Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 31, 2018 -- FOUR
Middle school cross country
continues to dominate
The boys’ and girls’
middle school cross country
teams recently competed in
the Eastern Oregon Cham-
pionships in Pendleton.
This new meet combines
all middle school teams
from eastern Oregon into
one race. The divisions
include a fifth/sixth-grade
race and a seventh/eighth-
grade race.
On the girls, side, both
Lily Nichols, second, and
Sierra Greenup, eighth,
made medal finishes in the
fifth/sixth-grade race. In the
girls seventh/eighth-grade
race, Zandra Masterson
had a strong medal finish
in fourth place. Top ranked
Alex Cavan could not run
due to illness but still holds
the number one ranking.
For the boys, Heppner
continued their top form.
As a team the seventh/
eighth-grade boys placed
first overall, were crowned
Eastern Oregon Champi-
ons and were presented a
champion’s plaque. The
team finished 29 points
better than second place
LaGrande. Top finishers
included Trevor Nichols,
third, David Cribbs, 13 th ,
Keegin Chitty, 18 th , Saul
Lopez, 19 th , Ty Boor, 23 rd
and Caden George, 30 th .
Both teams then trav-
eled to Monmouth and
Western Oregon University
for the state middle school
championships. Over 1400
runners competed in this
event and both teams did
quite well. The boys fin-
Heppner cross country
performs well at districts
The Heppner cross country team members sitting are (L-R): Madelyn Nichols, Mackenzie
Heideman, Stephany Dubry, Sarah Knop, Hanna Finch and Gracie Jewett. Standing (L-R):
Coach Russ Nichols, Kamron Drury, Trevor Antonucci, Hunter Nichols, Hayden Qualls, Joseph
Sherman, Christian Dubry, Tyson Vawser, Angell Matthew, Colt Parker, Carson Brosnan, Roen
Waite, Leo Waite, Jacob Wallace and Coach Toni Nichols. -Contributed photo.
Girls’ team members are (L-R): Zandra Masterson, Sierra
Greenup, Lily Nichols and Alex Cavan. -Contributed photo.
The middle school cross country boys’ team consists of (L-R):
David Cribbs, Ty Boor, Trevor Nichols, Caden George, Saul
Lopez and Keegin Chitty. -Contributed photo.
ished 11 th in state as a team
with Trevor Nichols med-
aling in 18 th place overall.
David Cribbs and Keegin
Chitty also finished in the
top 100, with Saul Lopez,
Ty Boor and Caden George
close behind. On the girls’
side Lily Nichols, Alex Ca-
van and Zandra Masterson
all cracked the top 100 with
Sierra Greenup finishing
well also.
The boys and girls
Mustang cross country
teams competed at the dis-
trict meet in Pendleton on
Friday, Oct. 26. The boys
competed against 11 teams
in the combined 1/2A com-
petition, while the girls had
14 teams in their combined
1/2/3A race. Only the top
two teams and five individ-
uals overall can qualify for
the state meet.
On the boys side there
was tough competition
against the number one
state ranked Union team
and the sixth ranked Stan-
field Tigers, but the boys
ran well claiming a second
place team finish and se-
curing a team entry into the
state meet on Nov. 3 at Lane
Community College in Eu-
gene. The Union boys team
won the meet and Stanfield
was a distant third.
Top individuals on
the boys’ side were Hunt-
er Nichols in third place,
Hayden Qualls in ninth and
Colt Parker rounding out
the podium in 10 th place.
Close behind were Trev-
or Antonucci in 11 th , Leo
Waite in 12 th , Tyson Vawser
in 14 th and Christian Dubry
in 18 th . The boy’s second
place total score was 45,
which was 41 points better
than number three Stan-
field.
The girl’s team also had
a tremendous day. Although
there were no state qualifi-
ers, the team finished in a
strong and surprising fourth
place, in one of the toughest
districts in the state. Unfor-
tunately, the girls have to
compete against 3A teams
as well which made their
task difficult as they were
in second place among 1/2A
teams.
