FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, January 16,2013
Junior Mustangs wrap up
successful season
The Heppner Junior High basketball A and B teams. Front (L-R): Zach Bredfield, Reno Fer
guson, Peyton Lehman, Keegan Gibbs, Hunter Nichols, Carson Brosnan, Zavier Glover and
Trent Smith. Middle (L-R): Derek Howard, Coach Mike F.hrsam, Dakota Howard, Kaden
Corbin, Kevin Smith, Alex Lindsay, Sam Berry, Gibson McCurry, Cody Wizner, Cason
Mitchell and Coach Luke Swanson. Top (L-R): Jake Lindsay, Tim Jaca, Kolby Currin, Kane
Sweeney, Logan Grieb, Kevin Murray, Caden Hedman, Bryan Fowler and Coby Dougherty.
-Contributed photo
The Heppner Junior
High School Mustang A
team finished up a success
ful season last week by de
feating the lone Cardinals
31-19. With that win, the
team ended the year with a
record of 14-4.
The Mustangs applied
strong man-to-man defen
sive pressure to get many
steals and score early in the
game. The team’s many of
fensive sets and plays were
also working. This led to
scoring opportunities, and
the Mustangs cashed in.
The halftime score was
19-7 in favor of the Mus
tangs.
The second half saw
many players rotate in for
the team. The intensity
level was high as the team
wanted to win their last
game of the year. More
strong defense and a well-
executed offense led to the
final score of 31-18.
Logan Grieb led the
Mustangs with 13 points,
seven rebounds and six
steals. Caden Hedman
Bv Jordan Jones
This coming week, the
Mustangs have a couple of
basketball games.
Both the girls’ and the
boys’ varsity teams have a
game on Friday, Jan. 18,
at 5 p.m. against the Pilot
Rock Rockets.
During the Friday
game, the Heppner Mus
tang softball team will be
holding a tostada feed.
Both varsity teams also
have a game the next day,
on Saturday, Jan. 19, at 4
p.m. at Stanfield.
The last game for this
upcoming week will be on
Tuesday, Jan. 22. This game
will take place at Condon,
and will start at 6 p.m.
The senior for this week
is Austin Gutierrez. His par
ents are Craig and Debra
Gutierrez, and he has one
sibling, Justin Gutierrez.
Gutierrez’s favorite
food is pizza and his favor
ite color is blue. Gutierrez
enjoys golfing in his spare
time.
Heppner High news
contributed eight points
and four rebounds. Kevin
Murray scored six points
and had six rebounds for
the game. Jake Lindsay
and Kane Sweeney both
finished with two points
each.
Mustang coach Luke
Swanson commented after
the game on how proud he
was of this group of boys
for having such a success
ful season, and said it was
a pleasure for him to coach
them this year.
When Gutierrez isn’t
golfing, he is working on
his extracurricular activi
ties, which involve being
the ASB secretary and the
FBLA vice president.
After high school, Guti
errez plans on going to col
lege either at Oregon State
University or the University
of Idaho. Gutierrez wants to
pursue a degree in business
marketing. He also wants
to get an apprenticeship in
the PGA.
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on a regular basis? If you do and you would
like to avoid the cost and hassles of traveling
to receive this therapy, Pioneer Memorial
Hospital may be able to help you.
Mustangs sweep weekend
league play
The Heppner Mustangs
swept the competition in
league play last Friday and
Saturday at the Heppner
High School gymnasium.
Friday night’s match
up was against the Elgin
Huskies. The Lady Mus
tangs put the leash on the
Huskies in the first quarter
of play with their defense,
holding Elgin to two points.
The Mustangs were also
shooting well, with almost
half their shots falling
through the hoop. The end
resulted in a 48-19 win for
the girls.
The boys’ game was
also a slug-out for the Mus
tangs. A low-scoring first
half by both teams wouldn't
give away the night’s domi
nant team. The second half
showed an increased in
tensity by the shorter Mus
tangs. In the fourth quarter,
Heppner took control for
good and sealed their first
league win 36-32 over the
Huskies.
Saturday night's much-
anticipated contest with the
two top contenders in the
Blue Mountain Conference
put the Lady Mustangs up
against the Enterprise Out
laws. The Outlaws boasted
a 7-0 BMC record, with the
Mustangs right behind them
at 6-1 BMC. The game
started hot for the Outlaws,
going up 13-1 early in the
first frame. The Mustangs,
though, didn't panic as they
settled down and began
their march back into the
contest. A three-point shot
by Blake Greenup at the end
of the first half put the Mus
tangs within three points
of the Outlaws, 24-21. The
Outlaws held on to the lead
throughout the third quarter.
