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
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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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The Neighborhood Center
Toy Drive and
The FFA Coat Dri
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