Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 20, 2021 -- NINE
Ione celebrates homecoming week
Ione Community
School celebrated home-
coming last week and
deemed it a huge success.
Ione’s students and staff,
K-12, were all involved
throughout the entire week.
The week ended with a win
against Condon in volley-
ball, a win against Dufur
in football and an outdoor
homecoming dance Satur-
day evening.
Different activities
were scheduled for every
day of the week, starting
with Tropical/Travel/Tour-
ist Day on Monday and mud
wars taking place at the
end of high school sports
practices. “It was cold and
well worth the battle,” a
spokesperson reported.
Tuesday was Cardinal
Pride day with a balloon
stomping assembly to end
the day. Wednesday was
deemed Blast from the Past
Day and included Macho
Man Volleyball at the as-
sembly to end the school
day and Powder Puff Flag
Football at 6:30 on the
football field.
Thursday was Pink
Out Day, and a noise pa-
rade ended the school day.
The home volleyball game
Thursday night against
Condon started at 5 p.m.
and everyone was encour-
aged to wear pink. A bonfire
followed the game.
Friday’s events were
the homecoming football
game with senior night
held before the game.
Homecoming festivities
took place at half time with
Cardinal Pride as the theme.
On Saturday, the events
concluded with the home-
coming dance held at the
city park.
The Powder Puff game
ended with the senior/soph-
omore team ahead 6-0.
“Nobody will remember
the score, but everyone will
remember the temperature
since it took everyone quite
a while to warm up,” said
Superintendent Kevin Din-
ning. “Mud Wars was also
memorable for the cold. It
is disputable who won the
evening, but we certainly
broke the rope in half at
one point. Some took to
the mud and cold better
than others; Carson E. had
no problem taking a couple
extra laps in the cold pool,”
he continued.
The Ione/Arlington
volleyball team put on a
great performance for the
Pink Out. They raised mon-
ey for the Susan G. Komen
Foundation, and they were
able to put Condon away in
three. A productive and safe
bonfire was well attended
after the volleyball game,
with the firefighters there
to run the fire.
The football team was
able to focus on football and
everything else they had
going through a busy week
and executed well to beat
Dufur 46-6.
Royalty for homecom-
ing included Piper Gil-
bert and Henry Dinning as
crown bearers. Ona Looney,
daughter of Crysti Taylor
was the freshman princess
and Martin Medina, Jr.,
son of Martin and Obdulia
Medina, was the freshman
prince.
The sophomore prince
was Ethan Ramos Lopez,
son of Juana and Juan Ra-
mos Lopez, and sopho-
more princess was Kelly
Doherty, daughter of Brian
and Peggy Doherty. Madi-
son Orem, junior princess,
is the daughter of Eric and
Brandi Orem and the junior
prince, Bryce Rollins, is
the son of Ed and Tricia
Rollins.
Senior princesses
included Grace Ogden,
daughter of Alison and
Jarod Ogden; Haylie Peter-
son, daughter of Elizabeth
and Treve Peterson; Hailey
Heideman, daughter of
Brandi Brantley and Nathan
and Keri Heideman; and
Faviola Juarez, daughter of
Amado and Elia Juarez.
Serving as senior princ-
es were Thomas Rudolf, son
of Ryan and Allison Rudolf;
Taylor Rollins, son of Ed
and Tricia Rollins; Cedrick
Dayandante, son of Anna-
bell and Robert Campbell;
Gary Dean Walls, son of
Gary Walls Sr. and Kathy
Walls; and Joseph Reyes,
son of Yolanda and Danny
Reyes.
Aubrey Blakley in uniform, Kalvin Rietmann holding the Post
Flag, Carter and Carson Eynetich flanking both.
Princess Ona Looney, in a 1977 red and white ford pickup
driven by Jeff Eyenetich.
Ione celebrated homecoming week with a parade, volleyball,
mud wars and fun days. -Contributed photos.
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