TEN - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Ione FFA announces Mustangs storm Pendleton and the 2A
state degree
state tournament
recipients
Pictured top right to bottom left: Gary Walls, Grace Ogden
and Madison Orem. -Contributed photo.
Three members of the
Ione FFA Chapter have
earned their state FFA de-
gree, the highest award a
state FFA association can
bestow upon its members.
Grace Ogden, Madison
Orem and Gary Walls will
accept this prestigious hon-
or during the State FFA
Convention over spring
break in Redmond.
Some of the require-
ments include having
earned and productively
invested at least $1,500 in
their project and worked
a minimum of 500 hours
in the last two years, per-
formed 10 procedures of
parliamentary law, given
a six-minute speech on
an agricultural topic and
serviced as an officer. Addi-
tionally, each student must
have a satisfactory scho-
lastic record, participate in
at least 30 FFA activities
and 10 school/community
activities and at least 25
community service hours.
Once record books and the
application are complete,
each member must present
to a panel of community
members and field ques-
tions about their project.
FFA appreciates Jay and
Sue Gibbs and Eric Orem
for volunteering their time
to listen to the presentations
of all the degree recipients
in Morrow County.
“I am very proud of
these members,” said FFA
Advisor, Erin Heideman.
“This is a tremendous ac-
complishment and honor”
FFA, once known as
Future Farmers of Amer-
ica, is the largest youth
leadership organization
in the United States. Go
to www.oregonffa.com to
learn more about this orga-
nization.
Birthright to hold
open house
Birthright of Morrow
County, located on Willow
Street and around the cor-
ner from Murray’s, will be
hosting an open house on
Saturday, March 12 from 12
noon to 3 p.m. Everyone is
invited to join the staff for
some refreshments and to
see what they’re all about.
Birthright is a free,
non-judgmental support,
for women who are preg-
nant or think they might be
pregnant. They invite ev-
eryone to come visit before,
after or during the parade on
Saturday.
By Blake Carter
2016 was the last time
the Mustangs boys’ varsity
squad found themselves at
the state tournament. Six
years later, they’re back.
Heppner has taken a long
road to get here to Pendle-
ton, and the 2A state tour-
nament. After winning their
first game of the year, Hep-
pner suffered their first loss
to Umatilla, a team who
also punched their ticket to
their classification’s state
tournament.
Heppner rebounded
well with a win over the
reigning 1A state champion,
Nixyaawii. They then took
on the 2A preview in Pend-
leton where they came out
a clean 3-0. Heppner added
another win to go on a five
game win streak, before
suffering their second loss
to Warrenton. Heppner then
went on a tear, winning nine
games in a row, seven of
which were league contests.
After starting 7-0 in league
play, Heppner fell at the
hands of Stanfield, suffer-
ing their third loss of the
season. Heppner used the
loss as motivation and won
the final four regular season
games, leaving them at an
impressive 19-3 record.
Heppner wasn’t satisfied,
they followed up with a dis-
mantling of the only league
opponent who had beaten
them this year, Stanfield.
Heppner guaranteed them-
selves a home playoff game,
and a district championship.
They still wanted more, the
Mustangs returned home
and took down the Tigers
for the second time this
year and found themselves
in Pendleton. This year the
Mustangs returned to Pend-
leton with a chip on their
shoulder. Just last season
they were bounced from
the tournament by the same
team they were facing in the
quarter finals, the Knappa
Loggers.
Pendleton High School
was the spot to be for all
Mustang fans, the 21-3
Blue Mountain Confer-
ence when the champion
Heppner Mustangs took on
the 25-1 Northwest League
District champion Knappa
Loggers. Heppner would
fight all night long but fall
63-50. Knappa raced out
to an early 7-0 lead in the
first quarter, the Loggers
built the lead to 16-7 at the
end of the quarter. A 19-11
second quarter led to a 35-
18 Knappa lead at halftime.
Heppner was able to cut the
lead down to 12 during the
third quarter but still trailed
50-36 at the end of the third
quarter. Knappa retained
the lead in the fourth quar-
ter and handed Heppner a
loss in the quarter finals.
Joe Sherman scored 14
points as Tucker Ashbeck
followed with 13. Ashbeck
was also named the Moda
Health Player of the Game
for Heppner.
Stats vs Knappa: Tuck-
er Ashbeck, 13 points, eight
rebounds, one steal; David
Cribbs, two points, seven
rebounds, two assists, one
steal; Trevor Nichols, five
points, one rebound, one
assist, one block; Caden
George, two rebounds, one
assist; Landon Mitchell,
four points, five rebounds,
two assists; Derrick Smith,
three points; Blake Car-
ter, two rebounds; Cody
Fletcher, one rebound;
Brock Hisler, nine points,
four rebounds, two assists,
one block, four steals; Joe
Sherman, 14 points, four
rebounds, two assists, one
block, two steals.
After taking a tough
loss, Heppner returned to
action the following morn-
ing at the Pendleton Con-
vention Center, where they
took on a stout Regis Rams
squad who were coming off
a loss at the hands of the
Salem Academy Crusaders.
Regis pulled off the upset of
the Jefferson Lions to take
the Central Valley Confer-
ence title and punched their
ticket to Pendleton. Behind
28 points from freshman
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P.O. Box 337
Heppner, OR 97836
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The Heppner High School Outdoor Club recently took a trip
to Anthony Lakes Ski Area. The weather was crisp, but the
snow was fast. Pictured: Brian Lindsay, Joe Sherman, Trevor
Nichols, Owen Cunningham, Maya Payne, Isabel Payne and
our newest advisor Petra Payne. Not pictured Advisor Dave
Fowler. -Contributed photo.
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point; Blake Carter, three
points; Cody Fletcher, one
assist; Brock Hisler, sev-
en points, four rebounds,
two assists, two steals; Joe
Sherman, eight points, two
rebounds, two assists, five
steals.
Heppner ended their
season with 21 wins, and
just five losses. Heppner
captured their first league ti-
tle since 2019 and appeared
at the state tournament for
the first time since 2019.
The Mustangs will gradu-
ate seven seniors and look
to their younger players to
continue the success next
year.
Two other Blue Moun-
tain Conference opponents
appeared in the girls’ tour-
nament in Pendleton this
weekend. Stanfield placed
sixth, while the Union Bob-
cats captured their first
state championship in girls’
basketball.
The Mustangs will be-
gin their spring seasons
within the next few weeks,
baseball, golf, softball and
track and field will all be
competing shortly. Good
luck to those competing.
HHS outdoor club
visits ski area
$125,000
$750,000
Owner/Broker David Sykes
Isaiah Koehnke, Regis de-
feated Heppner 67-49. Re-
gis raced out to an 18-6 lead
in the first quarter. Heppner
battled back and got the
lead down to two points
with the scoreboard reading
22-20, with Regis leading
early in the second quarter.
The Rams would extend
the lead back out and lead
38-29 at halftime. Heppner
once again cut into the defi-
cit early in the third, trailing
by just four before Regis
took control again. Regis
led by 15 after the third
quarter and maintained
the lead to end Heppner’s
incredible season. Tucker
Ashbeck earned player of
the game honors once again
for the Mustangs.
Stats vs Regis: Tuck-
er Ashbeck, nine points,
11 rebounds, two steals;
David Cribbs, six points,
four rebounds, three steals;
Trevor Nichols, four points,
five rebounds, one assist;
Caden George, four points,
five rebounds, three assists,
one steal; Landon Mitchell,
seven points, one rebound;
Cameron Proudfoot, one
steal; Derrick Smith, one
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