FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Mustangs kick off
league play with
hard-hitting victory
Mustang Jacee Currin (#10) gives it her all during the Sept. 29
game versus Pilot Rock while teammate Sydney Maben (#11)
stands ready to assist. After winning their Pilot Rock game 3-2,
the Lady ‘Stangs went on to suffer losses against Union and
Weston-McEwen, leaving them with a 9-10 overall record and
2-3 league record. Their next contest is at Pilot Rock Thursday
at 5 p.m., followed by back-to-back battles at home on Saturday
beginning at noon. –Photo by Sandra Putman
Heppner opens league play with crushing
victory over Rockets
The Heppner Mustang
football team opened the
Columbia Basin Confer-
ence season with a 52-19
win over the Pilot Rock
Rockets. The Mustangs are
looking to defend the CBC
championship they won
last year.
Heppner kicked off to
start the game. The defense
held and forced a punt,
which gave the Mustangs
good field position. Three
plays later Heppner scored
when CJ Kindle ran the
ball in from 19 yards out
for the touchdown. Tommy
Bredfield powered the ball
in for the two-point conver-
sion to make the score 8-0.
Pilot Rock fumbled the ball
on their next possession and
Weston Putman recovered
it for the Mustangs. On the
very next play, Bredfield
scored from 33 yards out on
a run up the middle. Quar-
terback Kaden Clark ran
the ball in for the two-point
conversion to make the
score 16-0 with only three
minutes gone in the game.
Mustang quarterback Kaden Clark (#10) runs the ball while
Saul Castenada-Erickson (#52) blocks a Rocket player. The
Mustangs won their first league game of the season by a score
of 52-19. -Photo by Sandra Putman
tangs ended when Bredfield
scored from one yard out.
Clark ran the ball in on the
two-point try and that made
the score 24-0. The Mus-
tang defense then forced a
three-and-out Rocket punt.
Just four plays later Clark
ran the ball in for a 43-yard
touchdown to make the
score 30-0 at the end of the
first quarter.
HHS celebrates
homecoming
By Patrick Collins
Heppner High School
celebrated its homecom-
ing with lots of fun and
festivities recently. The
theme for the week was
“Game On” and the games
began on Monday morning
when the classes battled
it out in a game of trivia,
which went well with the
dress-up day of Nerd Day.
As kids blurted out answers
wearing their “nerd” attire,
it made a pretty hilarious
sight to see.
On Tuesday the dress-
up theme was “Movie Char-
acter Day,” where we had
a wide range of characters
from Harry Potter to Ricky
Bobby and even an ap-
pearance from Princess
Leia from Star Wars. That
day students had another
competition between the
classes, which involved
Pictionary, Charades, and
Name That Song. After all
of the games were over in
the gym, they had some
spare time while the points
were being tallied so they
even did a little impromptu
dance-off, which created a
lot of fun and loud laugh-
ing.
Wednesday was Super
Hero Day, and the day for
the school’s big activity
night that students have
done for the last 10-plus
years. After school and
practices, they were able
to enjoy some tough com-
petition of ultimate Fris-
bee and the Human Knot.
Mike Ehrsam helped with
MILES &
Ultimate Frisbee. After
the field events, they all
stood together and listened
to music and cheered like
crazy. Dale Bates provided
the awesome music and the
speakers.
On Wednesday night
students also got to enjoy
their annual bonfire that
was made possible by the
Heppner Fire Department.
They helped students find
a safe location, start and
keep the fire under control,
and make sure that the fire
was completely out before
leaving—our hometown
firefighters helped us keep
this event as fun and safe as
possible.
Thursday was the last
day of the week and the last
competition. The school’s
Noise Parade was high-
spirited and a fun experi-
ence as students made their
way to the football field for
their last competition. The
last competition was a relay
race across the field, eat-
ing different types of food,
and was finished off by a
hula-hooping contest. The
Heppner Fire Department
helped out again by spray-
ing off the bleachers at the
field so they all had a clean
place to sit.
On Thursday night the
volleyball girls picked up a
league win against Irrigon,
winning 3-0. The Mustang
football boys also picked up
a big win on the following
night, defeating Tri-Cities
Prep with a score of 59-13.
MILES OF SMILES
Coby Dougherty (#28) keeps his grip on the ball as he slips
past a Pilot Rock player. Dougherty ran the ball 65 yards for
the Mustangs’ last touchdown of the night in their first league
victory of the season. –Photo by Sandra Putman
Kindle intercepted the
Rocket quarterback on their
next series and ran the ball
back to near midfield. A
nine-play drive by the Mus-
As the second quar-
ter started, the Mustangs
scored again. This time
Bredfield carried the ball in
from the 14 yard line for the
Mustang JV splits Monday contest
Team takes down the Vikings but falls to the Knights in three
quarters of play
The Heppner Mustang
JV football team travelled
to Irrigon to play in a three
quarter jamboree on Mon-
day night. The Mustangs
played two quarters against
the Umatilla Vikings and
then played one quarter
against the Irrigon Knights.
Against the Vikings,
Kaden Corbin returned the
opening kickoff 18 yards
to give the Mustangs good
field position. A six-play
drive that was highlighted
by a 26-yard pass play
from quarterback Kevin
Smith to Beau Wolters led
to a Heppner score. Coby
Dougherty ran the ball in
from three yards out for the
touchdown to give Heppner
a 6-0 lead.
