TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 16, 2019
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David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor
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Student to hold
bake sale
Angel Matthew, 17,
will be holding a bake sale
Oct. 19 beginning at 6 p.m.
in front of Sage Clothing
on Main Street in Hep-
pner. Matthew, a junior at
Ione High School, is earn-
ing money to go on a trip
to London, Paris and the
Alps during spring break in
March 2020.
Matthew has been sav-
ing for the educational tour
through Education First for
over a year. The total cost
of the tour is $3,835 and he
still needs to earn $1,338
before December.
Those interested in do-
nating to his cause may
Angel Matthew needs help
earning the balance of the
money needed for an educa-
tional tour. -Contributed photo.
contact Taomi at 541-676-
8119. Matthew is also will-
ing to do yard work and odd
jobs to earn the balance of
the money for the trip.
ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE:
MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
Mustangs continue winning season
The Heppner Mustang
football team continued
their winning ways by beat-
ing the Irrigon Knights
with a score of 50-0. The
Mustangs are now 6-0 in
the season and ranked third
in the OSAA 2A football
rankings.
Heppner scored early
and often to take control
of the game. Quarterback
Jayden Wilson started the
scoring off with a 34-yard
touchdown pass to Mason
Lehman. That made the
score 6-0 with just under a
minute and a half gone in
the game.
The next Mustang score
came as Brock Hisler took
a handoff, busted through
the line, and ran 44 yards
for the touchdown to make
the score 12-0.
The next time the Mus-
tangs got the ball they only
needed two plays to score
again. Wilson took off with
the ball and scampered
39 yards for a Mustang
touchdown. The score was
now 18-0 in favor of the
Mustangs.
The Heppner defense
forced another punt by the
Knights and Mason Leh-
man took control of the
ball and ran 68 yards for
the score. That made the
score 24-0.
After another stop by
the Mustang defense, the
Knights elected to punt.
Mason Lehman once again
took the punt return to the
end zone, this time from
55 yards out for the score.
Kannon Wilkins made the
extra point kick to make the
score 31-0.
The next stop by the
Heppner defense gave the
offense the ball at the 40-
yard line. Blake Wolters
then took a handoff and ran
the ball for 17 yards on the
first play of the drive. On
Follow us on
the very next play, Wolters
scored on a run from 43
yards out. The Wilkins PAT
made the score 38-0 as the
first quarter came to an end.
On the next Irrigon pos-
session they fumbled the
ball and Gavin Hanna-Rob-
inson recovered it for the
Mustangs. Heppner scored
again as Jackson Lehman
caught a pass from Wilson
and ran the ball in from 53
yards out. That made the
score 44-0.
At this point of the
game many of the younger
Mustang players entered
the contest. The next Hep-
pner score came as new
quarterback Kason Cimmi-
yotti handed the ball off to
Hisler and he out raced the
entire Irrigon defense for a
61-yard touchdown. That
made the score 50-0 as the
half came to an end.
The entire second half
would be played under the
45-point rule in which the
clock continues to run at all
times. Neither team would
mount a scoring drive in the
half and the game would
end with the 50-0 score in
favor of the Mustangs.
The Mustangs had 14
first downs in the game and
Irrigon had three. Heppner
compiled 286 yards of rush-
ing and the defense held
the Knights to 75. Heppner
passed for 133 yards and
Irrigon had –2. The Mus-
tangs ended the game with
419 total yards and held
Irrigon to 73.
Wilson was 3-4 passing
the ball for 100 yards and
two touchdowns. Cimmiyo-
tti was 1-1 for 33 yards and
Casey Fletcher was 0-1 and
Derrick Smith 0-2 passing
the ball.
Jackson Lehman
caught one pass for 53
yards and a touchdown
while Mason Lehman had a
pass reception for 34 yards
and a score. Evan Kollman
caught one ball for 33 yards
and Cimmiyotti had one
Brock Hisler (32) and Kevin Rea (61). -Photo by Damon Brosnan.
reception for 13 yards.
