FOUR- Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Mustang
volleyball JV/V host Pirates
end, the 2A Rankings are
By Tylynn Cimmiyotti
It was back to the
courts this past Thursday
for Mustang volleyball.
After a seemingly short
summer, the Heppner Mus-
tangs started their volley-
ball season by hosting the
Riverside Pirates. JV games
began at 5 pm, and varsity
played after.
This year’s teams
are small yet mighty. Only
fifteen girls make up the
volleyball roster, which
could be limiting if even
a few girls were to miss a
game simultaneously.
Of those returning
for varsity are #3 Daralynn
Teeman, #4 Katie Wilson,
#11 Hallee Hisler, #14
Morgan Cutsforth, #20 Ka-
tie Spivey, and #33 Hailey
Wenberg. New to the team
this year are #7 Makiyah
Christian (JV/V), #10 Ava
Gerry, #16 Keeley Nairns
(JV/V), #18 Hailey Cim-
miyotti (JV/V), #22 Dusty
Robinson (JV/V), and #23
Kadie Hendrichs (JV/V);
one of which is new to our
school and community.
#10 Ava Gerry, a
sophomore, is the daughter
of Ryan Gerry, Heppner
Jr./Sn. High School’s new
Principle. Their family re-
located to Heppner from
John Day when Mr. Gerry
accepted this position.
Even in the stifling
gym, it was nice to be pres-
ent to watch the girls return
with no masks and high-fiv-
ing each other for luck un-
der the net after a bit of con-
fusion. The judges signaled
the courts’ teams to meet at
the net, but after two years
of COVID “no-contact”
orders between opposite
groups, it took a slightly
comical moment for the
girls to realize what the
judges were indicating.
During the matches
on Thursday, Heppner won
each set. The Mustangs
never fell once to the Pi-
rates. JV: 25-16, 25-14. V:
25-8, 25-15, 25-20.
JV games finished
quickly, only playing a
30-minute match. Coach
Barnett has nothing but
high hopes for the JV sea-
son, “It was a great team
win. The girls have been
practicing hard the last two
weeks, and it showed on
the court tonight. We still
have a lot to work on, but I
am excited to see where the
season will take us.”
Varsity’s first two
sets showed that Heppner
would decide who won.
Riverside’s team played
hard, never giving up or
slowing their pace, but
many of the Pirates’ ac-
crued points were Mustang
errors alone.
At the start of
the third set of the varsity
match, Heppner fell be-
hind rather quickly, and
Heppner (7), Enterprise
(9), and Grant Union (16).
The 1A Rankings are Crane
(1), Joseph (8), Prairie City
(13), and Adrian (30).
All Day Stats:
Dara Teeman; Digs:41,
Assists:45.
Katie Wilson; Digs:27,
Kills:7, Assists:6, Aces:6.
Hallee Hisler; Kills:33,
Blocks:3.
Av a G e r r y ; D i g s : 1 0 ,
Kills:15, Aces:5.
Morgan Cutsforth; Digs:10.
Kills:11, Aces:6.
Katie Spivey; Digs:20,
Kills:7, Aces:6, Assists:6.
Hailey Wenberg; Digs:56,
Aces:6.
Upcoming games:
Good News Only
Hallee Hisler tips the ball over the net in the Mus-
tangs game vs. Riverside on Thursday, while Mor-
soon there was a growing
gap in the score. It looked
like Riverside would leave
Heppner behind and take
the win. The lack of points
forced the Mustangs to
work hard to turn it around
and bring the game back in
their favor, winning 25-20.
The Mustangs
scored first during the last
set, but the Pirates quickly
matched that point in the
next volley. Riverside kept
up the pace, continuing to
add to their score, leaving
Heppner behind.
With the score at
7-3, Riverside, the Mus-
tangs scored only one point
more before losing the ball
to the pirates after one of
the longest volleys of the
set. The next play brought
the score to 16-9, Riverside,
when #11, Hallee Hisler,
tipped the ball over the net,
getting the ball back and
helping Heppner receive
the point.
At 16-10, River-
side, Heppner’s #3, Dara
Teeman, served for 6 points
in a row, bringing Heppner
up to tie with Riverside.
Now, at 16-16, Mustangs
spiked the ball out the back,
losing the play to the Pi-
rates, 17-16.
The play continued
to move back and forth be-
tween the two teams. The
longest Riverside kept the
ball during this time was for
three consecutive points.
Heppner got the
ball back at 20-19; this is
when #20, Katie Spivey,
served another six times
in a row for the Mustangs,
which helped bring the
score up, and sealed the W
when the Pirates tipped the
ball out of bounds during
the final play.
Riverside’s coach
attempted to break up
both of Heppner’s serving
streaks with time-outs, but
luckily the Mustangs’ serv-
ers did not waver either
time. Those 12 solid points
gave the Mustangs the late
foundation they needed to
win the set.
Coach Wilson was
excited and relieved to see
the team make a comeback.
“This was a great game to
see what we needed to work
on as a team and individu-
als. We started strong but
then had to battle in the final
set. It was good to see both
sides of the game, showing
us what it would take to
come from behind. I’m very
pleased about where we are
this early in the season, and
I am excited to build upon
that.”
JV Final Scores: 25-16, 25-
14, Heppner
Varsity Final Scores: 25-8,
25-15, 25-20, Heppner
Digs: Hailey Wenberg-8,
Morgan Cutsforth-6.
Kills: Hallee Hisler-5, Ava
Gerry-4.
Assists: Dara Teeman-12.
