FO U R - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, January 8,2014
Heppner finishes seventh in
wrestling tournament
The Heppner Mustang
wrestlers competed in the
two-day, 20-team Jo-Hi
Invitational in Joseph, OR
last Friday and Saturday.
With only six scoring
wrestlers, the Mustangs
finished seventh overall,
just 1.5 points behind sixth-
place Baker City. Four of
the six varsity wrestlers
placed in the top four of
their weight class.
H e p p n e r , w h ic h
finished seventh overall in
the state in 2012-2013, is
currently ranked ninth in
the state for 2A wrestling.
The Mustangs were led
by senior Jared Lemmon.
Lemmon defeated top-10
ranked wrestlers from 4A,
3 A and 2A and did not allow
any opponent to score an
offensive point. He won the
132-pound championship
bout with a first-round pin
against a two-time state
placer. Lemmon accounted
for 28 of the team’s 88.5
tournament points.
H e p p n e r’s second
highest placer was a new
Mustang, Kyle Aldrich,
who finished third at
182-pounds. Aldrich went
3-1 in the tournament,
losing only to the eventual
champion from Orangeville,
ID in the championship
semi-finals. Aldrich and
his family recently moved
to Heppner. He formerly
wrestled for Baker High
School as a freshman.
Ryan Sm ith (106
lbs) and Jesse Boyd (138
lbs) each placed fourth
in their weight classes.
Boyd entered the 16-
Top: Mustang Kyle Aldrich pins his opponent from Orangeville,
ID for third place in the recent Jo-Hi Invitational. Bottom:
Jared Lemmon in his first-place spot on the podium at the Jo-Hi
Invitational in Joseph last weekend. The Joseph tournament
has a history of giving unique prizes for first place; Lemmon
holds this year’s first-place prize, a D. Moncrief print of deer
in the mountains. -Contributedphotos
man, 138-pound bracket
unseeded and battled to a
4-2 record, having his best
tournament performance of
the year.
Treston Maben (152
lbs) and Cord Flynn (160
lbs) also won matches and
scored tournament points
for Heppner. Will Lutcher
went 1-2 in a non-scoring
role at 138-pounds.
Also competing for
Heppner were Jacob Moses
and Joe Garcia, both at 152
pounds.
The M ustangs next
wrestle in Boardman at
the Riverside Rumble on
Saturday, Jan. 11, at 10 a.m.
Heppner JV cleans up the court
against TigerScots, Bobcats
The Heppner High
School ju n io r varsity
basketball team started the
New Year off with a bang
by getting two wins this
past weekend.
After the long holiday
break the JV team came
back and beat the Weston-
McEwen TigerScots by a
score of 54-38 and defeated
the Union Bobcats 53-40.
Against the TigerScots
the team led after every
quarter. It was 22-17 at
halftim e and then the
Mustangs stretched the
lead out to 10 points after
three quarters. They were
able to handle the Weston-
McEwen pressure and then
scored off of it often.
Jesse Corbin led the
team in scoring with 22
points. Ross Cutsforth
had 13 points and several
rebounds. Caden Hedman
followed with eight points
and Jake Lindsay had
five. Kevin Murray scored
four and Weston Putman
two. Kolby Currin, Kaden
Corbin and Ryan Cecil all
contributed in the game by
playing strong defense and
rebounding the ball.
In the game against
Union, the Mustangs again
led at the end o f every
quarter. The game was
much closer than the final
score indicates. It was 27-
20 at halftime and 38-32
after three quarters. The
Bobcats cut the Mustang
lead to two points with
only a couple of minutes
left in the game. Heppner
continued to attack the rim
and got many points off of
fast-break baskets to secure
the win.
Jesse Corbin scored 14
points and Cutsforth added
12. Hedman followed with
eight points and Currin
scored seven. Lindsay hit
two big threes and finished
with six points. Putman and
Kaden Corbin each scored
three.
The Mustang JV record
now stands at 4-1. They
have games at Irrigon and
Grant Union this week.
Mustang boys sweep Holiday
Hoop tournament
The Heppner Mustang
boys’ basketball team won
their third tournament of the
season as they captured the
championship of their own
Holiday Hoop tournament
recently. Heppner defeated
the Echo Cougars and the
M cLoughlin (M ac-H i)
Pioneers for the title.
In the first game against
Echo, the Mustangs used a
suffocating defense and a
fast break offense to jump
out to a lead of 21 -6 after
one quarter. The lead was
35-11 at halftime and the
Mustangs would go on to
win the game by a score of
61-32.
