FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Heppner Jr. High volleyball teams Cardinals take win over Sherman County
The lone Cardinals Cards were forced to punt up the final scoring drive for
got their league season off on a fourth and 10 from their the Cards. Tanner Rietmann
to host weekend tournament
to a good start, putting away own 45. An lone bounce scored on a three yard run.
H eppner Jr. High
volleyball teams have had
a great start to this year’s
season w ith a full roster
for both their ‘A’ and ’B ’
teams with over 20 young
ladies participating for the
Mustangs.
C o a c h e s, B ecky
Cannin and Mindy Wilson
started practice early this
year, before school resumed
and believe it has paid off in
the team’s performance.
The Mustangs have
several home games with
their next one this Friday,
September 26, against Ir-
rigon, and a tournament on
Saturday, Septem ber 27,
where Heppner will host
several visiting team s for
The Heppner Jr. High B team played at the Pendleton tournament
on September 8. -Contributed Photo
the day.
‘A’ team s will be
at elementary gym and ‘B ’
team s at the high school
gym. Games should start
around 9 a.m. at both loca
tions.
The Mustangs par
ticipated in a kick off tour
nament in Pendleton, Sep
tember 8, winning two out
o f four games for the ‘A’
team. At their last gam e
against Weston Panthers,
they played into the evening
hours with ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C ’
team matches winning their
“B’ and ‘A’ team games.
Come and support
our young talent this week
end. Go Mustangs!
Football field snack shack a little less dusty
I
Football fans can now enjoy watching football with out worrying about the dust howl around the
snack shack thanks to many volunteers. The Heppner Lions club purchased and spread gravel
around the snack shack with help of the Heppner Volunteer Fire department and employees of the
Morrow County School District. Billy Gentry furnished his time and tractor to help haul the gravel.
Jay Coil Fabrication built new and safer steps up into the grand stand. Photo by Sandy Matthews
The M ustangs are
playing with a relatively new
team this year, with only two
returning seniors; Maggie
Armato and Sherilyn Peck
and two returning juniors,
Brenna Rust and Jessica
H ughes. They moved up
several younger players that
have picked up on the var
sity plays and really added a
lot to the game. Also foreign
exchange stu d en t senior
Lenka Dobozova brings a
lot o f talent and experience.
“(Heppner) has a lot o f hit
ters. They just keep coming
at you,” said U nion’s co
head coach Mendy Clark.
The Mustangs will
play a home game this Sat
urday, September 27, against
E nterprise at noon, then
again at home, October 2 at
5 p.m. for their homecoming
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HHS to celebrate
homecoming
game against Stanfield. At
11 a.m. on Saturday, Octo
ber 11, the home game will
be against Elgin.
On Thursday, Octo
ber 16, at 5 p.m. the Mus
tang g irls will celeb rate
Senior Night with a soup
feed fundraiser, Colt night,
senior festivities and last
but not least a game against
Weston McEwen. Their fi
nal match at home will be a
4-way tournament, Saturday
October 18, at noon they
will meet Pilot Rock and
Irrigon.
The M ustangs are
hoping for a lot of commu
nity support at their games.
The M ustangs are
ready to play volleyball,
as states on their w arm
up shirts “New Year, New
Team."
H e p p n e r H ig h
School will participate in
homecoming week activities
September 29-October 3.
Monday is Hill Bil
lie Day with dodge ball will
be played from 9:30-10:10
a.m. College Team Day is
Tuesday with balloon bas
ketball to be played during
activity period. Nerd Day
is Wednesday with an eat
ing contest during activity
period. The Mud Tug O War
will be held on Wednesday
evening at 6 p.m. at the ro
deo grounds with a bonfire
to be held afterwards. Thurs
day is Blue and Gold Day
with float decorating to be
held after lunch and a parade
at 2 p.m. The Friday football
game will be played against
Union at 7 p.m. Court pre
sentation and crowning will
be held at halftime.
The com m unity is
invited to attend the evening
activities throughout the
week.
2008 Volleyball
Schedule
lone Volleyball
Schedule
Sept. 25 - Irrigon at Irri
gon at 5 p.m. (A/B teams).
Sept. 27 - Enterprise at
home at noon (A/B teams).
Oct. 2 - Stanfield at home
at 5 p.m. (A/B teams).
Oct. 4 - 4 -Way Tourna
ment in Enterprise at noon
(A team).
Sept. 26 - at Condon, 5
p.m.
Sept. 27 - at Riverside, 1
p.m.
Sept. 30 - at Arlington, 5
p.m.
Oct. 3 - at Maupin, 5 p.m.
Oct. 4 - Echo at lone,
noon.
Heppner Mustang volleyball starts
off new year with a new team
The Mustangs began
their Blue Mountain confer
ence play September 18th in
Union. The Mustangs beat
the 2A number three ranked
Union Bobcats in an intense
jr game match, 25-17,26-
■4, 18-25 and 25-20.
T hey p la y ed tw o
.tore conference games in
Stanfield on Saturday, Sep
tember 20, meeting Elgin
,nd Weston McEwen in a
tour-way tournament.
Play began with El
gin, the Mustangs won after
battling through five games,
20-25, 25-13, 23-25, 25-
12, 15-9. The M ustangs
then immediately played 2A
number one ranked Weston
McEwen, playing hard but
losing in an exhausting three
game match, 23-25, 13-25,
20-25.
a tenacious Sherman County
squad 46-28 last Friday
night in lone.
