Local athletes off to running
start in first meet of season
Morrow County teams
made a good showing at the
Bulldog Invite in Hermis-
ton Thursday, March 23.
The Heppner men’s
varsity team came in
third in a field of 12 be-
hind only Hermiston and
Weston-McEwen, while
Ione men placed eighth as a
team. Riverside placed fifth
and Irrigon placed 10 th .
For the women’s var-
sity, Heppner placed fourth
in a field of nine, while
Riverside took sixth and
Irrigon tied with Umatilla
for eighth. Ione did not run
a women’s team.
On the individual
side, several local athletes
placed in the top three in
their events, many of those
breaking seasonal (SR) or
personal (PR) records.
H e p p n e r ’s Tr e v o r
Nichols placed second in
both the 800- and 1600-me-
ter races.
Gage Hart of Heppner
placed third in the 1600-me-
ter and the 3200-meter.
H e p p n e r ’s D a i l e n
Schultz placed third in the
110m hurdles, while Jacob
Finch placed third in the
300m hurdles. The boys’
4x400 relay team of Owen
Cunningham, Jacob Finch,
Hayden McMahon and
Trevor Nichols also placed
third in their event.
On the women’s side,
Riley Archer of Hep-
pner placed second in the
800-meter race. Heppner’s
Lily Nichols placed second
in the 3200-meter, third in
the 1600-meter and third in
the 300m hurdles.
Hallee Hisler placed
third in the 200-meter, Ire-
lynn Kollman placed third
in the 800-meter, and Ari-
ana Worden placed third in
the 3200-meter.
Placing third in
the 4x400 relay was the
Heppner team of Arian-
na Worden, Lily Nichols,
Hallee Hisler and Irelynn
Kollman.
Representing the north
end of the county, Pedro
Chavez of Boardman placed
first in the 400-meter and
second in the high jump.
Tyrese Boyd of Riverside
took first in the javelin,
while Miriam Landeros,
also of Riverside, placed
second in the 100m hurdles.
The Irrigon Knights
team of Paul Sanchez, Jaton
Black, Koebie Campos and
Antonio Lemus took third
in the men’s 4x100 relay.
Full Heppner and Ione stats are as follows:
Men’s Results
100 Meters Varsity
5. Henry Giefing, 11.81a
(0.6)PR Ione
7. Hayden McMahon,
12.02a (2.4)SR Heppner
21. Saul Lopez, 12.61a
(2.4)PR Heppner
26. Tyelor Moore, 12.73a
(1.3)PR Heppner
48. Chace Jones , 1 3 . 4 4 a
(3.1)SR Heppner
53. Dailen Schultz, 13.58a
(0.6)PR Heppner
200 Meters Varsity
4. Hayden McMahon,
25.14a (3.3)PR Heppner
6. Henry Giefing, 25.29a
(3.1) Ione
17. Tyelor Moore, 27.28a
(4.6)PR Heppner
18. Owen Cunningham,
27.33a (4.6)PR Heppner
39. Landon McMahon,
29.88a (4.6)PR Heppner
42. Dailen Schultz, 29.99a
(4.6)SR Heppner
400 Meters Varsity
13. Owen Cunningham,
1:03.94aPR Heppner
800 Meters Varsity
2. Trevor Nichols,
2:08.46aSR Heppner
5. Mika Limberg,
