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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 15, 2020 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Mustang boys drop two games Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper SEARCH OLD COPIES OF THE HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES ON-LINE: http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/ Published weekly by Sykes Publishing and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 188 W. Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676-9228. Fax (541) 676-9211. E-mail: editor@rapidserve.net or david@rapidserve.net. Web site: www.heppner.net. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $31 in Morrow County; $25 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 65 years or older); $37 elsewhere; $31 student subscriptions. David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor Giselle Moses.........................................................................................Advertising All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. For Advertising: advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Cost for a display ad is $5.25 per column inch. Cost for classified ad is 50¢ per word. Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words. Cost for a classified display ad is $6.05 per column inch. For Public/Legal Notices: public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Dates for pub- lication must be specified. Affidavits must be required at the time of submission. Affidavits require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required). For Obituaries: Obituaries are published in the Heppner GT at no charge and are edited to meet news guidelines. Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space for the obituary. For Letters to the Editor: Letters to the Editor MUST be signed by the author. The Heppner GT will not publish unsigned letters. All letters MUST include the author’s address and phone number for use by the GT office. The GT reserves the right to edit letters. The GT is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under “Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10. Gavin Hanna-Robinson moves the ball down the court in the game vs. Grant Union. -Photo by Susan Hisler. The Heppner Mus- tang boys’ basketball team dropped a pair of Blue Mountain Conference games last weekend. The Mustangs lost to the Grant Union Prospectors by the score of 61-47 and then were beaten by the Pilot Rock Rockets 57-45. In the game with the Prospectors, the Mustangs fell behind 19-1 early in the first quarter. They did not panic and slowly started a comeback that saw the Mustangs trail at the end of the first quarter 19-14. Half- way through the second quarter the Mustangs took the lead by the score of 21- 19. Heppner had gone on a 20-0 run to take the lead in the game. The last time the Mustangs had the lead in the first half was at 25-24 and then they were down at halftime by the score of 31-26. The game stayed close early in the second half as the Mustangs were only down 32-29 midway through the third quarter when Grant Union started to take control and pull away. The Prospectors led the game at the end of the third quarter 45-31. Heppner couldn’t get any closer in the final quar- Sydney Wilson jumps for the ball in the Grant Union game. Sydney recently bypassed the 1,000 points mark in her bas- ter as both teams scored 16 ketball career at Heppner High School. -Photo by Susan Hisler. points and the Mustangs lost by the score of 61-47. “It’s not what we do, it’s who we choose to be.” A balanced scoring at- tack was led by Kason Cim- miyotti with nine points. He also had an assist and two steals in the game. Mason Lehman and Gavin Hanna Robinson had eight points each. Mason also had seven rebounds and three assists while Gavin recorded seven rebounds and six steals to go along with a blocked shot. Brock Hisler scored seven points and had five rebounds and two steals for the Mustangs. Kellen Grant chipped in six points, four rebounds and had two steals. Casey Fletcher had five points, two rebounds and a steal. With two points each were Jackson Lehman and Jayden Wilson. Jackson also had two rebounds, two assists and a steal while Wilson had three rebounds. The Mustangs traveled to Pilot Rock to take on the highly ranked Rockets. Again Heppner started the game out slowly and trailed the Rockets 14-3 at the end of the first quarter. The Heppner shooting slump carried on into the second quarter and the Mustangs trailed at the half 25-12. Heppner couldn’t get any closer in the third quar- ter and trailed 39-25. The Pilot Rock lead ballooned to 18 points twice in the fourth quarter but the Mus- tangs worked hard and battled back. They actual- ly outscored the Rockets 20-18 in the quarter but it wasn’t enough and the Mustangs lost the game by the score of 57-45. Wilson led the team in Kannon Wilkins shoots for the basket. -Photo by Susan Hisler. scoring with 12. He also ripped down nine rebounds, had one assist and one steal in the game. Kannon Wilkins was next in scoring with nine points and had three rebounds for the team. Mason Lehman and Cim- miyotti finished with five points each. Mason also had seven rebounds, one assist and two steals while Cimmiyotti had five re- bounds and one steal. Hisler scored four points, had five rebounds, one assist and a steal for the Mustangs. Hanna Robinson had three points, three rebounds, two assists and a steal while Roy Collins finished with three points and a rebound. Fletcher and Grant had two points each and Fletcher also recorded two rebounds and a steal while Grant also had two rebounds for the team. The Mustang JV team picked up a pair of wins last Mustang girls win one, lose one Read About How We are Working Together to be a Healthier Community Today and Maximize the value of our relationships with community and regional partners through initiatives that promote health and bring valuable health services to Morrow County residents. Advance the quality of care provided in each patient care area while enhancing your patient and customer service experience. 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HealthyMC.org Where healthier is happening... weekend as they defeated the Grant Union Prospec- tors 38-30 and then beat the Pilot Rock Rockets by the score of 42-30. Tucker Ashbeck led the Heppner scoring against the Prospectors with 12 points. Derrick Smith and Cody Fletcher each finished with seven and Trevor Nich- ols had five points. David Cribbs scored four points and Blake Carter rounded out the scoring with three. At Pilot Rock, Nichols led the team in scoring with 11. Ty Boor pumped in 10 points and Ashbeck finished with seven. Fletcher got five points, Brian Lindsay scored four, Cribbs hit for three and Carter had two. This weekend the Mus- tangs have two home con- ference games. On Friday they host the Enterprise Outlaws and on Saturday the Union Bobcats come to town. 541-676-9133 Community lunch menu Kylie Boor goes for the shot in the varsity game vs. Pilot Rock. -Photo by Susan Hisler. The Mustang girls’ basketball team lost their game versus Grant Union by just one point on Friday, January 10 with a score of 30-31. They traveled to Pilot Rock to take on the Rockets on Saturday, January 11, taking the win with 63-35. Next weekend they will play Enterprise on Friday and Union on Saturday, both games at home. Christian Life/Firelight volunteers will serve lunch on Wednesday, January 22 at St. Patrick’s Senior Cen- ter. Lunch will be tortellini with spinach cream sauce, garlic breadstick, Mali- bu blend vegies, steamed broccoli, tropical fruit and pudding. Milk, coffee and tea is served at each meal. Sug- gested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.