Mustangs win fourth game
in a row
The Heppner Mustang
football team won their
fourth game in a row with
a 38-2 win over the Irrigon
Knights. The Mustangs
(4-2 overall, 1-0 BMC)
controlled the game from
the start and the outcome
was never in doubt.
Conor Brosnan kicked
off for the Mustangs to
open the game. Heppner
held Irrigon from getting
a first down and forced a
punt. On the first offensive
series for the Mustangs,
they put together an eight-
play drive that ended with a
score when Jayden Wilson
ran the ball in from one yard
out. Wilson then threw to
Mason Lehman for the two
point conversion to give the
Mustangs a quick 8-0 lead.
The Knights then put
together a nice drive but it
ended when Jackson Leh-
man intercepted a pass to
give the Mustangs the ball
right back. They couldn’t
move the ball and had to
punt it back to Irrigon.
The Mustang defense
got the ball back again and
then the offense scored
when Mason Lehman took
a handoff and raced 56
yards for the score. Wilson
then dropped back and
hit Logan Burright with a
pass to score the two point
conversion giving the Mus-
tangs a 16-0 lead.
On the next Irrigon
possession, Evan Kollman
stepped in front of a Knight
pass and intercepted it to
give the ball back to the
Mustangs. That led to an-
other Heppner touchdown
as Wilson threw to Mason
Lehman in the end zone
for a 14 yard score. Mason
then caught the two point
conversion pass from Wil-
son to give the Mustangs a
24-0 lead at halftime.
When the second half
started, Jackson Lehman
intercepted a Knight pass
and ran it back 37 yards to
give the Mustangs the ball
inside the Irrigon 10 yard
line. Mason Lehman then
scored a touchdown on a
five yard run up the middle
of the line. Blake Wolters
carried the ball in on the
two point conversion play
to give Heppner a 32-0 lead
at this point early in the
third quarter.
The Mustang defense
once again forced a three-
and-out of the Knights and
the offense scored again
right away. A four-play
drive that saw Gavin Han-
na-Robinson carry the ball
for 13 yards, Wolters have
two carries for 19 yards and
then Mason Lehman took it
to the house from 35 yards
out for the touchdown. That
made the score 38-0 at the
end of the third quarter.
Conor Brosnan (56) kicks off to open the game with the Irrigon
Knights. -Photo by Damon Brosnan.
Kellen Grant (51) and Jason Rea (62) block while Blake Wolters
runs the ball down the field in the homecoming game against
Irrigon last week. -Photo by Damon Brosnan.
At this point of the
game the Heppner coaches
began to substitute freely
and let the regulars get
some rest. The game ex-
perience for many of the
younger players will serve
the Mustang football pro-
gram well into the future.
Irrigon scored their only
points on a broken play by
the Mustangs that resulted
in a safety. Heppner got the
ball back near the end of
the game and the Mustang
quarterback took a knee two
times to run out the clock
and give the Mustangs the
38-2 victory.
The Mustangs amassed
320 yards of total offense
and held Irrigon to 193. The
Knights ran 57 plays in the
game and Heppner only 39
and Irrigon had the ball for
twice as many minutes as
the Mustangs. It was the
quick strike offense of the
Mustangs that proved those
statistics meaningless.
Wilson was 4-7 pass-
ing for 142 yards and a
touchdown. Mason Leh-
man caught two balls for
60 yards and a touchdown.
Burright had one catch
for a 61 yards gain and
Hanna-Robinson had one
reception for 21 yards.
Mason Lehman led the
team in rushing with 100
yards on just four attempts.
He scored three rushing
touchdowns in the game.
Wolters ran the ball for
68 yards on 17 carries and
Hanna-Robinson gained
15 yards on four attempts.
Brock Hisler ran the ball
one time for a three yard
gain.
On the defensive side
of the ball, Jason Rea led
the team with 10 tackles.
Wolters and Tyler Carter
were next with seven tack-
les each and with five each
were Hanna-Robinson and
Burright. With four tackles
each were Keegan Gibbs,
Matt Orem and Jackson
Lehman. Recording three
tackles each in the game
were Hayden Hyatt and
Mason Lehman. With two
tackles each for the Mus-
tangs were Wilson, Kollman
and Jace Coe. Rounding out
the tackles in the game with
one each were Charles Ca-
son, Jorden Sweeney, Roy
Collins, Conor Brosnan and
Brock Hisler.
The Mustangs will get
back into Blue Mountain
Conference play this Friday
night when they host the
Weston-McEwen Tiger-
scots at Les Payne Field.
Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 10, 2018 -- FOUR
Mustangs beat Enterprise
The Heppner Mustang
volleyball team won one
and lost two Blue Mountain
Conference matches last
week. Heppner lost to Grant
Union 12-25, 22-25, 21-25
and then beat Enterprise
25-18, 24-26, 25-20, 25-23.
The Mustangs then lost in
five sets to Union 25-27,
25-17, 24-26, 25-20, 15-17.
Against the number
two ranked Grant Union
Prospectors, the Mustangs
challenged every play and
battled to the very end.
They played Grant Union
as tough as anyone has all
year long in the final two
sets. The defending state
champion Prospectors are
certainly looking as if they
could repeat this year.
