Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 1, 2023 -- SEVEN
Mustangs strengthen Mustang girls split Heppner wrestlers
league record with
weekend league play make good showing
two conference wins
at BEO Invitational
Heppner senior Trevor Nichols tries to sink the ball
while Tucker Ashbeck blocks and the Grant Union
players hope for a rebound. -Photo by Tylynn
Cimmiyotti
The Heppner Mustang who beat the Mustangs by
boys basketball team con- two points on a last-second
tinued its winning ways shot earlier in the year,
by picking up two more saw a packed house in the
Blue Mountain Conference Stanfield gym for the game.
games this past week. The It was another close contest
Mustangs, who have a 15-4 at the start as the Mustangs
overall record and are 5-2 in held a slim 14-12 at the
conference play, defeated end of the first quarter. The
the Grant Union Prospec- Mustangs then went on a
tors 62-30 and then bested 29-17 scoring spree in the
the Stanfield Tigers by the second quarter for a 43-29
score of 65-53.
lead at the half. Each team
Against the Prospec- scored eight points in the
tors, the Mustangs’ aggres- third quarter and Heppner
sive defense held Grant led 51-37. Stanfield made
Union to only seven points several runs in the fourth
in the first quarter while quarter, but the Mustangs
running out for 18 of their fought each of the those
own. The second quarter challenges off and held on
was much of the same and to their lead. Heppner pre-
the Mustangs led at half- vailed in the game and won
time 32-17. A big third by the score of 65-53.
quarter saw Heppner out-
Ashbeck had the big
score the Prospectors 22-3 night for the Mustangs
and push the lead to 55-20. with 30 points and 12 re-
The benches cleared for bounds. A trio of Mus-
both teams in the fourth tangs, Nichols, Mitchell
quarter and the Mustangs and George, each scored
cruised to a 62-30 win.
nine points in the game.
Tucker Ashbeck and Mitchell also had eight
Landon Mitchell both rebounds and five assists.
scored 19 points to lead the Cribbs scored six points and
Mustangs in scoring. Ash- had five rebounds for the
beck also hauled down 14 Mustangs, while Proudfoot
rebounds in the game. Ca- provided valuable minutes
den George was next with in the game and scored two
10 points and also recorded points.
four assists. Thomas Bales
This week the Mus-
finished the game with six tangs continue BMC play
points and Trevor Nichols as they host the Enterprise
had four. With two points Outlaws on Friday night
each were David Cribbs and and then travel to Irrigon
Cameron Proudfoot.
on Saturday to play the
A big rematch game Knights.
with the Stanfield Tigers,
Colt wrestling ends
successful season
Kadie Henrichs looks to
pass the ball against de-
fenders. - Photo by Tylynn
Cimmiyotti
By Tylynn Cimmiyotti
The Heppner Mustangs
girls basketball team won
one and lost one during
their Blue Mountain Con-
ference play this past week.
Their OSAA ranking stayed
the same at the 22 spot,
while their conference re-
cord stands at 2-5, 7-12
overall. On Thursday the
Mustangs hosted the Grant
Union Prospectors and took
the win, 45-14. Friday, the
team travelled to Stanfield
and fell to the Tigers 31-56.
Thursday’s game was
the second time that Hep-
pner has met the Prospector
during league play, and the
only team that the Mustangs
have been able to hold
down thus far. Grant Union
came out strong, winning
the jump, but it wasn’t long
before Heppner took the
ball back and scored the
game’s first two points.
Grant Union was a
rough and tumble team,
hustling after the ball and
doing everything they could
to keep the Mustangs from
scoring, but that proved
in vain when the Mus-
tangs took and kept the
lead throughout the game.
Heppner girls played their
game, kept their heads up
and pushed forward. At
the end of the first quarter
Heppner led Grant Union
10-2, and 24-5 at the half.
The Mustangs continued to
outscore the Prospectors for
the rest of the game.
