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THREE - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 20, 2019 Mustang boys win district championship Mustangs selected for the Blue Mountain Conference all-con- ference team (L-R): Hunter Nichols was selected honorable mention; Trent Smith, first team selection; Coach Rosenbalm with the district championship award; Tyler Carter, first team selection; Justin McAninch, honorable mention. The Heppner Mustang boys’ basketball team won the Blue Mountain Confer- ence District Tournament championship with a 63- 50 victory over the Union Bobcats. The Mustangs, 18-7 overall, wrapped up the conference title with an impressive 11-1 record and moved directly into the championship game on Saturday night. Union, who finished third in the BMC, had to defeat Grant Union on Friday night to advance to the championship game. Heppner had beaten the Bobcats by 21 points both times they played this sea- son. The Mustang team knew it would be hard to defeat them three times this season and Union had already played a game on the Pendleton Convention Center floor and won. The Mustangs were ahead early in the game 3-2, but then the Bobcats fought back to take the lead 6-5. Heppner then took control of the game with an 8-0 run before the Bobcats scored again. Another 6-0 run by the Mustangs gave them a 19-9 at the end of the first quarter. The teams played near- ly even in the second quar- ter. Heppner did stretch their lead to 13 points at one point midway through the quarter. The Mustangs won the quarter 10-9 and ended up leading at halftime by the score of 29-18. The Mustangs came out and scored the first five points of the third quarter and pushed the lead to 16 points. That forced Union to call a timeout and ad- just. They then came out and chipped away and cut the Mustang lead to eight points midway through the quarter. The Mustangs were able to keep control and stretch the lead back out to 14 points and led 44-30 at the end of the third quarter. The Mustangs led by as much as 16 and as few as 10 points in the fourth quarter. They fought off every run the Bobcats tried to make and never gave up control of the game. The Mustangs won the game and the dis- trict championship by the score of 63-50. Justin McAninch led the Mustangs in scoring with 15. He also had six rebounds, one assist and one blocked shot. Mason Lehman was next with 13 points, three rebounds, three steals and one as- sist. He also played great defense on the best Union scorer and held him to much below his season average. Trent Smith followed with 11 points, four rebounds, one assist and a steal in the game. Hunter Nichols had a good all-around game with nine points, 11 rebounds, five assists and a steal. Tyler Carter was next with five points, 10 rebounds, two steals and one assist for the team. With three points each were Gibson McCurry and Logan Burright. McCurry also had six rebounds and a blocked shot while Burright had two rebounds, two as- sists and two steals. Derek Howard scored two points, had two rebounds and Reno Ferguson also scored two points and collected a re- bound for the Mustangs. Cason Mitchell and Dakota Howard did not score in the game, but Mitchell had six big rebounds and blocked a shot. Dakota also had two rebounds in the game. Keegan Gibbs came into the game and gave the team some valuable ball control when they needed it. The Mustangs will now have an OSAA State Bas- ketball playoff game. They will host the Kennedy Tro- jans this Friday night, Feb. 22, at 6 p.m. Kennedy is the third-place team from the Tri River Conference. They have an overall re- cord of 19-7 and finished 13-3 in their conference. Kennedy finished 4 th at last year’s state tournament and returned most of that team this year. The Trojans are familiar to the Mustangs as most of the team played here in the football state playoff game. Both teams also attended a basket- ball camp last summer at Western Oregon University where they played each other. Shooting club holds shoots Teagan Ramsay (left from Heppner) and Radley Griggs (from Boardman) practice their 4-H shooting skills this past weekend during the club’s monthly shoot. The Morrow County Shooting Sports Club has announced the results of their competitions held in January and February at the Lexington Gun Club. The shooting club has 31 students participating this year. Their next practice will be in March. Heppner/Ione wrestlers head to state In January each mem- ber shot 25 rounds. In the junior’s class, Carter Eynetich shot 13; Radley Griggs, 10; Owen Guerra, 2; Gage Heideman, 6; Aden Lathrop, 2; Avery Lathrop, 0; Mason Orem, 6; Corey Rice, 11; Briar Reeves, 2 and Conner Wilson, 6. Intermediate’s results were Preslie Bowles, 1; Morgan Cutsforth, 9; Adan Guerra, 2; John McElli- gott, 2; Colt Parker, 9; Tea- gan Ramsay, 6 and Kalvin Rietmann, 10. Seniors were Lexi Cutsforth, 17; Jake Heideman, 8 and Matt Orem, 8. At the February shoot each member shot 50 rounds. Junior’s results are KC Anderson, 1; Car- ter Eynetich, 41; Radley Griggs, 21; Owen Guerra, 17; Gage Heideman, 30; Aden Lathrop, 3; Avery Lathrop, 0; Mason Orem, 23; Briar Reeves, 3; Corey Rice, 23 and Conner Wil- son, 12. Intermediate shooters were Harley Anderson, 2; Preslie Bowles, 12; Mor- gan Cutsforth, 16; Adan Guerra,18; Jacob Irving, 10; Madison Orem, 5; Colt Parker, 19; Teagan Ramsay, 18 and Kalvin Rietmann, 23. Senior results were Lexi Cutsforth, 13; Hunter Greenup, 21; Jake Heide- man, 18 and Matt Orem, 