SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 11,2009
Colt basketball finishes season
Two junior Mustangs win regional
championships, three qualify for state
T he H e p p n e r Jr.
High wrestling team com
peted in the Eastern Oregon
R egional C ham pionship
tournam ent in Boardman
on Saturday. Middle school
team s com pete by region
rather than school size, so all
middle teams from 1A to 5 A
in the region were present.
The top four placers in the
18 weight classes qualify for
state in Woodbum on March
14. The Eastern O regon
tournament included teams
from B aker, B oardm an,
Halfway, Hermiston, Hep
pner, Hood River, Irrigon,
John Day, La Grande, Mil-
ton Freewater, Pendleton,
O ntario, The Dalles, and
Union.
Prior to 2009, no
one in a Heppner uniform
had ever competed in the re
gional finals. This year two
w restlers, Jared Lemmon
and Tim Nelson both ad
vanced undefeated through
their weight brackets to the
championship round.
Lemmon w restled
first on the championship
mat at 90 pounds and faced
a returning state placer from
Milton-Freewater that had
beaten him four times last
season, including his elim
ination loss at the 2008
state tournament. Lemmon
showed his progress over
the past year and won deci
sively by a 10-2 score to be
come the first ever Mustang
regional champion.
Nelson faced a La
Grande wrestler in the 165
pound championship match.
He didn’t take long to claim
his gold medal as he pinned
his opponent in less than one
minute o f the first round. It
was N elson’s first time to
place at the regional tourna
ment and qualify for state.
“There are only 18
kids in the whole region
that can say they are middle
school regional champions
and only 72 in the entire
state per year— two o f those
8th graders
raffling off
getaway basket
H e p p n e r High
School's 8th grade class will
be raffling o ff a getaway
basket. The basket will in
clude a two night stay in
Pendleton, dinner and gas
cards. Students will be sell
ing tickets at the motocross
and downtown.
For more informa
tion contact Alita Nelson at
676-8733.
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Colt basketball finished their season with a “round robbin tournament” at Heppner Elementary
School. -Contributed Photo
Top Photo: Pictured left to right are Coach Mark Lemmon,
Jacob Moore-4lh place, Jared Lemmon-1'" place, Tim Nelson-1-
" place, and Coach Ken Bailey. Bottom Photo: Pictured is Tim
Nelson as he works on pinning his opponent. -Contributed
Photos
tion bracket to claim fourth
place and a berth to the
state tournament. “ It's un
usual enough for a first year
w restler to qualify for state,”
said Lemmon, “but for a 195
pound first year wrestler to
do that well, is really tough.
We don't have a lot o f big
guys in Heppner; Jacob is
going to be a very welcome
addition to the high school
team next year.”
Austin Harris made
it to the championship semi
finals and was one win away
from qualifying for state
before losing in overtime
to a Hermiston opponent.
Treston M aben and Earl
Propheter got two wins each
and also just missed qualify
ing for state. Ross Cutsforth,
Alex Smith, and Wade Mat
thew all picked up their first
regional tournament wins
on Saturday. Shane Miles,
John Propheter and Ethan
Ashbeck also competed for
the Junior Mustangs.
are from Heppner this year,”
said Coach Mark Lemmon.
“Jr. High practice officially
started in January but Jared
and Tim started with the
high school in November.
They hardly missed a prac
tice all year including dur
ing C hristm as break. By
rule junior high and high
school kids can ’t wrestle
each other, so they often had
to be drill partners despite
the difference in size since
they were the only Jr. high
kids there. W restling is a
sport where you get back
what you put into it. It’s no
coincidence that the two
guys that put in the extra
effort are H eppner’s first
regional champions.”
Jaco b M oore, an
eighth-grade first year wres
tler at 195 pounds, competed
in his first regional tourna
m ent. C o n d itio n in g and
hard work also paid off for
Moore as he battled his way
back through the consola-
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Heppner alumni football game planned for June
The Heppner alumni football game will be held on June 20, Father’s Day weekend. This year, fa
thers who have children enrolled in Heppner schools will be allowed to play in the game. To sign
up, send a check for $30 dollars to Jess Osmin at 58794 Balmfork Road, Heppner, OR 97836 or
call 676-9079. -Contributed Photo
DA’s Report
Garrett finishes senior
season with Lady Mustangs
Morrow Count y
District Attorney Elizabeth
Ballard has released the fol
lowing report:
-C h risto p h e r M i
chael Swope, 30, was con
v icted o f A ssault in the
F ourth D eg ree, a C lass
A misdemeanor, and was
sentenced to 180 days in
carceration with 180 days
suspended, two year bench
probation, 80 hours o f com
munity service and other
num erous conditions. He
was also convicted o f Ha
rassment, a Class B misde
meanor, and was sentenced
to 90 days incarceration with
90 days suspended, two year
bench probation, and other
numerous conditions. Total
fines, fees and assessments
were $ 1,621.
-D ana Jo H arris-
Willis, 45, was convicted
o f A ttem pt to Com m it a
Class B felony (Robbery-2),
a Class C felony and was
sen ten ced to 13 m onths
incarceration, three post
prison supervision, other
numerous conditions, and
pay $2,903 fines, fees and
restitution.
-D ana Jo H arris-
Mercedes Garrett keeps Heidi Halemeier at bay during the Lady
Willis,
45, was convicted
Mustangs' game against Santiam on Saturday, February 28.
o
f
Theft
in the First Degree,
-Contributed Photo
a Class C. felony, and was
sentenced to six m onths
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