Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 27,2010
Mustangs ground Rockets 40-0
Heppner loses tight one to Pilot
Rock, but stays in playoff hunt
By Laurence Kill
It took the Heppner
Mustangs Varsity Football
team almost six minutes
to get rolling Friday night
against rivals Pilot Rock,
but once they did, they
wouldn't be denied. Hep
pner took an 8-0 lead with
6:45 left in the first quarter,
and never looked in their
rearview. The Mustangs
jumped out to the lead on
a 12 yard rumble by ju
nior running back Drew
Brannon. It only took the
M ustangs another m in
ute to score their second
touchdown on an eight yard
scamper by senior Alex
Pickles.
P ic k le s , w ho
rushed for 152 yards in the
first half credited his offen
sive line for the productive
day. “The decisions were
made up front, and I just
followed the line,” said
Pickles. “Anyone can do
what I do, it’s really the
line that does it all.” Hep
pner's ground attack was so
diverse that Pickles finished
the game with only 161
yards after his remarkable
first half. Pickles tallied his
second touchdown on a 28
yard sweep off the right side
in the second quarter.
Brannon finished
By Laurence Rill
The Heppner High
School v arsity v o lle y
ball team lost a tight fight
against Columbia Basin
Conference rival Pilot Rock
on Thursday in Heppner.
Heppner jumped out to an
early lead with a 25-18 win
in the first game, powered
by senior middle-blocker
Taighler Dougherty.
H eppner trialed
early in the second game
and couldn’t overcome the
deficit in the end losing the
second game 25-21. Good
serving led the way in the
third game as Heppner
flipped the script with a 25-
21 reversal of fortune. Pilot
Rock once again fought
back in the next game tak
ing an early lead and push
ing the match to a fifth and
final game with a 25-18
victory.
The final gam e
was dominated by a Pilot
Rock team that seemed to
find their momentum. The
Rockets jumped out to a
13-6 lead and went on to
score the last two points
to take the win from Hep
pner.
“Momentum is a
funny thing,” said Heppner
coach Pam Dowdy after the
game. “We are going to get
back in the gym tomorrow
and take the next couple
games one at a time.” When
asked about the seating for
the district tournam ent,
Dowdy responded, “The
seating is going to be what
it is. We have Enterprise
and Elgin this weekend and
Stanfield on Tuesday and
then we will see where we
stand.”
D o u g h erty was
honored before the game
Ian Murray #67 and Drew Brannon #39 open up a hole for Earl
I’ropheter #26 to gain yardage during the Mustang versus Pilot
Rock 40-0 win in Heppner. Photo by Sandy Matthews
Murray got his name in the
score book by pounding a
four yard run in to start the
fourth quarter which would
end Heppner’s scoring for
the night.
Despite not being
able to capitalize, the Rock
ets had their moments run
ning their option against the
stubborn Mustang defense.
Pilot Rock’s Logan Thoume
finished the game with 68
yards on 12 carries.
Heppner continues
to try to keep their clean re
cord in the Columbia Basin
Conference against other
ranked opponent Weston
McEwen on Friday night
in Heppner.
the first half punching in a
short run in with 1:23 left.
Brannon finished the night
with 69 yards of rushing
and two touchdowns. Hep
pner's Devin Robinson also
pounded for 82 yards of
rushing on four carries.
Heppner’s passing
game was delivered by
Willie Gentry and brought
in by Cody Orr who hooked
up twice for 80 yards which
included Orr hauling in a 20
yard pass for a touchdown
with almost nine minutes
left in the third quarter.
Heppner turned back to its
ground game at that point
and kept the clock run
ning. Offensive lineman lan
Lady Cards defeat Echo and Arlington
The lone Lady Car
dinals closed out the regular
season of volleyball play
with two convincing wins
last week, defeating Echo
on the lone home court on
Thursday night and easily
putting away Arlington on
the road on Friday night.
In rolling through the last
two league matches, the
Cardinal ladies finished
one of the most successful
volleyball seasons in re
cent history, losing just one
league match and not drop
ping a single game in all
their other league contests.
Due to the early-season loss
to Condon/Wheeler, lone
finished the season tied for
first place in the Big Sky
East.
On Thursday, Oc
tober 21, the C ardinals
hosted their final east side
- FIVE
opponent Echo in a not very
hospitable manner taking
the match 25-16,25-11,25-
12. Joanna Patton continued
her strong play at the net,
leading the team with 11
kills. Shadow Kendrick and
Siren Endresen each added
eight. Joanna Patton also
served 19-19 with three
aces.
“ T h e y p la y e d
with intensity in all three
games,” said head Coach
Dawn Eynetich. “It was a
good team effort.”
The team travele.d
to Arlington on Friday, Oc
tober 22 wh6re they ratch
eted up the intensity in each
game, taking the match
25-13,25-12,25-11. Joanna
Patton had another 11 kills
while Shadow Kendrick
had six kills and served
9-9 with one ace. Makenna
Ramos was 20-20 at the
service line with 6ne ace
and both Mary Rietmann
and Collette Cason tallied
three aces each.
T he te am now
looks towards the district
tournament, scheduled for
O ctober 30 at U m atilla
High School. Due to the
first place tie with Condon/
Wheeler, the teams will
play off in Arlington for
the number one spot on
Tuesday, October 26, at 6
p.m. The winner advances
to Saturday play as the
number one ranked team
‘ from the east side o f the
Big Sky. The loser will host
the number three team from
the Big Sky West at home
on Thursday to see who
progresses on to the district
tournament.
By Laurence Rill
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the clock, when Tommy
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Heppner ran out of time on
the 25 yard line, just shy of
tying up the score, losing
12 - 6 .
“ It was a tough
loss, but we fought the
whole time and didn’t quit,”
Heppner coach Chad Do
herty said of his young team
after the loss. “We are a
young team and we are get
ting better every game. I’m
really proud of the kids.”
Heppner has had a rough
road to their finally coming
up on Tuesday, October 26,
against Dufer. “We have
lost all our games, and had
one tie, but we have gotten
better every single game,”
said Doherty. “All our skill
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along with fellow senior
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years of dedication to the
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Heppner Junior High falls short at finish 12-6
The Heppner Ju
nior High School football
team came up 25 yards
short from tying the game,
12-12 against Stanfield on
Friday afternoon.
After a Stanfield
drive from their own five
yard line the length of the
field, threatening a score
on the Heppner eight yard
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Top Photo: Taighler Dougherty jumps to make a play during
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