In the final quarter, at the
four-minute mark, Emma
Osmin drove to the hoop,
drawing the fifth foul on
the Outlaws' best offensive
player. The Mustangs took
advantage, taking the lead
away as time wound down.
Good free-throw shooting
down the stretch and a huge
rebound advantage on the
night allowed the Mustangs
to even the league posi
tion at the top of the BMC
with a 46-43 win over the
Outlaws.
For the second night
in a row, the boys’ team
showed guts and ambition
against the Outlaws. Offen
sively, it was a better night
for the Mustangs, with a
balanced scoring attack. It
was their will to win that
put the Mustangs on top
when the contest was over,
beating the Outlaws 51-48
for their second win in the
BMC league season.
Every team in the
league has played each
other once in league play so
far. An exciting second half
is sure to follow in the com
ing weeks. The Mustangs
next host Pilot Rock Jan.
18 at Heppner High School.
Games begin at 3 p.m. with
varsity play tipping off at
6 p.m.
lone elementary awards
self-control
lone Community School Elementary handed awards out to students in kindergarten through
sixth grade who exhibited good self control, lone Elementary talked about what it met to have
good self-control, and students worked to have the ability to control their emotions, words, ac
tions and impulses. Students receiving awards were: kindergarten-Katie Spivey, first grade-John
McElligott, second grade-Madison Orem, third grade-Katelyn Thompson, fourth grade-Abi
Pringle, fifth grade-Jill Rudolf, and sixth grade-Sydney Stéfani. -Contributedphoto
HES holds geography bee
In many cases our physicians can work with
your doctor to allow you to have your
medication administered here, close to home.
Local residents are currently receiving
medications to treat Crohn's Disease,
Rheumatoid Arthritis, some types of Anemia
and other chronic conditions on an out
patient basis at Pioneer Memorial Hospital.
IV antibiotic treatment for Osteomyelitis and
other conditions is also available at the
hospital on an out-patient basis.
We do not administer chemotherapy.
For more information, please contact
Director of Nursing Molly Rhea at
541 676 9133
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HOSPITAL & NURSING FACILITY
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Top (L-R): Nicole Propheten Drew Coe, Evan Kollman, Casey Fletcher, Jorden Sweeney, Keegan
Gibbs, Cody Wizner, Kellen Grant and Zach Bredfield. Bottom (L-R): Leo Waite, Cason Mitch
ell, Jaiden Mahoney, Claire Grieb, Jacee Currin and Olivia Schmidt. - Contributed photo
A popular event held
each January at Heppner
Elementary School is the
National Geographic Bee,
which is sponsored by
Google. Students in grades
three through six, and a host
of family members, looked
on as 15 young geographers
answered questions in the
HES gym on Wednesday,
Jan. 9.
John Flaherty, social
studies teacher at Heppner
High School, served as the
moderator for the event.
Student contestants were
Drew Coe, Cason Mitchell,
Olivia Schmidt, Jacee Cur
rin, Evan Kollman, Jorden
Sweeney, Zach Bredfield,
Claire Grieb, Cody Wiz
ner, Nicole Propheter, Leo
Waite, Casey Fletcher, Kel-
len Grant, Keegan Gibbs
and Jaiden Mahoney. Stu
dents all wore matching
sjiirts that displayed a globe
of maps and boasted “2013
HES Geography Bee.’’
Following the prelimi
nary round, Olivia, Leo,
Jacee, Zach, Kellen and
Cody earned their way into
the final round of competi
tion. Progressing to the
championship round were
Zach and Cody, with Zach
emerging as the HES cham
pion and Cody as runner-
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up. Zach will take a test to
qualify for the next round
of the competition, which
culminates in Washington,
DC in May.
Contestants and their
families were treated to
cookies and treats from
around the world at the
conclusion of the geogra
phy bee.
Softball
fundraiser
Friday
The Mustang softball
team will be having a din
ner to raise money for the
program during the home
basketball games versus
Pilot Rock this Friday.
The cost is $5 per per
son and will include a tosta
da, homemade salsa, rice,
beans, dessert and a drink.
Proceeds will help the
Mustang softball team pur
chase equipment for the
2013 season.