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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 7,2012 DISTRICT CHAMPS The Heppner Mustangs proved their will to win last Friday night when they crushed Weston-McEwen’s playoff hopes in a decisive 42-0 victory. The Mustang victory, which eliminated the Tiger- Scots from the state play offs, catapulted the Hep pner team into the district championship for the Blue Mountain Conference. The Mustangs saw their goal in sight and never looked back, orchestrat ing their victory with a balanced attack. Quarter back Stephen Thompson threw for 148 yards and two touchdowns. Aidan Wright ran 22 times for 133 yards. The Mustang attack also benefited from four Tiger- Scot turnovers. Weston- McEwen fumbled and lost the ball twice while throw ing two interceptions. The ‘Stangs started out strong in the first quar ter when Thompson (#7) dropped to the 16 and threw a pass completion. Jesse Corbin (#44) then ran the ball from the 33 for an 81 yard gain and the touch down. Thompson then at tempted the PAT, throwing a pass completion. JC Put man (#85) ran the ball into the endzone for a two-point conversion. The first quar ter saw more points on the Mustang side of the board when Thompson and Put man combined for another touchdown, followed by Thompson and Wright with a PAT two-point conver sion. Mustang momentum carried into the second quarter when Thompson handed off to Wright, who gave the team a 14-yard gain and another touch down. The PAT failed, but left the Heppner team well in the lead going into the second half. The third quarter saw another touchdown by the Thompson/Wright combo; M ustang volleyball advances in state Top: The Heppner Mustang defense held tight against Weston- McEwen last Friday, with #45 Peterson keeping the TigerScots scoreless during the last league game of the year. The Mustangs brought home thr BMC district trophy. Bottom: Freshman Tommy Bredfield digs in to reach the goal line. Photos by SanJv Matthews #26 Earl Propheter ran the ball in for the two-point conversion. W hen m ost te am s might have relaxed going into the fourth quarter, the M ustangs turned up the heat to keep the TigerScots caged. It was #42 Tommy B redfield who took the ball from Thompson and ran it from the 46 for a 43 yard gain and yet another touchdown. An incomplete pass by Thompson cost the team the PAT, but the by then unstoppable Mustangs rallied for one final push. Bredfield carried the ball from the 6 for the game's final touchdown. The Mus tangs could rest easy at the final buzzer, knowing they'd successfully shut out a good team to secure the BMC district title. “We ran the ball well,” said TigerScot Coach Ken- zie Hansell. “But when you are playing a team as disci plined and well-coached as Heppner, you can’t have the turnovers or big plays given up to them.” The M ustangs enter round one of the state play offs this Saturday, Nov. 10, at 1 p.m. in a home game against the Oakridge War riors. 1992 HHS state football champs recognized The H eppner H igh School Mustang state cham- pionship football team of 1992 was recognized dur ing halftime of the Mustang home game Oct. 26 versus Pilot Rock, commemorat ing the 20th anniversary of their winning season. 1992 members includ ed: Tracy Blodgett, Jeff Botefuhr, Leonard Brittner, Tony Burt, Jeremy Cimmi- yo tti, Scott Coe, Mark Conklin, Chris Dickenson, Chad Doherty, Dwayne Dunaway, Jason Hanna, Shaun Hisler, Kevin Kilk enny, Rick Koffler, Willie Kraft, Joe Lindsay, Jeremy Maddem, Ryan Munkers, Shane M unkers, Kevin Payne, Ryan Pence, T.R. Riehl, Bill Schlaich, Kevin Scott, Chad Skroch, Chris Sykes, Jim Tellechea and Brent Wright. The 1992 team had a 12-0 record, beating Grant Union 3-0, Riverside 21-7, Sherman County 44-14, 1992 HHS Championship football team, (L-R): Kevin Payne, Chad Doherty, Jeremy Cimmiyotti, Chris Dickenson, Jeremy Maddern, Kevin Scott, Mark Conklin, coach Les Payne, coach Greg G rant, Scott Coe, Ryan Munkers, Kevin Kilkenny, Joe Lindsay, Jason Hanna, T.R. Riehl, Chris Sykes, Shane Munkers Photo by Alita Nelson Stanfield 41-6, Harrisburg 34-0, Pilot Rock 51-0, Wah- tonka 