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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 21, 2015 Mustangs take 11 th at wrestling classic Mustang wrestlers attended the Oregon Wrestling Classic in Redmond last weekend. More than 80 high-school teams were expected at the two-day dual-match tournament that began with four pools in each of the state’s five wrestling classifica- tions, setting up competition in 16-team brackets. Heppner placed 11 th in the 2A tournament after placing third in pool play. The Mustangs were at a disadvantage going in, with sev- eral empty weight slots, but pulled out an 18-12 win over Crane to end their weekend on a high note. Five Mustangs earned at least two wins by pinfall over the weekend. Ryan Smith (113 lbs), pictured top, led the way with four, while Jorgen Anderson (160 lbs), pictured bottom, and Jacob Moses (145 lbs) each had three. –Photos by Kandy Boyd Mustang fillies split conference play in close weekend The Heppner Mustang girls basketball team got a split of their conference games this weekend. They beat the Irrigon Knights 58-45 and then lost to the Stanfield Tigers 43-40. In the game against Irrigon, it was a total team effort as 12 different Mus- tang players saw time in the game. Heppner jumped out to an 11-5 lead after one quarter and led the game 24-17 at halftime. They put some real distance between themselves and the Knights as they outscored them 19-9 in the third quarter. A close fourth quarter led to the final score of 58-45. Maddie Lindsay led the team with 19 points and 8 rebounds. Kelly Wil- son scored 14 and had 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals in the game. Jessica Kempkin recorded a dou- ble-double with 12 points and 15 rebounds. She also had 3 assists on the night. Kaelyn Lindsay scored 5 points and had 2 rebounds. Macy Gibbs had 3 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist for the Mustangs. Paige Grieb and Rian Wizner each scored 2 points and had 1 rebound in the game. Grieb also dished Mustangs Jessica Kempkin (#22), Sophie Grant (#4) and Mad- die Lindsay (#20) coordinate a successful steal in the game against the Stanfield Tigers on Saturday. –Photo by Sandra Putman out 2 assists for her team. Sophie Grant had 1 point, 7 big rebounds and 2 assists. Heppner led their game with Stanfield 14-8 after one quarter of play. They were then outscored 17-8 in the second quarter and trailed 25-22 at halftime. Both teams scored 18 second-half points in the closely-contested game. The Mustangs did get a chance to tie the game with just seconds left. They got the ball back but had to go the length of the floor and were not able to get the shot up in time. The final score was 43-40. Leading scorer for the Mustangs was Wilson, who had 15 points. She also had 4 rebounds and 1 steal. Maddie Lindsay recorded another double-double with 10 points, 10 rebounds and 1 blocked shot. Grant was next with 7 points and 3 rebounds for the game. Grieb contributed 3 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal for the Mustangs. Morgan Correa scored 2 points and had 3 rebounds. Kempkin had 1 point, 8 rebounds and 1 blocked shot. Kaelyn Lindsay and Rylee Kollman each scored 1 point and hauled down 2 rebounds each for the team. Gibbs had 1 rebound on the night. The girls team will play two quality opponents this weekend. The Weston- McEwen TigerScots (10-4, 3-0) come to Heppner on Friday night. The Mustangs then travel to play the Cul- ver Bulldogs (9-6, 1-2) on Saturday. The JV girls game will start at 1 p.m. and the girls varsity game will be the last game of the day at around 4 p.m. Local youth place in Mustangs lose ground in tough weekend district hoop shoot against top-ranked teams Sydney Wilson On Jan. 18, our local hoop shoot winners gath- ered for the Northeast Dis- trict Elks Hoop Shoot in Hermiston. The local Hep- pner Elks Lodge had six outstanding representatives at this year’s shoot. Hallee Hisler was in the eight- to nine-year-old girls division and placed third. Sydney Wilson was in the 10- to 11-year-old girls division and placed first. Tresslyn McCurry was in the 12- to 13-year-old girls division and placed second. Landon Mitchell was in the eight- to nine-year-old boys division and placed fourth. Blake Carter was in the 10- to 11-year-old boys division and placed sixth. Trent Smith was in the 12- to 13-year-old boys division and placed third. More than 2,000 girls and boys competed at their local hoop shoot competi- tions from the surrounding areas of Hermiston, Pend- leton, Baker City, Condon, The Dalles, Enterprise and Heppner. As a first-place win- ner, Sydney Wilson will represent the NE district in the state competition in Milwaukee, OR on Feb. 14. The first-place winners from that competition will advance to the regional competition and, if they place first there, they will represent Oregon in the National Elks Hoop Shoot in Springfield, MA April 16-19. Community lunch menu Heppner United Methodist Church members will serve lunch on Wednesday, Jan. 28, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. The meal will include roast pork, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, sliced tomatoes, hot rolls, and chocolate mousse. Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change. V alentine ' s d ay is f eBruary 14 Murray’s Country Rose Flowers with a Personal Touch O rder e arly fOr V alentine ' s d ay M any G ifts to C hoose froM B alloons - C ards -B ouquets - C andy - W ild a Bout y ou a niMal P rints f un thinGs for K ids & More! 541-676-9426 2014 PRESCRIPTION PROFILES AVAILABLE FOR TAX PURPOSES 217 North Main St., Heppner • Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426 Serving Morrow, Wheeler & Gilliam counties Since 1959 Heppner’s Ross Cutsforth holds his own and hangs onto the ball despite the Irrigon press during last Friday’s game. Cutsforth had a good all-around game with five points, five rebounds, four blocked shots and one assist. –Photo by Sandra Putman If it’s not enough to play in arguably the stron- gest 2A basketball confer- ence in the state, where every night and every game can be a difficult challenge, you then have to play two of the top-ranked teams in the state in back-to-back games on the same weekend. That was the tall order that the Heppner Mustang boys basketball team faced this past weekend. On Fri- day night they played the Irrigon Knights and lost a hard-fought battle 59-48. The team then travelled to Stanfield the next day and were beaten by the Tigers by a score of 51-46. In the current OSAA 2A State Basketball rank- ings, the Knights are ranked number one, Stanfield is second and the Mustangs follow in third. The Heppner team knew that they would be in for a real tough game with the Knights. They are the defending state cham- pions and returned many of the key players off that team. In the first quarter, the Mustangs handled the Irrigon press well and broke it several times for easy VETERANS Health Care Transportation TOWN HALL Thursday, February 12th 11:30am Heppner Senior Center Free Spaghetti Lunch served to veterans who pre-register. Call 541-922-6420 Hosted by Morrow County Veterans Services & Walla Walla VA Medical Center Questions? Contact Veterans Services 541-922-6420 scores, but it was still 15-12 in favor of the Knights after one period. Heppner then out- scored the Knights in the second quarter to only trail 21-20 at the half. Another close quarter of play saw the score tied with :45 left in the third. A quick three, a steal and laying gave Ir- rigon a 42-37 lead at the end of three quarters of play. The Knights then out- scored the Mustangs 17-11 in fourth quarter to get the win by the score of 59-48. Leading the way for the Mustangs was Patrick Collins with 24 points and 13 rebounds. He also had 1 assist and 1 blocked shot. Logan Grieb followed with 10 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 blocked shot. Ross Cutsforth had a good all-around game with 5 points, 5 rebounds, 4 blocked shots and 1 assist. Weston Putman also scored 5 points in the game and had 4 rebounds and 1 assist. CJ Kindle had 4 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists for the Mustangs. Caden Hed- man saw some action and recorded 1 rebound and 1 assist for the team. After giving everything they had in Friday night’s game, the team had to travel to Stanfield and take on a quality team that finished third at the state tournament last year. The Mustangs started out fast and led after the first quarter 14- 7. Heppner continued its strong play and led 32-23 at halftime. Stanfield came out in the third quarter and shot the ball well. They out- scored the Mustangs 18-10 in the quarter to only trail 42-41. Early in the fourth quarter they scored to take the lead for the first time since the 2-0 score at the beginning of the game. Logan Grieb then sank a triple to tie the score back up at 45-45 with a little more than five minutes to play. The Mustangs went cold form there and could only score one more point. The Tigers went on to win the game 51-46. Grieb led the team in scoring with 13. He also had 4 rebounds and 4 assists in the game. Collins recorded his second double-double for the weekend with 10 points and 11 rebounds. He also had 2 assists and 1 blocked shot. Putman contributed 9 points and 6 rebounds, and Jesse Corbin had 7 points and 3 rebounds for the team. Kindle had 3 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal for the Mus- tangs while Cutsforth had 2 points and 6 rebounds. Kevin Murray also scored 2 in the game and Hedman had 1 rebound. The Mustangs are 10-3 overall and 1-2 in confer- ence play. They take on the Weston-McEwen Tiger- Scots at home on Friday night. They then travel to Culver to take on the Bull- dogs on Saturday. A sched- ule change at Culver will have both JV teams playing at 1 p.m. in different gyms, with boys varsity to follow and the girls to play last. Both varisty games will be held in the main gym. How are You Treating Jesus? If Jesus were physically on earth today, how would you like to take him to lunch? Or volunteer to wash his car? Well, you may just have that opportunity! Jesus said, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." (Matt. 25:40) Abstract love needs to be carried to mature completion by expressing it in a practical way. (I John 3:16-18) I think, if we treat each person just as if he were Jesus, we will do okay in interpersonal relationships.