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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 3,2007 Mustang JV boys get off to fast start tangs with 14 points, with The Heppner Mus Britt adding seven points, tang J V boys have gotten off" and Holland, six. Union 7 6 8 9 - 30 to a fast start as they are 6 Heppner 8 13 15 12 -48 and 1 so far in the 2006-07 Union: Stout 4 2-4 11, Brian season under coach Ken Savely 3 4-8 10, Smith 2 0-2 5, Grieb. The M ustangs will Brad Savely 2 0-2 4. 9 5-16 30. open the new year at Enter Three-pointers: Stout. Smith. Heppner: King 6 2-2 14, prise and Elgin on Friday, Jan. 5-6, and will be at home Britt 3 1-2 7. Holland 3 0-0 6, on Tuesday, Jan. 9, to face Hatfield 2 0-0 4, Lien 1 0-0 3, Wellman 1 2-4 5, Pranger 0 2-2 the Mac-Hi Pioneers in a 2. Smith 0 2-2 2, Eckman 1 0-0 make-up game. 2, Hauer 1 0-0 2, Murray 0 1-4 The M u stan g s 1, Houweling. 18 10-16 48. opened the season on the Three-pointers: Wellman. Lien. On Dec. 19, The road at Boardman and took M ustangs were at home a 42-32 win over the pirates on Dec. 5. They trailed after against the G rant Union one, but came back to take Prospectors and took a close a 2 1 -18 lead at the half. They 51-48 win. The Mustangs outscored the Pirates, 16-6, trailed 13-12 after one, but in the third quarter and car came back to take a 26-19 ried that lead through the lead at the half, getting four points from Wellman and a fourth to take the win. Jordan Hatfield led three-pointer from Houwel the M ustangs w ith nine ing. The Prospectors came points, while Bryan Holland back to tie it at 37-37 after three, despite six points from added five points. King, but the Mustangs took Heppner 4 13 16 9 - 42 Riverside 6 6 6 14-32 the win, getting five points Heppner: Jordan Hatfield 3 each from Holland and Britt. 3-9 9, Bryan Holland 1 3-6 5, Joe King and Britt each Pranger 2 0-0 4, Brent Eckman had 11 points to lead the 1 1-3 4. Daulton Wellman 1 1-2 M ustangs, w ith H olland 4, Chris Lien 2 0-0 4, Jason Hou- weling 2 0-3 4. Braden Britt 1 1- adding nine, Wellman, eight, 2 3, Sam King 1 1-4 3, Sean and Hatfield, seven. By Kick Paulius Murray 1 0-0 2, Grant Smith, Tim Hauer. 15 10-29 42. Three- pointers: Eckman, Wellman. Riverside: Martinez 3 1-2 8, Estralla 3 0-1 6, Hendrick 2 1-2 5, Armstrong 1 2-2 4, Van Gorder 2 0-0 4, Fisher 1 1-2 3, Kauff man 0 2-2 2. 12 7-11 32. Three- pointer: Martinez. The Mustangs then suffered their only loss of the year so far at Pilot Rock on Dec. 15 by a score of 33-29. The Mustangs trailed 20-10 at the half, and got to within five points after three quar ters. but couldn’t overtake the Rockets and lost. W ellm an hit tw o three-pointers and finished with eight points, with Hol land adding seven points. Grant Union 13 6 18 11 - 48 Heppner 12 14 11 14-51 Grant Union: Born 5 3-4 15, Rath 5 0-0 14, Webb 5 3-8 15. Swift 1 0-0 2, Willy 1 0-0 2, Combs 1 0-0 2. 18 6-12 48. Three-pointers: Rath 4, Born 2. Heppner: King 4 3-7 11, Britt 4 3-10 11, Holland 3 3-5 9, Wellman 2 4-8 8. Hatfield 3 1-2 7, Houweling 1 0-0 3, Hauer 1 0- 3 2, Pranger, Smith, Eckman, Lien, Murray. 