EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Ione/Arlington hosts Pilot
Rock for first home game
Ione/Arlington hosted
the team from Pilot Rock
for their first home football
game in Ione on Friday,
September 24. While Pilot
Rock was always close be-
hind the home team, in the
end Ione/Arlington (I/A)
took the win with a solid
38-24. A spokesperson re-
ported that while there was
one injury when a Pilot
Rock player dislocated his
knee cap, the game went
well.
At half-time Pilot Rock
was leading with 12-8 but
I/A came out energized for
the second half. “Taylor
Rollins was hard to stop
in the second half,” report-
ed Coach Dennis Stefani.
“Rollins rushed for three
touchdowns and Carson
Eynetich contributed from
Heppner High’s homecoming
court takes the field
.
Pictured (L-R): Shawn Wilson, Junior Princess Katie Wilson, Junior Prince Trevor Nichols,
Mike Masterson, Queen ZaBrena Masterson, King Brock Hisler, Jason Cunningham, Senior
Princess Hailey Cunningham, Senior Prince Jace Coe, Senior Princess Kylie Boor, Doug Boor,
Tacos Hometown provided food at the home football game in Senior Prince Cody Fletcher, Junior Princess Hailey Wenberg, Peter Wenberg, Junior Prince
Ione last week. -Contributed photo.
David Cribbs. Front row: Pennant bearers Jaylee Schliach, JD Payne. -Photo by Damon Brosnan.
both sides of the field with
his ability to run the show,”
continued Stefani.
Cheerleaders between
the ages of six and 12 took
to the field at half-time
to perform a simple rou-
tine, with the assistance of
Phegley Padberg and Cici
Heppner cross country sweeps
meet in The Dalles
Stefani. “The girls did a
great job from high kicking
to holding each other while
kneeling. It was great to see
those young cheerleaders
on the field,” Ione superin- By Hannah Finch
tendent Kevin Dinning told
The Heppner cross
the Gazette.
country team was busy last
weekend. On Thursday, the
runners traveled to Stan-
field, and then ran in The
Dalles the next day.
In Stanfield, both Hep-
pner’s high school and mid-
dle school girls had three
runners finish in the top 10.
Lily Nichols placed second,
Riley Archer placed fifth
and Brooklyn Hendricks
finished tenth for the middle
school. Hailey Heideman
placed fifth, Kylie Boor
placed eighth and Hannah
Finch finished tenth for
the girls’ varsity. On the
boys’ side, Cooper Wight
placed second for the mid-
dle school boys and Trevor
Nichols placed third in the
boys’ varsity.
Friday’s race took place
in Sorosis Park in The
The Ione Community School seniors recently repainted the “I” along with “22”, their grad- Dalles, which meant lots of
uation year, leaving their mark on the hillside in Ione. At the same time, they touched up the hills for the runners. These
“33” (in memory of Ione student Stormy Kendrick-inset) and established a new “bell” which
hills didn’t intimidate the
is difficult to see in the photo. Repainting the “I” and adding the graduation year is an annual
Mustangs, however, who
tradition for the seniors. -Contributed photo.
had runners on the podium
for every race.
Both Lily Nichols and
Ione seniors repaint hillside
Elementary school receives
school supply donations
Heppner Elementary School received generous donations of money, backpacks and school
supplies recently through a program at Bank of Eastern Oregon. The staff appreciates the
generosity of the donations that will provide learning opportunities for the students. Pictured
are students from Heppner Elementary with some of the supplies that were donated.
Cooper Wight took their
second place from the pre-
vious day and turned it
into a gold medal, winning
the middle school races.
Nichols stood atop the po-
dium with Heppner’s other
middle school girls, who
won the sixth-, seventh- and
eighth-grade races. For the
eighth-grade race, Riley
Archer finished second
after Nichols, followed by
teammate Brooklyn Hen-
dricks, who was the first
seventh grader to cross the
finish line. Lizzie Ginn, the
first sixth grader, finished
shortly after. The middle
school girls team won the
meet with only 20 points.
When it comes to cross
country, the less points, the
better.
Trevor Nichols, who
placed second for the varsi-
ty boys, and Hailey Heide-
man, who placed fourth for
the varsity girls, represent-
ed Heppner on the podium.
The high school boys’ team
placed second overall. This
was a long but rewarding
weekend where lots of per-
sonal records were broken.
The Mustangs will be
running again this Thurs-
day, September 30, at Sand-
stone Middle School in
Hermiston. Middle school
girls and boys will race at
3:30 p.m. Girls’ varsity will
race at 4 p.m. followed by
boys’ varsity at 4:45 p.m.
The Mustangs are host-
ing their home meet next
week on Thursday, October
7. Seniors will be recog-
nized shortly before the
races begin. Middle school
girls will run at 3 p.m. be-
fore the middle school boys
at 3:30 p.m. Varsity girls
will run at 4 p.m. and varsi-
ty boys will run at 4:45 p.m.
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