Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 30, 2024 -- SEVEN
Mustangs defeat Prospectors 58-14
Ranked 2 nd in OSAA 2A football
The Heppner Mus-
tang football team won
their eighth game of the
season by defeating the
Grant Union Prospectors
by the score of 58-14. The
Mustangs (8-0,5-0) are
currently the second ranked
team in the OSAA 2A Foot-
ball State Rankings.
Grant Union kicked
off to start the game. The
Mustang offense marched
down the field and
scored seven plays later.
Quarterback Mason Orem
handed the ball off to Al-
akae Rodriguez who high
stepped his way from 18
yards out for a touchdown.
Tripp Stewart ran the ball
in for the 2-pt. conversion
to make the score 8-0.
After a Prospector punt
on their next possession,
Heppner scored again just
two plays later. A 14-yard
run by Stewart set up a 16-
yard touchdown pass recep-
tion by Caleb George for
the score. Orem called his
own number and scored the
2-pt. conversion to make it
14-0 midway through the
first quarter.
The Heppner defense
forced another Prospector
punt that Stewart fielded at
the 15-yard line. He then
sprinted towards the Mus-
tang sideline and picked
up some great blocking
from his teammates. The
blockers formed a wall that
Stewart slipped behind.
He then outran the entire
Grant Union team for an
85-yard punt return for a
touchdown. Nick Wenberg
blasted through the line for
the 2-pt. conversion to now
make the score 22-0.
Keaton Coiner
sacked the Grant Union
quarterback for an 8-yard
loss on the first play of their
next possession. They then
fumbled the ball on their
next play and Rodriguez re-
covered it for the Mustangs
deep in Grant Union territo-
ry. The next Heppner score
came when Orem found
Keaton Coiner behind the
Prospector defense and hit
him in stride with a 39-yard
touchdown pass. Rodriguez
scored the 2-pt. conversion
to make the score 30-0 with
two minutes to go in the
first quarter.
The Mustang defense
forced another Prospector
punt. The Mustangs would
score again when Hyden
McMahon sprinted 37 yards
for a touchdown. That made
the score 36-0 at the end of
the first quarter.
After another Grant
Union punt, the Mustangs
scored again. A six-play
drive that was highlighted
by a 37-yard run from scrim-
mage by Hayden McMahon
led to the score. Stewart
blasted through the line for
a 2-yard touchdown. That
made it 42-0.
Grant Union put
together a small drive,
but it ended when Ryan
Haugen made a big hit on
the Prospector running back
and he fumbled the ball.
Ryan then recovered the
ball for the Mustangs near
midfield. Orem then threw
the ball to Keaton Coiner
for a 10-yard gain. On the
next play, Keaton caught a
short pass from Orem and
he out raced the entire Grant
Union defense for a touch-
down on a play that covered
47 yards. Rodriguez then
scored the 2-pt. conversion
to make it 50-0 at halftime.
The second half of
the game was played with
a running clock and many
of the younger Mustangs’
players saw significant and
valuable varsity playing
time. On the first Prospector
possession, their quarter-
back had a pass picked off
by Lucas King that gave
Heppner the ball at the 44-
yard line of Grant Union.
Joseph Albitre had runs of
15 and 24 yards on a drive
that ended when new quar-
terback Caylan Proudfoot
hit Andrew Lindsay with
a 10-yard touchdown pass.
Proudfoot then passed the
ball to Albitre for the 2-pt.
conversion to make the
score of the game 58-0.
The Grant Union
quarterback broke free at
the line of scrimmage and
scored on a 63-yard touch-
down run to make it 58-6 at
the end of the third quarter.
The teams traded
possessions several more
times and the Prospectors
scored again with three
minutes left in the game to
make the final score of the
game 58-14.
Heppner scored
touchdowns on their first
six possessions of the game
and finished with 20 first
downs and Grant Union had
9. The Mustangs ran for 265
yards and the Prospectors
had 168 with most of those
coming late in the game.
Heppner had 158 yards
passing the ball compared
to Grant Unions 21. For
the game, Heppner had an
impressive 423 total yards
and Grant Union finished
with 189.
Orem was 7-11 passing
the ball for 148 yards and 3
touchdowns. Proudfoot
finished 1-1 for 10 yards
and a score. Keaton Coiner
caught 5 passes for 130
yards and 2 touchdowns to
lead the Mustangs. Caleb
George had a reception for
16 yards and a touchdown,
while Andrew Lindsay had
a catch for 10 yards and a
score. Wenberg had 1 catch
for 2 yards for the team.
A balanced running
attack was led by Hayden
McMahon who had 3
carries for 77 yards and a
touchdown. Albitre carried
the rock 3 times for 42
yards and Wenberg 4 times
for 38. Rodriguez finished
with 31 yards and a rushing
touchdown while Stewart
ran for 23 and a score.
Darby Spivey had a carry
for 17 yards, Orem had 15
and with 11 yards in the
game was Zach Brown.
Caleb George and Jackson
Coiner each finished with
5 yards rushing for the
Mustangs. With 1 yard
rushing for the team was
Zion Ramos.
