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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 24, 2014 Tailgate dinners planned before home football games M ustangs crush O utlaws for 3-0 season record The Heppner Mustang football team took the long bus ride to Enterprise and made short work of the Out laws last Friday. Heppner dominated both sides of the ball and won by a score o f 52-3. After a fumble on the opening drive, the Mustangs scored on their next seven possessions. The defense played a great game and held the Outlaws to a total o f only three yards. The only Enterprise score came after a fumbled punt gave them good field position to attempt the field goal. The first score came af ter Jesse Corbin intercepted a pass and returned it to midfield. Brian Rill started the game at quarterback, replacing Kaden Clark, who felt ill. An II-play drive ended when Rill scored from one yard out. Rill ran in the two-point conversion to make the score 8-0. The next tim e the Mustangs got the ball they scored when Rill scrambled and then threw a 13 yard touchdown pass to Logan Grieb. A Rill-to-Corbin pass play scored the two- point conversion and the Mustangs now led 16-3. The Heppner defense then forced a fumble that gave the ball back to the offense at the Enterprise 34-yard line. Heppner then scored when CJ Kindle pounded the ball in from five yards out. Corbin ran in the con version to make the score 24-3. Clark then entered the game with a little under three minutes to go in the half and led the team on scoring drive. After pass completions to Rill for 27 yards, Corbin for 20 yards and Grieb for 11, Clark threw a touchdown pass to Tommy Bredfield that Heppner junior high football players and their fami lies will host a tailgate dinner on Sept. 26 at the Heppnei High School varsity football home game. The meal will include spaghetti, green beans, garlic bread, dessert anc drink for $5. During Homecoming on Oct. 3, Colt Football will sponsor the tailgate dinner at the Morrow County Fair grounds Annex building before the game. Dinner that night will feature soup, warm breadsticks, dessert anc a drink. rhe dinners will run from 5:30 until game time or the food is gone, whichever comes first. The Mustang lineup formed an imposing line against Enterprise on the Outlaws' home turf last Friday. The Mustangs trampled the Outlaws and trotted away with a 52-3 victory. - Photo by Sandra Putman covered five yards. Kindle then ran the ball in for the conversion and that then made the score of the game 32-3 at halftime. The first time that Hep pner got the ball in the sec ond half they scored when Clark threw an eight-yard strike to Grieb in the back of the end zone. Clark then threw to Corbin for the conversion, and that made the score 40-3. On the next Outlaw possession, Kevin Murray intercepted a pass and gave the offense good field position at the 15-yard line. Clark then threw a touchdown pass to Corbin that covered 14 yards. That made the score 46-3. The defense then got the ball right back after three plays. The offense only needed five plays to score again. Bredfield ran the ball in from 23 yards out to reach pay dirt. The score was now 52-3 with over nine minutes left in the game. Many of the younger Mustangs were rotated in and did a great job of not letting the Out- laws score. They were also able to run the ball and eat up time on the clock. The game ended with the Mus tangs getting the victory by the score of 52-3. For the game the Mus tangs had 23 first downs to only four for Enterprise. Heppner rushed for 208 yards and held the Outlaws to only one. The Mustangs had 213 passing yards to only two for Enterprise. The total yardage for Hep pner was 421 compared to only three for Enterprise. Clark was 11-16 passing in the game for 157 yards. Rill filled in well and was 5-6 for 56 yards. Rill also caught three passes for 71 yards and Kindle caught five balls for 60. Corbin hauled in three catches for 45 yards and a touch down. Grieb also caught three balls for 32 yards and two touchdowns. Bredfield caught one pass for five yards and a touchdown. Many players ran the ball in the game for the Mustangs. They were led by Bredfield with 73 yards on 11 attempts. Kindle had 59 yards rushing, and Caden Hedman was next with 31. Rill ran for 19 yards and Joergan Anderson had 17. Riley Gorham recorded eight yards rushing and Peyton Lehmen had five. On the defensive side of the ball the Mustangs were led in tackles by Weston Putman with seven. Bredfield followed with six, and then Patrick Collins and John Propheter each had four. Tom Gould, Kindle and Murray each had three on the night. Jacob Moses, RossCutsforth, Saul Erick son and Len Hauermeier all recorded two tackles each. Ryan Smith. Jesse Boyd, Jake Lindsay, Tim Jaca, Kolby Currin, Beau Walters and Grieb all had a tackle in the game. Up next for the Mus tangs is a home game with W aitsburg/Prescott this Friday night at Les Payne Field. Game time is 7 p.m. M ustang JV takes down O utlaw s 16-8 The Heppner Mustang Junior Varsity football team travelled to Pilot Rock to meet the Enterprise Out laws on Monday night. It was a closely contested game from start to finish and saw the Mustangs come away with a 16-8 victory. The Mustang offense started with the ball and was on the move with a 28 yard pass completion from Kev in Smith to Skyler Palmer. But just like in the varsity game with Enterprise on Friday night, the Mustangs fumbled the ball away on their first possession. The defense held and the next time Heppner got the ball Jake Lindsay had a big run up the middle for 19 yards. That drive stalled and the score of the game after one quarter was 0-0. In the second quarter the Mustangs fumbled the ball away again on one of their drives. The Heppner defense had a “bend but don't break” mentality all night long and did a good job of holding the Outlaws out of the end zone in the first half. When the horn sounded for halftime the score was tied 0-0. The teams traded pos sessions in the third quarter and it looked