FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Mustangs split conference
play, hold on to irst in league
Kaden Clark (10), Kevin Murray (20) and CJ Kindle (24) form
a screen in front of the Stanield Tigers as they wait for the
rebound. -Photo by Sandra Putman
The Heppner Mustang
boys’ basketball team split
its games last weekend in
Columbia Basin Confer-
ence play. They lost at home
to the ifth-ranked Irrigon
Knights by a score of 49-42.
They then rebounded with a
win on the road by defeat-
ing the 12 th ranked Stanield
Tigers 44-43. The Mustangs
(16-2, 6-1) are in irst place
in the CBC standings and
currently the number-two
team in the OSAA 2A state
basketball rankings.
Against the Knights,
Heppner came out a little
slow and Irrigon forced the
tempo of play. The score af-
ter the irst quarter saw the
Knights leading 16-11. A lid
seemed to be on the basket
in the second quarter for
the Mustangs as they could
only score seven points.
Irrigon doubled them up as
they scored 14 points and
led 30-18 at halftime.
Heppner came out in
the second half and out-
scored the Knights in both
quarters, 11-9 in the third
and 13-10 in the fourth.
This allowed the Mustangs
to pull within three points
with just under one min-
ute left in the game. Hep-
pner was forced to foul
the Knights and they made
several free-throws at the
end of the game to preserve
the victory 49-42.
CJ Kindle led the Mus-
tangs with 17 points, 8
rebounds, 2 assists and
2 steals. Patrick Collins
followed with 14 points,
9 rebounds, 1 steal and a
blocked shot. Logan Grieb
scored 5 points, had 5 re-
bounds, 1 assist, 1 steal
and a blocked shot. Ca-
MILES &
den Hedman chipped in
4 points and an assist on
the night. Weston Putman
had 2 points, 4 rebounds
and 2 steals for the team.
Kaden Clark contributed 2
rebounds and Kevin Mur-
ray had 4.
In the game at Stan-
ield, the Mustangs came
out of the locker room and
took control of the game
early. They led 13-8 at the
end of the irst quarter and
28-21 at halftime. Both
teams scored nine points
in the third quarter and the
Mustangs still led the game
by a score of 37-30. The
teams traded runs in the
hard-fought fourth quarter,
but the Tigers got the best
of the Mustangs by a score
of 13-7. Heppner led the
game by one point as Stan-
ield ended up with the ball
under their own basket with
only one second left on the
clock. They inbounded the
ball and put up a shot at the
buzzer but it bounced off of
the rim. The Mustangs were
able to hold on and get the
win 44-43.
Leading the way in
scoring for Heppner was
Putman with 17. He also
grabbed 5 rebounds, had
an assist and 2 steals. Grieb
followed with 10 points, 3
rebounds, 2 assists and a
blocked shot. Collins was
next with 7 points, 14 re-
bounds and 2 blocked shots.
Kindle scored 6 points, had
7 rebounds and 2 assists in
the game. Hedman scored 2
points and had 3 rebounds
and 2 assists for the Mus-
tangs. Clark also scored 2
points and had a rebound
and a steal. Lindsay had a
rebound in the game.
The Mustangs continue
CBC play this weekend as
they travel to Athena to take
on the Weston-McEwen
TigerScots on Friday night.
The will then host the Cul-
ver Bulldogs on Saturday.
Mustangs take six medals at
BEO Invitational
Smith named Outstanding Wrestler
The Mustang wrestling
team had a rare home ap-
pearance on Saturday at
the Bank of Eastern Oregon
Invitational tournament.
Thirteen teams from eastern
Oregon from 1A to 4A, plus
Hermiston’s JV, competed.
Mac-Hi was the overall
team winner and River-
side was second. Heppner
inished fourth, with six of
the 11 Mustangs winning
medals.
At the end of the day
the Mustangs had three
wrestlers competing on the
new Mustang mat under the
spotlight in the champion-
ship inals for their weight
classes.
Trevor Chamberlin, a
freshman, wrestled at 106
pounds and made it to the
inals before being defeated
by a junior from Adrian in
the championship bout.
Senior Ryan Smith,
wrestling in his inal home
tournament, inished with
a championship at 113
pounds. Smith was also
voted by the coaches as the
Outstanding Wrestler of the
tournament.
Cord Flynn was the
third Mustang to compete
in the championship bout
in his weight class of 220
pounds. Flynn inished with
a silver medal.
Carson Brosnan, a
freshman, won his first
high school medal, claim-
ing a bronze at 126 pounds
with a pin over a Mac-Hi
opponent in the consolation
championship.
The Mustangs’ other
senior, Will Lutcher, also
inished his inal home tour-
nament with a strong show-
ing by winning a consola-
tion championship bronze
medal at 145 pounds.
Heppner’s other medal-
ist was Tim Jaca, inishing
fourth at 152 pounds.
Also competing for the
Mustangs were Leo Waite,
Zach Bredield, Charles Ca-
son and Sabashtian Futter.
The Mustangs will be
competing in their last regu-
lar season tournament in
Halfway on Saturday.
Mustang wrestler Carson Brosnan puts a choke-hold on a
Mac-Hi opponent during last weekend’s BEO Invitational in
Heppner. Brosnan won his irst high-school medal at the tour-
nament. -Photo by Kirsti Cason
HES announces perfect
attendance, honor card winners
John Gould of Les Schwab Tire Center handed out the Pride in Performance irst semester
perfect attendance certiicates to 26 HES Students. Six lucky students were drawn to receive
gift cards donated by Les Schwab. -Contributed photo
High stakes didn’t keep Heppner’s Weston Putman and a
Stanield player from sharing a sense of camaraderie on the
court last weekend. -Photo by Sandra Putman
South Morrow
scholarship board
elects oficers
At the annual meet-
ing of the South Morrow
County Scholarship Inc.,
new member Adam Mc-
Cabe of Ione was elected
president. Ginger Bowman
was elected vice president;
Del LaRue was elected trea-
surer, and Brandi Sweeney,
secretary.