On the defensive side
of the ball, Lucas King
led the Mustangs for the
second week in a row with 8
tackles in the game. Landon
McMahon contributed 7
big tackles and with 6
each were Rodriguez and
George. With 4 tackles
each were Keaton Coiner,
Lane Critchlow and Gage
Heideman. Finishing the
game with 3 tackles each
were Jaime Cavan and
Albitre. With 2 tackles each
were Wenberg, Kooper
Miller and Jace Wilson.
With 1 tackle each in the
game were Brown, Ryan
Haugen, Mason Haugen,
Andrew Lindsay, Spivey
and Stewart.
The Mustangs finish
Blue Mountain Conference
play this week as they host
the Enterprise Outlaws on
Friday night. The game will
be played at 7 PM on Les
Payne Field at Greg Grant
Stadium.
Nov. 5th ballot measures that
may affect you
-Continued from PAGE ONE a rate of $0.10 per $1,000
ing industry, aligning with
broader labor standards.
Cons:
Adds regulatory re-
quirements for cannabis
businesses, an industry al-
ready subject to strict reg-
ulations.
Potential to deter busi-
ness investments or in-
crease operational costs,
which may affect wages or
employment opportunities.
Measure 25-102 (Lo-
cal) - North Morrow Vec-
tor Control District Levy
Renewal
This local levy renew-
al seeks to extend a four-
year funding measure at
of assessed property val-
ue. The levy would finance
mosquito control initia-
tives, which are essential
for reducing the risks of
mosquito-borne diseases,
maintaining
equipment,
and providing public ed-
ucation on vector control
strategies.
Pros:
Provides critical fund-
ing for mosquito control,
reducing risks of West Nile
virus and other mosqui-
to-borne illnesses.
Supports community
health initiatives, espe-
cially in agricultural areas
prone to high mosquito ac-
tivity.
Cons:
Adds to property tax
bills, a concern for prop-
erty owners already facing
multiple tax levies.
Some argue funds
could be allocated to oth-
er public health needs, and
private mosquito control
measures may be suffi-
cient.
Heppner’s
Ione-Arlington volleyball wins
football field Big Sky Tournament
is named after
coach Greg
Grant
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quarterfinal and
semi-final appearances.
Coach Grant is third
in the all-time wins list in
the State of Oregon and
has over 300 wins here in
Heppner.
Mustang public ad-
dress announcer Ken Grieb
said during the ceremony,
“Coach, you have given
Mustang fans everywhere
some great Friday nights
and awesome Saturday af-
ternoons. Your tireless com-
mitment, dedication and
contributions to the Mus-
tang football program, our
school and community are
to be commended. But re-
ally, more importantly than
all the wins and success of
the Mustang football pro-
gram, is the relationships
that you built with your
players over the years. They
became better young men
because of being around
you, being taught by you
and being coached by you.
And for that, every parent
and grandparent of those
boys’ thanks you. There-
fore, from this day forward,
and forever more, as long as
Mustang football is played
here. This facility shall for-
ever be named- Greg Grant
Stadium”.
A large banner was
then unfurled at the top
of the announcer’s booth
that displayed “Greg Grant
Stadium”. The banner will
hang during Mustang home
games until the new metal
sign that is being built can
be permanently placed at
the facility. That sign will
say, “Les Payne Field at
Greg Grant Stadium”.
Athletic Director Jer-
emy Rosenbalm present-
ed Coach Grant with a
personalized autographed
football commemorating
this special event. He also
presented flowers to Vir-
ginia Grant who was there
along with their children
Kellen and Sophie.
It is a well-deserved
honor for a man and family
who have given so much to
the Heppner community.
The Ione Volleyball team after winning the Big Sky Tourna-
ment. -Photo from the Ione School District Facebook page.
The Ione Arlington
Girls Volleyball team took
first place at the Big Sky
Tournament for the second
consecutive year. They de-
feated South Wasco in three
sets to advance to the cham-
pionship round where they
defeated Sherman County
in three sets. The Cardinals
beat the Dalles Huskies
25-0, 25-18, and 25-19 and
defeated the Resides 27-25,
27-25, and 25-23. Phegley
Padberg was named to the
second team all-stars. Se-
nior Victoria De La Torre
was named the first all-
stars. The girls will be host-
ing Elkton in the first round
of the 1A state tournaments
on October 30 th .
Mustangs defeat GU at the
BMC Dist. tournament
The Heppner Volleyball team. -Photo contributed.
Heppner 3, Grant
Union 1, Annie Flow-
er-Hallee Hisler had 12
kills, five blocks and 18
digs in leading the Mus-
tangs to a 25-8, 25-23,
23-25, 25-14 victory over
the Prospectors in the semi-
finals of the Blue Moun-
tain Conference District
Tournament in Stanfield.
“They knew they needed
this game,” Heppner coach
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Mindy Wilson said of her
team. “Grant Union had
nothing to lose. We did not
take any point lightly.” Isa
Payne added 10 kills and
24 digs for Heppner, while
Katie Spivey had 19 digs,
seven kills and four aces,
Ava Gerry 18 digs, 14 as-
sists and 10 kills, and Maya
Payne 18 digs, seven kills,
20 assists and four aces.
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