Aces: Dara Teeman-4, Hai-
ley Wenberg-3, Katie Wil-
son-3.
Grant Union
season opener
tournament
By Tylynn Cimmiyotti
The Mustangs’ var-
sity volleyball team trav-
eled on Saturday to John
Day to compete in the 2022
Grant Union Season Open-
er Tournament.
Several teams from
1A and 2A levels met to
compete.
The teams present were:
Heppner, Grant Union,
Prairie City, Enterprise,
Crane, Adrian, and Joseph.
The Mustangs
placed 3rd/4th in the tour-
nament since there was no
consolation game to deter-
mine final placement.
V Final Scores:
During pool play: vs. Jo-
seph: 25-16, 25-20, and vs.
Adrian: 25-18, 15-25.
During bracket play: vs.
Enterprise: 25-22, 25-14;
vs. Joseph: 18-25, 25-23,
15-11.
What Coach Wil-
son has to say about their
Saturday tournament is, “It
was a good day; we played
well. The team won to-
gether and lost together but
learned a lot about what it is
going to take to be success-
ful. We have work to do,
and the team is improving
daily.”
After this week-
By Doris Brosnan
School days are
back?! Seems impossible.
And as the school year
begins, hats off to ICABO
and Ione Booster Club for
their determination to see
that all Ione students have
supplies needed for suc-
cess. They have provided
those supplies at no cost
to the families. And the
Bank of Eastern Oregon
continues its collection of
school-supplies donations,
so there is still some time
for contributions that will
be useful to our school stu-
dentsd.
Volleyball and football
teams also appreciate our
support, so check those
schedules. Volleyball is
already in full swing, and
first football games for the
Mustangs and the “Birds”
are this week.
Yes, for anyone not al-
ready aware, the Ione and
Arlington high schools
agreed last year to combine
sports teams in order to
remain competitive. This
called for a new moniker,
of course. Thus, the “Car-
dinals” and the “Honkers”
became the “Birds.”
A new face in the
Ione Schools’ fifth-grade
classroom is a face famil-
iar to many. Cara Osmin
has signed on as the fifth-
grade teacher, returning to
full-time work after a few
years of substitute teach-
ing in the Morrow County
schools. Welcome back,
Cara.
At the Bank of East-
ern Oregon branches are
the new “Morrow County
Chronicles”. The 2022 is-
sue is priced at $7. Some
familiar names in this
year’s publication: Tatone,
Cecil Post Office, Easley,
Heppner rodeo, Red Leon-
ard, Rawlins, Lexington
Jackrabbits, Green Feed,
Tolar. The “Chronicles”
will also be available at
Murray’s and at the muse-
um.
JoyceKay Hollomon
beams with pride and a
touch of awe when she re-
calls the triple successes
she witnessed for mem-
bers of her family at the
fair and rodeo this year.
Tenely Rosenbaum, (Joy-
ceKay’s granddaughter)
12-year-old daughter of
Jeremy and Madison, rep-
resented the family’s third
generation to participate in
the fair. She earned grand
champion for conforma-
tion with one of her lambs,
while with her other lamb,
she earned reserve cham-
pion for showmanship
and reserve champion for
conformation. And then at
the Sunday rodeo, Wacy
Coil, son of Jay and Dar-
cy (JoyceKay’s daughter),
won the buckle for his suc-
cess as a mugger for Willy
Gentry, a challenge differ-
ent from his past hide-race
endeavors. And to top off
JoyceKay’s surprises, her
son-in-law, Ken Bailey,
entered the calf-roping
competition for the first
time and took home the
saddle.
One might think that
a golf team on which three
of the six members are two
priests and one bishop –
Fathers Thankachan and
Kumar and Bishop Cary
- could have an edge in a
tournament honoring the
memory of Father Gerry
Condon, a tournament that
is a fund-raiser for church
youth. But, alas, even with
one outstanding shot by
Father Thankachan, the
team could not best the
team of Joe Lindsay. Last
Saturday, 34 participants
raised over $2000 for the
scholarship fund of St.
Patrick Church and had a
great time doing so.
They’re back… 400 of
the dam goats first arrived
and another 300 came a
few days later to join the
work party. So far, they
have stayed where they
belong. Soon the face of
the dam might not look so
green.
Older but not really wis-
er, this writer erroneously
Thur., Sept. 1, 1:00pm:
Tournament @ Dufur
Sat., Sept. 3, 8:00am: Tour-
nament @ Heppner
Tue., Sept.6, 4:00pm: Tour-
nament @ Echo
decided that the Melan-
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So far, Lily, the CUTE
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Here’s hoping that some
good news comes to ev-
eryone reading this.
WCCC
Sunday Men’s
Play
Only 10 golfers
participated in men’s play
on Sunday August 28, at
Willow Creek Country
Club. Results are as fol-
lows: Special Events: KP
#2-11-Dave Pranger 33’;
Long Putt #5/14 -Roger
Ehrmantraut 2’7; Net-
1 st Roger Ehrmantraut, 55,
2 nd John Edmundson, 57;
Gross-1 st -Rick Johnston,
68; 2 nd Tim Wright, 70.
The next Sunday play
will be the par 3 challenge
on Sept. 4. Charlie Fer-
guson will host this event.
Wednesday night match
play has concluded. Fol-
lowing are the results: 1 st
Wayne Seitz-Dale Boyd; 2 nd
Marty Brannon-Jim Bleth;
3 rd Greg Greenup-Delbert
Binschus; 4 th Tim Wright-
Rod Wilson.
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