2:13.96aPR Ione
10. Jacob Finch, 2:27.68aSR
Heppner
1600 Meters Varsity
2. Trevor Nichols
5:02.82aPR Heppner
3. Gage Hart, 5:10.61aPR
Heppner
3200 Meters Varsity
3. Gage Hart, 10:42.27aPR
Heppner
110m Hurdles - 39” Varsity
3. Dailen Schultz, 19.81a
(0.5)PR Heppner
300m Hurdles - 36” Varsity
3. Jacob Finch, 49.74aPR
Heppner
4x400 Relay Varsity
3. Owen Cunningham, Ja-
cob Finch, Hayden Mc-
Mahon, Trevor Nichols,
4:04.30a Heppner - A
Shot Put - 12lb Varsity
9. Bryce Rollins , 37-09.50
Ione
14. Saul Lopez, 35-03.00SR
Heppner
19. Lewkus Burright, 32-
07.50SR Ione
30. Landon McMahon, 30-
08.00PR Heppner
34. Nate Ellsworth, 30-
06.00PR Heppner
38. Tyelor Moore, 29-
04.00PR Heppner
41. Carter Eynetich, 28-
04.00PR Ione
Discus - 1.6kg Varsity
4. Bryce Rollins, 112-02
Ione
8. Lewkus Burright, 103-
08 Ione
27. Tyelor Moore, 84-02PR
Heppner
28. Ty Boor, 83-09PR Hep-
pner
30. Carter Eynetich, 82-
00PR Ione
32. Saul Lopez, 77-00SR
Heppner
41. Chris Humphreys, 73-
00PR Heppner
44. Landon McMahon, 68-
11PR Heppner
46. Nate Ellsworth, 68-
04PR Heppner
Javelin - 800g Varsity
6. Trevor Nichols, 125-
00SR Heppner
12. Lewkus Burright, 117-
08SR Ione
13. Chace Jones, 115-09PR
Heppner
14. Bryce Rollins, 112-
04SR Ione
17. Chris Humphreys, 105-
07PR Heppner
31. Carter Eynetich, 86-
02PR Ione
Long Jump Varsity
4. Henry Giefing, 17-06.75
Ione
17. Ty Boor, 16-00.00SR
Heppner
Triple Jump Varsity
5. Ty Boor, 34-03.00SR
Heppner
8. Saul Lopez, 31-07.75SR
Heppner
10. Jacob Finch, 29-
03.75PR Heppner
Women’s Results
100 Meters Varsity
5. Hallee Hisler, 13.59a
(2.6)PR Heppner
27. Teagan Kelton, 15.36a
(4.5)PR Heppner
34. Makiyah Christian,
15.69a (1.9)PR Heppner
37. Dusty Robinson, 15.96a
(4.5)PR Heppner
44. Denisse Bracamontes,
16.62a (2.8)PR Heppner
200 Meters Varsity
3. Hallee Hisler, 28.47a
(3.3)SR Heppner
25. Teagan Kelton, 34.32a
(3.3)PR Heppner
29. Makiyah Christian,
34.74a (3.2)PR Heppner
WCCC Sunday Men’s Play
The opening day of
Sunday Men’s play at Wil-
low Creek saw 14 partici-
pants on a very cold morn-
ing. Breakfast was served,
and then the wait began for
the greens to thaw out so
play could begin. After the
frost delay, the following
are the results:
KP #4-13, Dallas
Harsin, 5’9”
KP #7-16, Doherty/
Ferguson
Low Net—1 st , Charlie
Ferguson/Mike Doherty,
34; 2 nd , Kelly Fox/Curt
Day, 38.
Low Gross--1 st , Duane
Disque/Dennis Peck, 57;
2 nd , Dave Pranger/David
Allstott, 58.
The next men’s play
will be on Sunday, April
2, hosted by Jim Swanson,
Scott Burright and Tom
Wolff. The signup sheet
for Wednesday night play
is on the bulletin board at
the clubhouse. All players
are asked to sign up before
the beginning of play on
April 12.
