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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 5,2005 “B" team Ponies split during Irrigon “A” team Ponies begin tournament Mustang JV boys lose two By Rick Paullus tournament with close win B> Larry Palmer By Larry Palmer It was tournam ent tim e for the “ B” team Ponies, as they traveled to Irrigon to participate on Dec 18 In the opening gam e they took on the Rockets o f Pilot Rock Just when the Ponies showed up, so did "Old M an W inter” and the Ponies couldn’t even buy a bucket in the first half They were cold as Jack Frost and when the Rockets lighted their fuel, they thawed out and took an 11-5 halftime lead In the second half, the Ponies traded buckets, but couldn’t make it a closer game and the Rockets prevailed 17- 11 T hose who w ere able to put the ball through w ere Chris Wellington with four points, Brian Holland with four and Jordan Hatfield with three Other key players were Justin Key, Tomas Elguezabal, Lane Wright, Zach McCarl, Luke Young, and D rew Johnson H eppner 5 6-11 Pilot Rock 11 6-17 In their second gam e o f the tournam ent, the Ponies took on the Tigers o f Stanfield It was their first meeting o f the season and the Ponies responded to the w ake up call and jum ped out to an early 13-10 lead The Tigers tried to claw their way back into the game, but the Ponies stomped out any attem pts to get the lead The Ponies took it to the Tigers and outscored them 12-8 in the second and took a 25-18 win The Ponies had a balanced scoring attack led by Holland with eight points, Wellington with six, Young with three and W right and Hatfield with tw o each O thers contributing were Johnson, Key, Elguezabal and McCarl H eppner 13 12-25 Stanfield 10 8-18 Mustangs nip Prospectors 57-56 at buzzer By Rick Paullus G u s T o r re s hit a running jum per just inside the foul line that bounced around and finally fell through at the buzzer to give the H eppner M ustang varsity boys a 57-56 win o v er the G rant U nion Prospectors on Monday, Dec 27 in John Day in non-league action It was the M ustangs third straight win and improved their record to 4-3 on the year, as they will get back into Colum bia Basin Conference play at U m atilla on Friday, Jan 7, before being at hom e on Saturday, Jan 8 hosting the Sherman County Huskies Torres fed Brandon Seitz for a quick bucket to o p e n th e gam e, but Seitz picked up his second foul just 1:38 into the first quarter and had to go to the bench for the rest o f the first quarter Torres fed Rory Kilkenny for a lay-in and Kory Paullus got a steal and a lay-in to m ake it 6-1. M att K enny hit a jum per, Torres m ade one o f tw o free th ro w s and P a u llu s hit a jum per to m ake it 11-5, but the Prospectors came back to get within 11 -9 after one Kilkenny and Seitz hit tw o free throw s each, but the Prospectors built a 20-15 lead m idw ay through the second before the M ustangs cam e back Paullus scored o ff a rebound, Torres hit a short jum per, then fed Seitz for a lay-in and Josh Gutierrez hit a 3-pointer to tie it at 24-24 at the half S e itz gave th e M ustangs the lead to open the third off a lay-in and Gutierrez hit a 3-pointer to m ake it 29- 26, but the Prospectors went o n an 11-0 ru n b e fo r e Gutierrez hit another 3-pointer, scored o ff a drive and Torres converted a three-point play o ff a steal to get them within 39-37 at the end o f three A fter a P ro sp e c to r basket to open the fourth, Torres scored o ff a drive and after an o th er G rant U nion basket, he converted a three- point play, then hit a 3-pointer and Seitz hit three