it was time to
say “Good Knight.”
Leading a balanced attacked was Chris Wellington
with four points, Tomas Elguezabal downed four, Brian
Holland chipped in seven, Brent Eckman had two, Jordan
Hatfield sank seven, Zach McCarl iced two and Luke Young
exploded for eight Others who contributed to the victory
were Justin Key, Lane Wright, Drew Johnson and Jared
Huddleston
Heppner 115 9 9-34
Irrigon 2 3 0 4-9
“A” team Ponies overthrow Irrigon
By Larry Palmer
Traveling to Irrigon to take on the Knights o f
Columbia, the “A” team Ponies staked their claim and came
away as 35-29 victors
In a jousting match, reminiscent o f days o f old, the
Knights took a 6-5 lead, but the Ponies were still struggling
in the second with the home team taking a commanding
12-7 edge at the half
The Ponies came back gallantly in the third,
outscoring their opponent, 15-6, to send the Knights reeling
from the attack in this decisive duel The Knights tried to
stage a comeback, but couldn’t forge any ground and the
Ponies out shot them 13-11 in the fourth and the Knights
stumbled to the ground never to rebound The Ponies ended
the game with a 35-29 victory
The jousters who commandeered this victory were
Josh Shank with four points, Braden Britt with two, Dalton
Wellman canned seven, Spencer Palmer swished in 13, Joe
Pranger had two, Sam King brought three and Jared
Huddleston finished with four Others contributing were
Brent Eckman and Matt Holland
Heppner 5 2 15 13-35
Irrigon 6 6 6 11 -29
Justice Court report
Ronald Melvin Gorski, 43, Milwaukie, No Written
Record of Transfer- Spike Elk, fine $75.
Thomas E Cox, 26, St Helens, Shooting from a
Public Roadway, fine $150 and Failure to Validate Buck
Deer Tag, fine $150.
Steven P Kauffman, 49, Umatilla, Taking Bobcat
Closed Season, fine $343, 30 suspended days in jail and
one year probation
Loren John Fisher, 69, Clackamas, Aiding in
Wildlife Violation, i.e Taking Cow Elk-Closed Season, fine
$359
Thomas M Fisher, 42, Clackamas, Taking Cow
Elk-Closed Season, fine $359
James C Benson, 49, Boardman, Hunting Branch
Bull Elk- Closed Season, fine $333
Dale F Johnson, 69, Maupin, Taking Cow Elk-
Closed Season, fine $359