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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 2. 1996 Heppner Mustangs fall to Umatilla Vikings, 7-0 Justin Matteson (50) looks for an opening against Umatilla The H eppner M ustangs traveled to Umatilla Friday night, Sept. 27, and came away with a disappointing loss to the Umatilla Vikings, 7-0. The Mustangs, coming off an emotional loss to the Weston- McEwen TigerScots last week, were never in the game as the Vikings were pumped up and rady to play from the opening kickoff. Vikings quarterback Josh Dil ley hit split end Troy Johnson for a 71 yard pass play to the Mustang one-yard line on the Vikings' first possession. Dilley dove in for the touchdown with 8:21 left in the first quarter. The pat was good, and Umatilla led, 7-0. The balance of the game was a defensive struggle. Umatilla threatened several times, but penalties and good defensive plays by the Mustangs stopped the drives. The Mustangs crossed mid- field only three times during the game, the last time late in the fourth quarter. Heppner penetrated to the Viking 24 yard line, but turned the ball Fillies varsity second in Weston-McEwen tourney Saturday, September 28, the Fillies varsity volleyball team traveled to Athena to bring home the second place award from the Weston-McEwen Invitational Volleyball Tournament. Teams participating in this tourney along with the Lady Mustangs included Waitsburg, Pilot Rock, Imbler. Union, Sherman County, Wallowa and Weston- McEweh. The Lady Mustangs defeated Imbler in two games, 15-6, 15- 10. This win advanced the Fillies to the semi-finals against a team from Waitsburg. WA. Heppner easily handled the Waitsburg team, 15-8, 15-1, to advance to the championship game with Wallowa. The Fillies got themselves in a hole early in game one of the championship whe n Wallowa's third server ran up tints two though 11. eppner was not able to regroup and Wallowa prevailed in the first game, 3- 15. Although Heppner's performance in game two improved, they were not able to mount an effective attack and Wallowa was named the tournament champion, by winning the second game 9- 15. Coach Terri Gentry was pleased with Heppner's performance, "This was good competition, against some K strong teams - it's non-league tournaments like these that tha prepare our team for the tough CBC action.'' The Fillies face Wahtonka at home in league action on Thursday, October 3. This should prove to be an exciting game, as the Fillies plan to even the win record against this strong CBC team. League Standings Weston-McEwen Umatilla Wahtonka Heppner Sherman Co. Pilot Rock Stanfield 3-0 2-2 2-1 2-1 2-1 1 -3 0-4 Tuesday 9/24/96 results: Heppner def Sherman Co. 15- 11, 16-18, 15-11. Umatilla def Pilot Rock 15- 12, 5-15, 15-5. Wahtonka def Stanfield 15-10, 15-1. Thursday 9/26/96 results: Heppnerdeflone 15-3, 15-9. (Non-league) Weston- McEwen def Pilot Rock 15-9, 10-15, 15-10. Umatilla def Wahtonka 15-12, 14-16, 15- 6. Sherman Co. def Stanfield 16- 14, 15-7. Volleyball Schedule *Thurs Oct 3 Wahtonka here 5 pm Fri. Oct 4, LaGrande here (JV&C) Sat Oct 4 Condon there 10 am *Tues Oct 8 CBC Toum. here 5 pm *Thurs Oct 10 Pilot Rock there 5pm *denotes league game over on downs. Total yards favored the Vik ings, as they rushed for 192 yards and passed for 91 yards for a total of 283 yards. The Mustangs rushed for 128 yards and passed for 21 yards for a total of 149 yards. Heppner comes back Friday, Oct. 4, for a homecoming clash against the Sherman County Huskies. The Huskies have a young and inexperienced team, and are 0-4 on the season. Game time is 7:30 p.m. at the Morrow County Fairgrounds. Fillies beat Lady Cardinals In a non-league match against the visiting lone C ardinals on Thursday, September 26, the Fillies came out on top, 15-3, 15-9. Game one saw Annie Hisler score six straight points. Then two servers later, Stormy Howard scored another six straight to lead the Fillies to a quick 15-3 win. While Stormy Howard (7/7), Traci Dickenson (3/3), Mindy Binschus (1/1) and Lori Moeller (1/1) were all 100 percent from the service line, the team as a whole delivered an outstanding 