Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Mustangs in top spot for 2A
state basketball rankings
The Heppner Mustang
boys’ basketball team won
both of their games this
weekend to stay undefeated
in Columbia Basin Confer-
ence play. Heppner de-
feated the Weston-McEwen
TigerScots at home 54-42.
They then traveled to Cul-
ver and beat the Bulldogs
by the score of 67-32. The
Mustangs (14-1, 4-0) are
currently the number one
team in the OSAA 2A bas-
ketball state rankings.
In the game with the Ti-
gerScots, Heppner jumped
out to an early lead at the
end of the first quarter
14-5. A fast-paced second
quarter saw the Mustangs
stretch their lead to 29-18 at
halftime. Weston-McEwen
found some room to operate
in the third quarter and out-
scored the Mustangs 14-9 to
close to within 38-32 going
into the fourth quarter. In
the inal frame, the Mus-
tangs took over and scored
16 points and held the Ti-
gerScots to 10. The team
made some crucial free
throws down the stretch to
secure the win 54-42.
Patrick Collins was a
beast down low and scored
25 points. He also hauled
in 8 rebounds and had 2
steals. Logan Grieb had
a good all-around game
as he scored 12 points,
had 2 rebounds, 5 assists
and 2 steals. Weston Put-
man contributed 9 points,
8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2
steals. CJ Kindle scored 5
points and had 3 rebounds,
4 assists and a steal for the
Mustangs. Caden Hedman
chipped in 3 points for the
team.
After the long bus ride
to Culver, you might think
the Mustangs would start
the game against the Bull-
dogs a little slowly. That
was not the case as Hep-
Mustang wrestling shows
excellence despite low numbers
Smith, Flynn come home undefeated in tournament
Weston Putman jumps against a TigerScot for possession of
the ball during last week’s game. -Photo by Sandra Putman
pner raced out to a 20-6
lead after the irst quarter.
The second quarter saw the
Mustangs put 19 points on
the scoreboard as Culver
got 14. That led to a half-
time score of 39-20 in favor
of the Mustangs.
A dominating perfor-
mance by the Heppner
team in the third quarter
saw them score another 20
points. They held the Bull-
dogs to only eight points
and the Mustangs had the
lead 59-28 at the end of
three. The fourth quarter of
the game was played at a
slower pace, but Heppner
still scored eight points and
held the Bulldogs to only
four. The Mustangs got the
win in the game by a score
of 67-32.
Kindle led the team in
scoring with 20. He also
had 3 rebounds, 1 assist
and 4 steals. Grieb followed
with 13 points, 6 rebounds,
4 assists and a steal. Putman
and Collins each scored 10
points in the game. Putman
also had 6 rebounds and 3
steals while Collins chipped
in 3 rebounds and 2 assists.
Hedman was next with 6
points, 3 rebounds and 2 as-
sists for the Mustangs. Kol-
by Currin scored 4 points,
had 4 rebounds and a steal
to help his team. Kaden
Clark scored 2 points and
had 2 rebounds and 1 steal.
Kevin Murray also scored
2 points and had 1 rebound
and 1 steal. Jake Lindsay
had a rebound and an as-
sist in the game. Tommy
Bredfield came into the
game and grabbed 3 re-
bounds. Wyatt Steagall and
Kevin Smith each secured
a rebound for the Mustang
team.
This Friday the num-
ber-one ranked Mustangs
travel to Pilot Rock to take
on the Rockets.
Mustang JV boys fall to Tigers,
beat down Bulldogs
The Heppner Mustang
JV boys’ basketball team
split their games this past
weekend. They lost to the
Weston-McEwen Tiger-
Scots 50-45 and then de-
feated the Culver Bulldogs
by a score of 64-30.
The game against the
TigerScots started out slow-
ly for the Mustangs. They
trailed 14-5 and the end of
the irst quarter and 33-17
at halftime. The TigerScots
played several players in
the JV game who saw sig-
niicant time in the varsity
game later in the evening.
The Mustangs cut into
the Weston-McEwen lead
in the third quarter but still
trailed by a score of 42-30.
A big push by Heppner in
the fourth quarter saw the
team pull to within two
points near the end of the
game. They could not get
the lead and lost the game
50-45.
Kevin Smith led the
team with 13 points. Coby
Dougherty was next with 8
points and Wyatt Steagall
chipped in 7. Kolby Cur-
rin and Gibson McCurry
each scored 4 points and
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High school seniors
who are interested in at-
tending college or trade
school but who need mon-
ey to do it are invited to
an Oregon College Goal
open house on Wednesday,
Jan. 27, from 4-7 p.m. in
the Heppner High School
library. Juniors and par-
ents are also welcome to
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help, scholarship informa-
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college applications. Free
money will be given to the
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with Mrs. Payne.
