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The Heppner boys’ bas-
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two Blue Mountain Confer-
ence games of the season
last weekend. The Mus-
tangs traveled to Athena and
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Tigerscots by the score of
79-49. They then hosted the
Grant Union Prospectors on
Saturday and lost the game
52-47.
The Tigerscots jumped
out to a quick 18-11 after the
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battled back and trailed by
only 4 points late in the
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McEwen player hit a long
three-pointer at the halftime
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36-29 at the half.
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a big third quarter as they
got hot from the three-point
line in their own gym. They
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the three-point line for the
entire game. The Tigerscots
stretched their lead to 60-42
at end of the third quarter
and ended up getting the
win by the score of 79-49.
Caden George led the
Mustangs in scoring with
22 points on the night. He
was an outstanding 10-12
from the free throw line
for the game. Caden also
hauled down 4 rebounds
and had 3 assists and 2
steals in the game. Landon
Mitchell followed with
15 points and 5 rebounds.
Thomas Bales was next
with 6 points and 2 re-
bounds while Keaton Coin-
er contributed 4 points and
2 rebounds. Logan Turner
finished the game with 2
points and although he
didn’t score, Mason Orem
contributed 5 rebounds, an
assist and blocked a shot.
The JV Mustang team
won their game by the score
of 57-32. Logan Turner led
the team with 18 points
and Caylan Proudfoot
was next with 11. Jackson
Coiner tallied 8 points and
with 7 points was Alakae
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contributed 6 points, Caleb
George had 5 and Quaid
Jensen 2.
In the game against
the Prospectors, the
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They trailed 8-0 before
they scored a basket and
were behind 15-10 at the
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quarter belonged to the
Mustangs as they outscored
the Prospectors 15-5 to
take a 25-20 lead into the
halftime break.
The third quarter was
close all the way through,
but the Prospectors scored
5 more points in the quarter
than the Mustangs. That
meant that the teams were
tied 39-39 at the end of
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Union quickly took the lead
and never gave it back. The
Mustangs had a chance late
in the game to tie the score
but just couldn’t get their
shots to fall. Grant Union
got the win by the score of
52-47.
Caden George and
Mason Orem each scored
10 points in the game.
Mason also had 5 rebounds,
3 assists and blocked a
shot while Caden recorded
2 rebounds, had 3 assists
and a shot block. Thom-
as Bales was next with 9
points, 10 rebounds and
an assist. Landon Mitchell
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8 points, 10 rebounds and
he had 1 assist, blocked
1 shot and had a steal in
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rebounds, 2 steals and an
assist for the Mustangs was
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2 points each in the game
were Marty Medina and
Keaton Coiner.
The JV boys stretched
their win streak to six as
they won their game 44-31.
Keaton Coiner led the team
in scoring with 12 points.
Three players were next
with 8 points each, they
were Caylan Proudfoot,
Logan Turner and Alakae
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scored 4 and with 2 points
each were Jackson Coiner
and Caleb George.
The Mustangs continue
Blue Mountain Conference
play this weekend with a
home game Friday against
the Enterprise Outlaws
and then will travel on
Saturday to Irrigon to play
the Knights.
Morrow County will be
obtaining interim services,
if necessary, to continue
ambulance services at the
present levels during such
time. Replacement ambu-
lances have been secured.
There will be no interrup-
tion of ambulance ser-
vices. MCHD is allowed
to keep its publicly paid
for ambulances, rather
than allow their interim
use by the County or oth-
er another public entity.
Regarding the public pro-
cess, Morrow County has
held four public meetings
to receive input on a new
ASA Plan, has reached out
to MCHD for responses
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issues, provided MCHD
with drafts of the Ordi-
nance and ASA Plan on
October 21, 2023, and has
incorporated many of the
suggestions received from
MCHD. MCHD is now
providing a fresh round
of review and objects to
language it has previous-
ly drafted and proposed.
MCHD now demands the
right to approve the lan-
guage of the ASA Plan and
Ordinance, i.e., control
with veto power over the
ASA Plan and Ordinance.
That legal obligation is the
County’s obligation, not
MCHD’s, and the County
will make decisions it
believes are best for the
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ty. MCHD has also made
it clear that it is losing
money on the provision
of ambulance services, but
nevertheless, has taken the
position that it will pro-
vide ambulance services
for the whole county or
none at all. MCHD has
also advised that it will be
demanding a subsidy from
the County. MCHD’s cur-
rent objections and allega-
tions of bad faith regarding
the repeal of the 1998 ASA
Plan are surprising, given
that the County is required
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Plan in order to implement
the new Ordinance and
ASA Plan. MCHD has been
advised from the beginning
of that requirement and was
provided with the Draft
Ordinance on October 21,
2023. There was no objec-
tion at that time. Morrow
County will proceed with
its efforts to develop the
new ASA Plan and is dis-
appointed in the actions
and refusal of MCHD to
be constructively involved
in that process. Please di-
rect inquiries to: Matthew
Jensen, Administrator (541)
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statement on the Morrow
County website.
The Morrow Coun-
ty Republicans will meet
at 6:30 pm, Thursday,
January 18th at the Bar-
tholomew Building, Hep-
pner, Oregon. PCPs and
anyone interested in the
county Republican Party
are encouraged to come and
join the discussions. This
month MCRP will hear a
presentation to be given by
Sheriff, John Bowles, on
the protocols for large scale
emergencies in Morrow
County. After the presen-
tation, the Central Com-
mittee will hold its regular
January meeting. This will
include discussions on 2024
election year activities in
Morrow County. PCP posi-
tions are open for Heppner,
Boardman, and Irrigon.
Individuals interested in
one of these positions are
encouraged to attend this
meeting to learn about the
positions. PCP appoint-
ments can be made during
MCRP meetings. The Re-
publican Party is open to
individuals interested in
conservative ideals and
values. The Republican
Party platform can be
found at https://oregon.
gop/. For more infor-
mation on the Morrow
County Republican Party,
contact mocoreps@gmail.
com.
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