18 14-35 51. Three-pointer: Houweling. The Mustangs trav eled to Condon on Dec. 22 to take on the C ondon- Wheeler Knights and came back in the fourth quarter to take a 54-50 win. The Mus tangs fell behind 18-6 after one, but got six points from Wellman and four from Hol land to get within 28-22 at the half. They still trailed 38- 32 after three, but got seven points from Wellman and five from Holland to rally for the win. Wellman led the way with 16 points, with Holland adding 11 points and Lien, nine. Heppner 7 3 7 12 - 29 Pilot Rock 12 8 2 11 - 33 Heppner: Wellman 3 0-0 8, Holland 3 0-0 7, King 1 2-2 4, Eckman 1 0-0 3, Murray 1 0-2 3, Hatfield 1 0-0 2. Hauer 1 0-0 2, Pranger, Smith, Lien, Houwel- jng. Britt. 11 2-4 29. Three-point ers: Wellman 2, Eckman, Hol land, Murray. Pilot Rock: Mitchell 3 0-1 6, Hulce 3 2-2 8, Snodgrass 1 3-7 5, Servi 2 0-0 4, Byrnes 1 2-4 4, Heppner 6 16 10 22 - 54 Grosjacques 1 0-4 2, Norquist 0 Condon 18 10 10 12 - 50 2-2 2, Lazinka 10-12. 12 9-21 Heppner: Wellman 7 2-3 16, 33. Three-pointers: none. Holland 3 5-6 II, Lien 3 3-6 9, The M ustangs re Eckman 1 2-2 5. Hauer 2 0-3 4, turned home on Dec. 16 and Hatfield 1 1-2 3, Murray 1 0-0 3, got back on the w inning Britt 0 2-6 2. Houweling 0 0-1 0. track by beating the Union Smith. 18 15-29 54. Three-point Bobcats, 48-30. Wellman ers: Eckman, Murray. Condon-Wheeler: Mclnnis5 and Lien each hit three- 4-7 17, Conlee 4 0-1 8, Josey 3 pointers in the first quarter as they took an 8-7 lead at the half. King had eight points and Britt, four, in the third quarter as the M us tangs increased their lead to 36-19. King and Holland each had four points in the fourth as they coasted to the win. King led the Mus- Mustangs host South Morrow tourney Mustang boys By Kick Paulius split conference openers 0-0 6, Phillips 2 2-3 6, Stevens 1 After a disappointing loss in their opening game of 2-2 4, Jogen 2 0-0 4, Fatland 1 the South Morrow County basketball tournament to the 0-0 2, Hanking 1 0-0 2, Thomp son 0 1-2 1. 19 9-15 30. Three- Umatilla Vikings, the Heppner Mustang girls rebounded with a double overtime, 54-51 win over the number-four- By Kick Paulius pointers: Mclnnis 3. The Mustangs trav eled to Hermiston for two games on Dec. 27 and Dec. 28, the first against Weston- McEwen which they won, 58-26. After an even first quarter, the Mustangs out- scored them 15-0 in the sec ond, taking a 25-10 lead at the half. Hatfield had five points and Britt, four, in the third as they increased their lead to 40-18 after three, then got six points from Hol land and five from Eckman in the fourth as they coasted to the easy win. Holland led a bal anced scoring effort with 10 points, with Hatfield adding nine points. Eckman, Hauer and Britt each added seven. Weston-McEwen 10 0 8 8 - 26 Heppner 10 15 15 18 - 58 Weston-McEwen: Leon 13 0-2 15. Hearns 1 0-0 3, Cam 1 0-0 3, Batterton 1 0-2 2, Riddle 1 0-0 2, Penaloza 0 1-2 1. 11 1-6 26. Three-pointers: Leon, Hearn. Carn. Heppner: Holland 5 0-0 10, Hatfield 4 1-2 9, Eckman 3 1-1 7, Hauer 3 1-4 7. Britt 3 1-6 7, Murray 3 0-1 6, Lien 3 0-0 6, Wellman 2 0-0 4, Houweling 1 0-0 2, Smith 0 0-2 0, Pranger. 27 4-16 58. Three-pointers: none. The Mustangs came back the next day, built a big halftime lead and carried it through the second half for a 68-56 win over the Uma tilla Vikings. Eckman had five points and Murray and Britt each had four points as the Mustangs took a 19-13 lead after one. The lead was extended to 34-20 at the half. Murray had five points in the third and Eckman and Britt each had four points in the fourth as they held their lead to take the win. Eckman led the way with 15 points, with Britt adding 13 points. Murray was also in double figures, with 10 points. Heppner 19 15 16 18 - 68 Umatilla 13 7 18 18 - 56 Heppner: Eckman 5 3-6 15, Britt 6 1-1 13, Murray 3 2-4 10. Houweling 3 0-0 7, Lien 3 0-0 6, Hauer 3 0-0 6. Wellman 1 3-6 5, Hatfield 1 2-3 4, Pranger 1 0-0 2, Smith. Holland. 