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1 Mustang defender zeroes in on Echo's
? Standfield Friday.
Mustangs blast Blazers
A couple breaks at the right
1; tone, good pass protection,
J and" another good defensive
5 effort enabled Heppner's
i league leading Mustangs to
i pound a hapless, Oregon Trail
; last Friday, 21-0.
n Heppner's defense contin-
ued to improve. In their first
game, the defense gave up 124
I yards to Condon. The next
week. Pilot Rock gained 84
5 yards and this week the de-
fense shut Oregon Trail's
offense down with just 72
yards passing and rushing.
"If our defense continues to
improve," John Sporseen,
head coach, said, "we're
. going to be something else."
The Mustangs remained in a
; tie for the league lead in the
Columbia Basin Conference
' with 3-0 Umatilla.
v , Heppner went to the air
' against Oregon Trail, the
combined schools of Echo and
; SUnfield, surprising the Blaz
; ers on more than one play.
is
Heppner knotted in 1st
For the third week in a row, Heppner's
J Mustangs have impressively improved. For
; the third week in a row, they have held their
I opponent to one touchdown or less. For the
second week in a row, the Mustang defense
has saddled their opponents offense with less
. than 100 total yards. And, most Importantly,
, for the third week in a row, the Heppner
'Mustangs have won!
For the third week in a row, Heppner
' remains knotted in a first place tie with
; powerful Umatilla. The Viks bounced Wasco
County, 38-7, allowing the first score against
the Vikings.
, While Heppner had little trouble disposing
'of Oregon Trail, 21-0. other teams had a little
tougher time. Weston-McEwen slipped past
Pilot Rock. 14-12; and Condon bombed
Card netters
Ione's Cardinal volleybal
rs split last week, bumping
Condon but falling to Arling
'toti In a pair of non -conference
itiiu.
J Against Condon, the varsity
Rawlins tops golfers
Charlie Rawlins swung a
mean stick Sunday. Rawlins
smacked the long drive and
put together his Irons and
.short game too to take low
gross honors In Sunday's
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Heppner garnered a total of
198 yards, while holding the
Blazers to less than 75. In the
air, Heppner picked up 112
yards on the eight for 13 pass
completion efforts of senior
signal caller, Dave Allstott.
Sporseen cited an excellent
pass protection as the key to
the aerial attack's success.
Sporseen said Allstott had to
run out of the pocket only once
in the game played in Stan
field. Carl Christman returned as
-'Flayer of the Week this week
after receiving four passes for
84 yards, including one 25 yard
touchdown pass in the third
period.
On the ground, Tom Skow
led the attack with 40 yards on
10 carries. Steve McLaughlin
added 28 yards on nine carries
and Wayne Seiti had 15 yards
on six carries.
While the pass protection
was good, it was a tough
defense that gave the offense
HEPPNER
Umatilla
Weston-McEwen
Pilot Rock
Oregon Trail
Condon
Sherman County
Wasco County
Riverside
bounced the Blue Devil girls In
the first match, I3. The
second game was a little
tougher, but behind Debra
Palmer's 10 point effort, lone
outlasted, 16-14.
Willow Creek play day.
Clint McQuarrie took low
net with a 53. Dave Harrison
had the least putts with 27 and
Jerry 0!n won closest to the
pin.
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Rick Hale in game
its breaks.
Heppner hit the scoreboard
in the first period twice. The
first TD came on a three yard
off tackle plunge by Skow,
following a 61 yard drive that
included a 29 yard pass to
Christman.
On the ensuing kickoff, the
Mustang defense shoved OT
into a hole in their own
territory. And, on the same set
of downs, the defense was
pummelling OT quarterback
Don Sutton with rampaging
red dogs.
One defensive effort threw
Sutton for about a 12 yard loss.
As he was going down under a
couple Mustang jerseys, he let
the ball fly. The short wobbly
pass of not more than five
yards stuck in the outstretch
ed hands of defensive tackle,
Mark Parker, who skipped the
26 yards into the end zone.
That touchdown gave the
Mustangs a 14-0 lead and
stunned the Blazers.
Riverside, 21-0.
Sherman County, the team Heppner faces
in two weeks, did not play a league game.
Heppner has outscored their foes, 54-14,
giving up a total of 281 yards in three outings.
Heppner faces Riverside on the Mustang
turf this Friday at 8 p.m.
COLUMBIA BASIN CONFERENCE
W
L
split pair
Condon's junior varsity
slapped lone In the earlier
match. 154 and 15 3.
tone's JVs whipped Arling
ton but the varsity fell. In the
JV clh. Lisa Martin s 16
points sparked lone to a three
game win. dropping the first
game 136 and bouncing back
for the win with IV 10 and 131
The varsity fell in two
game. 13 I and 1$ I.
Ione's varsity Is made up of
Susan Thompnon. Debra and
Dnn Palmer. Dawn Peter
son. Darcy Rea. Grace and
Carol McKlligott and Natalie
Trs.
