Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Mustangs sweep week of league play
The Heppner Mustang
boys’ basketball team won
both of its Blue Mountain
Conference games this past
weekend. They defeated the
Culver Bulldogs by a score
of 64-38 and then beat the
Pilot Rock Rockets 54-42.
With the wins, the Mus-
tangs’ record is 10-4 overall
and 2-2 in BMC play.
In the game with the
Bulldogs, Heppner came
out fast and strong and led
at the end of the first quarter
15-8. The Mustangs then
outscored the Bulldogs
19-10 in the second quar-
ter to take a 34-18 lead at
halftime.
The second half of the
game was much the same
as the first. Heppner played
some great defense and lim-
ited the number of Culver
shot attempts.
They also did a good
job of running their offense
and getting some quality
scoring opportunities of
their own.
The Mustangs scored
15 points in each quarter of
the second half and limited
Culver to 20 points overall
in the half. All 13 players
who suited up for the Mus-
tangs got into the game and
contributed nicely in the
64-38 victory.
A balanced scoring at-
tack was led by Logan
Grieb, who finished with
12 points. He also had 5
rebounds, 4 assists and 5
steals in the game.
Wyatt Steagall played
well and had 11 points, 8
rebounds and 2 steals on
the night.
Caden Hedman and
Kevin Smith each scored
9 points for the Mustangs.
Hedman also dished out 2
assists and had 2 rebounds,
while Smith hauled down 9
boards and had a steal.
Jake Lindsay had a
good all-around game as
he had 7 points, 5 rebounds,
5 assists and 1 steal for the
team.
Nikolas Dias Martins
also scored 7 points in
the game and had 1 steal.
Kevin Murray scored 4
points, had 4 rebounds and
2 steals. Hunter Nichols
had 4 points, Beau Wolters
scored 1 point and had 1
assist while Gibson Mc-
Jake Lindsay doesn’t let anything stand between him and the
net at last weekend’s game versus Culver. -Photo by Sandra
Pointer
Curry recorded a rebound
and a steal. Kolby Currin
saw his first action of the
year after recovering from
having surgery on his wrist
and contributed a rebound
and 2 steals.
A rivalry game against
the Rockets always seems
to lead to an exciting event
for all who attend. This
year’s matchup was another
good one and the game was
close until the very end.
The Mustangs played
well and had a small lead
at the end of the first quarter
by the score of 14-10.
The Rockets battled
back and outscored Hep-
pner in the second quarter
15-14 when they made a
very long three-pointer at
the buzzer. The Mustangs
still led at halftime 28-25.
Pilot Rock turned up
the defensive pressure in
the third quarter and out-
scored the Mustangs 14-9
to take a 39-37 lead into the
fourth quarter. A fired-up
team of Mustangs turned up
their own defensive inten-
sity and limited the Rockets
to only three points for the
rest of the game.
Heppner finally took
the lead for good midway
through the fourth quarter
and never looked back. The
Mustangs took care of the
ball and the Rockets were
forced to foul. Heppner
made several key free-
throws down the stretch to
secure the victory by 54-42.
Grieb led the team in
scoring with 16. He also
hauled down 8 rebounds,
had 5 steals, 3 assists and a
blocked shot. Smith shot the
ball well and finished with
12 points. He also had 8
rebounds and 1 assist. Jake
Lindsay scored 11 points
and had 6 rebounds and an
assist in the game. Hedman
contributed 7 points, 5 re-
bounds, 2 assists and a steal
in the victory. Murray had 5
points, 9 big rebounds and
1 assist for the team. Dias
Martins scored 3 points and
had 3 assists and a steal.
The Mustangs have one
game this weekend as they
host the Stanfield Tigers
on Saturday. The junior
varsity boys team will get
things started at 1 p.m. That
game will be followed by
the junior varsity girls and
then the varsity boys. The
varsity girls will finish up
the action for the day.
- THREE
Heppner girls suffer
more disappointment
Heppner’s Emily Cecil runs the ball up the court in front of
Culver players in last Friday’s contest. Despite a good effort,
the Mustang girls’ varsity team lost both of their games over
the weekend, 36-57 to Culver and 22-53 to Pilot Rock. They
look to improve their record in a game this Saturday against
Stanfield. -Photo by Sandra Pointer
Heppner JV brings
down Culver, Pilot
Rock
The Heppner JV boys’ basketball team won both of its
games this past weekend. The Mustangs put down Culver 38-
14 and Pilot Rock 73-24.
UMW coat project
continues
Wyatt Steagall of Heppner struggles with Culver players un-
der the net last weekend while Kevin Murray waits to assist.
-Photo by Sandra Pointer
Mustangs continue to dominate matches
Sally Walker, president of the Heppner United Methodist
Women, gathers up coats, gloves and other clothing items
following a blessing ceremony held on Sunday. The new ap-
parel is part of an ongoing effort by the church to make sure
all area children have warm winter coats and gloves. So far,
approximately 25 new coats have been given away. The coats
pictured here are available by calling Pastor Patty Nance at
541-676-5444. The gloves and other items are available through
the Neighborhood Center. -Contributed photo
Local team makes good showing at Wrestling Classic despite number disadvantage
The Heppner/Ione
wrestling team competed
in the Grant Union Tour-
nament in John Day on
Friday, Jan. 20. The Mus-
tangs placed third out of 10
teams. Six out of the seven
Mustang wrestlers who
competed won a match and
scored team points.
The team was led by
senior Cord Flynn, who
went 5-0 for the day and
was also awarded the Out-
standing Wrestler plaque
by the tournament director.
Carson Brosnan won
three out of four match-
es and first place in his
132/138 weight bracket.
Zach Bredfield went
4-1 for the tournament,
earning a second-place fin-
ish at 145/152. One of his
wins came at the expense of
teammate Charles Cason in
a 16-5 major decision.
Tr e v o r A n t o n u c c i
(106/113 pounds), Leo
Waite (126/132 pounds)
and Ethan Holmgren (182
pounds) each won a match
in their weight classes and
earned team points.
The week before, the
Heppner/Ione wrestling
team competed in the Or-
egon Wrestling Classic Jan.
13 and 14 at the Deschutes
County Expo Center. The
Oregon Wrestling Classic
is a three-day event on
16 wrestling mats where
around 3,000 competitors
meet for one of the larg-
est wrestling events in the
country.
The competition typi-
cally includes about 90
Oregon high school teams
from five classifications,
women’s college teams,
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women’s high school du-
als and a tournament for
kids ages five to 16. This
year’s event was somewhat
subdued due to inclement
weather.
The high school tour-
nament is a dual format in
which teams compete head-
to-head by weight class.
The Mustang team was able
to cover only eight of the
14 weight classes and was
therefore at a disadvantage
from the beginning. Despite
the low numbers, the team
won one dual outright and
tied in another. In another
dual the team won more
matches but lost in the team
score because of forfeits.
The team’s place was fourth
in the consolation bracket.
Every Mustang wres-
tler won at least one match
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over the weekend.
Trevor Antonucci won
six matches for the Mus-
tangs and one additional
exhibition match.
Cord Flynn went 5-1,
with his loss coming in a
match in which he wrestled
up a weight class to face
a state placer from Neah-
Kah-Nie.
Leo Waite and Jacob
Wallace picked up four
wins apiece in duals, with
Waite getting an additional
win in an exhibition match.
Charles Cason finished
the weekend with three total
wins for his record.
Carson Brosnan, Zach
Bredfield and Ethan Hol-
mgren each won a match
by fall and also got a win by
forfeit to score team points
in duals.
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