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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - THREE Mustang season ends at district tournament The basketball season for the H eppner b o y s' team came to an end with a 49-46 loss to the Weston- McEwen TigerScots at the Blue Mountain Conference District Tournament last w eek . T he M u sta n g s finished the year with a 14- 10 record. Heppner jumped out to a quick 12-7 lead after one quarter and also led 23-19 at halftime. The Mustangs shot 44 percent from the field and 73 percent from the line in the first half to help gain the lead. In the second half the shooting cooled off a bit and the TigerScots outscored the Mustangs 16-12 in the third quarter to tie the score at 35-35. Heppner then took the lead again when Logan Grieb hit a three-pointer to start the fourth quarter. It was the Mustangs' final lead of the game. Weston- M cE w en o u ts c o re d Heppner 14-8 the rest of the way to get the win and end the Mustangs season. “ We knew W eston- McEwen was a good team. It's tough to end the season this way, but I couldn’t have asked for anything more from my team," said coach Jeremy Rosenbalm. “ We had good intensity, but we wore down late.“ The team was led in scoring by CJ Kindle with 14. Cirieb followed with 13 and JC Putman tallied II. Weston Putman came in Mustangs JC Putman (#0) and Jaden Orr (#13), both seniors, defend the basket and the ball against the TigerScots in their last game playing for Heppner. -Photo by Sandra Putman and scored four points in the game. Andrew Hatfield and Jaden Orr both had two points for the night. JC Putman hauled down six rebounds, while Kindle and Orr both recorded five. Grieb and Hatfield both had four and Weston Putman two. Orr also had two steals in the game, and Grieb, JC Putman and Ross Cutsforth each had one. This ends a successful season for the team, as they Mustang players leave the court in defeat after a hard-fought and emotional district game against the TigerScots. -Photo by saw their win total increase by eight games over last Sandra Putman season. They won the three early-season tournaments they played in and qualified for the district tournament in the strongest conference in the state. The team losses four seniors, who all contributed this season, but has nine players coming back who saw varsity action. The Mustangs will return four starters from this year's team and w ill look to improve on their record and play fUrther into the season Tbp: (L-R) Heppner freshman Logan Grieb, second team, and sophomore Patrick Collins, first team. Bottom: (L-R) second- than they did this year. team pick Kelly Wilson with Honorable Mention recipients Maddle Lindsay and Blake Greenup. Contributed photo Morrow SWCD board to meet A regular meeting of the Morrow Soil & Water C o n se rv a tio n D is tric t Board will meet Tuesday, March 4. at the Ag Service Center. 430 W Linden Way in Heppner beginning at 6 p.m. Time will be set aside at the beginning ofthe meeting to receive comments from the public. Agenda items for the SWCD meeting include Mustang players selected to All- Conference teams approval of the February meeting minutes, treasurer's report, status o f funding agreements, staff reports and partner reports. Two board positions representing the Boardman and Irrigon areas remain vacant. Meetings of Morrow SWCD are open to the public. S e v e ra l H ep p n er Mustang basketball players were honored at the Blue M o u n tain C o n feren c e D istrict Tournament by being selected to the All- C onference teams. The selections are made by Oregon Department of Transportation STIP Public Meeting - March 3 Date/Time: March 3, 2014, 6-8 p.m. Pacific Time (7-9 p.m. Mountain Time for Ontario site) Meeting Locations: Eight eastern Oregon sites listed below The Oregon Department of Transportation invites you to attend a Public Video Conference Meeting regarding the Draft 2015-2018 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). The 2015- 2018 STIP identifies major Oregon transportation projects proposed for construction between 2015 and 2018. Meeting participants will hear information on how projects are selected for funding and review projects identified for the eastern Oregon region. Interested parties are encouraged to attend this meeting at a site in your area. Also, see below for connecting to this meeting via the Web. MEETING LOCATIONS OR Dept. of Transportation Office - Ontario Blue Mountain Community College - Pendleton 1390 SE 1st Ave., Ontario, OR (7:00 p.m. Mtn. Time - Ontario site) Emigrant Hall Rm. 118, 2411 NW Carden Ave., Pendleton, OR Harney County Courthouse - Burns Eastern Oregon University - La Grande Basement Mtg. Room 450 N. Buena Vista Burns, OR Inlow Hall, Room 013 One University Blvd. La Grande, OR Grant County ESD - John Day Blue Mountain Community College • Boardman 835 S. Canyon John Day, OR 300 NE Front Street Boardman, OR Baker City Public Library - Baker City Wallowa County ESD - Enterprise 2400 Resort Street Baker City, OR 107 SW 1st Room #105 Enterprise, OR Can’t make It to one of the meeting sites? Connect to the presentation via the Web. See connection detail and more information about this STIP meeting at www.tinvurl.com/odot-region5 . You can also contact ODOT Public Information Officer Tom Strandberg at 541-963-1330 (email: thomas.m.strandbera@odot.state.or.us) for further information or to request alternative formats (language translations, etc.). Meetings sites are accessible to persons with disabilities per ADA requirements. the coaches and are based on their performance in conference gam es this season. Players selected from the Heppner boys' team were Logan G rieb and Patrick Collins. Logan is a freshman who averaged 14 points per game. He also had five rebounds, four assists and two steals per game. Logan made second team All-Conference. O nly a sophom ore, Patrick was selected to the All-Conference first team. He accomplished this even though he missed the last six games of the season with a broken foot. Patrick was one of only three players in the conference to finish the season with a “double- double” in each game. He averaged 18 points and hauled down 11 rebounds per contest. The H eppner g irls ’ team had three players h o n o r e d . H o n o ra b le Mention selections were ju n io r M addie Lindsay and senior Blake Greenup. Junior Kelly Wilson made the seco n d team A ll- Conference. Little League Majors tryouts next week Little League Major tryouts for 9 to 12 year old boys will be held March 5 and 6 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at George Watcrlund field (under the dam in Heppner). Theses tryouts are for Majors only; Minors will not have tryouts. For more information, call 541 * 256-0542. Community lunch menu Nazarenc and Seventh- day A d v e n tist ch u rch members will serve lunch on Wednesday. March 5. at St. Patrick's Senior Center. The m enu Is to be determined. Milk Is served at each meal. Suggested donation is $3.30 per meal. M enu is subject to change.
