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I FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 8, 2014 Mustangs ‘take care of business' for Homecoming ***** ^ v -.-> v-jggjfc: « _ _ u _ ______ Weston Putnuin (#20) gives the Rockets the run-around on Friday in Heppner. The Mustangs celebrated Homecoming with a 55-16 victory over the Pilot Rock team. Photo by San dra Putman After a long week of Homecoming activities, the Heppner Mustang football team took care o f busi ness on Friday night by defeating the Pilot Rock Rockets 55-16. It was also the first win in the newly formed Columbia Basin Conference for the Mus tangs. Their overall record is now at 5-0 for the season and they are currently the OSAA's third-ranked 2A team. Heppner kicked off to start the game. The Rock ets fumbled the ball on their very first play and the Mustangs recovered it at the 17-yard line. Three plays later Brian Rill scored a touchdown on a one-yard run. That made the score 6-0 only 50 seconds into the game. The next Heppner possession ended with an interception by the Rock ets that gave them the ball at the one-yard line. Two plays later Tommy Bred- field tackled a Pilot Rock running back in the end zone for a safety. The score was now 8-0. The Mus tangs then drove deep into Rocket territory but had the drive stall. They turned it over on downs to the Rockets. Weston Putman broke free and tackled a Rocket running back in the end zone for another safety. The score was now 10-0. The next time Heppner got the ball. Rill scored again on a run of 34 yards. Jesse Corbin made the PAT kick to make the score 17-0 at the end of the first quarter. The Mustang defense stopped the Rockets and forced a punt. Just three plays later Kaden Clark threw a 37-yard touchdown pass to Logan Grieb. The Corbin kick was good again and the score was then 24- 0. When Heppner got the ball back, Bredfield scored on an eight-yard run. The Corbin kick was good and the score was now 31 -0. On the very next play, Ryan Smith intercepted a pass to give the Mustangs good field position. It only took six plays for the team to score again when Clark ran the ball in from 10 yards out. That made the score 37-0 at halftime. Heppner got the ball to start the second half. A seven-play drive ended with a touchdown when Rill ran the ball in from 47 yards out. That made the score of the game 43-0. A Rocket punt gave Heppner the ball right back. Rill scored again on a 41-yard touchdown run. The score was 49-0 with five minutes left in the third quarter. The clock would run for the rest of the game under the 45-point mercy rule. The Heppner coaches would substitute freely now and give the younger players time in the game. Pilot Rock would score on their next possession, which made the score 49-8. The last Mustang score came when Rill ran the ball in from 68 yards out. The Rockets then scored again as time ran out in the game to make the final score 55-16. Heppner had 407 yards rushing behind the big. strong and smart offensive line. The Mustang defense has been dominate against the run all season long and held Pilot Rock to 14 yards rushing. Heppner had- 512 total yards in the game and Pilot Rock had 231. The Mustangs scored on eight of their 11 possessions in the game. Clark was 6-9 in the game for 105 yards. He threw one interception and one touchdown pass. He also rushed for 29 yards and scored a touchdown. Rill had a big game for the M ustangs as he rushed for 293 yards and five touchdowns. CJ Kindle ran the ball for 49 yards, B redfield had 36 and a score. Corbin ran for 31 yards in the game. Grieb caught one ball for 37 yards and a touch down. Rill hauled in one pass for 30 yards and Put man caught one for 20. Kindle got two catches for 10 and Corbin one for eight yards. On the defensive side of the game, the Mustangs were led in tackles by Bred- field with eight. Putman and Patrick Collins had six each. Kevin Murray had five tackles and Grieb recorded four. Kindle and Corbin both had three for the night. With two tack les each were Clark, John Propheter. Skyler Palmer. Jake Lindsay and Caden Hedman. Mustang players who recorded one tackle in the game were Rill. Smith, Tom Gould. Ross Cutsforth, Jesse Boyd, Saul Erick son, Kolby Currin, Kaden Corbin, Len Hauermeier and Coby Dougherty. The Mustangs travel to Culver to take on the Bull dogs this Friday at 7 p.m. Booster club steak feed, auction well attended b A large group of Heppner Booster Club supporters enjoys the annual steak feed at the F.lks in lleppner last Saturday. The dinner was followed by a live and silent auction, as well as rafH* and penny board events, to raise money for local school programs. Photo by David Sykes Mustang volleyball continues good showing, wins two out of three The Heppner Mustang volleyball team had another successful week as they won two o f three confer ence matches. The team has an overall record of 12-5 on the season. They are cur rently third in the Columbia Basin Conference with a 3-2 record. Last Thursday the team travelled to Pilot Rock to take on the Rockets. Hep pner won the match 3-0 by scores of 25-21. 