Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 20, 2021 -- SEVEN
Mustangs continue their dominance
Mustangs improve to 7-0 after road victory at Grant Union
By Blake Carter
Friday afternoon Hep-
pner hopped on the bus
and took the road trip over
to John Day for an inter-
conference battle with the
Grant Union Prospectors.
Heppner was able to walk
away with a 36-12 victo-
ry after dominating most
of the contest. Heppner
produced a whopping 436
yards of offense on their
way to a victory. Heppner
was able to produce touch-
downs on five of their eight
offensive possessions.
The Mustangs got off
to a quick start defensively,
forcing a quick three and
out. But on fourth down
the Prospectors had a high
snap on the punt that rolled
through the back of the
endzone, giving Heppner an
early 2-0 edge on the safety.
Heppner then received the
ball on the ensuing kickoff
and took just six plays to
advance the ball all the way
into the endzone. Brock
Hisler capped the drive of
with the 12-yard touch-
down run. Grant Union
immediately put themselves
in scoring position as Justin
Hodge broke a few tackles
on his way to a 62-yard
run. However, the Mustang
defense stiffened up and
kept the Prospectors from
finding the endzone. After
punishing the Prospectors
on the ground, Landon
Mitchell dropped back and
tossed a touchdown pass to
a streaking Zander Fisher
to give the Mustangs a
14-0 advantage late in the
first quarter. Hisler took
the ball and cashed in on
a two-point conversion to
give the Mustangs a 16-0
advantage at the end of the
first quarter.
Another quick Mus-
tang stop would give the
Mustangs possession on
their own 49 yard-line. One
play is all it took for Hisler
to find paydirt, he took the
ball 51 yards for a Mustang
score and left them in front
22-0. The Mustangs forced
another Prospector punt and
looked to score once again,
however Grant Union was
able to take possession back
on a fumble just two plays
into the Mustang drive.
The Prospector possession
would go backwards and
would be forced to punt it
right back to the Mustang
offense. Heppner would
make no mistakes as they
picked up a touchdown on a
45-yard run from Jace Coe.
The Prospector offense
would find its groove and
push the ball down into the
redzone, but Caden George
would deny the Prospectors
of any points as he inter-
cepted a pass to give the
Mustangs one last chance
before the half ended. The
Mustangs were knocking
on the door again, but the
Grant Union defense would
deny the Mustangs any
more points as Mitchell’s
pass was intercepted as the
half ended.
After kicking off in
the first half, the Mustang
offense would hit the field
first at the start of the sec-
ond quarter. A steady run
game would take the Mus-
tangs all the way down to
the endzone as Hisler added
another touchdown run to
his name. Hisler would add
the two-point conversion to
extend the Mustang led to
36-0 and begin the running
clock. The ensuing kickoff
would be returned all the
way to the endzone by Pros-
pector running back Justin
Hodge, he took the kickoff
86 yards to jumpstart a
quiet Prospector offense.
Heppner would take nine
minutes off the clock as
they drove down the field,
after being stonewalled on
a third down, they attempt-
ed a long field goal which
unfortunately missed. The
Grant Union offense would
take the ball for the rest of
the game, they were able
to add another touchdown
as Prospector quarterback
Maverick Miller connect-
ed with Tanner Fuller on
a 37-yard touchdown as
the clock ran out, and the
famous Prospector cannon
fired, signaling another
Mustang victory.
Stats for the contest;
Landon Mitchell threw the
ball 13 times and was suc-
cessful on six of them for
103 yards and two touch-
downs. Brock Hisler lit up
the score book with 224
yards on the ground, and
three touchdowns. Jace
Coe added another 63 yards
while Caden George gained
28 yards, Kason Cimmi-
yotti also added a run for
10 yards. Zander Fisher
led with three receptions
on the game, he gained 56
yards and one touchdown,
Jace Coe also caught a
touchdown pass, he totaled
46 yards receiving, Brock
Hisler caught a pass for 18
yards, and Kason Cimmiy-
otti had seven yards. Cade
Cunningham, and Brock
Hisler led the way defen-
sively with four tackles
each, Conor Brosnan, and
Toby Nation each recorded
three tackles, Kason Cim-
miyotti and Jace Coe each
had two tackles while Aden
Lathrop, Ty Boor, Cameron
Proudfoot, David Cribbs,
Blane Mahoney and Keg-
an Steagall all recorded a
tackle each.
Heppner will look for-
ward to senior night, Thurs-
day, October 21, at 7 p.m.
as they host the Irrigon
Knights.
Jace Coe on his way to scoring in the second quarter.
Jake Lentz leads Caden George down the field in the first quarter. -Photos by Damon Brosnan.
Conor Brosnan leads Brock Hisler down the field in the second quarter.
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