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+HSSQHU*D]HWWH7LPHV+HSSQHU2UHJRQ Wednesday, December 06, 2023 -- SEVEN Mustang Girls Basketball OHDG%0&&RQIHUHQFH Hallee Hisler jumping and reaching for some net to score for the Mustangs - Photo by Tylynn Cimmiyotti The Heppner Mustang girls’ basketball team is leading the BMC Confer- ence bracket with an un- defeated 3-0 record. At the time of this writing, they are ranked #7 overall in the OSAA 2A bracket. The Mustangs faced the Redsides from South Was- co County in a non-league game on Wednesday, No- vember 29, 2023, at Hep- pner. It was a close game with both teams exchanging leads throughout the four quarters. The Mustangs WUDLOHGE\¿YHSRLQWVLQWKH first quarter but bounced back to lead by three points at halftime. The Redsides gained the lead by two points in the third quarter, but the Mustangs fought hard and secured a narrow YLFWRU\RILQWKH¿QDO quarter. Hallee Hisler was the leading scorer for the Mus- tangs with 20 points, fol- lowed by Katie Spivey with 11 points. Hadlie Na- tion and Lily Nichols also SHUIRUPHG ZHOO VFRULQJ points each in the game. Heppner Mustangs vs. South Wasco Redsides, : Stats: Hallee Hisler: 20 points, 3 fouls. Hadlie 1DWLRQ SRLQWV IRXO Ava Gerry: 2 points, 3 fouls. Delaney Stefani: 3 points, 3 fouls. Morgan Cutsforth: 1 IRXO/LO\1LFKROVSRLQWV 3 fouls. Katie Spivey: 11 points, 3 fouls. Kadie Hen- ricks: 4 points, 1 foul. 6FRUHV44 4 4 The Mustangs traveled to Milton Freewater on Fri- day, December 1, 2023, to match up against the Mac- Hi Pioneers in their second non-league match of the season. The Mustangs had a slow start trailing by less than half at the end of the ¿UVWTXDUWHUEXWWKH\SLFNHG up the pace and tied the JDPHDWSRLQWVE\KDOI- time. They gained the upper hand in the third quarter and secured the victory in the ¿QDO TXDUWHU ZLQQLQJ WKH game 42-31. Hallee Hisler and Del- aney Stefani led the Mus- tangs with 11 points each. .DWLH6SLYH\DGGHGSRLQWV and Lily Nichols chipped in 6 points as the other leading scorers of the night. Heppner Mustangs vs. McLoughlin Pioneers, : Stats: Hallee Hisler: 11 points. Hadlie Nation: 2 points, 1 foul. Ava Gerry: 1 foul. Delaney Stefani: 11 points, 5 fouls, 1 technical. Morgan Cutsforth: 2 fouls. Lily Nichols: 6 points, 1 IRXO.DWLH6SLYH\SRLQWV 5 fouls. Kadie Henricks: 4 points, 4 fouls. 6FRUHV44 4 4 The Mustangs faced the Dufur Rangers on their home court for a non-league game on Saturday, Decem- ber 2, 2023. The Mustangs dominated the game from VWDUWWR¿QLVKDQGVHFXUHGD comfortable victory against the Rangers. The Mustangs’ top scorer was Hadlie Nation with 11 points, followed by Hallee Hisler with 9 points. Healy Hisler, Ava Gerry, and Delaney Stefani contributed 7 points each to lead the team’s victory. Heppner Mustangs vs. The Dufur Rangers, : Stats: Hallee Hisler: 9 points. Hadlie Nation: 11 points. Maya Payne: 6 points, 1 foul. Riley Ar- cher: 4 points. Healy His- ler: 7 points. Ava Gerry: 7 points. Delaney Stefani: 7 points. Morgan Cutsforth: 2 points, 1 foul. Lily Nichols: 4 points, 1 foul. Katie Spiv- ey: 6 points, 2 fouls. Kadie Henricks: 4 fouls. 6FRUHV 4 4 4 4 Mustangs boys crush Mustang Wrestlers ¿QLVKLQ th place 5HGVLGHV The Heppner High School boys’ varsity bas- ketball team won two of their first three games of the new season. The Mus- WDQJVZKRDUHFRPLQJR൵ of a season last year that VDZWKHPUHDFKWKHVHPL¿- nals at the OSAA 2A State Basketball Tournament. That team brought home some hardware from the state tournament as they won the highly coveted sportsmanship award and added the 5th place trophy to the Mustang trophy case. Heppner lost several key SOD\HUVR൵RIWKDWWHDPEXW returned a few players that saw considerable playing time last year. The Mustangs started WKHLUVHDVRQR൵E\GHIHDWLQJ the Wasco