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Nixyaawii’s Mersayus Hart serves the ball during a game
against Griswold on Oct. 6, 2021, in Helix. The junior was
named to the Old Oregon League all-league volleyball
team.
Nixyaawii’s Hart
earns second-team
OOL honors
Alex Wittwer/EO Media Group
Heppner High School’s Jace Coe (20) sweeps left as Brock Hisler (32) blocks Regis defender Noah Koenig (3) on Nov. 6, 2021, in the
fi rst round of the OSAA 2A State Football Championship at the Morrow County Fairgrounds, Heppner. The Mustangs dominated
the Rams 43-8 and will face the Weston-McEwen TigerScots Saturday, Nov. 13, in the quarterfi nal round at 1 p.m. in Heppner.
Eastern Oregon showdown
Heppner, W-M
to meet in 2A
quarterfi nals
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
H
EPPNER — One
of the biggest high
school football games
in Eastern Oregon,
in recent memory, will be
played Saturday, Nov. 13, as
Heppner hosts Weston-McE-
wen in the 2A state quarter-
fi nals.
While the top-ranked
Mustangs come into the game
on a 28-game win streak,
Heppner coach Greg Grant
WESTON-MCEWEN STAT LEADERS
HEPPNER STAT LEADERS
Passing
Player
Blane Peal
Att Comp Yds TDs
96 57 1,185 13
Passing
Player
Att Comp
Landon Mitchell 110 65
Yds
956
Rushing
Player
Levie Phillips
Aiden Wolf
Peyton Sincleir
Car Yds TDs
116 694 11
17 113 2
22 83
2
Rushing
Player
Brock Hisler
Jace Coe
Caden George
Car
128
25
29
Yds
1,005
326
302
TDs
11
3
2
Receiving
Player
Jace Coe
Zander Fisher
Kason Cimmyotti
Rep
24
9
8
Yds
434
178
152
TDs
6
3
3
Receiving
Player
Rep
Theo White
14
Cameron Reich
15
Chase Fehrenbacke 6
Yds TDs
385 4
350 5
197 2
knows his team will not
face the same Weston-McE-
wen team the Mustangs
beat 39-0 in Blue Mountain
Conference play on Oct. 1.
“It would be a mistake
TDs
16
to think you can predict the
See Showdown, Page B2
Cardinals, Rockets earn SD2 honors
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
IONE — The Ione/
Arlington Cardinals, who
qualified for the Class
1A state playoffs, placed
six players on the Special
District 2 all-league foot-
ball team.
Senior Taylor Rollins
was a fi rst team kicker and
punter, also was named to
the second team as a running
back and guard and was an
honorable mention selection
at linebacker.
Rollins rolled up 712
yards rushing on 91 carries
for 13 touchdowns. He also
led the team with 106 tack-
les.
Azriel Borghese was
named a second-team
receiver. He had 28 recep-
tions for 322 yards and seven
touchdowns.
Bryce Rollins was a
second-team guard and
defensive end. He had 82
tackles and led the team with
nine quarterback sacks.
Carson Eynetich was
selected as an honorable
mention quarterback and
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
MISSION — Nixyaawii
junior Mersayus Hart was
named to the Old Oregon
League all-league volley-
ball team after helping the
Golden Eagles to their fi rst
appearance in the OOL
district tournament since
the program began in 2014.
“She’s an amazing
player with a consistent
serve, with the quickness to
pass/save balls that weren’t
necessarily in her area,”
Nixyaawii coach Jacinthia
Stanley said. “She was one
of our key blockers and
always had a good attitude.
She will return next year as
a senior, and we are very
excited about that.”
Nixyaawii junior Grace
Moses-Watchman was
selected to the honorable
mention team, as was Gris-
wold sophomore Ainsley
Curtiss.
The Golden Eagles
fi nished with a 7-8 overall
record, while the Grizzlies
were 5-12.
Joseph, which lost in
the 1A state quarterfi nals
to eventual state champion
OLD OREGON
LEAGUE
Coach of the Year: Jill Hite,
Joseph.
Player of the Year: Aimee
Meyers, so., Joseph.
First Team
Aimee Meyers, so., Joseph;
Joelle Treat, sr., Imbler; Rachel
Baird, sr., Cove; Cooper Nave,
so., Joseph; Erika Adams, sr.,
Elgin; Allison Stirewalt, sr.,
Imbler.
Second Team
Autumn Dobbs, so., Cove; Har-
vest Coston, jr., Imbler; Molly
Curry, jr., Joseph; Ayla Bing-
ham, so., Powder Valley; Haley
Brockamp, sr., Wallowa; Mer-
sayus Hart, jr., Nixyaawii; Trin-
ity Nesser, sr., Powder Valley.
Honorable Mention
Sarah Orr, sr., Joseph; Marli
Lind, fr., Powder Valley; Car-
lee Porter, sr., Cove; Ainsley
Curtiss, so., Griswold; Libby
Fisher, jr., Wallowa; McKen-
zie Keff er, jr., Joseph; Grace
Moses-Watchman, jr., Nixy-
aawii; Taylor Cochell, sr., Pine
Eagle.
