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ys v if""-. Tlie Gazette Times, Heppner, Ore., Thursday, Sept. 29, 1977 SEVEN TTurd straight win Cardinals roll past Mt Vernon Players of the week ?1 : 1 r Combining some stylish ex ecution with an explosive offensive attack, the lone Cardinals turned on a drench ed home crowd in posting their third consecutive win, 42-28 over Mt. Vernon Friday. The Cards never trailed as they accumulated 393 total yards 184 on the ground and 209 passing and scored on breakaway plays and sustain ed drives alike. Kevin McCabe led the ground attack as he picked up 95 yards on 12 carries and also added three touchdowns. When quarterback Dennis Stefani left the game with a knee injury, McCabe filled in with 78 yards on five comple tions in eight attempts. Stefani later returned to complete seven of 12 passes for 131 yards in the game. Gari Gaustad contributed two more touchdowns on the ground and Scott Sherer grabbed a TD pass to round out the scoring. Mt. Vernon tested the Card defense early, taking the opening kickoff and mounting a 12-play drive before lone dug in to force an unsuccessful field goal attempt from the 15. The defense was again called on when Stefani was inter cepted on Ione's third offen sive play and this time Todd Sherer came up with a Bear fumble at the Card 35. PEERLESS PICKS Iowa at UCLA WSU at Southern Cal Oregon at Stanford Wahsington at Minnesota OSU at Tennessee Georgia at Alabama Indiana at Nebraska Arizona at Wyoming Weston-McEwen at Heppner Riverside at Sherman Co. Kansas at Oklahoma Wm CASH 1. Iowa at West of 172 N. Mcin 2. WSU at Southern Cal WUM upnnurn 217 N. Mcin 3. Oregon at Stanford LOTT'S 369 N. Main 4. Washington at HEPPNER 00 -ft jr . 1 u:, i Using a Stefani to Robin LaRue to McCabe flea flicker and a 30-yard burst by Gaustad, the Cards pushed the ball to the Mt. Vernon two where Gaustad went across on fourth down. LaRue took the two point conversion pass for s-2l-. 115" , I . - w JJ--v --.. ' llW'f - A Vi V . t ' , - ' 3 - v ' ' , - - - - 4 " ' ' ' " ' ', " - ' ' ' r . It , - ' . - : . ' ; v ' ? tj - " ' ' , , ; j , . ' 1 No further Earl "The Pearl" Pettyjohn walked away with the honors in last week's Peerless Picks with nine correct predictions against two incorrect. Jerry healy and Mike Sweeney hit the 8-3 mark andG-T staffers Jim Summers and Terry Hager filled the cellar with 6-5 and 5-6 marks JERRY HAGER JIM UCLA Southern Cal Stanford Minnesota OSU Alabama Nebraska Arizona Heppner Sherman Co. Kansas 17 Oklahoma 24 EVERY 1M UCLA Willow 676-5149 1 Anrr & 1 676-9158 C?RIC 676-5811 Minnesota LES SaiWADl PH. 676-9481 an 8-0 lead. The Bears came right back with a 75-yard scoring play to close the gap to 8-6 but lone again got some breathing room with the help of la Rue's 59-yard kickoff return to the Bear 20. McCabe took it over ill H 'r- V -r lone Cardinal's Gari Gaustad and Todd Sherer team up to stop a Mt. Vernon runner in his tracks. The Cards remained unbeaten after last week's 42-2H win. SUMMERS MIKE SWEENEY UCLA Southern Cal Stanford Minnesota Tennessee Alabama Nebraska Arizona Heppner Riverside Kansas 19-Oklahoma 25 UCLA Southern Cal Stanford Minnesota Tennessee Alabama Nebraska Arizona Weston-McEwen Sherman co. Kansas 13 Oklahoma 38 OFFICIAL ENTRY BLANK TIE BREAKER GAME: ENTRY FORM MUST BE 5. OSU at Tennessee Col's N. Mcin & W. Center 676-5062 from the one for Ione's second score. Late in the second quarter, Mt. Vernon tied the game on a 25-yard pass play, The clock ran out on Ione's next drive which included another big flea flicker this time'McCabe respectively. This week's guest prognositcators are Lyle Lowe of First National Bank and Gene Pierce of the Bank of Eastern Oregon. The Peerless Picks are just for fun, but you can take a look at their predictions, then make your own and enter the Football Contest on this page, with weekly cash prizes. LYLE LOYJE UCLA Southern Cal ' Stanford Minnesota Tennessee Alabama Nebraska Wyoming Weston-McEwen Sherman Co. Kansas 16 Oklahoma NAME ADDRFSS PHONE PREDICT SCORE 8. -9. -10.. BROUGHT IN OR MAILED Arco to LaRue to Gaustad and a 30-yard McCabe aerial to Marvin Johnson which was brought back by a penalty. In the second half, lone was faced with a fourth and six at the Bear 25 and McCabe picked up more than enough with a 15-yard run off