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MUSTANGS
RIDE DEFENSE TO 2A TITLE
Staff photo by Ben Lonergan
Heppner quarterback Jayden Wilson (13) runs the ball for a touchdown. The Heppner Mustangs defeated the Kennedy Trojans 12-7 to win the 2019 OSAA Class 2A state title at
Kennison Field in Hermiston on Saturday afternoon.
Jayden Wilson scores twice in Heppner’s
12-7 win over top-ranked Kennedy
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
H
ermIsTON — The old
adage that defense wins
championships rang true
saturday afternoon.
Heppner had two
interceptions, and held top-ranked
Kennedy to just just one touchdown en
route to a 12-7 victory in the class 2a
championship game at Kennison Field
to finish the season 13-0.
“It’s really beyond cool,” Heppner
coach Greg Grant said. “I knew I had
something special on my hands with
their attitude, their intelligence and
their willingness to get better. I was
the happiest guy in the world when
they made the championship game. a
championship game is a lot of emo-
tion and a lot of effort. There were two
pretty good teams out there. my team
outfought them. I don’t think there is
HEPPNER 6 0 0 6 — 12
KENNEDY 0 0 0 7 — 7
SCORING
H — Jayden Wilson 56 run (pass failed)
H — Wilson 2 run (pass failed)
K — David Reyes 13 pass from Dylan Kleinschmit
(Bruce Beyer kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Passing — H, Jayden Wilson 6-12-1-79, Kason
Cimmiyotti 0-1-0-0. K, Dylan Kleinschmit
11-23-2-114.
Rushing — H, Wilson 14-94, Blake Wolters 18-82,
Mason Lehman 1-(minus-8). K, David Reyes 9-39,
Bruce Beyer 12-11, Demetre Marselle 3-9, Klein-
scheit 5-(minus-11).
Receiving — M.Lehman 5-75, Jace Coe 1-4. K,
Isaiah Basargin 5-59, B.Beyer 2-27, Reyes 2-12,
Marselle 1-10.
any other simple way to put it.”
The title goes along with the ones
the mustangs won in 1992 and 2015.
“I waited 24 years to win the sec-
ond one,” Grant chuckled. “Four years
See Mustangs, Page B2
Staff photo by Ben Lonergan
Heppner’s Mason Lehman (24) leaps to catch a pass. The Heppner Mustangs defeat-
ed the Kennedy Trojans 12-7 to win the 2019 OSAA Class 2A state title at Kennison
Field in Hermiston on Saturday afternoon.
Fathers, sons and Heppner football
Four players from
the mustangs’ 1992
title team had sons
win a championship
saturday afternoon
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
HePPNer — Heppner had
a 49-point lead over bandon in
the first round of the state play-
offs, but coach Greg Grant could
be heard barking orders and chew-
ing out players who had missed
assignments.
Jason Hanna said nothing has
changed in 27 years.
“He’s as intense as he ever was,”
said Hanna, who played on Hep-
pner’s first state championship team
See Fathers, Page B2
Staff photo by Ben Lonergan
Four members of the 2019 Heppner state championship team pose with their fathers, who played on the 1992
Heppner state championship team. From left, Jason Hanna, Gavin Hanna-Robinson, Shaun Hisler, Brock Hisler,
Kason Cimmiyotti, Jeremy Cimmiyotti, Jace Coe and Scott Coe.
Mustangs
by the
numbers
3 — State football titles (1992,
2015, 2019)
6 — Interceptions (each)
by Jace Coe and Kason
Cimmiyotti
8 — Punt returns for touch-
downs by Mason Lehman
13 — Quarterback sacks by
Heppner
17 — Turnovers forced in 4
playoff games
77 — Total touchdowns
scored
98 — Points allowed this
season
306 — Wins for coach Greg
Grant in 30 years at Heppner
535 — Points scored this
season
999 — Yards rushing by Blake
Wolters