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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 17, 2014 Mustang girls split tourney wins .Mustang Paige (.rich (#14) moves the hall up the court dur ing the game versus the Crane Mustangs. Grieb hit a three- pointer at the busier to send the game into overtime. Photo by Sandra Putman The Heppner Mustangs girls basketball team split their games at the I leppner Kick-OfT Tournament. The Mustangs lost the first game in overtime to Crane 59-53 and then bounced back to defeat lone 61-26. In a closely-contested game with the Crane Mus tangs, Heppner trailed at the end of the first quarter 10-6. Heppner then battled back to out-score Crane 15-8 in the second and led 21-18 at halftime. It was a back and forth third quarter that ended with Heppner ahead 32-31. The fourth quarter was equally close as both teams took the lead sev eral times. The Mustangs were down by three points with just seconds left in the game. A Heppner time out allowed the coaches to explain the situation and draw up a play. The ball was inbounded and Paige Grieb was able to get free and hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to tie the game and force overtime. In the overtime period. Crane out- scored Heppner 11 -6 to get the win 59-53. M addie Lindsay led the Mustangs with a dou ble-double. She scored 26 points and ripped down 14 rebounds. Kelly Wilson added 13 points and had 6 assists. Grieb scored 10, including the big three- pointer at the buzzer to send it to overtime. Maci Gibbs and Jessica Kempkin each scored 2 points in the game. The Mustangs took control of their game with lone early and never looked back. Heppner led 17-9 at the end of the first quarter and 32-16 at the half. The score was 47-22 at the end of three and Heppner out- scored lone 13-4 in the fourth quarter to win by the score o f 61-26. Hep pner shot 50 percent from the field for the game and shared the ball well as they had 15 assists on their 26 baskets made. Lindsay once again led the team in scoring with 16. She also had 4 rebounds, 2 steals and a blocked shot. Wilson scored 14 points and had 6 assists, 5 rebounds and 6 steals. Grieb scored 10 points, had 2 assists, 2 rebounds and a big blocked shot. Rian Wizner had 10 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 blocked shot in her home varsity-level debut. Kempkin was next on the team with 7 points and 5 rebounds. Gibbs scored 4, had 3 rebounds, 3 steals and an assist in the game. Kaelyn Lindsay contributed 2 rebounds and Morgan Correa had 6 rebounds and 4 assists for the Mustangs. Up next for the Mus tangs is a game with 1A pow erhouse Condon on Tuesday. They host the lmbler Panthers on Friday night and then travel to John Day on Saturday to play the Grant Union Prospectors. Local kids win the gold at annual Elks hoop shoot On Dec. 7, kids from South M orrow County faced off for the annual Elks Hoop Shoot free throw contest. F irst-, second- and third-place winners each received a medal, and the first-place winners in each group now advance to the District Hoop Shoot Com petition in Hermiston on Jan. 18. The places were as fol lows: Girls 8-9: First, Hallee Hisler; second, Madison Orem; and third. Faith Fut- ter. Girls 10-11: First, Syd ney Wilson. G irls 12-13: F irst, T resslyn M cCurry, and second, Madelyn Nichols. Boys 8-9: First, Landon Mitchell; second, Ty Boor; and third, Teagan Ramsey. Boys 10-11: F irst, B lake C arter; seco n d . Brock Hisler; and third, Kaden Combe. Boys 12-13: First, Trent Sm ith; second, H unter Nichols; and third, Zavier Glover. Other participants were Jackson Coiner, Mason Orem, Ethan Delibertis, Austin Brown, Trevor Nich ols, Derrick Smith, Kason Cimmiyotti, Zander Fisher, Gaige Futter, Jett Stewart, Jace Coe, Cody Fletcher, Ryan Lindsay, Paul Lind say, Jorden Sweeney, Drew Coe, Casey Fletcher and Kellen Grant. USDA provides greater protection for Mustang Sports Schedules fruit, vegetable, other specialty crops Boys Varsity Wrestling Schedule ’ Free basic coverage plans and discounts available fo r new underserved and limited income farmers WASHINGTON—Ag riculture Secretary Tom Vil- sack last week announced that greater protection is now available from the Noninsured Crop Disaster A ssistance Program for crops that traditionally have been ineligible for federal crop insurance. The new options, created by the 2014 Farm Bill, provide greater coverage for losses when natural disasters affect spe cialty crops such as veg etables, fruits, mushrooms, floriculture, ornamental nursery, aquaculture, turf grass, ginseng, honey, syrup and energy crops. “These new protections will help ensure that farm fam ilies grow ing crops for food, fiber or livestock consumption will be better able to withstand losses due to natural disasters,” said Vilsack. “For years, commodity crop