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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 19 , 2022 Mustangs fall to Stanfield Tigers in volleyball Mustangs crush Pirates in fourth conference game Heppner Volleyball Hosts Senior Seniors and their families during the senior night presentation on Thursday. L-R: Koda Hudson, Savannah Poorman, Amy Robinson, #22 Dusty Robinson, #33 Hailey Wenberg, Peter Wenberg, Sheena Shank, Staci Hedman, #4 Katie Wilson, Shawn Wilson, Jaiycee Cimmiyotti, Tylynn Cim- miyotti, Jeremy Cimmiyotti, #18 Hailey Cimmiyotti, #3 Daralynn Teeman, Rosa Cayce and Eric Cayce. -Contributed photo By Tylynn Cimmiyotti On Thursday, Oct. 13, the fourth-ranked Mus- tangs hosted the number- one-ranked Tigers in their seventh league game this season. Thursday night was also senior night for the volleyball girls. Five se- niors and their parents were honored before the varsity volleyball game. The seniors that were recognized were Darallynn Teeman, #3, Katie Wilson, #4, Hailey Cimmiyotti, #18, Dusty Robinson, #22, and Hailey Wenberg, #33, #15, #1. The Mustangs started strong in the first game of the match. They didn’t score the first point but didn’t let the Tigers get far, tying 1-1 for the first time in the game. Heppner’s Dara Tee- man then served for six in a row, bringing Heppner to a 6-1 lead over Stanfield before an attempted block by the Mustangs dropped on their side of the net. Now, the score at 6-2, Stanfield served for five in a row, bringing their score to 6-6 once again, tied with Heppner. Hallee Hisler spiked the ball in bounds for a kill that brought the ball back into Heppner’s possession. With the score at 7-6, Morgan Custforth served for the Mustangs and opened with an ace, bringing the score to 8-6. Morgan continued to serve five more times be- fore Heppner lost the ball on an out. During the set, Hep- pner and Stanfield tied a total of seven times. It was a high-paced, intense game that had the Mustangs working hard, digging almost every sin- gle hit the Tigers had to dish out. Unfortunately, the Heppner Mustangs ulti- mately fell to the Stanfield Tigers, allowing the Tigers to solidify their position for the week at the top spot of the Blue Mountain Con- ference. “Even though we lost, we played well tonight. The team worked hard and well together. I am proud of their efforts,” said Heppner coach Mindy Wilson. Heppner vs. Stanfield Stats: Dara Teeman: assists, 17, digs, 14. Katie Wilson: digs, 14, aces, 3. Hallee Hisler: kills, 11. Ava Gerry: kills, 3, aces, 1. Morgan Cutsforth: digs, 13, kills, 6, aces, 2. Katie Spivey: digs, 9. Hailey Wenberg: digs, 19. Lost: 3-1 Final Scores: 23-25, 15-25, 25-19, 16-25 Heppner travels to Grant Union to play against Enterprise, Grant Union By Tylynn Cimmiyotti Last Saturday, Oct. 15, Heppner once again took to the road to play two schools on the same day. Grant Union hosted Saturday’s games for Heppner and En- terprise. Heppner Mustangs won one match and lost the other. “We had some struggles with Enterprise, but the team was able to play tough and get the win. The team rallied hard,” Heppner coach Mindy Wilson said of the match against Enterprise. “What a great matchup tonight,” Wilson added about the Grant Union game. “We battled hard, and I couldn’t be more proud. Even though we didn’t get the win, we played exceptionally well.” Heppner vs. Enterprise Won: 3-1 Final Scores: 25-14, 14-25, 25-21, 25-14 Stats: Dara Teeman: assists, 24, digs, 6. Katie Wilson: digs, 11, aces, 7, kills, 3. Hallee His- ler: kills, 12, blocks, 2, aces, 1. Ava Gerry: kills, 10, aces, 1. Morgan Cutsforth: digs, 7, kills, 5, aces, 3. Hailey Wenberg: digs, 10, aces, 1. Keeley Nairns: blocks, 2. Heppner vs. Grant Union Lost: 3-2 Final Scores: 26-24, 19-25, 25-27, 26-24, 13-15 Stats: Dara Teeman: assists, 34, digs, 10. Katie Wilson: digs, 16, aces, 3. Hallee Hisler: kills, 13, blocks, 3, aces, 1. Ava Gerry: kills, 10, digs, 10. Morgan Cutsforth: digs, 13, kills, 9. Katie Spivey: