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the Eagles’ Kevin Haspela was named Coach of the Year and 9DQHVVD 6LOYD ZDV QDPHG *RDOLHRIWKH<HDU7KH(DJOHV DOVR JDUQHUHG ¿YH ¿UVW WHDP VHOHFWLRQVDQGHLJKWRYHUDOO 6RSKRPRUH /HVOH\ 5LVXHQR MXQLRU $XGUH\ /LQFROQDQGVRSKRPRUH4XLQQ /DWKDP ZHUH +HUPLVWRQ¶V ¿UVW WHDP VHOHFWLRQV -XQLRU 0LND\OD $NHUV ZDV 3HQGOH- WRQ¶VORQHUHSUHVHQWDWLYH 7KH %XFNV WKRXJK have several second team VHOHFWLRQV 6HQLRU 0DULVRO $UJXHWDIUHVKPDQ6DPDQWKD 3DUNHUDQGVHQLRU0F.HQ]LH 6KHUPDQHDUQHGVHFRQGWHDP QRGV +HUPLVWRQ¶V 6KDHO\QQ *LOEHUW D MXQLRU VHQLRU $\OHHQ6DQGRYDODQGVRSK- RPRUH +DQQDK 7KRPSVRQ PDGHWKHVHFRQGWHDP Volleyball 'HVSLWH ORVLQJ WKH &5& title in the last match of WKH \HDU 7KH 'DOOHV¶ /RUL Cimmiyotti, a senior, was WDEEHGDVWKH&5&YROOH\EDOO Player of the Year for the 5LYHUKDZNV +RRG 5LYHU FRDFK 6FRWW :DONHU ZDV named Coach of the Year after leading the Eagles to a big comeback to win the OHDJXH WLWOH E\ ZLQQLQJ LQ 7KH 'DOOHV LQ WKH VHDVRQ¶V ¿QDOPDWFK +HUPLVWRQ MXQLRU .\Q]HH Padilla was the only player QRW IURP +RRG 5LYHU RU 7KH'DOOHVRQWKH¿UVWWHDP 6HQLRU &ODULVVD 1LW] ZDV named to the second team with Pendleton’s Haley Greb, 6KHOE\ *UHE DQG /DXUHQ 5REHUWV ——— 2015 ALL-LEAGUE COLUMBIA RIVER CONFERENCE FOOTBALL Offensive Player of the Year — Dallas Buckley, sr., Hood River Valley Defensive Player of the Year — Tre Neal, sr., Hermiston Coach of the Year — David Faaeteete, Hermiston OFFENSE First Team QB — Dallas Buckley, sr., Hood River RB — Michael Jones, soph., Hood River Valley RB — Bob Coleman, sr., Hermiston WR — Tucker Salinas, jr., Hermiston WR — Nick Lani, jr., Pendleton UT — Devin Wilson, sr., Hood River Valley UT — Parker Irusta, sr., Hood River Valley TE — Montana Kurahara, sr., Hood River Valley OL — Sam Fults, sr., Hood River Valley OL — Jacob Banks, sr., Pendleton OL — Caden Caldwell, jr., Hermiston OL — AJ Fernandez, jr., Hermiston C — Michael Swanson, sr., Pendleton DL — Sam Fults, sr., Hood River Valley DL — Jacob Banks, sr., Pendleton DL — Tre Neal, sr., Hermiston DL — Bob Coleman, sr., Hermiston LB — Hayden Simon, sr., Hermiston LB — John Henry Line, jr., Hermiston LB — Marcus Taylor, sr., Pendleton LB — Zak Ellsworth, sr., Hood River Valley DB — Devon Wilson, sr., The Dalles DB — Kai Quinn, sr., Pendleton DB — Vaemu Ena, jr. Hermiston DB — Parker Irusta, sr., Hood River Valley K — Sebaztan Corona, jr., Pendleton P — Sebaztan Corona, jr., Pendleton KR — Mitch Brown, jr., Hermiston Second Team QB — Kai Quinn, sr., Pendleton RB — Deven Page, jr., Pendleton RB — Mitch Brown, jr., Hermiston WR — Kellan Duffy, sr., Hood River Valley WR — Tyrone Stinzi, sr., Hood River Valley UT — Nathan Hunsaker, sr., Hermiston UT — Jerry Ramirez, jr., Hermiston TE — Colton Walker, sr., The Dalles OL — Marcus Taylor, sr., Pendleton OL — Bryson Gudiel, sr., Hood River Valley D — Andy Corcuera, sr., Hermiston D — Ismael Arenas, jr., Hermiston D — Lincoln Johnson, jr., Pendleton D — Drew Lunny, soph., Pendleton D — Angel Lopez, sr., The Dalles GK — Antonio Campos, soph., Hermiston Honorable Mention GK — Grant Bannister, sr., Pendleton M — Jonathan Wolotira, jr., Pendleton D — Aiden Henderson, soph., Pendleton ——— Girls Soccer Player of the Year — Jenissa Ramirez, sr., Hood River Valley Goalie of the Year — Vanessa Silva, sr., Hood River Valley Coach of the Year — Kevin Hespala, Hood River Valley First Team F — Sindy Magana, jr., Hood River Valley