FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 5, 2014
MUSTANGS TAKE CBC TITLE
Saul Erickson (#52) and Ross Cutsforth (#56) slam into
TigerScot players during last Friday’s game. Both players
contributed to Friday’s victory with tackle records of sis and
five respectively. Photo by Sandra Putman
-Continuedfrom PAGE ONE Corbin caught the ball and
got the ball back when
Weston Putman intercepted
a pass to give the Mustangs
good field position. Seven
plays later. I leppner scored
when quarterback Kaden
Clark threw a pass to Logan
Grieb in the end/one for a
touchdown. The play cov
ered three yards and made
the score 6-6. Both teams
played hard-nosed football
for the rest of the half and
traded possessions again
but no one could score. The
first half ended with the
score tied 6-6.
To start the second half,
the Mustang defense did its
job and forced a punt. Jesse
Corbin returned the kick
17 yards to near mid-field.
Three plays later Clark hit
Corbin with a pass on a
slant route over the middle.
out-raced the defense for a
53-yard touchdown. Clark
then threw to Putman for
the two-point conversion
to give the Mustangs a 14-6
lead.
After the Heppner de
fense forced another punt,
the offense went on an 11-
play drive that ate up over
four minutes of game time.
The third quarter ended
with the score 14-6 in favor
of Heppner.
As the fourth q u ar
ter started, the TigerScots
would score again. A long
pass was deflected by a
Mustang defender straight
up into the air. A Weston-
McEwen player ran under
it. caught it, and scored
on a 68 yard play to make
the score 14-12. Heppner
would answer right back on
the next drive with a score
of their own. An onside kick
attempt by the I igerScots
was recovered near mid-
field by Tom Gould. On the
first Mustang play, Brian
Rill would take it 41 yards
to the 14-yard line. Four
plays later Rill would run
it in from four yards out for
the touchdown. That made
the score 20-12 with eight
minutes left in the game.
The stingy M ustang
defense again forced a punt.
Heppner took over with
alm ost six m inutes left
in the game and ran the
clock out. The offensive
line took control of the line
of scrimmage and moved
the TigerScot defense out of
their way. On this drive, CJ
Kindle had runs of 22 and
21 yards. Rill had runs of
12 and six yards. The Mus
tangs controlled the ball and
the clock. They executed a
total of 12 running plays to
end the game.
As the final horn
sounded, the M ustangs
were victorious by the score
of 20-12. They had com
pleted an undefeated season
and were CBC champions.
For the game, Hep
pner had 16 first downs
com pared to 10 for the
TigerScots. Heppner had
244 rushing yards and the
TigerScots had 92. Heppner
ended the game with 72
passing yards and Weston-
McEwen 147. Total yards
for Heppner was 316 and
for the TigerScots it was
239.
The Mustangs ran the
ball so well that they did
not need to throw it much.
Clark was 4-10 passing for
72 yards and two touch
downs. Corbin caught two
passes for 67 yards and a
touchdown. Grieb had one
catch for three yards and
a touchdown on the night.
Kindle had one catch for
two yards in the game.
Rill had his second
game in a row with over
200 yards rushing. He ran
the ball 34 times for 210
yards in this game. Kindle
carried it seven times for
52 yards.
The defense was led
in tackles by Patrick Col
lins with seven. Gould,
Putman and Saul Erickson
recorded six tackles each in
the game. Grieb and Ross
Cutsforth both had five
tackles and Kevin Murray
had four. Rill and Corbin
each recorded three tackles
and Clark had two.
The Mustangs will
now host an OSAA State
Football p layoff game.
They will play the Myrtle
Point Bobcats Saturday
at 2 p.m. The Bobcats are
the third-place team from
the Sunset Conference and
have a season record of 5-4.
They ended up as the 17th-
ranked team by the OSAA.
NRCS accepting applications for agricultural
and wetland conservation easem ents
PORTLAND. OR
USDA's Natural Resources
Conservation Service is ac
cepting applications for its
new Agricultural Conserva
tion Easements Program
(ACEP). Funding is now
available for the purchase
of conservation easements
on eligible agricultural
lands and wetlands in Or
egon. Applications must be
submitted to Oregon NRCS
by Dec. 31 to be consid
ered for this year's priority
funding.
Applications received
after Dec. 31 and before
March 27, 2015 will be
given secondary consider
ation for funding depending
on availability.
The ACEP, created
through the 2014 Farm Bill,
funds easements for agri
cultural lands and wetland
reserves. ACEP has two
components, one for Ag
ricultural Land Easements
(ALE) and one for Wetland
Reserve Easements (WRE).
Under the agricultural
land component, funds are
provided to eligible entities
that can use ACEP funding
to purchase agricultural
land easements that pro
tect the agricultural use
and conservation values of
eligible land. Approved ag
ricultural easements would
prevent productive working
lands from being converted
to non-agricultural uses
and maximize protection
o f land devoted to food
and fiber production. Crop
land, rangeland, grassland,
pastureland and nonindus
trial private forestland are
eligible.
