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EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner. Oregon Wednesday, September 25, 1996
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Heppner Fillies in the middle of the pack
Heppner lose heartbreaker in double O T
Photo by Joyce Hughes
Mustang quarterback Brian Koffler (8) gains yardage against Weston-McEwen
The Oregonian's Class 2A
football poll has come out with
Dayton, number one; Weston-
McEwen, number two; and
Heppner, number three.
When number two and num
ber three met, Friday, Sept. 20,
it would be a down-to-the-wire,
competitive football game.
Neither team disappointed as
the Weston-McEwen Tiger-
Scots beat the Heppner Mus
tangs, 14-13, in two overtimes,
at the Morrow County Fair
grounds.
After slugging it out for four
quarters and ending up tied,
7-7, the teams faced each other
from the 25 yard line in over
time. Weston-McEwen turned
the ball over in the first over
time on a fumble. Heppner
then went four plays and out
on their first possession.
Weston-McEwen running
back Chris Grimes scored from
one yard out to give the Tiger-
Scots the lead. Grimes had 90
yards on 16 carries for Weston-
McEwen. Bryan Clark kicked
the pat for a 14-7 lead.
The Mustangs used a fourth
down screen pass from quarter
back Brian Koffler to Jim
Schlaich to pull within one,
14-13, then Heppner went for
two and the win. After a great
fake into the line, Koffler found
Jeff Watkins in the comer of the
end zone, but the ball fell in
complete and the TigerScots
escaped with the victory.
Heppner scored right before
half to take a 7-0 lead into the
locker room. Big plays on the
59 yard touchdown drive were
a 40 yard completion from Kof
fler to Derek Gunderson and a
19 yard pass play from Koffler
to Schlaich. Eric Schonbachler
scored from one yard out
behind the Mustangs' supersiz
ed setup with 29 seconds left in
the half. Schonbachler also con
verted the pat.
Weston-McEwen used their
own touchdown drive halfway
through the third quarter to tie
the game up and set up the
overtime fireworks.
Statistics favored the Tiger-
Scots who rushed for 266 yards
on 53 carries, and quarterback
Casey Perkins was 11 of 28 with
one interception for 120 yards.
The Mustangs rushed for 93
yards on 29 carries and Koffler
w as 10-30 for 136 yards and one
interception.
The Mustang defense bent
but did not break. Josh Coiner
and Justin Matteson were out
standing and Brent Gunderson
continued his fine play for the
season. The whole defensive
unit held the high-scoring
Weston-McEwen offense to its
lowest production in three
seasons.
Heppner will try to get back
into the playoff race this Friday,
Sept. 27, traveling to Umatilla
to face the Vikings, a recent
31-8 winner over the Stanfield
Tigers. Game time is 7:30 p.m.
at Milt Durand Field in Uma
tilla.
The Hemjner Fillies are
in the middle o t the pack with
a 1-1 record, completing their
first week o f league play.
Tuesday, September
17, the Fillies traveled to
Wahtonka for their first league
match up.
After Heppner
downed
Wahtonka
rather
easily in the first game, the
Eagles came swooping back to
take the deciding duo, 15-6,
13-15, 9-15.
The Fillies
successfully served 62/75 for
83
percent,
with
Lexi
Matteson ( 9/9), Jaci Hughes
(2/2), Jessica VanWinkle (2/2)
and Amber Peck (1/1) serving
at 100 percent, while Lori
Moeller (15/16) came in at 94
percent and Jill Barber (10/11)
at 91 percent.
The JV ’s accompanied
the varsity team to Wahtonka
where they served a sizzling
95 percent in game one behind
100 percent servers, Brooke
Boyer, Jessica Maben, Melissa
Cutsforth, Jayme Hansen,
Casey Ingraham and Kathleen
Greenup, to take a quick 15-4
game.
The
second
game featured Ingraham and
Christy Kenny 100 percent at
the service line to lead the
team to a 15-9 match win.
Since Wahtonka does not have
a third team, Heppner’s C-
team did not travel to The
Dalles with the rest o f the
team.
On Thursday, Sept. 19,
Heppner hosted the Pilot Rock
Rockets and won their first
C BC league game o f the
season, 15-12, 15-7.
The
team turned in an 80 percent
on the serving stats with Traci
Dickenson (5/5) and Mindy
Binchus (4/4) leading the way
with 100 percent success,
followed by Stormy Howard
(7/8) for 88 percent, Jill
Barber (6/7) at 86 percent and
Annie Hisler serving (11/14)
for 79 percent.
Heppner J V ’s used
three games to defeat the
visiting Rockets 15-2, 13-15,
15-1. Jessica Maben, Melissa
Cutsforth and Linsey Ropp
turned in good performances
at the serving line for the
Fillies.