County Redsides by the score of 57-20. Heppner jumped out to D OHDG DIWHU WKH ¿UVW quarter and never looked back. The Mustangs led 41-9 at halftime and 55- DW WKH HQG RI WKH WKLUG quarter. The fourth quarter was played with a running clock because the Mustangs were ahead by more than 30 points. Reserves played most of the quickly played fourth quarter and the Mustangs won the game by the score of 57-20. Landon Mitchell and Mason Orem led the team in scoring with 12 points each. Mitchell also had 6 rebounds and 4 assists in the game. With 10 points each were Thomas Bales and Caden George. Bales also hauled down 7 rebounds and George recorded 4 assists and 4 steals for the team. Keaton Coiner contributed 6 points, Marty Medina had 5 and Cameron Proudfoot scored 2. The team then traveled to Milton-Freewater to take on the McLoughlin Pioneers. Heppner lost the close game by the score of 49-47. The Mustang led the game at the end of the ¿UVWTXDUWHUDQG 24 at halftime. The game tightened up in the third quarter, but the Mustangs still led by the score of 35-33. McLoughlin scored WKH ¿UVW ¿YH SRLQWV LQ WKH fourth quarter to take their ¿UVWOHDGLQWKHJDPH The game stayed close for the rest of the quarter and then the Mustangs missed some key free throws down the stretch. Heppner coach Jeremy Rosenbalm called a time out with only seconds left in the game and set up a play for the winning score. The team ran the play well and got a good look on a three-point shot that hit the back of the rim and bounced R൵ WR JLYH WKH 3LRQHHUV D 49-47 win. Mitchell once again led the team with 14 points, DQGKHDOVRKDGUHERXQGV Caden George battled foul trouble all night but still managed to score 11 points in the game. Cameron Proudfoot scored 9 points and had 5 rebounds for the Mustangs. Bales and Orem pitched in 5 points each and Keaton Coiner scored 3. The next game was a home contest with the Dufur Rangers. The Mustangs won that hard fought game by the score of 52-35. Heppner jumped out to a 14-5 lead after one quarter and led 22-15 at halftime. A close third quarter saw the Mustangs still lead the game by the score of 33-27. The Mustangs took total control in the fourth quarter and outscored the Rangers WRFRPHDZD\ZLWKWKH win 52-35. Mitchell had a good RYHUDOO JDPH ZLWK SRLQWVUHERXQGVDVVLVWV and 4 steals. Caden George pitched in with 12 points, UHERXQGV DQG KH KDG steals. Orem scored 9 points for the Mustangs and with 4 points each were Cameron Proudfoot and Bales. Caleb George contributed 3 points and with 1 point each were Medina and Keaton Coiner. The Mustangs have a busy week ahead of themselves this week as they travel on Tuesday to take on the Union Bobcats. They will then attend the Columbia River Clash Tournament in Umatilla on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. The Mustangs’ ¿UVWJDPHRIWKHWRXUQDPHQW will be against the Ontario Tigers. It will be Thursday night at 5:30 in the junior high school gym. TOM & JERRY PARTY With Live Music Friday Dec 8 th Tom & Jerry Drinks 5 pm to 7 pm Prime Rib Dinner at 6 pm Music by Frank Carlson 7 pm to 11 pm Thursday - Corn beef Reuben and mashed potato’s and gravy Friday -9HJHWDEOHEHHIDQGEDUOH\VRXSZLWK a turkey bacon salad $9 Saturday - Potato soup and grilled cheese and ham $9 Monday - popcorn chicken bacon ranch wrap with chips and guacamole $9 Tuesday - 1/4lb cheeseburger topped with a fried egg and ham with a side of green beans $9 Tuesday night - 6-9pm $2 hard shell tacos Wednesday - pulled pork sliders with baked beans and corn $9 or $7 for seniors Sunny Ledfurd Saturday Dec. 16. Get your tickets now. $16 presale. $20 at the door. points to the Mustangs’ team score. He successfully pinned both of his oppo- nent’s showing skills and VWUHQJWK,QWKH¿UVWURXQG KHWRRNGRZQ-DPHV'X൵\ (South