FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, October 16,2013
H eppner football m aintains
w inning streak
The Heppner Mustang
football team passed their
toughest test of the season so
far by beating the Stanfield
Tigers by a score of 32-7.
The win gives the Mustangs
a record of 6-0 overall and
4-0 in the BMC. That ties
them for the conference
lead with the Grant Union
Prospectors. The Mustangs,
currently ranked third in the
state, will travel to John
Day this Friday night for a
showdown with the fifth-
ranked Prospectors.
The M ustangs first
drive was a three-and-
out, and they punted to
the Tigers. Stanfield then
p ro ceed ed to do w hat
no other team had done
since the first game of the
season—score a touchdown
on the Mustang defense.
The 7-0 lead for the Tigers
was the first time the team
had been behind all season
long. That changed on
the next possession as the
Mustangs scored on a Brian
Rill run from three yards
out. Quarterback Kaden
C lark passed to Jesse
Corbin for the two-point
conversion to give Heppner
the lead 8-7.
Stanfield threatened to
score in the second quarter
but CJ Kindle intercepted
a Tiger pass in the end
zone to stop the drive. The
Mustangs had two more
drives in the half but failed
to score on either of them.
The halftime score was 8-7.
In the third quarter the
Mustangs took control of
the game by scoring 18
points. Their first score
came when Jordan Bailey
intercepted a Stanfield pass
M ustang volleyball falls to
TigerScots, douses Rockets
The H eppner H igh
School Mustang volleyball
team hosted the Weston-
McEwen TigerScots and
the Pilot Rock Rockets on
Saturday afternoon.
The T igerS cots are
currently the number-one
ranked team in the state.
The Mustangs gave them
all they could handle,
but eventually lost to the
TigerScots 22-25, 25-19,
18-25, 20-25. They then
won the match with the
Rockets 25-13, 25-10, 25-
Senior Mustang .laden Orr take a Tiger by the tail, stopping a 10
In the firs t set o f
Stanfield player in his tracks during last Friday's game. The
Mustangs remain 6-0 overall for the season. Photo by Sandy the match with Weston-
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Matthews
and returned it 62 yards
for a touchdown, making
the score 14-7. The next
tim e the M ustangs had
the ball they scored when
Clark found Bailey open in
the end zone for an eight-
yard touchdown pass. On
their next possession the
Mustangs needed only three
plays to score when Rill ran
it in from 30 yards out. That
made the score 26-7 after
three quarters of play.
In the fourth period
the Mustangs scored when
Clark found running room
around the right end and
scampered 45 yards for the
touchdown. The defense
once again held and got the
ball back for the offense.
Heppner then executed a
time-consuming nine-play
drive that ended on the 13
yard line with Clark taking
a knee as time ran out on
the clock. The final score
was 32-7 Mustangs.
Clark was 12-18 for
124 yards passing the ball.
Bailey caught six passes
for 48 yards. Rill three
for 40, K indle two for
20 and Jaden Orr one for
18. Rill once again led
the team in rushing with
18 carries for 158 yards,
while Clark ran for 68,
Tommy Bredfield 39 and
Kindle 26. The Mustangs
had 418 total yards for the
game compared to 258 for
Stanfield.
On the defensive side
of the ball Bredfield was
involved in 17 tackles, JC
Putman 14, Patrick Collins
13 and Kindle 12. Weston
P utm an and O rr w ere
involved in 11 and Ethan
Ashbeck nine. Logan Grieb
came up from his safety
position and recorded eight.
Corbin and John Propheter
were in on five each and
Bailey and Treston Maben
helped in four tackles.
G am e tim e for the
matchup in John Day is 7
p.m. at Grant Union High
School.
McEwen the lead was never
more than four points for
either team. There were
many long rallies, which
included many players
diving to the floor to save
balls. Both teams displayed
great passing and setting
that led to many powerful
kills. The score was tied
at 20 when the TigerScots
took the lead for good and
won 25-22. Set number two
was as close and exciting
as the first one. There were
nine ties in the set with the
last one being at 15-15. The
Mustangs took control from
there and won 25-19. There
was more exciting play in
the third and fourth sets, in
which the score was tied a
total of 10 times. The play
was great by both teams
but the Mustangs lost the
last two by scores of 18-25,
20-25.
The
Mustangs
controlled the match with
the Rockets from the very
start. The team served well
and that led to many easy
scores. They did not let up
at any time during the match
and won convincingly 25-
13, 25-10,25-10.
After last weekend the
Mustang record stands at
13-10 overall and 8-4 in
BMC play.
They w ill travel to
Elgin this weekend to face
the Huskies and the Grant
Union Prospectors.
Mustang JV loses to Prospectors
in hard-fought battle
The Heppner Mustang
JV football team lost their
first game o f the season
Monday night to the Grant
Union Prospectors 30-0. It
was a hard-hitting defensive
battle for the first three
quarters but the Prospectors
pulled away in the fourth.
