Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 18, 2015
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Heppner girls outscore Tigers Mustangs end regular season
with two conference wins
to win third seed in districts
After another weekend
split, the Heppner High
School girls’ basketball
team found itself in a tie for
third place in the final Co-
lumbia Basin Conference
standings. The Mustangs
are 9-12 overall and 4-6 in
CBC play.
In their games this past
weekend, Heppner lost to
the Weston-McEwen Tiger-
Scots by a score of 44-30.
They then bounced back
and beat the scrappy Culver
Bulldogs 42-36.
The Mustangs jumped
out to a quick 6-0 lead
in their game at Athena.
The TigerScots came back
strong, and the score was
tied 6-6 at the end of the
first quarter. In the second
quarter, Heppner was out-
scored 13-4 to trail 19-10
at halftime.
The Heppner shoot-
ers could not get it going
in the third quarter, and
Weston-McEwen outpaced
the Mustangs 18-7 to take
a 37-17 lead into the fourth
quarter. The Heppner girls
did win the last quarter 13-
7, but it was too little, too
late. The final score of the
game ended up 44-30.
Kelly Wilson led the
team in scoring with 17
points. She also had 1 re-
bound and 2 steals before
fouling out of the game.
Maddie Lindsay followed
with 6 points and 6 re-
bounds for the team. Paige
Grieb and Jessica Kempkin
each scored 2 points and
had 4 rebounds for the
night. Kempkin also had
4 big blocks in the game.
Macy Gibbs scored 1 point
and had 3 rebounds. Kaelyn
Lindsay also scored 1 point,
had 2 rebounds and 1 steal.
Morgan Correa contributed
1 point and 1 rebound.
Mustang player Sophie
Grant was lost for the rest
of the season when it was
learned that she had broken
a bone in her wrist during
the Irrigon game.
In a crucial home game
with the Culver Bulldogs,
Heppner battled to a 12-12
tie at the end of the first
quarter. They continued
to play well and led the
game 24-21 at halftime.
Mustang Paige Grieb works the ball while keeping out of
range of a pursuing TigerScot during Friday’s game. –Photo
by Sandra Putman
The Mustangs turned up the
pressure in the third quarter
and outscored the Bulldogs
10-4. They took a 34-25
lead into the fourth quarter.
Culver closed to within two
points late in the game, but
Heppner was able to take
control and get the victory
by a score of 42-36.
Maddie Lindsay scored
14 points to lead the team.
She also recorded 12 big re-
bounds, and had 2 blocked
shots and 1 assist to go
along with 1 steal. Wilson
had a busy night with 13
points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists
and 3 steals in the game.
Correa scored 6 points, had
7 rebounds, 1 assist and 1
steal. Kempkin was busy in
the game, getting 4 points,
7 rebounds and 1 blocked
shot. Grieb and Gibbs each
scored 2 points in the game.
Grieb also had 2 rebounds
and 1 assist for the team.
Rylee Kollman scored 1
point and had 1 assist in
the game.
The Mustangs played
the Stanfield Tigers Mon-
day in a game to break the
third-place tie; the girls won
the game to advance to the
CBC District Tournament
as the third seed. Heppner
defeated the Stanfield Ti-
gers by a score of 47-32.
The Mustangs con-
trolled the game from
the very beginning. They
jumped out to a 13-6 lead
after one quarter and then
extended the lead to 21-12
at halftime. Heppner out-
scored the Tigers 26-20 in
the second half to get the
win by a score of 47-32.
A balanced scoring
attack was led by Kelly
Wilson with 14. Jessica
Kempkin had 13 points and
Maddie Lindsay poured in
12. Paige Grieb was next
with 4 and Kaelyn Lindsay
scored 2. Macy Gibbs and
Kacie Gray each scored 1
point in the game.
Kempkin led the team
in rebounds with 12 and
Maddie Lindsay had 11.
Morgan Correa, Rylee Koll-
man and Wilson had 3 re-
bounds each. Gibbs was
next with 2 and Grieb, Kae-
lyn Lindsay, Riane Dom-
pier and Rian Wizner each
had 1 rebound for the team.
Wilson had 3 assists, Grieb
followed with 2 and Cor-
rea finished with 1. Wilson
also had 3 steals, Maddie
Lindsay recorded 2, and
Grieb and Kempkin had 1
steal each. Kempkin also
blocked 1 shot in the game.
The Mustangs now
move on to the District
Tournament where they
will play the number-two
seeded Weston-McEwen
TigerScots. The game is
Friday night at 7 p.m. at
the Pendleton Convention
Center.
Mustangs on the mat
The Heppner Mus-
tang boys’ basketball team
wrapped up one of its most
successful regular seasons
in school history last week-
end. The Mustangs finished
the regular season with a
16-4 record and were 7-3
in Columbia Basin Confer-
ence play. They are cur-
rently the third-ranked team
in the latest OSAA 2A State
Basketball rankings. Hep-
pner won its last two con-
ference games of the season
by defeating the Weston-
McEwen TigerScots 51-43
and the Culver Bulldogs by
a score of 76-21.
