Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 30,2013 - THREE
Mustangs ground Rockets
56-22, remain undefeated
Mustang Kevin Murray (#38) runs the hall around a Pilot Rock
player during last week’s game. The 56-22 win preserved the
Mustangs' perfect season record. -Contributedphoto
The Heppner Mustangs
grounded the flight of the
Pilot Rock Rockets by a
score o f 56-22 on Friday
night. The win improves
their record to 8-0 for the
year and 6-0 in BMC play.
The scoring was early
and often for the Mustangs.
On their first possession of
the night they scored from
25 yards out as Brian Rill
ran it in for the touchdown.
The Mustang defense then
held the Rockets on downs
to give the offense the ball
back. They only needed
three plays to score from
there. Jordan Bailey ran
it in from 38 yards out to
make the score 12-0. Kaden
Clark then passed the ball
to Logan Grieb for the two-
point conversion to make
it 14-0.
The Mustang defense
again stopped the Rockets,
this time at the 18-yard line.
An eight-play drive ended
with a touchdown run by
Rill from 18 yards out. The
score was now 20-0. Bailey
intercepted the Rockets in
the end zone to stop their
next drive. The Mustangs
then fumbled it right back.
The Rocket offense then
got a touchdown on their
next possession to make the
score 20-6.
It did not take long
for the Mustangs to score
again as CJ Kindle ran it in
from 17 yards out to make
the score 26-6. On the next
Rocket drive Jaden Orr
intercepted the ball and
gave it back to the offense.
On the very next play, Clark
threw a strike to Bailey and
he scored from 39 yards
out. Kevin Murray caught
the PAT pass from Clark to
make it 34-6 at halftime.
The Rockets got the
ball to start the second half
and the Mustangs forced a
fumble that was recovered
by JC Putman at the 50-yard
line. Rill ran the ball for
17 yards and then Bailey
scored on the next play on
a run of 33 yards. Murray
caught another PAT from
Clark to now make it 42-6.
The nex t M ustan g
possession was highlighted
by a 63-yard pass catch
and run by Murray. Bailey
finished the drive from
there with a touchdown run
of four yards up the m iddle.
Orr then ran in the PAT to
make the score 50-6.
Grieb then kicked off
again and the Rockets were
unable to handle it. Kindle
recovered the ball for the
M ustangs at the Rocket
35-yard line. Four plays
later Rill scored from 28
yards out. That made the
score 56-6 with just over
five minutes left in the
third quarter. On their next
possession a Rocket pass
was intercepted by Bailey,
giving the ball back to the
Mustangs.
T h e M u s ta n g JV
offense then came in and
took some time off of the
clock with a five play drive.
They then punted to the
Rockets, who took over as
the fourth quarter started.
The Rockets then scored
against the JV defense the
next two times they had
the ball.
The Mustang offense
had the ball tw o m ore
times and moved it to the
Rocket 11-yard line as time
expired. Jake Lindsay took
a knee to end the game with
the Mustangs winning by
the score of 56-22.
The M u stan g s had
an im pressive 581 total
yards for the game. The
defense gave up 270 yards
of offense to the Rockets.
The Mustangs had 23 first
downs compared to 14 for
the Rockets.
R ill h ad a n o th e r
outstanding game rushing
the ball. He ran for 232
yards on the night behind
his big, bruising offensive
line. Bailey had 87, Caden
Hedman 40 and Kindle 39.
Kaden Corbin rushed for
32 yards. Tommy Bredfield
10 and Murray and Lindsay
both ran for 7.
Clark was 4-4 passing
in the game for 142 yards.
Bailey caught two passes
for 69 yards, Murray hauled
in one for 63 and Grieb had
one catch for 10 yards.
On the defensive side
of the ball, Orr led the team
with 11 tackles. Bredfield
was next with 10 and JC
Putman had eight. Bailey
recorded seven and John
Propheter had six. Kindle.
Rill and Grieb were next
w ith five tackles each.
Patrick Collins and Ethan
Asheck followed with four
each. Recording two tackles
for the game were Murray,
Hedman, Ross Cutsforth,
Kolby Currin, Tim Jaca and
Tom Gould.
The next game for the
M ustangs is this Friday
night in A thena against
th e W e s to n -M c E w e n
TigerScots.
