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I FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 22, 2014 Mustangs maintain perfect record after taming Stanfield Stanfield's Payton Wright trailed Heppner’s Logan Grieb (#5), who outran the Tiger defense for a 62-yard touchdown play. The Stanfield Tigers played cateh-up all night but eouldn't quite match the Mustang drive during last Friday’s game. Photo by Sandro Putman The H eppner M us tang football team ran their season record to 7-0 with a 50-14 victory over the Stanfield Tigers on Fri day night. Heppner scored touchdowns on six of their 10 possessions in the game. The only scores for the Ti gers came late in the game when the outcome had al ready been decided. Heppner received the opening kickoff to start the game. They were forced to punt the ball to the Tigers. Heppner got it right back when Kaden Clark inter cepted a pass at the Mus tang 33-yard line. Heppner moved the ball over mid- field but the drive stalled. A fake punt play saw Logan Grieb run the ball 41 yards down the left sideline to give the Mustangs a first and goal at the seven-yard line. Two plays later CJ Kindle ran the ball in from three yards out for a touch down. That made the score 6 - 0 . The M ustangs then kicked off and Stanfield fumbled the ball. Kevin Murray fell on it to give the Mustangs the ball at the 50- yard line. Clark then threw a swing pass to Kindle, who took it all the way for an other Mustang touchdown. Clark threw to a wide-open Weston Putman for the two- point conversion to make the score 14-0. The Hep pner defense forced another punt to give the ball back to the offense. Clark then threw a pass to Grieb. who outran the defense for a 62- yard touchdown play. Jesse Corbin kicked the extra point to give the Mustangs a 21 -0 lead at the end o f the first quarter. Early in the second quarter the Tigers punted the ball. Corbin caught it on the run and returned it 60 yards for another touch down. Corbin made the PAT kick to make the score 28-0. After the Tigers turned the ball over on downs, Clark threw a shovel pass to Brian Rill, who took it 47 yards before being knocked out of bounds at the one-yard line. On the very next play Rill carried the ball in fora touchdown. The score was now 34-0. Once again the Mus tang defensed forced a punt and the offense scored again. Clark found Grieb open on a corner rout and hit him with a 32-yard pass for another touchdown. Heppner scored the two- point conversion when Clark found Putman open again, and that made the score 42-0 at halftime. Heppner kicked off to start the second half and forced another Tiger punt. Six plays later the Mustangs scored again when Tommy Bredfield ran the ball in from 16 yards out. Clark threw to Rill for the two- point conversion and it was now 50-0 with seven min utes left in the third quarter. The JV kickoff team came in to boot the ball away. The younger Mus tangs played the rest of the game and gained valuable experience against the Stan field varsity team. Stanfield scored their two touch downs of the game in the third and fourth quarters. That made the final score of the game 50-14. Heppner had 182 rush- Rill ran for 20 yards and a touchdown. Bredfield rushed for 16 yards and a score. Clark ended the game with 15 rushing yards and Jake Lindsay contributed seven. Caden Hedman ran for five yards. Coby Dough erty four and Kaden Corbin finished with one. Clark was 7-14 passing the ball for 214 yards and no interceptions. Grieb had two receptions for 94 yards and two touchdowns. Rill caught four balls for 70 yards on the night. Kindle had one catch for 50 yards and a touchdown. On the defensive side of the ball. Heppner was led in tackles by Kevin Murray with 14. Bredfield had 12 and Patrick Collins eight. Weston Putman recorded five tackles on the night and Ross Cutsforth had four. John Propheter, Jacob Moses, Skyler Palmer and Kolby Currin had three m Mustang Riley Gorham (#66) kicks during Friday’s game; Gorham logged a kickolT for 22 yards against the Tigers. Photo by Sandra Pittman ing yards. Stanfield had 133 with most of it coming late in the game. The Mustangs threw for 214 yards com pared to 25 for the Tigers. Total yardage for Heppner was 396 and for Stanfield it was 158. Kindle led the team in rushing with 52 yards and a touchdown. Grieb followed with 41 and Corbin had 25. 