Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 27,2013 - THREE
Regis rams Mustang hope for
state championship
The magical season for
the Heppner High School
fo o tb all team cam e to
an end on Saturday. The
Mustangs lost to the Regis
Rams in the OSAA State
Football Championships
Semi-Final game by a score
of 21-14.
The game was held
at Hillsboro Stadium in
front o f a large group of
•loud Heppner fans. The
loss ends the team’s season
with an 11-1 record and a
Blue Mountain Conference
championship.
It was a hard-fought
contest that was a defensive
battle throughout. The
M ustang offense had a
hard time moving the ball
against the big and athletic
Regis defense. The Heppner
defense con tro lled the
Regis offense for most of
the game and did a great job
o f holding Regis running
back Jeremiah Grieser to
half of his normal yardage
for a game. They held him
to only 96 rushing yards on
35 attempts. The game was
even closer than the final
score indicates, as only a
couple of plays one way or
the other decided the game.
The Mustangs got on
the scoreboard first when
Brian Rill scored from five
yards out in the middle of
the first quarter. The PAT
kick by Jesse Corbin made
the score 7-0. Later in the
quarter Regis scored on a
short run by Grieser and
that made it 7-7 at halftime.
In the third quarter both
teams struggled to move the
ball and each team fumbled.
Neither team could score
off of the turnovers and the
quarter ended still tied.
In the fourth quarter
Tom Gould blocked a Regis
punt and the M ustangs
recovered the ball on the
eight-yard line. Quarterback
Kaden; Clark then threw
Heppner senior Jordan Bailey goes up for a pass. -Photo by
Sandy Matthews
a quick slant pass to CJ
Kindle and he stretched the
ball over the goal line for
a touchdown. The Corbin
kick was good and the
Mustangs led 14-7.
The Rams scored again
with just under five minutes
left in the game on a short
run up the middle. They
missed the extra point and
the Mustangs still led at
this point 14-13. Regis
reco v ered the ensuing
onside kick and had the
ball in good field position.
The Mustang defense
then forced a fourth down
and ten play for the Rams.
The R egis quarterback
scram b led around and
found a rece iv er open
for a 39-yard score. They
then added the two point
conversion that gave them
their first lead of the game
21-14.
After the Regis kickoff,
Heppner only had a little
over two minutes left to
try and score. The team did
move ball down field, but
failed to convert on a fourth
down play and that was the
end of their season.
F o r th e gam e the
Mustang offense had 161
total yards. Clark was 8-19
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for 69 yards with one TD
and two in tercep tio n s.
Jordan Bailey caught five
balls for 53 yards. Kindle
two for 18 and Jaden Orr
one for eight yards. Rill led
the team in rushing with 84
yards on 24 carries. Kindle
had three carries for 14 and
Bailey four for six yards.
The defense was led in
tackles by Logan Grieb with
nine. Patrick Collins had
eight and Weston Putman
and Kindle each recorded
six tackles.
It was a great season
for the Mustangs and they
gave their friends, families,
community and themselves
something to be proud of.
They all worked hard to
be the best they could be
and it showed in the way
they played and acted on
the field. This reporter had
one gentleman in Hillsboro,
who was there to watch
another game, comment on
how impressed he was with
the way the team would
tackle the opponent and
then help them up. This was
only one of the examples of
what an outstanding group
of young men represented
Heppner High School. The
coaching staff, o f course,
worked hard to prepare
them for every game.
The Mustangs lose five
seniors from this team who
were true leaders on and off
the field. Their spirit and
play will be greatly missed.
But trad itio n never
graduates. The Mustangs
will be ready to defend
their championship again
next year.
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THREE GENERATIONS
OF PHARMACY
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bachelor’s degree in general
science in 2010 before
going on to the four-year
PharmD program at OSU.
M u rra y s a y s sh e
s tu d ie d th e s c ie n c e
o f pharm acy, such as
medicine chemistry, early
in her doctoral program.
She then spent her third
year at Oregon Health and
Sciences University taking
classes from professors
there and doing clinical
rotations. Her fourth year
was spent doing clinical
rotations around Oregon;
she had to complete seven
six-week rotations during
that final year. She says
she travelled all over the
state but spent a lot o f
time at St. Charles, doing
rotations that included
work in the Intensive Care
Unit, the cancer center and
more. The success of those
rotations, she says, led to
her continued involvement
there.
