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Echo volleyball team picks up OSAA award
cougars raised
money for the st.
anthony cancer
care clinic
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
ecHO — The echo girls
volleyball team was named
the Oregon school activities
association Les schwab 1a
Team of the month for Novem-
ber.
each winning team is
chosen based on performance,
dedication in the classroom and
service to the community.
The cougars won the big
sky League title with an 11-0
record and were 22-5 overall.
They advanced to the elite 8
of the 1a state volleyball tour-
nament, where they lost to st.
Paul in straight sets.
The cougars raised $213
during their dig Pink Night
and donated an additional $186
more to the st. anthony cancer
care clinic, Pendleton. The
money will help support local
cancer patients in need.
members of the volleyball
team also help officiate junior
high volleyball matches, and
work with the players during
their practices. most are also
involved in asb or FFa.
each winner of the Team of
the month award will receive
a commemorative trophy and
$100 will be donated to the
team’s program, courtesy of
Les schwab Tires.
Des Thew/Contributed Photo
The Oregon School Activities Association for November 2021 named the Echo girls vol-
leyball team the Les Schwab 1A Team of the Month.
HEPPNER’S HISLER EARNS TOP
2A ALL-STATE FOOTBALL HONOR
Brown
has mixed
results
at NFR
mustangs have four
players on the first team
baker city cowboy
has placed in two
of four rounds
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
HePPNer — The honors keep
rolling in for the Heppner football
team.
The mustangs had four players
selected to the 2a all-state football
team first team — including three
who earned honors on both sides of
the ball.
senior brock Hisler also was
named the defensive back of the
year, which includes linebackers and
secondary players.
Hisler earned first-team honors as
a running back and linebacker, while
senior Jace coe was selected as a
wide receiver and defensive back,
and senior conor brosnan as a line-
backer and offensive
lineman.
sen ior blane
mahoney earned
honors as a defen-
sive lineman.
Hisler ran for
1,153 yards on
Mahoney
158 carries and 12
touchdowns for the
Mustangs, who finished the season
11-1 and lost to eventual state cham-
pion coquille. He also had a team-
high 97 tackles and had three fumble
recoveries.
coe had a team-
high 26 catches for
447 yards and six
touchdowns. defen-
sively, he had 39
tackles.
d e f e n s i v e l y,
Coe
brosnan had 82
tackles, three sacks
and a fumble recov-
ery. He also was
part of an offensive
line that helped the
mustangs average
29 points a game.
Brosnan
m a h o n e y
anchored the defen-
sive line that helped limit opponents
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
Damon Brosnan/Contributed Photo, FIle
Heppner running back Brock Hisler (32) fights off Coquille linebacker Bo Messerle (34) on Nov. 20, 2021, during the
semifinal round of the Oregon School Activities Association Class 2A state football tournament at McMinnville
High School. Hisler, in addition to winning Defensive Back of the Year, took home first team honors as a running
back and wide receiver.
to just 66 points over 12 games (5.5
points a game). He had a team-high
six quarterback sacks and 58 tack-
les.
Offensive Lineman of the Year
honors went to matt Hopkins of
Kennedy, while coquille’s Tom
riley was named defensive Line-
man of the year.
Offensive Back of the Year went
to coquille running back Gunner
yates, and the coach of the year was
coquille’s david Thomason.
Heppner also had Kason cimmi-
yotti named to the second team as
a receiver and defensive back, and
center Toby Nation was selected as
an offensive lineman.
Weston-mcewen’s Levie Phil-
lips was named to the third team as
a running back and linebacker, while
Theo White was chosen as a wide
receiver and defensive lineman.
Tigerscot Finn Irvine was a third-
team offensive lineman, and Blane
Peal earned honors as a third-team
punter and honorable mention quar-
terback.
also named to the honorable
mention team were Weston-mcew-
en’s cameron reich (receiver), and
Stanfield’s Carter Burnette (OL/DL),
Gator Goodrich (kicker) and ryan
elizares (defensive back).
2A ALL-STATE
VOLLEYBALL
stanfield
outside hitter Zuri
reeser was named
to the 2a all-state
f i rst team, and
Reeser
set ter Kately n
Griffin was named
to the honorable mention team.
salem academy libero anna-
belle brawley was named Player of
the year, and melissa Holman was
coach of the year after leading the
crusaders to a 27-2 record and 2a
state title.
reeser, a junior,
finished the season
with 338 kills, 289
assists, 236 digs, 86
service aces and 20
blocks.
Griffin led the
Griffin
Tigers with 386
assists. The senior
also had 120 kills, 139 digs and 65
aces.
The Tigers won the bmc title
with an 11-1 record and earned a
spot in the 2a state tournament.
stanfield lost in the first round
of state to Portland christian to
finish the season with a 19-5 over-
all record.
ON THE SLATE
Tuesday, Dec. 7
Prep girls basketball
Irrigon at South Wasco
County, 6 p.m.
Baker at Pendleton,
6:30 p.m.
Prep boys basketball
Irrigon at South Wasco
County, 7:30 p.m.
Prep girls bowling
Hermiston at Southridge,
2:30 p.m.
Prep boys swimming
Hermiston at Cheney, 3 p.m.
Prep boys wrestling
Riverside at Rainier Duals,
5 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 8
Prep boys basketball
Pendleton at Milwaukie,
5:45 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 9
Prep girls basketball
Umatilla at Columbia River
River Clash, Umatilla, TBD
Irrigon at Columbia River
River Clash, Umatilla, TBD
McLoughlin at Columbia
River River Clash, Umatilla, TBD
Riverside vs. Nixyaawii at
Columbia River River Clash,
Umatilla, 2 p.m.