S h e rm a n C o u n ty
came ready to play and was
able to record the first score
o f the game after an lone
m iscue on a Husky punt
gave Sherman possession
o f the ball on the lone five
yard line. They scored two
plays later to take an early
8-0 lead.
Not long after that,
lone’s Cory Peterson broke
away for a 30 yard scoring
run followed just 20 second
later by a 55 yard touch
dow n run. lone regained
possession on an onside kick
that bounced their way. The
Cards led 14-8 with 2:53 re
maining in the first quarter.
Sherman County re
sponded with another score
early in the second quarter
on a 75 yard breakaway run
to even the score at 14. Gun
ner Jessen came up with a
key interception with under
two minutes left in the half
p u ttin g the C ard in als in
great field position on the
Husky 28 yard line. Four
plays later RJ Ramos scored
on a five yard quarterback
keeper and then connected
with Gunner Jessen on the
point after to put the Cards
back on top 22-14.
S h e rm a n e v e n e d
things up at 22 early in the
third quarter before lone
caught a lucky break. The
Heppner Elks Lodge
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spotted the ball on the five
yard line where the Hus
kies fumbled on their first
play from scrimmage and
the Cards recovered. Cory
Peterson punched in with
a five yard touchdown run
and also ran in the point
after. lone took the lead
30-22.
The Huskies put to
gether a drive starting on the
lone 20 that ended with a 34
yard touchdown run. How
ever the Cardinal defense
was able to stop the extra
point giving them a slim,
two point margin.
T h e C a rd s th e n
ground downfield and took
almost six minutes oft' the
clock for another score. Tan
ner Rietmann took the ball to
pay dirt with a one yard run
and Cory Peterson ran in the
extra point. A 10 point lead,
38-28 with 9:21 rem ain
ing didn’t feel too secure
but things finally started to
swing lone’s way. Sherman
started on the lone 25 and
went backwards all the way
to the lone seven with a de
fensive stop and a couple of
costly penalties before Clay
M orter sacked the Husky
quarterback in the end zone
for a safety.
With 6:01 left on the
clock, the Cardinals finished
off the Huskies when Clay
Morter picked off a Sher
man County pass, setting
Cory Peterson con
tinued to be the Cardinal’s
workhorse, carrying the ball
40 times for 245 yards. “He
worked hard all game” com
mented Coach Dennis Ste-
fani. Sherman County tallied
more yards o f total offense
(217 rushing and 115 pass
ing) than lone, who totaled
287 with just eight yards
coming from the pass.
Defensively, Micah
Stillm an had 11 tack les
for the Cardinals. Gunner
Jessen had nine while Alex
Rietmann and Clay Morter
each had eight, Alex Fet-
terhoff had seven and Eric
Jepsen had six. “Our tack
ling was distributed around
pretty good” said Stefani.
“It was a hard hit
ting game. Sherman County
came ready to play,” said
Coach Stefani. “Their coach
said they had a terrific week
o f practice and it was the
best they had played by
far. He noted that the Car
dinals need to go back to
work on the passing game
but “was pleased with how
we stayed in the game. I give
the offensive line credit for
controlling the line of scrim
mage.”
The C ard in als go
on the road to face Condon/
Wheeler this Friday night
in their second league con
test. Game time in Condon
is 7 p.m.
Lady Cards lose two league matches
The lone Lady Car-
dinals had some shining
moments in their volleyball
co n tests during the past
week but ultimately lost two
league matches, falling to
Echo on the road last Tues
day and to Sherman County
at home on Friday.
In Echo, the Lady
Card’s first game was punc
tuated by missed serves and
net errors as the Lady Cou
gars took the 25-15 win. A
revitalized lone team took
control in the second game,
at one point leading 15-3
before w inning 25-12. A
mid game lapse in game
th ree as co stly as Echo
reeled off seven unanswered
points. lone got as close as
22-23 before Echo closed
in for the 25-22 win. Noth
ing went very right in the
fourth game as Echo won
25-19 took the match.
Tianna C am arillo
had seven aces and Tyree
Svetich was 100% on serv
ing (19-19.)
“ We played tough
we just weren’t really strong
at the net and we were re-
ally stru g g lin g w ith our
passes” said Coach Dawn
Eynetich.
On Friday, the Lady
C a rd s h o ste d S h erm an
County and played the Lady
Huskies close in the early
going. After losing the first
game 19-25, lone powered
to a 25-18 second game win.
A winnable third game got
away from the lone team as
Sherman came back to win
24-26 before the Lady Hus
kies finished off the match
with a 25-11 win.
Brianna Peterson led
the team at the net with eight
kills and Sarah Stillman had
a strong performance in the
back row.
“All in all I am very
pleased with how the girls
have been playing. We have
been struggling with getting
our hits over and in and that
is something that we have
been continually working
on,” said Coach Eynetich.
T he L ad y C a rd s
travel to Condon for a 5
p.m. match on Friday nigh
and travel to Riverside on
Saturday for a match start
ing at 1 p.m.
Last Gasp Tournament to be held
at Willow Creek Country Club
Willow Creek Country Club will hold a Last Gasp
Tournament at WCCC at 1 p.m. on Sunday, September
28.
A barbecue will be held. Those attending are asked
to bring salads or desserts and their own meat to grill.
Heppner Mustangs begin
conference play with win
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The Heppner Mustangs started conference play with a win over
F.lgin 36 -7 on Friday night in Heppner. Senior Mustang Quinn
C hick (#20) takes it over the top of the Elgin defense, while Bryan
Holland (#5) and Wacy Coil (#59) support the yardage. Photo by
Sandy Matthews