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EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 13, 2017 Heppner/Ione wrestlers compete Mustang boys’ basketball team in Muilenburg tournament splits tournament games Zach Bredfield, Heppner, won by fall over Quinn Strong of Weiser. -Photo by Kirsti Cason. Heppner/Ione wrestlers traveled to LaGrande last weekend for the Muilen- burg tournament. Twenty teams with more than 300 wrestlers competed for a Muilenburg Championship buckle. The event started at 4 p.m. on Friday, wrapping up at 11 p.m. Saturday’s event started with weigh-in at 8 a.m. Tr e v o r A n t o n u c c i , Christian Dubry, Suzanneah Cason, Leo Waite, Carson Brosnan, Zach Bredfield, Charles Cason, Jacob Wal- lace and Ethan Holmgren represented Heppner/Ione in the event. The team will travel to Milton-Freewater on Saturday, Dec. 16 for the McLoughlin (MacHi) In- vitational. Carson Brosnan, Heppner, won by fall over Landon Peterson of Oregon City. -Photo by Kirsti Cason. Boardman city council honors RHS boys soccer champs The Boardman City Council presented the Riv- erside High School soccer team with certificates of achievement during the Dec. 5 city council meeting for the team’s success in bringing home the Oregon Class 3A/2A/1A State Soc- cer Championship. The team played last month against Catlin Gabel in Hillsboro with a 4-1 victory. The Heppner Mustang boys’ basketball team split their games at the Mustang Kickoff Classic tourna- ment held last weekend. The Mustangs lost to the McLoughlin Pioneers by the score of 44-32 and then came back to beat the Im- bler Panthers 51-25. In the game against McLoughlin, Wyatt Stea- gall led the team with ten points, eight rebounds, two assists and a blocked shot. Hunter Nichols tallied sev- en points, finished with four rebounds and a steal. Alex Lindsay had a good game with five points and eight rebounds. Trent Smith also scored five points and had five rebounds. Beau Wolt- ers scored three points, had three rebounds, two assists and a steal. Jus- tin McAninch had two points, three rebounds and two blocked shots. Coby Dougherty and Logan Bur- right didn’t score in the game but they both had four rebounds on the night. Steagall once again led the team in scoring against Imbler with ten. He also had three rebounds and blocked five shots. Nichols was next with eight points, four rebounds, six assists and four steals. Dougherty finished with seven points, an assist and three steals in the game. Burright scored six, had three rebounds, an assist and three steals. Trent Smith had five points, one rebound, one assist and three steals for the Mus- tangs. Lindsay and Gibson McCurry scored four points each in the game. McCurry also had a rebound and a blocked shot. Tyler Carter Wyatt Steagall (13), Alex Lindsay (22) and Justin McAninch (23) play tough defence against MacHi last weekend. Photo by Staci Osmin came back from illness and scored four points, had five rebounds, one assist and one steal. McAninch scored two points, had four rebounds and eight big blocked shots. Wolters fin- ished with one point, five rebounds and two steals. This week, on Tuesday, the Mustangs travel to Irri- gon to take on the Knights. The team then goes to Im- bler on Friday for a rematch with the Panthers. On Sat- urday they host the Grant Union Prospectors. They then play a home game against the Umatilla Vi- kings on Monday, Dec. 18 Coby Dougherty makes a fast break in the Heppner-Imbler game. Photo by Staci Osmin and then travel to Echo on Dec. 19 to play the Cougars. Lady Mustangs win the weekend Mayor Sandy Toms, who was in attendance via phone, apologized for not being there in person for the presentation, said how proud Boardman was of the team. Assistant Coach Jose Duenas also expressed how proud he was of the team saying “big things come in small packages.” This is the second state title Riverside High School Boys Soccer Team has held. Have a news story or photo for the Gazette? e-mail editor@rapidserve.net call 541-676-9228 or stop by the office on Willow St., Heppner Today Sydney Wilson goes up for a shot during the Mustang basketball game against Imbler on Saturday, December 9th. The Mustangs beat Imbler 53-24. - Contributed photo Sophie Grant goes for a jump shot during Friday's games in Heppner. The Heppner girls beat Macloughlin High 49-27 - Con- tributed photo NOW YOU CAN SEARCH OLD COPIES OF THE HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES ON-LINE: 1883-1976 G T azette imes http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu P.O. Box 188 W. Willow Street, Heppner Telephone: (541) 676-9228 Fax: (541) 676-9211. E-MAIL: PUBLISHER: david@rapidserve.net EDITOR: editor@rapidserve.net ADVERTIZING: megan@rapidserve.net BOOKKEEPING: april@rapidserve.net The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
