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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 24,2012 C ardinals clip H onkers’ wings Mustangs find the win in home game Leave Prospectors in the dark 8-7 The H eppner M us- tangs faced off against the Grant Union Prospectors in a home game last Friday night, Oct. 19. The contest left the Prospectors still groping for the winning point at the final buzzer, as the Mustangs defeated them 8-7. The game began when Brian Rill (#28) kicked off from the 40; the ball changed hands several times before Mustang Earl Propheter (#26) tackled a Grant Union player at the 45 for a first down 11 sec onds into the game. Play continued to be tense, leaving both teams scoreless throughout the first half. In the third quar ter, the Prospectors gained their only seven points for Top: Sophomore Joe Doherty (#17) gets a tackle during the lone versus Arlington game last Friday. Bottom: Senior Even the game when Grant Union Kietmann (#28) runs around the end for a touchdown. The player Lane Williams threw a pass completion to Dal Cardinals won the contest 66-20. - Photos by Paula Emmel The lone Cardinals won Jobes: 2 T.D. 1 pat, 14 pts. ton Reimer, who scored a touchdown. They attempted handily over the Arlington Juarez: 1 T.D., 6 pts. Honkers with a final score Petersen: 1 pat, 2 pts. of 66-20 for the Oct. 19 Defense K. Haguewood: 11 Tackles, game. Game stats are: 12 Assists Rushing Rietmann: 21x303 yards, Doherty: 5 Tacles, 4 As sists 6 T.D. The H eppner Junior Emmel: 5 Tackles, 4 As High School football team Petersen: 5x47 yards sists Passing ended their season with an Jobes: 4x5 121 yards, 1 Juarez: 5 Tackles, 8 As 18-6 win over the Uma sists T.D. tilla V ikings. The team Neal: 3 Tackles, 12 Assists finished the year with a Scoring Rietmann: 7 T.D., 1 pat, Snyder: 3 Tackles, 4 As record o f three wins and sists 44 pts. three losses. The Mustangs kicked off to start the game. On the third play for Umatilla, they scored on a 52-yard run. That would be the last time the Vikings would get anywhere close to the end zone for the rest of The championship football team of 1992 will be hon the game. On the first se ored at the beginning of the Pilot Rock versus Heppner ries for the Mustangs, a game this Friday night at 6:45 p.m. A no-host social will 10-play drive ended when follow at the Elks lodge immediately after the football Logan Grieb scored from game. three yards out. The point All coaches, managers, players and families are after touchdown failed; that invited to attend. The Mustang football team. Back (L-R): Bryce Fowler, Tim Nelson, Ross Cutsforth, Patrick Collins, Stephen Thompson, JC Putman, Ethan Ashbeck, John Propheter, Jaden O rr and Treston Maben. Middle (L-R): Coach Jeremy Rosenbalm, coach Greg Grant, Tom Gould, Jesse Corbin, Skyler Hawks, Earl Propheter, Jesse Boyd, Saul Erickson, Garrett Robinson, Brian Rill, C J Kindle, Aiden Wright, coach Les Payne, coach Jimmy Fichterand coach Kevin Payne. Front (L-R): Kellan Grant, Ryan Smith, Jared Lemmon, Duane Nicholas, Khavman Heard, Colby Hedman, Weston Putman, Jacob Moses, Kaden Clark, Jordan Bailey, Jose Andrade Guerra and Tommy Bredfield. -Photo by Sand}’ Matthews the point after touchdown for an extra point. The Mustangs managed to shut out the Prospectors for the rest of the game, piaking their play in the final quarter, when #7 Ste phen Thompson dropped back to the eight and threw a pass completion to Jaden O rr (#13), who made a five-yard gain for a touch down. A PAT attempt by Thompson and JC Putman (#85) gave the Mustangs a two point conversion and the game. The M ustangs next game will be another league game at home this Friday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m. against the Pilot Rock Rockets. Junior Mustangs end season strong Team schools Vikings 18-6 fo r 3-3 season record Football champion team to hold 20th reunion Pick A Giftl Front