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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 27,2013 - T H R E E Heppner wrestlers finish seventh in state lone basketball receives Big Sky awards Nelson ends career with 100th win Six Heppner wrestlers com peted in the OSAA state wrestling champion ships in Portland Memorial Coliseum on Feb. 22 and 23. It was the most Mustang wrestlers to ever make the trip, and every senior on the team qualified for state. There were 30 teams represented at the combined 1A/2A class. Heppner fin ished seventh overall as a team. It was Heppner’s highest finish, and only the school’s second time to break the top 10. Every Mustang wrestler won a match at the tournament. Jared Lemmon, Alex Smith and John Propheter each made it to the semifi nals of their weight class. Propheter, an unseeded wrestler, upset the number- four seed in his first match. All three incurred losses in the semifinals and dropped to the consolation bracket. Lem mon suffered a concussion in his semifinals bout and was not allowed to continue in the tourna ment. Smith went on to win his next match to advance to the medal round and, ultimately, finish fourth. Sophomore John Propheter lost a close 10-8 decision to end his first trip to the state championships. Treston Maben, Earl Propheter and Tim Nelson lost their first matches and had to face single elimi nation in the consolation bracket. All three won their next match to stay alive and return to competition on Saturday. Maben and Nelson won their next matches and qual ified for the medal round. Maben went on to finish fourth and Nelson third. Nelson, a senior, en tered the tournament with 97 career wins, needing three to finish as the first M ustang to achieve the 100-win m ilestone. His consolation championship and final match of his career was his 100th win, which he finished with a third-round pin. Above: The lone girls basketball team was awarded the Big Sky Sportsmanship Award at districts. Below left: Evan Rietmann was named to Big Sky first team, as well as receiving a Scholar-Athlete award. Below right: Shadow Kendrick (right) was named to First Team, while Stacee Halvorsen (left) was named to Second Team and received a Big Sky Scholar-Athlete award. -Photos by Paula Emmel Heppner High news By Jordan Jones The H eppner v arsi ty girls’ basketball team gained a first-round state playoff victory against Ver- nonia last weekend. They play again on Thursday, Feb. 28, at the Pendleton convention center; the girls will be playing against Lost River at 1:30 p.m. The Mustang wrestlers ended a great season, with several attending state play offs. Tim Nelson placed third and achieved his 100th career win; Alex Smith and Treston Maben each placed fourth. The HHS choir pro gram is planning four up coming fundraisers to raise money for their big trip in April; they will be taking a trip to Salem, OR to sing at the state Capitol. The first fundraiser is a bake sale on March 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Heppner Family Foods. One of the fundraisers is a Sit-A-Thon; it will take place in the cafeteria during the Irish smoker and is for any parent who has a child three years or older and is in need of a babysitting .*rC service during the box ing event. The Sit-A-Thon will start at 7 p.m.; it costs $10 per child and includes snacks, games and child care. The third fundraiser is a car wash. It will take place on March 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. behind Les Schwab’s. The last fundraiser for the choir program will be a 50/50 raffle; this fundraiser will also take place at the smoker, and raffle tickets will be announced at a later date. Pennies for Patients Pennies for Patients is a national fundraiser and awareness project run by the Leukemia & Lympho ma Society; it works to raise money for patients all over the country. Many schools do a week-long donation drive, starting with pennies on the first day and going up in currency value each day. Heppner High School decided to participate in this manner, as well. During the month of February, our local National Honor Society chapter host ed the annual Pennies for Patients drive. Each class brought in spare change as the school competed for a pizza party, which was won by the juniors in an event that raised more funds for leukemia patients than ever before at HHS. Total dona tions were to $783.26. Cultivate a Great Rate U/ ______ r . - • ; While the lone Car dinal’s season may have ended short of a state cham pionship, they reaped plenty of accolades to take home. The lone girls’ basket ball team received the Big Sky League Sportsmanship Award. Evan Rietm ann and Shadow K endrick were named to Big Sky First Team, and Stacee Halvors en was named to Big Sky Second Team. Luke Jobes, Bailey Haguewood and Lacey Thompson all re ceived honorable mentions for Big Sky League. Evan Rietm ann and Stacee Halvorsen each re V» . JÀ •» • • «»4 ____ ceived a Big Sky Scholar- Athlete award. Jason Halvorsen Spirit of Basketball awards were given to Ellie Logan o f Condon and Wyatt Creel of Wasco County. MUSTANG BASKETBALL -Continuedfrom PAGE ONE their scoring run, putting kets were traded in the final few minutes with a 25-25 score as the first half ticked to zero. A long three-point shot by Heppner’s Alana 'Wilson put the Mustangs ahead 28-25 going into the locker room. As the second half be gan, Mustang fans could tell their team had a plan. Constant pressure defense shut down the L oggers’ two top players as the home team only produced two points in the third quarter. On the other end o f the court, the Mustangs began them up 47-27 at the end of the third. Seeing the quarterfinals in Pendleton ahead of them, they didn’t let up through the fourth quarter, pulling ahead by 30 at one point. They ended the Loggers’ season with a crushing 62- 33 victory. This was a total team effort by the Mustangs; everyone on the Mustang team saw some action on the floor. Baily Bennett led the scoring with 28 points and 15 rebounds. Mad- die Lindsay added eight points and eight rebounds. Alana Wilson added 10 points, six assists and four steals, while Blake Greenup scored seven and Micha Hintz added five points for the Mustangs. The Mustangs ended the Loggers’ season at 19-5. Heppner (19-6) enters the quarterfinals Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the Pendleton Convention Center, playing the Lost River Raiders. All four of the top teams in the Blue Mountain conference advanced into the tourna ment. 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The first drawing will be held during intermission at the Irish smoker boxing event. This year’s Fight Card sponsors are Devin Oil/ Devin Mobile, Northwest Farm C red it S erv ices, Sweeney M ortuary and Tom Denchel Ford. The comer sponsors are Bruce Young Logging and John Britt Logging. A shuttle service will be available to pick up riders by Heppner Family Foods at 6:15 p.m. and at the back door of Bucknum’s at 6:45 p.m. and 7:15 p.m.; the shuttle will repeat trips until all the riders have been delivered up to the high school. When the event is over, the shuttle will drop riders off where they were picked up. Anyone interested in boxing, contact the Hep pner Chamber o f Com merce at 541-676-5536 or email heppnerchamber@ centurytel.net by Friday, March 8. Awana plans G ran d Prix The Heppner Awana Club will be sponsoring a Grand Prix race on Thursday, March 7 for all Awana kids and their families. 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