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Newspaper Page TextCROSS COUNTRY East Oregonian/Hermiston Herald Page 12 4A GREATER OREGON LEAGUE he top two teams and top ﬁ ve individuals at the district meet will advance to state. La Grande looks to grab several of those berths and comes back loaded on the boys and girls teams while Ontario also returns some of the league’s top runners. T base but still set the goal to increase our speed and tempo weekly. Hopefully it will all come togeth- er at district. “Kaleb (Marsh) and Brianna (Hernandez) are possi- ble strong district performers. With that being said our district has really graduated a ton of kids in the last two years so re- ally not sure who is the team or individuals to watch for.” 2016 Schedule District Points 25 33 81 District Points 21 37 GOL top returning girls runners (2015 district time): *Heather Keniry, sr., La Grande (21:03.3) *Kendra Blake, jr., La Grande (22:02.3) *Sierra Smith, sr., La Grande (22:43.9) *Alioz Mason, jr., Ontario (22:53) Aniyah Brown, jr., Ontario (23:39.8) GOL top returning boys runners (2015 district time): *Braden Crews, sr., La Grande (17:48.8) Quinn Susuki, jr., Ontario (18:43.7) Wyatt Perry, sr., La Grande (18:53.3) Nolan Clements, jr., La Grande (19:08.4) Bennett Welch, so., La Grande (19:23.3) *-Qualiﬁ ed for state meet *-Qualiﬁ ed for state meet *- Made state meet 2015 Girls Finish Ontario* McLoughlin McLoughlin Pioneers Head coach: John Milleson, 9th year Returning lettermen: 3 Returning starters (top 2105 time): (Boys) Kaleb Marsh (20:12.4), sr.; Isael Ibarra (21:00.3), jr. (Girls) Brianna Hernandez (23:52.4), jr. Milleson’s keys to the season: “Our key for the season is to focus on getting as many as possible to qualify for state. We will start out slow to get a good 2015 Boys Finish La Grande* Ontario* McLoughlin Wednesday, August 31, 2016 *- Made state meet 3A SPECIAL DISTRICT 5 N inteen teams make up SD5 in the OSAA’s lowest cross country classiﬁ cation. Despite this fact, ontl the top two teams and ﬁ ve individuals will get a chance to run at the state meet. Union dominated the league last season but the rest of the pack appears to be closing the gap in 2016. 2015 Boys Finish District Points Union* 35 Nyssa* 87 Umatilla 94 Vale 132 Weston-McEwen 170 Stanﬁ eld 170 Burns 198 Heppner 213 Enterprise 219 Elgin 245 Helix 248 Grant Union 270 *- Made state meet 2015 Girls Finish District Points Union* 29 Enterprise* 57 Nyssa 85 Burns 101 Culver 109 Umatilla 145 Helix Grizzlies Weston-McEwen Head coach: 2016 Schedule Jeff Newtson, 4th year Sept. 3 at Hermiston 12:55 p.m. Assistant coach: Sept. 10 at Clarkston (WA) TBD Martin Vito, 2nd year Sept. 23 at The Dalles 4 p.m. Returning lettermen: 7 Oct. 8 at La Grande TBD Returning starters (top Oct. 13 at Pendleton 4 p.m. 2105 time): Oct. 21 at Helix TBD (Boys) Caiden Marks Oct. 28 at SD5 Districts (Pendleton) TBD (20:51.1), sr.; Justin Williams (22:03.4), sr.; Jake Sprenger (22:05.3), sr.; Allan Holden (20:48.2), sr.; Gavin Newtson (19:15.5), so.; Colton Reynolds (21:03.5), so. (Girls) Kyla Roberts (30:23.4), sr. Other seniors: (Boys) Jon Shaw, Grant Christman; (Girls) Bethany Newtson Impact additions: (Girls) Newtson, junior Emma Fehrenbacker, sopho- more Hannah Christman and freshman Kaylee Cope will combine with Roberts to give Helix its ﬁ rst girls’ team in 30 years. Newtson’s keys to the season: “Our key to our boys team is to see improvement from our second-year runners and