25-18 and 25-20. All three sets were as close as the scores indicated. In the first set the score went back and forth with no team having more than a three-point lead It was then tied at 14-14 when the Mustangs took the lead and never looked back. Heppner stretched the lead to 22-17 and won the set 25-20. In the second set the Mustangs led all the way after an early 4-4 tie. Hep pner could never get more than four-point lead at any time in the set. Kelly Wil son served out the last four points and ended it with an ace to make the score 25-18. Heppner led much of the third set after a tie at 6-6. They then pushed the lead to 16-10. but the Rock ets came storming back. They cut the Heppner lead to 20-18 but could not get any closer. The Mustangs won the third and final set 25-21. For the m atch, the M ustangs served 63-68. Morgan Correa and Sophie Grant were perfect from the service line going 12-12 and 8-8 respectively. Paige interests and direction-how Grieb led the team in digs to plan and keep options with 25. Maddie Lindsay available; Sophomore year plan-schedule planning; many classes are offered every other year-how to best plan; Eastern Promise- CTE-how this works-how to plan for it; Communi cation-best practices for student success; and Grad ing system-teacher tools- monitoring student progress accurately. For questions, contact Heppner High School at 541-676-9138. HHS plans freshman conferences Heppner High School will hold freshman parent/ student conferences from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Oct. 14, for every freshman stu dent at HHS. Head te ach er G reg Grant says the conferences are an initiative to “ im prove the communication of the programs available, requirem ents necessary and the best possible part nership between Heppner High School staff and the families we serve." “ Last y ear's confer- ences were very popular amongst parents, students and teachers as they estab lished clear communication and helped answer many q u estio n s” added HHS Principal Matt Combe. Parents and students meet w ith teams of teach ers to discuss: Diploma R eq u irem en ts-H o n o rs, regular, modified-F.ssential Skills state requirements; Testing-State for Diplo- ma-PSAT, SAT, ASVAB. ACT-how to best prepare; Fducation-potential career The Morrow County Health Department is offering the following clinics: October 8th 9am - 7pm Heppner City Hall M ORROW COUNTY HEALTH D EPT. 120 S. Main St. • P.O Box 799 Heppner, OR 97836 \ The Mustangs fought all the way back to make it 22-24 before losing 22-25. Heppner took control of the second set after it was tied at 9-9. Kempkin served the next eight points to give the Mustangs the lead for good. Heppner won by the score of 25-15. A close third set could have gone either way. There were 10 ties in the set and the last one was at 21-21. The Mustangs came up on the short end of the score 21-25. The fourth set saw Heppner get down early and trail by as much as seven points. They fought their way back and tied the score at 23-23. It was also tied at 24 and at 25. Hep pner ended up losing the set by a score of 25-27. The Mustangs served 81-92 in the match. Kemp kin did not miss and went 17-17. Wilson served great as she went 23-24 and had eight aces. Grant also served well going 10-12 with four aces. Grieb once again led the team in digs with 32. DeLoach was next with 25 and Lindsay had 17. Wilson had 11 digs and Correa 10. Both setters did a great job in the match as Wilson had 17 assists and Grant 11. Lindsay and Kempkin both had nine kills and Wilson recorded eight. DeLoach had six kills, Correa four and Grieb two. The next match for the volleyball team is this Thursday in Heppner. The team will take on the Pilot Rock Rockets at 5 p.m. They then travel to Pilot Rock on Saturday to play the Culver Bulldogs and the Irrigon Knights. The first match for the Mustangs is set to start at 2 p.m. Heppner celebrates homecoming with school spirit, blast from the past FLU SHOTS Boardman Clinic (541) 481-4200 was next with 16 and Onna DeLoach had 14. Grant led the team in assists with 12 and Wilson contributed nine. Lindsay hit the ball well and had 14 kills in the match. Wilson followed her with six kills for the team. On Saturday the Mus tangs took on Stanfield and Weston-McEwen in Stan field. Heppner split their matches for day as they beat the Tigers 3-0 and lost to the TigerScots 3-1. The first set with Stan field was close early as there were 10 ties in the score. The last one was at 14-14 before Heppner took control. They then outscored the Tigers 11 -2 to win the set 25-16. The sec ond set was all Mustangs. Heppner took control early with some great serving and won easily 25-18. The third and final set was closer as the score was tied at 11-11. The Mustangs then stretched out the lead and won by the score of 25-18. In the match Heppner served 67-71. Wilson was 15-15 w ith two aces. Grant 11-11 and Lindsay 9-9. Correa served well by go ing 14-15 with three aces, DeLoach was 9-11 with two aces and Jessica Kempkin was 9-10 with two aces. Grieb led the team in digs with 16, Lindsay followed with 15 and DeLoach had 14. Wilson had 18 assists in the match and Grant seven. Lindsay recorded nine kills, Kempkin had eight, Wilson and DeLoach both had six. N ext cam e a great match to watch as some excellent volleyball was play ed with the TigerScots. In the first set, Heppner was down 11 points at 9-20. Heppner Clinic (541)676 5421 Some of HHS’s 1964 Homecoming court showed up to join in the celebration Friday night. Left to right: Diana Fulleton Bali. Karen McCurdy Dubuque, Barbara Blake Teachout and Queen Virginia Moore Parrish. -Photo by Sand\• Matthews -From PAGE ONE Bv HHS publicity director Weston Putman Heppner High School celebrated Homecoming festivities last week. The theme for this year was “Celebrating 50 years of HHS.” It began with hall deco rating on Friday, Sept. 26, and continued with dress- If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, help is available and that help Is FREE of charge. 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The hallways were dec orated with a color theme while celebrating 50 years of HHS, and students used old photos from the year book of 1964 to add to the decorations. Wednesday night stu dents played beach-themed games and held a bonfire. T h u rsd a y s tu d e n ts showed their school spirit with a noise parade down town. Friday night the boys played Pilot Rock and end ed H om ecom ing with a victory. During half-time, the homecoming court was presented and Queen Mad die Lindsay and King Cade Arbogast were announced. T he H o m e c o m i n g court from 1964 also came back to help HHS celebrate, riding on a float during half-time.