M — Cielo Rivera, soph., Hood River Valley M — Kassidy Davidson, sr., Hood River Valley M — Audrey Lincoln, jr., Hermiston M — Hannah Walasavage, sr., The Dalles M — Ivorie Taylor, jr., The Dalles M — Makayla Akers, jr., Pendleton D — Jenissa Ramirez, sr., Hood River Valley D — Kara Kiyokawa, sr., Hood River Valley D — Lesley Risueno, soph., Hermiston D — Quinn Latham, soph., Hermiston GK — Kilie Harrison, jr., Hermiston Second Team F — Hannah Thompson, soph., Hermiston F — Shaelynn Gilbert, jr., Hermiston M — Claire Davies, soph., Hood River Valley M — Ami Santillan, jr., Hood River Valley M — Brooke McCall, jr., The Dalles M — Marisol Argueta, sr., Pendleton D — Yahaira Chavarria, soph., Hood River Valley D — Ayleen Sandoval, sr., Hermiston D — Jennifer Bonham, sr., The Dalles D — Samantha Parker, fr., Pendleton GK — McKenzie Sherman, sr., Pendleton ——— VOLLEYBALL Coach of the Year — Scott Walker, Hood River Valley Player of the Year, Lori Cimmiyotti, sr., The Dalles First Team Lori Cimmiyotti, sr., The Dalles Shae Duffy, soph., Hood River Valley Savannah Bass, sr., The Dalles Rebecca Johnston, jr., Hood River Valley Maddy Bradford, sr., The Dalles Emily Curtis, fr., Hood River Valley Kynzee Padilla, jr., Hermiston Katie Kennedy, fr., Hood River Valley Second Team Clarissa Nitz, jr., Hermiston Iliana Telles, jr., The Dalles Haley Greb, jr., Pendleton Deysi Velador, sr., The Dalles Lauren Roberts, sr., Pendleton Shelbry Greb, sr., Pendleton Valley OL — Beau Blake, soph., Hermiston OL — Blake Davis, soph., The Dalles C — Wyatt Mansfield, jr., Hood River Valley DL — Montana Kurahara, sr., Hood River Valley DL — Max Lane, sr., Hood River Valley DL — DJ Gossett, sr., Hermiston DL — Jamal Vann, jr., Pendleton LB — Andy Schmidt, sr., Hood River Valley LB — Joey Gutierrez, soph., Hermiston LB — Grant Kennedy, sr., Pendleton DB — Morgan Williams, jr., Hood River Valley DB — Andrew Horn, jr., Hermiston DB — Tyler Rohrman, soph., Hermiston DB — Trevor Sweet, sr., Pendleton K — Freddy Rodrigez, jr., Hermiston P — Bob Coleman, sr., Hermiston Honorable Mention QB — Dominic Seufalemua, jr., The Dalles RB — Damion Morris, sr., The Dalles RB — Jamal Vann, jr., Pendleton WR — Devon Roe, sr., Pendleton WR — Brady Christensen, soph., Hermiston OL — Cesar Barajas, sr., Hood River Valley OL — Ray Agusto, sr., Hermiston OL — Cade Anderson, jr., Pendleton DL — Colton Walker, sr., The Dalles DL — Matt Strizich, sr., The Dalles DL — Corey Mason, jr., Hermiston DL — Justin Wilson, jr., Hood River Valley LB — Damion Morris, sr., The Dalles DB — Antonio Arguta, sr., The Dalles DB — Levi Glass, jr., Hood River Valley DB — Tyrone Stinzi, sr., Hood River Valley ——— BOYS SOCCER POY — Noe Magana, jr., Hood River Valley; Edwin Rosales, sr., Hermiston First Team F — Andrez Baeza, sr., Hood River Valley F — Edwin Rosales, sr., Hermiston F — Fernando Gomez, jr. Pendleton F — Freddy Rodriguez, jr. Hermiston M — Noe Magana, jr., Hood River Valley M — Enrique Leal, sr., Hermiston M — John Mejia, sr., Hermiston M — Flavio Betancourt, sr., Pendleton M — Mario Sandoval, sr., Hood River Valley M — Brandon Bustamonte, jr., The Dalles D — Gil Evangelista, sr., Hood River VAlley GK — Marco Cuevas, sr., Hood River Valley Second Team M — Noah Noteboom, sr., Hood River Valley M — Orlando De La Torre, jr., Hood River Valley M — Bernardo Araujo, soph., Hermiston M — Mark Mejia, soph., Hermiston M — Pedro