TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 18, 2019
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Hoop shoot winners advance to district
The Heppner Elks
Lodge sponsored the annu-
al local hoop shoot contest
at Heppner Elementary
School December 15. Sev-
enteen participants shot a
total of 25 free throws with
the top scorer advancing to
the Northeast District Hoop
Shoot.
The first-place hon-
ors were: eight-nine-year-
old girls, Ciciley Stefani;
eight-nine-year-old boys,
Cooper Stefani; 10-11-year-
old girls, Healy Hisler;
10-11-year-old boys, Brody
McDaniel; 12-13-year-old
girls, Zaleta Masterson
and 12-13-year-old boys,
Mason Orem.
The first-place winners
will attend the district Hoop
Shoot in Hermiston on Jan-
uary 5 at Sandstone Mid-
dle School at 1 p.m. The
format is the same, with
each participant shooting
10 free throws, resting then
First place winners pictured (L-R): Zaleta Masterson, Healy Hisler, Ciciley Stefani, Cooper
Stefani, Brody McDaniel and Mason Orem.
shooting 15 for a total of 25.
Other participants were
The top scorer will advance Haden Cimmiyotti, Charlie
to the state Hoop Shoot in Mullins, Kord Dickenson,
February.
Tenley Rosenbalm, Lily
Nichols, Lizzie Ginn, KC
Anderson, Keaton Coiner,
Olson Anderson, Jackson
Coiner and Hallee Hisler.
Mustang wrestlers compete in Muilenburg tournament
The Heppner wrestling
team traveled to La Grande
on Friday to compete in
the Muilenburg tourna-
ment. The Muilenburg is a
two-day tournament with
eighteen teams, ranging in
size from 1A to 6A, with
participants from Oregon,
Idaho and Washington.
Seven wrestlers from Hep-
pner competed.
The competition is al-
ways fierce due to 32-man
brackets and the long days,
with the first day of compe-
tition ending at 10:30 p.m.
and the team right back at it
the following day at 8 a.m.
The team represented Hep-
pner well by placing two
wrestlers in the champion-
ship round and one wrestler
competing for first in the
consolation round.
Roen Waite wrestled
at 106 pounds and end-
ed the tournament with
one win and two losses.
Bryan Collins started the
tournament off with a loss
but fought back with two
straight victories to get
him to the fourth round of
the consolations before he
was ultimately defeated by
a wrestler from Eatonville.
Saul Lopez also lost his first
match of the tournament but
bounced back with three
victories to put him in the
consolation championship.
He was defeated by a wres-
tler from Hermiston.
Suzanneah Cason, un-
fortunately, lost her first two
matches to wrestlers from
La Grande and Hermiston.
At 152 pounds, Edward
Ellsworth lost his first two
matches to wrestlers from
Eatonville and La Grande.
Heppner had two wrestlers
at 160 pounds, Jace Coe and
Conor Brosnan. Coe won
his first two matches to put
him into the quarterfinals
against a wrestler from
La Grande. He went on to
lose a tight match that put
him into the championship
consolation round. He next
had a victory by injury
default which put him into
a matchup with a wrestler
from Scappoose. He lost a
tight match by points and
this put him into the finals
for the fifth and sixth place.
Brosnan started the
tournament off with three
victories which put him
into the semifinals against
a wrestler from Banks. He
went on to lose this match
by fall in the last seconds
of the third round. This
placed Conor in the cham-
pionship consolation round
where he wrestled against
a boy from Burns. He lost
this hard-fought match by
points which put him in to
the finals for fifth and sixth
place against his teammate
and friend, Jace Coe. This
match would end up with
Conor defeating Jace in a Suzanneah Cason vs. Cole Abbott of Hermiston. -Photo by Kirsti Cason.
hard-fought battle. Conor
would take home a medal
for fifth and Jace a medal
for sixth.
The Mustangs will be
in action on Wednesday,
the 18 th at Echo starting
at 1 p.m. They will also
be wrestling at MacHi on
Saturday, the 21 st starting at
10 a.m. Everyone is invited
to come out and support the
Mustang wrestlers as they
put on a great show.
Sheryl Angell, RN, BSN
Trauma Coordinator
Since 1993
“It’s not just what I do,
it’s who I choose to be.”
Determined, Kind, Positive
A Healthier Morrow County is Within Me.
Bryan Collins taking down a wrestler from La Grande High School. -Photo by Damon Brosnan.
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by something or someone. For me, it was an upsetting
encounter with a nurse as child. I became a nurse to
be a better, more compassionate nurse than what I
experienced. Patient advocacy, safety, and compassion
inspire me to always do the very best I can.
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Saul Lopez taking down a wrestler from Union High School. -Photo by Damon Brosnan.
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