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Mustangs Open With Win Over
Clatskanie
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Chamber Announcements
Saturday, September 28, 1 p.m. – Award winning
Oregon pianist John Nilsen in concert, Heppner United
Methodist Church. John Nilsen, a “world renown”
pianist, will be passing through the area that weekend.
There will be no charge for the concert, but a free will
offering will be taken. Nilsen will have CDs available
for purchase at the church. This is open to the public.
Saturday, October 26, 3-9 p.m., Fall Festival
organized by the Heppner Outreach Committee and
volunteers, Morrow County Fairgrounds. There is a $2
admission charge per person. There will be carnival
games and crafts, tractor rides, vendor market, food,
beer garden from 6-9 p.m., live music with Dallin Puzey
and Cory Peterson.
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Brock Hisler works for yardage against aTiger defender-Photo by
The Heppner Mustang
football team opened their
season with a home win
over the Clatskanie Tigers
by the score of 27-20. The
Tigers start the season as
the second ranked team
in 3A football and were a
tough first game of the sea-
son opponent. The Mus-
tangs start the season out
as the fourth ranked team
in 2A football as voted on
by the coaches.
The uneventful first
quarter was penalty filled
as both teams were try to
work out the first game
of the season jitters. Both
teams were able to move
the ball but they just trad-
ed punts several times and
the quarter ended with no
score.
The Mustangs had the
ball at midfield to start
the second quarter. It only
took four plays for them to
put points on the board as
quarterback Jayden Wilson
scored on a 22 yard run.
Kannon Wilkins kicked
the extra point to give the
Mustangs a 7-0 lead.
Clatskanie scored a
touchdown with just over
a minute to go in the first
half to make the score 7-6.
An unsportsmanlike con-
duct penalty on the Tigers
forced them to kick off
from deep on their own
side. Heppner got good
field position and started
their drive near midfield.
After a short pass com-
pletion to Jace Coe, a 13
yard run by Wilson and a
14 yard scamper by Blake
Wolters, the Mustangs
scored when Jackson Leh-
man completed a pass to
Mason Lehman for an 11
yard touchdown with only
12 seconds left in the first
half. That made the score
of the game 13-6 in favor
of the Mustangs at half-
time.
The second half started
with Heppner kicking off
to the Tigers. The defense
forced a punt and the Mus-
tangs took possession at
their own 45 yard line. On
the very next play Wilson
hit Mason Lehman with a
pass that covered 55 yards
for another score. Wolters
ran the ball in for the 2
pt. conversion to give the
Mustangs a 21-6 lead.
Clatskanie then went on
a long drive that resulted in
a touchdown to bring the
score to 21-12 as the third
quarter ended.
On the Tigers’ first se-
ries in the fourth quarter,
Kason Cimmiyotti inter-
cepted a pass and ran it
back 35 yards to give the
Mustangs good field po-
sition. A drive of seven
plays resulted in another
Heppner touchdown when
Wilson ran the ball in from
2 yards out. That gave the
Mustangs a 27-12 lead
with six minutes left in the
game.
The Tigers scored on
their next possession to
make the score 27-20.
They then attempted an
onside kick that Jason Rea
scooped up to give Hep-
pner the ball near midfield.
The Mustangs couldn’t
move the ball and faced
fourth down. Punter Gavin
Hanna-Robinson took the
snap and ran around right
end for a big first down.
Heppner was then able to
run out the clock and Wil-
son took a knee on the last
The Ione-Arlington
Cardinal volleyball team
has come out swinging this
season posting a 3-2 pre-
season record. Their two
narrow losses have come
to Big Sky rival Dufur and
the second ranked team in
the state, North Clackamas
Christian.
The Cardinals first
played a doubleheader
August 30, making quick
work of the Nixyaawii
Golden Eagles in three, 25-
13, 25-22, 25-18. Ione-Ar-
lington served 93 percent,
with junior libero Ola Ri-
etmann going an amazing
21-21 from the service line
and contributing six digs.
Senior right side hitter Me-
gan Doherty had six digs
also, as well as serving 7-8.
Junior setter Eva Martin
went 10-11 from the line
and had eight assists, se-
nior middle blocker Emma
Rietmann went 14-15 and
had five kills, sophomore
outside hitter Grace Ogden
went 7-8 and had two kills,
sophomore outside hitter
Isabella Mastriona went
5-6 and two kills and five
digs, and senior middle
blocker Tresslyn McCurry
had four kills.
