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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 23,2013 Heppner softball Mustang girls split weekend, boys star signs on to play struggle with offense at Treasure Valley On Thursday, Jan. 17, Heppner student Bails Bennett signed a letter of intent to play softball at Treasure Valley Community College. Her parents, Mike and Misty Bennett of Heppner, looked on proudly as she initialed and signed the document. Bennett has been offered a tuition waiver to play softball for the C'hukars for the 2014 season. There, she will continue her softball career and begin her college education. Coaches, staiT members and friends were there to share in this exciting mo ment. -Photo by David Sykes Local wrestlers start young A group of Heppner parents got together this winter and decided that, rather than take their grade-school-age boys to Hermiston to participate in wrestling, they would form their ow n practice locally. The boys wrestled in the Oregon Wrestling Association for Youth (ORWAY), a non-protit organization whose mission is “...to grow amateur collegiate wrestling in Oregon and positively influence the lives of Oregon youth by maximizing participation and opportunity at all levels through grass roots promotions and by providing a low-cost, user- friendly experience." The kids traveled all over the Northwest, competing with other Cascade teams from Riverside, Herm iston, Pendleton, Mijc-Hi^La Grande, Wallow a/Enterprise, Litton, BakerrSbermmr’dwlin Day, Irrigoti, ElginrT'ri-Cities, Othello and Big River. All the boys placed in each event. Pic tured are Heppner participants (L-R) Blaine Mahoney, Caleb George, Alakae Rodriguez, David Cribbs, Caden George and Keegin Chitty. -Contributedphoto Phone and Internet Discounts Available to CenturyLink Customers The Oregon Public Utility Commission designated CenturyLink as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier within its service area for universal service purposes. CenturyLink’s basic local service rates for residential voice lines are $15.43-$22.48 per month and business services are $27.56-$38.85 per month. Specific rates will be provided upon request. CenturyLink participates in a government benefit program (Lifeline) to make residential telephone service more affordable to eligible low-income individuals and families. Eligible customers are those that meet eligibility standards as defined by the FCC and state commissions. 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Tax#», Fees, aad Surcharges Applicable taxes, fees, and surcharges include a earner Universal Service charge, carrier cost recovery surcharges, state and local fees that vary by area and certain m-state surcharges Cost recovery fees are not taxes or government -required charges for use Taxes, fees, and surcharges apply based on standard monthly, not promotional rates CenturyLink i The Mustangs hosted the Pilot Rock Rockets last Friday but ended the night disappointed when they sent the visitors home with the victory. Above right: Maddie Lindsay goes up for the shot in the Heppner versus Pilot Rock game last Friday in Heppner. Above left: JC' Putman faces off the Rockets at the board. Photos by Sandy Matthews H eppner hosted the Pilot Rock Rockets (6-2 Blue Mountain Conference) Friday night. The H eppner Lady Mustangs’ (7-1 BMC) poor shooting from the field cost them a victory and put them in a second-place tie with the Rockets in league play. The Rockets led 23-11 at the half; Heppner only came within eight points of the Rockets in the con test. Blake Greenup led the Mustangs in scoring with nine points. The boys were beaten by the Rockets 51-42 in league play. The Mustangs played smart basketball in the first half, holding the lead at the half. The Rockets adjusted, though, and took the momentum away in the third quarter, eventually winning the contest. Aidan Wright was high scorer for the Mustangs. H eppner traveled to Stanfield to play the Tigers on Saturday. The Lady M ustangs rebounded from their Fri day night loss, beating the Tigers 47-30. The Tigers got into foul trouble and couldn't keep pace with the Mustangs. Baily Bennett scored 13 andAlana Wilson had 11 in the win for the Mustangs. The boys’ team contin ued to struggle offensively, being down 26-20 at half time. Both teams played physical basketball in the second half; the Mustangs came within four points of the Tigers but lost the con test 46-37. Stephen Thomp son led the Mustangs in scoring with 14. Mustang wrestling makes OWC quarterfinals The Heppner wrestling team competed in the'Or egon W restling C lassic (OWC) in Redmond. OR on Friday and Saturday of last week. The OWC is the unofficial dual-meet state championship. The compe tition is a weight-to-weight team match-up. Despite having only nine wrestlers to fill the 14 weight classes, Heppner made it to the quarterfinals and fell one point short of an upset of the number-two dual team in the state. The tournament begins with each team placed in a pool. The top two teams from each pool advance to the championship round of competition. In four pre vious years at the OWC, Heppner had never made it to the second round of the tournament. The Mustangs easily defeated their first oppo nent, Gold Beach, by a score of 39-15. Heppner only lost two matches in the dual. The next dual, against Knappa. came down to the last match. Although Heppner gave up 30 points to forfeits, the team was leading by six points, and freshman Will Lutcher had to not get pinned for the Mustangs to win and qualify for the champion ship round. Lutcher made a mistake and found himself in a tight head-and-arm with 1:30 left in the third round. Lutcher battled for his life and, although he lost the match, he didn't give up the pin. It was only the second match of the dual that Heppner lost. The final score was 42-40. In the third dual of the pool, Heppner faced the pe rennial powerhouse Lowell. From the beginning, Lowell was a favorite to advance to the finals in the tournament. Despite winning twice as many individual matches, the Mustangs fell one point short due to forfeits. Hep pner lost the dual 33-34. As the number one seed from the pool, Lowell went on to easily defeat its next two opponents and advance to the finals. As the second seed from the pool round. Heppner faced Culver, the five-time defending state cham pion and eventual 2013 OWC champion. The Mustangs were no match for Culver's full line-up. The final score was 58-15 w ith 36 of Culver’s points coming from forfeits. O f the contested indi vidual matches, Heppner won a total of 21 over the two days and lost only 14. In every dual except Culver, the Mustangs won more in dividual matches than their opponents. Mustang wrestlers and their individual records in the tournament were: Ryan Smith (106 lbs.) 4-1, Will Lutcher(120 lbs.)2-3, Jared Lemmon (126 lbs.) 4-0, Alex Smith (132/138 lbs.) 4-1, Treston Maben (145 lbs.) 2-3, Earl Proph- eter (152 lbs.) 2-3, Tim Nelson (195/220 lbs.) 5-0, John Propheter (220/285 lbs.) 4-1. Jesse Boyd (138 lbs.) 1-3. HHS math students help children's hospital Math students from Heppner High School wrapped up their annual fundraiser for Doernbecher Children's Hospital in Portland recently. They were able to raise $2,500, bringing their two- year total to $7,300. -Contributedphoto HES students of the month Heppner Elementary School has announced the students of the month for December. Top (L- R): Madison Palmer, Kendall Dowdy, Tyson Vawser, Leo Waite, Alison Cecil, Caitlyn Scrivner and Derek Howard. Bottom (L-R): John Lindsay, Ally Green. Jake Lentz, Austin Brown, Reece Gorham. Jett Stewart and Serenity Rodriguez. The character trait for December was “managing yourself." -Contributedphoto
