FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 20,2010
Colt volleyball program finishes season Fall High School Rodeo results and standings
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The Colt volleyball program held their last games of the season on Saturday, October 16, at
Heppner Elementary School. Coaches for this year’s teams were Michelle Stone and Brandi
Orem. The Colt teams will be together one last time on Thursday at Colt Night for the Pilot
Rock versus Mustang Volleyball starting at 5 p.m. and the annual volleyball fundraiser soup
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Cardinals drop McKenzie 32-8
The lone Cardinals
overcame three lost fumbles
to take a strong road win
last Friday night, defeating
McKenzie 32-8 in a game
played in Blue River. The
Cardinals found the mara
thon road trip worth the ef
fort and the time on the bus
to test the competition in the
Mountain Valley League
in the southern Willamette
Valley. lone was playing
beyond normal conference
opponents to fill two league
game spots created when
South Wasco County and
Nixyaawii couldn’t field
teams this season.
From the start, the
gam e had the feel o f a
Cardinal run away, despite
the fact that the McKenzie
team was oversized to say
the least. On the C ards’
first four possessions, they
scored twice and were able
to drive inside the 10 on the
other two. On lone’s first
possession o f the game,
the drive was capped with a
Tanner Rietmann to Adam
Collin 16-yard touphdown
pass. Tanner Rietmann ran
in the extra point. The next
possession also ended in a
score when Micah Stillman
dashed in from seven yards
out. The extra point was no
good on that one and the
score stood at 14-0.
N e i t h e r te a m
scored in the second quarter
so the Cardinals sat on the
same 14-0 lead at the half.
Early in the third, McK
enzie briefly threatened to
make things interesting.
Taking advantage o f an
lone fumble, McKenzie
m arched dow nfield and
sent a runner in from 44
yards out. With the extra
point good, the score stood
at 14-8. The Cardinals had
an answer though, and on
the very next possession
Tanner Rietmann snuck
in on a two-yard run. The
extra point was no good.
That was the start of 18
unanswered points for lone.
At the start of the fourth
quarter, Alex Rietmann got
loose for a 50-yard touch
down run. The final score of
the contest came courtesy
of sophomore, Ty Barnett
who punched in from 12
yards out to make the final
margin of victory.
“They were a big,
physical team,” said Car
dinal Head Coach Dennis
Stefani. “We were still able
to control the ball and put
together long drives.” He
was quick to credit the of
fense for doing a great job
of moving the ball but said
the difference in the game
may well have been the de
fense. “Our defense played
terrific.”
Alex Rietmann was
the leading rusher, gaining
177 yards on 20 carries.
Tanner Rietmann, playing
quarterback, was the second
leading rusher with 89 yards
on 16 carries. Luke Emmell
was 2-24, Ty Barnett was
2-19 and Micah Stillman
was 4-16. The ground game
was where it was at as the
team only gained 46 pass
ing yards out of 371 yards
of total offense.
Tanner Rietmann
had another all-around ef
fort, leading the team with
15 tackles including seven
solo. He also had one in
terception. Tom Holland
had 10 tackles (3 solo) and
Micah Stillman also had 10
with two solo.
“Tanner had the
game o f his life,” com
mented Coach Stefani. “He
played with a lot of emo
tion and the other kids fol
lowed.” He also noted that
K irk Haguew ood had a
noteworthy effort. “He had
a terrific game at defensive
end.”
“I’m very proud of
them,” said Coach Stefani.
“It was a game that if we
could have kept the turn
overs down, we would have
just dominated.”
The Cardinals re
turn to league play this
weekend, traveling to Ar
lington on Friday, October
22. Game time is 7 p.m.
and will be preceded by
two quarters of JV action
starting at 5 p.m.
(12.14) .
Pole B ending -
2nd place, Blake Greenup
(21.054).
September 10-11
(LaGrande H.S. Rodeo)
Steer Wrestling -
3rd place, Garrett Robinson
(16.15) .
