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    SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Mustang girls dominate Mustangs fall to
season opener
Prospectors in first
The Heppner Mustang
girls (#3 BMC, #23 2A) dom-
inated their season opener
against the Grant Union Pros-
pectors (#6 BMC, #34 2A) on
Saturday. The teams traveled
to John Day for the games this
weekend and returned with a
big win. The girls outscored
their opponent in 75 percent
of the quarters, and even with
no points earned in the fourth
quarter, Heppner kept the lead
and ended the game 45-11.
One big loss during the
game was the injury of player
Brooke Wilson. Wilson broke
her collarbone during Satur-
day’s game, explaining her
mere five minutes of play time
and zero stats.
Hallee Hisler led the Mus-
tangs with 16 points. Had-
lie Nation contributed eight
points, and Arianna Worden
added six points to help the
Mustangs with their win.
Stats: A. Worden: 6
points, 3 fouled. H. Hisler:
16 points, 1 assist, 1 foul, 1
steal, 2 turnovers, 1 fouled.
H. Nation: 8 points, 1 foul,
1 turnover, 1 fouled. Z. Mas-
terson: 4 points. A. Gerry:
2 points, 3 fouls, 1 steal, 2
turnovers, 1 fouled. M. Cuts-
forth: 1 steal. L. Nichols: 4
points, 1 turnover. K. Spivey:
1 assist, 2 rebounds, 1 foul, 1
steal, 1 turnover. H. Wenberg:
4 points, 2 rebounds, 1 foul,
1 turnover, 3 fouled. K. Hen-
richs: 1 point, 2 fouls, 1 steal,
1 turnover, 1 fouled.
This Friday, Jan. 13,
the Mustangs travel to
Weston-McEwen High School
to play at 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan.
14, the Mustangs will host
Irrigon at 1 p.m.
Boor named 2A
defensive player of
the year
league game
The Heppner Mustang
boys basketball team trav-
elled to the Grant Union
Prospectors and lost their
first Blue Mountain Con-
ference game of the year.
The Prospectors beat the
Mustangs in overtime by
the score of 50-45. That
moves the Mustangs overall
season record to 10-3. They
are currently ranked eighth
in the OSAA 2A State Bas-
ketball rankings.
Grant Union High
School is always a tough
place to play, and this year
proved to be no different.
Heppner started out trailing
in the game 10-8 after the
first quarter of play. The
Mustangs then rallied and
took the lead early in the
second quarter and then
pushed the lead to 23-16 at
the half.
Heppner continued
their strong play in the
third quarter and led the
game 38-26 after three
quarters. Then the Prospec-
tors pushed up the pressure
and the Mustangs had a
hard time scoring early in
the fourth quarter. Grant
Union cut into the Mustang
lead and, with six minutes
left in the game, only trailed
the Mustangs 38-35.
The teams traded bas-
kets and then Tucker Ash-
beck hit two free throws
with 2:36 left in the game
to give Heppner a 43-39
lead. Grant Union scored
on a three-point play and
that made the score 43-42
with just 30 seconds left.
The Prospectors got the ball
back from the Mustangs
and were fouled with five
seconds left in the game. A
Grant Union player made
one of two free throws to
send the game into overtime
tied at 43-43.
In the overtime period
Grant Union scored first
and then made a free throw
to lead 46-43. Heppner
fouled them again and they
made two more free throws
to now lead 48-43 with
2:40 left in overtime. Two
more free throws by Grant
Union pushed the score to
50-43 with 26 seconds left
in the game. The Mustangs
scored their only points of
the overtime period with
6.1 second left in the game
on a basket by Ashbeck.
Grant Union took the win
by the score of 50-45.
Leading the way in
scoring for the Mustangs
were Ashbeck and Landon
Mitchell with 14 points
each. Trevor Nichols had
seven and Cameron Proud-
foot finished with five
points. David Cribbs add-
ed three points and Caden
George two.
This week the Mus-
tangs travel to Athena to
take on the Weston-McE-
wen TigerScots and then
host the Stanfield Tigers on
Saturday.
Greater Idaho
bill read in
Oregon State Senate
Mike McCarter submits a
petition in Heppner on May
26, 2022. -Contributed photo
SALEM—A bill in-
viting Idaho to begin talks
with Oregon on the poten-
tial to relocate the state line
they share was read on the
floor of the Oregon Senate
Monday.
The bill, SJM 2, became
public yesterday along with
other pre-session filed bills.
It states, “…we, the mem-
bers of the 82nd Legislative
Assembly stand ready to
begin discussions regarding
the potential to relocate the
Oregon/Idaho border, and
invite the Idaho Legislature,
the Governor of Idaho, the
Governor of Oregon to be-
gin talks on this topic with
this Legislative Assembly.”
Oregon state senator
Dennis Linthicum is the
lead sponsor, and the initial
cosponsors are Sen.Brian
Boquist and Rep. Werner
Reschke. Freshman repre-
sentative Emily McIntire,
sworn in Monday, has in-
dicated to leaders of the
Greater Idaho movement
that she will sign on as a
cosponsor when House
rules allow.
The bill notes that, of
the 15 rural counties of
eastern Oregon that are
proposed to become parts
of Idaho, 11 have already
approved ballot measures
indicating voter support.
Morrow County was one
of those, approving a ballot
Journey Cavan-Harris, measure in last Novem-
third-Contributed photos ber’s general election. The
bill also notes that Oregon
Cade Cunningham,
slightly relocated its border
first-Contributed photos
Mustang wrestlers
again take top spots
at Joseph tournament
The picture says it all: Heppner High School’s Ty
Boor (right), pictured with HHS football coach Greg
Grant, was named 2A Defensive Player of the Year.
