Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 4, 2015
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Mustangs take conference championship Heppner High plans
program to honor
veterans
The Heppner Mustang
football team won the Co-
lumbia Basin Conference
Championship with a 20-0
victory over the Weston-
McEwen TigerScots Friday.
It is the fourth champion-
ship in a row for this year’s
group of seniors. The Mus-
tangs (9-0, 5-0) finished
the season as the second-
ranked team in the OSAA
2A State Football rankings.
The game with the
TigerScots was a tough,
physical game throughout.
In the irst quarter, the Mus-
tangs irst three possessions
of the game ended in a punt,
fumble and turning the
ball over on downs. It was
the only time this season
that the Mustangs had not
scored in the irst quarter
of a game. The Heppner
defense, which did a great
job all night, kept the Ti-
gerScots from even cross-
ing the 50-yard line in the
quarter.
The second quarter was
much of the same as both
teams punted the ball a
total of ive times. Nearing
halftime, things changed
for the Mustangs when CJ
Kindle ran a punt back 29
yards to give his team the
ball near midfield. Four
running plays got the ball
to the W-M 26-yard line.
Kaden Clark then threw a
strike to Logan Grieb, who
dove and stretched out in
the end zone to make the
catch for a touchdown.
Kindle ran the ball in for
the two point conversion
to make the score 8-0 at
the break.
Heppner got the ball
to start the second half.
Ten straight running plays
behind the big, strong and
powerful Mustang offen-
sive line led to another
touchdown. Kindle scored
it when he powered the
ball in from one yard out.
The two-point conversion
was no good and the score
was 14-0.
It looked as if the Mus-
tangs would score again
quickly. Weston Putman
intercepted a pass and ran
it back deep into TigerScot
territory. Heppner got to
the one-yard line but turned
the ball over on downs. The
teams continued to trade
possessions for the remain-
der of the third quarter and
most of the fourth. With just
under seven minutes left in
the game, Heppner would
score its inal touchdown.
Clark found Grieb open
and hit him in stride with a
perfectly placed pass. Grieb
caught the ball and outraced
two W-M defenders for a
71-yard touchdown. The
two point conversion play
failed and that made the
score 20-0.
The Mustang defense
held the TigerScots on their
next possession and forced
them to punt. It was one
of eight punts for W-M in
the game. Their other two
possessions ended with an
interception and by turn-
ing it over on downs. This
was certainly an outstand-
ing performance by the
Mustang defense. Once
Heppner got the ball back,
they went into the victory
formation. Kindle took a
knee on the last two plays of
the game and the Mustangs
came away with the victory
by a score of 20-0.
Heppner had 19 first
downs in the game and
W-M only ive. The Mus-
tangs amassed 226 yards
rushing and held W-M to a
total of 13. Heppner passed
the ball for 103 yards and
W-M finished with 105.
Total yards in the game
were 329-118. Heppner ran
60 plays in the game to 34
for W-M.
Clark was 5-11 passing
the ball for 105 yards and
two touchdowns. Grieb had
two catches for 97 yards
and two touchdowns. Put-
man caught one ball for ive
yards and Kindle had two
catches for three.
Kindle led the team in
rushing with 120 yards on
23 carries. Putman ran hard
and had 57 yards on 12 car-
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celebrates Red Ribbon Week
ries in the game. Grieb was
next with 29 yards on three
carries and Tommy Bred-
ield inished with 22 yards
on seven carries. Clark had
seven yards rushing on four
carries.
On the defensive side
of the ball, Kevin Murray
led the Mustangs with 14
tackles. Kindle was next
with 10 punishing ones.
Bredield and Patrick Col-
lins each inished with nine
tackles in the game. Putman
had five tackles and an
interception. Clark, Grieb
and Kolby Currin each
inished with four tackles
on the night. Saul Erickson
and Tim Jaca each record-
ed three tackles and Ryan
Smith had one.
Heppner will now host
a irst-round playoff game.
Their opponent will be
the Monroe Dragons. The
Dragons inished the sea-
son with a record of 4-5.
They were the second-place
team in the Mountain View
Conference. The Dragons
inished the season as the
16 th ranked team in the
OSAA 2A football poll. If
that team sounds familiar,
it’s because the Mustangs
hosted them in a state quar-
terinal game in 2013. Hep-
pner won that game by a
score of 52-7.
Game time is Saturday
at 3 p.m.
Heppner High School invites all past and present
military personnel, as well as the public, to its 2015 Vet-
erans’ Day program to honor those who have served our
country. The program will take place Tuesday, Nov. 10,
at 10:30 a.m. in the HHS gym.
A complimentary lunch for veterans and their spouses
will follow the program. Those planning to attend the
lunch are asked to RSVP to Heppner High School at
541-676-9138 for planning purposes.
FBLA busy baking
for the holidays
The Heppner High
School FBLA (Future Busi-
ness Leaders of America)
Club will be selling home-
made pies once again this
holiday season.
Club members will be
offering many different
kinds of pies, which in-
clude: apple, pecan, cherry,
pumpkin, berry, peach and
Oreo, all for $15 each.
