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
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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.
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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
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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 sixth annual ama
teur Irish boxing event,
sponsored by H eppner
C ham ber o f Comm erce
and Y 102 Haystack Broad
casting, will take place
on Friday, March 15, at
the Heppner High School
gymnasium.
Doors will open at 6:30
p.m. and the event will
begin at 8 p.m. Admission
will be $10 for ages 12 to
adult and $5 for ages eight
to 11, with seven and under
getting in free.
Spectators can also
purchase a 2013 St. Pat
rick’s button for $3 for two
chances to win $100. 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.
The event will be held at Willow Creek Baptist
Church starting at 6 p.m. Awards will be given, and lots
of fun is planned for the whole family.
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