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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday. October 29,2008 Mustangs to host volleyball playoff game on Saturday Cardinals fall to Cougars 52-6 Heppner Mustangs had a lot o f volleyball the week o f October 20. They played their last league game in Stanfield on Tuesday, Oc tober 21, winning in three 25-20,25-10,25-19. On Thursday, O c tober 23, they were back in the area playing a tie breaker against Weston for seeding at the District Cham pion ships. The mustangs played to a packed gym. The energy brought by the community support in the H ermiston gym powered the Mustang to a win against the Tiger Scotts in a shocking three game match. 25-16, 25-19, 25-17. With that game be hind them , the M ustangs earned the top spot at the district championship games in E n te rp rise on S a tu r day. The mustangs waited out the bracket gam es to learn that they would be playing the Tiger Scotts for the championship title. The match was not pressure free, but the M ustangs played well and finished in the top spot, earning the champion trophy in four games 25-21, 25-16, 20-25, and 25-16. L enka D o b o so v a and Sherilyn Peck w ere the M ustangs’ first team honorees while JoAnna Pat ton made second team and Jessica Hughes and Maggie Armato earned honorable mention. On Saturday, N o vem ber 1, at 4 p.m. the Mustangs will play Lakev- iew at home for their play off game. If the Mustangs win this gam e they will advance to the state tourna ment that begins on Friday, November 7, and continues through November 8 in For est Grove. The lone Cardinals had a rocky ride at Echo last Friday night, falling to the Cougars 52-6. A reconfig ured offense sputtered but the Cards also had defen sive trouble, allowing the Cougars too many trips to pay dirt. Echo led 14-0 af ter one quarter but blew the game open in the sec ond, scoring 32 unanswered points to lead 46-0 at the half. lone had an opportu nity to score in the second q u arter after M att Hams took a Zac Orem pass 64 yards, all the way to the Cougar two yard line. But a Cardinal fumble was recov ered by the Cougars and the opportunity was lost. The Cougars scored once m ore with 2:31 re maining in the third quarter. The C ardinals avoided a shutout when Gunner Jessen Heppner Mustangs Brynna Rust and Taighler Dougherty go up for a block at the playoff game against the Weston-McEwen Tiger $ 6 I l i o r S Scots in Hermiston on Thursday night. The Mustangs swept the Tiger Scots in three matches. - Photo by Sandy Matthews FeCOgllized d lin ilg football gam e ® Chess Club in need of volunteers 8 ° Mustang take win over Weston McEwen Pictured are the members of the Mustang volleyball team after Heppner Elementary winning first place in their district tournament: Back row (L -R )- Joanna Patton, Brynna Rust, Amber Gray, Torri Lovgren, Lenka School has had a chess club, Dobosova, Taighler Dougherty, and Lindsay Cutsforth; Front row Chess M ates, for the last (L -R )- Sherilyn Peck, Catherine Strouse, Maggie Armato, Brandi 10 years and HES students Hong, and Jessica Hughes. -Contributed Photo have placed at regional and The lone Lady Car dinals also had a good show ing in the volleyball results, posting a 3.90 GPA, second overall in the state. Only Crane, another 1A school, had a better volleyball GPA at 3.96. This program, spon sored by the Dairy Farm ers o f Oregon, recognizes Senior mothers perform during half time of football game outstanding achievement in the classroom. The boys and girls team in each OSAA- sanctioned activity with the highest team grade point average (G.P.A.) earns the Academic All-State Award. Each member o f a winning team receives a much-cov eted “got milk?” sweatshirt, co m m em orative pin and a certificate. The school receives a plaque in honor o f its team. Members o f top ten schools in each activity at each classification are also recognized with a com memorative pin by the Dairy Farmers o f Oregon and the OSAA. Send news and A first class dance was performed by the senior boy's mothers during half time of the football game on Friday night. The crowd roared with spirit and enthusiasm as the mothers gave their all in the name of spirit. Pictured left to right are Tina Palmer, Sherry Smith, Shelley