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FOUR • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 15,2006 Mustang boys lose to Tigers at end bovs hold o ff Mustang JV girls end season with loss to Tigers M u stan g JV Tigerscots By Rick Paullus By Kick Paullus By Kick Paullus A 15-6 advantage in the first quarter helped the Heppner Mustang JV boys to a 53-45 win over the visiting W eston-M cEwen Tigerscots on Tuesday, Feb. 7. The Mustangs improved to 12-4 on the year w ith the win. N acho Elguezabal scored eight p o ints and Justin D elveaux hit a 3- pointer in the Mustangs’ big first quarter. Andre Rauch had seven points and Nathan Van C leave and A aron Allstott each had four points in the second as they increased their lead to 34-22 at the half. Elguezabal had four points in the third, but the Tigerscots closed the gap to 40-33 after three, but Van Cleave had six points and the Mustangs hit seven of eight free throws in the fourth as they held on for the win. Elguezabal finished with 15 points, with Rauch A scoring drought in adding 11 points and Van the second and third quarters Cleave 10 points. cost the Heppner Mustang Heppner 15 19 6 13- J V girls as they lost their final 53 game of the season to the Weston-McEwen 6 Stanfield Tigers, 27-23, in 16 11 12-45 Stanfield on Friday, Feb. 10. H ep p n er- N acho The Mustangs, coached by Elguezabal 6 3-5 15, Andre Chris Rauch, finished the Rauch 4 3-3 11, Nathan Van year at 11 and 12. C leave 5 0-0 10, A aron A fter scoring ju st Allstott 2 0-0 4, Lane Bailey three points in each of the 1 2-2 4, Justin Delveaux 1 second and third quarters, 0-0 3, Tony Haguewood 1 the Mustangs, getting four 0- 0 2, Brendan McElligott 0 p o in ts each from K ylie 2- 2 2, Spencer Palmer 1 0-0 Doherty and Kassie Wilson, 2, Nathan Kennedy, Sean sco red 12 p o in ts in the M urray and Jason fourth, but couldn't quite get Houweling. Team: 21 10-12 caught up. 53. 3-pts: Delveaux. Maggie Armato led W eston-M cE w en- Duke 6 1-1 13, Aldrich 4 0- 1 9, Giger 3 3-5 9, Fairbanks 2 1-2 5, Alford 1 1-7 3, Story By Rick Paullus 1 0-0 2, Huntsman 0 2-4 2, Brown 0 1-21 and Webb 0 A 22-point first half 1- 2 1 . Team: 17 10-24 45. deficit and a 25-point second 3- pts: Aldrich. half deficit were too much Mustang boys dig too deep of hole against Tigerscots Mustang JV girls nipped by Tigerscots By Rick Paullus The H eppner Mustang JV girls couldn’t hold on to a narrow halftime lead as they were nipped in the end by the visitin g Weston-McEwen T ig ersc o ts, 27-23, on Tuesday, Feb. 7. The Mustangs dropped to 12 and 12 on the year with the loss. The M ustangs trailed 6-5 after one, but came back to lead 9-8 in a low scoring first half. Sarah Milner scored four points in the third, but the Tigerscots took a 16-15 lead after three and pulled away in the fourth despite a 3-pointer from Whitney Matthews. M atthew s led the Mustangs with five points and two steals with Milner adding four points, seven rebounds, two steals and two assists. Kylie Doherty had three points, six rebounds and two assists, Kelsie Fox had four points and three rebounds and S tephanie C u tsfo rth had th ree rebounds and K aylee Helfrecht had four points. Heppner- 5 4 6 8-23 Weston-McEwen 6 2 8 11-27 Heppner- W hitney M atthews 2 0-0 5, Kylie Doherty 1 1-2 3, Kaylee Helfrecht 2 0-0 4, Sarah Milner 2 0-5 4, Kelsey Fox 2 0-2 4, Baillie Keithley 1 0- 0 2, Stephanie Cutsforth 0 1 - 2 1, Chelsey Hedman, Kassie Wilson, Melissa West, Vickie Koch and Maggie Armato. Team: 10 2-11 23. 