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Pae 8-TIIE GAZETTE-TIMES, Heppner, OR, Thursday, Oct. 21, 1976 kvR. qpik-- v-tmm Unbeaten Fillies remain 1st; ' 4 ' ' 'I... lone drops to second tie v Musfong gridder John Schiller, center, watches from the bench as the waning seconds ticked away in Heppner's first loss Friday. Mustangs face unbeaten Umatilla at 2 p.m. there Friday. (G-T Photo) Huskies stop Heppner, slows championship hopes Heppner's unbeaten bubble was burst Friday night in front of a huge partisan crowd at the Mustang grounds by a stubborn, stingy Sherman County, 16-0. The loss, which drops Heppner to second at 5-1, forces a j Mustang win over Umatilla tomorrow to insure champion ' ship hopes. Umatilla is still unbeaten at 5-0 following a forfeit cancellation last week to Riverview, a non-conference foe. Heppner was a step behind the Huskies all night Friday. But, they played scoreless with Sherman County for three quarters. Sherman County thwarted the Mustang offense, stopping them after just 94 total yards. Sherman's Kevin Kasebery, a 175 pound sophomore, ran amok and piled up 204 yards on the ground. He also scored both Husky TDs. Heppner was without Chris Wright, regular center. Wright who was ill, should be back for Friday afternoon's tilt at Umatilla. Without Wright, Heppner was forced to experiment and used three centers by the time the gun had sounded, ending the first stanza. yX J !' v Dale Conklin, defense coach, gives orders to Chris Rauch Friday. (G-T Photo) Wheeler It wasn't a good day for lone Friday. The Cardinal gridders were looking for their first win against Wheeler but didn't find it. They came out with the short stick, 29-0. "Culver hurt us mentally," lone head mentor, Gordon Myers said. "That was not the , , t f, "' i r ' Si Peterson's MCGG bowling leaders .: IVtrrson s Jewelry and Morrow County Grain Growers bml"d atfainst each other lait Tuesday nipht but split the wrirs 2 2 to remain tied for total games on. Gardner's Men's Wear took three names from Central Market while Coast to Coast lt all four to Fiesta Bowl. Jily Rit kerfs 193 game and 495 series helped Fiesta Bowl win the victory. Rhonda Loreni sutwtituting for Coat to Coast, con verted the M0 split. Standing; Morrow County Grain Growers pctcrvm's Jewelry l'iria Howl ("eiiiriil Market Gardner's Men's Wear fivi! t Coast I:;::::::;::;:;-:::::;::::::::;;:!::::::::: .3 7ilT ft 1 f i 1 - - takes triumph, 29-0 caliber of ball that we're capable of playing. We would n't have beat Wheeler, but they shouldn't have shut us out." Myers said the Cards were not over last week's "shell shocking" at the hands of Culver. 89-6. iii rt ?5 V ' :: :i a H K K M n a A ;t ,4 A "A i H H :t it X A H tt W L IJ- 7 12- It 9 II- 9 911 4 l "H. - While Kasebery and Sherman were pounding out 296 yards in total offense, Heppner'a backfield was gumming up 80 yards on the ground. Steve McLauhlin, Tom Skow and Wayne Seitz each had 25 yards to their credit In the air. the Mustang attack backfired and was disastrous. Bruce Young threw five passes, completed one for minus two yards. He also had two interceptions. Brian Marlin was one for one for 16 yards when a punt try was devoured by Sherman defenders and he passed in desperation to Skow. Jerry Cutsforth threw the other Mustang pass which also went as an interception. Both teams rapped out a sluggish three quarters, playing within each others 10 yard lines throughout the first half. A big turning point in the game came in the third period. Heppner marched to the Sherman five yard line, threatening to score. A past was thrown that hit the receiver in the hands but fell away. A field goal attempt failed. Sporseen called that the turning point. Heppner bad already held the Huskies within their own five yard line twice in the game before that crucial turnover. In the fourth period, with about six minutes to go, Kasebery went off tackle on the right, broke to the left and was on his way. Marlin was the only defender with a shot at Kasebery but when referee Jim Eardley fell in his way, causing Marlin to fall. Kasebery had an unattested jaunt, 45 yards to paydirt. The second TD came with less than two minutes to play. A blocked punt, one of two by Mark Parker, gave Heppner needed momentum with the ball on the Sherman 40. But an intercepted pass thwarted the effort