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The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Ore., Thursday, September 15, 1977 FIVE
Cards pound
Spray 36-12
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Quarterback Dennis Stefani
tossed a 52-yard scoring pass
to Robin LaRue on Ione's
fourth offensive play of that
game, establishing a lead that
was never threatened as the
Cards rolled to a 36-12 opening
game victory at Spray Friday.
The Cards showed a balanc
ed attack, picking up 148
passing yards and 185 yards
on the ground. Much of the
yardage came in the first half
as Stefani connected on 7 of 12
passes for 103 yards and lone
runners racked up 129 yards
before the intermission.
lone carried a 30-0 lead into
the locker room at halftime as
linebackers Marvin Johnson
and Terry Starr led the
defensive shut out effort.
Johnson, the only senior on the
team, was credited with four
unassisted tackles and four
assists in the game. Starr was
in on seven tackles and had
one unassisted stop.
Defensive end Scott Sherer
had three unassisted and three
assisted tackles while lineman
Gary Gaustad had to be
double and sometimes triple
teamed to keep him out of the
Eagle backfield.
, Although Spray scored only
twice, they did stay in the
game statistically with 135
yards rushing and an even 100
in the air. lone totaled 10 first
downs to Spray's eight.
After the initial scoring
pitch, lone wasted no time in
getting back on the score
board. Kevin McCabe return
ed a Spray punt 19 yards to the
Cardinal 46. Stefani then
directed the Cards to the eight
yard line where he hit Gaustad
for the second touchdown.
Gaustad grabbed another
Stefani aerial for the two-point
conversion.
In the second quarter,
another Spray drive stalled
and lone took over on downs at
the Card 41. lone moved to the
Spray nine before Stefani was
intercepted. Spray lost a
fourth down gamble when
Shawn LaRue pulled down an
Eagle runner short of a first
down. Two plays later, Stefani
went 22 yards up the middle
for the Cards third TD.
On the second play after the
ensuing kick off, Mark Patton
covered a Spray fumble at the
Eagle 30. When four running
plays failed to pick ud a first
down, Spray took over only to
fumble a second time. Patton
again came up with the
football to set up another
scoring play this one a 22
yard pass from Stefani to
Greg Rietmann.
The third quarter saw lone
up its lead to 36-0 as Robin
LaRue scored on a 10-yard
reverse. Spray put together a
40-yard drive which ended
when Treve Peterson recov
ered a fumble at the Card 36.
Barney "Too Tall" Rea came
in to direct the lone offense
and spun eight yards up the
middle for a first down. Rea
was later intercepted but
Brett Sherer came right back
with a pick off of his own.
After lone lost possession on
downs, Spray finally got
untracked with a 41-yard run
by Steve Hyde who later put
the Eagles on the board with a
one-yard plunge.
Punts were exchanged back
and forth in the final quarter
until Hyde scored again on a
63-yard pass play with less
than four minutes remaining.
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Meyers, "...didn't
back off an inch'.'
lone coach Gordon Meyers
doesn't feel that his Cardinals
got too much of a test in their
opener against Spray but he
was still pleased with the
outcome which found the
Cards on top by a 36-12
margin.
It was a turnaround from
last year when lone came up
on the short end of a similar
score against the Eagles.
- "We took it on the nose last
year but a lot of these players
have really matured," Meyers
said. "Even the freshmen
stuck right in there and didn't
back off an inch."
1 Meyers said that although
the Cards are not in mid-season
form, the execution and
blocking looked good.
"In a lot of ways, this
eight-man game calls for
better skill development than
the 11-man game," Meyers
said. "You can't always count
on someone being there to help
you out."
"I still want to pass more to
open the game up," said
Meyers. "We'll be doing a lot
of options and passing and
then send some up the middle
to keep the defense honest."
This week lone will again be
on the road to face an
improved North Powder
eight.
"It will be a better test this
week," Meyer said. "We'll
get a better idea of what we
have."
lone volleyball
looking up
f When lone volleyball coach
Barbara Stefani returns to her
duties next week, she will be
greeted by 19 players includ
ing five varsity members
from last year.
. While Stefani has been on
maternity leave, the team has
been under the direction of
basketball and tennis coach
Martha Doherty. Doherty said
the returning players plus
some improved jayvees form
"a good nucleus" and she is
hoping for an improvement
over last year's performance.
Three freshmen and three new
players have also joined the
squad.
The team is now working on
becoming more aggressive on
the court and emphasis is
being placed on improving
continued from
"That was partly a prepar
ation problem," Sporseen co
mmented. Concerning the brawl that
was touched off at the end of
the game, Sporseen said, "I'd
just as soon forget about
it you won't see it happen
again."
The Mustangs are now
spiking, blocking and diving
techniques. lone played its
home opener Tuesday against
Condon after the G-T press
deadline.
The varsity team, led by
senior captain Susan Thomp
son, includes; seniors Grace
McElligott, Natalie Tews,
Carol McElligott, Jan Peter
son and Jeanie Piening along
with juniors Darcy Rea, Janet
McElligott and Michelle Mc
Elligott. Junior varsity members
include; junior captain Robin
Leavitt, senior Tammy Tuck
er, sophomores Carol Cheney,
Cathy Gutierrez, Tanna
Hams, Shelly Connors, and
Lori Edwards and freshmen
Margaret Kincaid, Teena
Lindstrom and Janet Hams.
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preparing for their second
home game this Friday ag
ainst Oregon Trail and Spor
seen said they will find the
going a little tougher.
Quarterback Jerry Cutsforth
is testing his injured knee on
the practice field this week
and hopefully will be ready to
go by game time.
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