Stanfield's Casey Irving runs the ball pursued by Enterprise's Jacob Gritz Friday in Stanfield. <i>Staff photo by E.J. Harris</i>

ENTERPRISE 19. STANFIELD 38 – In Stanfield, the Tigers led 14-12 at the half Friday, but couldn’t hold on as a late drive by the Outlaws ended in an 11-yard touchdown run by Gage Nebel to secure the win.

Matt Ellis had a big day for the Tigers (2-5, 1-4 Blue Mountain Conference) with 102 passing yards, 80 rushing yards and two total touchdowns in the loss.

Defensively, Kenny Kashuba racked up 21 tackles and Omar Ibarra added another 20 to keep the Tigers in the game.

Josh Grabeel had 86 yards on the ground for the Tigers, who will host Elgin next week.

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Enterprise 0 12 0 7 – 19

Stanfield 14 0 0 0 – 14

First Quarter

S – Matt Ellis 7-yard pass to Hector Esquivel (kick failed)

S – Ellis 12-yard run (pass to Kameron Watson)

Second Quarter

E – Marcus Anderson 30-yard run (kick failed)

E – Gage Nebel 40-yard run (conversion failed)

Fourth Quarter

E – Nebel 11-yard run (kick good)

VALE 38, RIVERSIDE 6 – In Boardman, the Pirates fell to the Vikings in game where Vale rushed for 432 yards on 42 rushing attempts and only attempted to pass three times Friday.

Head coach Robin Graff said that Riverside simply didn’t have the answer on defense for the Vale rushing attack.

Graff praised Bryce Doherty and Shaine Simpson for their effort in the loss.

GRANT UNION 32, UMATILLA 12 – In Umatilla, two inches separated the Vikings from potentially bagging the biggest upset of their amazing season. Down by eight on the Prospectors’ 12-yard line and a fourth-and-one situation in the fourth quarter, the Vikings were stopped short of a first down.

The chain reaction was 12 unanswered points by Grant Union to put the game away 32-12.

It was a tail of two halves for Umatilla, as Nathan Creason and the rest of the Viking running game moved against Grant Union with ease, leading 12-0 in the second quarter. The second half was not as kind, however, with the Prospectors dominating the ball and time of possession.

“The first half we moved up and down the field on them,” coach Kelly Allen said. “In the fourth quarter we only had about 20 yards of total offense. We are a good football team, but we have to come out and play two halves of football.”

The Vikings now find themselves in a do or die situation, where they must win out against Burns and Nyssa to keep the hopes of a playoff berth alive.

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Grant Union 0 7 13 12 – 32

Umatilla 6 6 0 0 – 12

Individual Statistics

RUSHING – Umatilla (40-214): Nathan Creason 22-131; Tavis Johnson 4-25.

PASSING – Umatilla (4-10-1, 43, 0 TD’s): Steve Williams 3-9-1 36 0 TD.

RECEIVING – Umatilla (4-43): Casey Pankey 1-22; Williams 1-7.

HEPPNER 39, WESTON-MCEWEN 0 – In Athena, the TigerScots were able to hang with the Mustangs through two quarters, trailing 7-0 at the half, but couldn’t slow down Lane Bailey & Co. in the second half as the Mustangs romped to the Blue Mountain Conference win Friday.

Bailey chewed through 185 yards on the ground with two touchdowns while Brent Eckman added 90 more with one score. Eckman also passed for 109 yards on four completions and two scores, one to Spencer Palmer and one to Jordan Hatfield.

The Heppner defense held the TigerScots to 50 total yards.

The TigerScots were led by Johnny Hunstman, who had 48 rushing yards on nine attempts and threw for 22 yards on three completions.

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Heppner 0 7 20 12 – 39

Weston-McEwen 0 0 0 0 – 0

Second Quarter

H – Lane Bailey 4-yard run (Josh Shank kick good)

Third Quarter

H – Bailey 3-yard run (Shank kick)

H – Brent Eckman 38-yard pass to Spencer Palmer (Shank kick)

H – Eckman 47-yard run (kick failed)

Fourth Quarter

H – Eckman 12-yard pass to Jordan Hatfield (kick failed)

H – Sam King 54-yard fumble (kick failed)

Individual Statistics

RUSHING – Heppner (41-283, 3 TDs): Lane Bailey 28-185, 2 TDs; Brent Eckman 6-90, 1 TD; Spencer Palmer 5-8; W-M (34-28): Jacob Cain 6-13; Johnny Huntsman 9-48.

PASSING – Heppner: Eckman 4-8-109, 2 TDs; W-M: Huntsman 3-8-22-1.

RECEIVING – Heppner: Sam King 1-35; Spencer Palmer 1-38 1 TD; Jordan Hatfield 2-28 1 TD; W-M: Nicky Reitz 1-10; Ryan Rolston 1-7; Tyler Kobasa 1-5.