digs, 12. Hailey Wenberg: digs, 45, aces, 2. Saul Lopez (#27) Breaks free from Pirate tackle The Heppner Mustang The Heppner defense football team traveled north forced a Pirate punt that to take on the Riverside gave the Mustangs good Pirates and came away field position. Two plays with a 58-12 win. With later, Boor scored from 10 the victory, the Mustangs yards out. That now made remain undefeated (4-0) in the score 30-0. Blue Mountain Conference Again the stout Mus- play. Heppner was play- tang defense held and gave ing without their starting the Heppner offense anoth- quarterback Landon Mitch- er shot at scoring. It only ell, who broke a bone in took two plays as George his hand during the game ran the ball in for a touch- against Weston-McEwen. down from eight yards out. His return to play date is yet Hayden McMahon then to be determined. caught a pass from George The Mustangs scored for the two-point conver- on their first seven posses- sion to make the score 38-0 sions of the ball game, their halfway through the first first being only thirteen quarter. seconds into the game. On Riverside turned the the very first play from ball over on downs and on scrimmage, Ty Boor took the first play of the Heppner the snap and handed off possession, George handed to speedy running back the ball off to Saul Lopez, Hayden McMahon, who who scampered 41 yards took it to the house for a for another Mustang touch- 52-yard touchdown. Caden down. That moved the score George ran in the two-point. to 44-0. conversion to make it 8-0. The teams traded pos- On the kickoff, River- sessions and then Heppner side fumbled the ball and scored again when Hayden Tucker Ashbeck recovered McMahon ran 17 yards it to give the Mustangs the for the touchdown. The ball near midfield. On the two-point conversion was very next play, Cameron scored when Landon Mc- Proudfoot took off and Mahon ran the ball in to scored on a 51-yard touch- make the score 52-0 at the down run. Boor passed the start of the second quarter. ball to Ashbeck for the two- On the next Riverside point conversion to make possession, Zach Brown the score 16-0. stepped in front of a pass After the Heppner kick- and intercepted the ball. off, Riverside fumbled the He then ran it back 28 ball and the Mustangs re- yards for another Heppner covered it. Once again, on touchdown. That now made the very first play Heppner the score of the game 58-0. scored when Hayden Mc- The Heppner coaches Mahon sprinted for a 62- had already pulled many yard touchdown. George of the main varsity play- then scored the two-point ers and were playing the conversion to make the younger Mustangs to give score of the game 24-0 just them some valuable varsity 40 seconds into the game. experience in a conference game. The teams traded possessions and then Riv- erside scored a touchdown to make it 58-6 at halftime. Riverside was able to score another touchdown near the end of the game to make the score 58-12. The game ended as the Mus- tangs were driving down to the Pirate seven-yard line as time expired. The final score of the game was 58-12. The Mustangs rushed for 390 yards in the game with Hayden McMahon getting 131 of those on just three carries. Lopez rushed for 70 yards, Proudfoot 60, George had 37 and Boor finished with 32. Landon McMahon had 20 yards rushing and Nick Wenberg 19. With 17 yards each were Owen Guerra and Tyelor Moore. Journey Cavan ran the ball for one yard in the game. On the defensive side of the ball, Landon McMa- hon led the team with six tackles. Boor finished with five and with four each were Cade Cunningham, Jaime Cavan, Brown and Guerra. Finishing with three tackles each were Lopez, Ash- beck and Proudfoot. Ma- son Orem had two tackles, and with one tackle each in the game were Moore, Wenberg, Dillon Doyle, Chase Jones, Ryan Hau- gan, Hayden McMahon, Journey Cavan and Angel Meyers-Benitez. This week the Mus- tangs are playing the Grant Union Prospectors at home on Les Payne Field. Game time is