Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 8, 2020 -- FIVE
Mustangs win opening conference game
Jackson Lehman (11) goes for a basket while Roy Collins
(35) and Kason Cimmiyotti (12) are ready to assist. -Photo by
Susan Hisler.
Kellen Grant (33) leaps for the ball during last week’s game
vs. Weston-McEwen. -Photo by Susan Hisler.
The Heppner Mus-
tang boys’ basketball team
won their opening game
of Blue Mountain Confer-
ence play as they defeat-
ed the Weston-McEwen
Tigerscots by the score of
56-44 last weekend. They
also won a non-conference
game against the Irrigon
Knights by the score of
61-44.
The old gym in Athena
is always a tough place to
play a basketball game and
this year was no different.
The Mustangs were out-
scored in two quarters of
the game against the Tiger-
scots, but a larger difference
in the score of the two
quarters that the Mustangs
won was the key to victory
for Heppner.
The Mustangs came out
fast in the first quarter and
outscored the Tigerscots
19-8. They were able to
break the Weston-McEwen
press and score some easy
buckets to take the big lead.
It was closer in the second
quarter as the teams were
only separated by one point
and the Mustangs had the
lead at halftime 32-22.
Another big scoring
quarter saw the Mustangs
put up 17 points in the
third period to lead 49-33.
Weston-McEwen outscored
the Mustangs 11-7 in the
fourth period but it wasn’t
enough as Heppner got the
win by the score of 56-44.
Jackson Lehman led
the team in scoring with 15.
He also had four rebounds,
three assists and five steals
in the game. Mason Leh-
man scored 10 points, had
eight rebounds, two assists,
three steals and blocked
a shot for the Mustangs.
Jayden Wilson scored nine
points, blocked a shot and
had 10 big rebounds for
the team. Kason Cimmi-
Shooting sports
program held
4-H Members Liam Heideman and Mary Ashbeck get coached
by volunteer coaches, Donnie Griggs (left) and Adam Archer
(right) while Mary’s parents, Rob and Jennifer Ashbeck and
volunteer pistol coach, Jeff Sak, look on.
Morrow County 4-H
Shooting Sports had a play
day last Sunday at the Lex-
ington Gun Club. Over 60
kids and families participat-
ed in various shooting dis-
ciplines including shotgun,
rifle and pistol.
The county 4-H shoot-
ing program began last year
with 22 members. This year,
40 are registered to compe-
tition shoot in the 4-H pro-
gram beginning in January
and continuing through
March. Those members
who qualify, based on their
overall score, will have the
opportunity to participate
in the state 4-H event in
Albany in June.
“This program has re-
ally taken off and we are
excited to start our second
season,” said 4-H agent,
Erin Heideman. “The re-
sponse for volunteers and
help has been tremendous
and it has now become the
fastest growing 4-H pro-
gram in our county.”
In 2019, Morrow
County only had a trap-
shooting option and sent
seven representatives to
the state 4-H shoot: Car-
ter Eynetich (Ione), Owen
Guerra (Heppner), Gage
Heideman (Ione), Con-
nor Wilson (Ione), Radley
Griggs (Boardman), Aden
Lathrop (Heppner) and
Kalvin Rietmann (Ione).
Carter Eynetich earned
the top junior trapshooting
award.
Moving forward in
2020, the shooting sports
program has expanded to
include archery, pistol and
rifle in addition to tradition-
al trapshooting. Members
can choose one or more
disciplines to participate in
thanks to dedicated volun-
teers Stan Cutsforth, Adam
and Rachel Archer, Jeff
Sak, Erin Heideman, Ed Ri-
etmann and Donnie Griggs.
Additional information
about Morrow County 4-H
Shooting sports can be
found on the county 4-H
Facebook page and at www.
https://extension.oregon-
state.edu/4h/morrow.
Kason Cimmiyotti (12) led the team with 12 points in the
game vs. Irrigon. -Photo by Susan Hisler.
yotti came into the game
and racked up seven points,
five rebounds, one assist
and he also blocked three
shots. Brock Hisler had a
good all-around game with
six points, five rebounds,
three assists and two steals.
With three points each were
Kellen Grant and Casey
Fletcher. Grant also had
three rebounds and an assist
while Fletcher had three
rebounds. Kannon Wilkins,
Jorden Sweeney and Roy
Collins all scored one point
in the game. Wilkins and
Collins also had three re-
bounds and a steal for the
Mustangs.