The lineup also in-
cludes a new addition this
year, a lemon icebox pie,
which will be sold for $18
each.
To order pies, contact
an FBLA member you may
know or Jeanie Collins at
Heppner High School.
All orders must be in by
Friday, Nov. 13. Pies will be
delivered Nov. 20-23.
Heppner bazaar
accepting vendors
The 2015 Heppner Holiday Bazaar is accepting ap-
plications for craft vendors.
The bazaar will be held Dec. 5 at the St. Patrick’s
parish hall from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. An information
sheet and application can be picked up at the Heppner Day
Care center. Applications are irst come, irst served and
are due back to the center by Nov. 20; early applications
to reserve a table are encouraged.
Vendors who participated last year will receive an
application via email or mail. Call 541-805-8917 for
more information.
Fair board
meeting
‘Drama Shorts’ at
dates
changed
Heppner High
The Morrow County
Fair Board has announced
that its meeting days have
changed from the second
to the third Tuesday of each
month.
The next meeting will
be Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 6:30
p.m. at the Morrow County
Fairgrounds.
Call the fair ofice at
541-676-9474 or email
mcfair@co.morrow.or.us
for more information.
The Heppner High
School Drama Club will
present a second showing
of “Drama Shorts,” a vari-
ety show with short scenes,
skits, piano duets, jokes
and singing, on Thursday,
Nov. 5, at the high school
cafetoriom at 7 p.m. Admis-
sion is free but donations
are welcome. Dessert will
be available for $1.
Participating are Ryan
Cecil, Caitlynn Bailey,
Ryan Smith, Kaelyn Lind-
say, Kane Sweeney, Cara
Arbogast, Olivia Schmidt,
Meranda Lemmon, Emily
Cecil, Trevor Chamber-
lain, Justice Petzoldt, Angel
Matthew, Genevieve Smith,
Gracie DeLoach, Brinley
Dompier, Lexi Cutsforth,
Leo Waite, Nicole Proph-
eter, and Hannah and Madi-
son Palmer.
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administration in Fulton,
MO.
Sorte said he viewed
the position in Morrow
County as an excellent op-
portunity to return not only
to his home state but also to
an area with which he has a
connection.
“I was fortunate when I
was growing up in Corvallis
to have parents and grand-
parents who spent a lot of
time in the eastern part of
the state, and I feel a con-
nection with the eastern part
of the state, as well,” he told
the Gazette. “When I saw
this position open up, I felt
it was a great opportunity. I
feel very honored to serve
in this capacity in Morrow
County.”
County commission-
er Leann Rea said Sorte
was one of three “excel-
lent” candidates the county
brought in for a tour and
some face-to-face interac-
tion. While the candidates
each received tours of all
ive county communities,
Rea said the selection com-
mittee was impressed that
Sorte was in Heppner a day
early and already had trav-
eled the county on his own
and gained an understand-
ing of the area before the
tour began.
In the end, Sorte was
the irst choice of all ive
selection committee mem-
bers. Besides Rea, other
members of the committee
were county judge Terry
Tallman, county commis-
sioner Don Russell, county
human resources director
Karen Wolff and county
inance director Rick Wor-
den.
Rea said the time tour-
ing the county was valuable
for the selection committee
because they got a chance to
know Sorte.
“We got to visit about
everything,” said Rea. “He
has lots of ideas for eco-
nomic development. When
we got his references they
were absolutely stellar—
they don’t get any better.
I think he will be a real
driving force for economic
development, especially
for the south end of the
county.”
Health advisory lifted for Willow
Creek Reservoir
The Oregon Health
Authority last week lifted
a health advisory issued
Oct. 13 for Willow Creek
Reservoir.
Water monitoring has
conirmed the level of blue-
green algae and any as-
sociated toxins are below
guideline values for human
Life is…
Great Friends, A loving family, A strong faith & Lots of memories.
BonnaRae will be missed by many.
We would like to express our most heartfelt gratitude for
all of the love, support & prayers given so generously
during this time for all of us. We are so blessed to be
surrounded by a supporting &
loving community such as ours.
An extended thank you goes
out to the Pioneer Memorial
Staff, Hospice, Pat & Trish
Sweeney, United Methodist
Church, Willow Creek Baptist,
Heppner Lady Elks & all of
her friends that were such a big
part of her care. A very special
thank you to Jasey Riddle for all
of your love, compassion and
support through everything. You
will always have a special place in our family.
Blessed Be,
Joe Miller, Reid & Sheila Miller & family, Ray & Debbie Miller
& family, Ryan & Sharon Miller & family, JoyceKay Hollomon
& family, and Bucknum’s
exposure.
H o w e v e r, O r e g o n
Health Authority oficials
advise recreational visitors
to always be alert to signs
of algae blooms in Oregon
waters, because only a frac-
tion of the many lakes in
Oregon are monitored for
blue-green algae by state
and federal agencies.
People and their pets
should avoid contact if the
water is foamy, scummy,
thick like paint, pea-green,
blue-green or brownish-red
in color, or if a thick mat of
blue-green algae is visible
in the water.
For local information
about Willow Creek Reser-
voir, contact the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers at 541-
506-4807.