3-pts: Matthews. W eston-M cE w en- Thul 2 4-8 8, Thompson 1 4-4 6, D obbs 2 1-2 5, Sampson 2 1-3 5, Griggs 0 2-2 2, Ramirez 0 1 -4 1, Cam 0 0-2 0 and Zeller 0 0-2 0. Team: 7 13-27 27. 3-pts: none. Mustang JV boys end season eight. with win Heppner 16 9 19 9-53 By Rick Paullus The H eppner Mustang JV boys, under first year coach Ken Grieb, ended their season on a high note by beating the Stanfield Tigers, 53-32, on Friday, Feb. 10 in Stanfield. The M ustangs ended the year with a 13 and 4 record. The M ustangs jumped out to a 16-8 lead after one, getting six points from Justin Delveaux and four from Aaron Allstott and still led 25-16 at the half as Delveaux hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer. They put the gam e aw ay in the third outscoring the Tigers 19-5, getting six points each from Lane B ailey and A ndre Rauch and five from Nathan Van Cleave, taking a 44-21 lead into the fourth. Nacho Elguezabal had six points as the Mustangs coasted to the easy win. D elveaux led a balanced scoring attack with 12 points, with Van Cleave adding 10 points and Bailey the Mustangs with six points and six rebounds with Kelsie Fox adding five rebounds and three steals. B aillie Keithley had seven rebounds and Melissa West had two steals. H eppner- M aggie A rm ato 3 0-6 6, K ylie D oherty 1 2-2 4, K assie W ilson 1 2-3 4, W hitney Matthews 0 2-2 2, Stephanie Cutsforth 0 2-4 2, Baillie Keithley 1 0-0 2, Lynnell Bowie 1 0-0 2, Sarah Milner 0 1-21, Melissa West 0 1-4 1, K elsie Fox 0 1-2 1, Chelsey Hedman, Kaylee H elfrech t and M ercedes Garrett. Team: 7 11-25 25. 3-pts: none. Stanfield 8 8 5 13-32 H ep p n er- Ju stin Delveaux 4 3-6 12, Nathan Van Cleave 2 6-9 10, Lane Bailey 4 0-0 8, Andre Rauch 3 1-3 7, N acho E lguezabal 3 0-0 6, Tony H aguew ood 1 2-5 4, Aaron Allstott 2 0-0 4, Nathan K ennedy 0 2-4 2, Jason H o u w elin g and B rendan M cElligott. Team: 19 14-21 53. 3-pts: Delveaux. Stanfield- D. Dorran 5. 0-0 10, Irving 2 3-4 8, Carrillo 2 0-0 5, Esquival 0 2-2 2, C. Dorran 1 0-0 2, Nichols 1 0-0 2, Sobotta 1 0-0 2, Blackburn 0 1-4 1, Hawkins 0 0-2 0 and Dunlap 0 0-1 0. Team: 12 6- 13 32. 3 -p ts: Irv in g and Carrillo. Men’s Christian breakfast rescheduled The Men’s Christian breakfast will be held on Sunday, Feb. 19 at the Heppner Nazarene Church at 8 a.m. All men and sons are invited to attend. for the Heppner Mustang boys as they lost to the visiting W eston-M cEw en Tigerscots on Tuesday, Feb. 7 in C o lu m b ia B asin C o n fe re n ce play. The Mustangs fell to 8 and 5 in the C BC and 10 and 7 overall with the loss. Mikel Britt scored tw ice in sid e for the M ustangs early, but the Tigerscots took a 14-4 lead and eventually led 16-6 after one. Q uinn Peck hit a baseline jumpier and fed Matt Kenny for a lay-in to cut the lead to 18-10 early in the second, but the Tigerscots went on a 7-0 run. Rory Kilkenny hit a short jumper, but the T igerscots again w ent on an o th er run, building their lead to 35-13. Britt scored inside and RJ Farrens fed Matt Van Cleave for a dunk to close out the h a lf w ith the T ig ersco ts leading 35-17. Britt scored tw ice inside. Van Cleave