Bull Riding - 2nd
place, Willy Gentry (75).
B arrel Racing -
6,h place, Blake Greenup
(18.107).
Pole B ending -
3rd place, Blake Greenup
(21.084).
September 11-12
(LaGrande H.S. Rodeo)
Steer Wrestling -
3rd place, W illy G entry
(16.49).
Breakaway Rop
ing - 5th place, Taighler
Dougherty (4.20).
Team Roping - 5th
place, Kaci Kamm and Tate
Gentry (14.02).
Goat Tying - 10th
p la c e , B lake G reen u p
(9.68).
B arrel R acing -
3rd place, Blake Greenup
(18.143); 10th place, Taighler
Dougherty (18.584).
Tie Down Roping
- 6th place, Devin Robinson
(12.27).
Pole B ending -
2nd place, Blake G reen
up (20.354); 5,h/6th place,
Taighler Dougherty
(20.844).
Oregon High School
Rodeo Standings as of
October 12
Girl All Around -
3rd place, Blake Greenup
(72 points).
Boys All Around -
6th place, Devin Robinson
(45 points).
Girls Rookie o f
the Year - 1st place, Blake
Greenup (72 points).
Boys Rookie of the
Year - 7th place, Tate Gentry
(6 points).
Bull Riding- 5 * / ^
place, Willy Gentry (9.0)
Steer Wrestling -
5th place, Devin Robinson
(17.0) ; 6,h place, Garrett
Robinson (15.0); 8th place
Willy Gentry (8.0).
Breakaway Rop
ing - 13/14/15 place split,
Taighler Dougherty (6.0);
16/17/18 place split Blake
Greenup (4.0).
Team Roping
- 12th/13th place, Garrett
and Devin Robinson (8.0);
14*/15th piace< Kaci Kamm
and Tate Gentry (6.0).
Goat Tying - 17th
place, Blake Greenup.
B arrel R acing -
5th/6th place, Blake Greenup
(22.0) ; 11th place, Taighler
Dougherty (5.0).
Tie Down Roping
- 3rd place, Devin Robin
son.
Pole Bendi ng -
1/2/3 place split, Blake
Greenup (30.0); 6th place,
Taighler Dougherty (12.5).
Mustangs used bye week to get healthy
By Lonnie Rill
The Heppner Mus
tangs (4-2) went into their
bye week not only prepar
ing for the next contest, but
also to heal from a success
ful, but rough first half of
the year. “We are taking a
step back this week,” said
Heppner coach Greg Grant.
“We are focusing on coach
ing up some of the younger
guys and going back to fun
damentals since we don’t
have to put in a game plan
this week.”
Grant’s game plan
has worked so far, after
tallying the Mustang’s 78th
consecutive conference
win in a romping of Stan
field 36-8 last Friday. As a
matter of fact, Grant’s plan
The Heppner Football Program will be hosting has worked since October
a hamburger feed before the football game on Friday, o f 1998 when the M us
October 22. The $5 meal will include hamburgers, chips, tangs last lost in a 32-22
dessert and a drink. The meal will begin at 5:30 p.m.
Hamburger feed to
be held before game
battle over then conference
contenders Culver. To put
the last time Heppner lost
a conference game into
context, Titanic was in the
movie theatres, Green Day
was topping the charts of
Rolling Stone and President
Bill Clinton plead his inno
cence during his impeach
ment. Ridiculously, Hep
pner’s streak of conference
wins doesn’t even begin to
work into the record books
until it eclipses the 151
consecutive wins (regular
season and playoffs) set by
Del La Salle High School
of Concord California from
1992 through 2004. Hepp
ner does currently hold the
longest conference winning
streak in any division of
high school football in the
state of Oregon.
H e p p n e r l ooks
ahead to rival Pilot Rock,
who the Mustangs haven’t
lost to in 25 years, which
pre-dates Grants’s reign as
play-caller by five years.