Hallee Hisler led the
Mustangs with 12 points,
and Zandra Masterson was
right behind her with 11
more.
Stats: Zandra Master-
son: points: 11, turnover:
1; H. Hisler: points: 12,
rebound: 1, fouls: 2, turn-
over: 1, fouled: 1; H. Na-
tion: points: 4, rebound: 1,
fouls: 3; A. Gerry: points:
3, rebound: 1, fouls: 2;
M. Cutsforth: points: 3. L.
Nichols: point: 1; K. Spiv-
ey: points: 4, rebound: 1,
Lily Nichols goes up to
for shot against Grant
Union. - Photo by Tylynn
Cimmiyotti
turnover: 1; H. Wenberg:
points: 5, rebounds: 8, foul:
1; K. Henrichs: rebound: 1,
fouls: 2.
Friday the team took
the short trip to Stanfield
to take on the top-ranked
Blue Mountain Conference
team, the Stanfield Tigers.
Heppner showed up and
shut down the key. Their de-
fense worked hard to keep
the Tigers from bringing the
ball into the key for easy
points. The Tigers were
forced to take their shots
from the three-point line,
and just were not hitting
them in the first half. The
Mustangs held the other
team to six points in the
first, then matched them,
ending the quarter tied.
Heppner fell behind in the
second and trailed behind
Stanfield 14-20 at the half.
Heppner was not able to
catch up in the second half,
being outscored by nine
points in the third and 10
points in the fourth, sealing
the Tigers’ win over the
Mustangs, 31-56.
Hallee Hisler led the
Mustangs again with 10
points, and Ava Gerry fol-
lowed with six more points
for the team.
Stats: Zandra Master-
son: points: 5, rebound: 1,
foul: 1; H. Hisler: points:
10, rebounds: 4, turnovers:
2; H. Nation: points: 4,
rebounds: 2 fouls: 2, turn-
over: 1; A. Gerry: points:
6, rebound: 1, turnover: 1;
M. Cutsforth: turnover: 1;
K. Spivey: rebound: 1, foul:
1, turnover: 1; H. Wenberg:
points: 4, rebound: 1, fouls:
4; K. Henrichs: points: 2,
foul: 1, turnover: 1.
This week the Mustangs
will meet Enterprise and Ir-
rigon for league games. The
first will be home on Friday,
games starting at 3 p.m. For
the second game, the Mus-
tangs will be traveling to
Irrigon on Saturday, games
starting at 1 p.m.
Currin named to MSU
president’s list
This year’s Colt Wrestling program can be consid-
ered a success on many fronts, especially if numbers
of excited children are any indication. About 75 Colt
wrestlers signed up for the short season. They were
mentored and coached by the junior high and high
school wrestlers and their coaches. All in all, about
116 kids are wrestling in Heppner among the three
age levels. Heppner High School wrestling is guid-
ed by head coach Zac Brown and assistant coaches
Tyler Robinson and Mark and Alaina Lemmon.
-Photo by Tylynn Cimmiyotti
President’s List for fall
semester 2022 at Montana
State University. Currin, a
senior at MSU, earned her
spot with a 4.0 GPA last
semester.
Currin also participates
in MSU rodeo in goat tying,
breakaway roping, barrel
racing and team roping. She
was a 2022 College Nation-
Jacee Currin
al Finals Rodeo qualifier for
Jacee Currin of Hep- MSU Bobcat rodeo.
pner was named to the
Heppner JV boys lose hard-fought games
The Heppner High
School boys junior varsity
lost their last three games to
bring their overall record to
8-7 on the season. The JV
Mustangs lost to the Ione
Cardinals 38-26, the Grant
Union Prospectors 59-57
and the Stanfield Tigers
64-35.
A slow start in their
game with Ione set the
tone for the whole evening
for the Mustangs. Heppner
trailed 11-2 after one and
23-11 at the half. Each team
scored 15 points in the sec-
ond half, but the Mustangs
could get no closer and lost
by the score of 38-26.