Ayala, soph., The Dalles D — Carlos Marquez, sr., Hood River Valley D — Eduardo Barragan, sr., Hood River HEPPNER: Plethora of weapons gives 0XVWDQJV¶RIIHQVHFOHDUHGJH Continued from 1B Weston-McEwen in the play- RII¶V¿UVWURXQG1R5HHG- sport (9-1) has the state’s stingiest defense allowing MXVWSRLQWVDOOVHDVRQ SHUJDPH “Defensively they have a lot of good athletes in their VHFRQGDU\ 7KH\¶UH VPDUW they play good assignment football and they have a great VFKHPH´ *UDQW VDLG GXULQJ DSUDFWLFHWKLVZHHN³,WKLQN they come in with a good game plan to take away what \RX¶UHJRRGDWDQGWKH\GRQ¶W JLYH XS ELJ SOD\V7KH\ MXVW GRQ¶WJLYHXSELJSOD\V´ *UDQW ZKR JXLGHG KLV team to a 20-0 win over Weston-McEwen in the UHJXODUVHDVRQ ¿QDOH VDLG the Braves remind him a OLWWOHRIWKH7LJHU6FRWVZKHQ KHSXWVLQWKHJDPH¿OP ³7KH\¶UHVLPLODUDOWKRXJK ,IHHOOLNH:HVWRQZDVDOLWWOH more aggressive, maybe,” he VDLG ³7KHVH JX\V DUH D OLWWOH PRUHFRQVHUYDWLYHEXWLI\RX look at what they’ve done WKH\KDYHQ¶WJLYHQXSDORWRI offense the last six or seven JDPHV7KDWVKRZVKRZVPDUW WKH\DUH´ ,WVKRZVWZRPRUHWKLQJV *UDQWVDLG ³7KDW VKRZV WKDW WKHLU RIIHQVH GRHVQ¶W JLYH XS WKH ball and give them a short ¿HOG DQG LW DOVR VKRZV WKDW they have excellent special WHDPV 6R WKDW , WKLQN LV LPSRUWDQW´ KH VDLG ³$Q overlooked thing in defense LVGRHV\RXURIIHQVHWDNHFDUH RI WKH EDOO DQG GR \RX KDYH JRRG VSHFLDO WHDPV" $QG , think check one and check WZRIRUWKHPLQWKDWUHJDUG´ 7KH 0XVWDQJV KDYH EHHQ checking off all the same boxes WKLV VHDVRQ WKRXJK DQG 1R 2 Heppner (10-0) is coming off a 55-14 win over Monroe LQ WKH ¿UVW URXQG +HSSQHU LV DOORZLQJ MXVW SRLQWV D JDPHVHFRQGEHVWLQ$ 5HHGVSRUW FDXVHG ¿YH Quarterfinals Reedsport #2 Heppner Braves Mustangs (9-1) (10-0) • Saturday, 1 p.m. • at Morrow Co. Fairgrounds #7 :HVWRQ0F(ZHQ WXUQRYHUV to hold on last week, and Heppner senior lineman Patrick Collins said he expects that to come into SOD\DJDLQ6DWXUGD\ ³7KH NH\ LV FDSLWDOL]LQJ on their mistakes and making VXUHZHGRQ¶WPDNHRXURZQ´ KH VDLG ³7KH\¶UH SUHWW\ ELJ DQGWKH\¶UHJRRGDWEORFNLQJ 7KH\¶YH JRW VRPH YHUVDWLOH OLQHPHQDQG,WKLQNLW¶OOEHD WRXJK PDWFKXS , WKLQN WKH most important thing is that if ZHVKDUSHQXSZKDWZHNQRZ and what we do, and we play RXUEHVWIRRWEDOOWKHQ,WKLQN ZH¶OOGRMXVW¿QH´ ³7KH\¶UH H[WUHPHO\ DWKOHWLF´ VDLG VHQLRU &- .LQGOH ³7KH\ KDYH VRPH very fast players, some big OLQHPHQ WRR WKDW MXVW ZLOO come and make some plays IRUVXUH:H¶UHMXVWJRLQJWR KDYHWRWU\WRPDNHPRUH´ 7KH%UDYHVDUHDYHUDJLQJ WZR IHZHU WRXFKGRZQV D game this season than the 0XVWDQJVDQGZLOOXWLOL]HWKH occasional trick play to make XSIRUDFRPSDUDWLYHODFNRI RIIHQVLYHZHDSRQV ³7KH\ VHHP SUHWW\ tricky, fast, so we’ve got to PDNHVXUHZHVWD\KRPHRQ VWXII DQG PDNH VXUH ZH¶UH watching the line to read the play,” said Heppner senior 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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK WESTON PUTMAN Senior - Junior - Heppner Football Stanfield Football Putman rushed for a team- high 88 yards and scored twice in the first quarter to help the Mustangs pull away early in a 55-14 win over Monroe in the first round of the state playoffs. Putman scored on runs of 35 and nine yards, and finished the game with 106 total offensive yards and seven tackles and an interception on defense. P ROUDLY S PONSORED B Y : HERMISTON 800-368-6164 • 541-567-5555 SHOP 24/7 @ TOMSCOUNTRY.COM NEVER OVER PAY WITH OUR LOWEST PRICE GUARANTEE! WE DO IT YOUR WAY SO YOU NEVER OVERPAY!