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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 17, 2016 WRESTLING DISTRICTS -Continued from PAGE ONE meet. Three Mustangs ad- vanced to the champion- ship semi-inals, freshman Trevor Chamberlin (106 pounds), senior Ryan Smith (113 pounds) and junior Cord Flynn (195 pounds). Chamberlin jumped out to a quick lead in his match, but later got caught in bad position and lost by fall to Shane Lund from Enterprise. Chamberlin ultimately won a bronze medal for third place and a consolation championship. Smith won his semii- nal match by a pin and went on to claim his third district championship by a 5-0 de- cision over sophomore Cole Farwell from Enterprise. Flynn, the third Mus- tang to reach the champion- ship semi-inals, easily won by fall. He then won his irst district championship with a hard fought 5-4 decision over senior Calvin Shaffer from Elgin in the inals. Two other Mustangs earned placing medals and team points. Freshman Leo Waite (120 pounds) and senior Will Lutcher (145 pounds) each inished sixth in their weight classes. Freshman Carson Bros- nan also won a match and scored team points for Hep- pner. Also competing for the Mustangs were Zach Bredfield, Charles Cason and Jacob Wallace. Smith and Flynn will take two weeks to prepare for the state competition in Portland where all classes 1A to 6A compete side by side on 12 mats. The tour- nament culminates in the state inals on ive mats in the 12,888-seat Coliseum. It will be Smith’s third state tournament, while Fly- nn will be competing for the irst time. Smith already has two state championships from his previous two trips to the state tournament. The Heppner Mustang boys’ basketball team in- ished up its Blue Moun- tain Conference season by defeating the Pilot Rock Rockets by a score of 70- 43. With the win, the Mus- tangs end BMC play with a record of 8-2 and are 18-3 overall on the season. They are currently ranked fourth in the OSAA 2A State Bas- ketball rankings. On senior night, a lit- tle extra emotion filled the gymnasium. Every- one knew it could be the last time that this special group of senior boys would be playing on their home court. Heppner started the game out slowly and only led 15-13 at the end of the first quarter. They then started to heat up on the offensive end of the loor and scored 18 points in the second quarter and held Pilot Rock to only 12. At halftime the Mustangs led the game 33-25. Another fast-paced third quarter saw Heppner continue to pull away and take a commanding 52-35 lead. In the fourth quarter the Mustangs continued to with 11. Jake Lindsay and have the hot hand and shot Kolby Currin scored 9 the ball very well. They put points each for the Mus- up another impressive 18 tangs. Coby Dougherty chipped in 6 points and Dakota Howard had 3. For the season, Steagall led the team in scoring with 142 points. Kevin Smith was next with 132. Dough- Four Heppner play- erty had 87 and Currin 71. ers were among the eight Derek Howard scored 63 Columbia points and Dakota Howard Basin Con- had 54. Lindsay was next ference with 45 and then Hunter players se- Nichols with 35. Trent lected for Smith finished with 30 the Shrine points and Gibson Mc- All-Star Curry had 28. Beau Wolters Patrick East team chipped in 27 points and Collins t h i s y e a r. Cason Mitchell followed Five CBC with 12. Kaden Corbin players made the team cut, scored 8 points this year while three were selected as and with 7 points each were alternates. Payton Lehman and Reno Ferguson. Keegan Gibbs scored 6 points for the team this year. Heppner JV ends season with a win The Heppner Mus- tang boys’ junior varsity team inished its season by defeating the Pilot Rock Rockets by a score of 50- 38. The JV Mustangs ended the season with an 8-9 re- cord. Heppner jumped out quickly against the Rockets and led 19-5 at the end of the irst. The second quarter was a little bit closer but the Mustangs still led 28- 17 at halftime. Pilot Rock outscored the Mustangs 15- 10 in the third quarter, but Heppner still led the game 38-32. A strong defensive effort by the Mustangs held the Rockets to only six points in the inal quarter. Heppner was able to put 12 points on the board