hit a lay- in on a pass from Farrens and Peck hit a long jumpier to cut the lead to 37-25, but the Tigerscots scored 10 straight before Van Cleave converted a three-point play to end the third w ith the M ustangs trailing 47-28. A 6-0 run by the Tigerscots to opien the fourth was en d ed by a K enny reb o u n d b ask et, a short ju m p er and a free throw from K ilkenny and a 3- pointer from Lane Bailey m ade the score 53-36. Farrens hit two free throws and Kilkenny scored off a pass from Peck, but the Mustangs still trailed 58-40 b efo re B ailey and M att McCabe hit back-to-back 3- pointers to cut it to 58-46. K ilk en n y scored o ff a rebound, Farrens scored off a drive and hit two free throws and McCabe hit one of two free throws to cut the lead to 63-53. Kilkenny hit two free throws to make it 65-55 with 1:15 left, but the Tigerscots went on a 5-2 run b efo re F arren s hit a 3- pointer and Andre Rauch scored off a steal to end the game.__________________ K ilk en n y led the Mustangs with 13 points and nine rebounds with Farrens adding 10 points, five assists and two steals. Britt also was in double figures with 10 p o in ts and had four rebounds. Kenny had four rebounds, three assists and two steals, Peck had five rebounds and two steals, Bailey had seven points and three steals and Van Cleave had seven points and two assists. H eppner6 1111 34- 62 Weston-McEwen 16 19 12 23-70 H ep p n er- Rory K ilk en n y 5 3-4 13, RJ Farrens 2 5-9 10, Mikel Britt 5 0-2 10, Matt Van Cleave 3 1-3 7, Lane Bailey 2 1-2 7, Matt McCabe 1 1-2 4, Matt Kenny 2 0-0 4, Quinn Peck 2 0-0 4, Andre Rauch 1 1-2 3, Ju stin D elv eau x and Nacho Elguezabal. Team: 23 -5 9 12-23 62. 3-pts: B ailey 2, F arren s and McCabe. W eston-M cE w en- B roncheau 8 7-9 24, E astw o o d 4 6-9 14, H asen b an k 5 3-3 13, Schroeder 2 3-6 7, Lindell 2 1-3 6, Greenwait 1 1-1 3, Jones 10-12 and Huntsman 0 1-2 1. Team: 23-27 22-34 70. 3-pts: Broncheau and Lindell. Former Boardman graduate assigned tour of duty in Japan Marine Corps Lcpl. Jesus M. Martinez, son of Jose Martinez of Boardman, recently reported for duty w ith M arine M edium Helicopter Squadron 262, 1st M arine A ir W ing, Okinawa, Japan. Martinez is a 2000 graduate of Riverside High S chool and jo in e d the M arine C orps in January 2004. The Stanfield Tigers sh o ck ed the H ep p n er Mustang boys with an 8-0 run to end the game and pull out a 51-48 win at home on Friday, Feb. 10 to end the Columbia Basin Conference re g u la r seaso n . T he Mustangs fell to 8 and 6 in the C BC and 10 and 8 overall. The loss dropped the Mustangs into a three-way tie for third with Weston- McEwen and Pilot Rock and because of the tie-breaking process will end up in fifth and will play fourth place Pilot Rock at the district tournament in Pendleton on Friday, Feb. 17 at 7:30 p.m. The Mustang started out hot with Matt McCabe scoring off a drive and hitting a 3-pointer and RJ Farrens scoring inside and feeding Matt Van Cleave and Rory Kilkenny and an 11-1 lead. Mikel Britt scored inside, Quinn Peck scored off a pass from Kilkenny and Farrens fed Matt Kenny for a lay-in to make it 17-11 after one. Britt hit one of two free throws and scored off a pass from Peck, but the Tigers cam e back to get within 20-18. McCabe hit a long jumper and Peck scored twice inside, but the