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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 5, 2014 Mustang wrestlers earn three medals, take fifth in state H e p p n e r h ad its first state cham pions in wrestling this last weekend in the OSAA 1A/2A State Championship at Veterans M e m o ria l C o lise u m in Portland. Ryan Smith took first place at 106 pounds and Jared L em m on brought hom e t he g o ld at 126 pounds, . T reston M aben brought home a third-place medal. The Mustangs finished fifth as a team at state. behind C u lver, L ow ell, Monroe and Crane. P ■: A ¿1 ■ni [ /- f T ~ ^ l WRESTLING COACH -Continuedfrom PAGE ONE appears to have paid off, as the Mustangs took two first place and one third place individual medals to claim a team fifth place in the state tournament in Portland last week, the best the school as ever done. W restling has always been part of Lemmon’s life. "There were six boys in our family; we used to tear up the furniture wrestling with each other,” he recalls. He started w restling in the first grade and later enrolled at Stanfield High S c h o o l b e c a u s e th e r e was a wrestling program. The p rogram w as late r c a n c e lle d , h o w e v e r, because o f Title IX, the federal law in ten d ed to bring equality to m en’s and w om en’s athletics. From there he attended college in Idaho, where he wrestled in open tournaments. After college Lemmon e n te r e d th e w o rld o f b u sin e ss, and w hen he considered taking the job here in Heppner as the Bank o f Eastern Oregon C hief Financial Officer, the first thing he asked was, “ Does the school have a wrestling p ro g ra m ? ” L u c k ily for Heppner, Brian Harm on and Ken Bailey had started a program the p rev io u s year, so the answ er was “Yes.” After Lemmon moved here Harmon and Bailey heard o f his experience in the sport and asked him to get involved in the program. “ I thought they would maybe say help out in the snack shack or something, but they asked me to coach,” he says. He spent two years as the junior high coach and then moved up to the high school five years ago. His w hole fam ily is involved with w restling, as his son Jared took first at state in the 126 lb. class and an o th er son, Brian, is an assistant coach with the team . M any fam ily m em b ers a lso tra v e le d to the state to u rn am en t in P o rtla n d to w a tc h . In a d d itio n L e m m o n ’s brother-in-law Doug Tovey has coached for Roseburg and Hermiston w restling programs. L e m m o n s a y s he enjoys the sport because most anyone can become involved and their success is directly linked to how hard they work. "I lik e to se e th e y o u n g m en w o rk h ard and s u c c e e d ,” he says. “ Your success is directly proportional to what you do. If you are w illing to work you can see success.” Lemmon had to back up his vow to work as hard as his wrestlers, as some o f them wanted to go down to the w eight room and work out on Christmas Eve, Christm as Day and New Years Day. A (L-R): Champion Ryan Smith (106 lbs.). Coach Mark Lem mon, champion Jared Lemmon (126 lbs.) and Coach Brian Lemmon at the state tournament. -Photo by Kanch Boyd “ I w a s th e r e w ith them,” he says. He also likes wrestling because people are matched up in equal categories. There are 14 w eight categories and a match for everyone. Ryan Sm ith o f 1 leppner was the other Mustang wrestler taking first in the state, his in the 106 lb. weight class, Lemmon points out. In his o ffic e on the to p flo o r o f th e BEO administrative building in Heppner, Lemmon shows a photo on the desktop of his com puter he says is inspirational. It is a picture o f a wrestler with only one leg winning a match. O n th e f u t u r e o f Heppner wrestling L em m on says there are som e lim itatio n s at this point because of the number o f students available at the school, pointing out that in order to win district more numbers are needed. The Mustangs have only had 10 to 12 boys out to fill the 14 weight classes so it makes it more difficult to win team championships at meets. “ We have quality, we just don’t have quantity,” he says. B ut t h i n g s are apparently looking good in the lower grades with 37 kids out in the Colt program, which is necessary to gets students prepared for high school competition. Lemmon also praised the Heppner fans, saying they many times outnumber home team fans, and they show up w ith “ to te s of food” for the wrestlers to eat after they make weight. “ A l ot , o f o u r to u rn a m en ts are a long ways to travel and we really appreciate our fans,” he says. Heppner athletes take charity on the road Girls basketball teams joins other teams to help out North Powder family during an away game Reprinted with permission f r o m t he La G r a n d O b s e r v e r ; wr i t t en by Observer staff. The E nterprise High S chool FC C LA c h a p te r h e ld a b e n e fit fo r the Bingham family o f North Top: Ryan Smith took first in the 106-lb. class in the IA/2A Powder. state championship. Middle: Jared Lemmon on the second T he a c tiv itie s to o k day of the state tournament; he also took champion in his place Feb. 14-15 at the 126-lh. class. Bottom: Treston Maben placed third in the 152 hom e basketball gam es. lb. class. The Heppner team took fifth in the state tourna M em bers o f the visiting ment. -Photos by Kandy Boyd teams (Heppner and Grant U nion) took part in the fundraiser as well as the Enterprise home fans. A c tiv itie s in c lu d e d in the event were a quilt raffle, silent dessert auction, T-shirt sales and two nights o f “ M ira c le M in u te s .” The clock was set for one minute and fans filled bags that were circulated around the stands with money. tftfi- 'i f ' Thursday, March 6,2014 • 1 p.m. SELLING 41 YEARLING G 16 TWO-YEAfrOLD ANGUS BULLS - FOR THE 2014 BREEDINGSEASOHdf -'V i The first night raised the im portance o f organ $ 3 5 0 , a n d th e s e c o n d donation was also stressed night raised $1,050. The and organ donor cards and Bingham family attended brochures were available. the games Saturday, and the The FC CLA said it has two young girls who have raised $4.800 in total to received heart transplants d o n ate to the B ingham as w ell as th e ir m other fam ily to h elp pay for spoke to the crowd. m edications that are not B e s i d e s r a i s i n g covered by insurance. m o n ey fo r th e fam ily , Jordan Bailey named to East Shrine team; J.C. Putman alternate Jordan Bailey, a 5’9” 160 lb. H e p p n e r H igh School senior was selected for the 2A Shrine East first team. Bailey was a running back, defensive back and wide receiver for Heppner. J.C . P utm an, a 6 ’3” 200 lb. HHS defensive end and offensive lineman, was selected to the alternate team. B ailey is the son o f Jeff and Christine Bailey, Heppner. Putman is the son of Sandi Putman, Lexington, and Jim Putman, Clatskanie, OR. 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O n D ec. 5, O reg o n D e p a rtm e n t o f F ish & Wildlife (ODFW ) relayed an anonym ous com plaint to the Oregon State Police regarding a w olf that had been shot and killed near M ilto n -F re e w a te r. The dead w olf was recovered and a genetic analysis of the c a rc a ss show ed the wolf had been bom into the Umatilla River pack. Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to call OSP N orthern Command Center at 800-452-7888 or email Senior Trooper Dain Gardner at JDGardne@osp. state.or.us. Have a news story or photo for the e-mail to editor@rapidserve.net, call 541-676-9228 or stop by the office on Willow St. in Heppner i i i i
