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.