tackle. Terry Starr added five more before Sherer caught Stefani's two-yard scoring pass. Gaustad upped the margin to 28-14 with a 10-yard scoring run after the Cards got the ball with excellent field position. Stil in the third quarter, Mt. Vernon got back in the game with a 30-yard TD run but that was the closest the Bears were to come. Stefani found McCabe on a 47-yard TD pass play made possible by a fine downfield block by LaRue. lone then stretched its lead to 42-20 on a 32-yard scoring run by McCabe. Mt. Vernon again found a hole in the Card defense as they closed the scoring with a 64-yard TD pass. Standouts for the lone defenders included Gaustad with five tackles and 12 assists, McCabe with five tackles and seven assists, Danny McElligott with four tackles and two assists and John Lindstrom with two tackles and seven assists. GENE PIERCE 35 UCLA Southern Cal Stanford Minnesota Tennessee Alabama Nebraska Wyoming Weston-McEwen Sherman Co. Kansas 14 Oklahoma 31 Kansas at Oklahoma i. Readers should look to advertiser's boxes for games, predicting winner by writing prediction on appropriate KULti numDerea nne. n 1-1 i 1 : t i. ocure inusi ue given iur 3. Entry forms must be received at the Gazette-Times by Friday at 5 p.m. TO THE GAZETTE TIMES BEFORE FRIDAY AT 5 p.m. 6. Georgia at THE GAZETTE-TIMES 147 w; Willow ' 1 if is 'CI ( 1f r -1 ' K 1 :t Meyers'... Nearing the end of last year's long 2-7 season, lone coach Gordon Meyers was heard saying, "Just give me two years with this team..." It seems his wishful thinking has been realized a year early as evidenced by the team's 42-28 win over Mt. Vernon Friday because the 1977 Cardinals have arrived. lone put on a well-rehearsed offensive show and the Card defenders held ground when they had to as the team remained unbeaten in three games. "We're getting hold of our offense," Meyers said. "The option is improving each week." Meyers has had his team Junior Cards win two The lone Jr. High volleyball teams extended their season mark to 2-0 with victories over Oregon Trail and Riverside. The Jr. Cards A team topped Oregon Trail in a Sept. 15 match with game scores of 2-15, 15-10 and 15-5. Kathy Cheney was the leading scorer $10 1 I I 1 1 M ue-oreaKer game. Alabama 676-9228 Kevin McCabe lone (not pictured) Marie Yocom Heppner Grace McElligott lone Dennis Peck Heppner (not pictured) Kathy Monjay Riverside Bill Griffin Riverside better every week. adopt a new offensive system this year with few elements of last year's play book still used. The team unveiled an effec tive flea flicker in the second game win over North Powder and used the play successfully four times against Mt. Vern on. "The Mt. Vernon defense allowed it," Meyers said. "They split the defenders wide leaving a perfect slot for the pitchback." Meyers said the team still experienced some defensive breakdowns, but added, "Overall the defense handled themselves pretty well." Shoring up the secondary with 10 points, followed by Ann Murray with seven and Liz McElligotrwith six. The B team recorded straight game wins with scores of 15-1 and 15-0 as Sharon Crowell led all scorers with 19 points. FIRST PRIZE S5 SECOND PRIZE 10. Riverside at EViorrow rain Lexington 9. Weston-McEwen turner, van i.iarrer & Bryant 187 N. Main 8. Arizona at Columbia Basin Electric Co-op 171 W. Linden Way 676-9146 7. Indiana at Heppner 770 W. Riverside t ', ' 1 1 t I CA i 99 and pass rush will be of prime interest this week in practice as the Cards prepare to host Mitchell this Friday. "They have a good quarter back and a good passing game," said Meyers. "We need to apply more pressure so they won't have all day to throw." Meyers said lone will also need to work on ball control to keep Mitchell from using its offensive weapons. The win Friday over Mt. Vernon came at the expense of Marvin Johnson, who reinjur ed his knee and could be lost for the season. Otherwise, Meyers said, the Cards are in good physical status for the Mitchell contest. lone continued its winning ways against Riverside on Sept. 22 with game scores of 15-2 and 15-0. Kathy Cheney scored 14 points in the second game win. The B team followed suit with wins of 15-6 and 15-5 as Ann Murray scored seven points. $25 GRAND PRIZE AT END OF CONTEST Sherman Co. Counvy rower 989-8221 at Heppner 676-9113 Wyoming Nebraska Hor-Gss 676-9450