The teams traded pos-
sessions, then Lane Wil-
helm sacked the Viking
quarterback for an 11-yard
loss. That forced a Umatilla
punt deep in their own ter-
ritory. Dougherty returned
the punt 38 yards down the
right sideline for a touch-
down. That made the score
12-0. On the next Viking
possession Smith stepped
in front of a pass and in-
tercepted it. The Heppner
offense could not capitalize
on their next drive.
Wolters then came up
with a sack on the next
Viking possession to force
another punt. Jake Lindsay
came in to quarterback the
Mustangs and led them
on a seven-play scoring
drive. On that drive Corbin
ran it for 17 yards, Hunter
Nichols gained 18 yards
on a run around left end,
and Lindsay found Leo
Waite open for a eight-yard
pass completion. Lindsay
capped off the drive when
he scored from one yard
out to make it 18-0. Mads
Meltofte ran the two-point
conversion in to make the
score 20-0.
The Vikings scored late
in the half and then tried an
onside kick. Ethan Akers
alertly jumped on the ball
and the contest ended with
the score 20-6.
In the one quar-
ter against the Knights,
Heppner kicked off first.
Dougherty stopped the
first Irrigon drive as he
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touchdown. Bredfield also
scored the two-point con-
version to make the score
38-0. The teams then traded
possessions and the next
time Heppner got the ball
they scored again. This time
Kindle scored the touch-
down on a carry of 23 yards.
Logan Grieb ran the ball in
for the two-point conver-
sion to make the score 46-
0. The half ended as Clark
intercepted a Rocket pass in
the end zone. The halftime
score was 46-0.
The 45 point rule forced
the entire second half to
be played with a running
clock. Most of the Mus-
tang regulars did not see
much action in the second
half. The Heppner coaches
rotated many of the other
team members in so they
could gain valuable experi-
ence in a varsity game.
The Rockets scored
as the third quarter came
to an end to make the score
46-6. Just two plays into
the fourth quarter, the
Mustangs scored again as
Coby Dougherty outraced
everyone for a 65-yard
touchdown. That made the
score 52-6. The Rockets
scored two more times in
the quarter to make the final
score 52-19.
Heppner had 16 first
downs in the game and Pilot
Rock finished with eight.
The Mustangs had 353 total
yards in the game and the
Rockets had 230.
The powerful, strong
and smart offensive line
allowed six Mustang ball
carriers to run for a total
of 293 yards. Bredfield led
the team with 74 yards and
three touchdowns on six
carries. Kindle gained 72
yards and scored two times
on 10 carries. Grieb packed
it five times and gained 71
yards on the night. Dough-
erty had one carry for 65
yards and a touchdown.
Clark ran the ball a total
of eight times for 41 yards
and a touchdown. Kaden
Corbin had two carries and
gained a total of 11 yards in
the game.
Clark only threw the
ball five times in the game,
but he completed four of
them for 60 yards. Kindle
caught two passes for 44
yards in the game. Bredfield
had one catch for 15 yards
and Ryan Smith caught a
ball and gained one yard.
The Mustang defense
was led by Kevin Murray,
who was in on 10 tackles.
Bredfield was next with
five and Kolby Currin had
four. Putman, Grieb, Patrick
Collins and Tim Jaca fin-
ished with three each. Wyatt
Steagall had two tackles for
the team. Finishing with
one tackle each were Ryan
Smith, Saul Erickson, Jake
Lindsay, Derek Howard and
Corbin. Kindle and Clark
each had one tackle and one
interception in the game.
The next game for the
Mustangs is this Friday
night at Les Payne field.
They will host the Culver
Bulldogs in another CBC
matchup.
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intercepted a pass and re-
turned it 40 yards to give his
team good field position. A
pass play of 37 yards from
Smith to Peyton Lehman
put the Mustangs close to
the goal line. Heppner got
it to the one-yard line but
was stopped on downs by
the Knights. Irrigon then
went on a 10-play drive to
score the only points in the
quarter. Corbin did return
the Irrigon kickoff 26 yards,
but the Mustangs could not
mount a scoring threat and
the contest ended 6-0 in
favor of Irrigon.
On the night, Corbin
ran the ball seven times for
97 yards. Dougherty car-
ried the ball 10 times for
19 yards and a touchdown.
Nichols had one carry
for 18 yards and Lindsay
packed the ball two times
for five yards and a score.
Dougherty also scored a
touchdown on a punt return.
Smith was 2-7 passing
for 63 yards and Lindsay
attempted three passes and
completed one for eight
yards. Lehman had one
catch for 37 yards, while
Wolters caught one ball for
26. Waite had one catch for
eight yards.
On the defensive side
of the ball, Wolters led the
team with 11 tackles and a
sack. Zach Bredfield was
next with eight tackles and
Derek Howard had seven.
Dougherty followed with
six tackles and an intercep-
tion. Tristan Moses had
five tackles while Lehman
and Jacob Wallace had
four each. Lane Wilhelm
was next with three tackles
and a quarterback sack.
Lindsay finished with two
tackles for the team. With
one tackle each in the game
were Waite, Smith, Akers,
Cason Mitchell and Da-
kota Howard. Smith also
had an interception for the
Mustangs.
SAGE Saturday Oct. 10
The next SAGE Saturday is set for Oct. 10 from 10
a.m. to 1 p.m. at the SAGE Center, 101 Olson Road,
Boardman.
The event is sponsored by Northwest Farm Credit
Services and is free for families. This month, participants
will do a craft showing the life cycle of a pumpkin and
make their own “dirt” pudding with chocolate pudding,
cookies and gummy worms.
OPEN HOUSE
for Dorothy Krebs’
90th Birthday!
Sun Ridge Retirement Community
3234 SW Nye Ave, Pendleton
October 24 2pm–4pm