SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Heppner wrestlers shine at Grant Union
tournament with two first-place finishes
Zachary Brown throws an Elgin wrestler. -Photo by Tylynn
Cimmiyotti
Landon McMahon seeks to pin an opponent in John Day.
-Photo by Tylynn Cimmiyotti
Heppner High School
wrestling had a busy week-
end, traveling to John Day,
Hood River and Pasco.
Friday, Jan. 24, the
boys, girls and junior high
wrestling teams traveled
to John Day for the Grant
Union boys’ and girls’ tour-
naments.
The event drew a large
crowd of wrestlers and
spectators, filling the gym
and overflow areas to watch
matches on eight different
mats throughout the day.
Coaches often found
themselves scrambling
from one mat to another as
Heppner wrestlers compet-
ed in rapid succession on
the three mats designated
for the high school wres-
tlers.
Zachary Brown and
Landon McMahon each
secured first place in their
weight class, while Jour-
ney Cavan-Harris earned
second place in her weight
class for the girls.
On Saturday, January
25, 2025, the teams split
up, with the girls traveling
to Hood River for the Hood
River Valley Girls Invita-
tional, and the boys heading
to Pasco for the Chiawana
Duals.
The Hood River Invi-
tational featured 33 teams,
while the Chiawana Duals
saw participation from 16
teams.
Full results are as fol-
lows:
Grant Union
For the boys, Zacha-
ry Brown (157) took first
place with 20 team points,
winning three matches by
fall, including a 1:40 vic-
Sarah Munkers (170)
placed fourth with three
team points, winning one
match by fall but suffering
losses.
Loren Trujillo (115)
placed fifth with no team
points, struggling through
losses.
Harlee Cotton (120)
placed sixth with three team
points, facing tough losses.
Hood River Valley
Girls Invitational
Heppner placed 24 th
with 39 team points.
Keeley Nairns (190)
finished fourth with 13 team
points, securing wins by fall
and decision but losing in
the third-place match.
Loren Trujillo (115)
placed sixth with 12 team
points, winning two match-
es by fall but losing in the
fifth-place match.
Journey Cavan-Harris
(135) placed eighth with
seven team points after a
rough run of losses by fall.
Emilia Cavan-Harris
(140) also placed eighth
with five team points, win-
ning one match by fall but
losing later.
Sarah Munkers did not
tory over Kaleb Winn from
Burns and a forfeit over
Conner Wilson.
Landon McMahon
(285) also earned first place
with 18 team points, win-
ning four matches, three by
fall, including one in just 21
seconds, and a forfeit.
Conner Wilson (157)
placed second with 14 team
points after winning two
matches by fall but losing
to Brown.
N i c k o l a s We n b e rg
(165) earned third place
with seven team points, se-
curing two falls but facing
tough losses.
Owen Guerra (175)
also placed third with seven
team points, winning two
falls after initial losses.
Jaime Cavan (190)
placed third with 13 team
points, including a tech
fall victory over Alexander
Rexroad.
Hayden McMahon
(144) finished fourth with
nine team points after los-
ing most of his matches but
earning one by decision.
Lane Critchlow (285)
placed fourth with three
team points, mixed with
forfeits and losses.
Kaden King (165)
struggled and placed fifth
with no team points, facing
losses and forfeits.
In the girls’ division,
Journey Cavan-Harris (135)
placed second with 14 team
points after winning two
matches by fall but losing in
a decision to Lilly Collins.
Emilia Cavan-Harris
(170) placed third with
seven team points, winning
one match by decision but
losing in the later rounds.
place, earning two team
points.
Chiawana Duals
Heppner finished Pod
3, guaranteed third place.
In Match 1, Heppner
lost to Eisenhower 39-27,
with wins by Nickolas Wen-
berg, Owen Guerra and
Jaime Cavan.
Match 2 saw Heppner
defeat Southridge 36-35,
with standout victories
from Conner Wilson and
Landon McMahon.
In Match 3, Heppner
lost to Richland 47-30, but
Guerra, Cavan and McMa-
hon won their matches.
In the Consolation 2
Semifinal, Heppner tri-
umphed over Prosser 45-27,
with key falls by Wenberg,
Guerra and McMahon.
In the consolation first-
place match, Heppner de-
feated Sunnyside 39-33,
securing the top spot with
wins from McMahon, Wil-
son, Wenberg, Guerra and
McMahon.
These performanc-
es showcased Heppner’s
strong individual and team
efforts.
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“I don’t’ think it’s fair
to staff,” Kilkenny added.
“And I’m really concerned
about that, and I don’t re-
ally want to participate in
demoralizing our staff.”
Kilkenny also said that
the comments had had de-
moralizing effects across
all the health district staff,
and she didn’t believe staff
should be discussed in pub-
lic meetings at all.
“I don’t think the staff
should be targeted, or even
discussed, at the meetings,”
agreed board member Don-
na Rietmann. “If the public
has a problem with us,
and wants to discuss us
and what we’re doing that
they don’t like, I’d like to
hear it.”
Health district CEO
Emily Roberts added that
the health district could
open itself to risk of civil
liability regarding some
comments. Roberts also
said some comments had
been made that she felt
compromised patient pri-
vacy.
Ezell and Munkers
agreed that the board needs
to control the nature of
public comment and reign
in anything insulting or de-
famatory. Ezell suggested
having a sign-up sheet with
clear guidelines for those
wishing to speak.
“At the end of the day,
we need to hear from our
public,” Ezell said.
The board agreed on the
need for a sign-in sheet for
speakers’ names and topics,
a limit of one speaker per
guidelines written on the
sign-in sheet or a separate
information sheet. They
also reached a consensus on
moving public comment to
the end of the meeting.
However, no formal
action was taken on Mon-
day. The MCHD board has
been discussing the pro-
posed changes in meetings
throughout the county but
hadn’t yet met in Irrigon,
and Kilkenny said they
would hold a meeting in
Irrigon before making any
changes.
Meanwhile, health dis-
trict staff will present a draft
of the proposed changes for
the board’s consideration
at the February meeting in
Irrigon.
In other business at the
meeting, the MCHD board
of directors:
-approved a new con-
tract with CORA due to a
change in billing processes;
-approved two new and
two continuing appoint-
ments for medical staff
privileges;
-discussed and ap-
proved two amendments to
the medical staff bylaws;
and
-learned of adjust-
ments to the 2025 board
c a l e n d a r — F e b r u a r y ’s
meeting will be in Irrigon
and March’s in Lexington,
while the meeting places
for Irrigon and Ione will
change to the Irrigon library
and the Ione Fire Hall.
The next meeting of the
MCHD board of directors
will be Feb. 24 at 6:30 p.m.
at the Irrigon library.
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