and sent Sherman towards the goaL A few plays later, Kasebery drove over from three yards out with the touchdown that insured the victory. Parker paced the defensive unit with 22 points on a pair of blocked punts. Carl Christman had 17 points on five tackles and Marlin had 16 points. Marlin blocked one pass and recovered a fumble, along with two unassisted tackles. Jim Kenny had 14 points and John Schiller, 11. Heppner travels to Umatilla this Friday for a 2 p.m. encounter with the leagues only undefeated squad. "It demoralizes a team when they're beat like that and we didn't recover," Myer said. lone mustered 112 total yards, banking on 63 through the air. Dennis Stefan! hit on seven of 19 passes but threw three interceptions, one of which went for a touchdown. On the ground, lone came up with 49 yards, paced by a 32 yard effort from Kevin Mc Cabe and an 18 yard try by Terry Starr. Robin LaRue caught two passes for 27 yards to lead the Cardinals. Todd Sherer caught two passes for II yards and Soott Sherer csught three for IJ yarda. Wheeler piled up 232 yards on the ground and added another 144 through the air. O'Neal rushed for 146 yards and Humphrey added M. Greenfield, a 6 5 tight end. caught four passes for 97 yards. lone threatened more than once. On TD drive was thwarted when a pasa was drojped in the end lone. The Cards drove to within the Falcon ten yard line three limes, but couldn't come up with the punt her to score 1 . : A . "J McCabe led the defense with 14 tackles. Gari Gaustad and Scott Sherer each had eight, La Rue had seven, and Starr, six. Wheeler scored twice in the first period when O'Neal went 20 and 33 yards. In the second period. Brinkley went to Greenfield for a 43 yard pass score. Wheeler booted a field goal with a first and goal situation In the third and Humphrey Intercepted and raced 43 yards with the TD in the fourth. yxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxvtxxxxx ' i 1 , i ... 14 , 0f J' Brian Marlin Heppner's Filly volleyball ers blasted Riverside Tuesday night to remain undefeated and grabbed a two game lead over the second place squads, lone fell to Sherman County and stayed in a three way tie for second. The Fillies. 4 0. will go into Nov. 2 sub-district in Condon as the number one team, THE GAZETTE-TIMES. Lru JVs win again Overtime again. And again, a win. Even though Heppner's Mustang junior varsity is on the average, being outscored each game by opponents, 9.8 to 9.6, they are still 41. The only loss came to Sherman County. Monday just kept up the (Continued on page 9) k - r - , iPLAYERS the WEEKf" Drian Marlin stood out on defense despite the loss. He hod one blocked pass and recovered a Sherman fumble at the Mustang threo yard line. despite what happens next week against lone. That first place spot gives the Fillies a bye in the first round of action. Behind Heppner, lone had the upper hand until they fell to Sherman Tuesday night in two games. That leaves the Cards, Sherman County and Riverside all knotted with identical 2-2 records. Condon fell to Wasco Coun ty at Maupin Tuesday and are sitting in a tie at 1-3. Heppner ripped Riverside . in two straight games Tues day, giving up just eight points. Led by Jackie Molla han's eight point effort and the all-around play of Mau reen Healy, Heppner won, 15-3 and 155. Heppner's junior varsity and freshmen squads also won. The JVs, paced by ...... sj. 1 bponsored by olumbla Electric Koop. " Maureen Healy Shelly Thompson's five points, won their match 15-4 and 15-7. Sandy Hudson scor ed 13 and Jana Steagall nine to lead the frosh to their victory, 15-5 and 15-4. Ione's Cardinal girls, fight ing to remain alone in second, fell to a strong snd tall Sherman Husky unit Tuesday ; f : J JV cheerleaders, from left: Laurl Harrison, Janice Sherman, Maureen Healy. Below, JV team that has won last three games In overtime. (G-T photos) Kevin McCabe gained 32 yards on $ the ground, had 14 tackles and averaged 41 yards a punt in (one's defeat. 1 Donna Palmer in Moro. Donna Palmer's five point effort waa in vain as the Huskies overpowered the Cards, 15-1 and 15-8. Jan Peterson scored 16 points to pace a stubborn Iona JV team In their triumph, 9 15. 154 and 118. COLUMBIA BASIN WEST W L Heppner 4 0 lone 2 2 Riverside 2 2 Sherman County 2 2 Wasco County 1 3 Condon 1 3 9 I! f a Kovin McCabo . !
