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HEPPNER G T 50¢ azette imes VOL. 138 NO. 46 8 Pages Wednesday, November 13, 2019 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Mustangs stomp Bandon in first playoff game Amanda Rea joins race for county treasurer Amanda Rea of Ione has joined the run for Mor- row County Treasurer. Rea grew up on a dryland wheat farm outside of Ione and attended school in both Ione and Heppner. She graduated high school at the same time she received her Associates Degree from Blue Mountain Community College. She then ventured to Eastern Oregon Univer- sity where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. While finishing the last term of her bachelor’s de- gree she began working as an appraiser for Umatilla County Assessor’s office. While growing up, Rea spent her summers working on her parents, farm, grand- parents, alfalfa farm and a neighboring wheat harvest crew. Also, while attending Eastern Oregon University, she worked for a saw mill and interned for a potato farm near Boardman. When not working Amanda reported she en- joys spending time in the mountains snowmobiling, camping, dirt bike riding and hunting. She said she also enjoys golfing, jet ski- ing, watching her brothers play football and spending time with her family. Amanda indicated she Amanda Rea has learned that respect, discipline and hard work pay off and she is always willing and eager to learn something new. Amanda states, “It would be a true privilege to work as the treasurer of Morrow Coun- ty.” Quarterfinal game to be played Saturday The Heppner Mustang football team won their opening round game of the OSAA 2A State Football Championship by defeating the Bandon Tigers 49-0. Heppner will now host a quarterfinal game against the Warrenton Warriors this Saturday. The Warriors were the second-place team from Special District 1 and finished the season with a 7-2 record. They defeated Sheridan in the first round by the score of 35-20 to advance to the quarterfinals. Bandon kicked off to start the game and forced the Mustangs to punt the ball. This was the only time that Heppner had to punt in the game as they scored on their next seven possessions. The strong Mustang defense made Bandon punt the ball on their first pos- session and that gave the offense great field position. Heppner needed only three plays to score their first touchdown when Blake Wolters took a handoff and ran four yards for the score to make it 6-0. On the next Tiger pos- session, Jason Rea dove and intercepted a pass that gave the Mustangs great field position at the Bandon 27- yard line. Heppner took ad- vantage of that and scored six plays later when Mason Lehman ran 16 yards for the touchdown, making the score 12-0. Kannon Wilkins kicked off for the Mustangs and pinned the Tigers deep in their own territory. Brock Hisler then tackled a Tiger running back so hard that he fumbled the ball and Jayden Wilson recovered it for the Mustangs. Heppner scored four plays later when Wilson threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to Jackson Lehman. That made the score 18-0 as the first quar- ter came to an end. On the next Bandon possession, Wilson forced a fumble that Roy Collins recovered. The Mustangs scored on the very next play when Wilson threw a perfectly placed pass that Kason Cimmiyotti caught and ran into the end zone for a 41-yard touchdown completion. Wilson then threw to Jackson Lehman for the 2-pt. conversion to make the score 26-0. Another defensive stand by the Mustangs and the Tigers had to punt the ball away again. The next Heppner score came when Wilson took off with the ball and outran the entire Tiger defense for a 50-yard touchdown. Wilson threw to Mason Lehman for an- other 2-pt. conversion score to make the score 34-0. Bandon started to move the ball on their next pos- session until Matt Orem sacked the Tiger quarter- back and forced him to fumble. Wolters jumped on the ball and recovered it at the Bandon 43-yard line. Just six plays later the Mustangs scored when Wolters packed the ball in from the seven-yard line Roy Collins (75) brings down the opponent in Saturday’s playoff game against the Bandon for the touchdown. Wilson Tigers. -Photo by Damon Brosnan. threw to Jackson Lehman for the 2-pt. conversion to 2019 OSAA / OnPoint Community Credit Union 2A Football State Championship make the score 42-0 just Round 1 Semifinals Final Quarterfinals before halftime. Heppner kicked off to Grant Union 6 start the second half and Kennedy 35 got the ball right back when Wolters recovered another Oakland Nov. 8-9 Nov. 22-23 Nov. 15-16 Nov. 30 11/9, 1pm 16 1 11/16 , 1pm 9 -See MUSTANGS VS. BAN- DON/PAGE FOUR 1 Kennedy 11/8, 7pm Oakland 20 9 Glide 6 8 11/22, TBD 11/9, 1pm @ Dale Hargett Field - Toled… 12 Lost River 32 Toledo 62 5 11/16 , 1pm 5 Toledo 4 Monroe 11/8, 7pm 13 Colton 22 Monroe 57 4 11/30 , TBD 11/9, 1pm @ Morrow County Fairgroun… 14 Bandon 0 Heppner 49 3 11/16 , Noon @ Morrow County Fairgro… 11 3 Warrenton Heppner 11/8, 7pm 11 Warrenton 35 Sheridan 20 6 11/22, TBD 11/8, 7pm @ CMH Field Astoria 10 Culver 22 Knappa 38 7 11/16 , 1pm 7 Knappa 2 Coquille 11/9, 2pm 15 2 Santiam 6 Coquille 44 Kellen Grant (51) prepares to block for teammate Jayden Wilson (13). -Photo by Damon Brosnan. MCHD receives grant The Morrow Coun- ty Health Department re- ceived a $10,000 grant from the Wildhorse Foundation towards the purchase of an emergency generator for the Boardman Health Dept. office. The generator will directly address a number of public health and safety issues and ensure continu- ing county services during an emergency. First, it will provide emergency power during power outages to protect the vaccine supply as exposure to temperatures outside of recommended storage can impact the potency of vac- cine. Loss of vaccine could have a negative financial effect resulting in the thou- sands of dollars. Secondly, the Board- man Health Dept. could be utilized as an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) during natural or other di- sasters. Thirdly, because the clinic will have power during outages, it will be able to respond to public health crisis such as epi- demics, food borne illness- es or other weather-related emergencies and allow con- tinued provision of critical services. The Morrow County Health Dept appreciates the Wildhorse Foundation and their contribution to support the health and safety of all Morrow County residents. The team with the better Adjusted Playoff Ranking (APR) shall be the designated home team (bottom team in the matchup).