TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 17, 1993
HHS students recognized for achievement Cards defeated at State 1A tourney
Front l-r: Sarah Cimmiyotti, Lindsay Waterland, Jon Hanna, Joe Healy, Randy VanEtta, Jeremy
Cimmiyotti; middle-Robyn Struthers, Tina Chinen, Beth Cookston, Renee Devin, Char Coe,
Holly Eckman, Shawna Morris; back-Tiffanie Munkers, Heather Ripple, Jossie Evans, Toni
Cutsforth, Len Brittner, Rick Koffler.
Students at Heppner High
School were recognized for the
Blazer Avia BASIC Improvement
Certificates for recognition of
academ ic
or
behavioral
improvement.
The Portland Trail Blazers,
AVIA Group International and
Bank of America believe that a lot
can be done to correct the student
dropout problem if our youth are
given extra incentives to strive for
educational excellence, said a
press release. They also believe
that businesses should support
their community. Because of this,
they have joined forces to present
the “ Blazers/AVIA Scholastic
Im provem ent
C o n cep ts”
(BASIC) program.
Program activities kick off in
September and run through the
spring. Student participation is
acknowledged through special
recognition certificates and other
materials provided to teachers for
distribution. When the program
was initiated in 1984, it included
a writing segment and an im
provement segment. A reading
segfhetit was added in 1986. To
data* more than half a million
students have been involved in
one or more segments.
This segment is directed at
students in kindergarten through
12th grade. It was developed to
provide teachers and counselors
with a way to give students an ex
tra “ pat on the back” for
academ ic
or
behavioral
improvement.
The program consists of four
phases. Each teacher/counselor
can nominate three students per
phase for special recognition. All
nominated students receive a
special recognition certificate that
is presented by the classroom
teacher. Students within a 1.5
hour driving radius of Portland
will have the opportunity to win
tickets to a Blazers home game.
All other nominees will have the
chance
to
win
Blazers
memorabilia or merchandise.
Students nominated were:
Bethani C ookston, Robyn
Struthers, Matt Hoobing, Len
Brittner, Joe Healy, Jon Hanna,
Tina Chinen, Jeremy Cimmiyotti,
Lindsey Waterland, Sarah Cim
miyotti, Holly Eckman, Toni
Cutsforth, Randy Van Etta, Rick
Koffler, Jossie Evans, Jeremy
Watson, Shawna Morris, Heather
Ripple, Renee Devin. Char Coe
and Tiffanie Munkers.
In recognition of BASIC’s 10th
anniversary,
all students
forestry is changing its techniques
today and are emphasizing what
is left on the ground in contrast
to what is taken from it. In the last
90 years they have made many
changes in management of the
forests. Clear cutting was a com
mon practice for many years.
Now they are leaving islands of
green in the open areas which is
loyhar
allowing for better return to the
natural state and better health for
our forests. They are trying to
combine some of the old methods
of control of pests and disease
with the new techniques such as
using biological sprays, etc.
Weeds, such as tansy, bullthistle
and knapweed, are becoming a
great problem. Forestry person
nel are cooperating with the Mor
row County Weed Control Dist
rict to try to eradicate some of
these. There is no blanket plan for
the management of all the forests
across the nation but a design or
plan is set up for each specific
forest, she said.
Special guest for the day was
Elaine Belts, district director of
the Blue Mountain #10 of
OSFGC. The treasurer, Helen
Martin, reported that the club had
received a check for the local
club’s participation in Cycle
Oregon VI.
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Jim Tellechea (34) has to work hard to bring a Viking down
Revenge is a powerful motive
and the Vale Vikings used it to
take a 35-13 victory over the
Heppner Mustangs Saturday,
November 13 in the first round
of the state 2A championship
playoffs at Vale.
The game was billed as a
rematch of the 1992 state cham
pionship game which the
Mustangs won 24-12, but the
game
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“ Forest Health in the Blue
Mountains” was the subject for
discussion presented by Janel
Lacey at the lone Garden Club
meeting November 10 at the
home of Leila Palmer.
Lacey is the resource planner
for the Heppner Ranger District
of the Umatilla National Forest.
She brought out the fact that
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times,” commented Likens.
Kim Bedortha had a great
serving effort, 17 of 17 with 12
points and six aces. Mary Jane
McCarty was perfect on 10 points
with five points and three aces.
April Taylor served nine of 10
with four points. The lady Cards
had 20 aces in the Butte Falls
game and a ’’phenomenal” two
game total of 29.
At the net, Melissa McElligott
once again dominated with 21 of
24 hitting and eight kills. April
Taylor was six of eight with four
kills. Jamie Lovett and Suzie
Heideman each had three kills.
Likens said the whole state
tournament scene was a good ex
perience for the girls. “ It was
their first time there and they
definitely had the jitters,” he
said. “ I was very proud of the
girls. They had a good season and
were one of eight teams in the
state that got to the playoffs.”
Forest Health topic of Garden Club
seniors on the current roster.
