FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 12,2012
Cardinals defeat
Mustang volleyball sweeps season start
Dayville Monument
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Top: Cardinal senior Tyrell Barnett (#69) carries the hall past
offensive line of senior Timothy Emmel (#26), senior Jordan
Synder(#5l), Freshman Corge Aguilar (#50) and Senior Kirk
Haguewood (#15). The offensive line did well holding their
blocks against Dayville/IMonument during the Sept. 7 game,
which the Cardinals won 40-30. Bottom: Cardinal Senior
Kirk Haguewood homes in a runner for the tackle. Photos
by Paula Emmel
ODFW confirms new
wolf pups for Walla
Walla pack
The Oregon De
partment of Fish and Wild
life confirmed pups for the
Walla Walla Pack on Fri
day, Sept. 7, when ODFW
monitoring cameras docu
mented two black pups
traveling with the pack in
the upper Walla Walla Riv
er drainage.
Though reproduc
tion was expected for this
pack, it had not been con
firmed until Friday, said
ODFW. The two radio-
collared yearlings (OR 10
and OR 11) were also docu
mented to still be with the
pack.
This brings the
minimum known size of
the Walla Walla pack to 10
wolves (eight adults and
two pups). It also brings
the known number of re
producing wolf packs in
bJE Oregon to six, accord
ing to the report.
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VINYL
in a semi-final match. Grant
Union, the new team in
the BMC league this year,
showed their strength, beat
ing Heppner two out o f
three for a score of 25-13
Heppner, 25-17 GU and
15-5 GU. Grant Union fin
ished the tournam ent in
first place with Heppner
second.
In a Tuesday night
game, Heppner traveled to
lone to play the Cardinals.
The 2011 1A state vol
leyball champs fell to the
Mustangs in a best-of-five
match. The Lady Mustangs
looked sharp against a good
lone team.
The next tournament on
Sept. 7 at the Yakima Sun
Dome Volleyball Festival
was a great experience for
the Mustangs. Competing
in a 32-team tournament
with teams from all over
W ashington State, they
swept through their pool
play, beating Riverview,
Newport and Life Chris
tian Academy, earning first
seed in bracket play with
the other seven winners of
pool play.
The Heppner varsity
Lady Mustangs are back
this year playing excellent
volleyball.
Last year’s finish—top
Blue M ountain C onfer
ence seed going into the
state tournament and fifth
place finish in state—was a
good preview of where they
would be this year. Having
lost only two seniors, the
team has gained depth on
the court and looks good at
every position.
The M ustangs have
had a busy pre-season. Be
ginning with the Umatilla
Jamboree on Aug. 3 1, they
swept through competition,
winning all four matches
played that day.
On Sept. 1, they trav
eled to John Day to par
ticipate in the Grant Union
Tournament. In pool play
(two games to 25) they were
beat by Union, setting them
up to play Cove as the num
ber two seed. They knocked
off the Leopards to play Ny-
ssa in the semi-finals. They
prevailed there, meeting
Grant Union in the finals
after that team beat Union
LETT
Centennial fair
theme sought
The Morrow County
Fair is looking for a theme
for the 2013 fair.
Residents o f Morrow
County are invited to sub
mit entries in the Morrow
County Fair Theme Con
test. The deadline for en
tries is October 31,2012.
The theme must re
flect all of Morrow County
(Boardman, Heppner, lone,
Irrigon, Lexington, etc.) and
must be easy to incorporate
into decorations. A commit
tee made up of community
members will decide the
winner; the com m ittee's
decision is final. The win
ner will receive 100 50-cent
pieces ($50).
Everyone is asked to
keep in mind that next year
is the centennial of the Mor
row County Fair; the rodeo
started in 1922.
Entry forms are avail
able at the fair office. Forms
can be returned to the of
fice, where a box will be
available for theme sugges
tions, or they can be mailed
to Morrow County Fair,
PO Box 464, Heppner, OR
97836.
Former resident to
play in Westward Ho
Parade
to music and getting kids
to stay interested in music
throughout their lives,”
said a band member. “The
idea is to play whatever
music the crowd would re
spond to as the band highly
values audience interaction
and strives to leave people
on the street with smiles on
their faces.”
The band travels
frequently throughout the
Pacific Northwest.
Thomson
also
plays his clarinet in three
other musical groups in the
Portland area.
Former Heppner
resident and Heppner High
School graduate Bruce
Thomson will be marching
in the Westward Ho Parade
in Pendleton this Friday,
September 14, as a mem
ber of “The Beat Goes On”
marching band from Port
land.
The “lively group”
of adult performers in the
non-profit marching band
consists of around 100 ac
tive members.
“We take a large
part of our mission in get
ting people to come back
Wallowa, Grant union and
Culver. The weary Mus
tangs showed their stamina
by winning the top seed in
pool play to go up against
Cove in match play, win
ning the match in two sets.
They then beat a tough
Dufur team for the chance
to play Powder Valley, who
had beaten Grant Union and
Culver to advance to the
final round.
