TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 25, 2019
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David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor
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Fun Run to be held
The Red Barn Fun Run
will be held Saturday, Sept.
28 beginning at 8:30 a.m. at
the LDS church in Lexing-
ton. Registration starts at
7:45 a.m.
Events include a one-
mile, two-mile and 5K run/
walk. The entry fee is $10
and tee shirts are $5. All
proceeds go to support the
Heppner/Ione Cross Coun-
try team.
Prizes and refreshments
will be available. Strollers,
kids and bikes are welcome
as the course is paved.
Morrow SWCD
schedules meeting
Morrow SWCD will
meet Tuesday, October 1
at the Ag Service Center,
in Heppner beginning at 6
p.m. Agenda items include
comments from the public,
minutes of the June meet-
ing, financial report, partner
reports and staff reports.
Meetings of Morrow
SWCD are open to the
public. For questions or
more information, contact
Kevin Payne at 541-676-
5452 ext. 111.
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MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
Mustangs slaughter Panthers 57-20
The Heppner Mustang
football team ran their sea-
son record to 3-0 with a 57-
20 win over the Gold Beach
Panthers. The game was
played in Bend at Summit
High School on Saturday.
The scoring started ear-
ly for the Mustangs when
Mason Lehman returned
the first punt of the game
62 yards for a touchdown.
Kannon Wilkins kicked
the extra point to give the
Mustangs the lead 7-0 with
just over a minute gone in
the game.
Heppner forced another
Panther punt and Mason
returned that kick 52 yards
for another score. Wilkins
made the PAT kick and the
score was 14-0 with eight
minutes to go in the first
quarter.
Blake Wolters scored
the next Mustang touch-
down as he took a handoff
and ran 28 yards for a score.
The Wilkins kick was good
and it was now 21-0.
Gold Beach scored the
next touchdown to make
it 21-6 early in the sec-
ond quarter. Heppner got
the ball back and quickly
scored again when Brock
Hisler ran it in from one
yard out. This time Wilkins
scored a 2-pt. conversion to
make the score 29-6.
The next time the
Mustangs got the ball they
scored when Wilson took
off and outran the defense
for a 68-yard touchdown.
Wolters score the 2-pt. con-
version to now make it
37-6.
Mason Lehman scored
his third touchdown of the
game as he returned another
punt 55 yards for the score.
The Wilkins PAT kick was
good and the score was now
44-6.
Jace Coe intercept-
ed a Panther pass to give
Maria Romero Referral Coordinator
Blake Wolters (26) runs for a touchdown in the game against Gold Beach.
the Mustangs good field
position. Wilson then hit
Jackson Lehman with a 15-
yard touchdown pass and
Wilkins kicked the extra
point to give the Mustangs
a 51-6 lead at halftime.
The rest of the game
would be played with a run-
ning clock as the Mustangs
were ahead by 45 points
at this point. The Heppner
coaches started to play
everyone who made the
trip to Bend and give them
valuable varsity experience.
The last Mustang
touchdown of the game
came when quarterback
Kason Cimmiyotti handed
the ball off to Wilkins and
he ran it in for a score from
20 yards out to make it 57-
6. Gold Beach then scored
two late touchdowns to
make the final score of the
by Wolters with six tackles
in the game. Roy Collins
and Hisler were next with
five tackles each. With four
tackles were Jason Rea and
Blane Mahoney. With three
tackles each were Wilson,
Matt Orem, Cody Fletcher
and Ty Boor. Recording two
tackles each were Gavin
Hanna-Robinson, Hayden
Hyatt, Jackson Lehman
and Jace Coe. With one
tackle each in the game
were Kellen Grant, Mason
Lehman, Nate Maret, Mikel
Jaca, Conor Brosnan, Ke-
gan Steagall and Tucker
Ashbeck.
The Mustangs have
a home game this Friday
as they welcome the team
from Colfax, WA to town.
Game time is set for 7 p.m.
at Les Payne Field.
Chamber lunch meeting
The next lunch meeting
of the Heppner Chamber
of Commerce will be held
Thursday, October 3 from
noon to 1 p.m. in the Hep-
pner City Hall conference
room. It will be all entities
reports.
Lunch will be provided
Irrigon Medical Clinic
Since 2013
game 57-20.
Wilson was 2-3 passing
the ball for 21 yards and
a score. Cimmiyotti and
Zander Fisher were each
1-2 for eight yards in the
game. Jackson Lehman
caught one pass for 15 yards
and a touchdown and Evan
Kollman had two pass re-
ceptions for 14 yards. Blane
Mahoney caught one pass
for eight yards.
Leading the way in
rushing was Brock Hisler
with 75 yards on five carries
and a touchdown. Wilson
ran for 68 yards and a score
while Wolters had 44 yards
and a touchdown. Mason
Lehman had 22 yards rush-
ing and Wilkins 20. Derrick
Smith and Hunter Greenup
each ran for four yards and
Colby Keslar had two.
The defense was led
by Breaking Grounds for
$10 per person and RSVPs
are required no later than
October 1. Lunch will con-
sist of Zuppa Toscana soup,
chicken Caesar salad and a
cookie.
The meeting location is
accessible to persons with
disabilities. A request for an
interpreter for the hearing
impaired or for other ac-
commodations for persons
with disabilities should be
made at least 48 hours be-
fore the meeting to Sheryll
Bates at 541-676-5536.
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