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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 5, 2014 Heppner girls take down TigerScots, fall to Bobcats The H eppner High School g irls’ basketball team sp lit th eir gam es this past w eekend. On Friday night they travelled to Athena to take on the TigerScots. In what may be one of their best-played games of the year, Heppner won by a score of 50-38, The Mustangs played the game w ith a lot of passion and energy throughout. T h e ir p h y s ic a l play really bothered the TigerScot team, and the M ustang d efen se held their opponents to one of their lowest point totals of the year. Also helping the Mustangs was the fact that they were able to make 19- 23 free throws in the game. The score was tied after one quarter 13-13 and the Mustangs led 19-17 at halftime. Heppner then outscored W-M 31-21 in the second half to get the win. M addie Lindsay led the team with 13 points. Kayla Kindle followed with 10, while Micha Hintz and Blake Greenup both scored eight points. Kelly Wilson had five and C aitly n n Bailey scored two. O n S a tu r d a y th e Mustangs hosted the highly- ranked Union B obcats. After the emotional win Four points capsize Mustangs' league record Girls’ varsity player Blake Greenup (#4) look for an opening in the TigerScots line last Friday. The Mustang fillies took the tiger by the tail to win 50-38 that night. Photo by Sandra Putman and getting home late the night before, the Mustangs struggled early and the Bobcats won the game by a score of 58-42. Union jumped out to a 21-10 lead after one quarter and the Mustangs could not make up the difference the rest of the way. They did keep it close for the remaining three quarters as the Bobcats only outscored Heppner 37-32 to end the game. Once again Lindsay led the team in scoring with 14. Greenup finished the night with 12 points. The team has a record of 8-11 for the season and will host Irrigon and Grant Union this week. • • JV Mustangs continue winning season a Two m ore w ins by the Mustang boys’ junior varsity team last weekend brought their record to 11-2 for the season. They beat the Weston-McEwen TigerScots by the score o f 52-38 and the Union Bobcats 61-36. Against the TigerScots * the team trailed at the end of one quarter 8-7.1 leppner was ahead at halftime 23-22 and stretched the lead to 36-29 after three quarters of play. The Mustangs turned it up a notch and outscored their opponent 16-9 in the fourth quarter to secure the win 52-38. Youth wrestlers take it to the mats Wrestling coach Dieter Waite works with youth w restlers in the Colt wrestling program Monday night. Colt wrestling is for ages four up to sixth grade; this is a wrestling program fundraiser that will culminate with an exhibition tournament Feb. 12 and Feb. 17 at the Heppner High School cafeteria beginning at 6 p.m. Participants will be put into three- to five- man man brackets with wrestlers of similar weights and by age. Cold medals will be awarded to the winner of each weight class. -Photo by Erin Heideman Valentine's Day February 14th 7tlMXUlA /foie * Flowers with a Personal Touch O r der E a r l y fo r V a l e n t in e ' s D a y M a n y G ifts to C hoose from B a llo o n s - C a r p s -B o u q u et s - C a n d y S everal S pecial in c l u d in g R - o se R a in b o w R o ses I L ate T hursday F ebruary 13 O rdering A vailable C a ll 5 4 1 6 7 6 -9 4 2 6 - 2 0 1 3 R X P r o file s A và ila b le Toasted ¿Marshmallow Hot Chocolate $2.50 Caramel Hazelnut M acchiato $4.00 ^ M u m ï Dm 217 North Main SI Hoppnar • Phone 676-9158 • FTOral 676-9426 W e s to n P u tm a n sc o re d 15 p o in ts fo r the M ustangs and Ross Cutsforth added 11. Caden Hedman had seven points and Jake Lindsay scored