In the game with Irri-
gon, the teams tied in scor-
ing in two of the quarters,
but the Mustangs outscored
them in the other two quar-
ters to get the win. The
end of first quarter saw the
Mustangs lead 12-7 and
then 26-21 at halftime.
Both teams scored 15
points in the third quarter
and the Mustangs still led
the game by five points
41-36. The fourth quarter
saw the Mustangs blow
the game wide open. At
one point, Irrigon cut the
Heppner lead to one point
at 43-42, but the Knights
would not score again until
the Mustangs had reached
58 points on the score-
board. Heppner outscored
the Knights 20-8 in the
fourth quarter to get the
win 61-44.
Cimmiyotti led the
team with 12 points, four
rebounds, one blocked
shot and five steals in the
game. Mason Lehman was
next with 11 points, seven
rebounds and an assist.
Collins and Jackson Leh-
man finished with eight
points each. Collins also
had four rebounds while
Jackson had two rebounds,
four assists and two steals.
Fletcher had six points,
three rebounds, one as-
sist and two steals for the
Mustangs and Hisler also
scored six points and had
four rebounds, three assists,
five steals and he blocked a
shot. With four points each
in the game were Grant and
Wilkins. Grant also finished
with four rebounds while
Wilkins had one rebound
for the team.
The JV boys’ team won
both of their games last
weekend as they defeated
the Tigerscots 43-30 and
then beat the Knights 52-
28.
Against Weston-McE-
wen, Derrick Smith led the
team in scoring with 11
points while Cody Fletcher
had 10. With seven points
each were Tucker Ashbeck
and Trevor Nichols. Brian
Lindsay was next with four
points and with two each
were David Cribbs and Ty
Boor.
Blake Carter led the
team in scoring against the
Knights as he finished with
15. Fletcher had another
strong game as he scored
11. Ashbeck chipped in
10 and Nichols had eight
points. Boor finished with
four while Smith and Blake
Wolters both got into the
score book with two points
each.
This weekend the Mus-
tangs have two BMC Con-
ference games. They will
host the Grant Union Pros-
pectors on Friday night and
then they will travel to Pilot
Rock on Saturday to take on
the Rockets.
The monthly free mov-
ie, sponsored by Hopeful
Saints Ministry, will be
shown Friday, January 10,
beginning at 7 p.m. at the
All Saints Parish Hall.
This month’s film, rat-
ed PG, is a winter adventure
story that will captivate
adults and kids alike. Ev-
eryone is welcome to enjoy
pizza and spend an evening
surrounded in virtual snow,
in preparation for what
might lie ahead in the local
forecast.
Additional information
is available by calling the
church office at 541-676-
9970.
Free movie to be
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County Sheriff’s Office, the
Umatilla Tribal Police De-
partment, and the Columbia
River Inter-Tribal Fisheries
Enforcement Department.
“This is an incredible
honor to keep serving the
public,” Diehl told the Ga-
zette-Times. He said he was
“excited to work with the
schools, youth and Commu-
nity Counseling Solutions
on issues of mental health
in the county” as he takes
on the new job.
In other business the
commission discussed its
plan to reduce the coun-
ty treasurer’s salary. At a
recent budget committee
meeting committee looked
at three different salary
options. Leave everything
the same for a $127,152
per year salary and benefit
package, 25 percent cut
to $101,609, a 50 percent
reduction to $76,066 and
a 75 percent reduction to
$50,524 yearly pay and
benefit package. The budget
committee at that time did
not take any action on the
proposals, however, the
commission said it wanted
to make any changes now
since there are two peo-
ple running for the office.
Long-time incumbent Trea-
surer Gayle Gutierrez is
being challenged by Aman-
da Rea. The commission
decided to send the decision
DEADLINE:
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AT 5PM
back to the next meeting of
the budget committee for
its decision. There was no
reason given on why they
wanted to change the salary.
Gutierrez was in attendance
at the meeting but did not
comment when asked by
the Commission.
In other action Com-
missioner Lindsay took
over as board chair from
Jim Doherty. “I would like
to thank everyone for their
work the past year in mak-
ing our county a better
place,” she said in chairing
the first meeting of 2020.
“We worked together in
doing good things in 2019
and it was a great year.
2020 will be even better,”
she said.
Heppner Elementary School
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