Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 1, 2023 -- SEVEN
Mustangs win final BMC game 54-14 move
on to playoffs
while Martin Medina car-
The Heppner Mustang
football team won their fi-
nal Blue Mountain Confer-
ence game of the season by
defeating the Grant Union
Prospectors by the score
of 54-14. The Mustangs
(7-2 overall and 4-1 BMC)
finished the regular season
as the 5th-ranked team in
the final OSAA 2A Football
Rankings. They will start
the postseason with a home
game against the Bandon/
Pacific Tigers who were the
fourth-place finishers in the
Valley Coast Conference.
The Tigers finished the
season with a 6-3 record
and were number 10 in the
final OSAA rankings.
Against the
Prospectors, the Mustangs
started fast and didn›t let up
for the entire game. Martin
Medina kicked off to start
the game for Heppner. The
defense forced a GU punt
that was blocked by Caden
George and recovered by
Caleb George. On the next
play, Quarterback Mason
Orem handed the ball off
to Hayden McMahon who
scampered in from 16 yards
out for the score. Cameron
Proudfoot scored the 2-pt.
conversion to give the Mus-
tangs a quick 8-0 lead.
On the next Prospector
possession, they fumbled
the ball and Hayden Mc-
Mahon recovered it near
midfield. A 47-yard run by
Hayden and a 10-run by
Caden George led to Ca-
den scoring a touchdown
from 2 yards out. Cameron
Proudfoot carried the ball
in for the 2-pt. conversion
to give the Mustangs the
lead 16-0 midway through
the first quarter.
Another GU punt gave
the Mustangs great field
position again. A 49-yard
pass completion from Orem
to Nick Wenberg led to a
touchdown when Cameron
Proudfoot scored from 9
yards out. Caden George
then caught a pass from
Orem for the 2-pt. conver-
sion to make the score 24-0.
On the next Prospector
drive, they fumbled the ball
and Hayden McMahon
recovered it for Heppner.
On the very next play, the
Mustangs scored when Ca-
den George ran the ball in
from 38 yards out. Orem
passed the ball to Caden
for the 2-pt. conversion to
make the score 32-0.
Cameron Proudfoot
intercepted a GU pass that
led to another Heppner
score. The Mustangs went
on a seven-play drive that
ended when Cameron
Proudfoot scored from 9
yards out. Caden George
ran for the 2-pt. conversion
to make the score 40-0 early
in the second quarter.
The Heppner defense
forced another Prospector
punt, and the Mustangs
went on a six-play drive
that ended with a score.
Keaton Coiner caught a 17-
yard pass from Orem for a
touchdown. That made the
score of the game 46-0 at
halftime. The entire second
half would be played with a
running clock because the
Mustangs were ahead by
over 35 points.
After the GU kickoff
to start the second half,
Heppner scored again
just two plays later. Tripp
Stewart had a 27-yard run
and then Conner Wilson
busted through the line
and outran the entire GU
defense for a 42-yard touch-
down. Quarterback Caylan
Proudfoot passed the ball to
Caleb George for the 2-pt.
conversion to take the score
to 54-0.
Grant Union scored
on their next possession to
bring the score to 54-6. The
teams traded possessions
until GU scored again to
make the score of the game
54-14 as the third quarter
ended.
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Most of the fourth
quarter time was eaten up
by an eleven-play drive by
the Mustangs that ended the
game with a Heppner win
by the score of 54-14.
The Mustangs had 22
first downs and GU only 7.
For the game, Heppner had
492 total yards and held
the Prospectors to 201. The
Mustangs rushed for 381
yards and passed the ball
for 111.
A balanced running
game was led by Conner
Wilson with 84 yards and
a touchdown on 7 carries.
Hayden McMahon finished
with 71 yards and a score
on only 3 carries. Tripp
Stewart carried the ball 8
times and gained 62 yards.
Caden George rushed for
59 yards and 2 touchdowns
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The Heppner Jr/Sr
High School is hosting
its annual Veterans Day
Program on Thursday, No-
vember 9th. All veterans
and community members
are invited to attend. The
program will begin in the
gymnasium at 10:30 am
followed by a luncheon for
veterans and a guest. If you
are a local veteran or a vet-
eran who graduated from
Heppner High School, we
would like to include you
in our program. Please send
November 4, 2023
9:00 am to 2:00 pm
Ione Legion Hall
325 W 2nd Street
Ione, OR
your name, branch of ser-
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to Jeannie Collins at jean.
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by calling the high school
at 541-676-9138. Those
veterans who are interested
in sharing their stories are
invited to attend classroom
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We look forward to hosting
this event and honoring
all who have served our
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ried the ball for 52 yards
on 6 attempts. Cameron
Proudfoot scored 2 rushing
touchdowns while gaining
49 yards in the game and
Caleb George ran the ball
for 6 yards on his one carry
in the game.
Orem was 3-3 passing
the ball for 111 yards and
1 touchdown. Wenberg
led the team in receiving
with 1 catch for 49 yards
and Wilson caught a ball
for 45. Keaton Coiner had
a catch for 17 yards and a
touchdown.
The Heppner defense
was led by Caleb George
who recorded 11 tackles
in the game. Owen Guerra
was next with 6 tackles and
with 3 each were Cameron
Proudfoot, Medina, and
Stewart. With 2 tackles
each in the game were Wen-
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Landon McMahon. Finish-
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each were Orem, Jaime
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