support from our incoming freshmen, who had very suc- cessful junior high careers. Four of our top ﬁ ve runners are returning this year.” Head coach: Tanna Munck, 3rd year Returning lettermen: 7 Returning starters (top 2015 time): (Boys) Hayden Scott (16:24.7), sr.; Kel- len Fairchild (20:03.7), sr.; Gavin Smith (19:46.5), jr.; Tanner Sater (18:45.3), so.; Lawson Denny (19:41.1), so. (Girls) Adrienne Olson (24:22.1), jr.; Katie Vescio (22:00.8), so. Other seniors: Martin Wenzel-Schenck, Brendan Dearing, David Froese. Impact newcomers: Dearing and Froese both played football in 2015 and Munck expects them both to challenge for starting roles. Munck’s keys to the season: “Hayden Scott is hoping to place ﬁ rst in district and state this year. The boys team is also hoping to make it to state. There is potential if we can put in the work.” Heppner Mustangs Co-head coaches: Russ and 2016 Schedule Toni Nichols, 2nd year Sept. 3 at Hermiston 12:55 p.m. Returning lettermen: 4 Sept. 9 at Union 2:30 p.m. Returning starters (top Sept. 23 at The Dalles 4 p.m. 2015 time): Sept. 30 at Mac-Hi Noon (Boys) Hunter Nichols Oct. 6 at Heppner TBD (17:51.6), so.; Trent Smith Oct. 13 at Pendleton 4 p.m. (18:52.8), so.; Hayden Qualls Oct. 21 at Baker TBD (20:17.4), so.; Gibson McCur- Oct. 28 at SD5 Districts (Pendleton) TBD ry (22:19.6), so. Newcomers: Sophomore Leo Waite ran the 3,000-meters for the Heppner track team as a fresh- man with a PR of 13:26.50. Senior Sydney Qualls gives the Mustangs their ﬁ rst female runner as the program enters its second season. Russ Nichols’ key to the season: “Our key focus is team unity, hard work and discipline. We are small so we have to work hard everyday in order to compete.” *- Made state meet SD5 top returning girls runners (2015 district time): *Delia Deleon, sr., Nyssa (19:24.10) *Alisa Fox, so., Union (19:51.7) *Isabelle Tingelstad, sr., Enterprise (20:05.59) Brooke Kaaen, sr., Vale (20:28.16) Kathryn Sheehy, sr., Union (20:51.72) *-Qualiﬁ ed for state meet SD5 top returning boys runners (2015 district time): *Hayden Scott, 12, Weston-McEw- en (16:24.6) *Alex Graffunder, 11, Union (16:54.5) *Jeremy Baxter, 11, Union (17:05.7) *Daniel Letham, 12, Burns (17:14.9) Zayne Troeger, 10, Umatilla (17:42) *-Qualiﬁ ed for state meet Umatilla Vikings Head coach: Josh Ego Returning runners (2015 top time): (Boys) Zayne Troeger, so. (17:42.1); Bradley Benson, sr. (18:26.9); Trey Dohman, jr. (18:58); Salvador Alvarez, sr. (19:07.2); Aiden Capello, so. (21:25.1); Tony Contreras, jr. (22:08.1) (Girls) Aleesha Watson, sr. (20:58); Samantha Ball, sr. (23:59); Kate- lyn Lorence, jr. (24:25.3); 2016 Schedule Fernanda Hernandez, jr. Sept. 3 at Tillamook Noon (26:44.6); Cameron Sipe, sr. Sept. 9 at Union 2:30 p.m. (29:35.9); Paige Matlack, jr. Sept. 16 at Umatilla 1:30 p.m. (32:09.3) Sept. 23 at The Dalles 4 p.m. Sept. 29 at Hermiston 4:45 p.m. Oct. 8 at La Grande TBD Oct. 13 at Pendleton 4 p.m. Oct. 21 at Baker TBD Oct. 28 at SD5 Districts (Pendleton) TBD GOOD LUCK TO CONDON/WHEELER KNIGHTS!! GOOD L UC K KN IGH TS ! www.mtvalleylandco.com LEE DOCKEN, Principal Broker P.O. Box 50, 101 • SW Kinkade Ave., Boardman, OR • leed@eotnet.net Office: 541-481-6251 Cell: 541-571-0062 Fax: 541-481-6262 Murray ’ s Drug INC . Serving Heppner, Lexington, Ione and Condon Since 1959 217 N. M AIN • H EPPNER 541-676-9158 G O K NIGHTS ! C OLUMBIA B ASIN E LECTRIC C O -O P G o G r i z z l i e s ! 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