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
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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