30. St. Pat’s buttons available soon Trevor Antonucci of Heppner vs. Jordan Piercy of Culver. -Photo by Kirsti Cason. After competing in the OSAA 2A/1A Special District 4 district meet in Halfway, OR on Feb. 15 and 16, two Mustang wres- tlers will be heading to the state competition to be held at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland on Feb. 22-23. Trevor Anto- nucci and Carson Brosnan both placed second in their match and qualified for the state meet. Charles Cason and Jace Coe both placed third in their matches and Carson Brosnan of Heppner vs. Pedro Periolo of Pine Eagle. -Photo by Kirsti Cason. have been named as alter- nates. Other team members placing in their weight divisions at the district meet were Roen Waite, sixth; Leo Waite, fourth and Conor Brosnan, eighth. Also participating in the meet was Suzy Cason. The team placed sixth in the meet with 107 points. Collector ’s buttons for the 37 th annual Wee Bit o’ Ireland celebration will be available for pur- chase soon. Each button purchased qualifies for a chance to win a $100 prize drawn Saturday evening, Mar. 16 at the Tiller’s Folly entertainment event at St. Patrick’s Parish Hall. This year’s button, de- signed by Julie Proctor Baker, features local resi- dent Kevin Murray partic- ipating in the Welly Toss competition. Buttons will be sold at Heppner City Hall, Murray’s Drug and during the celebration held Mar. 14 to 17. All funds raised go to the St. Patrick’s committee. Mustangs win back to back district titles Livestock producers invited to dinner At the CBC girls dis- trict basketball tournament this past weekend the un- derdog Lady Mustangs once again surprised the conference and came away with the championship title. This is the second consecu- tive year that the girls have come into the tournament as the third seeded team and finished as champions. On Friday the Mus- tangs faced Enterprise, the 7 th ranked team in the state. After a slow start and trail- ing 8-0, the girls turned it on and dominated the remain- der of the game outscoring Enterprise in every quarter to take a 41-33 victory. The Mustangs were led by Sydney Wilson who scored 19 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. Jacee Currin also had a double-double scoring 11 points and se- curing 15 rebounds. Mad- ison Ashbeck added seven points, Marlee Mitchell three points and Jenna Mc- Cullough one point. Mad- elyn Nichols combined with Marlee Mitchell to play shut down defense on Enterprise’s top scorer, Shelby Moncrief, holding her to only eight points on three of 19 shootings. In the championship game on Saturday, the Mus- tangs faced Grant Union, the 4 th ranked team in state. The girls trailed by two points after the first quarter before lighting fire to out- score Grant Union 36 to 16 in the next two quarters and holding a huge lead. The Prospectors tried for a late run, but they were no match for the Lady Mus- tangs who won the game 62-57. Once again, the girls were led by Sydney Wilson who netted an outstanding 31 points and 12 rebounds. Jacee Currin had another Back By Popular Demand 217 North Main St., Heppner Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426 www.murraysdrug.com A dinner, open to all livestock producers, their spouses and employees, will be held Thursday, Mar. 14 at the Heppner Elks Lodge beginning at 6 p.m. Livestock growers are invited to have dinner and learn about some new prod- ucts and techniques related to cattle sponsored by Dr. Temple, Dr. Hansen and Zoetis. Those interested are asked to RSVP to Erin Heideman at the extension office prior to Tuesday, Mar. 12 by calling 541-676-9642 or email to erin.heideman@ oregonstate.edu. Willow Creek Ag Water Quality LAC to meet The Willow Creek Ag Service Center in Heppner. Water Quality Local Advi- For additional informa- sory Committee will con- tion contact Kevin Payne Jacee Currin takes a jump shot while Jenna McCullough duct its biennial review of with the Morrow SWCD at looks on. the Willow Creek Ag Water 541-676-5452. Meetings stellar game with 17 points Wolverines on Saturday Quality Management Area of the Morrow SWCD are and 11 rebounds. Madi- at 2 p.m. at Heppner High Plan on Wednesday, Feb. 27 open to the public. son Ashbeck added five School. from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Ag points, Madelyn Nichols three points. Zabrena Mas- Family Hunt Club Looking for Big Game Land terson, Marlee Mitchell and Jenna McCullough each Wildlife Development Association (WDA), a 50 member hunting club scored two points. Madison which is over 40 years old, is seeking to expand its leased big game Combe had great defensive hunting areas by 10,000+/- acres. WDA is known for promoting the game and grabbed six re- highest standard of hunting ethics, hunter safety and family hunting. bounds. Following the game, Using club volunteers we hold annual work parties on leased proper- the all-league awards were ties working on projects directed by the property owner (fence and gate announced. Sophomore repair, road improvement, vegetation removal, etc.). We do projects to Sydney Wilson was a unan- improve hunting, such as “No Trespassing” signage, and Predator Con- imous first team winner and senior Jacee Currin was trol program. References are available upon request. also given first team honors. If you have land to lease please contact: Next up for the Lady Mus- Wildlife Development Association tangs is a home state playoff Jason Slangan, President(503) 927-5643 game against the Santiam
