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The Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
Mustangs nose past Pilot Rock
7-0 in first game of Season
The Heppner Mustangs be
gan the 1978 grid season the
right way entering the win
column in Friday night's
season opener against Pilot
Rock.
The only scoring in the
contest came in the early
moments of the second quar
ter, on a quarterback sneak by
Mustang helmsman John Bier
from one yard out. Doug
Holland kicked the conversion
point, making it 7-0. The score
remained static for the re
mainder of the game, but not
without a few close calls.
Pilot Rock drove to Hep
pner's one yard line in the
closing minutes of the first
half, and was within the
Mustang ten on one other
ocassion.
"We moved the ball pretty
well throughout the game,"
commented Heppner Head
Coach John Sporseen, "but a
couple of our drives got
stopped by penalties. . . We
had offsides called against us
something like four plays in a
row during one series."
Heppner's attack was al
most entirely on the ground,
with Bier attempting only
three passes one of them
complete to Brian Marlin for a
12-yard gain. The Mustangs
logged a total of 231 yards in
rushing, compared with 146
for the Rockets. Heppner
running backs had sticky
fingers during the Pilot Rock
contest, not once fumbling the
pigskin in their 51 rushing
plays.
The Mustang defense show
ed its spine during the
Rockets' two close calls near
the Heppner goal line. Hep
pner defenders held Pilot
Rock , to .146 yards on thei
ground and 36 in the air.
Defensemen forced and reco
vered a fumble, and Brian
Marlin and Lionel Wood each
picked off Rocket passes
Marlin running his intercep
tion back for 11 yards'. Marlin
booted the ball four times
during the game, his punts
averaging a respectable 36.5
yards. Runbacks on the punts
by the Rockets were limited to
a total of four yards.
In other statistics, Marlin
led the Mustangs in rushing,
tallying 140 yards in 24 carries
for a 5.8 yard average gain.
Dennis Peck was next with 77
yards on the ground in 17
carries, averaging 4.5 yards
per scramble Heppner's
team rushing average during
the game.
Coach Sporseen singled out
Marlin, Parker, Dale Holland
and Jody Marlatt for praise
for thejr defensive efforts
during the game.
This Friday, Heppner will
make another road trip, this
time to Stanfield. The Tigers
of Stanfield were upset last
Friday 7-0 by Wasco County,
in a contest that ended a
24-game losing streak by the
Redsides. Game time is 8 p.m.
Heppner's first home game
will come Sept. 22 against
Riverside. The Pirates suffer
ed a 17-0 loss to Wahtonka
during their opening game
last Friday.
Come-from-behind thriller gives
Cards 24-20 win over Touchet
Adrenalin was flowing in
lone Friday evening, when the
hometown Cardnials pulled off
a stunning 24-20 come-from-behind
win over Touchet of
Washington in the closing
minutes of their season open
er Touchet overpowered lone
during the first half of the
game, enjoying a 20-0 lead
over the Cardinals going into
the end of the third quarter.
The larger Washington team
scored on an explosive 85-yard
run by 190-pound senior Mike
Stanley, and a pair of 20-yard
passes. The Indians muffed
two conversion attempts.
But the pattern changed
in the closing minutes of the
third period when Greg Riet
mann scrambled five yards to
paydirt, with quarterback
Dennis Stefani picking up the
conversion points on a pass to
Robin La Rue.
Ione's defense stiffened dur
ing the fourth quarter. Then
diaster appeared to strike. As
lone regained control of the
ball and began a drive to the
Touchet goal, an Indian de
fender intercepted a Stefani
pass. Luckily, holding was
called on Touchet during the
play, giving the Cards a
15-yard bonus. lone capital
ized on the next play, as Kevin
McCabe ran 12 yards for the
second Cardinal TD. A Stefani
to Dan McElligott pass added
two more to the scoreboard,
leaving lone with a deficit of
only four points.
With 3:34 remaining on the
clock, Stefani stepped back to
pass. Unable to find a recei
ver, he broke through a gap in
the Touchet line, sprinting 40
yards to the goal line. The lone
quarterback ran in the conver
sion points, creating a four
point Touchet deficit.
The Cardinals prevented
Touchet from sustaining a
drive, then took over control of
the ball, and allowed the
remaining seconds of the
game to tick away.
lone defenders held Touchet
to77 yards and no points
during the final quarter,
although during the earlier
part of the game, they had
diificulity controlling the pas
sing game of Indian quarter
back Rocky Pisca, who con
nected for 263 yards in the air.
The eight Cardinal defense
men took down their oppon
ents nine more times, with
half of the Card defenders
logging more than 10 tackles.
"That's team defense," said
lone coach Gordon Meyers,
noting that it took "a great
effort by everybody" to shake
off first-game jitters and
capture a come-from-behind
win.
On Friday, the Cardinals
will face North Powder in
another home game, starting
at 7:30 p.m. Last week, the
Badgers overpowered Echo
36-6.
The Willows Grange will
meet Thursday, Sept. 21 for a
potluck dinner at 12 noon,
Willow Grange Hall.
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For the Irrlgon Rural Fire Protection District
Tuesday, September 19, 1978 from 8:00 AM. to 8.00 PM.
At the Morrow County Building, Irrigon, Oregon
To Establish a Serial Levy for tho District Effective 1 July 1979
The Amount of the Serial Levy Is S12.S00.00 for Seven Years
Mark a Cross (X) or a Check Mark (,) in the voting square after
the word "YES" or after the word "NO" for the answer voted for
Notice is hereby given that an election will be held September 19,
1978 from 8:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. at the Morrow County Building for
Ihe purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of the Irrigon Rural
Fire Protection District the question of establishing a Serial Levy
for Seven years for the district . effective 1 July 1979, pursuant to
the Oregon Constitution. v, C '
The reasons for mis Serial , Levy, are: , 1 To purchase a new 2000
gallon tank fire truck with equipment. 2. To increase the water capacity
of our trucks to the rural areas. 3. To help provide better fire protection
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