Pocket Wallet Multi-Tool Changing Your Accounts To Community Bank Is Easyl Assorted Colors Our friendly staff is happy to assist you every step of the way, helping to change direct deposit and automatic payments to your new Community Bank account. Welcome to our Community. Now, through October 31st, 2012, open any new checking account* at our Heppner Branch: 1. ) We’ll help you pick a new personal or business checking account that’s right for you. 2. ) You can order your first box of checks for free;* * add a debit card and online services as you wish. 3. ) Pick a gift from our Cabela’s box as a thank you for giving Community Bank a try. â k ° mmunlty BANK Top: Kevin Murray runs the ball against Umatilla. Bottom: The Mustangs huddle up during the game against Umatilla. -Contributed photos team members had tackles for the game. Eleven eighth graders ended their junior high foot ball careers with an overall record of 10-3. There will be seven seventh graders returning to the team next year. The future of Hepp ner Mustang football does indeed look bright. HHS girls basketball plans pie fundraiser The H eppner High School g irls’ basketball team will hold a fundraiser featuring Wild Plum Pies. All Mustang girl basketball players will be pre-selling the pies throughout the month of November. The girls will offer an extensive list o f pies, including apple, peach, cherry, marionberry, peanut butter chocolate, pumpkin, razzle dazzle and straw berry rhubarb. Sugarless pies are also available. All pies are $12; sugarless pies are $13. Orders are due by Fri day, Nov. 16. Pies will be available for pickup on Nov. 20 at 6 p.m. at the HHS gym, just in time for Thanksgiving. Contact any high school girls basketball player to order pies, or call Coach Wilson at 208-739-8509 or Coach Lindsay at 541-256- 0366 with questions. OWGL fall workshop planned Morrow County Wheat Growers will host their an nual workshop and dinner on Nov. 1 at the Morrow County Fairgrounds in Hep pner. Topics will include Farm Truck Registration C hanges, Ed S crivner; ODOT; FSA/NRCS Pro gram Updates, Larry Lutch- er; OSU update and and Wally Powell, OWGL Vice President, Industry High lights, Farm Bill, and Plan ning Strategies for Wheat Research update. For more information, contact Eric Orem at 541- 989-9808. RSVP to the OWGL office at 541-276-7330 or mblagg@owgl.org by Oct. 29. 1992 S tate F ootball C hampions ] H eppner M ustancs Heppner 127 N Main St 541-676-5745 Local Money Working For Local People www.communltybanknet.com •Minim um of $100 to open account One gift and one order of checks per new account ••Personal check orders at no cost, business check orders receive $100 off order Member FDIC / made the score 6-6. The next time the Mustangs got the ball, an eight-play drive that included three pass completions ended when Grieb scored from one yard out. The PAT failed and the score was 12-6 at halftime in favor of the Mustangs. The opening drive of the second half for Heppner included a 28-yard pass completion form Grieb to Jake Lindsay. Several plays later, Lindsay scored on a two-yard run. The PAT failed once again to make the score 18-6. The Mus tang defense stopped the Vikings on three drives in the second half. The Hep pner offense moved the ball on four, drives of its own but failed|tq>i score again. The Mustangs ended up w ith the win 18-6. • Leading rushers for the team were Caden Hed man with 81 yards; Kevin Murray, 42; Logan Grieb, 38 and Kaden Corbin, 15 yards. Grieb completed five of his seven passes in the game for a total of 47 yards. On the defensive side of the ball, the Mustangs were led in tackles by Murray with 11, Grieb with eight, Hedman with five and Tim Jaca with four. Many other 20 year anniversary of the H H S state State Football Cham pionship Players, Family & Coaches are invited to a dinner and social hour on Friday Oct. 26 at 5:00 pm at The Heppner Elks club Í
