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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 12, 2014 Mustangs crush Bobcats to advance to quarterfinals Brian Kill (#28) tackles a Myrtle Point player while Kevin Murray (#62) blocks. Both Kill and Murray were named to the CBC all-league teams. Photo by Satulra Putman -From PAGE ONE The Heppner Mustang football team won their first round game o f the OSAA State Cham pion ship playoffs by defeating the Myrtle Point Bobcats 49-0 on Saturday afternoon. With the win the Mustangs advance to the OSAA State Football C ham pionship quarterfinals. The Mustangs kicked off to the start the game. On the second play. Patrick C ollins forced a Myrtle Point fumble that Jesse Corbin fell on at the 20-yard line. Just four plays later CJ Kindle ran the ball in from six yards out for the first Heppner touchdown. The Corbin extra point kick was good and the Mustangs led the game 7-0. After the Mustang defense forced a punt, the Heppner offense went on a seven-play drive that ended with a fumble at the Bobcat 12-yard line. Once again the defense forced a punt and the Mus tangs got great field posi tion at the 22-yard line. Just two plays later. Brian Rill scored on a 16-yard run up the middle. The Corbin kick was good and the Mustangs led 14-0 at the end of the first quarter. On the first play o f the second quarter. Kindle intercepted a Bobcat pass to give Heppner the ball near mid-field. After a 14- yard run by Rill, Heppner scored again when quar terback Kaden Clark hit Weston Putman with a 30- yard touchdown pass. The Corbin kick was good again and Heppner led 21-0 just seconds into the quarter. Another Bobcat punt gave Heppner the ball at their own 45-yard line. Clark then hit Corbin with a pass play that covered 55 yards for another touchdown. The missed extra point meant the score was now 27-0. The Mustangs got the ball back and quickly scored again. Clark hit Corbin with a pass that covered 28 yards for a touchdown. Corbin then made the kick to make the score 34-0. On the next Myrtle Point drive they got their only first down of the game. The drive stalled and they were forced to punt the ball again. Heppner started their next drive at their own 31-yard line. An eight-play drive ended when Clark found Corbin open again and hit him with a 47-yard touchdown pass. Again the extra-point kick by Corbin was good and the Mustangs led 41-0 at halftime. The Mustangs got the ball to start the second half. They moved the ball down the field but could not score and turned the ball over on downs to Myrtle Point. Once again the stingy Hep pner defense forced another punt and the offense took over at their own 40-yard line. After a big 20-yard run by Clark, the Mustangs scored again when Rill ran it in from 18 yards out. Jake Lindsay came in and threw a pass to Skyler Palmer for the two-point conversion to give the Mustangs a 49-0 lead with three minutes left in the third quarter. The rest of the game would be played with a running clock as the Mustangs were ahead by more than 45 points. Many of the younger Hep pner players were then ro tated in to finish the game. They were able to hold the Bobcats scoreless the rest of the way. They were also able to move the ball well on an 11 -play drive that ate up the last seven minutes of the game. For the game Heppner had 419 total yards and Myrtle Point could only manage three. A balanced attack by the M ustangs had them with 221 rush ing yards and 198 passing yards. Heppner had 16 first downs com pared to the Bobcats’ one. Rill led the team in rushing with 104 yards on 13 carries. Kindle was next with 67 yards and Clark finished with 20. Coby Dougherty was next with 15 yards, Lindsay had six and www.rmnw-auctions.com m AUCTI ON No Starting Bids and No Hidden Reserves! Price Reductions o f Over 40% BANK-OWNED COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IN HEPPNER AND IONE Peyton Lehman finished with five. Jesse Corbin and Kaden Corbin had three yards rushing each and Joergan Anderson finished with two. Clark was 7-12 passing the ball for 192 yards and four touchdowns. Lindsay finished the game 2-2 for nine yards and a two-point conversion. Jesse Corbin caught four passes for 143 yards and three touch downs. Kindle hauled in two passes for 19 yards and Putman had one catch for 30 yards and a touchdown. Dougherty had one catch for six yards and Palmer one for three yards and the two-point conversion. On the defensive side of the ball, the Mustangs were led in tackles by Saul Erickson with 10. C ol lins was next with eight in the game. Finishing with five tackles each were Rill, Kindle, Putman and Lo gan Grieb. Next with three tackles each were Tom Gould, Kevin Murray, Ross