Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 9, 2024 -- SEVEN
Heppner Mustangs tame the Tigers 60-0
The Heppner Mustang
football team won their
Blue Mountain Conference
game against the Stanfield
Tigers by the score of 62-0.
The Mustangs (5-0,2-0) are
the third ranked team in the
OSAA State 2A football
rankings.
In the game against
Stanfield, the Tigers
kicked off to the Mustangs
to open the game and on
the second play of the
Heppner possession they
scored. Quarterback Mason
Orem connected with Nick
Wenberg on a 63 yard
touchdown pass. Orem
then connected on a pass
to Keaton Coiner for the 2
pt. conversion to make the
score 8-0 just forty seconds
into the game.
On the first possession
for Stanfield, Orem stepped
in front of a pass by the
Tiger quarterback and
intercepted it. Orem then
high stepped his way 24
yards to give the Mustangs
the ball at the Stanfield 17
yard line. A 12 yard run by
Zach Brown, followed by
a 2 yard plunge by Alakae
Rodriguez led to Rodriguez
scoring from 3 yards out
on the next play. Orem
found Brown open in the
end zone for the 2 pt. con-
version to make the score
16-0.
Stanfield was able to
put together a short drive
that the Mustang defense
finally stopped on downs
at the Heppner 26 yard
line. On the very first play
for the Mustangs, Hayden
McMahon took the handoff
and sprinted 74 yards for
a touchdown. Brown ran
for the 2 pt. conversion to
make the score 24-0 with
four minutes left in the first
quarter.
The Heppner defense
then forced a Tiger punt
that Brown returned 41
yards to give the Mustangs
great field position at the
Stanfield 20 yard line. A
short 1 yard run by Ro-
driguez led to a 19 yard
touchdown blast by Rodri-
guez. Rodriguez then took
a handoff and scored the 2
pt. conversion to now make
the score 32-0 as the first
quarter ended.
On the next Tiger
possession, Wenberg
intercepted a pass at the 26
yard line and returned it to
the Stanfield 10 yard line.
Rodriguez ran the ball for
9 yards and then scored a
touchdown from 1 yard out
on the next play. That made
the score 38-0 early in the
second quarter.
Once again the Hep-
pner defense forced a Stan-
field punt that Kaden King
blocked. Heppner took over
at the Tiger 30 yard line.
Caylan Proudfoot came
into the game at this point
to take over as the Mustang
quarterback. After an in-
complete pass, Rodriguez
ran the ball for 22 yards,
Proudfoot went for 2 and
then Proudfoot threw a pass
to Wenberg for a 6 yard
touchdown. That made the
score of the game 44-0. The
teams then traded posses-
sions for the rest of the half
and the score at halftime
was 44-0.
The second half of the
game would be played with
a running clock because the
Mustangs led by more than
35 points. The Tigers got
the ball first to start the half
and the Heppner defense
stopped them once again.
A loss of 6 yards on a sack
by Lane Critchlow forced
the Tigers to punt the ball.
Heppner took possession
at their own 32 yard line
and it only took four plays
to score again. This drive
featured runs by Joseph Al-
bitre of 8 yards and another
for 15. Kaden King then ran
it for 5 yards and Albitre
finished off the drive when
he scampered 34 yards for
the touchdown. That score
made it 50-0 in favor of
the Mustangs as the third
quarter ended.
Heppner forced a
Tiger fumble on their next
possession that Jackson
Coiner recovered to give
the Mustang offense the
ball. An eight play drive
ended in a touchdown when
Proudfoot handed the ball
off to Mason Haugen who
scored from 3 yards out.
The score was now 56-0
with seven minutes left in
the game.
The next Stanfield
possession ended when
Proudfoot intercepted a
pass and returned it 14
yards to the Tiger 26 yard
line. Haugen ran the ball
for a yard and then the Mus-
tangs scored again when
Zion Ramos took the hand
off and finished the Hep-
pner scoring for the night
with a 25 yard touchdown
run. That made the final
score of the game 62-0.
The Mustangs finished
the game with 388 total
yards from scrimmage. The
Tigers could only manage
108. Heppner ran the ball
for 319 yards and had 69
yards passing.
Orem was 1-1 passing
the ball for 63 yards and a
touchdown. Proudfoot was
1-3 for 6 yards and a score.
Wenberg caught 2 passes
for 69 total yards and scored
2 touchdowns receiving.
Hayden McMahon
led the Mustangs in rushing
with 82 yards on 2 attempts.