and got the win by a inal score of 50-38. Kevin Smith led the team in scoring with 12 and Wyatt Steagall followed Mustangs number one going into CBC districts Queen tryouts March 26 for Spray Rodeo Queen tryouts for the May 28-29 Spray Rodeo will be held Saturday, March 26, at noon at the Spray Rodeo Grounds. Contestants do not have to be local or Wheeler County residents but they must be at least 15 years old and must never have been married or had children. For further information or an application, call 541- 468-2442. Park district to meet Willow Creek Park District will have a regular board meeting at 5:15 p.m. next Tuesday, Feb. 23, at Heppner City Hall. Valentines Candy 50% OFF Mustang Logan Grieb (5) launches himself over the heads of the rival Rockets as teammate Patrick Collins looks on. -Photo by Sandra Putman points in the quarter. The Heppner defense, which was strong all game long, held the Rockets to only eight points in the final frame. As the final horn sounded, the Mustangs got the victory by a score of 70-43. Patrick Collins and Lo- gan Grieb led the Mustangs in scoring with 15 points each. Collins also had 11 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 blocked shot. To go along with his scoring, Grieb also contributed 3 rebounds, 4 assists and a blocked shot. Weston Putman hit four three-pointers on his way to 13 points on the night. He also had 8 rebounds and 2 steals. CJ Kindle and Caden Hedman scored 8 points each in the game. Kindle also dished out 5 assists and had 3 rebounds. Hedman also contributed a rebound and a steal. Kevin Murray had 4 points, 5 rebounds and an assist while Kolby Currin also scored 4 points and had a rebound for the Mustangs. Kaden Clark scored 2 points and had 2 rebounds and Jake Lindsay had 1 point and 1 rebound. The Mustangs, who are the number-one seeded team in the district, will now begin post-season play at the BMC District Tourna- ment. They will play the Weston-McEwen Tiger- Scots at 1 p.m. this Friday at the Pendleton Convention Center. Heppner players dominate Shrine All-Star CBC picks Selected for the team were Heppner’s Patrick Collins for offen- sive and defensive lines and CJ Kindle for running back and CJ Kindle linebacker. Selected as alternates were Heppner players Kaden Clark for quarterback and defensive back and Weston Putman as tight end and linebacker. Other CBC picks were Fredy Vera, run- ning back and de- fensive Kaden Clark back, Irri- gon; Jarred Wa r r e n , offensive and defensive lines, Stanield; and Devon Rhoades, offensive and de- fensive lines, Weston McE- wen. Selected as alternate was Cougar Kroske, of- fensive and defensive lines, Irri- gon. O r - Weston egon’s 64 th Putman annual East West Shrine All-Star Football Game will take place Saturday, Aug. 6, in Baker City. HHS girls inish season Freshman basketball ends successful season The Heppner Mustang Freshman Boys’ basketball team recently finished a successful season with a 7-4 record. There was a total of 11 boys on the team and they played several other 2A freshman teams, and even went up against a couple of JV teams. Leading the way in scoring for the season was Trent Smith, who had 82 points. Dakota Howard Left: Lady ‘Stang Kaelyn Lindsay tries to outshoot the Rockets during last week’s game. The Heppner High School girls’ basketball team ended its season Friday with a 27-57 loss to Pilot Rock. The girls inished the 2015- 2016 season with a 2-19 overall record. -Photo by Sandra Putman was next with 74 and Derek Howard finished with 65 points. Hunter Nichols tal- lied 56 points this season and Reno Ferguson hit for 49. Gibson McCurry was next with 47 points and Ca- son Mitchell recorded 28. Keegan Gibbs chipped in 20 points for the team. With four points each were Mads Meltofte and Elijah Fetter. Zavier Glover rounded out the scoring with two points in the season. This group did a good job in making the tough transition from junior high school basketball to the high school level. The fu- ture of Mustang basketball certainly looks bright with this group of players. MUSTANG Championship Items now in stock! Hoodies and Tees Boys of fall canvas pictures now available! 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