90 percent in the first game. Although the lead see-sawed early in game two, the Fillies were never seriously challenged and won the game and the match, 15-9. Lori Moeller was the only Filly with a perfect scoring record in the second game, turning in 3/3. The JV 's turned in another stellar performance, beating lone, 15-1, 15-6. With a sizzling 95 percent (19/20) success at the service line game one was over quickly. With a new line-up and a lopsided first game score, Heppner faltered six times at the service line to open the door for the visiting Cardinals. Despite the service line struggle, the Filly JV ’s prevailed in game two, 15-6. The Fillies C-team took an exciting win in three games against lone 17-15, 13-15, 15- 9. Abby Kahl was 6/6 at the serv ice line in the hard fought first game. The team tume in 77 percent service success. Lexi Matteson makes a block photo by Joyce Hughes Heppner Garden Club show and tea declared a success Heppner Garden Club's 30th anniversary flow er show , "Thirty Bloomin' Years", was declared a success by three Na tional Council judges who evaluated the event. The show rated 95 points on a 100 point scale, according to Connie Tellefson, Milton-Freew'ater, master judge and instructor in the National Council Flower Show Schools. Other judges were Laura Richardson and Cece Delfs, both of Hermiston. Over 250 exhibits in horticul ture, design, youth and educa tional divisions filled St. Patrick's Senior Center dining room during the two-day show, Sept. 21-22. Sweepstakes rosette ribbons were awarded to Pat Brindle for most blues in horticulture and Jane Rawlins for most blues in design. Sharon Hamner, Con don, received the creativity rosette for a design depicting "H arvest." The award of merit for an outstanding horticulture exhibit went to Pat Brindle for a specimen of Apple Blossom Geranium. In the youth division, Bri- anne Jones received the junior achievement award for a floral design. Other youth devision lone’s Jenny Sullivan (3) makes winners were Stephanie Trach- sel, Maurica Klein, Blake All- Amy Papineau was the stott, Laurie Murray, Jeannette leading scorer in game two. succeeding in 7/8 serves for Trachsel and Aaron Allstott. Other adult winners were six points. Although the team turned in Tonya Jones, Susan Hansen, Verna Brinda, Lenna Smith, an improved performance at Alberta Johannes, Jerri Sly, the service line (20/24) for 83 Doris Parmele, Ida Farra, Glen- percent, lone was able to hang on for the win. na Rollis, Wanda Joyce, Char Ashlev Ropp set the tone for lotte Rauch, Jewell Fulstitch, ame three oy pealing off the Daisy Collins, Bebe Munkers Irst six points. With a strong and Dorothy Jackson. X f /C the C-team Fillies team effort ïffor Special appreciation rosettes overcame the lone squad 15-9. were awarded to commercial On Friday, September 27, the exhibitors: Country Rose for Umatilla C-team showed up in two large floral designs and Heppner ready to play. The Rawlins Dahlia Gardens for a only problem was that display of over 80 dahlia varie Heppner did not have this game on their schedule. ties. Exhibitors in both horticul Nevertheless. Coach Dana ture and design came from The Reid scrambled up referees, Desert Belles and Bloomer Girls scorekeepers, line judges and Club in Hermiston and the seven players. Although somewhat Condon Garden Club. unprepared, the C-team put out "W e were delighted and an excellent effort. The C- grateful for the way club mem team dropped the match in bers cooperated to put this three tightly contested games show together. We thought it and is eager to match up was remarkable for a first time. against Umatilla again. It was fun as well as w ork," com m ented Jane Rawlins, general chairman. Heppner JVs lose to Weston-McEwen KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION Lexington 989-8221 Sale Price Per Case Extended Amount By Lonnie Rill The Heppner JV team had a tough time with the Tigerscots of Weston-McEwen Monday. The Mustangs lost 46-8. All team members played and everyone learned a little more about being part of a team, said coach Les Payne. 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