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THURSDAY, APRIL 7
Prep softball
Umatilla at Pendleton JV,
4 p.m.
Prep golf
Heppner Invitational, Willow
Creek Country Club, 1 p.m.
Prep tennis
Sherman at Irrigon 2 p.m.
Riverside at Weston-McEwen,
3:30 p.m.
Stanfi eld/Echo at Umatilla,
4:30 p.m.
Prep lacrosse
Hermiston at Mount Si, 7 p.m.
FRIDAY, APRIL 8
Prep baseball
Umatilla at McLoughlin (2),
3 p.m.
Riverside at Irrigon, 4 p.m.
Walla Walla at Hermiston (2),
4 p.m.
Prep softball
Grant Union at Heppner/Ione
(2), 1 p.m.
Echo/Stanfi eld at Elgin (2),
2 p.m.
Riverside at Irrigon, 4 p.m.
Boys soccer
Hermiston at Richland, 7 p.m.
Prep golf
Heppner, Echo at Nixyaawii,
Birch Creek Golf Club, 1 p.m.
Prep lacrosse
Hermiston at Snohomish,
6 p.m.
Track and fi eld
Griswold, Heppner, Irrigon,
McLoughlin, Pendleton, Pilot
Rock, Riverside, Stanfi eld/Echo,
Umatilla at La Grande Invite,
10 a.m.
Weston-McEwen at Moscow
Invitational, TBD
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A7
Heppner’s Hisler takes his talent to EOU
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
HEPPNER — Heppner High
School has turned out several
top-notch football players over the
years, and Eastern Oregon University
coach Tim Camp has tried to scoop up
as many as he can.
Brock Hisler is the latest Heppner
player to join the Mountaineers.
“I’m very excited, Hisler said. “We
were emailing back and forth and they
invited me up for a visit.”
For Camp, getting Heppner youths
in his program is a bonus.
“They are good kids and they work
hard,” Camp said. “ Coach (Greg)
Grant does such a great job. He gets
them going in the right direction and
they fi t into our program. I will take
all the Heppner kids I can get. They
have grit, determination and they
want to be coached. Not every kid has
that in this day and age.”
Hisler met with defensive coordi-
nator Bryan Mills, who let him know
they thought the best fi t for him would
be a linebacker.
“I like him on the defensive side
of the ball,” Camp said. “He has good
athletic position fl exibility. I’m fully
aware how he runs the ball, but I want
to try him on defense fi rst.”
Grant said no matter the position
Hisler plays, he will not disappoint
at EOU.
“He is a kid who is going to give
them 100%” Grant said. “He is very
coachable, hardworking and some-
one you can count on. He just wants
to play football. He will do what you
ask of him, and how you ask. That’s
Alex Wittwer/EO Media Group, File
Heppner’s Brock Hisler (32) makes his way past Cole Vogel (24) to score a
touchdown Nov. 6, 2021, against the Regis Rams at the Morrow County Fair-
grounds. Hisler has signed to play football at Eastern Oregon University, La
Grande, in the fall of 2022.
what they will enjoy the most.”
Mills gave Hisler a campus tour,
then they met with Camp, who off ered
Hisler a partial scholarship to become
a Mountaineer.
“He said he’s been pleased with the
Heppner kids he’s had,” said Hisler,
who will pursue an agriculture busi-
ness degree.
Other Heppner players to suit up
for the Mountaineers include off en-
sive lineman Patrick Collins, line-
backer Chris Kindle, receiver Mason
Lehman and linebacker Jackson
Lehman.
Grant said Eastern is a good fi t for
Hisler.
“They don’t look down at them
(small-school players),” Grant said.
“They give every kid the same oppor-
tunity. Education is the No. 1 thing,
and football is a fun thing. It fi ts in
pretty well with our core values.”
Hisler also had been in contact
with University of Puget Sound and
Carroll College in Montana, which
wanted him to walk on.
EOU plays in the Frontier Confer-
ence with the likes of Carroll College,
Southern Oregon, College of Idaho
and Whitworth University.
An outstanding season
During a season that saw the
Mustangs finish 11-1, with their
one loss to eventual state champion
Coquille in the semifi nals, Hisler was
the backbone of a very stingy Heppner
defense that allowed opponents an
average of 5.5 points per game.
He had a team-high 97 tackles and
three fumble recoveries. On off ense,
he ran for 1,153 yards on 158 carries
and 12 touchdowns.
He was a fi rst-team Blue Mountain
Conference selection at running back
and linebacker
Hisler also was named to the 2A
all-state team as the Defensive Back
of the Year, which includes lineback-
ers and secondary players. He also
earned fi rst-team honors as a running
back.
The cherry on the top of the season
for Hisler was an invitation to play on
the East team in the 70th annual East-
West Shrine Game, to be held Aug. 6
at Baker High School.
“I’ve been very fortunate to play
here,” Hisler said. “The community
is awesome, and coach Grant — there
isn’t a better coach to play for — and
the guys are amazing. Bigger schools
might have better competition, but I
love it here.”
In his four years with the
Mustangs, Heppner amassed a record
of 36-4, and won a state title in 2019
with a 13-0 record.
“Winning the title, that was
awesome,” Hisler said.
In addition to football, Hisler also
played basketball, ran track, and this
spring is playing baseball for the
Mustangs. He earned Blue Mountain
Conference honorable mention honors
this season in basketball.
“I did track the last three years,”
Hisler said. “I haven’t played baseball
since middle school, and before that,
T-ball. I play center fi eld and pinch
run for the pitcher.”
Just a team player doing his part.
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