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
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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