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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 5, 2025 -- SEVEN Lady Mustangs split Mustang wrestling hosts BEO Invite weekend play The Heppner Mustang wrestling team hosted its annual Bank of Eastern Oregon Invite last Saturday. Heppner hosted several teams who came from as far as The Dalles and Elgin. Heppner continued the season’s impressive show- ing, with the girls’ team placing second and the boys finishing third overall. Several Heppner wres- tlers also topped the podi- um individually. Zachary Brown, Jaime Cavan and Landon McMahon were all Heppner freshman CiCi Stefani (#1) blocks a Stanfield shot at the net. -Photo by Susan Hisler champions in their weight classes. Lane Critchlow, Kee- ley Nairns, Harlee Cotton, Journey Cavan-Harris and Sarah Munkers all finished second in their respective classes. Owen Guerra, Connor Wilson and Loren Trujillo rounded out the team’s successes with third place finishes. More wrestling details will be published in next week’s Gazette-Times. Mustangs have tough week against top BMC teams The Heppner Mus- tang boys’ basketball team played the top two teams in the Blue Mountain Confer- ence and lost both games. The Mustangs were beat- en by the Stanfield Tigers 59-39 and then lost to the Enterprise Outlaws by the score of 54-31. Against Stanfield, the Mustangs trailed after the first quarter 18-6. A slow scoring second quarter led to the team falling behind 37-14 at halftime. Heppner trailed 46-28 at the end of three and ended up losing the game by the score of 59-39. Alakae Rodriguez led the team in scoring with 10. He also had two assists in the game. Keaton Coiner was next with eight points and four rebounds. Gage Heideman scored seven points to go along with five rebounds and one The Mustang girls’ wrestling team placed second in last week- assist. With six points, one end’s BEO Invite. L-R: Loren Trujillo, Harlee Cotton, Sarah rebound and two assists Munkers, Keeley Nairns, Emillia Cavan-Harris and Journey was Mason Orem. Joseph Cavan-Harris with coach Tyler Robinson. Albitre had four points, -Contributed photo three rebounds and three assists for the Mustangs. With two points each were Caleb George and Tripp Stewart. Marty Medina had five rebounds in the game and Jackson Coiner finished with two rebounds and two assists. The Mustangs made the long trip to Enterprise and started the game slowly. Heppner trailed at the end of the first quarter 15-6 and 31-15 at halftime. En- terprise, which features 6’7” and 6’4” post players and a host of quick guards, continued to control the pace of the game and led 43-23 as the fourth quarter started. Heppner played the Outlaws closer in the final frame but still lost the game 54-31. A balanced scoring at- tack saw Caylan Proudfoot lead the team in scoring with eight. Mason Orem fol- lowed with six points, three rebounds and two assists. Scoring five points, hauling down four rebounds, having four steals and dishing out three assists was Marty Me- dina. With four points, six rebounds and one assist was Gage Heideman. With three points each were Jackson Coiner and Alakae Rodri- guez. Caleb George scored two to go along with two rebounds and three assists. Joseph Albitre had four steals for the Mustangs. This Friday the Mus- tangs will travel to John Day to play the Grant Union Prospectors. On Saturday, Heppner will host the Weston-McEwen Tiger- Scots. Mustang JV beats Tigers in close game Heppner sophomore Healy Hisler (#3 ) guards a Stanfield player. -Photo by Susan Hisler The Mustang boys’ team took third place at the annual BEO Invite last Saturday. Team members are John Lindsay, Brayden Desclos, Zachary Brown Zion Ramos-Lopez, Conner Wilson, Hayden McMahon, Kaden King, Chris Humphreys, Owen Guerra, Jame Cavan, Tyler Rice, Nick Wenberg, Kooper Miller and Landon McMahon. Coaches are Zac Brown, Tyler Robinson and Kasey Jones. -Contributed photo Mustang Junior Lily Nichols (#15) dodges a Stanfield player on her way up the court. -Photo by Susan Hisler The Mustangs pulled out a big road win over the Outlaws last Friday, before losing to the Stanfield Ti- gers on Saturday. The Mustangs (13-6 overall, 4-3 BMC) were ranked ninth in Blue Moun- tain Conference standings going into the game against the fourth-ranked Enter- prise team. They raced out to an early 8-2lead in the first quarter. Cici Stefani put in five points in the sec- ond quarter to give Heppner a 16-12 lead at the half. The Lady Mustangs continued their winning ways in the second half, outscoring the Outlaws 15-7 to take the win with a final score of 31-19. Hallee Hisler led the Lady Mustangs with eight points and seven rebounds, while Stefani had seven points and six rebounds. Healy Hisler and Lily Nich- ols each had five points, while Isa Payne hauled down six rebounds. The Lady Mustangs lost their momentum on Saturday, when they lost at home 51-28 to the BMC’s number-two ranked team, the Stanfield Tigers. The Tigers have been a tough team to beat this season. The Stanfield team has several tall players with one of their most formida- ble players, Mazie Reeser, topping the list at 5’11”. It was Reeser who scored 23 of Stanfield’s 51 game points. The Tigers outscored the Lady Mustangs 33-10 at the half. Even though the Heppner girls closed the gap with an even second half, they were unable to overtake the Tigers before the final buzzer. Cici Stefani led Hep- pner in scoring with 13 points, while Hallee Hisler chipped in nine. The Lady Mustangs are currently seventh in the BMC standings. They travel to Grant Union to face the Prospectors at 6 p.m. Friday before hosting the Weston-McEwen Ti- gerScots Saturday at 4 p.m. Delaney Stefani is still out with an injury, but may see action next week. Print & Mailing Services *Design *Print Sykes Publishing *Mail 541-676-9228 The Heppner Mustang junior varsity boys’ basket- ball team split its games last weekend. The JV Mustangs beat the Stanfield Tigers 47-45 and then lost another close game to the Enterprise Outlaws by the score of 41-38. After losing to Stan- field in their gym, the Mus- tangs put together a great game plan and executed it well to get the win at home. Heppner led 15-13 at the end of the first quarter and 31-28 at halftime. Stanfield outscored the Mustangs 13-8 in the third quarter but then Heppner doubled up the Tigers in the fourth 8-4. Brody McDaniel scored a basket with just seconds left in the game to break a tie and secure the win by the score of 47-45. Heppner had three players in double figures in the game with Jace Wilson scoring 13 points while Gage Heideman had 12; with 11 points was Tripp Light shines down on the center mat for the BEO Invitation- al at the HHS gym. - Contributed Photo Stewart. Alakae Rodriguez finished with four, Mason Seitz had three points, and Brody McDaniel and Darby Spivey each scored two. After the long bus ride to Enterprise, the Mustangs were in a close game in the first half. Enterprise led 14-10 at the end of the first quarter and 24-21 at the half. A big third quarter by the Mustangs, as they out- scored the Outlaws 16-6, had Heppner leading the game 37-30 at the end of three. A Mustang scoring slump in the fourth quarter, as they could only manage one point, saw the Outlaws score 11 points and get the win by the score of 41-38. Jace Wilson led the team in scoring with 13. Scoring six points each were Mason Seitz, Tripp Stewart and Brody Mc- Daniel. 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