Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 15, 2025 -- SEVEN
Lady Mustangs win big
Heppner Senior Hallee Hisler looks for weakness in an Outlaw player. -Contributed photo
Some might say the
Heppner team was out of
its league when it faced 3A
team and North End rival
Riverside Jan. 4, but the
Lady Mustangs overpow-
ered the Pirates for a 47-32
win.
The game traded loose
balls, steals and defensive
pressure from the entire
Mustang team. Many com-
binations of the players
were rotated in and out
throughout the contest.
The Mustangs sealed
the win with a 15-9 run in
the fourth quarter. Senior
Hallee Hisler scored 21
points. Lily Nichols scored
eight points for Heppner,
and freshman CiCi Stefani
put in seven.
The Lady Mustangs
again took on a North Mor-
row team on Tuesday when
they encountered Irrigon
in their first league game
of the season Jan. 7. They
conquered the Knights in a
crushing 66-17 win.
Hallee Hisler scored
seven of her 13 points in the
first quarter as Heppner shot
to a 20-7 lead. The Mus-
tangs held Irrigon to one
point in the second quarter,
bringing their lead to 29-8
as the first half ended.
Maya Payne scored
eight points in the third,
contributing to a 27-point
scoring spree, while the
Lady Mustangs held the
Knights to only four points
for the quarter.
Payne added 10 points
for Heppner, while Delaney
Stefani had a hot hand ear-
ly, but had to go to the
bench with a high ankle
sprain and did not return to
play. Hallee Hisler scored
14 of her 15 game points
in the second half to lead
Heppner. Sophomore Healy
Hisler hit the court running
and dishing to teammates
as she added nine points.
Maya Payne chipped in
seven, and Kadie Henrichs
Senior Katie Spivey block an Outlaw attempt at a pass.
-Contributed photo
Stefani had eight and Avree
Lathrop seven.
The Mustang varsity
girls rounded out a winning
week when they dominated
Enterprise Friday night in
Heppner.
In front of a packed
crowd, the girls beat En-
terprise 52-33. The Out-
laws were the number-two
ranked team in the Blue
Mountain Conference
(BMC).
In this game, Hep-
pner came out of the gates
quickly with their defensive
pressure in the first quarter,
causing numerous Enter-
prise turnovers. Heppner
raced out to a 26-12 lead at
the first half. The Outlaws
did go on a 14-11 run in
the third to pull within 32-
27, but the Lady Mustangs
Kadie Henrichs under the
net in last week’s game ver- went on a 16-6 scoring
sus the Outlaws. -Contributed spree in the fourth quarter.
Heppner ’s Delaney
photo
six. Henrichs was a force at
both ends of the court. Katie
Spivey and Lily Nichols
both hit a three to spark the
first half and set the pace.
Hallee Hisler had a physi-
cal encounter at the end of
the game and showcased a
shiner.
There is now a logjam
in the BMC. Weston-McE-
wen, Stanfield and Heppner
all hold 2-0 conference re-
cords at this early point in
league play. Weston-McE-
wen sits 14-1 overall and
is rated number one in 2A
state, while Stanfield is
second in 2A with 11-3
overall and Heppner ranks
seventh in 2A with an 11-3
overall record.
Friday at 6 p.m., the
girls will take on Grant
Union at home. They will
then travel to Weston-McE-
wen for a showdown Satur-
day at 4 p.m.
Heppner boys split weekend play
The Heppner Mustang
boys’ varsity team split its
Blue Mountain Conference
(BMC) games last week.
The Mustangs (7-7 overall,
1-1 BMC) beat the Irrigon
Knights in overtime 62-61
and then lost to the Enter-
prise Outlaws by the score
of 59-47.
Irrigon scored the first
five points of the game
before Heppner could get
a basket. The Mustangs
trailed for the rest of the
first quarter, and Irrigon
even opened up an eight-
point lead 15-7 at one point.
The Knights led at the end
of the first quarter by the
score of 18-11.
The second quarter
went much as the first one
did, with the Mustangs not
being able to make up any
ground on the scoreboard.
It wasn’t until just before
the half ended that Heppner
was able to cut the Knight
lead to only three points as
they outscored the Knights
16-12 in the quarter. The
Mustangs trailed at halftime
31-27.
Heppner cut the Irrigon
lead to only two points early
in the third and then tied the
game at 33-33. Both teams
took turns leading the game
for the rest of the quarter,
but overall the Mustangs
outscored the Knights 12-8.
When the third quarter horn
sounded, Heppner had the
lead 39-38.
The fourth quarter saw
the Mustangs take control
of the game. Heppner even
opened up a seven-point
lead at 49-42 with three
minutes left in the game.
Irrigon battled back and
cut the Heppner lead to
only three points at 52-49
with only seconds left in
the game.
On the Knights’ fi-
nal possession, an Irri-
gon player fired up a long
three-pointer that went in
the basket to tie the game
with .4 seconds left in the
game. A Heppner player
fouled him on the shot, but
he missed the free throw
that would have won the
game for them, so the teams
went to overtime.
Heppner scored first
in the overtime period and
would never give up the
lead. The Mustangs led
by as many as four points
several times in overtime
until Irrigon hit another
three-pointer to cut the
Heppner lead to 62-61.
After the Mustang team
missed some free throws
with 11 seconds to play, the
Knights took the ball to the
other end and missed a shot
at the buzzer. That secured
the win for the Mustangs by
the score of 62-61.
