FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Mustangs finish pre-season with win
over Panthers
Mustang Kevin Murray takes down a Panther during the home game Friday night. -Photo
by Kirsti Cason
Grieb then kicked the extra
point to give the Mustangs
a 13-0 lead.
The next Heppner drive
ended with an intercep-
tion. Imbler then had its
own nine-play drive to get
its only touchdown of the
game. That made the score
13-8 with six minutes left
in the first half.
After the Imbler kick-
off, Heppner went on a 12-
play drive. They got down
to the Panther two-yard
line but could not score
and turned the ball over on
downs. There were only
seconds left in the first half
and Imbler could not do
anything more. The score
at halftime was 13-8.
Heppner got the ball
to start the second half.
Kolby Currin jumped on
an onside kick attempt to
give the Mustangs the ball
at the 46-yard line. On the
first play from scrimmage,
Grieb took the handoff and
went through the middle of
the offensive line. He then
saw some great blocking
ahead of him and bounced
to the left side of the field
and ran down the sideline
54 yards for the touchdown.
The extra point try was no
good and Heppner led the
game 19-8.
On the next Imbler pos-
session, middle linebacker
Kevin Murray intercepted
a pass and returned it 11
Heppner’s Bryan Collins runs the ball during the Heppner yards to the 29-yard line.
game versus Umatilla last Thursday. The junior high Mus- Four plays later, Dougherty
tangs defeated the Vikings with a final score of 26-12. -Photo ran around the right side of
by Damon Brosnan
the line for a seven-yard
The Heppner Mustang
football team ended its pre-
season schedule with a win
over the Imbler Panthers by
a score of 26-8 on Friday
night. The Mustangs have
a 3-1 record going into Co-
lumbia Basin Conference
play. They are currently the
number-one ranked team in
the OSAA 2A State Foot-
ball rankings.
In this game, the teams
traded possessions to start
out. The much-improved
Heppner defense then
forced the Panthers to punt
from deep in their own
territory. Logan Grieb re-
turned the punt 26 yards
to give the Mustangs good
field position at the Imbler
20-yard line. Three plays
later, Grieb took the hand
off and ran the ball into the
end zone from nien yards
out. The two-point conver-
sion try was no good and
that gave the Mustangs a
6-0 lead.
Another three-and-
out for the Panthers gave
Heppner the ball near mid
field. A nine play drive,
highlighted by three nine-
yard runs by Grieb, nine
and 14 yard runs by Coby
Dougherty, and a six-yard
run by Beau Wolters, led to
another touchdown. Grieb
punched it in from two
yards out to get the score.
Heppner junior high
defeats Vikings
touchdown. Grieb kicked
the extra point to give the
Mustangs a 26-8 lead.
Both teams traded pos-
sessions for the rest of the
game. Heppner continued
to run the ball very well and
ate up a lot of the remaining
clock. Quarterback Kevin
Smith took a knee on the
last play of the game. That
ended the game with the
score 26-8.
The tremendous block-
ing of the offensive line—
Trevin Horne, Kevin Mur-
ray, Wyatt Steagall, Derek
Howard, Dakota Howard
and tight end Kolby Cur-
rin—dominated the line of
scrimmage all night long.
Also, the blocking from the
wide outs—Jake Lindsay,
Logan Grieb, Beau Wolt-
ers and running back Coby
Dougherty—helped the
Mustangs run for 309 yards
in the game.
The Mustangs had 18
first downs to only six for
Imbler. The Heppner de-
fense held the Panthers to
111 yards of rushing and
10 passing yards. Heppner
passed for 58 yards for a
total of 367 yards of offense
while Imbler was held to
121 yards.
Grieb led the team in
rushing with 205 yards
on 19 carries. He had a
long run of 54 yards and
scored 3 rushing touch-
downs. Dougherty picked
up 84 yards on 17 rushes
and scored a touchdown.
He had a long run of 14
yards. Wolters scampered
for 45 yards on 8 carries and
had a long run of 11 yards.
Smith ran the ball one time
for 3 yards.
Smith was 5-14 pass-
ing the ball for 58 yards.
He also had 2 passes inter-
cepted in the game. Wolters
caught 3 passes for 42 yards
and Grieb had 2 catches
for 16.
Murray led the defen-
sive charge with 9 tack-
les and an interception in
the game. Freshman Jason
Rea was next with 8 tack-
les. Currin and Steagall
finished the game with 7
each. Trevin Horne was
next with 6 tackles while
Grieb, Lindsay and Gavin
Hanna-Robinson each had
5. Having 4 tackles each
in the game were Wolters,
Dougherty, Peyton Lehman
and Dakota Howard. Derek
Howard finished the night
with 3 tackles in the game.
The Mustangs begin
conference play this Friday
night, at home, against the
Weston-McEwen Tiger-
Scots. Game time is set for
7 p.m. at Les Payne Field.
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Mustang volleyball
grounded by rockets,
wins two at Dufur
Mustang Shayna Osmin makes a spike during the game versus
Pilot Rock last Tuesday, while (L-R) Claire Grieb, Tresslyn
McCurry, Madison Combe and Reiah Waite stand poised for
action. The girls lost that contest 0-3, but turned their week
around to win back-to-back games at Dufur on Friday, shut-
ting out both Dufur and Perrydale in 3-0 wins. They next play
at Stanfield on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. and then host Culver
next Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. The Mustang girls have a league
ranking of 0-2 for the season but an overall record of 10-8.
-Photo by Cara Osmin
Booster club steak
feed, auction right
around the corner
The Heppner Jr/Sr
High Booster Club annual
steak feed and auction is
right around the corner,
and several donations are
being displayed in busi-
ness windows and lobbies
around town.
The Heppner Chamber
of Commerce office, Mur-
ray’s Drug, Morrow County
Grain Growers and Bank
of Eastern Oregon all have
the chamber of commerce
window you can see in-
formation about a private
garden party dinner that
will be up for grabs to the
highest bidder.
“Many items will con-
tinue to be put on display as
they come in over the next
week at Murray’s Drug in
the front window; be sure to
stop and by and see what’s
there—we truly will have
Donated items like these, and more, will be auctioned off at
the Heppner Booster Club steak feed and auction Oct. 8 at
the Elks. -Contributed photo
items on display that will be
available either as live auc-
tion, silent auction or raffle
items at the event.
Booster Club Vice
President Melissa Lindsay
says she is excited about
many of the items they have
received so far.
“Having local busi-
nesses like Wheat Ridge
sponsor our dinner and
Morrow County Grain
Growers donate the barbe-
cue, which they have done
for many years, helps make
this event such a success,”
said Lindsay.
At the Bank of Eastern
Oregon there is a battery-
operated four-wheeler do-
nated by RDO Equipment
Co. in Hermiston, and in
something for everyone,”
added Lindsay.
A few VIP tables are
still available and they are
selling quickly. Tables are
$300 each, seat six and
include personal dinner
service, two bottles of wine
and preferred seating dur-
ing the auction. Contact
Melissa Lindsay at 541-
256-0366 to reserve a table.
The steak feed and auc-
tion will be held on Satur-
day, Oct. 8, beginning at 6
p.m. at the Heppner Elks
Lodge. Dinner tickets are
$15 per person and can be
purchased ahead of time at
Murray’s or Bank of East-
ern Oregon, and at the door
on the night of the event.
BURNING
BAN
LIFTED
Effective SEPTEMBER 22, the Fire
Chief of the City of Heppner HAS
LIFTED THE BURNING BAN
that a permit for the 2016-2017 burn sea-
son is required, this includes burning barrels.
Permits purchased for the previous burn
season are no longer valid.