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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their last six matches, how-
ever, giving them momen
tum going into the final
stretch.
Games are broadcast
live on OSAA-TV. Go to
http://w3.osaa.org/score-
center and click on volley
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O ur other senior is
Hanna Jane Lovgren; her
parents are Pat and Bob-
bette Lovgren and she has
four siblings, Kyler, Kody,
Torri and Ali Lovgren.
Lovgren’s favorite color
is purple and her favorite
food is chicken. Lovgren
participates in volleyball
and softball. In her spare
time she enjoys hanging out
with her friends and fam
ily. 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
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Heppner High news
were Les Payne and Rus
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Dickenson was HHS princi
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the band director.
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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.
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“It’s almost like need
Laboratory and Radiol ing a grocery store or gas
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opening new stores and
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outside sales, creating re
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While Denton will di
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Cellular stores in Heppner
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