Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 20, 2023 -- SEVEN
Mustangs run record to 3-0 with Travis Judd earns Coast Guard
big victory over Colton Vikings honors
The Heppner Mustang
football team ran their sea-
son record to 3-0 with a 50-
12 victory over the Colton
Vikings.
Colton tried to
execute an onside kick
to start the game and it
was recovered by Landon
Mitchell near midfield,
giving the Mustangs great
field position to start their
first series. A quick five
play drive highlighted by
a 30-yard pass completion
from Mitchell to Cameron
Proudfoot ended with a
touchdown when Caden
George ran the ball in from
11 yards out for the score.
Mitchell carried the ball in
for the 2 pt. conversion to
make it 8-0 just three min-
utes into the game.
The Mustang kick-
off pinned Colton deep in
their own territory. The
Heppner defense forced
a Viking punt that gave
Heppner the ball with great
field position and the Mus-
tangs needed only four
plays to score again. This
time it was a 15-yard pass
completion from Mitchell
to Cameron Proudfoot for
the touchdown. Proudfoot
then ran the ball in for the
2-point conversion to make
the score 16-0.
On the first Viking
play after the Heppner kick-
off, Mitchell intercepted a
pass at the Colton 29 yard
line and ran it into the end
zone for another Mustang
touchdown. Nick Wenberg
took a handoff and blasted
into the end zone for the 2
pt.-conversion to give the
Mustangs a 24-0 lead.
Colton was forced
to punt and the Mustangs
took the ball and scored just
five plays later. This drive
was highlighted by a 34-
yard pass completion from
Mitchell to Mason Orem
and then finished when
Cameron Proudfoot ran 23
yards for the touchdown.
That made the score 30-0.
On the next Vi-
king possession, Wenberg
forced a Colton fumble
that Mitchell jumped on to
give the Mustangs the ball
near midfield. Mitchell then
handed the ball to Hayden
McMahon and he ran for a
big gain. On the very next
play Caden George scored
on a touchdown run of 27
yards. Caden then ran the
ball in for the 2 pt. conver-
sion to make the score 38-0
as the first quarter ended.
Colton got the ball
back and scored on a long
drive to make the score of
the game 38-6. The teams
traded possessions and the
half came to an end with the
score 38-6.
The Mustangs
kicked off to start the sec-
ond half and quickly forced
a Viking punt. On the en-
suing drive by Heppner,
Caden George had runs of
13 and 49 yards to set up a
4-yard touchdown run by
Mitchell. That made the
score 44-6 three minutes
into the second half.
Mitchell would in-
tercept a Viking pass to give
Heppner the ball near mid-
field. The Mustangs turned
the ball over on downs to
Colton and they scored
another touchdown to make
the score 44-12 early in the
fourth quarter.
Wenberg had a nice
kickoff return to set up
the next Heppner score.
New Quarterback Caylan
Proudfoot handed the ball
off to Hayden McMahon
who sprinted 73 yards for a
touchdown. The score was
now 50-12.
After the Heppner
kickoff, Cameron Proud-
foot stepped in front of a
Viking pass and intercepted
it. The Mustangs then ended
the game by taking a knee
several times and came
home with a 50-12 victory.
Heppner finished
the game with 404 yards of
total offense and allowed
Colton 234. The Mustangs
ran the ball for 278 yards
and had 126 passing yards.
The Heppner defense held
Colton to only 96 yards of
rushing and they got 138
passing the ball.
Mitchell had anoth-
er strong night as he was
6-7 passing the ball for 126
yards and two touchdowns.
Cameron Proudfoot caught
four of those passes for 65
yards and a score. Orem had
one reception for 34 yards
and Caden George caught
a pass for 27 yards and a
touchdown.
Hayden McMahon
led the team in rushing
with 137 yards on 7 carries
and scored a touchdown.
Caden George ran the ball
for 104 yards and a score
on 7 carries while Cameron
Proudfoot had 4 carries for
31 yards and a touchdown
and Mitchell also carried
the ball for a touchdown.
Alakae Rodriquez had 3
rushes for 10 yards, Wen-
berg was next with 2 carries
for 2 yards and Tripp Stew-
art ran the ball once for a
1-yard gain.
The Mustang de-
fense was led by Jaime
Cavan who had 8 tackles
in the game. Next was Ca-
den George and Wenberg
with 6 each. Owen Guerra
followed with 3 tackles and
with 2 each were Mitchell,
who also had 2 intercep-
tions in the game, Orem,
Hayden McMahon and
Landon McMahon. Camer-
on Proudfoot had a tackle to
go along with his intercep-
tion. Also recording a tackle
were Martin Medina, Caleb
George, Connor Wilson,
Keaton Coiner and Tripp
Stewart.