Both teams had too many
turnovers in the game, and
they hurt the Mustang team
the most.
The Mustangs received
the opening kickoff and
fumbled the ball on the
return. On the very next
play Grant Union scored
on a long run. That made
the score 6-0 in favorer of
the Prospectors.
Kolby
Currin
intercepted a Grant Union
pass on their next series
and ran it back 62 yards
to give the Mustangs good
field position at the 12-
yard line. But the offense
fumbled the ball on the very
next play to give it right
back. The next Prospector
drive was stopped when
Currin recovered a fumble
at the 48-yard line. The
Mustang offense could not
get anything going from
there and the first quarter
ended 6-0.
Both teams took turns
turning the ball over on their
next few possessions. First,
Saul Erickson recovered a
Prospector fumble at the 35-
yard line, but the Mustangs
gave it right back three
plays later with a fumble
o f their own. Then three
plays after that Grant Union
fumbled the ball back to the
Mustangs. Two possessions
later a Mustang pass was
intercepted by Grant Union
and the half ended with the
score still 6-0 in favor of the
Prospectors.
H eppner kicked o ff
to start the second h alf
and held G rant U nion
on downs. The Mustang
offense could still not get
going and their drive was
also stopped on downs.
Currin then recovered a
fumble to give Heppner the
ball back but they could not
get anything done with it.
On the next d riv e
Currin recovered another
Prospector fumble to get
the ball right back for the
offense. That M ustang
drive ended when a pass
was intercepted by Grant
Union. The turnover-filled
third quarter ended with the
score still 6-0.
Early in the fourth
quarter the Heppner defense
stopped Grant Union from
scoring on the five-yard
line. On the very next play
the Mustangs fumbled the
ball in the end zone and
the Prospectors recovered
it for a touchdown. That
made the score 14-0 Grant
Union. Heppner then failed
to mount a drive and the
next time the Prospectors
touched the ball they scored
on a long run. The score
was then 22-0. They also
scored their next possession
and that made the final
score 30-0.
For the game Heppner
lost five fumbles and Grant
Union four. Heppner had
two passes intercepted and
Grant Union one.
The Mustang offense
struggled to get much
going but Kevin Murray
did run for 38 yards. Caden
Hedman had 23 and Currin
15. The defense was on
the field most of the night
and was led in tackles by
Murray with 20. Currin
tallied 18, Erickson 14,
Ross Cutsforth 13, Clyde
Britt 12, and Skyler Palmer
was next with 11. Jesse
Boyd had six and Kaden
Corbin four. Jacob Moses
and Caden Hedman each
had three tackles on the
night.
The next scheduled
game for the JV team is
next Monday, Oct. 21, in
Pilot Rock.
Heppner FFA plans busy fall
Members of Heppner’s
FFA chapter have been busy
planning upcoming events
for this fall.
FFA m e m b e rs /A g
Senior mothers Elizabeth Ashbeck, Lana Ecknian, Chris Bailey, Donna Maben and Sandi
students are ready for the
Putman show their Mustang pride on the field. -Photo by Sandy Matthews
second wave of apple and
pear orders, w hich are
due to HHS by Nov. 7 for
delivery at the Heppner
Harvest Fest Nov. 16.
Unfortunately,
A soup feed will be Oct. 17, from 5-8 p.m. at a drink for $5.
members
say, no Golden
held during the Mustang Heppner High School.
Thursday is also Senior
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volleyball game versus
The meal will include N ight for the H eppner
available.
Stanfield this Thursday, soup, salad, roll, dessert and volleyball girls.
The first annual 5K
Chili Run is planned for this
weekend, Oct. 19, at 5:30
p.m. (registration at 5 p.m.)
Volleyball soup feed planned
Thursday is Senior Night fo r volleyball
at St. Patrick’s Parish Hall.
Homemade chili, combread
and hot cocoa— and ice
water—will be available for
anyone for $5 from 5-7 p.m.
in the parish hall.
Speaking of the Harvest
Fest, FFA members are
hosting a “free, fun, family-
friendly ev en t” Nov. 16
at H ep p n er C ity P ark
to educate children and
adults alike about various
agricultural topics.
T h ere w ill be Ag
literacy booths and hands-
on a c tiv itie s , vendors
with goods for sale, apple
delivery, caramel apples, a
cornucopia design contest
and a fall floral design
contest, open to the first 10
people who register.
The time is tentatively
set for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. but
may change depending on
a possible home football
playoff game.
“I’m incredibly proud
of the hard work that the
students have put into the
planning of these activities,”
says FFA advisor Beth
Dickinson.
“I know there are a lot
of things on the calendar,
but if you can make it, we’d
love to see you there!”
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