The Mustnags are a combined
39 wins and eight losses during
their four years of coach Greg
G ran ts’ tenure with the
Mustangs. They are a shiny 30-5
in the last three years and Hepp
ner has lost only two Columbia
Basin Conference league games
during that time. The Mustangs
have won or tied for three league
championships.
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Melissa McElligott was a force
at the net, accounting for half of
the lady Cards’ hits. She was 15
for 15 in hitting with four kills.
Despite the loss, Likens said
the girls played well and weren’t
intimidated by the powerful
Buckaroos. “ They were definite
ly beatable if it hadn’t been for
the serving,” he said.
The next morning the lady
Cards lost to Butte Falls in three
games, 15-10, 13-15, 13-15.
After winning the first game and
leading the other two in the ear
ly going, the lady Cards became
tentative in their hitting. “ Instead
of being aggressive, they went on
the defensive and waited for the
other team to make a mistake,”
commented Likens. lone’s serv
ing improved to 90 percent but
they still missed serves at the
most inopportune times. “ When
we missed serves, it always
seemed to be at the wrong
Vikings end Mustang playoff hopes 35-13
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nominated during each of the four
phases of the 1993-94 BASIC Im
provement segments will be
entered in a drawing to attend the
BASIC 10 Year Celebration Jam.
Three hundred students from
around the state will be invited to
the Oregon Convention Center on
Saturday, April 16 for a special
fun-filled day planned in their
honor.
By Anne Morter
The lone lady Cardinals were
eliminated after two matches at
last w eekend’s State 1A
Volleyball Championship Game
held at Lane Community College
in Eugene. The Cards were
defeated by St. Paul in two games
in their opening match on Friday
and were eliminated from the
consolation round the next mor
ning by Butte Falls. The lady
Cards finished the season with a
15-9 record.
After a four year absence from
state tournament play, the Cards
suffered from a bad case of the
nerves as St. Paul, the defending
state basketball cham pions,
defeated them 15-10, 15-11. Ser
ving problems plagued the Cards
as they served just 74 percent
missing 13 serves. According to
head coach Greg Likens, the team
played well once the ball was in
play but “ when we got back to
serve, we had some problems.”
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Vale jumped out of the starting
gate early on the cold, windy
afternoon in Malheur County.
The Vikings scored the first two
times they had the ball.
Cory Maag, a 5’ 10” 180 lb
halfback, opened the game with
a 29 yard run. Junior quarterback
Matt Jacobs hit tight end Larry
Ramirez with a 35 yard comple
tion to the Viking two yard line
and Maag burst over from there
for the touchdown. Brian Keller
added the first of five pats for a
7-0 Viking lead with 9:51 re
maining in the first quarter.
Vale scored again five minutes
later on a 66 yard drive. Maag
was the beneficiary of some slop
py Mustang tackling as he gain
ed 49 yards on only five carries.
Jacobs finished the drive with a
one yard plunge for the
touchdown. The pat made it 14-0
with 4:25 left in the opening
period.
The Mustangs settled down and
stopped Vale on their next three
drives. The defense was led by
safety Rick Koffler, comerback
Kevin Payne, end Jeff Botefuhr
and safety Len Brittner.
Heppner got on the board in the
second quarter with a 60 yard
drive. Birtner used a double
reverse for a 30 yard gain and
halfback Kevin Payne did the rest
of the damage. Payne carried the
ball 12 yards to the one yard line,
bouncing outside on an off tackle
play. K offler scored the
touchdown, Brittner added the pat
and with 1:51 remaining in the
half the score was 14-7-
Chris Dickenson intercepted a
Ramirez pass with 1:18 to go in
the half but Jacobs returned the
favor on a Koffler pass. The Vik
ings used the clock and their
Photo by Joyce Hughes
timeouts and drove 61 yards for
a back breaking touchdown with
only two seconds left on the
clock. Ramirez hit Jacobs in the
end zone for the score. Jacobs, a
5’ 10” 160 lb junior, had a
monster game for the Vikings,
scoring three touchdowns and in
tercepting three passes with cir
cus catches. Vale went into the
half with a 21-7 lead and the
momentum.
The Vikings wasted little time
putting the game away in the se
cond half. H alfback Dave
McPheeters sprinted up the mid
dle on the Vikings first play from
scrim m age for a 45 yard
touchdown run to make it 28-7
with 9:36 left in the quarter.
Matt Jacobs scored again to
open the fourth quarter with his
third touchdown for a 35-7 Vale
lead.
Heppner scored a touchdown
late in the fourth quarter. Bill
Schlaich sacked the quarterback
and separated him from the hall
and Jeremy Cimmiyotti recoverd
the fumble. Heppner took over on
the Vale 34 yard line. Heppner
executed the hook and ladder with
Koffler hitting Botefuhr who
lateraled to Payne. Payne took the
ball 30 yards down to the Viking
five yard line. Payne finished the
drive with a two yard touchdown
run to make the final score 35-13.
Vale will host a second round
game this Saturday against the
Warrenton Warriors, a team that
the Mustangs beat last year on
their drive to the championship.
Despite the loss, Heppner
finished the season with an 8-2
record. The Mustangs will be hit
heavily by graduation with 13
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