FOUR The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Ore., Thursday, October 6, 1977
Fillies
Mustangs shut out W-M 7-0
3 & 0
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Heppner and Weston-Mc-Ewen
were locked in a
scoreless defensive battle un
til Dennis Peck raced 77 yards
with the second half kickoff to
give the Mustangs an impor
tant 7-0 CBC victory over the
Tiger-Scots Friday.
The win evened the mus
tangs' record at 2-2 while
Weston-McEwen was dropped
from the unbeated ranks with
a 3-1 mark.
Tightfisted defense by both
teams kept offensive totals
low as Heppner outrushed
W-M 98 yards to 47 yards.
The Mustangs fell into the
minus category in passing
yardage while the Tiger-Scots
picked up 86 yards through the
air. Only seven first downs
were recorded in the game
with the host Mustangs hold
ing the edge four to three.
Freshman Bryce Powell led
Heppner's defenders with 18
points on four assists, four solo
tackles and two stops in the
W-M backfield for long losses.
Bryan Marlin, Steve Marlatt
and Sam Myers each
were credited with 13 defen
sive points including one sack
a piece for Marlatt and Myers
and two sacks for Marlin.
The Mustangs cashed in on
three Tiger-Scot turnovers as
Myers covered a fumble and
Peck and Joedy Marlatt both
picked off interceptions.
The tone of the game was set
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Marlin dropped a W-M runner
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theird and 18 batted down a
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Heppner crossed midfield as
Marlin gained nine of his
game-high 90 yards but a
Jerry Cutsforth to Marlin pass
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Heppner defender Bryan Marlin (39) eyes a Weston-McEwen
runner as he sheds a blocker and closes in for the tackle.
Steve Marlatt (44) approaches with help from behind. The
Mustangs held the Tiger-Scots scoreless in Friday's 7-0 win.
After another exchange of
punts, a Heppner miscue and
penalty pushed the Mustangs
back to their own eight forcing
another kick. Weston-McEwen
took possission at the
Mustang 37 before tackles by
Steve Marlatt and Jim Kenny
along with Myers' fourth down
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Heppner again moved into
Tiger-Scot territory as Peck
and Marlin handled the run
ning duties. The frive stalled
and Marlin was forced to punt
again.
After the defense held,;
Marlin had the Mustangs on
the move with a 30-yard run to
the W-M 40 until Heppner
lost the ball on a fumble near
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the end of the half.
Opening the second half,
Peck gave the Mustangs all
the points they would need. It
appeared Heppner would in
crease its lead when Myers
recovered a funble deep in
Tiger-Scot territory at the 20
but Marty Smith's field goal
attempt was blocked.
Weston-McEwen threatened
again, moving to the Heppner
15 late in the third quarter.
Marlin turned in a sweep and
Kenny broke up two straight
passes to give the Mustangs
the ball at their own eight.
Unable to move, Heppner
got a big break when a
roughing the kicker call gave
the Mustangs a first down at
the 35. Weston-McEwen again
found itself in good field
position when the Tiger-Scots
came up - with a Mustang
fumble but Peck regained the
ball with an interception at the
Heppner six.
With less than four minutes
to go, Martin's fifth punt was
partially deflected and W-M
took possession at the Mus
tang 35. Kenny broke up
another pass and Myers
dropped the quarterback for a
17-yard loss to allow Heppner
to take over on downs.
Heppner ran down the clock
before Marlin's final punt
pushed the Tiger-Scots back to
their own 30 as the game
ended.
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Marie Yocom dinks a ball over the net as Filly teammate
Jackie Mollahan backs her up. The Fillies fell to Riverside as
the 1-2 teams in the Heppner Invitational here last Saturday.
Sporseen,
Confidence grows."
With their backs against the
wall carrying a 1-2 record
and facing consecutive games
against Weston-McEwen,
Sherman County and Umatil
la the Heppner Mustangs
earned some breathing room
Friday with a tough 7-0 win
over the Tiger-Scots.
"When you come right down
to it, our kicking game was the
deciding factor," Heppner
Coach John Sporseen said.
"We put them in a hole several
times."
The only score of the game
came on Dennis Peck's 77
yard kickoff return and Bryan
Marlin kept the Tiger-Scots at
bay as he averaged 38 yards
on six punts.
Of the game-winning return
Sporseen said, "We noticed in
scouting the team that they
didn't leave a safety back on
their kickoff coverage. We
knew they would get burned
on that sometime during the
year."
Sporseen said the game was
an exceptionally clean one,
with only 70 yards in penalties
stepped off against the two
teams. The Mustangs' only
injury in the contest was a
broken right thumb suffered
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"It won't keep him out of
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him," Sporseen said. "We
came out healthier than any
other game simply because
we hit harder and you don't
get hurt as easily that way."
Looking ahead to next week,
Sporseen said the win gave his
team a lot of confidence.
"Now I think we can give
Sherman County a good game
before I wasn't so sure,"
Sporseen said.
If the Mustangs are to beat
Sherman County, they will
have to throw the ball more
effectively than in the past.
Sporseen said the team will
work on the passing game this
week in practice.
"It's a case of refining what
we've got rather than bringing
in something : new at this
time," Sporseen said.
Sporseen said he is not
overly concerned with the
Mustang passing attack which
has netted a minus two yards
in the past two games.
"We didn't need to throw
that much against Weston
McEwen," Sporseen said.
"Cutsforth had a bad game
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Heppner volleyballers lost
two matches to tournament
leading Oregon Trail but the
Fillies beat both of the
remaining entrants to take
second place in last Satur
day's Heppner Invitational.
The host team started the
all-day, double-elimination
tournament with a three-game
victory over Pilot Rock ;as
Jackie Mollahan totaled 22
points for the match including
11 consecutive points in the
first game. Game scores for
the opening match were 15-2,
14- 16 and 15-12.
Heppner next met Oregon
Trail last year's state runner-upand
dropped the
three-game match with scores
of 15-7, 6-15 and 15-7. Team
captain Diane Holland led the
Filly scorers with 10 points in
the match.
Rebounding from the loss,
Heppner secured second place
in the tournament with a
three-game victory over
Union as Mollahan scored 11
points and Janice Healy added
10. Game scores were 16-14,
7-15 and 15-10.
The Fillies fell a bit short in
their rematch with the Bla
zers, losing a close match with
game scores of 15-10, 14-16 and
18-16. Scoring was well divided
with Mollahan posting six
points to lead Heppner.
Mollahan was named top
server for the tournament
with 43 points while Holland
and Maureen Healy were
named to the All-Tournament
team. Coach Sherri Brock
cited the work of all the team's
setters throughout the day.
Earlier in the week the
Fillies traveled to Condon
where they lost a three-game
match to the Blue Devils with
game scores of 15-6, 11-15 and
15- 11.
against Riverside but there's
nothing drastically wrong
with our passing game."
Sporseen expects things to
improve when Jim Kenny is
worked into the offense and
Dale Holland and Dave Piper
return from injuries.
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