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THREE - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 9, 2019 JV basketball boasts successful season Mustangs start new year with 3-0 record Team members defending against Imbler earlier this season are Casey Fletcher, Gavin Hanna, Kannon Wilkins and Jorden Sweeney. -Contributed photo. The Heppner High School junior varsity boys’ basketball team is having a successful year. Near mid-season, the Mustangs are sporting a 10-2 record. Team members are Kellen Grant, Roy Collins, Jackson Lehman, Brock Hisler, Casey Fletcher, Gavin Hanna, Kannon Wilkins and Jorden Sweeney. Also, floating to round out the team are Blake Wolters, Derrick Smith and Joe Sherman. Mustang wrestlers finish fifth in Jo Hi tournament The Heppner/Ione wrestling team traveled to Joseph High School to compete in the Jo Hi tour- nament on Jan. 4 and 5 and ended up finishing in fifth place with 109.5 points. There were 14 teams in all competing. Roen Waite placed fifth in the 106 weight class. In the 120 class, Trevor Anto- nucci was third and Brian Collins placed sixth. Leo Waite was third in 132, Jace Coe second in 160, Car- son Brosnan sixth in 170, Charles Cason third in 182 and Jacob Wallace placed fourth in the 195 class. Also DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5PM T H A N K Y O U The Heppner Mustang boys’ basketball team start- ed the new year leading the Blue Mountain Conference with a perfect 3-0 record. The Mustangs, who are 9-6 overall, finished up a tough pre-season schedule which included playing a 4A team and four 3A teams with a 6-6 record. Besides playing several local teams, the Mustangs traveled to the Willamette Valley for a couple of games and par- ticipated in a tournament where they played a pair of Washington schools. The Mustangs opened up conference play before Christmas with a home win over the Grant Union Prospectors by the score of 59-55. They then traveled to Stanfield and beat the Tigers 56-37. This past weekend the team hit the road again and beat the Weston-McEwen Tiger- scots by the score of 48-33. In the game with Weston-McEwen, the Mus- tangs led at the end of the first quarter 10-6. They then jumped out to an 18-6 lead that forced a Tigerscot timeout. Heppner continued to control the tempo of the game and stretched their lead to 28-14 at the half. The Mustangs came out fired up after the halftime break and led 37-24 at the end of the third quarter. The Tigerscots could get not get the score any closer as the Mustangs would answer every run they made. The Mustangs played smart and took care of the basketball in the last few minutes of the game and won by the score of 48-33. The overall team defen- sive effort for the Mustangs was outstanding as they held the Tigerscots to only 33 points for the game. That is well below their sea- son average. Although the Mustangs didn’t shoot the ball particularly well on the night, it was the defensive effort that clearly won the game for them. Trent Smith led the Mustangs with 16 points. He also had seven rebounds and two steals in the game. Tyler Carter finished with a double-double as he scored 13 points and hauled down 12 rebounds. Tyler also led the team in assist with four. Justin McAninch scored eight points and had three rebounds. He also blocked three shots in the game. Hunter Nichols played well and scored four points, had five rebounds, one as- sist and a steal. Gibson McCurry pitched in three points, four rebounds, two steals and he blocked a shot. Logan Burright had a good overall game with two points, eight rebounds, two assists and a steal for the Mustangs. Cason Mitchell hustled his way to two points, five rebounds and a blocked shot in the game. Mason Lehman was charged with playing de- fense on the Tigerscots best player for most of the game and did an outstand- ing job at it. Although he didn’t score in the game, he had six rebounds, an assist and blocked a shot. Derek Howard ripped down three rebounds and Dakota Howard finished with two rebounds and a steal. The Mustangs continue conference play this week- end with two home games. On Friday they host the Enterprise Outlaws with the JV Boys game starting at 3 p.m. Saturday they host the Union Bobcats with the JV Boys starting the day off at 1 p.m. Leo Waite pins his opponent at the Jo Hi tournament. -Photo by Kirsti Cason. wrestling in the tournament were Conor Brosnan and Suzanneah Cason. Brooke Wheeler named BMCC student athlete Brooke Wheeler, 19, of Prosser, WA was named the Blue Mountain Community College student athlete of the month for December. She is studying in the AG production program. Wheeler plays basket- ball for BMCC and aver- aged a double-double in the first three games for the team with 11 points and 10 rebounds. She is the daughter of Jossie and Heath Wheeler, Prosser, and the grand- Brooke Wheeler daughter of Monte and Becky Evans, Heppner. The Heppner Chamber of Commerce Board would like to thank you, our chamber members, for supporting us with membership dues; contributions and donations and volunteers throughout 2018. There would be no chamber, without you and we look forward to our continuing relationship! Advantage Dental by Dentaquest Grieb Farms Inc. Affordable Family Eyewear Haigh Heating & Cooling, LLC Allstott Construction Hair Expressions American Red Cross Heppner Auto Parts AmeriTitle Heppner Christian Church APEX Outdoors, LLC Heppner Gazette-Times BMCC Heppner Market Fresh Foods Balm Fork Lodge –AirBNB Heppner Ranger District Bank of Eastern Oregon Heppner Reservoir-AirBNB Bailey Heavy Equipment Repair, Inc. Heppner Seventh Day Adventist Church Bert Houweling, Individual Heppner United Methodist Church Blue Mountain Investment Mgmt Hopeful Saints Ministry Brannon’s Auto Repair Horseshoe Hereford Ranch Breaking Grounds Coffee Hughes Ranch Buckshot, Inc. Intermountain Morrow ESD Howard and Beth Bryant Foundation Jay Coil Fabricating Bucknum’s Bar & Grill Jim Sweigart Butter Creek Cattle Co. 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Group Windwave Communications The Woolery Project, Inc. BOLD REPRESENTS NEW MEMBER IN 2018 Boys’ Varsity Basketball team members pictured back row (L-R): Head coach Jeremy Rose- balm, Tyler Carter, Derek Howard, Gibson McCurry, Justin McAninch, Cason Mitchell, Dakota Howard and Asst. coach Ken Grieb. Front row (L-R): Reno Ferguson, Keegan Gibbs, Gavin Hanna-Robinson, Logan Burright, Mason Lehman, Trent Smith and Hunter Nichols. Girls’ Varsity Basketball team members pictured back row (L-R): Asst. coach Russ Nichols, ZaBrena Masterson, Sydney Wilson, Jenna McCullough, Caitlyn Scrivner, Madison Ashbeck, Madison Combe, Dakota Durfey and Head coach Robert Wilson. Front row (L-R): Kennysyn Wilkins, Marlee Mitchell, Madelyn Nichols, Susie Teeman, Sage Ferguson, Makayla Silvia and Jacee Currin. Nordic club begins season with outing Pictured from L-R are: Steve Brownfield, Bill Ewing, Dave Fowler, Luanne Brownfield, Kristy Crowell, Sandra VanLiew, Dan VanLiew, Tripp Finch and Jacob Finch. The Arbuckle Nordic Club started out the ski season on Saturday, Jan. 5 with a trip through Herron Prairie and up the old west- ern route road. Nine skiers attended to enjoy good weather and decent snow conditions. For those wishing to join the group, they meet every Saturday at the city park at 9 a.m. Additional information is available by contacting Steve Brown- field at 541-676-9696. Bill Ewing at 541-676-9119 or Dan VanLiew at 541-676- 5050. ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
