Mustang football team beats
Tigerscots 52-12
Coby Dougherty stays ahead of the opponent. -Photo by Kirsti
Cason
The Heppner Mustang
football team opened Co-
lumbia Basin Conference
play with a convincing
victory over the Weston-
McEwen Tigerscots by the
score of 52-12. With the
win the Mustangs overall
record moves to 2-3 for the
season, with the team cur-
rently standing as the sixth
ranked team in the OSAA
2A rankings.
Heppner scored points
on their first possession
of the game. An 8-play,
61-yard drive ended when
Coby Dougherty scored on
a 14-yard run. Quarterback
Jayden Wilson ran for the
two-point conversion to
make the score 8-0. Weston-
McEwen then scored on
their first drive to make the
score 8-6 at the end of the
first quarter.
Less than a minute into
the second quarter the Mus-
tangs scored again when
Beau Wolters punched the
ball in from 3 yards out.
Wolters also scored the
two-point conversion on a
run to make the score 16-6.
The teams then traded
possessions and Heppner
started their next drive in
Tigerscot territory. On the
very first play from scrim-
mage, Beau Wolters took
the hand off and scored
again on a 38-yard run.
Dougherty scored the two-
point conversion to give the
Mustangs a 24-6 lead.
Heppner then got the
ball right back when Pey-
ton Lehman intercepted
a Weston-McEwen pass.
Dougherty scored again,
this time on a run of 20
yards. Wilson threw to
Gavin Hanna Robinson for
the two-point conversion to
give the Mustangs a 32-6
lead at halftime.
The second half started
with the teams trading pos-
sessions. Heppner scored
again when Beau Wolters
took it in from 11 yards out.
Hanna Robinson caught an-
other pass from Wilson for
the two-point conversion to
extend the lead to 40-6.
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scored on their next posses-
sion to the make the score
40-12 as the third quarter
came to a close.
The fourth quarter be-
gan as Weston-McEwen
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punted the ball to the Mus-
tangs. Heppner got great
field position at the Tiger-
scot 32 yard line. Three
plays later, Dougherty
scored again when he ran
the ball in from 19 yards
out. That made the score
46-12.
After the Heppner de-
fense forced another punt,
a 10-play drive ended with
another Mustang touch-
down when Wilson com-
pleted a pass to Beau Wolt-
ers for a 7-yard score. That
made the score 52-12 with
just over five minutes left in
the game. Both teams sub-
stituted freely at this point
to give the younger players
some valuable experience.
The teams traded pos-
sessions until the final horn
sounded and the Mustangs
had the victory by the score
of 52-12.
The Mustangs had 17
first downs in the game
and Weston-McEwen had
12. Heppner rushed for
279 yards and held Weston-
McEwen to 105 yards. Hep-
pner ended up with 315
total yards compared to 154
for the Tigerscots.
Wilson was 2-11 pass-
ing the ball for 23 yards,
one touchdown and one
interception. Kevin Smith
came back from injury and
completed a pass for 13
yards.
Blake Wolters led the
Mustangs in receiving with
one catch for 16 yards.
Hanna Robinson caught a
pass for 13 yards and Beau
Wolters had one catch for
seven yards and a touch-
down.
Beau Wolters led the
way in rushing yardage
with 151 on 15 attempts
and had three touchdowns.
Dougherty was next with 72
yards on ten carries and also
scored three times. Hanna
Robinson finished with 34
yards rushing and Wilson
had ten. Blake Wolters and
Kannon Wilkins finished
the game with 9 yards rush-
ing each.
On defense, Wyatt
Steagall led the team with
eight tackles in the game.
Hanna Robinson and Matt
Orem were next with seven
tackles each. Wilson, Dako-
ta Howard and Tyler Carter
all had five tackles for the
Mustangs. Dougherty, Beau
Wolters and Zach Bredfield
each had four tackles while
Keegan Gibbs recorded
three. With two tackles
were Derek Howard, Lo-
gan Burright, Charles Ca-
son and Jorden Sweeney.
