SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Wrestlers finish season at
district meet in Joseph
Heppner/Ione wres-
tlers took to the mats at
the OSAA 2A/1A Special
District 4 meet in Joseph.
Zach Bredfield, in the 145
division, is the only Mus-
tang that will travel to the
state meet.
Other team members
that competed at the district
level are Trevor Antonucci
and Suzanneah Cason in the
120 division; Leo Waite in
the 126 division and Carson
Brosnan and Charles Cason
in the 160 division. Trevor
Antonucci and Leo Waite
both scored 18 points for
the team, Zach Bredfield
scored 17, Carson Brosnan
scored 10 and Charles Ca-
son scored five points for
the team.
The 2018 Wrestling
State Championships will
be held Feb. 16-17 at the
Veterans Memorial Coli-
Zach Bredfield (Heppner/Ione) took second place and will
seum in Portland.
travel to the state tournament in Portland at the end of the
month. -Photo by Kirsti Cason
Mustang basketball team takes
two conference games
The Heppner Mustang
boys’ basketball team won
two big conference games
last week. They defeated
the Weston-McEwen Tiger-
scots 71-48 and then beat
the Culver Bulldogs 54-28.
In the rematch of a
game that Heppner won by
only one point earlier in the
season, the Mustangs domi-
nated the game at Athena
from the opening tipoff.
The Mustangs led after the
first quarter 14-11.
They then blew open
the game with a 27 point
second quarter. The Mus-
tangs scorched the nets with
fine outside shooting and
got easy baskets when they
broke the Weston-McEwen
press. The defense held the
Tigerscots to 17 points in
the quarter and Heppner led
the game at halftime 41-28.
The teams played near-
ly even in the third quarter
as Heppner scored 12 points
and the Tigerscots had 10.
Heppner finished off
their opponents in the final
frame as they were able
to handle the defensive
pressure and keep control
of the ball at the end. The
Mustangs outscored the
Tigerscots 18-10 in the
quarter to get the win by the
score of 71-48.
Kevin Smith led the
team in scoring with 19
points. He also had 11 re-
bounds, two blocks and an
assist in the game. Trent
Smith hit six three-pointers
to finish the game with
18. He also recorded three
rebounds, two assists and a
steal. Tyler Carter was next
with nine points, three re-
Senior Alex Lindsay snags a rebound. -Photo by Kirsti Cason
bounds and a blocked shot.
Wyatt Steagall and Hunter
Nichols each scored six
points in the game. Steagall
also had eight rebounds
while Nichols added four
rebounds and three assists.
Alex Lindsay finished with
four points, six rebounds,
two assists and one block
for the team. Coby Dough-
erty had a good all-around
Second place match - Zach Bredfield (Heppner/Ione) 12-9 won by fall over Rixon Doman
game as he finished with
(Crane) 26-17. -Photo by Kirsti Cason
three points, five rebounds,
five assists and two steals.
Gibson McCurry, Justin
McAninch and Derek
Howard all scored two
points each in the game.
McCurry also recorded
three rebounds, one as-
sist and he blocked one
shot. McAninch had four
rebounds and blocked four
Tigerscot shot attempts
and Derek Howard had a
rebound. Beau Wolters had
two rebounds and a blocked
shot for the Mustangs.
In the home contest
against the Culver Bull-
dogs, the outcome was
never in doubt. Heppner
jumped out to a 14-3 lead
after one quarter and led
The Ione homecoming court was introduced during half-time at the homecoming game last Saturday.
Pictured (L-R): Freshman Prince Prince Cameron Jewett and Princess Jessica Medina; Junior Prince Junior Verduzco and 21-10 at halftime. The
Princess Anna Hych; Senior Prince Daniel Eubanks and Princess Emily Taylor; Senior King Roman Rodriguez-Sheena and Mustangs then outscored
Queen Ariana Estaban; Senior Prince Wyatt McNary and Princess Morgan Orem; Sophomore Prince Paul Taylor and Princess the Bulldogs 33-18 in the
Emma Rietmann. Crown Bearers were kindergarteners: Cooper Stefani and Alison Crum. -Contributed photo
second half to get the win
54-28.
Trent Smith led the
Ione homecoming royalty crowned
team in scoring with 13.
He also had six rebounds,
two assist and two steals in
the game. Steagall followed
with eight points and had
two rebounds. Carter was
next with six points, four
rebounds and 3 assist for the
team. Kevin Smith, Nichols,
McCurry and Logan Burri-
ght each scored 5 points for
the Mustangs. Smith also
had a rebound and blocked
two shots. Nichols recorded
three rebounds, two assists
and a steal for the team
while McCurry had five re-
bounds, blocked two shots
and Burright had a rebound.
Lindsay filled up the stat
sheet as he had three points,
four rebounds, one assist,
one steal and blocked two
shots. McAninch scored
two points, had four re-
bounds, one assist and two
shot blocks. Dougherty and
Derek Howard scored one
point each. Dougherty also
had a rebound while Derek
recorded a rebound and
he blocked a shot. Dakota
Howard had two rebounds
and Wolters one for the
Mustangs.
The Mustangs (11-7,6-
1) host the Pilot Rock Rock-
ets this Friday night in an
important Columbia Basin
Conference matchup.
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