set for 7 p.m. this Friday. Ione holds 2022 Homecoming Heppner JV volleyball takes the win against Stanfield JV By Tylynn Cimmiyotti In an almost identical match as the last time they played each other, Heppner JV took the win over Stan- field JV last Thursday. The teams took the match to five sets, one of them being back- and-forth points for long stretches of the game. The Mustangs JV team turned the tables and took the win at home. Heppner JV vs. Stanfield JV Win: 3-0 Final Scores: 21-25, 25-20, 25-22, 20-25, 15-10 Hailey Cimmiyotti (#18) waits in serve-receive during the Mustangs’ JV game on Thursday alongside Denisse Bracamontes (#5). -Contributed photo Ione Community School presents Frankenstein Slept Here The cast of Ione Community School’s production of Frankenstain Slept Here. Back: Sunem Cavillo, Leo Cabrera, David Asbridge, William McElligott, Kyle McGill, Gift Cross, Noelia Ramirez, Adrian Mendoza-Tapia, Zamira Dotson, Phegley Padberg, Gage Heideman. Front: Blake Vandever, Hunter Scoggin, Ari’el Gray, Fernando Serrano, Julian Rodriguez-Sheena, Cici Stefani. Not pictured: Miley Strzelewicz, -Contributed photo Ione middle school and high school students will perform the play Fran- kenstein Slept Here this Halloween season. The community performance will be on Thursday, Oct. 27, at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 each. Frankenstein Slept Here takes place in a haunt- ed castle with memorable spooky characters such as Medusa, the mummy, a werewolf, and the Franken- stein monster. Their world is turned upside down when Hanna Hoople, an heiress from the United States, buys their castle and visits for an inspection. The drama class will also be selling tickets for a quilt raffle to earn money for future performances. Tickets may be purchased before the play, and the winner of the raffle will be announced after the perfor- mance. The Ione High School 2022 Homecoming Court (L-R): Freshman class, Henry Geifing and Noelia Ramirez; sophomore class, Liam Heideman and Victoria de la Torres; junior class, Mika Limberg and Jolene Serrano; senior class, Adam Carson, Kylee Bartlee, Bryce Rollins, Kalvin Rietmann, Queen Sunem Cavillo, King Carson Eynetich, Fernando Ramirez, Madison Orem, Lewkus Burright and Marcus Radcliffee. Crown bearers were Adley McElligott and Aimeric McElligott. -Photo by Erin Heideman The entire student body of Ione Community School participated in a number of events to celebrate the school’s 2022 homecom- ing. Monday was kicked off with dress up day and mud wars, Tuesday was a home volleyball game, Wednesday featured macho man volleyball and powder puff football, and Thursday boasted another volleyball game, class lip sync con- test, noise parade and the community bonfire. The culmination of the week was the home football game and homecoming dance. “I think the best part of homecoming was the participation by our ASB and the fireworks after the football game by the Ione Rural Fire Department,” said student body president, Madison Orem. “It was a lot of work putting on all the events, but it was fun!” Each class voted on their class representatives for homecoming court and the entire high school stu- dent body voted on the kindergarten crown bearers. Adults volunteers were also an important part of the week, including ASB advisor Erin Heideman, principal Kevin Dinning, and volunteer judges Cara Osmin, Stacey Wainwright, Madison Rietmann, Linda Neiffer, Becky Doherty, Janie Allen, Betty Gray, Melissa LaRue and Todd Knop. Joe Orem dug the mud wars pit, the Ione Rural Fire Department pre- pared and maintained the bonfire and put on the fire- works show during football half time. Drivers of the noise parade floats were Kevin Dinning, Joe Orem, Erin Heideman and Martin Medina. “We are grateful for all of the support our commu- nity shows our students,” said Ione School District Superintendent Kevin Din- ning. “Our students are some of the best and it is a direct testament of our incredible community.”