FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Mustangs sweep irst week
of league play
Mustangs wrestle their way to
podium in Riverside Rumble
The Heppner Mustang
boys’ basketball team got
two big wins last weekend
to open up Columbia Basin
Conference play. The Mus-
tangs (12-1, 2-0) beat the
Irrigon Knights 44-42 and
the Stanield Tigers 83-65.
Heppner traveled to
Irrigon to take on the de-
fending state champion
Knights. Irrigon lost several
key players from last year’s
team, but they still have
many good players who
know how to win. In this
game, Heppner got to the
basket early and often and
raced out to a 21-14 lead
after one quarter. Neither
team could get much going
in the second quarter as the
Mustangs could only score
nine points and the Knights
seven. The Mustangs con-
tinued to lead the game at
halftime 30-21.
Irrigon slowed the
game down in the third
quarter and got some good
shots. They outscored the
Mustangs 14-5 to tie the
game 35-35 at the end of
three. The fourth quarter
play was back-and-fourth,
and Irrigon briefly took
a lead. Heppner bounced
back to tie the score at 42-
42. At that point, Irrigon
decided to hold the ball for
the last shot of the game.
The Knights took that shot
with five seconds left to
play and they missed it.
Patrick Collins grabbed the
rebound and was fouled. He
calmly stepped to the free
throw line and made both
shots to give Heppner the
win 44-42. The Mustangs
shot 52 percent overall from
the ield and outrebounded
the Knights 18-11.
Collins led the team in
scoring with 12. He also had
5 rebounds a blocked shot.
Weston Putman followed
with 10 points, 6 rebounds
and 1 steal. CJ Kindle had
8 points and an assist. Lo-
gan Grieb also scored 8
points in the game and had
5 rebounds and 4 assists.
Caden Hedman scored 4
points for the Mustangs and
had 2 assists. Kevin Murray
contributed 2 points and a
The Mustang wrestling
team competed in two sepa-
rate events in Boardman on
Friday and Saturday. On
Friday they competed in a
six-team dual that included
Riverside, Grant Union,
Hermiston, Elgin, Imbler
and Heppner. On Saturday
the Mustangs wrestled in
the annual Riverside Rum-
ble that included nine teams
from schools ranging in size
from 2A to 5A.
In the dual tournament,
teams match up weight-by-
weight and compete indi-
vidually for team points.
In each of the duals, except
against Riverside, Heppner
won more matches and
scored more team points
than their opponent. Against
Riverside the Mustangs
were just three points—or
one match—behind the Pi-
rates at the end of the dual
for matches wrestled.
Nearly every Mustang
Heppner’s Caden Hedman stays focused on the net during
last week’s game versus the Irrigon Knights. –Photo by Sandra
Putman
rebound for the team.
On Saturday night the
Mustangs hosted the Stan-
field Tigers. Both teams
started the game out fast,
and there was lots of scor-
ing. The blazing irst quar-
ter ended with Heppner
ahead by the score of 21-20.
The Mustang defense stiff-
ened and held the Tigers
to only eight points in the
second quarter. Heppner’s
offense continued to click
and their shooters contin-
ued to have the hot hand.
Heppner scored 20 points
in the quarter to lead at
halftime 41-28.
Both teams shot the ball
well in the third quarter and
they each scored 19 points.
That made the score after
three quarters of play 60-47
in favor of the Mustangs.
Another fast-paced fourth
quarter saw Heppner race
by the Tigers 23-18 to win
the game by a score of 83-
65. Heppner shot an amaz-
ing 56 percent from the ield
and also out rebounded the
Tigers 35-20.
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won at least one match
during the dual matchups,
either in the dual or in ex-
hibition. The wrestlers and
their records for matches
wrestled at the event were
Trevor Chamberlin 2-1,
Leo Waite 2-2, Ryan Smith
3-0, Carson Brosnan 0-2,
Charles Cason 1-1, Will
Lutcher 1-3, Tim Jaca 1-2,
Jacob Wallace 1-0 and Cord
Flynn 3-0.
Heppner had three
wrestlers in the champi-
onship matches for their
weight classes at the River-
side Rumble. Trevor Cham-
berlin at 113 pounds, Ryan
Smith at 120 pounds and
Cord Flynn at 220 pounds
all won their way to the
inals.
Chamberlin, a fresh-
man, inished second with
a silver medal, his irst high
school medal, while Smith
and Flynn both earned gold
medals by easily defeated
their opponents from Riv-
erside and Mac-Hi respec-
tively.
Tim Jaca also placed in
the tournament, inishing in
Mustang Leo Waite holds fast while the ref watches for a pin ifth place and consolation
champion.
at the Riverside Duals Friday. -Photo by Kirsti Cason
Collins recorded an-
other double-double with
27 points and 11 rebounds.
He also blocked 2 shots
and had a steal. Kindle
made four three-pointers
on his way to 20 points on
the evening. He also had
5 rebounds and 5 assists
in the game. Grieb had a
good all-around game with
17 points, 6 rebounds and 5
assists. Putman tossed in 15
points, had 9 big rebounds
and 4 assists for the Mus-
tangs. Hedman and Murray
each scored 2 points for the
team. Murray also had 3
rebounds and 1 assist, while
Hedman chipped in with
an assist. Kaden Clark had
a rebound and 2 assists in
the game.
Next up for the Mus-
tangs is a home game on
Friday night against the
Weston-McEwen Tiger-
Scots. That game is sched-
uled to be played at 6 p.m.
On Saturday the team trav-
els to Culver to take on the The Heppner boys’ JV team had its irst league game of the season Saturday when they hosted
the Stanield. Pictured are (L-R in white jerseys) JV players Hunter Nichols, Kevin Smith,
Bulldogs at 4 p.m.
Gibson McCurry, Trent Smith and Dakota Howard playing defense against the Tigers. -Photo
JV boys kick off league play
by Sandra Putman
Lady ‘Stangs start
slow in league play
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Mustang Trevor Chamberlin shows what it takes to win a
medal at the Riverside Rumble last week. Chamberlin placed
second in the 113-pound class, his irst high-school medal. Ryan
Smith and Cord Flynn each took the gold in their respective
brackets, while Tim Jaca inished with a strong ifth place.
-Photo by Kirsti Cason
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Madison Combe holds some Tigers at bay while she watches
for the rebound during last week’s game. Heppner girls lost
their irst two league games of the season, suffering a 17-29
defeat at the hands of the Irrigon Knights last Friday and then
losing to the Stanield Tigers 29-36 on Saturday. This week of-
fers them two chances to make up ground in league play when
they host Weston-McEwen on Friday and then travel to Culver
on Saturday. –Photo by Sandra Putman
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