Mustang JV takes down Knights, Outlaws
The Heppner Mustang
JV boys’ basketball team
won both of its games last
week to run the Mustang JV
record to 6-1 for the season.
The Mustangs beat the Irri-
gon Knights by the score of
53-38 and then defeated the
Enterprise Outlaws 41-28.
In the game at Irrigon,
the Mustangs had a good
first quarter as they scored
12 points. The only problem
was that they gave up 19
points to the Knights and
trailed at the end of the first
quarter by the score of 19-
12. Jace Wilson had three
buckets for six points in the
quarter, Tripp Stewart tal-
lied four points and Darby
Spivey hit two free-throws.
Heppner reversed
things in the second as the
Mustangs scored 17 points
to the Knights eight. Gage
Heideman took control
inside and scorched the net
for 10 points in the quarter.
Caylan Proudfoot scored
four and Stewart followed
with three. The Mustangs
led 29-27 at halftime.
The teams played even
in the third as they both
scored eight points. Wilson,
Spivey, Brody McDaniel
and Mason Haugen all had
two points for the team in
the quarter. Heppner still
had a two-point lead, 37-35,
as the final quarter started.
The fourth quarter is
where the Mustangs took
control of the game. Hep-
pner turned up the de-
fensive pressure on the
Knights, which really gave
the Irrigon team trouble.
The Mustangs ran their
offense well and outscored
Irrigon 16-3 in the quarter
to secure the 53-28 victory.
Alakae Rodriguez led the
scoring in the quarter with
six points. With four each
were Wilson and McDaniel.
Proudfoot had two points
in the quarter for the team.
For the game, Wilson
led the team in scoring with
12. Heideman was next
with 10, Stewart finished
with seven, and with six
points each were Proudfoot,
Rodriguez and McDaniel.
Spivey had four points in
the game, and Haugen con-
tributed two.
In the home game with
the Outlaws, the teams
finished the first quarter
tied 8-8. Stewart hit a
three-pointer in the quarter
and Wilson had a bucket
and a free-throw for his
three points in the quarter.
Haugen also had a basket
for two points.
Neither team could
score much in the second
quarter, but the Mustangs
did outscore the Outlaws
7-3. Heideman had five
points and Proudfoot con-
verted two free throws to
give the Mustangs a 15-11
lead at halftime.
Heppner was doubled
up by the Outlaws 14-7 in
the third quarter and trailed
25-22 at the end of three. In
the quarter, Stewart scored
four points and Wilson had
a three-point basket for the
Mustangs.
The Mustangs had a
big fourth quarter as they
outscored Enterprise 19-3.
A strong defensive effort
led to many easy baskets
for the Mustangs in tran-
sition. Rodriguez hit two
three-pointers and a free
throw to lead the team with
seven points in the quarter.
Wilson and McDaniel each
had a three-pointer and a
basket for five points each.
Spivey finished with two
points in the game. The big
fourth quarter led to the
Mustangs 41-28 win.
Wilson led the team in
scoring with 11 points. With
seven points each were
Stewart and Rodriguez.
Heideman and McDaniel
finished with five points
each, and with two points in
the game were Proudfoot,
Spivey and Haugen.
The JV boys have their
next game at home this
Friday, Jan. 17, when they
will play the Grant Union
Prospectors. On Saturday
they will travel to Athena to
play the Weston-McEwen
TigerScots.
Keaton Coiner re-
corded a double-double as
he had 15 points and 10 re-
bounds in the game. Joseph
Albitre was next with 14
points, three rebounds and
five assists. Mason Orem
had a complete game as he
scored 12 points, had six re-
bounds and dished out two
assists on the night. Gage
Heideman had a strong
game with 10 points, eight
rebounds and one assist.
Scoring nine points, hauling
down four rebounds and
having three assists was
Caylan Proudfoot. Marty
Medina scored two points,
had three rebounds and one
assist for the team. Jackson
Coiner had three rebounds
and one assist, and Caleb
George recorded two re-
bounds and three assists,
while Alakae Rodriguez
had three rebounds and two
assists.
The Enterprise Out-
laws, who are the third-
ranked team in the state,
came to town with a team
that has 6’7” and 6’4” play-
ers along the front line. The
Outlaws jumped out to a
23-10 lead at the end of the
first quarter.
Heppner trailed by as
much as 18 points in the
second quarter but cut it to
15 as the half ended, with
Enterprise leading by the
score of 35-20.
The Mustangs had a
good third quarter as they
scored 15 points and gave
up 17 to the Outlaws. Hep-
pner trailed at the end of the
third quarter 52-35.
Heppner outscored the
Outlaws 12-7 in the fourth.
That made the final score of
the game 59-47 in favor of
the Outlaws.
Albitre led the team
in scoring with 11. He also
had four rebounds and four
assists in the game. Orem
was next with 10 points,
one rebound and two as-
sists for the team. Keaton
Coiner had nine points and
two rebounds for the Mus-
tangs, and Medina had a
good game with five points,
seven rebounds and four
assists. Proudfoot scored
three points and had one re-
bound, while Jackson Coin-
er also scored three points,
had two rebounds and two
assists. Scoring two points
each were Heideman and
Jace Wilson. Heideman
also recorded two rebounds
and had one assist. With
one point each in the game
were Rodriguez and Tripp
Stewart. Rodriguez also had
two rebounds and one assist
and Stewart hauled down
one rebound.
This week the Mus-
tangs host the Grant Union
Prospectors on Friday night
and then travel to Athena to
play the Weston-McEwen
TigerScots on Saturday.
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