Powder Valley, runner-
up in 1A stack volleyball
last year, brought back
all its starters from 2011.
The Mustangs focused on
their team skills, winning
the first set 26-24. Powder
Valley cam back to win the
second 25-22. The final
match featured some gritty
play, but eventually went to
the Mustangs for two tour
nament wins in two days...
what a season start for the
Mustangs.
Thursday, the Mustangs
travel to Dufur for their final
preseason three-way tour
nament. Saturday, Sept. 15,
they travel to Grant Union
to begin league play.
Mustangs plan
donation drive
The Heppner Mustang
community is reaching out
to support long-time Mus
tang supporter Rena Henry
and her family.
The Mustang athletic
program has long recog
nized the many years of
support and dedication to
the Heppner athletics and
activities shown by Rena
and Roger Henry. The Hen-
rys can be found at every
home contest, as well as
many o f the away ones,
cheering on their beloved
Mustangs.
U nfortunately, Rena
was diagnosed with cancer
fast spring. She has been
courageously battling the
disease for five months.
Heppner High School
will be sponsoring a do
nation drive to help with
her medical expenses. On
Friday, Sept. 14, at the
first home football game
versus Willamina, dona
tion jars will be available
at each gate. Associated
Student Body officers will
be w alking through the
stands during each quarter,
collecting donations. Dur
ing the school week, the
students will be collecting
spare change to help with
this event.
Everyone in the com
munity is asked to come
and show support to the
Henrys while cheering on
the Mustangs.
OSU Extension
planning session
Oct. 16
A planning session
hosted by the OSU Exten
sion Service will be held
on Tuesday, October 16,
at 6:30 p.m. at the Mor
row County Fairgrounds in
Heppner.
During this plan
ning session, the group will
be discussing the plans and
priorities of the 4-H pro
gram in Morrow County.
All community members
are welcome and highly
encouraged to attend and
show their support while
sharing their ideas.
For more informa
tion please call the Morrow
County Extension Service
Office at: 541-676-9642.
Community day
of prayer planned
Harrison, Cutsforth Sept. 21
win Lexington
Precinct Award
The South Mor
row County Scholarship
Trust announces that Brett
Harrison and
Cutsforth
are the re
cipients of
the
2012
Lexi ngton
Voting Pre
cinct Award
in
the Lindsay
amount of $ Cutsforth
892 each.
Brett is a sopho
more at Oregon State Col
lege and the son of Tra
vis and Kirsten Harrison of
Lexington.
Lindsay is a
sophomore
at
Lewis
and Clark
in Lewis
ton, Id, and
the daugh
ter of Jeff
and Missy
Cutsforth of Lexington.
The
Lexington
Precinct award is given
to a deserving sophomore
college student who lives
in the Lexington voting
precinct, according to a
news release.
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With the bracket set,
the Mustangs opened with
Seton Catholic of Vancou
ver, WA, winning 25-21
and 25-18. They then beat
a powerhouse team. Bear
Creek from Redmond, at
26-24 Heppner, 23-25 Bear
Creek and 15-12 Heppner.
This match tested Heppner’s
skills against a very well-
coached volleyball team,
and the Mustangs’ perfor
mance was unmatched in
determined effort by the
team so far this year.
In the title match, the
Mustangs beat Darrington
25-23 and 25-12. D ar
rington had beaten their
opponents in pool play by
a combined 72 points; Hep
pner combined total point
win was 54. Appropriately,
the top two seeds played for
the championship, in which
Heppner prevailed. It was
an incredible day of volley
ball for the Mustangs.
On Sept. 8, Heppner
hosted the Heppner Invita
tional. Eight teams came to
play: Cove, Weston-McE-
wen, Dufur, Powder Valley,
Call Shane at
541 - 922-8377
A local ministry
will host a day of prayer
on Friday, September 21,
from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at
the Morrow County Fair
grounds Annex Building in
Heppner.
The doors will be
open throughout the day
for individual prayer with
specific times set aside for
the community to
come together corporate
ly. Three times have been
scheduled, at noon, 3 p.m.
and 7 p.m. for the con
venience of community
members to attend.
There is no cost
for this event and refresh
ments will be provided.
Each hour will be
gin with scripture readings
and will conclude with a
few minutes set aside for
topical prayer needs.
An
individual
“prayer walk” area will be
made available from 2-6
p.m.
“All are welcome
and area church leaders
and members are encour
aged to attend,” said a
spokesperson.
“Feel free to come for a
portion or stay for the en
tire day.”
For information or prayer
requests, contact Sam
Fisher or Drion Donner at
541-256-0389 or email to
freedom tofirelightm inis-
tries@gmail.com
F l u C l in ic s
October 1 - Irrigon Senior Center-11 am-1:30 pm
October 2 - Boardman Senior Center -1 1 am-1:30 pm
October 3 - Heppner Senior Center 10:30 am -2:00 pm
-lone Fire Hall 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Flu shots a re a ls o a v a ila b le a t all re g u la r
im m u n iz a tio n clinics:
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