The Mustangs have
a home game this Friday at
Les Payne Field when they
host the Lost River Raiders.
ODFW seeks volunteers to
serve as Sport Fishing and
Commercial Salmon represen-
tative on R&E Board – Apply
by Oct. 2
SALEM,
Ore.—
ODFW is seeking qualified
applicants to fill a sport
fishing and commercial
salmon industry position
on the Fish Restoration
and Enhancement (R&E)
Program Board. Interest-
ed individuals must apply
by Oct. 2, 2023 using this
form.
The ideal sport fishing
candidate will be a resi-
dent of Oregon that is able
to effectively represent
the sport anglers of Ore-
gon. Desirable attributes
include involvement with
local fishing groups or fish
management, previous ex-
perience with boards or
commissions, and knowl-
edge of, or involvement
with, the diverse sport
fisheries across Oregon. To
maintain geographic rep-
resentation on the board
ODFW is looking to re-
cruit a board member who
can represent sport anglers
from the east side of the
Cascade mountains.
The ideal commercial
fishing candidate will be
a resident of Oregon that
is able to effectively rep-
resent Oregon’s commer-
cial salmon industry. We
encourage individuals that
can represent seafood pro-
cessors, the commercial
troll fleet, or gillnet fleet to
apply. Desirable attributes
include involvement with
local fishing groups or fish
management, previous ex-
perience with boards or
commissions, and knowl-
edge of, or involvement
with commercially caught
salmon in Oregon.
The Fish Restoration
and Enhancement Program
was created by the Ore-
gon Legislature in 1989 to
help fund fish restoration
and enhancement proj-
ects throughout the state.
The program is funded by
a surcharge on sport and
commercial fishing licens-
es and commercial pound-
age fees and is overseen
by a seven-member citizen
board made up of three
sport fishing representa-
tives, three representatives
from the commercial salm-
on industry (troll, gillnet
and seafood processing)
and one public-at-large
representative. The Board
reviews grant proposals
from various organizations
and agencies and recom-
mends projects for fund-
ing.
Board members, who
are appointed to four-
year terms by the Oregon
Fish and Wildlife Com-
mission, meet two to four
times each year in various
communities throughout
the state to review project
funding applications, hear
public testimony, act as
liaisons between the pro-
gram and the public and
to conduct other program
business. Board members
are volunteers; however,
Board-related business ex-
penses are reimbursed.
For more information
visit the R&E program
website at
http://www.
dfw.state.or.us/fish/RE/or
contact Marty Olson with
the R&E program at (503)
947-6232 or Martin.P.Ol-
son@ODFW.Oregon.Gov
Travis Judd - Photo Scott McEwen
Travis Judd at his retirement ceremony
- Photo Scott McEwen
MKCM Travis Judd,
who graduated from Hep-
pner High School in 1999,
enlisted in the US Coast
Guard Reserves. Immedi-
ately following the tragic
events of 9/11 he integrated
onto active duty and mar-
ried Amanda Judd (Beau-
champ) of Milton-Freewa-
ter Oregon.
For most of his career,
MKCM Judd spent a great
deal of his career serving
on the waters of the Pacif-
ic Northwest and Alaska,
and remote duty in the
community of Tok, AK.
Most notably he served as
a machinery technician at
the National Motorlifeboat
School, Engineer Petty
Officer at LORSTA TOK,
Ak, USCGC MUSTANG,
Seward, AK, Station Cape
Disappointment Ilwaco,
WA, and most recently
as the Machinery Master
Chief Onboard the world’s
most powerful non-nuclear
Icebreaker USCGC PO-
LAR STAR. It was onboard
POLAR STAR where he
was deployed to break ice
in the Arctic, and Antarc-
tica to support science and
ensure the delivery of sup-
plies to NSF Science Sta-
tion McMurdo, Antarctica.
His non-opera -
tional assignments include
Company Chief at the Coast
Guard Academy and Inte-
grated Support Command
New Orleans.
.
“As a true multi
mission sailor, Judd has dis-
tinguished himself in ship-
board engineering, search
and rescue in the surf, and
challenging environments
across both polar regions.”
His career has
brought numerous mili-
tary decorations including
the Permanent Cutterman
Insignia, Boat Forces Op-
erations Insignia, 5 Coast
Guard Commendation med-
als with operational distin-
guishing device, two Ant-
arctic service medals and
the arctic service medal.
Amanda and Tra-
vis’ daughters are both at-
tending Western Washing-
ton University in the fall.
Jasmine is working toward
her M.A. in History and
Alaina is pursuing a B.A.
in Business Studies.