Owen Cunningham led
the team in scoring with
nine points. Thomas Bales
had eight, and with three
points each were Cooper
Wight and Caleb George.
Joseph Albitre finished
with two points and Mason
Orem one.
A conference matchup
with Grant Union saw a
close game throughout.
Heppner led 16-13 after
the first quarter and then
trailed 37-35 at halftime.
The Mustangs outscored
the Prospectors 12-6 in
the third to lead 47-43 but
then gave up the lead in the
fourth quarter as they were
outscored 16-10. The last
minute of the game was
back and forth, and the
Mustangs had a chance to
tie the game at the very end,
but a shot rolled off of the
rim to give Grant Union the
close 59-57 win.
Orem led the team with
15 points. With nine points
each were Albitre, George
and Cunningham. Bales
was next with eight, and
with four points was Lane
Critchlow. Finishing off the
scoring for the Mustangs
was Wight with three.
Heppner traveled to
Stanfield to play the best
JV team in the conference.
The Mustangs trailed 17-11
at the end of the first quarter
and 27-13 at halftime. It
was 49-22 at the end of the
third quarter, and the final
score was 64-35.
Orem led the team
again in scoring with 24
points. Wight was next
with seven, Critchlow had
three and Albitre finished
with one.
This week the Mus-
tangs will play the En-
terprise Outlaws and the
Irrigon Knights. The JV
Mustangs then have an
added game with the Irri-
gon Knights at home on
Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 6 p.m.
Wrestling seniors were honored last Saturday at the Bank of
Eastern Oregon Invitational in Heppner. Pictured L-R are
wrestlers and parents Rosa and Saul Lopez, Doug and Ty
Boor, Chace and Ann Jones, Brenda Collins, Kylie Holden,
and Toby Boatwright. -Photo by Tylynn Cimmiyotti
Kylie Holden in the final round. - Photo by Tylynn
Cimmiyotti
Ty Boor trying to pin oppenent. - Photo by Tylynn
Cimmiyotti
Chance Jones makes his move. - Photo by Tylynn
Cimmiyotti
Heppner hosted the
138/ Saul Lopez (20-9)
Bank of Eastern Oregon placed 2 nd and scored 22.0
Invitational wrestling tour- team points.
nament last Saturday. Four-
145/ Zach Brown (22-
teen schools participat- 10) placed 2 nd and scored
ed; Burns, Crane, Culver, 20.0 team points.
Echo, Elgin, Grant Union,
145/ Hayden McMa-
Imbler, Irrigon, Joseph, hon (7-10) placed 5 th .
McLoughlin, Pine Eagle,
152/ Owen Guerra (2-
Riverside and Umatilla at- 15) placed 6 th .
tended along with Heppner.
152/ Tyler Boor (5-6)
The home team placed placed 5 th and scored 11.0
third with a strong showing team points.
in the final matches, with
160/ Taylor Moore (4-
seven wrestlers making it 15) placed 6 th and scored
onto the podium. Cad Cun- 3.0 team points.
ningham took top honors in
170/ Landon McMa-
his bracket.
hon (10-10) placed 3 rd and
The senior wrestlers scored 9.0 team points.
and their parents were
195/ Jaime Cavan (13-
honored during the break 11) placed 2 nd and scored
between brackets. Senior 22.0 team points.
wrestlers are Chace Jones,
220/ Cade Cunningham
Saul Lopez, Kylie Holden (20-7) placed 1 st and scored
and Ty Boor.
28.0 team points.
Heppner wrestlers and
110 & 115 Girls/ Loren
their results were:
Trujillo (2-5) placed 2 nd and
120/ Chase Jones (6- scored 4.0 team points.
13) placed 5 th and scored
145 & 155 Girls/ Kylie
11.0 team points.
Holden (3-4) placed 3 rd and
scored 9.0 team points.
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