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
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sco red o ff a p ass from
McCabe to open the fourth.
Farrens then scored off a
drive and Kilkenny hit two
more free throws to give the
Mustangs a 43-37 lead. The
teams traded baskets as Van
C leave scored off a pass
from Peck and hit one of two
and Kilkenny scored off a
pass from Kenny to make it
48-43, but the Tigers came
back eventually tying with 23
seconds left and pulling
ahead with 7.4 seconds left.
A last second 3-pointer by
the Mustangs bounced off
the rim as time ran out.
Van C leav e led a
balanced scoring attack with
11 points and four rebounds,
with K ilkenny adding 10
points, eight rebounds and
two assists. 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.