o f four free throw s to make it 53-51 with 1:54 left A P ro sp ecto r 3- pointer gave them back the lead, but Seitz hit tw o free throw s with 36 2 seconds left to give the M ustangs a 55-54 lead The Prospectors hit two free throw s with 10 seconds left to take a short-lived lead as Torres came through at the end and the Mustangs stole the win Torres finished with 19 points, 13 in the fourth, three assists and three steals, S e itz had 13 p o in ts , six rebounds and five blocked shots, G utierrez hit three 3- pointers and had 11 points and Paullus had five rebounds, three steals and tw o assists H e p p n e r 11 13 13 20-57 G rant Union 9 15 15 17-56 Heppner- Gus Torres 7 3-4 19, Brandon Seitz 3 7- 8 13, Josh G utierrez 4 0-0 11, Kory Paullus 3 0-0 6, Rory Kilkenny 2 2-2 6, Matt Kenny 1 0-0 2, Kyle H uddleston, Mikel Britt and Matt McCabe Team 15 12-14 57. 3-pts: Gutierrez 3 and Torres 2 Grant Union- Kowing 8 0-1 16, Thunnell 4 2-3 11, Page 4 2-2 10, M oore 3 4-5 10, M cC lure 2 0-0 4, Heiple 1 0-0 3 and Thom as 1 0-0 2. Team: 23 8-11 56. 3-pts: Thunnell and Heiple The "A ” team Ponies tr a v e le d to S ta n fie ld to participate in the tournam ent there on Dec 18 In the first gam e, the P onies to o k on th e hom e Tigers and it w as a gam e o f ups and downs- they were up one side o f the court and down the other end It was the Tigers w ho sprang out to and early lead, 10-6, at the end of the first half After intermission, the P o n ie s to o k th e c h a rg e , busting out to tie the game, 22 all On the ensuing play, the Tigers had the ball, then missed a shot and the loose ball was grabbed by the Ponies on the rebound Racing dow n the court the ball was passed and the sb0 t w as g o o d as the buzzer sounded giving the p 0 nies a 24-22 win The Ponies scoring cam e fr0 m D alton W ellm an w ith four p o in ts, S p en cer p a i m e r w ith fiv e , J a re d H uddleston w ith eight, Josh Shank with four and Brent Eckm an w ith three points o t h e r c o n tr ib u to r s w e re Braden Britt, Sam King and j oe Pranger H eppner 6 18-24 Stanfield 10 12-22 Mustang JV boys get past Hermiston Frosh B\ Rick Paullus A 16-8 advantage in the fourth quarter helped carry the Heppner Mustang JV boys past the Hermiston Frosh, 55- 48, in Hermiston on Monday, Dec 20. The M ustangs took a 17-12 lead after one, getting seven points, including a 3- p o in te r , fro m B re n d a n M cElligott, six points from Rory Kilkenny and four from Quinn Peck They took a 29- 25 lead at the half, getting five points from M cElligott and four from Peck in the second N a c h o E lg u e z a b a l had four points in the third, but the Bulldogs took a 40-39 lead a fte r th re e , b u t th e M ustangs rallied behind five points from Elguezabal, four from Kilkenny and three from M att M cCabe to take the win K ilk e n n y led th e Mustangs with 15 points, with M c E llig o tt a d d in g 14, Elguezabal 11 and Peck eight H e p p n e r 17 12 10 16-55 H erm iston 12 13 15 8-48 H e p p n e r- R o ry Kilkenny 6 3-6 15, Brendan M cElligott 6 1-2 14, N acho Elguezabal 5 1-3 11, Quinn Peck 3 2-4 8, M att M cCabe 1 1-3 3, Casey M aben 1 0-0 2, Justin D elveaux 0 2-2 2, Mikel Britt, Lane Bailey and A ndre Rauch Team: 22 10- 20 55 3-pts: McElligott. Flerm iston- Allbee 5 3 -4 13, F r o s t 5 0 -0 11, Christensen 4 3-6 11, Hesten 4 0-0 8 and Baldeck 2 1-25. Team : 20 7-12 48 3-pts: Frost. By Rick Paullus “A” team Ponies win one, lose one to finish second in tournament By Larry Palmer The "A ” team Ponies took on the W eston Panthers in the second game o f the “A” team tournam ent The Panthers had dom inated