FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 4, 2015
MUSTANGS WRESTLING
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“Doyle is a tough op-
ponent,” said Smith.”I pre-
pared for that match all
season.” “I am so grateful
for all those who surround
me and life me up so I can
wrestle and represent Hep-
pner Wrestling.”
Heppner senior John
Propheter wrestled most of
the 2014-15 season at 195
pounds but made a strategic
move up to the 285-pound
heavyweight division for
the district tournament. It
paid off as he claimed the
district championship by
pinning everyone he faced.
As a district champion
but with no criteria at 285
pounds, Propheter was giv-
en the last of the four seeds
in the state bracket. He was
also 45 to 80 pounds lighter
than all of his opponents
in the bracket. Propheter
proved that technique and
conditioning trumps size
by pinning three of the
four opponents he faced,
bringing home a bronze
medal for third place and
the 285-pound consolation
bracket championship. His
only loss of the tournament
came in the semi-finals to
the eventual state cham-
pion.
Saturday afternoon
Smith and Propheter joined
the rest of the 2015 state
placers in the March of
Champions Parade led by
the living inductees to the
Oregon Chapter of the Na-
tional Wrestling Hall of
Fame.
Team points are ac-
cumulated for individual
Ryan Smith of Heppner stands atop the podium as 106-pound
2A/1A state champion his second year running. –Photo by
Kandy Boyd
John Propheter of Heppner brought home the bronze medal,
taking third in a tough weight class at the state championship.
–Photo by Kandy Boyd
wins, placements and bonus
points for pins and major
margins of victory. Despite
having only two wrestlers
at the state tournament and
finishing eighth of 14 teams
at the district tournament
the previous week, Heppner
placed seventh in the state
at 2A/1A; that was half a
point ahead of eighth-place
Burns, the previous week’s
Special District 4 cham-
pionship team, which had
six wrestlers at state. The
only team from the district
to score more team points
at 2A/1A state was Crane,
which finished fifth, also
with six state qualifiers.
Special District 4 was well
represented with four of the
top 10 teams.
Heppner has finished
in the top 10 at state four
of the last five years and
has had wrestlers qualify
for the state tournament
seven years in a row. The
Mustangs have had three
individual state champions
in two years and state plac-
ers each of the last six years.
MUSTANGS BASKETBALL
ADVANCES -Continued from PAGE ONE
and got many open looks at
the basket. The Mustangs
outscored the Falcons 21-6
in the quarter to take a 34-
17 lead into halftime.
Both teams played well
in the third quarter and
they each scored 13 points.
Heppner led at the end of
three by a score of 47-30.
The Falcons won the fourth
quarter by a score of 15-13,
but it wasn’t enough, as the
Mustangs recorded a 60-45
win.
Logan Grieb led the
Mustangs with 20 points.
He also had 7 rebounds
and 3 assists in the game.
Patrick Collins scored 9
points and hauled down 11
rebounds for the team. Ross
Cutsforth also scored 9
points, and had 5 rebounds
and 1 assist. CJ Kindle
was next with 7 points, 4
rebounds and 7 big assists
on the night. Kevin Murray
hit for 6 points and had 3
rebounds while Caden Hed-
man scored 5 points and had
3 rebounds. Weston Putman
scored 3 points and had 5
rebounds and 1 assist for
the Mustangs. Jesse Corbin
scored 2 points in the game.
Kolby Currin recorded 1
rebound and Jake Lindsay
and Jerimiah Petzoldt also
gave the Mustangs some
good play in the game.
Heppner shot 58 per-
cent from the field and
held Faith Bible to only
33 percent. The Mustangs
outrebounded the Falcons
by a 39-17 margin.
CJ Kindle (#24) and Patrick Collins block a Falcon during the
Round One playoff game in Heppner last weekend while Kevin
Murray (left) and Caden Hedman (#12) look to assist. –Photo
by Sandra Putman
With the
win, the Mus-
tangs will now
face off against
the Knappa Log-
gers in their first
game at the state
tournament.
Heppner faced
Knappa in the
first game of
the season for
both teams at a
tournament in
Warrenton. The
Mustangs won
that game by a
score of 48-37.
The Loggers
are the first-
place team from
the Northwest Caden Hedman ignores the attempted
by Faith Bible players on his way to
League and have block
the net Friday. –Photo by Sandra Putman
a record of 21-5.
The game will be
ALL NEWS AND
held at Pendleton
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High School on Thursday
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night at 6:30 p.m.
MONDAYS AT
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GOOD LUCK MUSTANGS!
Front row: (l-r) Coach Jeremy Rosenmalm, Jake Lindsay, Caden Hedman, CJ Kindle, Weston Putman, Kevin Murray, Ross Cutsforth,
Patrick Collins, Logan Grieb, Brian Rill, Jesse Corbin, Kolby Currin, Ken Grieb, Mike Ehrsam. Not Pictured Jerimiah Petzoldt
THE MUSTANGS WILL FACE THE KNAPPA
LOGGERS IN STATE QUARTERFINALS MARCH
5TH AT PENDLETON HIGH SCHOOL AT 6:30 P.M.
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Jeff & Missy Cutsforth Family
Devin Oil, Heppner Shell
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Ken, Carri, Paige, Logan & Claire Grieb
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Heppner Gazette-Times
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Heppner Chamber
Silver Creek Contracting, LLC
Les Schwab Tire Center
Sykes Brothers Printing,
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Chris & Andrew Sykes
Markel Manufacturing, Inc.
Dick & Nancy Snider
Skip & Sandy Matthews
Stor-4-U
Miller and Sons Excavating
Sykes Real Estate
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Sweeney Mortuary
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Heppner & Ione
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Willow Creek Terrace