North Douglas, finished
the season with a 24-4
record. The Eagles had fi ve
players selected to the OOL
team, including sophomore
Aimee Meyers, who was
voted Player of the Year by
the league coaches.
Joseph’s Jill Hite was
named Coach of the Year.
BMCC places 2 on East
Region men’s soccer team
Borghese
Ford
Otteson
Bryce Rollins
Taylor Rollins
SPECIAL DISTRICT 2
OFFENSE
ins, sr., Ione/Arlington.
First Team
Quarterback — Jace Otteson, so.,
Pilot Rock. Running backs — Aaron
Smith, sr., Lyle; Gideon Gray, sr., Enter-
prise. Receiver — Austin Ford, so.,
Pilot Rock. Center — Justin Frost, so.,
Imbler. Guards — Nevin Goldsmith, jr.,
Enterprise and Noah Insko, jr., Imbler.
Kicker/punter — Taylor Rollins, sr., Ione/
Arlington.
Honorable Mention
Quarterbacks — Jackson Decker,
sr., Enterprise; Kole Martin, jr., Sher-
man; Carter Crook, sr., Imbler; Carson
Eynetich, jr., Ione/Arlington. Running
backs — Cody Phillips, so., Dufur; Jacob
Jones, sr., Durfur. Centers — August
Harvey, jr., Dufur; Cody Fent, jr., Enter-
prise. Guards — Isaac Marble, jr., Lyle;
Austin Fink, so., Lyle.
Second Team
Quarterback — Joshua Taylor, jr., Dufur.
Running backs — Krager Muilen-
burg, sr., Imbler; Taylor Rollins, sr., Ione.
Receivers — Azriel Borghese, so., Ione/
Arlington; Caden Fent, jr., Enterprise;
Landon Ellis, jr., Dufur. Center — Nick
Muschaweck, jr., Lyle. Guards — Bryce
Rollins, jr., Ione/Arlington; Taylor Roll-
First Team
Interior linemen — John Howard, so.,
Enterprise; Jacob Jones, sr., Dufur;
Payden Bowles, jr., Imbler. Defensive
ends — Cody Fent, jr., Enterprise; Jer-
emiah Martin, so., Imbler. Linebackers
— Chase Duncan, jr., Enterprise; Cody
Phillips, so., Dufur. Defensive backs
defensive back.
Sam Grady earned honor-
able mention honors at
defensive end, while Kellen
Gronquist was an honorable
mention interior lineman.
Pilot Rock had two play-
DEFENSE
ers selected to the fi rst team
— quarterback Jace Otteson
and receiver Austin Ford,
who was a unanimous selec-
tion.
Otteson threw for 1,122
yards and 21 touchdowns,
— Joshua Taylor, jr., Dufur; Dallin Ras-
mussen, so., Imbler.
Second Team
Interior linemen — Isaac Marble, jr.,
Lyle; August Harvey, jr., Dufur. Defen-
sive ends — Bryce Rollins, jr., Ione/
Arlington; Nevin Goldsmith, jr., Enter-
prise. Linebackers — Isaih Trujillo,
so., Imbler. Defensive backs — Tyler
Knapp, fr., Enterprise; Kole Martin, jr.,
Sherman.
Honorable Mention
Interior linemen — Kellen Gronquist,
jr., Ione/Arlington. Defensive ends —
Sam Grady, sr., Ione/Arlington. Line-
backers — Taylor Rollins, sr., Ione/
Arlington; Riley Smith, so., Lyle; Aaron
Smith, sr., Lyle. Defensive backs —
Carson Eynetich, jr., Ione/Arlington;
Jackson Decker, sr., Enterprise.
and ran for 360 yards and
three touchdowns.
Ford was Otteson’s favor-
ite receiver with 681 yard
and 16 touchdowns. He also
had two punt returns for
touchdowns.
Arguello and
Nunez will play
in All-Star
Game on Sunday
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
PENDLETON — Blue
Mountain Community
College midfi elder Adrian
Arguello and defender
Emilio Nunez were selected
to the Northwest Athletic
Conference East Region
All-Star Team.
Arguello and Nunez
also will play in the NWAC
All-Star Game at 9 a.m.
Sunday at the Starfire
Complex in Tukwila, Wash-
ington.
The Timber wolves
fi nished the season with a
7-5-1 record. They lost a 5-4
game to Everett on Nov. 3, in
the fi rst round of the NWAC
Arguello
Nunez
regional playoff s.
BMCC hosted the playoff
game, which was a fi rst for
the Timberwolves in school
history.
Nunez, a sophomore from
Hermiston, fi nished with one
assist on the season, but was
part of a defense that allowed
just 1.38 goals a game.
Arguello, a freshman
from Caldwell, Idaho, scored
a team-high eight goals and
had three assists.
Reymundo Mendez of
Columbia Basin College was
named Player of the Year,
while North Idaho’s Ken
Thompson was selected as
the Coach of the Year.
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