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36. Denisse Bracamontes,
36.37a (4.0)PR Heppner
400 Meters Varsity
8. Riley Archer, 1:13.26aPR
Heppner
14. Saige Jensen,
1:18.27aSR Heppner
1 8 . L o r e n Tr u j i l l o ,
1:25.93aPR Heppner
800 Meters Varsity
2. Riley Archer, 2:48.87aPR
Heppner
3. Irelynn Kollman,
2:49.26aSR Heppner
1 0 . L o r e n Tr u j i l l o ,
3:26.06aPR Heppner
1600 Meters Varsity
3. Lily Nichols, 6:07.43aPR
Heppner
7 . A r i a n n a Wo r d e n ,
6:17.79aPR Heppner
9. Irelynn Kollman,
6:29.07aPR Heppner
3200 Meters Varsity
2. Lily Nichols,
13:35.71aPR Heppner
3 . A r i a n n a Wo r d e n ,
13:36.26aPR Heppner
6. Saige Jensen,
14:20.96aPR Heppner
100m Hurdles - 33” Varsity
8. Saige Jensen, 20.36a
(1.4)PR Heppner
300m Hurdles - 30” Varsity
3. Lily Nichols, 56.63aPR
Heppner
13. Makiyah Christian,
1:03.45aPR Heppner
4x400 Relay Varsity
3. Arianna Worden, Lily
Nichols, Hallee Hisler, Ire-
lynn Kollman, 4:53.70a
Heppner - A
Shot Put - 4kg Varsity
38. Dusty Robinson, 19-
00.00SR Heppner
Javelin - 600g Varsity
23. Dusty Robinson, 66-
09PR Heppner
43. Loren Trujillo, 26-08PR
Heppner
High Jump Varsity
1 0 . Te a g a n K e l t o n ,
4-00.00PR Heppner
Long Jump Varsity
14. Hallee Hisler, 12-
11.50SR Heppner
21. Makiyah Christian, 11-
05.00PR Heppner
22. Teagan Kelton, 11-
03.00PR Heppner
24. Denisse Bracamontes,
11-02.50PR Heppner
Triple Jump Varsity
12. Loren Trujillo, 19-
07.00PR Heppner
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MCSD new math curriculum
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and staff respond to that
type of a schedule and see
how it might more positive-
ly impact our attendance
overall.”
Stocker also said the
district was gearing up for
2023-24 hiring and that
she is optimistic for a light
hiring year.
“It’s always our objec-
tive to have that retention
of staff,” she said, adding
that they had only a few res-
ignations, and those were
for normal life events like
retirement or moving closer
to family. “Hopefully our
employees are feeling like
this is a good place to be.”
Also at the meeting,
the board approved the
adoption of a new K-6 math
curriculum. The new cur-
riculum is called i-Ready
Classroom Mathematics
MCSD instructional
coach Sarah Christy and
data coach Rachel Herron
gave a presentation on the
math curriculum, which
is what is called a dis-
course-based curriculum.
That means students learn
by talking to each other and
explaining their thinking.
Lessons include a try-dis-
cuss-connect format.
The curriculum in-
cludes a diagnostic class-
room assessment and two
follow-up assessments,
worktexts containing stu-
dents’ lessons and practice,
and online materials for
students’ practice and dif-
ferentiation.
Christy said the diag-
nostic aspect “helps teach-
ers understand where the
kids are performing and
helps inform their instruc-
tion.”
Herron said her job as
data coach is to make sure
the kids are placed correctly
and that the assessments
are being used to drive that
instruction.
The goal is to make
teaching as efficient as pos-
sible, Christy added, and
the diagnostic is used as a
baseline for instruction.
The student worktexts
include reference problems
worked on in class, practice
problems, family letters
that summarize the math
concepts learned in class,
and a math glossary the
students can use to look up
math terms in English and
Spanish.
“Because they use
high-quality, rich problems,
and students have time to
dig into the problems us-
ing the try-discuss-connect
routines, there are fewer
problems in the practice
pages compared to other
programs,” said Christy.
“They really want students
to dig into the discourse of
mathematical thinking.”
The program offers two
kinds of math practice,
one in the workbooks in
class and one online. The
online portion of the cur-
riculum includes a student
dashboard where they can
access their diagnostic,
teacher-assigned assess-
ments and assignments,
personalized learning, digi-
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Personalized learning
is separate from students’
classwork and is assigned
based on a student’s diag-
nostic results.
“This gives the students
lessons at their academic
level that they need,” Chris-
tie said. “It’s impossible
for the teachers to teach
one-on-one, and this is what
this program will provide
for them.”