six. Jerem iah P etzoldt contributed five points and Jesse Corbin had four in the game. Kevin Murray scored three and Kolby Currin one. In the hom e gam e with Union, the Mustangs jumped out to a quick lead after one q u arter 18-2. Heppner then led 30-7 at halftime and 47-22 at the end o f three quarters of play. Both teams scored 14 points in the fourth quarter and the Mustangs won by a score of 61-36. Putman once again led the team in scoring with 13. Murray scored on offensive rebounds and finished with eig h t p o in ts. L indsay, Currin and Cutsforth all had seven points for the team. Hedman scored six points and had several assists. Petzoldt had five points and Jesse Corbin four. Kaden Corbin hit for three points and Cade Arbogast had one. The team will play the Irrigon Knights and the Grant Union Prospectors the week. The H eppner H igh School boys’ basketball te a m lo s t th e ir tw o co n feren ce gam es this weekend by a total of four points. They were beaten by the Weston-McEwen TigerScots 49-48 and the Union Bobcats by a score of 55-52. It was a close game all the way with the TigerScots as the lead at the end of each quarter was never more than three points. Weston- McEwen led 17-15 after one quarter o f play and 27-24 at the half. They led 38-36 at the end of three quarters and it stayed close the rest of the way. T he s e a s o n fo r the M ustangs changed s ig n if ic a n tly h alfw ay through the fourth quarter as Patrick Collins injured his leg. He was taken off o f the court and then transported to the hospital in Pendleton. It was learned later that he had fractured his leg near the ankle and may have tendon damage. Patrick had been averaging a double-double on the season by scoring 17 points a game and hauling down 10 rebounds. H eppner fought on without Collins and nearly won the game. They had the last possession of the game but time ran out before the Mustangs could get a shot off. Leading the way for the Mustangs was Logan Grieb with 15 points. Grieb also had three rebounds and three assists on the n ig h t. C o llin s contributed 10 points and seven rebounds before he was injured. JC Putman scored eight and pulled down five rebounds. Brian Rill had seven points, three rebounds and two assists. CJ Kindle had a strong game with six points, five rebounds and five assists. Jaden Orr scored two points and had three rebounds in the game, and Andrew Hatfield also had three big rebounds. It was another close game on Saturday night as the M ustangs hosted the U nion B obcats. It was an emotional start to the evening as teammate Patrick Collins showed up on crutches in the Mustang locker room before the game. He rem inded the team to stay focused and to play hard. Collins sat next to the Mustang bench and cheered his teammates on during the contest. H ep p n er w as only down 25-22 at halftime, but found themselves trailing by 12 as the fourth quarter started. The team fought Varsity player Logan Grieb (#5) drives the ball for the Mustangs while .I.C. Putman (#0) blocks a Union player in last Saturday’s game. Photo by Sandra Putman HES names honor card winners Heppner Elementary School has announced that the school had 91 Honor Card winners for 2013-14 Second Q uarter. Honor C ard recip ien ts are as follows: Mrs. Morris-6 Mariah Combe, Caleb George, Faith Holsinger, Connor McKinney, Lily Nichols, Austin Willis. Mrs. Matteson-17 C lara A ngell, Jesse Bowles, Jackson Coiner, Ally Green, Sierra Greenup, Kadie H enrichs, Hallee Hisler, Saige Jensen, Aden Lathrop, John Lindsay, A m elia M anning, Isiah Martin, Zaleta Masterson. K eeley N aim s, M adlin Payne, Landon Waddell, Nickolas Wenberg. Mrs. Coiner-14 Austin Brown, Morgan C utsforth, Faith Futter, Sebastian Garcia, Caden