He also scored a rushing
touchdown. Albitre was next
with 76 yards on 5 carries
and a score. Rodriguez
finished with 57 yards and
scored 3 touchdowns in the
game while Ramos rushed
for 44 yards and a score.
Kaden King ran for 30
yards, Brown went for 12,
Wenberg had 10, Mason
Haugen 5 yards with a score
and Proudfoot finished with
3 yards rushing.
On the defensive side
of the ball, Critchlow led
the Mustangs with 6 tackles.
Next were Kaden King and
Rodriguez with 5 tackles
each. Brown finished the
game with 4 tackles and
with 3 tackles each were
Jaime Cavan, Ryan Haugen
and Owen Guerra. Finishing
the game with 2 tackles
each were John Lindsay,
Landon McMahon, Keaton
Coiner and Albitre. Having
1 tackle each in the game
were Wenberg, Jackson
Coiner, Kooper Miller,
Brodie McDaniel, Andrew
Lindsay and Darby Spivey.
The Mustangs have
a home game this week as
they take on the Weston-
McEwen Tigerscots on
Friday night at Les Payne
Field. Game time is 7 PM.
Circuit Court Annex in Boardman Board of Commissioners
-Continued from PAGE ONE I want the courthouse in the the fairgrounds as a site.
cate the new courthouse in
Doherty concluded his
lengthy presentation with
an appeal to the commit-
ment and hours invested
by numerous city staff and
community members, lob-
bying for ongoing support
for the project to be locat-
ed in Heppner, which he
claimed would best serve
the judiciary and commu-
nity needs alike.
Commissioner Sykes
addressed concerns about
possible private deci-
sion-making by the board.
He emphasized that the
BOC has conducted only
one executive session re-
lated to the courthouse
project, with the remaining
deliberations made public
online. “Every time we’ve
talked about it, we’ve gone
through this process, and
our minutes are posted, the
meetings are on Zoom, our
agenda is posted,” Sykes
assured the gathering. He
then invited County Ad-
ministrator Jensen to con-
firm these statements, who
echoed Sykes’ sentiments
regarding the transparency
of the board’s actions.
The topic under dis-
cussion was whether to
reopen discussions regard-
ing the location of the new
courthouse. Commissioner
Sykes, openly supporting
Heppner as the location
for the courthouse, recused
himself from leading fur-
ther dialogue on the topic
due to his bias.
Commissioner Drago
responded to what he de-
scribed as misrepresenta-
tion of his statements at a
previous forum. “So I’ve
been called out, and hon-
estly some of the statements
are taken out of context,”
Drago expressed. He clar-
ified his position from the
candidate’s forum in April,
emphasizing that his pref-
erence for the courthouse to
be in the southern end of the
county was not a firm prom-
ise but a nod to the difficult
decisions that might need to
be made. “I didn’t promise
anything, I said ‘personally
south end of the county, but
if I’m going to do the work
of the people and do what’s
best there are some choices
that might be pretty hard to
swallow in the north end,”
Drago stated recounting
what he said at the forum.
He also addressed a
misunderstood comment
about the courthouse be-
ing near a food processing
plant, explaining it was
more a question raised by
DLR (a consulting firm)
than a statement made by
him.
Commissioner Wen-
holz emphasized the im-
portance of considering the
interests of the majority in
the county. He clarified that
the decision made to move
the building to Boardman
would not affect court jobs
in Heppner. Wenholz point-
ed out that there was little
support for the fairground’s
location and mentioned a
petition from a resident,
Jeanie Collins, backed by
87 registered voters, made
it clear that they opposed
“At the town halls, the pre-
vailing opinion was clearly
against the fairgrounds, ex-
cept for one person and the
city of Heppner,” Wenholz
stated.
Commissioner Drago
reiterated his decision-mak-
ing approach, which is
based on logic rather than
emotion. Citing Board-
man’s rapid growth in com-
parison to Heppner, Drago
argued that it makes more
logical sense to build the
courthouse in an expanding
area. “My personal belief is
that placing a courthouse
here isn’t going to change
the growth dynamics,” he
added.
Both commissioners
also expressed their trust in
the judgment of the judicia-
ry. “I will take the word of
the Judge and the Chief Jus-
tice that the building can be
put in Boardman,” Wenholz
shared. Drago concurred
and confidently said, “I will
stand on the vote that I’ve
already taken.”
The decision to lo-
Boardman, as made in the
September 4 th BOC meet-
ing, remains unchanged.
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