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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 19, 2020 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow 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. Senior basketball players and parents acknowledged Mustang wrestlers finish strong The Mustangs traveled to Union on Friday to com- pete in the Special District 4 Wrestling tournament. The tournament is a two- day affair that determines which athletes will go on to compete in the state championships to be held in Portland on February 28. Heppner had six wres- tlers competing this year: Roen Waite at 106 pounds, Saul Lopez at 132 pounds, Suzanneah Cason at 132 pounds, Edward Ellsworth at 152 pounds, Jace Coe at 160 pounds and Conor Brosnan at 170 pounds. Waite entered the tour- nament as the number four seed. He wrestled Debren Sanabria, the number one seed from Culver, first and lost by pin late in the second round. His next opponent was Virginia Tolman, from Adrian, and Roen went on to win by pin in the first round. The next match for Waite was the finals for third/fourth place against Riddick Hutchison of Grant Union. He won this battle by pin in the second round thus securing third place but Waite was not done Heppner Mustang senior basketball players and their parents were honored at the home game last week. Pictured (L-R): Sandy Hanna, Jorden Sweeney and parents Corey and Brandi, Casey Fletcher and parents Andy and Andrea, Mason Lehman and parents Andy and Jessica, Kannon Wilkins and parents Tim and Renee, Kellen Grant and parents Greg and Virginia, Gavin Hanna-Rob- inson and parents Justin and Jade. Are you driven to help others? We’re Recruiting Ambulance Drivers for the day. Since 1A/2A Special Districts only auto- matically send the top two finishers to state, there is the ability to challenge the second-place finisher if he/ she has not lost previously to that wrestler during the district tournament. Roen had not wrestled the sec- ond-place finisher, Jack Roath of Crane, so he chal- lenged him for second place and a chance to secure a spot to state. Roen went on to win this crucial con- test by major decision and punched his ticket for the state championships. Saul Lopez started the tournament with a match against Isaiah Lemmon, Echo/Stanfield, which he won by fall in the third round. His next opponent was Cutter Huff from Pine Eagle, the number two seed. Saul lost this match by fall in the second round drop- ping him to the consolation rounds. Lopez’s next op- ponent was Dusty Melcho- ir, Pine Eagle, which he defeated by a pin in the second round. The third round of consolations pit- ted Saul against Riddick Hutchison of Grant Union. He pinned Hutchision in the second round. The consola- tion semifinals determined whether Lopez wrestled for three/four or five/six. He unfortunately lost the next match by fall to Glen Starbuck of Crane. This loss put Saul in the match for fifth place against Isaiah Lemmon of Echo/Stanfield. This rematch was a harder match for Lopez than the first contest but Saul went on to win by technical fall in the second round, secur- ing fifth place and a spot on the podium. Suzy Cason, wrestling in her final tournament as a Mustang, started the tourna- ment by facing off against the number one seed, Joe Lathrop of Elgin. She lost by fall in the second round. The next match for Ca- son was against Riddick Hutchison of Grant Union. Suzy lost this match by fall in the first round. Ellsworth started the tournament with a match against Hunter Augusty- novich, the number two seed from Culver. Edward Saul Lopez wrestling Glen Starbuck of Crane. -Photo by Damon Brosnan. lost this battle by fall in the second round. The next match, in the consolation bracket, was against Tucker Adamson of Crane. Ells- worth won this match by fall in the first round. The next contest pitted Edward head to head versus Levi Hammond of Union. Levi prevailed against Ellsworth by fall in the second round. Jace Coe came into the tournament seeded as the number two wrestler at 160 pounds. He started the tournament with victory by fall over Trevor Smith of Culver. This victory put Coe in the champion- ship semifinals against Seth Doman of Crane, seeded number three. The match proved to be a nail biter going into overtime. Jace won the toss and chose the down position. All Coe had to do was score a point in the minute allowed to win, which he did and secured his right to battle for first place against the number one seed and number one ranked wrestler from Cul- ver, Isaiah Toomey. The match was hard fought but, unfortunately, Coe lost to Toomey by fall in the third round. This loss did not se- cure second place for Jace since the wrestler in third, Damion Young of Grant Union, had not wrestled Jace during the tournament and challenged Coe for sec- ond place. The match had a trip to state championships resting on the outcome and Coe went on to prevail in the third round by fall. Jace secured his trip to the state championships with this gutsy win. Brosnan started the tournament as the number three seeded 170-pound wrestler. His first opponent was Nicolas Navarro of Culver. Conor was upset in this match with a late pin by Navarro throwing Bros- nan into the consolation bracket. His next bout was against Tucker Carpenter of Grant Union. Conor wasted no time in pinning Carpen- ter seventeen seconds into the first round securing a match in the consolation semifinals. Quinten Hall- garth, the number four seed from Grant Union, was his next opponent. Brosnan and Hallgarth battled back and forth in a tough match with Conor wining by decision in the third round. This victory put Brosnan into the match for third place against Navarro, the wres- tler from Culver that upset him in the first match of the tournament. Conor went on to win redemption for the first loss by winning a tough match by decision in the third round, securing third place. But, Brosnan was not done for the day. The sec- ond-place wrestler, Clayton Hammond from Elgin, had not wrestled Conor during the tournament so he was open to be challenged for second place. This match also proved to be a long, tough bout with Hammond winning by one point at the buzzer. Conor had secured third place and might be awarded a trip to the state championships. This is due to a new rule allowing three, third place finishers from the four special dis- tricts to be awarded a trip to the championships. This creates an 11-man brack- et for each weight class. Brosnan will find out next weekend if the he will be making the trip. Rusty Estes, Emergency Medical Services Director 541-676-2922 Morrow County Health District is hiring on-call ambulance drivers in Boardman and Heppner. • On-Call Pay • Weekday and Weekend Day & Night Shifts • Education and Training Provided • Assistance earning your EMT License Must have a valid Oregon Driver’s License, clean driving record, undergo a background check, and drug screen. We’re also accepting applications for EMTs! Learn more about being a part of a team committed to a Healthier Morrow County! Visit HealthyMC.org “I found my passion for helping people here as a full- time EMT and I’m just getting started.” - Stephanie Rill Heppner’s 38th Annual Wee Bit o’ Ireland Celebration is quickly approaching. Contact Giselle to advertise in our special FULL COLOR St. Patrick’s Day pages! Deadline to be included is March 9th! graphics@rapidserve.net 541-676-9228 188 W Willow Street, Heppner HEPPNER G T azette imes