MILES OF SMILES
Board members serv-
ing are Martha Munkers,
Sharon Harrison and Carri
Grieb.
The South Morrow
County Scholarship Trust
was established several
years ago to provide funds
to grant scholarships to
graduating seniors from
Heppner and Ione High
Schools and to take the
place of the Troedson
Scholarship fund, which
will be discontinued in the
year 2023.
Application for this
year’s scholarships will
be available in the form of
computer disk at Heppner
High School and Ione High
School starting in March.
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Heppner Elementary
School has announced
perfect attendance for the
second quarter and first
semester of the 2015-2016
school year.
Second Quarter
Sixty HES students
achieved perfect attendance
for second quarter 2015-
2016. They are as follows
by class:
Mrs. Morris—Naomi
Propheter, Tyler Rice, Jace
Wilson.
Mrs. Matteson—Jaysi
Dompier, Healy Hisler,
Quaid Jensen, Avree Lath-
rop, Claire Lindsay, McK-
enzie Maben, Lita Nelson,
Maya Payne, Natalie Piper,
Mason Seitz, Logan Turner.
Mrs. Stewart—Caleb
George, Owen Guerra,
Zaleta Masterson, Sarah
Munkers, Lily Nichols,
Rylee Palmer, Austin Wil-
lis.
Mrs. Matheny—Ma-
kiyah Christian, Jackson
Coiner, Sierra Greenup,
Kadie Henrichs, Hallee
Hisler, Saige Jensen, Aden
Lathrop, John Lindsay, Isi-
ah Martin, Keeley Nairns,
Damien Sheoships-Ball,
Nickolas Wenberg, Lynn
Williams.
Mrs. Gibbs—Morgan
Cutsforth, Caden George,
Zandra Masterson, Teagan
Ramsey.
Mrs. Piper—Dillan
Doyle, Adan Guerra, Ire-
land Martin.
Mrs. Rosenbalm—Ma-
son Alleman, Kylie Boor,
Ty Boor, Conor Brosnan,
Jace Coe, Zander Fisher,
Paul Lindsay, Trevor Nich-
ols, Madison Palmer, Au-
briana Rodriguez, Joseph
Sherman, Katie Wilson.
Mrs. Coiner—Ka-
son Cimmiyotti, Kassidy
Henrichs, Brock Hisler,
ZaBrena Masterson, Felix
Matthew, Derrick Smith,
Kegan Steagall.
First Semester
Twenty-six students
achieved perfect attendance
for first semester 2015-
2016. They are as follows:
Mrs. Morris—Naomi
Propheter, Tyler Rice, Jace
Wilson.
Mrs. Matteson—Healy
Hisler, Logan Turner.
Mrs. Stewart—Caleb
George, Zaleta Masterson,
Austin Willis.
Mrs. Matheny—Jack-
son Coiner, Kadie Hen-
richs, Hallee Hisler, Isiah
Martin, Keeley Nairns.
Mrs. Gibbs—Morgan
Cutsforth, Zandra Master-
son.
Mrs. Piper—Dillan
Doyle, Ireland Martin.
Mrs. Rosenbalm—Ky-
lie Boor, Conor Brosnan,
Jace Coe, Zander Fisher.
Mrs. Coiner—Ka-
son Cimmiyotti, Kassidy
Henrichs, Brock Hisler,
ZaBrena Masterson, Der-
rick Smith.
Honor Card
HES also has an-
nounced that 60 students
achieved Honor Card status
for the second quarter, as
follows:
Mrs. Morris—Mary
Ashbeck, Hannah Bran-
non, Addison Coe, Havin
Gray, Isabel Payne, Naomi
Propheter, Gage Williams,
Jace Wilson, Eva Worden.
Mrs. Matteson—Ke-
aton Coiner, Jaysi Dom-
pier, Brooklyn Hendricks,
Healy Hisler, Avree Lath-
rop, Claire Lindsay, Hailey
McDaniel, Maya Payne,
Natalie Piper, Alakae Ro-
driguez, Mason Seitz, Tripp
Stewart, Aireana Warner,
Patrick Wolford.
Mrs. Stewart—Journey
Cavan, Lane Critchlow,
Elizabeth Finch, Caleb
George, Owen Guerra,
Faith Holsinger, Levi Ma-
ret, Zaleta Masterson, Sarah
Munkers, Lily Nichols,
Rylee Palmer, Sophie Ro-
driguez, Brady Williams.
Mrs. Matheny—Jack-
son Coiner, Ally Green,
Hallee Hisler, John Lind-
say, Keeley Nairns, Lynn
Williams.
Mrs. Gibbs—Morgan
Cutsforth, Caden George,
Irelynn Kollman, Landon
Mitchell, Arianna Worden.
Mrs. Piper—Jacob
Finch, Jake Lentz, Ireland
Martin.
Mrs. Rosenbalm—Ky-
lie Boor, Conor Brosnan,
Jace Coe, Cody Fletcher,
Paul Lindsay, Trevor Nich-
ols, Madison Palmer.
Mrs. Coiner—Kason
Cimmiyotti, Hannah Finch,
Brock Hisler.
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