Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Flynn takes championship at Farm City
tournament
The Heppner/Ione
wrestlers showed they are
not afraid to go against the
biggest wrestling schools
in the state by competing
in the Farm City wrestling
tournament in Hermiston
on Saturday. The Mustangs
were the only 2A team at the
tournament. Other teams
competing were Hermiston,
Oregon City, Milwaukie,
Bend, Baker and Riverside.
Two of the six Mus-
tangs made it to the cham-
pionship semi-finals, Jacob
Wallace at 160 pounds and
Cord Flynn at 195 pounds.
Wallace was defeated
in the semi-finals by the
number-one seed at his
weight class and went on
to place sixth.
Cord Flynn, the num-
ber-one ranked wrestler at
Left: Cord Flynn, facing the
camera, is pictured squaring
off with Hermiston wrestler
Kenny Bevan in the finals,
which Flynn won to take the
championship in his weight
class. -Photo by Kirsti Cason
195 pounds in 2A, pinned
opponents from Milwaukie
and Oregon City on his way
to the championship bout,
where he faced Hermiston’s
Kenny Bevan.
Each finalist was
awarded a Farm City lo-
goed singlet to wrestle in
the championship. The
champion also received an
engraved belt buckle valued
at $140.
Flynn won the match
mostly on his feet, scoring
three takedowns and one
reversal while only giving
up escapes. The final score
was 8-4 in Flynn’s favor.
In an act of sportsmanship,
Flynn gave the champion’s
singlet to his defeated oppo-
nent after the tournament.
Zach Bredfield also
won a match by fall over
a Riverside opponent at
145 pounds to score team
points.
Also competing for
the Mustangs were Leo
Waite, Carson Brosnan and
Charles Cason.
Mustangs lose tough game to Tigers
The Heppner Mustang
boys’ basketball team lost a
tough game last weekend to
the Stanfield Tigers by the
score of 62-58. The Tigers
(14-1,5-0), are currently
the number-one ranked
team in the OSAA 2A state
basketball rankings while
the Mustangs (10-5,2-3)
are 12 th .
It was a full house in
the Heppner High School
gymnasium, as everyone
knew that this game would
be a good one. It certainly
lived up to its billing, as it
was close throughout. The
first quarter saw the Mus-
tangs come out and control
the tempo of the game.
Heppner led at the end of
the quarter by the score of
13-11.
The second quarter
saw Stanfield shoot the
lights out of the ball from
the three-point line. They
quickly took the lead and
kept it until halftime. The
Mustangs continued to play
hard and would not let
the Tigers pull away from
them. Heppner scored just
before the half ended to trail
by only six points, 30-24.
The third quarter be-
longed to the Mustangs.
They consistently broke the
Mustang Kevin Smith goes for a basket during last weekend’s
game versus the Stanfield Tigers. The Mustangs lost 62-58 to
the number-one 2A team after a tough back-and-forth battle.
-Photo by Sandra Pointer
Stanfield press and attacked
the basket for scores. Hep-
pner turned up their own
defensive pressure and got
several steals that led to
easy baskets. The Mus-
tangs outscored the Tigers
21-11 in the quarter to take
a 45-41 lead into the final
quarter.
In the fourth quarter,
Stanfield made a charge and
took the lead back. The lead
then changed several times
throughout the quarter as
neither team wanted to lose
the conference game. The
Tigers were able to hold off
the Mustangs at the end and
won by the score of 62-58.
Logan Grieb led the
Mustangs in scoring with
16. He also had 8 rebounds,
1 assist and 1 steal. Jake
Lindsay followed with 13
points, 4 rebounds and 3
assists in the game. Kevin
Murray recorded a double-
double as he scored 10
points and hauled down 10
rebounds. Caden Hedman
had 8 points, 2 rebounds,
1 assist and 3 steals for the
Mustangs. Wyatt Steagall
contributed 7 points, 8 big
rebounds, 1 assist and 2
steals for the team. Kevin
Smith scored 4 points and
had 2 rebounds, 4 assists
and 2 blocked shots on the
night. Nikolas Dias Martins
and Alex Lindsay had 2
rebounds each in the game
for the Mustangs.
