Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 27, 2023 -- SEVEN
Nichols, Greenwood top the
field in The Dalles meet
Lily Nichols was alone in the home stretch as she sprinted for the finish in the 5000-meter
race at the Bridget Nelson Meet in The Dalles last Friday. -Photo by Andrea Di Salvo
Mustang sixth-grader Frank Di Salvo pours it on to overtake Sylas Peterson of Hood River
at the finish of the 3000-meter race in The Dalles. -Photo by Andrea Di Salvo
Heppner Cross country girls place three in the top six. -Photo by Andrea Di Salvo
Mustang runners Grady
Greenwood and Lily Nichols
topped the field last Friday
in The Dalles, both placing
first in their respective races
at the Bridget Nelson Meet at
Sorosis Park.
The two cross-country
runners secured impres-
sive wins, with Greenwood
coming in nearly a minute
before second-place Nathan
Hammond of Riverside
in the men’s 5000 meter.
Meanwhile, Nichols was the
only runner in sight as she
sprinted for the finish in the
women’s’ 5000 meter.
All the Heppner runners
finished strong, securing the
women second place as a
team, while the men placed
fourth as a team. Heppner’s
Arianna Worden and Riley
Archer also found individual
spots on the podium, placing
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in the top six.
The middle school
runners also saw a busy day
in their 3000-meter races.
Individually, the boys fell
into the middle of the pack,
but ended up placing fifth as
a team. The Heppner girls
didn’t field enough runners
for a team score, but all fin-
ished strong, with fifth-grad-
er Hadlie Duncan narrowly
missing her own spot on the
podium with a seventh-place
finish.
Full places and times for
Heppner were:
Varsity Mens 5000 Meter
1. Grady Greenwood,
17:34.2
16. Jake Wilson , 19:58.4
21. Carson Greenwood,
20:36.6
28. Max Wilson , 21:35.0
42. Quaid Jensen, 24:55.3
Varsity Womens 5000
Meter
1. Lily Nichols, 20:30.3
4. Arianna Worden, 21:59.4
6. Riley Archer, 22:30.5
13. Brooklyn Hendricks,
23:39.8
20. Irelynn Kollman, 24:46.8
23. Hailey McDaniel,
25:28.7
Middle School Boys 3000
Meter
37. Henry Whatley, 13:14.2
39. James Campbell, 13:23.7
44. Olson Anderson,
13:30.4
46. Jaxson Wight, 13:37.3
64. Axton Hendricks, 14:24.4
68. Frank DiSalvo, 14:48.5
Middle School Girls 3000
Meter
7. Hadlie Duncan, 12:51.4
15. Mikalie Duncan, 13:51.0
18. Khloe Rodriguez,
14:22.7
20. Andee Lathrop, 14:23.9
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Mustangs lose first game of
season to Lost River
The Heppner Mustang
Football team lost their first
game of the season to the
Lost River Raiders by the
score of 20-6. The Mus-
tangs (3-1) finished up their
pre-season schedule and
will start Blue Mountain
Conference play this Friday
night when they welcome
the Irrigon Knights to Les
Payne Field.
In the game against
the Raiders, Nick Wenberg
had a 16-yard kickoff return
to give the Mustangs good
field position. Heppner then
scored on their very first
possession of the game. An
11-play drive that was start-
ed with a 19-yard scamper
by Landon Mitchell and
then was highlighted by a
22-yard pass completion
from Mitchell to Mason
Orem, led to Caden George
running the ball in for a
touchdown from 5 yards
out. The early score by
Heppner made it 6-0 mid-
way through the first quar-
ter.
Heppner kicked
off to Lost River and they
went on their own 10-play
drive which resulted in a
touchdown. The score was
then tied 6-6 at the start of
the second quarter.
The Mustangs were
forced to punt the ball away
on their next possession.
Lost River then ran the ball
and ate up the final seven
minutes of the half when
they scored again to make
it 14-6 at halftime.
Another long and
time-consuming Raider
drive that the Mustangs
finally stopped near the end
of the third quarter gave
Heppner the ball back. The
Lost River defense stiff-
ened and forced a Mustang
punt. The teams traded
possessions until Lost Riv-
er scored again midway
through the fourth quarter.
That made the score 20-6 in
favor of the Raiders.
The next Mustang
drive ended and the ball was
turned over to Lost River
who then ran the game
clock out and won by the
score of 20-6.
The Mustangs had
216 total yards of offense.
They ran the ball for 115
and had 101 passing yards.
Lost River had 393 total
yards and 323 of those were
rushing yards. They had 70
yards passing the ball.
Mitchell was 7-16
passing the ball for 101
yards and he had one pass
intercepted. Orem caught
3 passes for a total of 38
yards, Hayden McMahon
had a catch for 33 yards and
Cameron Proudfoot had 3
receptions for 30 yards.
Leading the team in
rushing was Mitchell with
56 yards on 7 carries. Caden
George had 9 carries for
37 yards and a touchdown
while Hayden McMahon
gained 13 yards on 4 car-
ries. Cameron Proudfoot
rushed the ball for 9 yards
on 2 carries.
On the defensive
side of the ball, Cameron
Proudfoot led the team in
tackles with 12. Mitchell
followed with 9 tackles and
Orem had 7. With 6 tackles
each in the game were Ca-
den George, Landon Mc-
Mahon and Owen Guerra.
Recording 5 tackles each
were Wenberg and Jaime
Cavan. Hayden McMahon
finished with 2 tackles for
the Mustangs.
The Mustangs
played one of the toughest
pre-season schedules in the
state and are now looking
forward to conference play.