The Mustangs came out
fast and never trailed the
Enterprise Outlaws in the
first set and won it handily.
The score was tied at 10-10
and then the Mustangs took
off and never looked back
to win 25-18. A close sec-
ond set saw seven ties with
the last one being 24-24.
Enterprise held on to win
the second set 26-24.
Heppner started the
third set strong and led
8-4. The Outlaws battled
back to tie the score at
11-11. The last tie of the
set was at 18-18 before
the Mustangs took off and
won 25-20. The fourth and
deciding set saw the teams
tied seven times before they
reached 10 points. Heppner
then jumped out to a lead
until the Outlaws tied the
score at 20-20 and 23-23.
Heppner served out the set
to get the win 25-23. With
that win the Mustangs won
the match 3-1.
The last time the Mus-
tangs and Union Bobcats
got together, they played a
close five set match. Hep-
Jenna McCullough stops the ball as it comes over the net in
the game against Enterprise. -Photo by Kirsti Cason
pner won that match with
an exciting 20-18 win in the
fifth set. This match would
be just as close.
There were nine ties
in the first set with the last
one at 25-25. Union would
squeak out the win in that
set 27-25. The Mustangs
then dominated the sec-
ond set winning it by the
score of 25-17. The third set
would start out close with
neither team having more
than a two point lead all the
way to when the Mustangs
led 15-13. From there Hep-
pner would stretch out their
lead to 22-16. Union would
rally to tie the score at 23-
23. It was also tied at 24-24
before the Bobcats took the
win 26-24.
The Mustangs led the
fourth set all the way and
won by the score of 25-20.
The fifth and deciding set
to 15 would be a close one.
The teams were tied at 1,
2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 before
the Mustangs took control.
They stretched their lead to
14-10 and were one point
away from winning the
match. Union battled back
to tie the score 14-14. The
Mustangs took a 15-14 lead
and Union tied it up again.
The Bobcats battled and
got the next two points and
won the set 17-15. With
that win they also won the
match 3-2.
This week the Mus-
tangs host the number three
ranked Weston-McEwen
Tigerscots on senior night.
They then travel to Pilot
Rock to take on the Rock-
ets.
High school teams
from Heppner, Condon/
Wheeler, Grant Union,
Nixyaawii Community,
Pasco, Pendleton, River-
side, Stanfield, The Dalles,
Umatilla, Weston-McEwen
and Yakama Nation Tribal,
along with middle school
teams from Heppner, Con-
don, Grant Union, River-
side, Stanfield, The Dalles
and Weston competed in the
cross country tournament
at the Thompson Ranch on
Oct. 4. There was a total of
198 athletes competing.
The Heppner/Ione team
placed third in the boys’
varsity 5,000 meters event,
with Hunter Nichols com-
ing in first with a time
of 16:19.0. Also placing
from Heppner in the event
was Hayden Qualls in 10 th ,
Trevor Antonucci 20 th , Colt
Parker 22 nd , Leo Waite 23 rd ,
Tyson Vawser 25 th and
Christian Dubry in 30 th .
The boys’ junior varsi-
ty 5,000 meters event had
Heppner in third place.
Heppner took first place
in the 3,000 meters middle
school event.
Heppner girls placed
fourth in the 5,000 meters
varsity event, with Madelyn
Nichols in 6 th , Mackenzie
Heideman in 10 th , Sarah
Knop 30 th , Hannah Finch
33 rd , Stephany Dubry 44 th
and Gracie Jewett in 45 th .
Hunter Nichols first in Cross
Country event
Hunter Nichols crosses the finish line in the 5,000 meter event.
-Photo by Damon Brosnan.
The Heppner Ga-
zette-Times wants to see
pictures of your trophy
animals from this hunting
season. Stop by to have
your picture taken, drop
off photos, mail them to
PO Box 337
in Heppner,
email them
to editor@
rapidserve.
net or text
cell phone
photos to 541-980-6674.
Students help divert
flood waters
This group of Heppner High School students helped fill
sandbags to divert the flood water from coming into town
during Tuesday’s flood watch in Heppner (l-r): Hunter
Nichols, Jason Rea, Gibson McCurry, Cason Mitchell, Tyler
Carter, Logan Burright, Keegan Gibbs, Leo Waite, Zavier
Glover and Kellen Grant. -Contributed photo.
Special
Youth Hunt
Morrow/Grant County
OHV Park Youth
Spike Elk Hunt
Youth Ages 12 - 17*
YOUTH SPIKE ELK ONLY
Nov. 03 - Nov. 11, 2018
General 2nd Elk
Season Tag Required
Morrow County
Public Works
365 W. HWY 74, P.O. Box 428
Lexington, Oregon 97839
Phone: (541) 989-9500
Hours: Mon. - Thurs. 8:00am to 5:00pm
* Youth need to be between ages 12 - 17 at
time of hunt or be participating in the
ODFW Mentored Youth Hunter Program
Morrow or Grant County youth that have
their hunters education or are
participating
in the ODFW
Mentored
Youth Hunter
Program.
Application MUST BE RETURNED to the
Morrow County Public Works office by
Wednesday, October 10, 2018, 5:00pm