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
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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
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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