Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 22, 2025 -- SEVEN
Heppner boys prepares for
Stanfield after tough BMC losses
Lady Mustangs roll over Prospectors
ahead of key matchup
#3 Senior Marty Medina
flies high to shoot over Grant
Union defender. -Photo by
Brian Blake
#0 Freshman Gage Heide-
man goes up for a basket vs
Grant Union. -Photo by Brian
Blake
#4 Junior Joseph Albitre
avoids a Grant Union de-
fender in mid air. -Photo by
Brian Blake
#2 Hallee Hisler goes up for #1 Ciciley Stefani takes her #15 Lily Nichols floats a shot
by Grant Union. - Photo by
2 of her team high 20 points shot agianst Grant Union.
Susan Hisler
vs Grant Union. - Photo by - Photo by Susan Hisler
Susan Hisler
The Heppner Mustang
boys’ basketball team faced
two hard-fought losses in
Blue Mountain Conference
play this past weekend.
The Mustangs (7-9, 1-3)
fell to the Grant Union
Prospectors 52-39 and the
Weston-McEwen Tiger-
Scots 52-49.
Grant Union started
strong, scoring the first
four points, and Heppner
was unable to close the gap
throughout the game. By
the end of the first quarter,
Heppner trailed 16-9. A
three-pointer by the Pros-
pectors early in the second
quarter stretched their lead
to 10, and they held a 24-13
advantage at halftime.
The third quarter saw
Grant Union extend their
lead to as much as 17 points,
with the Mustangs being
outscored 17-12. Heading
into the fourth quarter, the
score was 41-25. Despite a
late rally where the Mus-
tangs outscored the Pros-
pectors 14-11, the effort
came up short, ending in a
52-39 defeat.
Gage Heideman led the
Mustangs with 14 points
and seven rebounds. Mason
Orem contributed 10 points,
three rebounds and one
assist. Other key players
included Keaton Coiner
with six points and three re-
bounds, and Caylan Proud-
foot, who had four points
and three assists. Caleb
George was instrumental
with five assists and two
rebounds.
Against
the
Weston-McEwen Tiger-
Scots, the Mustangs came
out strong, building a 19-11
lead by the end of the first
quarter. They maintained
control through much of
the second quarter until the
TigerScots tied the game
at 25-25 with just over
a minute left in the half.
A late three-pointer gave
Weston-McEwen a 28-27
lead at halftime.
The third quarter fea-
tured three ties, the last at
39-39. Weston-McEwen
pulled ahead by four, but
Heppner responded to cut
the lead to 43-41 entering
the fourth. The Mustangs
tied the game at 43-43 and
briefly regained the lead at
45-43 before the TigerScots
surged ahead. Despite a
well-designed final play for
a three-pointer, Heppner’s
shot missed, and they fell
52-49.
Keaton Coiner led the
scoring with 15 points, five
rebounds and a blocked
shot. Joseph Albitre added
11 points, five rebounds
and three assists. Mason
Orem had 10 points, four
rebounds, and a game-high
seven assists. Caleb George
contributed six points and
two assists, while Jackson
Coiner added five points
and three rebounds.
The Mustangs will play
one Blue Mountain Confer-
ence game this week, trav-
eling to Stanfield to face the
Tigers on Friday, Jan. 24.
Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m.
The Heppner Lady
Mustangs secured their sev-
enth consecutive win with
a dominant 59-24 victory
over Grant Union on Jan-
uary 16th. The Mustangs
(12-3) took an early lead,
finishing the first quarter
ahead 19-3, and never re-
linquished control. Hallee
Hisler scored 12 of her
game-high 20 points in the
first quarter alone.
The Mustangs extend-
ed their lead to 26-8 by half-
time and 52-17 by the end
of the third quarter. Fresh-
man Isa Payne contributed
11 points, and sophomore
Healy Hisler added 8 points
to the scoreboard. In the
fourth quarter, the coaches
pulled the starters and gave
all players time on the court.
With a big game against
Weston-McEwen coming
up on Saturday, this win
provided a strong boost for
the team. Starter Delaney
Stefani was sidelined with
an ankle sprain and missed
both games.
