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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 18, 2013 lone struggles to gain footing in preseason Mustangs continue to stomp competition Heppner muzzles Bulldogs 43-0 in last preseason game The H eppner High School Mustang football team made the long road trip to Willamina for their last preseason game against the 3A B u lld o g s. The team dominated the game throughout and came away with a 43-0 win. The Mustangs kicked off to start the game and, on the third play for the Bulldogs, Weston Putman intercepted a pass and ran it back 40* yards to the five-yard line. A Brian Rill touchdown run and Jesse Corbin PAT kick made the score 7-0. The strong Mustang defense held and the Bulldogs punted. Rill took the punt 40 yards to give the Mustangs good field position at the 25- yard line. He then ran for 23 yards to give the team a first and goal from the two. Putnam ran it in from there to give the team a 13-0 lead. The Heppner defensive line led by Patrick Collins, JC Putnam. John Propheter and Ethan Ashbeck held the Bulldogs down all night long. They forced another three and out, and the Mustangs got the ball again. A nice 22-yard touchdown pass from q u arterb ack Kaden Clark to Rill made the score 19-0. T h e PAT run by Weston Putman then made it 21-0. On the very next Bulldog possession. Rill intercepted a pass. Five plays later, Clark passed to Corbin 25 yards for another Mustang touchdown. The Corbin kick made the score 28-0 at the end of the first quarter. The Mustang defense had stro n g play from l i n e b a c k e r s T r e s to n Maben, Jaden Orr, Tommy Bredfield, Saul Erickson and Weston Putman. They helped hold the Bulldogs to a total of 21 yards of offense for the game. The second q u arte r featu red som e drives by both teams and an interception by Corbin. The Mustang offensive line again took control of the line of scrimmage; a long drive of only running plays ended with a Rill touchdown from 23 yards out. The Corbin PAT made the score 35-0. In the fourth quarter the younger Mustangs got into the game and played well. On their first drive the blocking was good and Kevin M urray had several big runs. The team scored on a four-yard run by Kolby Currin. The PAT pass from Logan Grieb to Caden Hedman made the score 43-0. The young defense had a “bend but don't break” attitude and held the Bulldogs out of the end zone. They controlled the rest of the game w ith some strong running plays and ran the clock out to give the Mustangs the 43-0 win. Rill led the team in rushing with 166 yards. Jordan Bailey led several others with big contributions in the ground game. Clark was 7-14 in passing for 142 yards and two touchdowns. Rill caught the ball for 84 yards and Corbin had 58 yards receiving. This week the Mustangs conclude H om ecom ing week with a home game versus the lrrigon Knights at Les Payne field. Cardinal quarterback, senior Luke Jobes (#23), looks for an opening while Gus Peterson (#30) guards against the Touchet team last Friday. Photo by Paula Emmel lone football struggled in its game against Touchet last Friday. Sept. 13; the C a r d in a ls e v e n tu a lly lost the contest to their opponents, 32-76. “Touchet was a good te am an d th e y w ere able to exploit some of o u r in e x p e rie n c e and fu ndam ental erro rs on d efen se,” said Cardinal coach Stan Weiper. "We need to work hard this week to prepare for our league opener with Condon. 1 am still taking the defensive stats off the tape but 1 felt that Jason Juarez played well on defense. He made a number of outstanding open field tackles.” G am e sta ts are as follows: Rushing Joel Stillm an (Senior): 10x68 yards, 1 T.D. Gus Petersen (Senior): 3x18 yards Passing Luke Jobes (Senior): 10x16 242 yards. 3 T. D. Receiving Bailey Haguewood (Senior): 5x 181 yards, 1 T.D. Jailen Conboy: 2x28 yards, 1 T.D. Stillman: 2x 28 yards, 1 T.D. Cord Flynn: 1x5 yards Scoring Stillman: 2 T.D., 12 pts. Flynn: 1T.D., 6 pts. Conboy: 1T.D., 6 pts. Haguewood: 1 T.D. Jobes: 1 PAT, 2 Pts. Mustang JV bests Knights, ties Pirates in Monday game The H eppner High School Mustang JV football team traveled to lrrigon on Monday to play the host Knights and the Riverside Pirates. The format for the contest was to play each team for a half. After the first quarter with lrrigon, the clock always ran to speed up the evening. The Mustangs defeated the lrrigon Knights 42-8 and tied the Riverside Pirates 6-6. Against the Knights, Caden Hedman returned the opening kickoff 75 yards before being tackled at the five-yard line. Kevin Murray then ran the ball in around the left side for a touchdown. 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The defense forced a fumble that Grieb pounced on at the 45-yard line and, on the very next play, Murray scored on a 55-yard run. That made the score 20-0. l r r i g o n sc o re d on their next possession and made the score 20-8. A 55- yard run by Murray for a touchdown and the PAT run by Grieb made the score 28- 8. Kaden Corbin recovered a fumble on the kickoff and, on the very next play, Hedman ran 40 yards for a touchdown. That made the score 34-8. Another fumble by lrrigon, which was recovered by Jacob Moses, led to a 27-yard touchdown run by Hedman. Kolby Currin ran in the PAT to make the final score 42-8. In the matchup with the Pirates, the clock ran the whole half. Heppner kicked off and forced a Riverside punt. A three-play drive ended with' Murray scoring from nine yards out. The PAT failed, to give the Mustangs a 6-0 lead. In a fast-paced half, the teams traded drives up and down thq field. Riverside scored their lone touchdown late in the half. The PAT attempt failed and that made the Thank yon to the 2013 Morrow County 4-H/FFA Livestock Auction Supporters 'A final score 6-6. Kevin Murray ran for 215 yards on the night and Caden Hedman finished with 133. On the d e f e n s i v e side o f the ball, Currin and Clyde Britt led the team with eight tackles each. Jesse Boyd recorded five and Grieb had four. Hedman, Murray, Skyler Palmer, Jacob Moses, Ross Cutsforth, Tom Gould, Tim Jaca and Jake Lindsay each had three tackles in the game. The next action for the JV team will be Monday, Sept . 23, in At he na . They will play the same format with the Weston- McEwen TigerScots and the Enterprise Outlaws. FFA raising funds to attend convention This October, the Heppner FFA Chapter is attending the National FFA Convention in Louisville, KY. Though the members are excited at this opportunity, says FFA advisor Beth Dickenson, they have had come up with many ideas to raise money for this trip, such as the basket auction during the wine tasting at the fair this summer; other upcoming fundraisers are planned to help fill in the gaps in funding. The FFA Chapter will be having a bake sale at Heppner Family Foods on Main Street in Heppner from 4-6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 26, and again on Friday the 27th from 8 a m. - 12* p.m. The Chili Run is a 5k run/walk being held Oct. 19. Registration begins at 5 p.m. at St. Patrick's Catholic Church parish hall in Heppner. The run/walk starts at 5:30 p.m. and chili, combread and hot chocolate will be served from 5-7 p.m. Pre-registration forms are available at many local merchants in Heppner. For registration questions, contact Patrick Collins at 541-626-1913. 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