41-0, Weston-McE- wen 20-7, Enterprise 14-0, Warrenton 21-0. Crow 14- 13 and Vale 24-12. Head coach was Greg Grant; assistant coaches The H eppner Lady Mustang varsity volleyball team steamrolled through the first round of OSAA 2A state playoffs last Sat urday. H o s t i n g t h e #23 Delphian Dragons, they clinched the win in three sets, 25-10, 25-12, 25-21. H eppner served excep tionally well from the line and had good play from everyone on the roster. The Dragons had a good crowd for the contest and cheered on their team to the very end. The win sends the Mus tangs to Ridgeview High School in Redmond, OR to continue in the state tour nament, beginning with a quarterfinals game on Fri day, Nov. 9 against North Douglas; game time is 1:15 p.m. With only eight teams left to decide the champions for 2012, the Mustangs will have to kick it up a notch, as every team is now a threat to continued advancement. Three teams from the Blue Mountain Conference have made it into quarter finals this year—Heppner, Weston-McEwen and Grant Union—which says a lot for the strength of the league. The Mustangs have won By Jordan Jones Congratulations to our football boys on their Blue Mountain Conference title; the first round of play-offs will be on Saturday, Nov. 10, at home. The Mustang football boys will be play ing the Oakridge Warriors at 1 p.m. Congratulations also to the volleyball girls on their OSAA first round state tournament victory. The volleyball girls will be playing North Doug las on Friday, Nov. 9; this game will be played at the Ridgeview high school in Redmond, OR. One of this week’s fea tured seniors is Kellie Re- nae Nelson; her parents are John and Alita Nelson and she has three siblings, Tim, Cody and John Nelson. Nelson is much diversified in her extracurricular activi ties; she is involved in TSA, FFA, FBLA, cheerlead ing, wrestling and track. In her spare time she enjoys hunting, fishing, camping and hanging with friends. Nelson’s favorite food is lasagna and her favorite color is blue. After high school, Nelson wants to go into the Marines and she wants to study mechanical engineering. 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After Lovgren gradu ates she wants to major in business/management and accounting; she wants to attend college at BMCC. HHS announces math students of quarter Above: Students of the Quar ter were chosen from each class. (L-R): Makenzi Correa in Technical Math, Maddie Lindsay in Algebra 2, Tommy Bredfield in Geometry and Skyler Palm er in Algebra. Right: Kelly Wilson was cho sen as the Overall Student of the Q uarter in math due to her hard work and com mitment to helping others. According to teacher Troy Morgan, “Each of these five individuals is committed to excellence in the classroom. This special group of students is team players, independent and goal-oriented. Their dedication and willingness to learn is admirable.” -Contributedphoto CELL STORE Clinics closed Mon. This is PGG Country! Alana Wilson and Micha Hintz go up for a block at the first round of state playoffs. -Photo by Sandy Matthews Heppner High news were Les Payne and Rus sell Britt. Dale Conklin was athletic director and Steve Dickenson was HHS princi pal. Phillip Spicerkuhn was -Continuedfrom PAGE ONE manager and Bob Isted was have to visit Hermiston or the band director. Pendleton. U.S. Cellular has the best service in Morrow County, so we have a lot of customers (here),” said Denton. “When we started Morrow County Health Heppner and Irrigon Medi the process with Devin Oil, District has announced that cal Clinic will be closed on it was a natural fit to put Pioneer Memorial Clinic in Monday, Nov. 12, for the something in Heppner. Veterans' Day Holiday. “It’s almost like need Laboratory and Radiol ing a grocery store or gas ogy departments at Pioneer station or any of those dai Memorial H ospital will ly needs a consumer has. also be closed that day for These days, everyone has non-emergent outpatient a cell phone. It’s that need services. b f daily communication; people need to come in and see their phone is active. 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