Hospital residents
have toe-tapping
good time
Four members of the Heppner High School volleyball team earned all-conference awards for
their outstanding play during this past season. These awards were handed out at the conclusion
of the district tournament recently held in Union. Receiving second-team recognition as a
defensive specialist was Paige Grieb. Also receiving second-team awards for the year were
Micha Hintz and Ryan Dougherty. Named to the first-team all-conference team was Kelly
Wilson. The girls each received a certificate and medal in honor of their accomplishment.
Pictured (L-R) are Heppner all-conference winners Ryan Dougherty, Mich Hintz, Kelly Wilson
and Paige Grieb. -Contributedphoto
Mustang volleyball ends
season short of state
The season came to an
end for the Heppner High
School Mustang volleyball
team at the BMC District
to u rn a m e n t th is p a st
Saturday. The Mustangs
lost both of their matches
and failed to qualify for the
state playoffs.
In their last conference
m atch o f the year the
M ustangs defeated the
Irrigon Knights by scores
o f 18-25, 25-19, 20-25,
25-18, 15-11. It was a hard-
fought contest that neither
team wanted to lose. It
was senior night in Irrigon
and the large home crowd
was really into the match.
The Mustangs finally took
control in the last two sets
with some good serving
and strong net play. With
the win the team ended
conference play with a
12-4 record and entered the
district tournament tied for
second place with Union.
The district tournament
was held in Union this year
and the Bobcats were the
team the Mustangs had to
play first. The winner would
advance to play for the
district championship, and
the loser for the final state
playoff berth. The teams
split their two meetings
during the regular season
and those were both close
matches. This one would
prove to be no different.
Playing in front of a loud,
rowdy student body section,
th e M u sta n g s lo o k e d
a little shell-shocked as
they started slow and were
behind 0-7 before they
scored. They fought back
to get within one point at
14-15, but ended up losing
20-25.
The second set saw four
lead changes and 13 ties
before the Mustangs won
it 26-24. In the third set the
Mustangs started slow once
again, trailing 0-6 before
scoring. They battled back
to tie the score at 12-12, but
trailed the rest of the way
and lost 20-25.
The Mustangs took the
lead early in the fourth set
and never looked back.
They stretched the lead out
to 21 -11 before winning the
set 25-19.
In the final set it was
again a close one. This set
only goes to 15 points and
there were eight ties in it.
The last one was at 14-14
before the Mustangs lost
14-16.
“It was a great match
and it is too bad someone
had to lose it,” said one fan.
The te am s p la y e d
five sets the last time they
played and are very evenly
matched. The large and
loud Mustang fan section
certainly gave the home
team's cheering section a
run for their money during
the match.
W ith the loss, the
Mustangs next played the
Grant Union Prospectors
for third place and the right
to advance to the state
playoffs.
These two teams played
just last weekend in Elgin
and the Mustangs defeated
them in four sets. That was
not to be the case on this
day.
In the first set the
Mustangs took control early
and led the entire way and
won 25-18. In the second
set Heppner led 17-10 when
the Prospectors made their
charge. After some exciting
play the score ended up
being tied at 19-19. The
Mustangs trailed the rest
of the way and lost the set
20-25.
That loss seemed to
take some o f the wind out
of the Heppner sails. They
trailed all of set three until
they tied the score 15-15.
That would be as close as
they could get and they
would lose the set 20-25.
In set number four it was
very close all the way to
the end. The Mustangs led
12-11 before falling behind.
There were three ties after
that with the last one being
19-19.
The Mustangs could
not hold on and lost the
final set 22-25. It was an
exciting match that could
have gone either way. The
Mustangs played some great
volleyball in the match but
failed to serve well enough
and had too many unforced
errors to win.
The loss ended the
season for the Mustangs
with an overall record of
17-12.
Steven Warren, Heppner High School class of 1966, recently
spent some time entertaining a few of the residents at Pioneer
Memorial Hospital. Warren told the group he started taking
lessons at the Legion Hall during his elementary school years.
This w e e k ’s lunch in the St. Patrick’s Senior the Wednesday before to
In the past few years Warren has resumed playing and has meeting o f the Heppner Center dining room.
guarantee a lunch.
visited many convalescent homes with his accordion. Warren Chamber of Commerce has
Cost of lunch is $10;
The Heppner chamber
now resides in Twin Falls, ID. -Contributedphoto
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