With one tackle each in
the game were Wilkins,
Peyton Lehman, Roy Col-
lins, Kevin Rea and Blake
Wolters.
The Mustangs have a
bye in their schedule this
week with the next game
on Oct. 13 when they host
the Culver Bulldogs.
Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 4, 2017 EIGHT
Mustang volleyball team takes
on Tigerscots and Tigers
The Heppner Mus-
tang volleyball team got
two big wins last week to
bring their overall record to
13-5 and 3-1 in conference
play. Heppner defeated the
Weston-McEwen Tiger-
scots in four sets by the
scores of 27-25, 16-25,
25-15, 25-23. They then
swept the Stanfield Tigers
25-13, 25-15, 25-12. The
Mustangs are currently the
7 th ranked OSAA 2A team
in the state and sit in second
place in the Columbia Basin
Conference.
In an exciting first
match against the Tiger-
scots, they set the tone for
a great night of high school
volleyball. It was a back
and forth set that saw the
Mustangs trail 19-18 before
they made a run to take
the lead. Weston-McEwen
battled back and the score
was tied at 24-24. It was
also tied up at 25-25 and the
set could have gone either
way. The Mustangs scored
the last two points to take
the win at 27-25.
Heppner started the
second set up five points,
but a few missed oppor-
tunities and the constant
hitting pressure from the
Tigerscots saw them take
the set 25-16. The third set
saw Heppner struggle and
trail early, they then rallied
to tie the score at 11-11.
From there on the Mustangs
took control and outscored
Weston-McEwen 15-4 to
win the set 25-15.
In the last set of the
evening, Heppner was
down 17-12 when they
caught fire and rallied to
tie the score 19-19. The set
looked as if it would be over
when the Mustangs took the
lead 21-19 and 22-20. They
then pushed the lead to 24-
20 and the Mustang fans
were cheering for the final
point and the win. A rally
by the Tigerscots pulled
Reiah Waite sets the ball up while (l-r) Morgan Correa,
Jenna McCullough and Shayna Osmin get ready for the kill
in Thursday's game against Pilot Rock. -Photo by Kirsti Cason
them to within 24-23, but
the Mustangs got the final
point and won the exciting
set 25-23 and the match 3-1.
Heppner coach Mindy
Wilson said “This was a
battle till the end, neither
team was willing to give in.
We had some times that we
struggled, but we dug deep
as a team and fought for it.”
Morgan Correa led the
Mustangs with ten kills
and five blocks while Jacee
Currin led the team with 16
assists.
Heppner continued
their winning ways as they
swept the Stanfield Tigers
before a large crowd of fans
at home. They also had a
loud cheering section of
Mustang football players
rooting them on.
The Mustangs took
control of the match early
and never looked back.
They controlled the tempo
of the match and put the Ti-
gers away early in every set.
All of the Heppner players
got in to play in the match
and did very well.
Jenna McCullough had
a big night and finished with
five kills and two blocks.
Nicole Propheter also had
five kills on the night, but
it was Correa who led the
team with six. Correa also
had five serving aces in the
match.
The Mustangs have two
tough matches this week as
they travel to take on the top
ranked team in the state, the
Culver Bulldogs on Tues-
day and then visit the Pilot
Rock Rockets in another
important conference match
on Thursday.
Ione FFA Chapter in conjunction with Irrigon FFA and Heppner FFA raised over $12,000 at
the Morrow County Fair on a donation hog to purchase school and backpack supplies for all
the schools in Morrow County. Pictured (L-R): Maggie FLynn, Morgan Orem, Emily Taylor,
Sonia Medina, Ariana Estaban-Solorio, Austin Morter, Roman Rodriguez, Wyatt McNary.
Seated is Daniel Eubanks. -Contributed photo
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