foul- troubled Mustangs clung to a 26-25 lead at the half. T he team s trad ed baskets in the third as Van C leave scored tw ice and Kenny scored off a pass from Farrens before the Tigers went on a 6-1 run and took a 35-33 lead after three. Kilkenny hit two free throws and scored off a pass from Kenny and Van Cleave Mustang girls fall to Tigerscots By Rick Paullus T he H ep p n er M u stan g v arsity g irls couldn’t hang on to a 19-14 lead in the second quarter as the d e fe n d in g state champion Weston-McEwen Tigerscots came back to beat the Heppner Mustang varsity girls 52-42 on Tuesday, Feb. 7 in Heppner in Columbia Basin Conference play. The Mustangs fell to 6 and 7 in the CBC and 9-12 overall with the loss. The M ustangs got off to a good start as Megan Orr hit a 3-pointer and Aftan Betsinger hit one of two free throws to give them a 6-2 lead, but the Tigerscots came back with seven straight to take the lead. Regi Seitz hit a baseline jumper and after a 3 -p o in te r from W eston- M cE w en, S h erily n Peck converted a three-point play to cut the lead to 12-11 at the end of the first quarter. Orr hit back-to-back 3 -p o in te rs to open the second and Katie Kilkenny scored off a rebound, but the Tigerscots came back to take a 23-19 lead. Betsinger and Lyndi Patton each scored inside to tie it up, but the Tigerscots went on an 8-1 BEO FINANCIAL SERVICES Anda K. 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M cCabe had seven points and four assts, Farrens had four steals and three assists, Kenny had two a ssists and tw o blocked shots and Peck had two assists. Heppner 17 9 7 15- 48 Stanfield 11 14 10 16-51 Heppner- Matt Van C leav e 5 1-2 11, Rory K ilkenny 3 4-6 10, M att McCabe 3 0-0 7, Mikel Britt 2 2-4 6, Quinn Peck 3 0-0 6, M att Kenny 2 0-1 4, RJ F a rren s 2 0-1 4, Ju stin D elv eau x and N acho Elguezabal. Team: 20 7-14 48. 3-pts: McCabe. Stanfield- Flemmer 12 6-11 30, Sobotta 2 2-5 6, Gerhke 2 1-2 5, Blackburn 2 0-2 4, Ellis 10-0 2, Mills 1 0-0 2, Watson 0 1-21 and Challis 01-2 1. Team: 2011- 24 51. 3-pts: none. run to end the second with a 31-24 lead. Orr fed Seitz for a lay-in and hit a short jumper, but the T igerscots again went on a run to end the third with a 46-28 lead. Kilkenny converted a three-point play and Orr hit a long 3-pointer to open the fourth and then she hit one o f tw o free th ro w s and sco red o ff a pass from Kilkenny to cut the lead to 48-37. It w a sn ’t enough though as Orr hit another 3- pointer and Kylie Doherty scored off a steal to close out the scoring. Orr finished with 20 points, five rebounds and three steals with Kilkenny adding five points and nine rebounds. Seitz had eight rebounds and three assists and Taylor Kempas had two steals. Heppner 11 13 4 14- 42 Weston-McEwen 12 19 15 6-52 H ep p n er- M egan O rr 7 1-3 20, A ftan B etsinger 2 1-4 5, Katie Kilkenny 2 1-15, Regi Seitz 2 0-0 4, Lyndi Patton 1 1-2 3, Sherilyn Peck 1 1-1 3, K ylie D o h erty 1 0 -0 2, Taylor Kempas and Whitney Matthews. Team: 15-53 5- 11 42. 3-pts: Orr 5. W eston-M cE w en- Bonifer 8 3-3 21, Turner 6 1-2 13, B aker 3 1-2 7, Smalley 2 1-2 5, Tucker 2 0- 1 4 and G riggs 1 0-0 2. Team: 22-53 6-10 52. 3-pts: Bonifer 2. Correction In last week’s picture c ap tio n o f the d a n ce rs, Nichole Shaw’s name was misspelled. We apologize for the error.