The game with the Ti-
gerScots was a hard-fought
contest to the very end.
Heppner led 14-11 at the
end of the first quarter. A
strong second quarter, in
which the Mustangs out-
scored Weston-McEwen
13-6, gave Heppner a 27-
17 lead at halftime. A close
game in the second half saw
the TigerScots outscore the
Mustangs 26-24. It was not
enough in the end, however,
as Heppner won the game
51-43.
Leading the way for
the Mustangs was Logan
Grieb with 15 points. He
also recorded 6 rebounds
and 3 assists in the game.
Patrick Collins followed
with 12 points, 3 rebounds,
2 steals and 1 blocked shot.
Kevin Murray came in and
gave the team some qual-
ity minutes. He scored 9
points and had 6 rebounds.
CJ Kindle was next with
6 points, 5 assists, 1 re-
bound and 2 steals in a good
all-around game. Weston
Putman had 4 points, 12
big rebounds and 2 steals
for the Mustangs. Ross
Cutsforth and Caden Hed-
man each scored 2 points
in the game. Cutsforth also
had 3 rebounds and Hed-
man chipped in 1 rebound
and 1 assist in the contest.
Jerimiah Petzoldt scored 1
point, had 2 rebounds and
Jesse Corbin also grabbed 2
rebounds for the team.
The Mustangs shot
only 38 percent from the
field in the game, but they
dominated the rebound total
37-25. The team took care
Mustang Jake Lindsay shoots the ball in the game against the
Culver Bulldogs. –Photo by Sandra Putman
of the ball, as they only had
11 turnovers in the game.
In the game against the
Culver Bulldogs, Heppner
jumped out quickly and
took an early lead and never
looked back. It was 13-8 at
the end of the first quarter
and 35-15 at halftime. The
Mustangs outscored the
Bulldogs 41-7 in the sec-
ond half to get the win by
a score of 76-21. Everyone
on the Mustang roster was
able to get extended min-
utes of play in this game.
Kevin Murray led the
team in scoring, as he went
for 18 points on the night.
He also had 9 rebounds and
2 steals. Cutsforth followed
with 15 points, 9 rebounds
and 1 steal. Collins had a
good game with 12 points,
3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2
steals and 2 blocked shots.
Corbin scored 7 points in
the game and also recorded
2 rebounds, 1 assist and 3
steals. Putman also had 7
points and ripped down 6
big rebounds for the Mus-
tangs. Kolby Currin hit two
three-pointers in the game
and finished with 6 points
and 2 rebounds. Petzoldt
was next with 4 points and
4 rebounds on the night.
Grieb also scored 4 points
and he also had 2 rebounds,
2 assists, 2 blocked shots
and 1 steal. Hedman had 2
points and 2 assists, while
Kindle checked in with 1
point, 3 rebounds and 2 as-
sists. Jake Lindsay gave the
team some quality minutes
of play and had 2 assists in
the game.
Heppner shot 55 per-
cent from the field and 78
percent from the foul line.
They outrebounded the
Bulldogs 40-9 in the game.
The Mustangs only had 8
turnovers for the night.
Mustang coach Jeremy
Rosenbalm told his team
after their last game, “At
the start of the year we
broke the season down into
thirds. In the first third, you
had a great pre-season as
you went 9-1 against some
highly-ranked teams. In
the second third, you had a
tremendous regular season.
You went 7-3 in possibly
the toughest conference
in the state. It’s now time
for the last third, the post
season. Let’s go out and
finish the season strong and
keep playing for three more
weeks.”
The Mustangs start
post-season play at the
CBC District Tournament
on Friday night. They will
play the Stanfield Tigers at
the Pendleton Convention
Center. Game time is set for
7:45 p.m.
Heppner celebrates senior night
Above: Ryan Smith, Heppner, gives it his all in the champion-
ship bout last weekend. Upper right: The ref holds the arm of
a victorious Jorgen Anderson after a bout last weekend. Lower
right: “Oooohhh…I can’t watch.” An aspiring future wrestler
seems to decide he’s not quite ready to take to the mats. –Photos
by Kandy Boyd
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Heppner senior basketball players and band members and their families were honored on
Heppner High School’s Senior Night during the game versus Culver last Saturday. In the
front row (L-R) are senior basketball players Ross Cutsforth, Macy Gibbs, Maddie Lindsay,
Paige Grieb, Kelly Wilson, Jerimiah Petzoldt and Jesse Corbin, and senior band member Tom
Gould. In the back row (L-R) are Missy and Jeff Cutsforth, Jay and Sue Gibbs, Cam George,
Mindy and Steve Wilson, Bonnie George, Ken and Carri Grieb, Melissa and Todd Lindsay,
Tina Corbin, John and Ashli Gould, Richard Schmidt, senior band member Joe Schmidt, Pam
Schmidt, Misty and Aaron Petzoldt, and Terry Corbin. –Contributed photo
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