Echo vs. Powder Valley at
Calvin Hiatt Memorial Tourna-
ment, Powder Valley, 4 p.m.
Toledo at Heppner, 6 p.m.
Bandon at Pilot Rock, 6 p.m.
Bonanza at Stanfield, 6 p.m.
Pendleton at Putnam,
7:15 p.m.
Prep boys basketball
McLoughlin at Columbia
River River Clash, Umatilla, TBD
Irrigon at Columbia River
River Clash, Umatilla, TBD
Umatilla at Columbia River
River Clash, Umatilla, TBD
Riverside vs. Nixyaawii at
Columbia River River Clash,
Umatilla, 3:30 p.m.
Echo vs. Powder Valley at
Calvin Hiatt Memorial Tourna-
ment, Powder Valley, 5:30 p.m.
Toledo at Heppner, 7:30 p.m.
Bandon at Pilot Rock, 7:30 p.m.
Bonanza at Stanfield,
7:30 p.m.
Prep girls bowling
Hermiston at Walla Walla,
3 p.m.
Prep girls wrestling
Hermiston at Pasco, 5 p.m.
Prep boys wrestling
Irrigon, Heppner/Ione at
Riverside, 4 p.m.
Hermiston at Pasco, 5 p.m.
Prep swimming
Pendleton at Hood River
Valley, 4 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 10
Prep girls basketball
Umatilla at Columbia River
River Clash, Umatilla, TBD
Irrigon at Columbia River
River Clash, Umatilla, TBD
Nixyaawii at Columbia River
River Clash, Umatilla, TBD
Ione/Arlington at Arlington
Snowball Classic, TBD
Stanfield vs. Culver, 2A
Preview Basketball Tourna-
ment, Pendleton Convention
Center, 8 a.m.
Weston-McEwen vs.
Bonanza, 2A Preview Basket-
ball Tournament, Pendleton
Convention Center, 11:45 a.m.
Echo vs. Union at Calvin
Hiatt Memorial Tournament,
Powder Valley, 2:30 p.m.
Griswold vs. Four Rivers at
Arlington Snowball Classic,
3 p.m.
Heppner vs. Bandon, 2A
Preview Basketball Tourna-
ment, Pendleton Convention
Center, 3 p.m.
Hanford at Hermiston,
5:45 p.m.
Riverside vs. McLoughlin
at Columbia River River Clash,
Umatilla, 6 p.m.
Pilot Rock vs. Toledo, 2A
Preview Basketball Tourna-
ment, Pendleton Convention
Center, 6:15 p.m.
Prep boys basketball
Irrigon at Columbia River
River Clash, Umatilla, TBD
Umatilla at Columbia River
River Clash, Umatilla, TBD
Nixyaawii at Columbia River
River Clash, Umatilla, TBD
Ione/Arlington at Arlington
Snowball Classic, TBD
Stanfield vs. Culver, 2A
Preview Basketball Tourna-
ment, Pendleton Convention
Center, 9:45 a.m.
Weston-McEwen vs.
Bonanza, 2A Preview Basket-
ball Tournament, Pendleton
Convention Center, 1:15 p.m.
Echo vs. Union at Calvin
Hiatt Memorial Tournament,
Powder Valley, 4 p.m.
Griswold vs. Four Rivers at
Arlington Snowball Classic,
4:30 p.m.
Heppner vs. Bandon, 2A
Preview Basketball Tourna-
ment, Pendleton Convention
Center, 4:45 p.m.
Putnam at Pendleton,
6:30 p.m.
Hanford at Hermiston,
7:30 p.m.
Riverside vs. McLoughlin
at Columbia River River Clash,
Umatilla, 7:30 p.m.
Pilot Rock vs. Toledo, 2A
Preview Basketball Tourna-
ment, Pendleton Convention
Center, 8 p.m.
College women’s basket-
ball
Blue Mountain at Centralia,
7 p.m.
Prep boys wrestling
Hermiston, Pendleton at
Muilenburg Tournament, La
Grande, 7 a.m.
Irrigon at Culver Invite, TBD
FEEL THE SPEED,
EVEN AT PEAK TIMES.
Las VeGas — steer
wrestler Jesse brown had
some mixed results at the
National Finals rodeo this
past weekend, placing in one
round and was just out of the
money in two others.
The baker city cowboy
split fourth place with dakota
eldridge during the second
round on
Friday, dec.
3. each man
took down
his steer in
3.7 seconds
and pocketed
$9,144.
Brown
In round
3 on dec.
4, brown had a time of 4.8
seconds and finished out of
the money.
brown had a stout steer
during round 4 on dec. 5.
He took his steer down in 5
seconds, but was two places
out of picking up a check.
“He was pretty full,”
brown said. “He was big.
There’s still six nights left and
a lot of money.”
Through four rounds,
brown has placed in two and
earned $14,805.
He went into the NFr
ranked second in the world
standings behind Jacob Talley.
a couple of quick runs by
dirk Tavenner, Tristan martin
and riley duvall saw them
shoot up the leaderboard and
brown drop to sixth. There
are six more rounds of action
in Las Vegas.
brown is sitting fourth in
the average with a time of 18
seconds on four runs. He is
just 2 seconds off the leaders
— martin and duvall.
“With how much money
there is in each round, the
standings will change each
night,” brown said.
brown has kept busy with
appearances and signings the
past few days, and dec. 11 he
will be helping out with the
rascal rodeo — a simulated
rodeo for people of all ages
with physical and developmen-
tal disabilities. The program is
near and dear to brown, who
wears the program’s logo on
his shirts.
“They have it at the
(Columbia River) circuit finals
every year and a bunch of us
bulldoggers go to that,” brown
said. “They are a pretty cool
company.”
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