Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 24,2014 -THREE
Mustangs wrestle into big leagues
Mustang boys maintain
perfect record with close wins
CJ Kindle out-jumps the Imbler Panthers during last week's
game. Kindle made a good showing with eight points, four
, rebounds, two assists and two steals toward the Mustangs'
v < 54-52 victory. -Photo by Sandra Putman
The Heppner Mustang
boys basketball team kept
’ its record perfect at 6-0
with two more wins last
' weekend. The Mustangs de
feated the Imbler Panthers
in overtime 54-52 and beat
the Grant Union Prospec
tors 55-54.
In the home matchup
with the Panthers, H ep
pner led 12-10 after one
quarter and 26-21 at the
half. The game continued
to be close throughout the
third quarter and Heppner
led 39-32 at the start of the
fourth. Imbler outscored
' the Mustangs 13-6 in that
' quarter to tie the game late.
Neither team was able to hit
shots at the end of regula
tion and the game went into
overtime. The Mustangs
scored first in the overtime
1 period and their 9-7 scoring
advantage led to the 54-52
win.
Patrick Collins led the
team in scoring with 21.
He also contributed 10 re
bounds, 1 blocked shot and
had 1 assist. Logan Grieb
scored 14 points, had 6 re
bounds, 3 assists and a steal.
CJ Kindle had 8 points, 4
rebounds, 2 assists and 2
steals in the game. Weston
'Putman led the team in re
bounding with 11; he also
scored 5 points and had a
steal. Ross Cutsforth scored
4 points and hauled down 9
rebounds. Caden Hedman
stepped in and had 2 points,
2 assists and 1 rebound.
Heppner then travelled
to John Day to take on the
Prospectors. Grant Union
High School can be a very
difficult place to play and
get a victory. H eppner
played hard and won the
game there last year by a
score o f 51-50. It would
be a close game this year,
as well, and the Mustangs
w ould come away with
another one-point victory.
The Mustangs started
the game shooting the ball
very well. They also broke
the Prospector press several
times for easy baskets. At
the end of the first quarter
Heppner led the game by
the score o f 14-7. Grant
Union outscored the Mus
tangs 17-12 in the second
quarter to pull within two
points at the half, 26-24.
The Prospectors then out-
scored the Mustangs in the
third quarter 16-11, to take
a 40-37 lead into the final
quarter. Heppner battled
back to take the lead early
in the quarter, and then
both teams led several more
times throughout the rest
of the game. Grant Union
was up by two points with
14 seconds left in the game
when Logan Grieb made
a big three-point shot, his
fifth o f the night, to give
the Mustangs the lead. The
Prospectors called a time
out to set up a final play to
get the win. The Heppner
defense shut them down
and did not let them get
off a good shot. The Pros
pectors missed their last
attempt and Heppner got
the win by a score of 55-54.
Leading the way for the
Mustangs was Grieb with
18 points, 7 rebounds, 4 as
sists and 2 steals. Cutsforth
scored 13 points, had 4
rebounds and 2 assists.
Putman torched the net
for 12 points, and had 10
rebounds and 1 steal in the
game. Collins finished with
10 points, 7 rebounds, 1
blocked shot and 1 assist.
Kindle scored 2 points,
dished out 4 assists, and
had 5 rebounds and 1 steal.
Hedman contributed some
great ball handling and had
5 rebounds and 1 assist for
the night.
The Mustangs took on
the South Wasco Coun
ty Redsides last Monday
night, prevailing by a score
o f 64-38. The full story
will follow in next week’s
Gazette.
The boys now take a
week off for the Christmas
holiday. On Dec. 29, the
team travels to Halsey for
a three-day tournament at
Central Linn High School.
This event features four
class 2A and four class 3A
teams. Many are highly-
ranked in their respective
classifications. Heppner
starts the tournament off
on Monday night at 8:15
p.m. when they play the
Willamina Bulldogs.
From the North End
Eastern Promise to host Boardman
scholarship, FAFSA fair
The Eastern Promise
will host a college schol
arship and FAFSA fair
schools in the north end of
the county early next year.
The fair will take place 9
a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday,
Jan. 3, 2015 at Riverside
High School (210 Board-
man Ave., Boardman) for
Riverside and Irrigon High
students.
During the fairs, high
school students will have
an opportunity to receive
help with filling out the Free
A pplication for Federal
Student Aid (FAFSA). In
addition, ninth to 11“* 1 grad
ers can make their plans
to earn college credits in
high school with a trained
volunteer. Eastern Promise
college credits cost $10 a
credit.