the Ponies both tim es they played them this season, but the Ponies showed that some o f their best playing com es at the end o f the season Taking the Panthers to the mat in the first half the Ponies pinned them dow n by four, with a score o f 11-7 A fter intermission the Panthers craw led back and tied the score at 16 all Overtime is where the heroes score to send their team to play one more and the Ponies did just that, out scoring the Panthers 6-0 to bring the final score to 22-16 The Ponies received another fine game from Spencer Palmer and Brent Eckman who scored six points each, Jared Huddleston brought in four and Dalton Wellman, Sam King and Braden Britt each brought in two. R ounding about the roster w ere Josh Shank and Joe Pranger H eppner 11 5 6-22 W eston 7 9 0-16 In the last gam e o f the tournam ent, the Ponies were m atched up against the Umatilla Vikings This team had the Ponies num ber all year, but your looking at a team that put everything behind it and came out and played some heads up basketball In the first half, it was the Vikings that took the lead at intermission with a score o f 14-9 In the second half, the Ponies took charge and tried to whittle down the Vikings lead, at one point taking it dow n to one, but they couldn’t get over the hump and took some lumps leaving the final score 30-21 with the Vikings winning The Ponies took second place overall in the tournament Scorers for the team were Wellman with tw o, Palmer with 10, Britt, H uddleston and Shank with tw o each and Eckm an with three Also helping the team effort w ere King and Pranger H e p p n e r9 12-21 Umatilla 14 16-30 M.C.0.9. 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LtM fhe g o o d t m « roll \ F e a tu r in g P R IM E R IB E v e ry F r id a y SU PPO RTIN G YOUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDING: K aw asak i The Heppner M ustang JV boys couldn’t hang on to leads in the fourth quarter and lost at Grant Union, 51 -41, on M onday, Dec 27 and at Imbler, 42-37, on Tuesday, Dec 28 The Mustangs, now 3-3 on the year, will be back in action at Umatilla on Friday, Jan 7 and back at home on Saturday, Jan 8 against the Sherman County Huskies The M ustangs took a 16-6 lead after one at John Day getting six points each from Mikel Britt and Quinn Peck and still led 28-25 at the half, getting six m ore points from Peck in the second quarter Brendan McElligott hit a 3-pointer in the third, but the Prospectors tied it at 36-36 after three and outscored the M ustangs 15-5 in the fourth to take the win Peck led the M ustangs with 13 points, with Britt adding nine points and McElligott seven The M ustangs took a 15-7 lead after one at Imbler, getting four points each from Peck and M att M cCabe and a 3-pointer from Lane Bailey and still led 23-18 at the half, getting four points from McElligott and a 3-pointer from Justin Delveaux in the second quarter The M ustangs led 25-22 after three and got 10 points from Andre Rauch to take a 37-33 lead with 2:05 left, but the Panthers came back to tie it at 3 7-37 with 1:30 left and made enough free throw s dow n the stretch to take the win, 42-37. Rauch led the M ustangs with 10 points, with Peck adding seven points and McElligott six Grant Union 51, Heppner 41 H eppner 16 12 8 5-41 G rant Union 6 19 11 15-51 Heppner- Quinn Peck 5 3-4 13, Mikel Britt 3 3-4 9, Brendan M cElligott 2 2-2 7, Justin Delveaux 1 0-0 2, M att M cCabe 1 0-0 2, A ndre Rauch 0 2-2 2, N acho Elguezabal 1 0-0 2, Tony H aguew ood 1 0-0 2, RJ Farrens 1 0 - 1 2 and Lane Bailey. Team: 15 10-13 4 1 .3-pts: M cElligott Grant Union R iekr6 1-1 13, K reger52-2 12,Heiple 0 9 -1 0 9 , Oliver 3 1 -2 7 , Reed 2 0-2 4, Fergeson 2 0-0 4 and Johns 1 0-0 2 Team: 19 1 3 - 1 7 5 1 .3-pts: none Imbler 41, H eppner 37 H eppner 15 8 2 12-37 Im bler 7 114 20-42 Heppner- Rauch 5 0-0 10, Peck 2 3-6 7, M cElligott 2 2-4 6, M cCabe 2 0-0 4, Delveaux 1 0-0 3, Bailey 1 0-0 3, Britt 1 0-0 2, Elguezabal 0 2-2 2 and Farrens Team: 14 7- 12 37. Im bler-Cline 5 1-3 12, Thom pson 3 3-4 10, M yer4 0-4 9, H ohstadt 1 2-2 4, Kem p 1 1-2 3, D avidson 1 0-0 2 and M cIntosh 0 2-2 2 Team: 15 9-17 42. 