The juntor vanity coniiits
of llohn Leavitt. Jan Peter
tnn. Jeannie Piening. Michf ll
Connor, Tsnna Hams. Jarwt,
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played at
In the third period, a punt
was being taken by Christman
when Blazer defenders bounc
ed the leading Heppner re
ceiver and jarred the ball
loose. In excellent field posi
tion, the Blazers marched to
the Heppner six yard line and
threatened to score.
The defense held them there
for two downs before Christ
man picked off a pass in the
right flat and put it back at
mid field, 50 yards away.
Heppner succeeded in
marching the ball into Blazer
territory but penalties put
them back to the 25. Facing a
fourth and 20 situation with
the first down at the Blazer
five, Allstott went to the air
and hit Christman in the end
zone on the left side for the
third and final TD.
Christman average stayed
at 30 yards per reception with
the 84 yard night.
Oregon Trail's biggest
threat, Rick Hale, an Echo
back, picked up 49 yards on 14
carries.
John Schiller led the defense
with 18 points, grabbing two
unassisted tackles and four
assists. Marty Smith picked
up nine unassisted tackles and
received praise from Spor
seen. Parker and Christman
each had four unassisted
efforts and Skow had five.
Defensively, Sporseen was
pleased with his ends, Schiller
and Tim Daly.
"Condon ran at Schiller.
Pilot Rock scouted that game
and ran at Daly. Oregon Trail
scouted and went back to
Schiller. It didn't work either
direction. Riverside will prob
ably come back at Daly."
Heppner hosts the Pirstes
from Riverside Friday at
pm.
Michelle and Martha McEI
ligott. Lisa Martin. Lorl Ed
wards and Kathy Gutierrez.
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DARLA COOPEK
Fillies
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Darla Cooper sparked the
Heppner Fillies past Wasco
County Tuesday night, but it
took three games to do it.
Heppner started off with a
15-12 win but Wasco County
came bouncing back. Maupin
took the second game, 1V12 to
even the tally. In the third and
rubber match, Heppner slap
ped the Wasco County Red
sides, 15-12 for the triumph.
Cooper, who had 12 points as
super server, took Player of
the Week honors also.
Heppner fell In the Junior
varsity contest, 15-7, 11-15 and
15-11. Wendy Myers scored 12
points to pace the JVs.
Heppner travels to Hermis
ton Thursday for a 4 p.m.
contest.
lone Jr.
high wins
Ione's Junior high grldders
kept up their winning tradition
with a 34-14 triumph over rival
Heppner Thursday.
Leslie Thompson led the
lone scoring punch with touch
down runs of 30 and 40 yards.
Scott Martin had a one yard
TO plunge, Shawn La Hue
raced 20 yards with an Inter
rrption, Mark Patton ran a 35
yard reverse to pay dirt and
Grrgg Rietmann scored two
extra points.
lone faces Oregon Trail
today.
Chrlitman returns
as P. of W. alter
84 yards on 4
! receptions Friday.
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Cards drop Spray
"It wasn't real productive
but it was better than Touch
et," Gordon Myers, lone Car
dinal grid mentor said of
Friday's "freaky day" that
saw the Cards lose three
starters and the football game
to Spray. 28-0.
Kevin McCabe. the Cardinal
grid general, collided with a
bench in a run in the first
period and hurt his leg. He Is
doubtful for this week. In the
second quarter, Terry Starr, a
tough freshman running back,
jammed all the muscles in his
neck. He won't play this week.
And Robin La Rue, a back up
backfield man, badly bruised
muscles near his elbow and is
also doubtful.
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That shortens Myers' list of
players from 16 to 13 and
stifles his veteran backfield.
Even though his starting
backfield was gone, there
were bright spots for the
Cards. Like the running of
Gary Gaustad and the re
ceiving of Scott Sherer.
Gaustad, a 5-10, 160 pound
freshman, who played defens
ive tackle last week, got the
nod in the back field and
churned up 107 yards on 19
carries. Sherer caught eight
passes for 54 yards from his
end position.
lone was 11 for 22 with five
costly Interceptions In the
game. Trailing 14-0 at the half,
lone came bouncing back In
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sh erer was a
standout for lone,
both on offense
and defense. He
had 54 yards In
receptions and 9
tackles.
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the third quarter, looking to
score. But a pair of Inter
ceptions gave the ball back to
Spray and they turned the ad
vantages Into TDs. '
lone mustered 70 yards In
the air, but with Gaustad
running the ball, managed 137
yards on the ground. I
Spray threw for 41 yards
and rushed for 289 against the
young lone defense.
"They never gave up. That's
all I can ask of 'em." Myert
said. lone threatened Inside
the Spray 20 yard line three
times in the second half but
couldn't punch the ball over
the end zone.
Gary and Jim Gordanier led
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