A balanced attack saw
Brian Rill lead the team in
scoring with 13. Patrick
Collins added 12 points
and Andrew Hatfield had
10. JC Putman followed
with seven, Logan Grieb
had six and CJ Kindle five.
Ross Cutsforth scored four
and Tate Gentry and Jaden
Orr both had two points on
the night.
Collins led with 13
rebounds and Orr followed
with six.
The M ustangs then
took on the Pioneers for
the championship and won
that game by a score of
50-36. Heppner jumped
out to a 16-9 lead after one
quarter, and led 27-20 at
halftime. The Mustangs
then outscored Mac-Hi 23-
16 in the second half to get
the win.
Leading the way for
Heppner was Collins with
17 points and 13 rebounds.
Grieb scored 15 and had
five rebounds and two
assists. Rill scored seven,
and Kindle had seven points
and four assists for the
game. JC Putman scored
four points and collected
six rebounds. Orr had four
big rebounds on the night.
H ep p n er then got
back into league action
last weekend by hosting
the W esto n -M cE w en
TigerScots. In a close game
that saw the lead go back
and fourth several times the
Mustangs lost the game by
a score of 67-60.
Collins again led the
team with 19 points and 14
rebounds. Grieb torched
the nets for 18 points. He
also had four rebounds
and two assists. JC Putman
had nine points and five
rebounds in the game.
Kindle scored eight and
had seven rebounds and
six assists. Rill contributed
Above: Heppner's Logan Grieb (#5) takes the shot during
the Holiday Hoop tournam ent game against Mac-Hi. The
Mustangs took the tournament championship, defeating the
Echo Cougars 61-32 and the McLoughlin Pioneers 50-36.
Below: Mustang Brian Kill (#23) leaps above the Bobcats
while Patrick Collins (#15) and JC Putman (#0) guard his back
during the game against Union last weekend. Despite a driving
game by the Mustangs, they couldn’t overcome the Bobcat
shooters, and lost the contest 76-61. -Photos by Sandra Putman
six points.
The team then travelled
to Union to take on the
Bobcats. The Mustangs
lost this one by a score of
76-61. Heppner played
well in this game, but the
Bobcats shooters could not
miss when they fired up a
three-pointer.
C o llin s scored 16
and had five rebounds.
Kindle had 13 points, three
rebounds, three assists and
three steals. Rill added
12 points, five rebounds,
four assists and two steals.
Hatfield. Cutsforth, Grieb
and JC Putman each scored
four points on the night.
Grieb also had three assists,
and Jesse Corbin scored
two points and had two
assists.
The Mustangs have
an overall record of 7-4
and a 1-3 record in league
play. The team travelled to
Irrigon on Tuesday night
for a game with the Knights
and goes to John Day on
Friday to take on the Grant
Union Prospectors.
Nordic ski club begins season
WASHINGTON DC YOUTH TOUR
APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE NOW
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they are our members-in-training. We provide a variety of programs that benefit young people, from
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We are seeking applications for a program we are particularly proud of - the Washington Youth Tour.
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cooperatives. CBEC is sending two high school juniors selected from the high schools in our service
territory. All expenses are paid (except spending money).
The next trip is June 12-19,2014. Applications are available from CBEC's website (www.cbec.cc).
Applications are due January 17,2014.
Washington DC Youth Tour
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The Arbuckle Nordic
Club will have its first
scheduled ski on Jan. 11.
The club will not have
designated weekend leaders
this year.
If weather conditions
allow, every Saturday
through early March will
find the club meeting at the
Heppner City Park at 9 a.m.
The skiing is local, with
members car-pooling for
about 25 minutes before
beginning to ski. Those
attending are asked to bring
a lunch to eat around the big
warming fire.
Some sk ie rs v isit
around the fire and return
to the v eh icles w hile
others may ski on for more
exploration and exercise,
eventually returning to
town before 3 p.m.
Individual or family
dues are still $5 annually.
Anyone who doesn’t have
ski equipment but who
would like to participate,
call Bill Ewing or Steve
Brownfield and they may
be able to arrange a loan of
equipment for you.
Information about the
overnight ski into a local
cabin will be available
Top (L-R): Nordic ski club members and guests Curtis Harper,
Terry Harper, Dave Fowler, Misty Bennett, Dan VanLiew,
Kristi Crowell, Molly Rhea and Macy Rhea Crenshaw started
the season last Sautrday. Bottom: Molly Rhea gains a short lead
on Kristi Crowell to lead the way for the Arbuckle Nordic Ski
club on a crisp January day last weekend. -Contributedphotos
toward the end of the ski season.
> Applications are due January 17,2014
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2014 Washington Youth Tour is June 12-19
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