farmers have had the ability to pur chase insurance to keep their crops protected, and it only makes sense that fruit and vegetable, and other specialty crop growers, should be able to purchase similar levels of protection. Ensuring these farmers can adequately protect them selves from factors beyond their control is also critical for consumers who enjoy these products and for com munities whose economies depend on them.” Previously, the pro gram offered coverage at 55 percent of the average market price for crop losses that exceed 50 percent of expected production. Pro ducers can now choose higher levels of coverage, up to 65 percent of their expected production at 100 percent of the average mar ket price. The expanded p ro tection will be especially helpful to beginning and traditionally underserved producers, as well as farm ers with limited resources, who will receive fee waiv ers and premium reductions for expanded coverage. More crops are now eligible for the program, including expanded aquaculture pro duction practices, and sweet and biomass sorghum. For the first time, a range of crops used to produce bio energy will be eligible as well. “If America is to remain food secure and continue exporting food to the world, we need to do everything we can to help new farmers get started and succeed in agriculture," Vilsack said. “This program will help new and socially disadvan taged farmers affordably manage risk, making farm ing a much more attractive business proposition.” To help producers learn more about the N onin sured Crop Disaster As sistance Program and how it can help them, USDA, in partnership with Michigan State University and the University of Illinois, cre ated an online resource. The web tool, available at www.fsa.usda.gov/nap, allows producers to deter mine whether their crops are eligible for coverage. It also gives them an oppor tunity to explore a variety of options and levels to de termine the best protection level for their operation. If the application dead line for an eligible crop has already passed, producers will have until Jan. 14, 2015, to choose expanded coverage through the Non insured Crop Disaster As sistance Program. To learn more, visit the Farm Ser vice Agency (FSA) website at www.fsa.usda.gov/nap or contact your local FSA of fice at oflfices.usda.gov. The FSA, which adm inisters the program, also wants to hear from producers and other interested stakehold ers who may have sugges tions or recommendations on the program. Written comments will be accepted until Feb. 13, 2015 and can be submitted through www. regulations.gov. Thursday, Dec 18,4:00PM Redmond Eagle vs Irrigon, Riverside Saturday, Jan 17, 8:00AM Saturday, Feb 14, 10:00AM Saturday, Dec 20, @ Mac @ Redmond @ Pine Eagle Hi ' Monday, Jan 26,4:00PM @ Saturday, Feb 21, TBD @ Saturday, Dec 27, 10:00AM La Grande Enterprise High School @ Pendleton Saturday, Feb 7, 10:00PM (Crane Union, Elgin High School, Enter vs Crane Union, Culver, Friday, Jan 2, 2:00PM @ Joseph High School Elgin High School, En prise, G rant Union, Saturday, Jan 3, 10:00AM terprise, Grant Union, lmbler High School, @ Joseph High School lm bler High School, Irrigon, Powder Valley, Irrigon, McLoughlin, Saturday, Jan 10, 9:00AM Union, Wallowa, Pine Riverside, Union, Wal @ Riverside Eagle) lowa, La Grande, Pine Friday, Jan 16, 8:00AM @ Boys Basketball ’ 12/16/2014, Tue 6:30pm vs. Condon / Wheeler 12/19/2014, Fri 7:30pm vs. lmbler 12/20/2014, Sat 5:30pm @ Grant Union 12/30/2014, Tue TBD @ T B D ( C e n tr a l Linn T ournam ent - Halsey) 12/31/2014, Wed TBD @ T B D ( C e n tr a l Linn T ournam ent - 12/22/2014, Mon 5:30pm Halsey) vs. South Wasco Coun 1/9/2015, Fri 7:30pni @ Pilot Rock ty 12/29/2014, Mon TBD 1/16/2015, Fri 7:30pm vs. Irrigon @ T B D ( C e n tr a l Linn T ournam ent - 1/17/2015, Sat 5:30pm @ Halsey) Stanfield 1/23/2015, Fri 7:30pm @ Weston-McEwen 1/24/2015, Sat 5:30pm vs. Culver 1/30/2015, Fri 7:30pm vs. Pilot Rock 2/6/2015, Fri 7:30pm @ Irrigon 2/7/2015, Sat 5:30pm vs. Stanfield 2/13/2015, Fri 7:30pm vs. Weston-McEwen 2/14/2015, Sat 5:30pm @ Culver Girls9 Basketball 12/16/2014, T ue 5pm vs. Condon / Wheeler 12/19/2014, Fri 6pm v s. lmbler 12/20/2014, Sat 4pm @ Grant Union 12/22/2014, Mon 4pm vs. South Wasco C oun ty 12/29/2014, Mon TBD @ TBD (C entral Linn Tournament - Halsey) 12/30/2014, Tue TBD @ TBD (C entral Linn Tournament - Halsey) 12/31/2014, Wed TBD @ TBD (C entral Linn Tournament - Halsey) 1/9/2015, Fri 6pm @ Pilot Rock 1/16/2015, Fri 6pm vs. Ir rigon 1/17/2015, Sat 4pm @ Stanfield 1/23/2015, Fri 6pm @ Weston-McEwen 1/24/2015, Sat 4pm vs. Culver 1/30/2015, Fri 6pm vs. Pilot Rock 2/6/2015, Fri 6pm @ Ir rigon 2/7/2015, Sat 4pm vs. Stan field 2/13/2015, Fri 6pm vs. Weston-McEwen 2/14/2015, Sat 2:30pm @ Culver Wishing Everyone Happy Holidays! 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