Weston-McEwen overpowers Lady
Mustangs 44-32
JV Mustangs improve to 8-1
with two wins
#23 Kadie Henrichs hangs in #3 Healy Hisler drives past #5 Katie Spivey fires a three
Weston McEwen defender.
the air vs Weston McEwen.
against Weston McEwen.
six points in the quarter, - Photo by Susan Hisler
- Photo by Susan Hisler
- Photo by Susan Hisler
(L) #2 Mason Haugen
#22 Darby Spivey
The Heppner Mustang
JV boys’ basketball team
ran its season record to 8-1
with two wins last week.
The JV Mustangs beat the
Grant Union Prospectors
48-43 and then defeated
the Weston-McEwen Tiger-
Scots by the score of 49-15.
In the game with the
Prospectors, the teams start-
ed the game out evenly
matched. The score at the
end of the first quarter was
tied 13-13. Darby Spivey
led the Mustangs in the
quarter with six points.
Mason Haugen hit a three,
and with two points each
were Tripp Stewart and Jace
Wilson.
Heppner outscored
Grant Union in the second
quarter 9-4 to lead the game
at halftime 22-17. Alakae
Rodriguez scored six points
in the quarter and Gage
Heideman contributed three
for the Mustangs.
A 13-10 scoring ad-
vantage in favor of the Mus-
tangs in the third quarter
extended the Heppner lead
to 35-27 as the final frame
started. Wilson exploded
for 10 points in the quarter
and Haugen chipped in two.
The Prospectors made
a run at the Mustangs in the
fourth quarter and cut the
lead down to two points late
in the game. The Prospec-
tors outscored the Mustangs
16-13 in the quarter to make
things interesting. Heppner
stepped up to play some
great defense and they hit
four free throws with only
seconds left in the game to
secure the win by the score
of 48-43.
Wilson led the team
in scoring with 16 points.
Rodriguez followed with
eight points and Spivey
six. With five points each
were Stewart and Haugen.
Proudfoot finished with
four, Heideman three and
Brody McDaniel one.
Heppner traveled to
Athena to play the Tiger-
Scots and the Mustangs
controlled the game from
the start. Heppner outscored
the TigerScots 12-2 in the
first quarter. Spivey scored
and with two points each
were Stewart, McDaniel
and Wilson.
Another big scoring
quarter by the Mustangs,
where they outpaced the Ti-
gerScots 15-3, led to a 27-5
lead at the half. Rodriguez
led the team in the second
quarter with five points,
Heideman had four, and
with two points each were
Proudfoot, McDaniel and
Wilson.
The Mustangs beat
the TigerScots 10-4 in the
third quarter to lead 37-9.
Stewart tallied five points
in the quarter, while Ma-
son Seitz and Wilson each
recorded two. Spivey made
a free-throw for one point in
the quarter.
Another strong scor-
ing quarter in the fourth
saw the Mustangs outpace
the TigerScots 12-6 to take
the victory by the score of
49-15. With five points each
in the final frame were Seitz
and Wilson, while Haugen
had two.
A balanced scoring
attack that saw everyone on
the team score in the game
was led by Wilson with 11.
Scoring seven points each
were Seitz, Stewart and
Spivey. Rodriguez finished
with five points, McDaniel
and Heideman had four,
and with two points each
were Proudfoot and Hau-
gen.
The JV Mustangs have
one game this week when
they travel to Stanfield to
play the Tigers on Friday
at 4:30 p.m.
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The top-ranked Tiger
Scots of Weston-McEwen
dominated the Heppner
Lady Mustangs on Satur-
day, cruising to a 44-32
victory. Both teams experi-
enced early game jitters, but
Weston-McEwen settled
down with an 11-2 run and
extended their lead to 24-4
by halftime.
Heppner’s Kadie Hen-
richs went to the bench in
the second quarter after
picking up three early fouls,
and the Lady Mustangs
managed only four points in
the first half. Hallee Hisler
was held to just five points
for the game.
We s t o n - M c E w e n ’s
Charlotte Hansel led all
scorers with an impressive
21 points, while teammates
Kelsey Graham and Addy
Hall contributed 8 points
apiece.
Kadie Henrichs led
Heppner with 11 points,
adding multiple rebounds
and free throws in an all-
around effort. The Lady
Mustangs will look to re-
bound next Friday against
Stanfield, another top team
in the state 2A rankings.
Weston-McEwen and Stan-
field continue to sit high in
the standings.
The Heppner band, directed by Brook Baker, performed hits during the Heppner vs. Grant
Union game last Friday night in Heppner. - Photo by Susan Hisler
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