Britt, Candy Chick, Sarah Ballard (representing Josh Shank) and Sheri Stahl (representing Sam King). -Photo by Sandy Matthews HEPPNER ELKS 358 676-9181 would hold them, hold them, hold them and then they would come through with a big play.” Stefani did note that that the defensive line was doing a pretty good jo b . “ We were getting good pres sure but when they got into our interior, we w ere in trouble.” The Cardinals will wrap up their season against N ix y aaw ii at S u n d rid g e Middle School in Pendleton on Friday, October 31, be ginning at 2 p.m. With their season record currently at 4-5, the Cards have a good chance to even up their re cord and finish 2008 at .500. "I would like to go there and finish the season on a good note,” said Coach Stefani. “ It’s the seniors last game and I’d like to get them as many touches as possible.” Heppner seniors and their parents were honored Friday night at the Mustang football game. Se niors are: (front row)Sarah Ballard, Kathry n Strouse, Grant Smith, Spencer Palmer, Braden Britt, Quinn, Chick, Sam King, Deniz Valyon, Josh Shank, and Willy Esvmer with their parents. -Photo by Sandy Matthews Fall Dairy Farmers academic all-state program winners announced The lone football team pulled off an impres sive victory in the class room, posting the best grade point average o f any foot ball team in the state in the OSAA/ Dairy Farmers o f Oregon Academic All State awards. The Cards turned in a 3.57 GPA which was the best in any classification. hit Zac Orem for a 60 yard touchdown pass early in the fourth. “ We tried to make some adjustments but just co u ld n ’t get our running game going,” said Coach Dennis Stefani. The Cardi nals were held to 59 yards on the ground. Tanner Riet- mann was the leading rusher with 34 yards on five carries. Cory Peterson ran the ball ten times for 30 yards. The Cards had 118 yards in the air, mostly com ing from a couple big re ceptions. However, three interceptions in the game were costly. On the other side o f the ball, Micah Stillman led the team in tackles with nine. Zac Orem, Clay Morter, and Eric Jepsen each added six and Cory Peterson had five. The defensive effort frus trated Coach Stefani. “We "W here F rie n d * M e c í " pictures to: editor$)rapidserve. net state tournaments. This year the chess club is need o f more volunteers. Research has shown that playing chess has many educational and social ben efits. C hildren who play chess, practice logical think ing, co ncentration, p lan ning, pattern recognition, self-d iscip lin e, and also learn to take responsibility for their own mistakes. The high school and middle school students who were part of the club in el ementary school, now come down to tutor the new chess players. “It is so rewarding to see these students give back to the program,” commented Mrs. Elguezabal, one o f the advisors. However, the club is still in need o f more help. “Just imagine yourself in a room with 18 first graders w ho w ould love to play chess, but don’t know how. It’s just impossible to get to everyone,” added Mrs. Matteson, another one of the advisors. Even if you d o n ’t know how to play, but would like to learn, you can be part o f this group. Chess Club meetings are on Mondays Top Photo: The Heppner Mustangs won the Blue Mountain from 3:15-4:15 p.m. 142 North Main / Thursday, November 6th Ija d ie s W if/h t Dinner starts at 6 p.m. Chefs Trad Jeffreys a n d M issy Lind sa y YOUTH NIGHT: Thursday, Nov. 1 3th Dinner a t 6 p.m. Dinner Menu: Mac-n-Cheese, Hot Dogs, Salad, Hamburgers, and Dessert Fall Yankee Egg NOg Candles and Pumpkin Frappes and lattes 25% O FF % MuMoy'j Dw) Conference with the help of Brent Eckman running in for one of his four touchdowns Friday night against the Weston -McEwen Tiger Scots. The Mustangs stampeded past the Weston McEwen Tiger Scots 47-14. Bottom Photo: Quarterback Willy (¡entry puts the hall up during the game. -Photos by Sandy Matthews Taylor’s Restaurant ANNUAL HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY Saturday, Nov. 1st from 9 p.m. - Closing Prizes for Best Costumes Prink Specials - Karaoke! 217 North Main • Heppner Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426 Serving Heppner. 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