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Tlie Gazette Times, Heppner, Ore., Thursday, Sept. 29, 1977 SEVEN
TTurd straight win
Cardinals roll past Mt Vernon Players of the week
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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Nebraska
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Nebraska
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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
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to LaRue to Gaustad and a
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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.
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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
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Marie Yocom
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Kathy Monjay
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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.
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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
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