The Mustang linebacker is one of the top 2A players
in the state. -Contributed photo
Boys’ JV basketball
falls to Prospectors
Barrell race, dinner,
auction to benefit
local families
A barrel race, silent
auction and benefit dinner
are being planned for Jan.
22 at the Morrow County
Fairgrounds in Heppner.
Proceeds will go to the
families of Kellie Nelson
of Heppner and Ronald and
Tami Stutzman of Heppner,
who were all killed in a
fatal car crash at the end of
December.
The barrel race will
be at the Wilkinson Indoor
Arena at fairgrounds. The
barrel racing will begin at 1
p.m. with time only from 10
a.m. to noon. Open riding
will take place from noon
until 12:45 p.m.
Entry fee is $20, which
will be jackpotted back. All
time only money and office
fees will go to the families.
A donation jar will also be
available.
In addition to the barrel
race, Julie Baker is coordi-
nating a silent auction and
raffle, which will take place
from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. She
is still accepting donations
and hopes to have a list of
donated items soon.
Jeannie Collins is plan-
ning a benefit dinner from
11 a.m. to 5 p.m., which
will be by donation back to
the families.
More information will
come out as available. All
three women say they wel-
come any help or donations.
Contact Tiffanie Greenup
with questions about the
barrel race, Julie Baker to
donate to the silent auction
or Jean Collins to help with
the dinner.
Colt wrestling starts
Thursday
Colt wrestling will begin
this week at the Heppner
High School cafeteria.
Colt wrestling is for boys
and girls ages kindergarten
through fifth grade.
The dates will be
Thursday, Jan. 12; Wednes-
day, Jan. 18; Monday, Jan.
23; Wednesday, Jan. 25; and
Monday, Jan. 30. All times
are 6-7 p.m. Cost is $25 per
child with a maximum of $50
per family.
with Washington in 1958.
The bill lists several
reasons that the Democrat
majority of the Oregon
Legislature should want
to relocate the boundary:
support for the self-deter-
mination of the people of
eastern Oregon, financial
benefits of offloading east-
ern Oregon and concern
about the interference of
eastern Oregon into the
politics of western Oregon.
The bill states that east-
ern Oregon is an economic
drain on Oregon’s state
budget because of the high
income taxes paid by the
Portland area. The bill also
references a poll that found
that only three percent of
the voters of northwestern
Oregon are willing to pay
what it costs to have rural
regions of Oregon included
in the Oregon state budget.
The movement estimates
the cost is over $500 per
northwestern Oregonian
wage earner annually.
Along with all other
bills filed prior to the be-
ginning of the legislative
session, the bill now lies
on the desk of the new
President of the Senate,
Rob Wagner. According to
rules approved yesterday,
any progress on a Senate
bill requires his approval.
Spokesman for the
Greater Idaho movement,
Matt McCaw, pointed to the
same January 2022 Survey-
USA poll that showed that
68 percent of northwestern
Oregon voters thought that
the Oregon Legislature
should hold hearings on the
idea, and only 20 percent
opposed.
“Portland voters forced
a gun control measure on
the whole state, although
eastern Oregon voters al-
most blocked it. And then
an eastern Oregon judge
blocked it. His injunction
might stand for a couple
years while he decides the
case,” he said. “It doesn’t
make sense for these two
cultures to be dictating
policy to each other.”
Kylie Holden, first-Con-
tributed photos
Loren Trujillo, third
-Contributed photos
Heppner wrestlers par-
ticipated in the annual Cos-
grove-Eschler Wrestling
Invitational in Joseph held
Jan. 6-7, again claiming
several top spots on the
podium.
Eighteen teams from
across Oregon and Idaho
participated. Illness and
injuries left the Mustangs
a little short-handed, but
those who wrestled gave it
their all.
Placing for the Mus-
tangs were Cade Cunning-
ham, first; Zac Brown,
fourth; Kylie Holden, first;
Journey Cavan-Harris,
third; and Loren Trujillo,
third.
Holden wrestled Lucy
Camacho from Imbler in
the championship match.
These two have met several
times on the mat this sea-
son, with Camacho always
coming out on top. Holden
ended that streak by pinning
Camacho in the second
round.
Cunningham wres-
tled Clancy Rutledge from
Culver in the champion-
ship match. Rutledge beat
Cunningham at the Culver
Invite last month, and Cun-
ningham evened the score,
winning 6-4 in overtime
during one of the night’s
most exciting matches.
This tournament has a
unique award for the cham-
pions—a print from Jo-
seph’s own Dan Moncrief.
He paints a new painting
every year for this tourna-
ment and has been doing
so for decades. The original
is auctioned off at the tour-
nament.
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The Heppner Mustang
boy’s junior varsity team lost
its first game of the season to
the Grant Union Prospectors
by the score of 57-47. That
makes the team’s record 7-1
on the season.
Both teams started slow-
ly after the holiday break,
and the Mustangs led after
the first quarter by the score
of 9-8. Grant Union rallied
and took the lead into half-
time 24-20. The third quarter
saw the Mustangs take con-
trol of the game at this point
as they led 39-34 at the end
of three quarters of play. The
fourth quarter was a different
story as the Prospectors out-
scored the Mustangs 23-8 to
take the victory by the score
of 57-47.
Leading scorer for the
Mustangs was Mason Orem,
who had 14 points. Joseph
Albitre was next with 11, and
with six points each were
Thomas Bales and Cooper
Wight. With four points each
were Jackson Coiner and
Owen Cunningham. Caleb
George finished with two
points in the game for the
Mustangs.
The JV Mustangs
have games this week at
Weston-McEwen on Friday
and then they host the Stan-
field Tigers on Saturday.
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