26 11-20 68. Three-pointers: Eckman 2, Mur ray 2, Houweling. Umatilla: Campos 7 3-4 18, Punkey 4 0-0 11, Phillips 3 0-0 9, Anderson 4 0-4 8, Bedolla 1 0-0 2, Aparillo 1 0-2 2, Ramirez 1 0-0 2. Borden 1 0-2 2. Roxbury 1 0-0 2. 23 3-12 56. Three-point ers: Phillips 3. Punkey 3, Cam pos. Magnetic Door Signs Heppner Gazette-Times ranked 3A Rainier Columbians. The tournament was held on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 29-30, in Heppner. The Mus tangs, 7-2 overall, now return to Blue Mountain Confer ence play, traveling to Enterprise and Elgin on Jan. 5-6, then have a non-league make-up game with Mac-Hi on Tuesday, Jan. 9. The Mustangs tried to stay with the hot-shooting Vikings on Friday night as Regi Seitz had five points, while Megan Orr and Aftan Betsinger each had four points. Umatilla held a 17-15 lead after one. The Vikings went on an 11-4 run to open the sec ond before Lyndi Patton and Seitz each made two free throws, then Amber Patton hit two more to close out the quarter and cut the lead to 32-25 at the half. Seitz hit a long jumper to make it 34-28, then Kylie Doherty and Taylor Kempas scored inside to make it 37- 32, but the Vikings still led 39-32 after three. Seitz completed a three-point play to open the fourth, then Betsinger scored off a rebound to cut the lead to 43-39. The Vikings wouldn't stumble as they scored six straight before Orr scored off a rebound. The Mustangs could come no closer than seven points the rest of the way as the Vikings held on for the win. Seitz led the way with 12 points, with Orr adding nine points, seven steals, six rebounds and two assists. Betsinger had seven points and 12 rebounds. Amber Pat ton had five rebounds and two steals. Sarah Price had six rebounds and Lyndi Patton had two assists and two steals. Orr scored all of the Mustangs’ points in the first quarter as they took a 10-8 lead over Rainier on Saturday, the Seitz had five points in the second as the Mustangs clung to a 20-19 lead at the half. The Mustangs built a 29-24 lead in the third, get ting six straight points from Amber Patton, Orr and Price, but the Columbians came back to take a 30-29 lead at the third quarter buzzer. Lyndi Patton hit a three-pointer and Orr scored off a rebound to open the fourth. Katie Kilkenny scored off a rebound to make it 36-31 but Rainier came back to tie it up with 2:06 left. The Mustangs clung to a one point lead with Rainer shooting three free throws with : 10.6 left. They hit just one and the teams headed for overtime. The Columbians hit a three-pointer to open the extra period. Seitz hit one of her own to tie it again. The Mus tangs again clung to a one point lead with the Columbians shooting three free throws with :08.3 left. Again they hit just one to tie it up and send it to a second overtime. Kilkenny and Seitz scored inside to open the sec ond extra period and after a Rainier basket, Orr hit two free throws. After two free throws by the Columbians. Kilk enny scored and Lyndi Patton hit one of