Top finishers for the
girls included Madelyn
Nichols 17 th , Mackenzie
Heideman 22 nd , Sarah Knop
31 st , Hanna Finch 36 th , Ky-
lie Boor 38 th and Hannah
Palmer 55 th .
Next up for the boys is
the state meet this Saturday,
Nov. 3. The boys come in
ranked third in state in the
coach’s poll and are hop-
ing to earn a state trophy.
Hunter Nichols is ranked
third individual in the state,
but several other Mustang
runners have a shot at the
podium as well.
Mustangs wrap up
championship
The Heppner Mustang
football team wrapped up
the championship of the
Blue Mountain Conference
with a convincing 51-12
win over the Stanfield Ti-
gers. The Mustangs are 7-2
overall and finished con-
ference play a perfect 4-0.
They will move on and host
a state playoff game against
the Kennedy Trojans on
Friday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m.
The Trojans (7-2, 4-2) are
the third place team from
Special District 2.
Against the Tigers,
Heppner scored on seven
of their ten possessions.
Their first score came on
only the second play of the
game as Blake Wolters took
a handoff and ran the ball
40 yards for the touchdown.
The Mustangs then scored
the 2 pt. conversion when
quarterback Jayden Wilson
threw to Logan Burright.
The score was 8-0 only
forty-seven seconds into
the game.
The Mustang defense
then stopped the Tigers and
the Heppner offense only
needed three plays to score
again. On their first play
of the drive, Wilson threw
to Gavin Hanna-Robinson
who ran down the sideline
for a gain of 56 yards. Two
plays later Heppner scored
when Wilson hit Mason
Lehman with a 28-yard
pass completion for the
touchdown. Mason Lehman
then ran the ball in for the 2
pt. conversion to make the
score 16-0 halfway through
the first quarter.
The next time Heppner
got the ball they went on
a six-play, 49-yard drive,
that ended in a score when
Wolters burst through the
middle of the Mustang of-
fensive line and ran the ball
30 yards for a touchdown.
That made it 22-0 at the end
of the first quarter.
Stanfield scored the
next time they had the ball
to make the score 22-6. The
teams then traded posses-
sions until the Mustangs
got the ball back with just
over four minutes left in the
half. A four-play drive that
was highlighted by 19- and
22-yard runs by Mason
Lehman, a 20-yard run
by Wolters and a 12-yard
scamper by Wilson, ended
when Mason Lehman car-
ried the ball 13 yards for
a touchdown. Wilson then
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Jason Rea (62) and Kellen Grant (51) prepare to block for Jayden Wilson as he runs the ball.
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threw to Mason Lehman for
the 2 pt. conversion to now
make the score 30-6.
Kellen Grant then
kicked off and the ball
traveled just over 10 yards.
A Mustang player jumped
on it to give Heppner pos-
session near midfield. On
the very next play, Wilson
found Mason Lehman open
behind the Tiger defense
and hit him with a 49-yard
touchdown pass. Conor
Brosnan kicked the extra
point to make the score 37-6
at halftime.
The first time the Mus-
tangs got the ball in the sec-
ond half they only needed
five plays to score again.
Wilson once again threw a
pass to Mason Lehman who
scored from 30 yards out.
That made the score of the
game 43-6 halfway through
the third quarter.
After a Stanfield punt,
Wilson handed the ball to
Wolters who raced 54 yards
before he was tackled at
the eight yard line. On the
next play, Hanna-Robin-
son ran the ball in for the
touchdown. Wilson then
scored the 2 pt. conversion
to make the score 51-6 with
five minutes left in the third
quarter. The 45 pt. rule
kicked in and the rest of
the game would be played
with a running clock. The
Heppner coaches substitut-
ed freely and let many of
the reserves and younger
players into the game at
this point.
Stanfield scored on
their next possession to
make the score of the game
51-12 at the end of the third
quarter. The teams traded
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