1 tackles each. With two were Kindle, Grieb, Lindsay, Tristan Moses, Tim Jaca, Saul Erickson and Caden Hedman. Mustangs who had one tackle in the game were Corbin, Rill. Clark, Ryan Smith, Kaden Corbin and Riley Gorham. Heppner will travel to take on the Irrigon Knights this Thursday at 7 p.m. The game was moved from Friday night because of the district volleyball tournament. Mustang JV wins in ‘convincing fashion’ with 28-0 victory The Heppner Mustang JV Football team won their game in convincing fashion Monday night. They de feated the Irrigon Knights by a score of 28-0. A few plays after Riley Gorham kicked off for Hep pner, the Knights fumbled deep inside their own ter ritory. Kolby Currin re covered the ball to give the Mustangs good field position. A 21-yard run by Caden Hedman set up the first score for the Mustangs. Quarterback Jake Lindsay scored on a 10-yard run up the middle to give Hep pner the lead. Lindsay then threw a pass to Ryan Smith for the two-point conver sion to make the score 8-0. The teams then traded possessions with each other three times as neither could sustain a drive. Jorgen An derson intercepted a pass to get the ball back for the Mustangs. When that Mustang drive stalled, Len Hauermeier boomed a 45- yard punt to pin the Knights deep in their own end of the field. Coby Dougherty then intercepted an Irrigon pass and ran it into scoring posi tion. On the final play of the half, Lindsay completed a pass to Dougherty, but he was stopped before he was able to score. Heppner led the game 8-0 at halftime. Riley Gorham caught the short Irrigon kickoff to start the second half. An 11-play drive for the Mustangs moved the ball deep inside Irrigon territory. Lindsay ran for 16 yards in the drive and completed two passes to Dougherty for a total of 20 yards. Hep pner was stopped short of scoring and turned it over on downs. Shortly after that Irrigon fumbled and it was recovered by the Mustangs at the 19-yard C h e c k out this w e e k ' s DAILY LUNCH SPECIALS V wed.-Taco Soup Thurs.-Chicken caprese Sandwich Fri.- Tater Tot Casserole t Mon.-Tuna Melt Tues.- Chicken & Dumpling soup DRESS UP AT MURRAYS LISTENING TO US IN OREGON MAKE-UP - CANDY COSTUMES S, MORE Order your fall bouquets early! 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Several running plays that included a nine-yard gain by Dougherty and a reverse to Ryan Smith got the ball to the one-yard line. Lindsay punched it in from there for the touchdown. Lindsay then threw a pass to Dougherty for the two- point conversion to give the Mustangs a 16-0 lead. The teams again traded possessions several more times. Peyton Lehman then intercepted an Irrigon pass and ran it to the Knights’ 23- yard line. Three plays later the Mustangs scored when Lindsay hit Dougherty with a five-yard touchdown pass. The conversion failed and the score was now 22-0. The Heppner kickoffby Jan Glasen pinned the Knights deep in their own end of the field. The Mustangs got the ball back one more time and scored again. Kevin Smith ran the ball in from four yards out for the touch down. Again the extra point try was no good and the score was now 28-0. Irri gon got the ball back again but the Mustang defense stopped them from advanc ing it. The game ended with the score 28-0. Lindsay was 7-14 pass ing the ball for 51 yards and a touchdown. Kevin Smith threw one pass for a total of 13 yards. Dougherty led the team in receiving with five catches for 33 yards and a touchdown. Ryan Smith had two catches for 18 yards and Lindsay one catch for 13. Hedman led the team in rushing with 51 yards in the game. Lindsay ran for 40 yards and two touchdowns. Dougherty carried the ball for 32 yards on the night. Ryan Smith gained seven yards and Kevin Smith fol lowed with four yards and a touchdown. On the defensive side o f the ball, Kolby C ur rin led the team in tackles with eight. Tristan Moses and Beau W olters both recorded six tackles in the game. Clyde Britt and Saul Erickson had five tackles each on the night. Kaden Corbin and Tim Jaca had four tackles each and Lane Wilhelm had three. Next with two tackles each in the game were Ryan Smith, Tre Cimmiyotti, Ethan Akers, Hedman and Gorham. With one tackle each in the game were Nathan Putman, Kev in Smith and Hauermeier. The next game for the JV Mustangs is Monday night with the W eston- McEwen TigerScots. The game is scheduled for 5 p.m. in Athena. 4-H Achievement Night planned for Nov. 16 4-H m em bers, fam ilies and supporters are asked to save the date for 4-H Achievement Night, planned for Sunday, Nov. 16, beginning at 4 p.m. at the Morrow County Fair grounds in Heppner. The local 4-H program is also looking for photos from the past 4-H year that could be included in the “Year in Review” slide- show to be presented at 4-H Achievement Night. A nyone who w ould like to submit photos is asked to email them to ash- ley jones(S)oregonstate . edu. Like the Gazette-Times? “Like us on Facebook fo r even more o f what you love! ” L inc 217 North Main St . Heppner • Ph<># 676-9158 • Floral ^Mf-9426 ^Serving Morrow, Wheetor & Gilliam counties Since 195^ I «