two free throws with 1:10 left to make it 52-47. After two Rainier free throws, Lyndi Patton hit two more with :24.8 left to seal the win. Orr finished with 19 points, 12 rebounds, six steals and five assists. Seitz added 10 points, eight rebounds and two steals. Lyndi Patton had eight points, five rebounds and four assists. Kilkenny had seven points, five rebounds and two assists. Game One: Umatilla 17 15 7 14 - 53 Heppner 15 10 7 13-45 Umatilla: Borden 6 2-4 15. Campos 4 4-8 12. Phillips 3 2-5 8. Vandever 3 0-3 7. Bieven 2 1-2 5. Lindquist 2 0-2 4, Hodges 1 0-0 2. 21 9-21 53. Three-pointers: Vandever. Borden. Heppner: Regi Seitz 4 3-5 12, Megan Orr 4 1-4 9, Aftan Betsing er 3 1-4 7, Amber Patton 1 3-4 5, Kylie Doherty 2 1-2 5, Lyndi Patton 1 2-4 4, Taylor Kempas 1 1-2 3, Sarah Price 0 0-2 0, Sherilyn Peck, Katie Kilkenny. 16 12-27 45. Three-pointer: Seitz. Game Two: Rainier 8 11 11 7 6 8 - 51 Heppner 10 109 8 6 11 -54 Rainier: Jackson 5 5-7 15, Schwegler 7 2-5 17, Hanks 3 0-0 6, Getzlaff 2 0-2 4. Benson 0 2-2 2, Naguast 1 0-0 2, Wright 1 0-0 2. 19 9-16 51. Three-pointers: Jackson 3, Schwegler. Heppner: Orr 5 7-12 19, Seitz 3 3-5 10, L. Patton 2 3-4 8. Kilkenny 3 1-2 7. Betsinger 2 0-4 4, A. Patton 1 1-3 3, Price 1 0-2 2, Peck 0 1-2 1, Kempas, Doherty. 17 16-32 54. Three-pointers: Orr 2. L. Patton, Seitz. The Heppner Mus tang boys o p en ed Blue Mountain Conference play losing to the Pilot Rock Rockets at Pilot Rock, 63- 39, on D ecem ber 15, but came back to even their con ference record, taking a 55- 37 win over the visiting Union Bobcats at home on Dec. 16. The M ustangs trailed by seven after one and 25-16 at the half. They nev er could overcome the defeat and the R ockets h elped themselves by outscoring the M ustangs, 22-10, in the fourth to win going away. RJ Farrens led the Mustangs with 11 points, hit ting two three-pointers and had three steals and two as sists and Lane Bailey had seven rebounds, three steals and two assists. Heppner 8 8-13 10-39 Pilot Rock 15 10-15 22- 63 Heppner-RJ Farrens 4 1-2 11, Nacho Elguezabal 3 0-2 6, Justin Delveaux 2 0-0 5, Matt McCabe 2 0-0 4, Nathan Van Cleave 1 2-5 4, Aaron Allstott 1 1- 13. A.J. Rauch 1 0-0 2, Dal ton Wellman 1 0-0 2, Jared Hud dleston 0 2-2 2, Lane Bailey. 15 6-12 39. 3-point-Farrens 2, Delveaux. The next day against Union, the Mustangs fell be hind, 13-8, after one, but came back to tie it at 17-17 at the half, getting six sec ond-quarter points from El guezabal. Elguezabal had sev en more and Huddleston had eight points in the third as the Mustangs took a 36-27 lead after three. They didn’t let up in the fourth as they pulled away for the win. Elguezabal ended up with 17 points and five re bounds, with H uddleston adding 12 points and four steals. Farrens had eight points, four assists and three steals, B ailey had eight points, six rebounds and four steals and McCabe had two assists and two steals. Union 13 4 10 10-37 Heppner 8 9 19 19-55 Union-Haney 7 7-13 11, Papineau 3 2-2 8, O'Brien 3 0- 0 6, Harett 3 1-1 5. Longwell 1 2- 2 4, Savely 1 1-1 3. 12 13-19 37. 3-point-none. Heppner-Elguezabal 8 1-2 17, Huddleston 5 1-212, Farrens 1 5-6 8. Bailey 4 0-0 8. McCabe I 2-2 4. Delveaux 1 0-0 2, Rauch 1 0-0 2, Van Cleave 0 2-2 2, All stott 0 0-2 0. 21 11-16 55. 3- point-Farrens, Huddleston. M.C.6.6. 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