“They (Pilot Rock) are a
very physical, up front team
that love to run the ball.
They have some dangerous
receivers too,” Grant said.
“They will probably play a
very basic game, but they
are tough on both sides of
the ball.”
When asked what
he though of the first half
of the season Grant replied,
“Our kids are working re
ally hard, but they know
there are some tough games
ahead.” Grant and the Mus
tangs host the Rockets on
Friday night, October 22, at
7 p.m., at Les Payne Field
in Heppner.
Heppner volleyball program Lady Cardinals defeat Helix and South Wasco
The l one Lady lix, the team missed a total in the game. The Cardi
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Cardinals kept marching of 11 serves, an uncharac nals won the first game
The Heppner volleyball program will be holding
a soup feed on Senior Night, Thursday, October 21, from
5-8 p.m. during the game against Pilot Rock. Dinner will
consist of homemade soup, salad, roll, and dessert.
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The resu lts and
standings for the fall High
School Rodeos are as fol
lows:
September 4-5 (Moro H.S.
Rodeo)
Steer Wrestling -
3rd place, Devin Robinson
(6.97); and 4th place, Garrett
Robinson (8.75).
Breakaway Roping
- 7th place, Blake Greenup
(4.03).
Team Roping - 8th
place, Devin and Garrett
Robinson (14.81).
Goat Tying - 9th
p la ce, B lake G reenup
(11.18).
B arrel Racing -
2nd place, Blake Greenup
(16.498); and 7th place,
T a i g h le r D o u g h e r ty
(17.057).
Tie Down Roping
- 2nd place, Devin Robinson
(9.87).
Pole Bending - 4lh
place, Taighler Dougherty
(21.160); 7th place, Blake
Greenup (21.373).
September 4-5 (Condon
H.S. Rodeo)
Steer Wrestling -
2nd place, Devin Robinson
(5.91).
Team Roping - 6th
place, Devin and Garrett
Robinson (17.87).
Goat Tying - 10th
p la ce, B lake G reenup
(10.31).
Tie Down Roping
- 5th place, Devin Robinson
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through league opponents
this past week, defeating
Helix on Tuesday and South
Wasco County on Friday.
Both games were played
on the road. The current
week marks the last week
of regular season play with
lone facing West Side op
ponent, Echo on Thursday,
O ctober 21, which also
is senior night. The team
travels to Arlington for a
cross-league game on Fri
day night, October 23.
Although the team
took down both opponents
in straight sets, it was not
exactly smooth sailing for
the Lady Cardinals. At He
teristically high number
for the normally consistent
lone girls. But when push
came to shove, the Cardi
nals manhandled the Griz
zlies 25-16, 25-14, 25-15.
Joanna Patton led the team
at the net with 13 kills and
two blocks. Siren Endersen
and Shadow Kendrick both
added five kills and Shadow
Kendrick was the team ’s
best server o f the night,
serving a perfect 9-9.
On the road in
Maupin on Friday, the
Lady Cardinals struggled
to maintain their intensity,
giving the Lady Redsides
too many chances to stay
25-12 but fell behind 2-9
in the second game before
scratching back to the 25-
20 win. They finished the
match with a 25-15 game.
“It wasn’t pretty,” said head
coach, Dawn Eynetich. “We
lost all our intensity in the
second game but managed
to get it back and win.”
Joanna Patton
again had 13 kills along
with four blocks. She was
100% at the service line,
going 13-13. Collette Cason
had four kills and Mary Ri
etmann spent a lot of time
at the service line, serving
21-22 in the match.
Fall Dairy Farmers Academic All-State
Program winners announced
The OSAA and the Dairy Farmers of Oregon have announced the winners for
the Fall Dairy Farmers Academic All-State Program. Winners for Morrow County are
listed below:
Football - Heppner, 4th place, (3.20 GPA); and lone, 4th place, (3.30 GPA).
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