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.”