This week the Mus-
tangs will host the Weston-
McEwen TigerScots on
Friday night. It will be
senior night and the five
seniors on the team, along
with their families, will be
honored by the school and
community. The seniors on
this year’s team are Kolby
Currin, Logan Grieb, Caden
Hedman, Jake Lindsay and
Kevin Murray. On Saturday
the Mustangs will travel
to Culver to take on the
Bulldogs.
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Mustang girls
trample Tigers
Heppner varsity player Jaiden Mahoney plays defense during
the game versus Stanfield last weekend. The Mustang varsity
girls’ team overturned a recent losing streak by defeating the
Tigers 55-39. -Photo by Sandra Pointer
JV boys maintain
perfect league record
Alex Lindsay dodges a Tiger during last week’s JV home
game. The Heppner junior varsity boys’ basketball team beat
Stanfield 94-74, giving them a 4-0 record in conference play
so far this season. -Photo by Sandra Pointer
SafeOregon network launched by Oregon State Police
The Oregon State Po-
lice announced yesterday,
Jan. 31, the availability of
SafeOregon, a new school
safety tip line program
available at no cost to all
public K-12 schools in
Oregon. SafeOregon re-
quires schools to complete
a sign-up process in order
for students to use it.
SafeOregon is a way
for students, staff or other
members of the public to
anonymously report and
share confidential informa-
tion of a threat or a potential
threat to student safety.
Trained staff are available
24 hours a day, 365 days
a year and can be reached
through a phone call, text
message, mobile applica-
tion or website. The main
goal of SafeOregon is to
intervene at the earliest
possible point in the life
of a young person who is
struggling, helping them
when they need it, before
the situation turns into a
tragedy.
SafeOregon is designed
to encourage Oregon stu-
dents to share and respond
to anything that threatens
their safety or the safety
of others, anything that
makes a student feel un-
safe or if a student knows
someone who feels unsafe.
A few examples are: safety
threats, violence, threats
of violence, fights, drugs,
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alcohol, weapons, bullying
or friends who talk about
hurting themselves, harass-
ment, intimidation, cyber
bullying or self-harm.
“Schools should be
safe places for children to
learn, educators to teach,
and for communities to
gather,” Governor Kate
Brown said. “We can all
do our part through the Sa-
feOregon tip line to share
information about potential
threats to student safety.
This important statewide
resource is a direct result
of the recommendations
of the Oregon Task Force
on School Safety, and I am
grateful to everyone who
contributed to improving
the safety and security of
our Oregon schools.”
“To all Oregon stu-
dents, I want to encourage
you to make courageous
decisions to break the code
of silence and speak out
against harmful behaviors
before they turn to trag-
edy,” stated Superintendent
Travis Hampton. “We can
make a difference in our
schools and communities
and we are committed to
creating a safe and respect-
ful culture to support you.”
Tips can be submitted
24/7/365 through the Sa-
feOregon.com web portal,
by e-mail to tip@safeo-
regon.com, through the
SafeOregon mobile ap-
plication (available for an-
droid or iOS device), or by
calling or texting 844-472-
3364. Tips are promptly
analyzed and routed for the
most appropriate follow-
up and urgency. This may
be to school officials, law
enforcement, community
mental health programs or
other appropriate local or
state agencies. Tip Line
staff make sure follow-up
is noted and recorded.
SafeOregon—the
school safety tip line—
became law through HB
4075 in 2016, as a result
of recommendations from
the Oregon Task Force
on School Safety charged
with improving safety and
security at schools across
the state. The task force
was established by House
Bill 4087, bringing together
representatives from police,
fire, school administration,
teachers, school boards and
service districts, along with
the Governor’s education
and public safety policy
advisors, and legislators.
For more information
please visit safeoregon.
com. The resource page has
more information. Students
and parents are encouraged
to talk to their school ad-
ministration about making
SafeOregon available in
their school.