The Cardinals then fell
in a tight matchup to host
Dufur Rangers, 22-25, 14-
25, 26-24, 22-25. They
again displayed their cool
heads at the service line,
serving 92 percent as a
team. Martin posted six as-
sists and went 13-14 from
the service line, Ogden
went 12-13, Emma Riet-
mann went 16-18 and had
six blocks and eight kills,
Doherty went 15-16 and
had four digs, Mastriona
went 9-9 and had five kills,
and Ola Rietmann had ten
digs. “The girls played
great. At one point in the
third set, it was do or die
time; we were down 24-20.
I told them to go out there
and make six quick points,
and they did, winning the
set in extra points. They
worked really hard, didn’t
get down on themselves,
and kept fighting. I’m
very proud of them,” said
Coach Becky Wagenblast.
The Cardinals then trav-
eled to Helix to play a
doubleheader against Riv-
erside and host Griswold,
beating both teams by
winning every single set.
They beat the 3A River-
side Pirates 25-18, 25-15,
25-21. Emma Rietmann
served 14-15 with two aces
and had five kills, McCur-
ry had four kills and four
blocks, Ogden went 11-13
with five kills, Martin went
13-16 with one ace and
four assists, Ola Rietmann
went 11-12 with three aces
and four digs, Mastriona
went 8-8 with one ace and
eight digs, and Doherty
went 7-8 with two aces.
They then beat Helix
in three, 25-19, 25-15,
25-14. They again served
93%. McCurry went 9-9
with five kills, Ogden went
14-15 with two aces and
three kills, Martin went
14-15 with three aces and
seven assists, Emma Ri-
etmann had seven kills,
Mastriona went 10-11 with
three aces, Ola Rietmann
went 3-3 with four digs,
and Doherty went 10-11
with three aces. “Megan
two snaps of the game.
Heppner got a big win over
a good team by the score of
27-20.
Heppner had 17 first
downs to 15 for the Tigers.
The Mustangs had more
yards rushing than the Ti-
gers 239-72. Clatskanie
had 220 passing yards and
the Mustangs had 119.
Heppner had 358 total
yards for the game and the
Tigers 292.
Wilson was 8-10 pass-
ing the ball for 108 yards
and a touchdown. Jackson
Lehman was 1-1 for 11
yards and a score. Mason
Lehman caught 6 passes on
the night for 82 yards and 2
touchdowns. Jackson Leh-
man caught one pass for 32
yards and Coe had two re-
ceptions for 5 yards.
Wolters led the Mus-
tangs in rushing with 92
yards on 11 attempts. Wil-
son finished with 87 yards
and Mason Lehman had
41. Brock Hisler finished
with 10 yards and Han-
na-Robinson ran for 9.
A tremendous team de-
fensive effort was led by
Wolters and Hanna-Rob-
inson who finished with
7 tackles each. Jason Rea
had 6 and with 4 tackles
each were Roy Collins,
Cimmiyotti and Hisler.
With 3 tackles each were
Mason Lehman, Jackson
Lehman and Hayden Hy-
att. Wilson, Coe and Kevin
Rea finished with 2 tackles
each and with 1 tackle each
in the game were Matt
Orem, Casey Fletcher and
Conor Brosnan.
This Friday night the
Mustangs will travel to
Mill City to take on the
Santiam Wolverines. San-
tiam is always a strong
team and started the sea-
son ranked second in the
OSAA Coaches Poll.
Cardinals VB Team Comes
Out Swinging
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Doherty lit up the gym.
She was on fire all night.
She served, hit, passed–ev-
erything–great. But she’s
a real team leader too, en-
couraging the girls, help-
ing them learn new rota-
tions, inspiring us all. She
had a tremendously suc-
cessful evening, and I’m
very proud of her,” said
Wagenblast.
The Cardinals host-
ed second ranked North
Clackamas Christian at
the Arlington gym this last
Saturday. It was a close
matchup, but the Cardi-
nals ultimately fell 21-25,
18-25, 18-25. McCurry
went 8-9 with one ace and
had eight blocks, Emma
Rietmann went 5-5 with
nine hits and six blocks,
Doherty went 11-13 its one
ace, and Mastriona went
10-12 with two aces and
three kills. “We played a
very good team tough. I
think with a little more
confidence, we could have
had them. If we meet them
again this season, we defi-
nitely will,” according to
Wagenblast.
The Cardinals will host
their first home game of the
season in Ione this Thurs-
day against defending Big
Sky Champions South
Wasco County. “It should
be a very good matchup.
My girls are excited and
ready to play. I hope ev-
eryone makes the effort to
come watch; you won’t
be disappointed! These
girls are making us all very
proud!” said Coach Wa-
genblast.
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