George, Reece Gorham, A dan G u erra, Irely n n Kollman, Amber Manning, Zandra Masterson, Landon Mitchell. Kasiddee Nichols, Teagen Ramsey, Arianna Worden. Mrs. Rill-9 Bill Alldritt, Ty Boor, David Cribbs, Paul Lindsay, Trevor Nichols, Madison Palmer, Camryn Scrivner, H ailey W enberg, K atie Wilson. Mrs. Gibbs-17 Harley Ann Anderson, Tucker A shbeck, Brock Barrett, Kason Cimmiyotti, Jace Coe, Kaden Combe, Cedie Dayandante, Hannah Green, Brock Hisler, Brian Lindsay, Blane Mahoney, A u b ria n a R o d rig u e z , Joseph Sherman, Derrick S m ith , J e tt S te w a rt, Jonathon Waddell, Roen Waite. Mrs. Stew art-10 K ylie Boor, C onor Brosnan, Kendall Dowdy, Sage F erg u so n , Cody F le tc h e r, M ikel Jaca, Marlee M itchell, Kevin Rea, Serenity Rodriguez, Jayden Wilson. Mrs. Dowdy-18 Jazmin Barrett, Rylee Bray, Alison Cecil, Kellen Grant, Sam Grigg, Emma Hermanns, Kami Holtz, Jackson Lehman, Abbie Marick, Tresslyn McCurry, Madelyn Nichols, Hannah Palmer, Nicole Propheter, Jason Rea, Cheyenne Shaw, Jordan Spaulding, Aimee Turrell, Cami VanArsdale. HHS announces honor roll Heppner High School has released its 2013/14 Semester One Honor Roll. Honor recipients are as follows: 12,h G rad e: Ryan D o u g h erty 4 .0 . B lake G reenup 4.0, M eK ayla Kindle 4.0, Lillian Sandford 4.0, Nicole Kempken 4.0, Mallorie Jones. Lane Pilant, Tate Gentry. Micha Hintz. 1 l lk Grade: Maddie L in d s a y 4 .0 , J o s e p h Schmidt 4.0, Page Grieb, T o b ia s M u lle r , E lla McCormack, Macy Gibbs, John Propheter, Antonia Tebbe, Kelly Wilson. 10,h Grade: Caitlyn Bailey 4.0, Alexis Bray 4.0, Patrick Collins 4.0, Natalie Grigg 4.0, Skyler Palmer 4.0, Weston Putman, Jessica Kempken, Kai Arbogast, Rylee K ollm an, David Adams, Tommy Bredfield, Brian Rill, William Lutcher, Erica Nelson, Ryan Smith. 9 ,h G r a d e : K olby Currin 4.0, Kellie Eadler 4.0, Bryan Fow ler 4.0, Logan Grieb 4.0, Taylor Hamby 4.0, Kevin Murray 4.0, Demitra Schmidt 4.0, C aden H edm an, K ane Sw eeney, C lyde B ritt, Timothy Jaca, Rian Wizner, Onna DeLoach, Jose-Angel Garcia. 8 th G rade: S ophie Grant 4.0, Reiah Waite 4.0, Cara A rbogast, Morgan Correa, Alex Lindsay. 7,h Grade: Jacee Currin 4.0, Jaiden Mahoney 4.0, Olivia Schmidt 4.0, Keegan Gibbs. Claire Grieb, Gibson McCurry, Hunter Nichols, L eo W a ite , M a d is o n Combe, Carson Brosnan, Morgan Burch. HHS seniors plan service auction The H eppner H igh auction Friday, Feb. 7, School Class of 2014 will during halftime at the boys’ hold a senior class service and girls’ varsity basketball games in Heppner. Mustang fans are asked to help support the class of 2014 raise money for its drug- and alcohol-free grad TUESDAY FEB. 1 1 TH & party by purchasing a pair THURSDAY FEB. 1 3 th of HHS senior students for a day’s worth of work. LITTLE LEAGUE REGISTRATION < S > 5 pm Heppner City Hall C hildren ages 5 to 15 Got News? Email: editorC&rapidserve. net bring birth certificate to verify ages Deadline: Questions - Contact Jesse Rodriguez at 541-256-0740 Monday @ 5 p.m. itiy in fl Morrow, Wheeler & Gilliam counties Since 1959. I hard to get back into the contest and made it very close. Union was able to make some free throws at the end of the game to secure the win 55-52. Grieb once again led the team in scoring with 15. Kindle and JC Putman both had 13 points in the game. Rill followed with eight, Orr had two and Hatfield one. Putm an hauled in nine rebounds, Rill had six, and Kindle and Grieb four apiece. Orr also had two rebounds on the night. Grieb and Rill each had four assists in the game; Kindle had four steals and Hatfield two. With the losses, the Mustangs record for the season goes to 11-8. They play the Irrigon knights on T uesday night and then host the Grant Union Prospectors on Friday. k é