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676-9138 or paynep@mor-
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Jake Lindsay had 3. With
2 points each were Dakota
Howard, Derek Howard
and Hunter Nichols.
The Mustangs then
traveled to Culver and
jumped out to a 15-8 lead
after the irst quarter. A big
second quarter saw Hep-
pner outscore the Bulldogs
20-7 and lead at halftime
35-15. The Mustangs then
scored 29 points in the sec-
ond half and held Culver to
15. The inal score of the
game was 64-30 in favor of
the Mustangs.
A balanced scoring at-
tack was led by Smith with
14. Steagall inished with
11 points and Dougherty
had 8. Beau Wolters got a
hot hand and had 7 points
for the team. Currin and
Lindsay both had 6 points
in only two quarters of play.
With 4 points each were
Peyton Lehman and Derek
Howard. Nichols and Da-
kota Howard each scored 2
points in the game.
The JV Mustangs play
their next game on Friday
at Pilot Rock against the
Rockets.
The Heppner Mustang
wrestling team competed
at the 34 th annual Oregon
Wrestling Classic in the
Expo Center in Redmond,
OR on Friday and Saturday.
The OWC is essentially the
dual state championship,
in which the best teams
in Oregon are invited to
compete head-to-head by
weight class to score team
points. In addition to the
84 high-school teams that
competed, the weekend
also involved about 200
girls competing in an open
women’s tournament and
1,000 youth ages 7 to 16
competing in a children’s
tournament.
The shorthanded
Mustangs were only able
to cover seven of the 14
weight classes. Each for-
feited weight class scores
six points for the opposing
team when that team has a
wrestler to ill the weight.
Given that deicit, Heppner
lost the irst three duals on
Friday to Vernonia, Myrtle
Point and Culver. The Mus-
tangs actually won four of
the six matches wrestled
against Myrtle Point and
half the matches wrestled
against Vernonia.
On the second day of
wrestling the Mustangs won
two duals against Glendale
and Knappa. Heppner won
ive of the seven matches
The Mustang wrestlers ran from the high school up to the cross
overlooking Heppner on MLK day. After a team meeting, they
all made the return run back to the high school. Pictured (L-R):
(back) Trevor Chamberlin and Leo Waite; (middle) Carson
Brosnan, Will Lutcher, Ryan Smith, Tim Jaca and Cord Flynn;
and (front) Charles Cason. Not pictured: Zach Bredield, Jacob
Wallace and Sabashtian Futter. -Contributed photo
wrestled against Knappa
but at the end of the dual the
score was tied 30-30 due to
forfeits. Heppner was ulti-
mately declared the winner
on tie-breaking criteria but
it went clear to the eighth
level of criteria, irst points
scored in each match.
The Heppner wrestlers
that competed and their
individual records were
(including forfeit wins ac-
cepted): Leo Waite 4-1,
Ryan Smith 5-0, Carson
Brosnan 3-2, Charles Cason
1-4, Tim Jaca 3-2, Sabas-
tian Futter 1-4 and Cord
Flynn 5-0. Every Mustang
wrestler succeeded in scor-
ing team points over the
weekend.
Flynn’s wins includ-
ed an 8-6 decision over
MacKyle Little, a number-
one ranked wrestler from
Culver; a fall over An-
drew Goozie, a number-
two ranked wrestler from
Knappa; and a fall over
Mustang wrestler Charles Cason struggles against the grip of Ryan Godfrey, a number-
an opponent last weekend at the Oregon Wrestling Classic. four ranked wrestler from
Myrtle Point.
-Photo by Kirsti Cason
These Heppner students show
‘Colt Character’
HES Colt Character recipients were awarded a certiicate for being selected as the November
and December character winners. The trait was Managing Yourself and students needed to
show positive action with their talent, time, thoughts and actions. Front (L-R): John Lindsay,
Lily Nichols, Rylee Palmer, Jaysi Dompier, Lita Nelson, Keaton Coiner, Lizzie Ginn and Ad-
dison Coe. Back (L-R): Ally Green, Lynn Williams, Dylan Christian, Ireland Martin, Zachary
Ferguison, Jacob Finch, Madison Palmer, Jace Coe and Faith Futter. Not pictured: Harley
Ann Anderson and Lane Critchlow. -Contributed photo
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L-R: Bryan Collins, Morgan Cutsforth and Mary Ashbeck
were the winners of the AR (Accelerated Reader) drawing for
fun ocean-themed prizes this month. Each month, students
read ocean-themed books and then take a quiz in order to be
entered into the prize drawing. -Contributed photo