Hisler led the team in
rushing with 113 yards
on four carries and scored
two touchdowns. Wolt-
ers was next with three
carries for 84 yards and
a score. Wilson finished
with 39 yards rushing and
a touchdown while Cimmi-
yotti carried the ball for 37
yards. Wilkins rushed for
eight yards and with five
yards each were Jace Coe
and Bryan Collins. Casey
Fletcher and Colby Keslar
each rushed for three yards
and Ty Boor had one.
The Mustang defense
was led by Wolters with
seven tackles on the night.
Hisler was next with five
and with four each were
Matt Orem, Hanna-Rob-
inson and Coe. Recording
three tackles each in the
game were Mason Leh-
man, Hayden Hyatt, Roy
Collins and Kegan Steagall.
With two tackles each were
Wilkins, Jason Rea, Cody
Fletcher and Jake Lentz.
With one tackle each were
Jorden Sweeney, Jackson
Lehman, Nate Maret, Mikel
Jaca, Kevin Rea and Coner
Brosnan.
This Friday the Mus-
tangs travel to Athena to
take on the Weston-McE-
wen Tigerscots. Game time
is 7 p.m.
Evan Kollman runs to catch the ball in the Heppner/Irrigon
game. -Photo by Kirsti Cason.
Mustangs compete at Union
& When
Mustang volleyball competed against Union and Enterprise at Union last weekend. Pictured
(Left): Marlee Mitchell reaches for the ball. Right: Aimee Turrell gets under the ball at the
net. -Photos by Kirsti Cason.
Where Healthier is Happening Umatilla National Forest seeks
Because we know how important your time is, we’ve
extended hours at our Ione Community Clinic and Irrigon
Medical Clinic locations.
Irrigon Medical
Clinic
Monday - Friday
8:30 am – 6:00 pm
(541) 922-5880
Monday – Thursday
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Ione Community
Clinic
(541) 422-7128
Monday – Tuesday
Betty Hamill, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
Wednesdays
Morrow County Public Health
8:00 am – 1:00 pm
(office open until 5:00 pm)
Thursday
Eileen McElligott, ARNP
After business hours, call Pioneer Memorial Hospital
at 541-676-9133. If it is a medical emergency, dial 911.
public comment
The Heppner Ranger
District of the Umatilla
National Forest is seeking
public comment on the pro-
posed West End Farm Bill
Categorical Exclusion (CE)
project (West End Project),
located approximately 28
miles southwest of Hep-
pner. The Forest Service
will be accepting comments
on the proposal until Nov.
12, 2019.
The purpose of this
project is to reduce the
risk and extent of an on-
going insect and disease
infestation. The West End
Project proposes to treat up
to 3,000 acres by removing
trees through mechanical
treatments including com-
mercial thinning, small di-
ameter thinning, pile burn-
ing and prescribed fire.
Treatments would remove
insect and disease infested
trees and reduce stocking
levels to decrease competi-
tion for moisture, light and
nutrients. Proposed activi-
ties are designed to improve
the ability of trees to ward
off insects and diseases
and decrease fuel build up
from dead and dying trees,
thus increasing forest stand
resilience.
The Forest Service is
seeking scoping comments
to help refine the proposed
action and identify ways
to improve project design.
The comment period is an
opportunity for the public
to be involved in the pro-
cess and offer thoughts on
alternative ways the Forest
Service can accomplish the
project purpose and need.
The Heppner Ranger
District will also host two
collaboration opportunities
during the scoping period,
including a public field
trip to the project area on
Oct. 18, 2019 and a public
workshop at the Heppner
Ranger District office on
Nov. 7, 2019.
For more information
about the West End Project
or the upcoming collabora-
tion opportunities, please
contact the project lead,
Diane Shirley at diane.
shirley@usda.gov or 541-
427-5315. Additionally,
those interested in attending
the public field trip are en-
couraged to RSVP to Diane
Shirley so the Forest can
plan accordingly.
Additional information
about the West End Project,
including how to comment
on proposed activities, is
available at: http://www.
fs.fed.us/nepa/fs-usda-pop.
php/?project=56315.