Eugene) with a fall at 2:23. In the second round, he repeated his performance against Juanito Juarez (Re- gis), who succumbed to a fall at 0:44. Journey Cavan-Harris had a strong showing at the wrestling tournament, ¿QLVKLQJLQ¿IWKSODFHDQG contributing 13.0 points to the team score. She started ZLWKDE\HLQWKH¿UVWURXQG but faced a tough opponent in Kaili Kirkhart (Lowell), who pinned her in 1:27. She came back with a forfeit win over Creswell in the second consolation round, and then dominated Lily Diaz (Central Linn) with D SLQ LQ ,Q WKH ¿IWK place match, she showed her resilience and skill by defeating Camille Hicks (Pleasant Hill) with another pin in 1:51. /RUHQ7UXMLOOR¿QLVKHG fourth in the girls’ 125 divi- sion, earning 9.0 points for the Mustangs. She defeated 7L൵DQLH :LOVRQ 6FLR E\ a 5-2 decision in the quar- terfinal but fell to Janie Parker (Sheldon) by a pin LQLQWKHVHPL¿QDO,Q the bronze medal match, she was pinned by Kayla Borregard (Scio) at 3:59. The wrestling team FDPHRXWVWURQJDWWKHLU¿UVW tournament of the season, with eight more wrestlers contributing to the team’s score. Brayden Pesiclos, Hayden McMahon, and Conner Wilson each earned 4.0 points for the team, while Tyelor Moore scored 9.0 points. Landon McMa- hon and Gino Gallegos also showed their skills, adding DQGSRLQWVUHVSHF- tively. Kooper Miller and Elijah Quilter rounded out WKHWHDPH൵RUWZLWKDQG 4.0 points each. WWW.HEPPNER.NET Sɲɟɪɦɱ1ɢɴɰ$ɡɳɢɯɱɦɰɦɫɤ $ɫɫɬɲɫɠɢɪɢɫɱɰ /ɢɱɱɢɯɰ7ɬ7ɥɢ(ɡɦɱɬɯ 6ɢɫɡ8ɰ3ɥɬɱɬɰ 6ɱɞɯɱ$1ɢɴ6ɲɟɰɠɯɦɭɱɦɬɫ $395,000 Members & their Guest HEPPNER ELKS 358 “WHERE FRIENDS MEET” 541-676-9181 142 N MAIN ST Lunch 'LQQHU Menu Specials 12/7 - 1213 The Mustangs of the Heppner High School Wrestling team compet- ed in the Deven Dawson Memorial HS Invitation- al on Friday, December 1, 2023. The tournament, held in Harrisburg, was the largest in Oregon hosting DERXW ZUHVWOHUV IURP 32 teams. The Mustangs scored 71 team points and ¿QLVKHGWKLQWKHRYHUDOO standings. Jaime Cavan had a re- markable performance in the boys’ 215 division, securing third place and contributing 21.0 team points. He started with a sudden victory over Steven 0XUSK\ 6LOHW] 9DOOH\ VFRULQJ LQ WKH ¿QDO seconds. He then dominat- ed his next two opponents, Donavan McDermott (Oak- land) (Fall 2:53) and Coo- per Collier (Springfield) )DOO SLQQLQJ WKHP both. He faced a tough FKDOOHQJHLQWKHVHPL¿QDO where he was defeated by Mishael Mauck from Banks by fall in 1:52. However, he bounced back in the third-place match, where he showed his strength and skill by pinning Ashton Daily from Churchill in 3:53. Zachary Brown had a strong performance in the boys’ 157 division, earn- ing 19.0 team points and DGYDQFLQJWRWKHVHPL¿QDO He pinned his first three opponents in less than three minutes each, defeating Sawyer Wilfong (Sutherlin) )DOO -RKQ -DFNVRQ (Santiam) (Fall 1:23), and Philemon Mauck (Banks) (Fall 2:12). However, he fell short of the final af- ter losing by fall to Ne- phi Heakin (Harrisburg) in 2:27. He also lost the third-place match by fall to Kayden Tiller (Oakridge) in 5:00. 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In the summer, H[SORUHWKHSURSHUW\¶V$79WUDLOVZKLOHLQWKHZLQWHU delight in t snowmobiling or sledding with access to thousands of acres of National Forest Land located at the property’s corner. LOP tags may be available for hunting enthusiasts, or simply relish in the opportu- nity to observe the abundant wildlife that frequently visits the property, including elk, deer, bear, and turkey. Enjoy the convenience of a private well with DEDFNXSYDOYH¿OOHGFLVWHUQWZRQDWXUDOVSULQJV electricity, and internet access, ensuring utmost com- fort and connectivity. %ODFN0RXQWDLQ/Q+HSSQHU MLS#:23425595 Broker Chris Sykes 177 N. Main P.O. Box 337 Heppner, OR 97836 Chris@sykesrealestate.net