Brooke Boyer and
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Fillies JVs capture first 1 place
in tourney
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The host Heppner
Fillies J V ’s captured another
first place finish by winning
their home tournament on
Saturday,
September
21.
Heppner’s J V ’s beat Stanfield
15-8, 15-2; Sherman County
15-11, 15-7; and Condon 15-
10, 15-6 to come through the
pool play with perfect 6-0
record.
Advancing
to
the
championship bracket, the
J V ’s initially struggled against
lone, losing the first game 15-
17, then put it all together to
win the deciding two, 15-9,
15-8. Facing Spray in battle
for the tournament title, the
Lady Mustangs again dropped
their first game, 5-15, then
were able to regroup and
defeat Spray's varsity, 15-3,
15-8.
“This
tournament
challenged our team each
game.” JV Coach Susie Hisler
said, “After losing that first
game to Spray, 5-15, we were
in a 'must win situation'.
These girls came firing back to
win the next two. That showed
a lot o f heart and desire.”
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Although the Heppner
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C-team didn't win a lot o f
games, (1-5) they competed
well
against
the
more
experienced teams in the
tournament.
The C-team
started the day by losing two
hard-fought games to Spray,
photo by Joyce Hughes
the eventual second place
Janelle Healy returns ball in JV game. No. 3 is Jessica Maben.
finishers, 10-15, 11-15. The
next games saw them matched
team included:
Shannon Ingraham, H e fn e r ; Chrystal
Duifey,
Condon;
Brooke Champagne, Spray; Camie
against lone, the eventual
Heppner;
Casey Bumght, lone; and A. Duarte,
fourth place finishers. The C- __ Boyer,
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Sherman County.
team lost in two games, 7-15,
12-15. They were able to split
with Weston-McEwen, 15-4,
3-15.
Teams
participating
The Willow Creek Country through " I " are asked to bring
dessert, " J " through " Z " ,
included junior varsity teams Club will have its Last Gasp
salad.
from lone, Weston-McEwen, Tournament on Sunday, Sept.
Hosts will be Eldon and
Condon, Sherman County, 29 at 8 a.m. A family barbecue
Eileen
Padberg, Lee and Linda
Stanfield, and Heppner, as I will follow after the conclusion
Padberg,
Brian Padberg, Dave
well as the Spray varsity team of play around noon.
and
Deborah
Kendrick, Roger
and Heppner's C-team.
Each family will bring their
and Darlene Schoonover, and
Tne tournament all-star own meat to barbecue. Those
WCCC schedules "Last Gasp" tourney
whose names begin with " A "
Cutsforth ran the offense.
C-team
won
their
match against the Pilot Rock
Rockets in two games, 15-13,
15-7. The team turned in 76
percent at the service line.
Allison Sykes (10/10), Abby
Kahl (4/4), Tracy Rankin (2/2)
and Amanda McDaniel (1/1)
were all 100 percent, followed
by Kristi Worden (8/9) with 89
percent.
On Friday, September
20, the Fillies C-team was
defeated by Weston-McEwen
in a three game match.
Coach Terri Gentry
said she is “...pleased with
how well the entire team
(varsity, JV and C-team)
works together. It’s important
that the girls support each
other and cheer during the
games they aren't involved in.
That’s what being on a team is
all about.”
League Standings: Weston-
McEwen TigerScots, 2 - 0 ;
Wahtonka
Eagles,
1-0;
Sherman County Huskies, 1-0;
Heppner Fillies, 1-1; Pilot
Rock Rockets l - l ;U m a t i l l a
Vikings,
0-2;
Stanfield
Tigers,
0-2.
9/17/96
Wahtonka def. Heppner, 6-15,
15-3, 15-9;WeSton-McEwen
def. Umatilla, 15-10, 15-8;
Pilot Rock def. Stanfield, 15-
1, 15-6.
9/19/96
Heppner def. Pilot Rock, 15-
12, 15-7; Weston-McEwen
def. Stanfield, 15-3, 15-2;
Sherman
County
def.
Umatilla. 15-6, 15-8.
Upcoming Volleyball
Schedule: Thurs., Sept. 26-
lone at Heppner. 5 p.m.; Sat.,
Sept.
28-W eston-McEwen
Tournament. Varsity only;
*Tues., Oct 1- at Weston-
McEwen. 5 p.m.; *Thurs., Oct
3- Wahtonka at Heppner, 5
p.m..Varsity & JV .
* denotes league game
lone's preseason lone competes in The Dalles tourney
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Photo by Joyce Hughes
Jaci Hughes makes a return against Wahtonka
Ray and Deena Reid.
