SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Mustangs defeat Pirates 44-12 Mustangs defeat Grant Union
Ranked third in OSAA 2A football
& Enterprise
The Heppner Mustang
football team traveled to
Boardman and defeated
the Riverside Pirates by
the score of 44-12. The
Mustangs (7-0,4-0) are tied
for the top spot in the Blue
Mountain Conference and
are third in the OSAA 2A
Football Rankings.
Heppner got the ball
to start the game with the
Pirates and put together a
nice nine play drive all the
way to the Pirate two-yard
line. But after a penalty,
a fumble that was recov-
ered by the Mustangs and
several incomplete passes,
the Mustangs turned the
ball over on downs. The
Heppner defense stepped
up and forced a Riverside
punt and the offense took
over near midfield.
On the first offensive
play, Hayden McMahon ran
the ball for 20 yards, then
it was Alakae Rodriguez
who carried it for 8, 13 and
2 yards before he took a
handoff and blasted into the
end zone from 1 yard out for
a touchdown. Quarterback
Mason Orem then handed
the ball to Hayden McMa-
hon, and he scooted in for
the 2-pt. conversion to give
the Mustangs a 8-0 lead
halfway through the first
quarter.
The Heppner kickoff
pinned Riverside deep in
their own territory and the
stingy Mustang defense
forced another punt.
Heppner got a great field
position at the Pirate 24-
yard line. On the very next
play Orem found Nick Wen-
berg open and hit him with a
with a pass of 24 yards for
another touchdown. That
quick score made it 14-0.
The teams traded
possessions and then
Wenberg stepped in front
of a Pirate pass, intercepted
it and sprinted 30 yards for
a touchdown. Tripp Stewart
ran the ball in for the 2-pt.
conversion to give the Mus-
tangs a 22-0 lead as the first
quarter came to a close.
Heppner got the ball
back early in the second
quarter and scored again
when Zach Brown outran
the Pirate defense for a 40-
yard touchdown. Rodriguez
ran for the 2-pt. conversion
to make it 30-0 at this point.
Another Riverside
punt and a 20-yard return
of the punt by Stewart gave
the Mustangs the ball in
great field position. Orem
then dropped back and hit
Keaton Coiner with an 11-
yard touchdown pass. That
extended the Heppner lead
to 36-0 with nine minutes
to go in the half.
Once again, the Pirates
had to punt the ball away
to the Mustang offense. It
then only took three plays
for Heppner to score again.
Caylan Proudfoot came into
the game at quarterback
and led a drive that con-
sisted of a 10-yard run by
Stewart, a 16-yard run by
Wenberg and then Proud-
foot called his own number
and scored the touchdown
from 4 yards out. The 2-pt.
conversion was scored by
Hayden McMahon to give
the Mustangs a 44-0 lead
mid-way through the sec-
ond quarter. The teams
traded possessions for the
rest of the quarter to make
the score 44-0 at halftime.
The second half would
be played with a running
clock the Pirates got the
ball first. The Heppner
defense stopped them on
downs and the Mustang
coaches put in many of
the younger players at this
point in the game so they
could gain some valuable
varsity playing time. A
Heppner drive was stopped
when a Riverside player
intercepted a pass and ran
it in for a touchdown. That
made the score 44-6 late in
the third quarter.
The teams traded
possessions several more
times in the game and then
Riverside scored their final
touchdown on a 22-yard
pass play with just over
three minutes to play in the
game. That made the score
44-12. Heppner got the ball
after the Pirate kickoff and
ran the ball for three con-
secutive plays to end the
game with the Mustangs
getting the win by the score
of 44-12.
Heppner had 265 total
yards in the game. They ran
the ball for 205 yards and
passed it for 60. Riverside
had 43 total yards for the
game and finished with
–1 yards rushing and they
passed the ball for 44.
Orem was 3-7 passing
the ball for 36 yards and 2
touchdowns. Proudfoot was
1-4 for 24 yards and threw
an interception. Wenberg
caught 2 passes for 25
yards and a touchdown
while Darby Spivey had
1 reception for 24 yards.
Keaton Coiner had 1 catch
in the game for 11 yards and
a touchdown.
Brown led the stable
of backs with 40 yards on
only 1 carry and scored
a touchdown on that run.
Hayden McMahon was next
with 34 yards, Stewart had
33 and Rodriguez finished
with 31 yards and a score.
Freshman Jace Wilson ran
the ball 6 times for 28 yards
and Wenberg had 16. John
Lindsay carried the ball 4
times and gained 15 yards
and Proudfoot had 4 rushing
yards and a touchdown.
The Mustang defense
dominated the game and
was led by Freshman Lucus
King who finished with 8
tackles. With 4 tackles each
were John Lindsay, Owen
Guerra and Lane Critchlow.
Jace Wilson finished the
game with 3 tackles and
with 2 tackles each were
Wenberg, Rodriguez,
Ryan Haugen, Landon
McMahon, Kooper Miller
and Darby Spivey. With
1 tackle for the Mustangs
were Orem, Brown,
Andrew Lindsay, Joseph
Albitre, Gage Heideman
and Landon Tuttle.
The Mustangs have
a home game this Friday
against the Grant Union
Prospectors. Game time is
7 PM at Les Payne Field.
Annie Flower- HEP-
PNER 3, GRANT UNION
0 — Hallee Hisler had 10
kills, 10 digs and two blocks
to lead the Mustangs to a
25-20, 25-12, 25-12 Blue
Mountain Conference home
win over the Prospectors.
Maya Payne added 14 digs,
14 assists and eight kills
for the Mustangs, while
Ava Gerry had 13 digs, 14
assists, five kills and four
aces. Freshman Isa Payne
had seven kills, 11 digs and
two blocks, and Katie Spiv-
ey had 10 kills. HEPPNER
3, ENTERPRISE 0 — The
Mustangs finished the reg-
ular season with a 25-8,
25-8, 25-8 Blue Mountain
Conference home win over
the Outlaws. Freshman Isa
Payne had five kills and
nine dig for the Mustangs,
who finished the regular
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