Under the wetland re
serve component, funding
is provided directly to land-
owners for the purchase of
an easement and for restora-
tion. Wetland reserve ease
ments would restore and
enhance wetlands and im
prove habitat. Restoration
funds are used to restore
and enhance wetlands, to
improve habitat for migra
tory birds and other wild
life, improve water quality,
reduce flood damage, and
encourage outdoor educa
tion and recreation. Eligible
lands include farmed or
converted wetlands that can
be successfully and cost-
effectively restored.
Applications are avail
able at local USDA Service
Centers and on the Oregon
NRCS Website at www.
or.nrcs.usda.gov.
The ACEP combines
NRCS' former Farm and
Ranch Lands Protection,
G rassland R eserve and ACEP and other Farm Bill
W etlands R eserve p ro program s at w w w .nrcs.
grams. Learn more about usda.gov/farmbill.
‘Fight for Jeremy Miller’
benefit concert planned
in Pendleton
PENDLETON, OR—
The Friends of Jeremy Mill
er are excited to announce
that nationally-touring art
ists The Coats will be re
turning to Pendleton to
perform at The Vert Audi
torium this Friday, Nov. 7,
at 7 p.m.
The Coats are one of
the Pacific N orthw est’s
premiere a cappella groups
and have shared the stage
with The Beach Boys, Jay
Leno, Trisha Yearwood and
many more.
The Pendleton High
School Choir will kick off
this night of music under
the direction of Emily Cal
lender.
Also performing a few
crowd favorites will be
Pendleton’s very own a
cappella group, Absolutely
Nobody. Joe Lindsay, Tom
Phelan, Rick Pullen, Cory
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Mustang Brian Kill was naim'd player of the week for his per
formance in the game versus the Irrigon Knights. -Photo by
Sandra Putman
Heppner Mustang Bri
an Rill, #28, was named
the MaxPreps/Oregon Ath
letic Coaches Association
(OACA) 2014 Oregon high
school football playei of the
week Oct. 28.
M ax P rep s and the
OACA select the top foot
ball perform ance in the
state each week. Only play-
ers with stats on MaxPreps
are eligible.
Rill rushed for 289
yards on 26 attempts, scor
ing five touchdowns and
leading Heppner to a 46-12
victory over Irrigon. He
also caught four passes for
65 yards as the Mustangs
improved their season re
cord to 8-0.
Youth get lesson in
Spanish culture
Members of the Hep
pner High School Spanish
IV class came down to Hep
pner Elementary School to
do a lesson on El Dia de
Los Muertos (All Souls
Day) recently. The p ri
mary grade students learned
some Spanish vocabulary,
culture, cuisine and art in
their quick session.
Caitlynn Bailey opened
the class with an introduc
tion about the special holi
day. Maddie Lindsay gave a
vocabulary lesson (Carson
Angell was delighted to see
that his last name was the
partly the same in Spanish
“Angelito...little angel” ).
Paige Grieb talked about
the customs that are prac
ticed in Mexico for this
celebration. Jasmine Garcia
taught the students how to
sing "Head and Shoulders,
Knees and Toes” in Span
ish.
As a finale, the group
went outside to enjoy some
Mexican Sweet Bread, or
"Pan Dulce.”
leta Masterson, Carson Angell, Caitlynn Bailey and Maddie
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Cooley and Jeremy Miller
will share the stage again.
This concert will ben
efit A bsolutely Nobody
member Jeremy Miller who
was diagnosed in Novem
ber 2013 with incurable
pancreatic cancer. Jeremy is
36 years old. He is married
to Hope Miller, and they
have two young sons, Ryan,
8, and Tyler, 4.
Tickets can be pur
chased for $10 at Murray’s
Drug in Heppner, Armchair
Bookstore, 39 SW Dorion
Ave. Pendleton, or New
Hope Community Church,
1350 S. HWY 395, Hermis-
ton. Checks should be made
to Stacy Cooley (Benefit
Coordinator).
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Heppner FBLA
taking orders for
homemade pie sale
The Heppner FBLA (Future Business Leaders of
America) is once again taking orders for Thanksgiving
homemade pies for the community. Pies will be frozen
and then delivered the week of Nov. 25-27.
The pies available arc: apple, pecan, cherry, pumpkin,
berry, peach and Oreo. Each pie will be $15. To order,
contact Mrs. Collins at 541-676-9138. Pre-orders are
requested no later than Nov. 18.
Ag students take over
greens workshop
The Heppner Ag Sci
ence students have picked
up the mantle of the Greens
Workshop previously put
on by the Heppner Garden
Club. The students have
been able to take over the
yearly workshop due to the
generosity of the donation
of the tools and equipment
by the HGC.
Heppner agricultural
students and FFA members
will be creating wreaths,
swags, candy canes and
centerpieces for purchase
during the week of Dec.8-
11. Pre-orders are available
by contacting Heppner FFA
at 541-676-9138 or email
ing Beth Dickenson at dick-
ene(2)morrow.kl 2.or.us.