The curriculum is based
on Oregon education stan-
dards and has four levels
of instruction—core, one
year below, skills/WIN and
personalized instruction. If
they only taught core, they
would only reach about 11
percent of students, Herron
said. By being able to draw
from standards from one
year below core, she said,
they automatically meet
60 percent of the students’
needs.
The third layer is skills,
or WIN, time, where every
student gets individual-
ized, teacher-taught lessons
based on their academic
needs. The final layer is
personalized instruction
through the online portal.
Morrow County School
Board member Rosa Delga-
do asked about the accessi-
bility of the curriculum in
other languages, specifical-
ly Guatemalan dialect.
“I just feel like they’re
slipping through the cracks
sometimes,” said Delgado.
In response to a ques-
tion, the presenters said not
only do they have access to
both English and Spanish,
but there are multiple lan-
guages available through
the online portal.
MCSD Superintendent
Matt Combe said the dis-
trict is fortunate to be the
size it is and have instruc-
tion coaches who can dig
deeper into the data and
support the schools with
that information.
“The teachers have
really embraced that,” re-
sponded Christie. “They’re
asking for more of it.”
“We have so many re-
sources at our hands to
meet all of the levels of the
kids,” added Herron. “With
the coach’s help, we try to
give the teachers everything
they need.”
The board also ap-
proved a draft of the dis-
trict’s Student Investment
Account (SIA) integrated
plan. MCSD Director of
Educational Services Marie
Shimer told the board the
plan is required as part of
the grant application pro-
cess for Oregon Dept. of
Education (ODE) funding.
SIA is the K-12 portion of
the funding approved by the
Oregon Legislature in the
Student Success Act (HB
3427).
The ODE’s application
process was designed in
response to requests from
educational leaders and
state legislators to com-
bine six separate program
requirements and common
goals into one plan and
create an accountability
framework for measuring
progress over time.
Shimer said the dis-
trict’s planning team has
spent the last several
months gathering feedback
from students, families,
community and staff, as
well as trying to assess
the district’s strengths and
challenges.
The intended outcomes
of the plan are continued
growth in students K-8
showing one or more years
of learning growth in En-
glish language arts and
math; improved attendance
rates at all grade levels; im-
proved after school, Friday
school and summer school
opportunities; and provid-
ing continued mental health
counseling and CARE sup-
port across all grade levels.
She said they had iden-
tified several key strategies
to help accomplish those
outcomes. Some of those
include building stronger
community partnerships
across the county, solid in-
tervention systems, systems
of data monitoring, and
maintaining partnerships
with Community Coun-
seling Solutions and local
law enforcement through
the school resource officer
program.
F i n a l l y, s o m e k e y
investments for the up-
coming biennium include
comprehensive counsel-
ing support, increased in-
structional coaches at the
7-12 grade levels, school
nurses in all three com-
munities, elementary PE
teachers in each building,
continued STEAM Fri-
days, behavior tech sup-
port at each elementary
building, English language
development programing
in affected buildings, high
school tutors, educational
technology support, com-
munity engagement ac-
tivities, STEAM related
spaces in each community
and additional elementary
staffing to maintain low
student-teacher ratios.
Now that the draft
has been approved by the
board, it will be submitted
to the ODE before coming
back to the school board for
final approval. The district
anticipates $4,101,989.44
in preliminary SIA funding
for the 2023/2025 bienni-
um.
In other business, Mor-
row County School Super-
intendent Matt Combe told
the board the latest COSA
state budget report is in and
the numbers are similar to
last month as far as funding
for the biennium.
“We’re still optimis-
tically hoping for 10.3
billion, which will help
keep up with the inflation
demands and keep us pret-
ty much status quo,” said
Combe. “But many contin-
ue to predict that it will land
in the 10.1 to 10.2 range.”
He said the district is
currently in the budget-
ing cycle process for the
2023-24 school year with a
budget committee meeting
May 9.
The next regular meet-
ing of the MCSD board
will be Monday, April 10,
at 6 p.m. at Windy River
Elementary in Boardman.
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