Cutsforth and Jacob Moses. Len Hauermeier, Kolby Currin and Caden Hed- man had two tackles each. Palmer, Jesse Corbin, Beau Wolters and Ryan Smith all finished the game with one tackle each. Smith also had an interception in the game. The M ustangs now move into the quarterfinal round of the OSAA State Cham pionship playoffs. Their next opponent will be the Central Linn Cobras. The Cobras were the first- place team in the Tri-River Conference. They finished the season with a 6-3 record and were 3-1 in confer ence play. They entered the playoffs as the sixth ranked team in the state. They won their first round game against the Weston- McEwen TigerScots by a score of 6-0. Heppner will host the game this Saturday at 1 p.m. at Les Payne field. Heppner football players named to all-league teams Heppner was well-rep resented in the recent Co lumbia Basin Conference all-league selections for the 2014 season. Twelve Mustang play ers were selected to the all league teams in a variety of positions. Heppner selections are as follows: Defense For first team, Jesse Corbin (#3) and Brian Rill (#28), defensive backs; CJ Kindle (#24) and Weston Putman (#20), linebackers; and Patrick Collins (#67) and John Propheter (#78), defensive linemen. For second team, Lo gan Grieb (#5), defensive back; Tommy Bredfield (#42), linebacker; and Kev in Murray (#62), defensive lineman. Offense Selected for first team were Jesse Corbin (#3), Logan Grieb (#5) and CJ Kindle (#24), receivers; Patrick Collins (#67) and John Propheter (#78), of fensive line; Kaden Clark (#10), quarterback; and Brian Rill (#28), running back. Second team selection was Tom Gould (#61), of fensive Jine. Chosen for honorable mentions were Weston Put man (#20), receiver; and Ross Cutsforth (#56), of fensive line. Specialist Selected for second team was K aden Clark (#10), punter. Chosen for honorable mention was Jesse Corbin (#3), place kicker. HHS drama presents Arsenic and Old Lace This week and next, the Heppner High School Drama Club will present Joseph Kesselring’s /4rsew’c and Old Lace. Performanc es will be Nov. 13, 14, 17 and 18 in the Heppner High School cafetorium at 7 p.m. Admission is $2. Best known through the film adaptation starring Cary Grant and directed by Frank Capra, Arsenic and Old Lace is a “farcical black comedy” revolving around the Brewster family. The hero Mortimer Brewster is a drama critic who must deal with his crazy, homicidal family and local police in Brooklyn, NY, as he de bates whether to go through with his recent promise to marry the woman he loves. The Heppner cast will include Kane Sweeney, Jacob Moses, Ryan Cecil, Jerim iah Petzoldt, Cara A rbogast, Joe Schm idt, Justice Petzoldt and Ol ivia Schmidt. Appearing in Friday and Tuesday per formances will be Jasmine Garcia, Julissa Sanchez, Ryan Smith, and Allison Cecil. Appearing in Thurs day and Monday perfor mances will be Caitlyn Scrivner, Meranda Lem mon, Emily Cecil and Nich ole Shaw. Caitlynn Bailey will perform Thursday and Friday, and Erica Nelson will join the cast Monday and Tuesday. Community Bank’s charity drive to benefit local charity Beginning Nov. 3 and continuing until Dec. 17, Community Bank is con ducting its annual charity drive. The program is an effort to collect funds from the community, to be used in that same community during the holiday season. The Heppner branch plans to use the funds it collects to benefit the Neighborhood Center food bank. Funds collected will be matched at 50 cents on the dollar up to a maximum of $500 in matching funds per branch. This year the goal for each Community Bank branch is to work with their community to raise at least $ 1,000 to support their charity of choice, for a total of $ 1,500... $ 1,000 from the community plus the $500 Community Bank match. Since the Community Bank Charity Drive began in 2010, the total amount given to area charities now exceeds $75,600. Branches will have do nation jars available through December 17. All types of monetary donations are ac cepted, including checks, bills and coins. Contact the local branch manager with any questions. M e d ic a r e P a r t D O p e n E n r o l l m e n t E n d s D e c e m b e r 7 th ! nnm Former John's Place Restaurant 168 N. Main Street - Heppner $37,500 Open House Dates: Morrow County Health District is again offering free Medicare Part D assistance during open enrollment. Saturday, October 25 -1 to 3 pm Sunday, November 9 -1 to 3 pm Please call 541-676-9133 or 1-800-737-4113 to make an appointment for one of the following dates: tSS H eppner Monday, Nov. 17, Tuesday, Nov. 18, Monday, December 1 and Tuesday, December 2. Open House Dates: Former Office Pub & Grill 325 W. 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