“Each year was difficult
for a different reason. Each
year had its own challenges,”
says Murray. She says it
was tough learning the
medicine chemistry and
disease stages early on, but
later years had their own
trials. “The fourth year
was challenging because
I moved every six weeks,
had a new specialty every
six weeks.”
“It was just a really
intense process. I’m glad
I went through it but I’m
glad I can now add other
things to my life,” she says.
“It was really stressful at
times. Ultimately, though,
I think I made the right
decision. I can see that it
made me a well-rounded
pharmacist, now that I’m
out practicing.”
She graduated with her
PharmD in June of this year.
That was when she had to
decide where to go from
there. The family business
became the logical choice.
“Eastern Oregon is near
and dear to my heart so it
isn’t much o f a stretch to
be back now,” Murray says.
“There’s just a different
atmosphere working in a
small, family pharmacy.
There aren’t many small
family pharm acies left,
but I get to work in that
environment.”
Ann Murray says it’s
great having her daughter
involved in the business.
“She brings so much
of the clinical skill they’re
teaching at pharmacy school
now. That wasn’t available
when John and 1 went to
school,” Ann says. “She has
a great personality; she’s
great with people.”
M u rray s says th a t
while she loves the friendly
atm osphere o f Heppner
and C ondon, she also
appreciates working in the
faster-paced, large-hospital
environment of St. Charles
in Bend.
“They’re two different
worlds, and I get to do
both,” says Murray. “It’s the
best of both worlds.”
“ S he’s going to be
skilled in both hospital and
retail (pharmacy). It’s a
great learning experience,”
Ann agrees. “She can do
anything after this.”
Murray admits there
is something special about
being the third generation
in the fam ily business,
especially in a day when
not so many people follow
in their parents’ footsteps.
“ I th in k i t ’s n e a t
because I get to be involved
in the family business. I
Laurie M urray, who now
works alongside her parents
and grandfather at Murray’s
Drug in Heppner and Condon,
is the third generation of
pharmacists in the Murray
family. -Photo by Mallorie
Jones
get to give (my parents)
a day off. And it’s really
nice working in a small
community pharmacy. The
community here is great,
the people are friendly,”
she says.
She not only gets to
work w ith her parents,
she also works side-by-
side with her grandfather
in the Condon store; Rod
Murray, though in his 80s,
still works the pharmacy
there one day a week.
Though working and
travelling between stores
and down to Bend keeps
her busy, Murray says she
also has time to enjoy things
her school schedule didn’t
allow her to do. She says
she likes to be in the family
cabin in the mountains, and
enjoys snowmobiling.
“Anything with family
and friends that I didn’t
have time for in school,”
she says. “It’s nice to have
free time.”
Successful youth hunt held at
OHV park
The M orrow /G rant
C o u n ty O ff H ighw ay
Vehicle Park (MGCOHV)
held its sixth annual Special
Spike Only Youth Hunt
Nov. 2-10.
This hunt is a general
second-season spike elk
hunt that is held through
an application/draw system
that encourages outdoor
family recreation.
The special hunt is
available to Morrow and
G rant County residents
only. Hunt coordinators
said the hunt is a way to give
back to the communities for
their support of this park.
This year there were a
total of 10 applicants from
across Morrow County;
there were no applications
received from Grant County.
All 10 of the applicants
were successfully drawn
and provided with packets
with information pertaining
to the special hunt.
Weather typical for this
time o f year produced a
variety of conditions from
beautifully sunny skies to
rain to snow flurries.
Reports from the youth
Josey Evans bagged her first bull elk during this year’s sixth
annual special youth hunt at the OHV park. -Contributedphotc
hunters indicated that they
were seeing signs of elk and
other wildlife.
The first w eekend,
the elk seemed to have
the advantage, but on the
morning of Nov. 8, Josey
Evans took careful aim and
tagged her first bull elk.
Zack H enrichs who
participated in the special
hunt, also tagged a bull
during the season, although
not at the OHV park.
“This program is a great
opportunity for area youth;
it is our hope that more
youth will take advantage of
the program in the future,”
said one coordinator.
Richard Carpenter, M.D,
James Karmy, M.D.
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