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shows promise
By Kara Miller
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From the opening serve in
their first volleyball game of
this year, the lone Cardinals
have been continually improv
ing their performance. The var
sity lineup has several new
players this year, with former
Imbler students, 5'8" senior,
Kemmery Burright, and her
sisters, 5'8" junior, Brenda and
5'7" freshman, Camie. Two
other new faces this year are
5’5 " sophomore, Katie Tworek,
and 5 '5 " freshman, Erin
Crowell. Previous varsity
players returning to this year's
team are seniors, 5 '8 " LaRee
Anderson, 6 'T ' Suzy Heide-
man, 5 '6 " Brenda Holtz, and
5'6" Stephanie Haguewood;
juniors, 5 '7 " Kara Miller and
5'10" Jenny Sullivan; plus
sophomore 6' Niki Sullivan.
Their first contest was a non
league meeting Sept. 5 against
the Stanfield Tigers, lone took
the win in two games, 15-11
and 15-4. Anderson was the
leading scorer for the Cardinals
with 11. J. Sullivan was close
behind her with 10.
The following evening, the
lone teams traveled to Maupin
to challenge league challenger
Wasco County Redsides in a
non-counter. The Cardinals
won in two, 15-9 and 15-1.
Anderson served nine for nine
for 100 percent at the service
line. Heideman also served 100
percent with seven, and had
several spikes, kills and blocks,
including three stuffs. J.
Sullivan had two ace serves
and seven spike returns with
two stuff blocks. B. Burright
racked up the numbers in
the front row setting spot and
added five points to the Cards'
score. K. Burright served 100
percent with five for five.
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By Kara Miller
lone's varsity volleyball team
traveled to The Dalles to com
pete in a tournament with Du-
fur, Condon, and hosts Wah
tonka, Saturday, Sept. 14.
The Cardinals' first game was
against Dufur. lone lead 10-2,
then let Dufur back into the
game with nine unanswered
points. lone managed one
more point and lost the match,
11-15.
In the second game, lone's
offense got them out in front by
a big lead again, but in a repeat
of the first, the Cards let Dufur
come back to win it, 14-6.
lo n e's next match was
against Condon. The Cards
had balanced serving, with
everyone scoring points, but
Condon ended up the winner
by two, 13-15. The second
game lone began to tire and
faltered in their serves and play
at the net. Condon won again,
8-15.
In the Cardinals' last games
of the day, lone played their
hosts, Wahtonka. Stephanie
Haguewood led the scoring in
the first game with five points.
LaRee Anderson, Camie Bur
right, Niki Sullivan, Brenda
Holtz, Erin Crowell and Kara
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Miller also contributed
to the
win, 15-12. The second game,
B. Holtz and Haguewood each
had streaks of four unanswered
serve points. Jenny Sullivan,
Suzy Heideman and N. Sulli
van each added points to help
the Cardinals win, 15-12.
lone coach, Charity McElli-
gott stated that "(The) Car
dinals played extremely hard
all three games. This kind of
workout is exactly what our
girls need to prepare for league
play."
The tournament bracket
finished with Dufui; beating
lone and Wahtonka, Condon
beating lone and Dufur, and
Wahtonka beating Condon.
Dufur won the first place
trophy by having fewer loss
points. Condon was second,
lone, third, and Wahtonka,
fourth.
If the tournament play was
an indication of the upcoming
season, it is going to be in
teresting. The teams look well
balanced at this point. Without
any one definite leader, the
field is wide open and it's go
ing to be tough to the finish.
Spectators will see some ex
cellent and exciting volleyball
this year.
lone defeats Badgers in first face-off
By Kara Miller
Friday, Sept. 13, in another
non-league volleyball contest,
the North Powder Badgers
came to lone. It was the first
time in recent memory that
the two schools have faced
each other and it proved to be
a challenging and exciting mat
chup. lone defeated the
Badgers in three, 13-15, 15-11
and 15-6.
Stephanie Haguewood,
LaRee
Anderson,
Suzy
Heideman and Brenda Burright
scored for lone. At one point,
the match was tied, 13 all, and
Heideman had two great blocks
back-to-back.
In the second game, Niki
Sullivan and Heideman com
bined to make three points for
lone before the Cards let the
Badgers score five unanswered
points before breaking the
serve. Camie Burright, Jenny
Sullivan and B. Burright each
contributed to lone's win,
15-11. Both teams had great
saves and crowd-pleasing
volleys and net plays.
In the third game, N.
Sullivan scored four points for
the Cards, then both sides trad
ed points before lone's C. Bur
right landed five to put lone out
in front, 12-5. B. Burright and
N. Sullivan put away three
more points to give lone the
victory, 15-6.
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