as if Enter prise would finally score. With the Mustang defen sive line putting some big pressure on the Outlaw quarterback, he threw the ball up for grabs and it was intercepted by Jake Lindsay near the goal line. That ended the Enterprise scoring threat and at the end of three quarters of play the score was still 0-0. Enterprise got the ball back and scored early in the fourth quarter from five yards out. They made the two-point conversion and led the game 8-0 at this point. On the ensu ing Outlaw kickoff, Coby Dougherty ran the ball back 18 yards to midfield. A few plays later Kevin Smith passed to Ryan Smith for a 47-yard catch and run touchdow n. Smith then threw the ball to Smith for the two-point conversion. That tied the score at 8-8 with just over seven min utes left in the game. The very next time that Heppner got the ball Caden Hedman broke loose on a counter play. He then outran the En terprise defense down the left sideline for a 46-yard touchdown. Once again, Kevin Smith passed the ball to Ryan Smith to score the two-point conversion. That made the score of the game 16-8 in favor of Heppner PLEASE JOIN US! Morrow County Courthouse Clock Tower Rededication / Tower Clock & Bell Installation New Administration Building Ground Breaking S e p te m b e r 2 9 , 2 0 1 4 M o rro w C o u n ty C o u rth o u s e 1 0 0 S. C o u r t St. H ep p n er, O R 9 7 8 3 6 11:00 a.m. Courthouse Rededication 12:00p.m . Lunch on the Courthouse Lawn ^ hosted by the Morrow County Commissioners (Hamburgers and Hot Dogs) 1:00 p.m. Administration Building Ground breaking Public is encouraged to park a t the Fairgrounds. There w ill he shuttle buses running from the Fairgrounds urgrounds to the Courthouse. The parking C Courthouse oun' w ill be reserved fo r handicapped parking. with 4:36 left to go in the game. On the Heppner kick off, Enterprise was called for holding and the ball was placed at the Outlaw eight-yard line. On the next play Jake Lindsay timed his attack perfectly and hit the Outlaw receiver just as the ball got there. The ball fell to the ground incomplete. A few plays later Nathan Putman intercepted a pass and it seemed that the game would be over. A roughing the quarterback call gave the ball back to the Outlaws at the 40-yard line. A big sack by Clyde Britt for a loss of eight yards looked as if it would seal the win. But then Enterprise was able to move the ball to the Mustang 40-yard line with 1:34 to go in tlje game. The Heppner defense then tightened up and sacked the Enterprise quarterback again to stop the scoring threat. The Mustangs got possession of the football and Kevin Smith took a knee on three straight plays to end the contest. The Mustangs won the game by Senior citizens to use BMC league passes until new sport event passes are available “ W ith c o n fe re n c e league name changes, Hep pner High School would like to apologize for the delay of new Columbia Ba sin League Senior Citizen Passes,” said HHS Athletic Director Greg Grant. Grant said that senior citizens should continue to use their Blue Mountain Conference senior pass to attend games. New C o lumbia Basin Conference passes will be available soon. To be eligible for a senior citizen pass, your birthdate must be before June 1, 1952. League Con test Senior Citizen Passes are for any league games within the league. Anyone who has questions or con cerns, contact Tracie Bunch at HHS, 676-9138. “ We appreciate your support for all of our high school activities and look forward to seeing you this year,” finished Grant. Mustangs edged out in hard-fought volleyball match The H eppner M us tang volleyball team lost a tough home match with the Weston-McEwen Ti- gerScots by a score of 3-0 last Tuesday night. It was the first Columbia Basin Conference match of the season for the Mustangs. The first set was close all the way. Both teams had the lead at one time or the other. In the end, Heppner had too many unforced er rors that cost the team and they lost by the score of 21-25. Heppner trailed all of set number two and lost that set 18-25. An exciting third set saw several ties and lead changes. In the end the Mustangs came up a little short and lost this set by a score of 23-25. In the match the Mus tangs served the ball very well, going 56-59. Onna DeLoach led the team with four aces. Maddie Lind say, Paige Grieb, Kelly Wilson and Sophie Grant also recorded one ace each. Grieb led the team in digs with a total o f 31 in the match. Lindsay followed w ith 26, DeLoach 21, Grant 11 and Wilson six. Wilson had 12 assists on the night and G rant nine. Taking advantage o f those sets was Lindsay with 14 kills, while DeLoach had three, Jessica Kempkin followed with two, and Wilson and Morgan Correa had one each. Lindsay, Kempkin and Correa also had a block each on the night. The Mustangs have a busy week ahead of them as they play three matches. They were at Irrigon on Tuesday night and then play at lone on Thursday. Both of those matches are set for 5 p.m. They then host Waitsburg/Prescott on Friday at 3 p.m. a score of 16-8. Leading the way in rushing for the game was Caden Hedman with 63 yards. Jake Lindsay raced for 33 on the night. On the defensive side of the ball Tim Jaca was in on or made 13 tackles to lead the Mustangs. Beau Wolters was busy in the game as he helped on 10 stops. Wyatt Steagall was in on nien tackles and Clyde Britt, Skyler Palmer and Caden Hedman helped on eight stops. Kolby Currin and Lindsay were involved in seven tackles and Len Hauermeier five. Partici pating in four tackles each were Ryan Smith and Saul Erickson. Riley Gorham, Coby Dougherty and Lane Wilhelm were in on three stops of the Outlaws. Get ting in on two tackles for the game were Tristan Mo ses and Joergan Anderson. The next game for the JV Mustangs will be on Monday, Sept. 29, when they again travel to Pilot Rock. This time the op ponent will be the Union/ CALL ME FOR ANY OF YOUR AUTOMOBILE NEEDS MIKE FRINK OUTSIDE SALES 5 4 1 - 701:4724 ALL NEWS AND ADs DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
