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
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Chess Club in
need of
volunteers
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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
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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
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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.
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YOUTH NIGHT: Thursday, Nov. 1 3th
Dinner a t 6 p.m.
Dinner Menu:
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Hamburgers,
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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
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