The fair will also fea
ture a flu shot and immu
nization clinic for those 11
years and older in anticipa
tion o f Exclusion Day on
Feb. 18. Insurance can be
billed for these immuniza
tions. In addition, free child
care will be available, and
those who attend the fair
will receive free pizza.
Bilingual helpers will be
available to assist those
who need it, and there will
be a scholarship drawing
and door prizes for high
school students who attend.
Boardman launches redesigned
website
new website is accessible
of Boardman.
The City of Boardman
has redesigned its website,
the city announced recently.
After months o f working
with web design company
AHA Consulting of Port
land, Boardman’s website
committee says it is excited
to launch the new, more
interactive and informative,
■ website.
The initial city website
was launched in 2004. The
city wanted an updated
web presence that provided
users information on ser
vices available at the City
“We feel like this fresh,
modem design is a great
representation of the cus
tomer service we strive for
every day” said City Man
ager Karen Pettigrew.
The newly-redesigned
website, www.cityofboard-
man.com, provides access
to city resources and con
tacts in a clean, easily navi
gable format. Users now
have the opportunity to
research the city ordinance
database, as well as view
past city minutes, past press
releases and city maps. The
irne join us for
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nonalcoholic ;e
family fun!
December 31st 7pm-12am
Heppner SDA Church
560 Minor Street
541-561-9132
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Refreshm ents, Gam es J 3
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Movie & m ore
via computer, smart phone
and tablet.
Committee members
say one of the most exciting
new features to the website
is the two newsletters to
which users can subscribe.
The Boardm an B ulletin
newsletter will email sub
scribers the most current
information about the city,
such as road closures, press
releases, events, job op
portunities, etc. The Amber
Alert newsletter will notify
subscribers of Amber Alerts
when they are activated.
The “Subscribe to Newslet
ters" link can be found un
der the “Community” link
on the homepage. The city
hopes people will subscribe
to both of these lists.
The Heppner wrestling
team had a full week with a
five-way dual meet at home
on Thursday and the Mac-
Hi Christmas tournament
on Saturday.
The dual meet includ
ed teams from Riverside,
Echo/Stanfield, Irrigon and
Pomeroy, WA.
The Mustangs defeated
Echo/Stanfield 36-0, Ir
rigon 39-18 and Riverside
32-30. Heppner tied Pome
roy 18-18 in the score for
matches contested, but lost
30-24 with forfeits factored
in. All of Irrigon’s 18 points
and 24 o f 30 points for
Riverside came by way of
forfeits where Heppner did
not have a wrestler to fill a
weight class. Heppner did
not lose a match against
Echo/Stanfield or Irrigon,
and only lost one match in
the dual against Riverside.
In total the Mustangs posted
a formidable 21 -4 record for
individual matches wrestled
in four duals.
In M ilton-Freew ater
Saturday the wrestlers com
peted in an eight-team tour
nament with larger schools
from Oregon, Washington
and Idaho. Heppner was
the only entry from a 2 A/1A
team.
A ll seven H eppner
wrestlers won matches and
earned a spot on the podium
as a top-six placer in their
weight classes. Three o f the
seven were in the champi
onship bout and two more
w restled in consolation
finals.
Ryan Smith (113 lbs)
and Cord Flynn (182 lbs)
won gold medals and John
Propheter (220 lbs) won
silver.
Sophomore Flynn dem
onstrated how a young,
small-school wrestler earns
respect in large-school tour
naments. After a first-round
bye and a 67-second pin
against Mac-Hi in the quar
ters, Flynn faced the num
ber-one seed, a senior from
Riverside, in the semi-fi
nals. The two battled for six
minutes to the final whistle,
where Flynn prevailed with
a hard fought 4-1 decision.
In the championship bout
Flynn easily pinned his sec
ond opponent from Mac-Hi,
the number-two seed, also
in the first round.
Jesse Boyd (138 lbs)
and Jacob M oses (152
lbs) each finished fourth
in tough m iddle-w eight
brackets.
Will Lutcher was the
team iron-man for the week
wrestling nine matches in
three days. Lutcher claimed
sixth place in a full sixteen-
man bracket at 145-pounds.
The Mustang’s foreign-
exchange student, Jorgen
Andersen, added three more
wins during the week to
his first-season record and
finished sixth at 170 pounds
in Milton-Freewater.