3-pts: Thom pson, M yers and Cline O p e n 6 a .m .-9 p.m . T h u r s d a y - S a t u r d a y 6 a .m .-2 p.m . S u n d a y JOHN’ S PLACE MAIN STREET. H E PPN E R Mustang JV girls split A fter getting outscored 31 -14 in the second half in losing 40-26 at Grant Union on Monday, Dec. 27, the Heppner M ustang JV girls rebounded with a 45-19 rout at Imbler on Tuesday, Dec. 28 The M ustangs, now 3-4 on the year, will be back in action at Um atilla on Friday, Jan. 7 and back at hom e on Saturday, Jan 8 against Sherm an C ounty and on Monday, Jan. 10 against Riverside The M ustangs took a 9-6 lead after one at John Day, getting seven points from Whitney M atthews and still led 12-9 at the half. The P rospectors came back in the second half to take a 24-19 lead after three and extended it through the fourth to take the win M atthew s led the M ustangs with 10 points, six rebounds and four steals, with Lynan Bingham adding eight points. Cyde Coil had four rebounds and tw o blocked shots and Regi Seitz had four steals At Imbler, the M ustangs took a 12-3 lead after one, getting six points from Kylie D oherty and four points from Katie Kilkenny and extended it to 18-6 at the half, getting four second quarter points from Matthews. Aftan Betsinger had six third-quarter points and Coil added four points as the M ustangs increased their lead to 32- 13 and got six points from Mahaley Huddleston as they coasted through the fourth for the 45-19 win Doherty led a balanced scoring effort with eight points, four rebounds and three steals. Kilkenny follow ed w ith six points, 11 rebounds, three steals and tw o assists Betsinger also had six points, along with six rebounds and M atthew s had six points and tw o steals. Coil had five steals and three assists, Kelsie Fox had five rebounds and tw o steals, Seitz had two steals and tw o assists, Baillie Keithley had three assists, Taylor Kem pas had three steals and Jenna Bow m an had tw o assists G rant Union 40, Heppner 26 H eppner 9 3 7 7-26 G rant Union 6 3 15 16-40 H ep p n er- W hitney M a tth e w s 4 2-4 10, Lynan Bingham 4 0-0 8, Regi Seitz 1 0 -1 2 , Heather Yocom 1 0-0 2, Katie Kilkenny 0 2-2 2, Baillie Keithley 0 1-21, Kylie Doherty 0 1-21, Kelsie Fox 0 0-2 0, Cyde Coil 0 0 -1 0 , Jenna Bowman 0 0-1 0, Aftan Betsinger, M ahaley H uddleston and Taylor Kem pas Team 106-15 26. 3-pts: none Grant Union- Ferguson 4 2-411, Alley 2 2-4 6, Hill 2 0-0 5, C ary 1 3-6 5, Ashm ead 2 0-0 4, H aupt 0 3-4 3, Caughlin 0 2-2 2, Hum phrey 0 2-2 2, Barry 1 0-0 2 and Day Team 12 14-22 40 3-pts: Ferguson and Hill H eppner 45, Imbler 19 H eppner 12 6 14 13-45 Imbler 3 3 7 6-19 H eppner- D oherty 4 0-0 8, B etsinger 3 0-0 6, H uddleston 3 0-0 6, Kilkenny 3 0-2 6, M atthew s 3 0-0 6, Coil 2 0-0 4, Seitz 2 0-0 4, Keithley 1 0-0 2, Fox 1 0 - 1 2 , Yocom 0 1-2 1, Bingham 0 0-4 0, Bow m an 0 0 - 1 0 and K em pas Team: 22 1-10 45. 3-pts: none Imbler- M atthew s 2 0-0 5, Carddock 1 3-4 5, J Cline 1 1-1 3, Eckstein 1 0-0 2, A Cline 0 1-21, Yergen 0 1 - 3 1, O 'D onald 0 1-2 1 and Johnson 0 1-2 1 Team: 5 8-14 19 3- pts M atthews