ELGIN 36, PILOT ROCK 31 – In Elgin, the Pilot Rock Rockets couldn’t hold on to a 21-8 halftime lead and took their second Blue Mountain Conference loss Friday.

The loss moves them into third place and, according to coach Troy Jerome, they’ll have to win their two remaining games (Irrigon and Weston-McEwen) “and see what happens” with the playoff picture in which the top three teams go.

Travis Copeland rushed for 167 yards while Chance Bandy ran for 88 and passed for 146 in the losing effort. Elgin rattled off 218 yards on the ground in a game Jerome said the Rockets didn’t tackle very well in the second half.

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Pilot Rock 14 7 7 3 – 31

Elgin 8 0 14 14 – 36

Individual Statistics

RUSHING – Pilot Rock (43-316): Travis Copeland 21-167; Chance Bandy 15-88; Kris Snodgrass 5-55; Dylan Culter 2-6.

PASSING – Pilot Rock: Chance Bandy 8-16-146

IONE 61, NIXYAAWII 32 – In Ione, the Cardinals got out to a comfortable lead 30-0 after the first quarter and benefited from 100-yard performances from three rushers Friday to raise their conference record to 3-2.

Alan Rietmann led the team with 147 yards and one touchdown while Tanner Rietmann piled on 113 and Cory Peterson also went for 113 and two touchdowns.

Paul Hamms also had two touchdowns on 53 yards rushing.

Coach Dennis Stefani applauded the performances of Tanner Rietmann, a freshman, and Peterson, who recently came back from a knee injury.

Isaiah case led the way for the Golden Eagles, amassing 114 yards on the ground and 82 through the air with three total touchdowns in the loss.

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Nixyaawii 0 12 6 14 – 32

Ione 30 19 6 6 – 61

Individual Statistics

RUSHING – Ione (39-439, 6 TDs): Paul Hamms 5-53, 2 TDs; Alan Rietmann 6-147 1 TD; Kio Krebs 3-12, 1 TD; Tanner Rietmann 10-113; Alex Rietmann 4-7; Justin Archer 1-3; Cory Peterson 6-113, 2 TD; R.J. Ramos 4-(-9). Nixyaawii (53-280, 4 TDs): Orin Dorigan 20-113, 1 TD; Shawn Simpson 15-52, 1 TD; Isaiah Case 17-114, 2 TD; Tyler Bushman 1-1.

PASSING – Ione (5-14-86-1, 2 TDs): Justin Archer 5-9-86-1, 2 TDs; R.J. Ramos 0-5. Nixyaawii: Case 4-13-82, 1 TD.

RECEIVING – Ione: Clay Morter 2-58; Paul Hamms 1-3; Alan Reitmann 2-25. Nixyaawii: Simpson 4-82.

ECHO 84, ARLINGTON 32 – In Echo, the Cougars raised their conference record to 3-2 Friday with a big win that coach Norm Stewart said never really felt solid until the final whistle blew.

Stewart said he was very pleased with the play of freshman guard Ray Harris and the rest of his offense on a day the defense struggled a little.

Dustin Christensen led the Cougars with 275 yards rushing and six TDs while Klinton Mathers added 115 yards on the ground. Jacob Eby threw for 138 yards and three touchdowns.

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Arlington 14 6 6 6 – 32

Echo 26 24 12 22 – 84

Individual Statistics

RUSHING – Echo (35-422, 7 TDs): Klinton Mathers 16-115; Michael Madison 1-38; Dustin Christensen 14-275; Jacob Eby 4-(-6). Arlington (44-263, 3 TDs)

PASSING – Echo: Jacob Eby 3-7-138-1, 3 TDs; Arlington (2-9-10, 1 TD)

RECEIVING – Echo: Colter McCallum 1-42, 1 TD; Ryan Ramos 1-46, 1 TD; Devin Christensen 1-50, 1 TD. Arlington (2-10, 1TD).

LA GRANDE 28, MCLOUGHLIN 7 – In Milton-Freewater, the Pioneers got a rough introduction to league play, getting outscored in the second half and losing to previously winless La Grande 28-7.

“I’m kind of disappointed,” Mac-Hi coach Jake Tolan said. “We didn’t play a very good second half. To go into halftime 7-7 was nice, but in the second half we had turnovers and penalties.”

The Tigers were also able to keep Mac-Hi’s offense in check through most of the game, allowing just 45 yards on the ground. Quarterback A.C. Bolling also had two costly interceptions that really hurt the Pioneers chances of getting back into the game.

“We’re disappointed because we believe we’re the better team,” Tolan said. “But we’ll have to regroup and try to prepare for Ontario. It doesn’t get any easier.”

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La Grande 7 0 7 14 – 28

Mac-Hi 0 7 0 0 – 7

Individual Statistics

RUSHING – Mac-Hi (27-45): Nick Stanford 8-41; Casey Smith 5-17.

PASSING – Mac-Hi: AC Bolling 5-16-2 52 1 TD.

RECEIVING – Mac-Hi (5-52): Kendall Brown 3-27; Stanford 1-25.