Mustang girls outscore Panthers
The H eppner H igh
School girls basketball
team just completed a bru
tal stretch of games against
good teams and finished
with a 1-2 record. Heppner
has several varsity players
currently out with injuries.
That makes it very difficult
to find rotations that work
for every team and situa
tion that the Mustangs run
into. Hopefully some of the
players will be back at the
start of the new year when
league play starts.
H eppner hosted the
Condon/Wheeler Knights
last week and lost by a score
of 45-27. The Knights are
a powerhouse 1A team that
won the state title last year.
They returned several of the
key players from that team
this year. Heppner played
well in the first half and
only trailed by the score of
20-16. In the third quarter
Heppner could only man
age to score two points and
trailed 40-18. The Mustangs
did outscore the Knights
9-6 in the fourth quarter to
make the final score 45-27.
Kelly Wilson led the
team with 9 points. She also
had 7 rebounds, 3 steals, 1
assist and 1 block. Mad-
die Lindsay had 6 points,
7 rebounds, 1 assist and 1
block. Rian Wizner scored 5
points and had 2 rebounds.
Macy Gibbs had 3 points, 4
rebounds and 1 assist in the
game. Paige Grieb scored
2, had 1 rebound, 1 assist
and 1 blocked shot. Kaeylin
Lindsay scored 1 point, had
3 rebounds and 1 assist. Jes
sica Kempkin had 1 point,
1 blocked shot and 12 big
rebounds in the game.
The game with the Im
bler Panthers was one in
which the Mustangs played
much better. Heppner led
after one quarter 8-7 but
trailed 17-16 at the half.
In the third quarter, Hep
pner outscored the Panthers
14-4 to take a 30-21 lead
into the fourth. The teams
each scored 12 points in
that quarter and Heppner
won the game by the score
o f 42-33.
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Cord Flynn at the five-way dual meet in Heppner last Thurs
day. Flynn took the gold in the Mac-Hi Christmas Tournament
later that week, proving how a “small-school wrestler earns
respect in large-school tournaments.” Photo by Kandy Boyd
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Kelly Wilson (#1) aims for the hoop during the contest against
the Imbler Panthers last week. Wilson tied with Maddie Lind
say as lead scorer with 17 points in the game, as well as leading
scoring with nine points in the earlier game against the Condon/
W'heeler Knights. Photo by Sandra Putman
W ilson each scored 17
points in the game. Lind
say also hauled down 10
rebounds, and had 3 blocks
and 2 steals. Wilson also
contributed 7 rebounds, 1
assist and 1 steal. Kemp
kin scored 6 points, had 9
rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block
and 2 steals. Grieb had 3
rebounds and 2 assists for
the night. Gibbs recorded 6
rebounds and 1 steal. Kae-
lyn Lindsay had 1 rebound
and 2 assists and Caitlyn
Bailey had 2 rebounds in
the contest. Kacie Gray
saw her first varsity action
and scored 2 points for the
Mustangs.
In a close game at John
Day, the Mustangs lost 42-
39 in overtime. The game
was tied 4-4 after one quar
ter and the Mustangs led at
the half 13-8. Grant Union
outscored Heppner 14-5 in
the third quarter to tic the
score 22-22. At the end of
the fourth quarter. Grieb
made a free throw to tie
the score with just seconds
left. Heppner stopped the
Prospectors from scoring
on their last possession to
force the overtime period.
Both teams scored 15 points
in the fourth quarter and
the game ended tied 37-
37. Grant Union outscored
Heppner 5-2 in overtime to
get the win 42-39.
Leading the team was
Maddie Lindsay with 23
points. She also had 4
rebounds, 1 assist and 1
block. Kempkin had 19 big
rebounds for the night. She
also recorded 9 points, 1
assist and I block. Wilson
had a good game with 6
points, 8 rebounds, 4 assist
and 2 steals. Grieb had the
big free throw at the end
o f regulation for 1 point
and she had 2 assists in
the game. Kaeyln Lindsay
contributed 4 rebounds
and I assist and Gibbs had
3 rebounds. Bailey had 1
rebound for the Mustangs.
The M ustangs next
played the South Wasco
County Redsides on Mon
day. defeating them 53-35.
The full story will follow in
next week's Gazette.
They will travel to a
tournament in Halsey next
week and play the Willa
mina Bulldogs on Monday,
Dec. 29.
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