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Mustang Girls Basketball
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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
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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
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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
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points each in the game.
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vs. South Wasco Redsides,
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Stats: Hallee Hisler:
20 points, 3 fouls. Hadlie
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Ava Gerry: 2 points, 3 fouls.
Delaney Stefani: 3 points, 3
fouls. Morgan Cutsforth: 1
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3 fouls. Katie Spivey: 11
points, 3 fouls. Kadie Hen-
ricks: 4 points, 1 foul.
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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
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up the pace and tied the
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time. They gained the upper
hand in the third quarter and
secured the victory in the
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game 42-31.
Hallee Hisler and Del-
aney Stefani led the Mus-
tangs with 11 points each.
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and Lily Nichols chipped in
6 points as the other leading
scorers of the night.
Heppner Mustangs
vs. McLoughlin Pioneers,
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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
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5 fouls. Kadie Henricks: 4
points, 4 fouls.
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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
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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,
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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.
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The Heppner High
School boys’ varsity bas-
ketball team won two of
their first three games of
the new season. The Mus-
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of a season last year that
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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
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returned a few players that
saw considerable playing
time last year.
The Mustangs started
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the Wasco County Redsides
by the score of 57-20.
Heppner jumped out to
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quarter and never looked
back. The Mustangs led
41-9 at halftime and 55-
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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
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24 at halftime. The game
tightened up in the third
quarter, but the Mustangs
still led by the score of
35-33. McLoughlin scored
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fourth quarter to take their
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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
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49-47 win.
Mitchell once again
led the team with 14 points,
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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
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win 52-35.
Mitchell had a good
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and 4 steals. Caden George
pitched in with 12 points,
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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’
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will be against the Ontario
Tigers. It will be Thursday
night at 5:30 in the
junior high school gym.
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Tom & Jerry Drinks 5 pm to 7 pm
Prime Rib Dinner at 6 pm
Music by
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7 pm to 11 pm
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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
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Wednesday - pulled pork sliders with baked
beans and corn $9 or $7 for seniors
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points to the Mustangs’
team score. He successfully
pinned both of his oppo-
nent’s showing skills and
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(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,
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contributing 13.0 points to
the team score. She started
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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
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place match, she showed
her resilience and skill by
defeating Camille Hicks
(Pleasant Hill) with another
pin in 1:51.
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fourth in the girls’ 125 divi-
sion, earning 9.0 points for
the Mustangs. She defeated
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a 5-2 decision in the quar-
terfinal but fell to Janie
Parker (Sheldon) by a pin
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the bronze medal match,
she was pinned by Kayla
Borregard (Scio) at 3:59.
The wrestling team
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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
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tively. Kooper Miller and
Elijah Quilter rounded out
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4.0 points each.
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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
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32 teams. The Mustangs
scored 71 team points and
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standings.
Jaime Cavan had a re-
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the boys’ 215 division,
securing third place and
contributing 21.0 team
points. He started with a
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where he was defeated by
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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
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strong performance in the
boys’ 157 division, earn-
ing 19.0 team points and
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He pinned his first three
opponents in less than three
minutes each, defeating
Sawyer Wilfong (Sutherlin)
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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
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