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The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, September 28, 1978 NINE BLEACHER The Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES Sports Log SEATS Varsity Football Sept. 29 Heppner vs Weston McEwen at Athena, 8 p.m. lone vs Mount Vernon at Mount Vernon, 2:30 p.m. Riverside vs Sherman at Boardman, 8 p.m. Jayvee Football Oct. 2, Heppner vs Riverside at Heppner, 6 p.m. Volleyball Sept. 28 Heppner vs lone at lone, 5 p.m. Oct. 3 Heppner vs Ukiah at Heppner, 5 p.m. lone vs Wasco at lone, 5 p.m. Riverside vs Condon at Condon, 5 p.m. With Robb Rush Mustangs come from behind to edge Pirates BU i I' ' 1 ill hi h - f: r sy 1 ' r-- ' 1- .it A V iJv.. t-W Scramble for Six Heppner Fillies win Invitational; stand good shot at district tourney Standing 4-1 for the season, the Heppner High School Fillies volleyball team down ed five sets of opponents in the past week, well on their way to district play-offs that loom in the future. Last Thursday Heppner clo bbered Riverside of Board man in two straight 15-5 have a bead drawn on your hide! Veterans in hospitals can make excellent use of your deer, elk or cattle hides, Support this worthy project of BPOE 358 LEAVE HIDES IN BARRELS AT: Jerry's Mobil Heppner Chevron Elks Parking Lot, Elks Hide Program BPOE 358 ' SECTION TWO Dennis Peck (32) goes around the right side with Riverside defenders closing in. A couple of good blocks and some scrambling moved Peck through the crowd and across the goal line seconds later. games. Coach Sheri Brock said "it was an exceptionally good match. . .one of the best we've played this year." Jackie Mollahan was top scorer in the Riverside tilt with 11 points. Saturday the Fillies hosted the Heppner Volleyball Invita tional with Pilot Rock, Ukiah and Weston-McEwen. Hep pner came out on top winning all three matches with Pilot Rock falling in second place ahead of Weston-McEwen and Ukiah. In the opener for Heppner Jackie Mollahan dumped in 15 straight points in 15-1 and 15-5 games to lead the Fillies. Wendy Meyers was credited with "a great job" by coach Brock for her 15 points in the second set of games against Pilot Rock. Heppner took the set 17-15, 6-15 and 15-11. Downing Weston-McEwen in two straight games 15-1 and 15-3, Geri Grieb led the Fillies with 11 points. Bowlers Men....Women.... Mixed Doubles.... Anone interested in bowling Tuesday or Wednesday, morning or Sunday evenings, Call or come inl o SMACK BAR o GAMES o UEVJPOOL TABU HEPPNER n 676-9203 Coach Brock was especially happy with the Pilot Rock tilt during Saturday's tourney in which both teams played excellent ball. "They were tough and wanted the win, but we were tough and wanted the win more," said the Coach, adding, "We played good team ball. . .had communica tion on the floor and good hustle after the ball." Jackie Mollahan and Wendy Meyers led the Fillies past Sherman County Saturday More Sports on page 10 Needed owl rsr 'i Gazette-Times Photo with 13 and 8 points respectiv ely. Heppner took the match with 15-13 and 15-11 games. In JV action this past week the Fillies lost to Riverside 15-4, 9-15, and 12-15. They came back Saturday however to down Sherman County 15-9, 12-15, and 15-3. C-team scores last week show the Fillies beating River side in 15-10 and 15-13 tilts, but losing to Sherman in a three-game set, 1-15, 15-4, and 12-15. The Air Step Salesman Will Be In Our Store Showing Spring Shoes For 1979 Tuesday Oct. 3 5-8p.m. Refreshments Served. Despite a number of penalty causing mistakes, the Hep pner Mustangs posted an impressive come-from-behind victory over the powerful Riverside Pirates during Fri day's first home game of the 1978 season. Columbia Basin Conference W L Pet. Heppner " 3 0 1.00 Sherman 2 1 .667 Umatilla 2 1 .667 Wahtonka 2 1 .667 Weston-McEwen 2 1 .667 Condon i 2 .333 Pilot Rock l 2 .333 Riverside 1 2 333 Wasco County 1 2 .333 Stanfield 0 3 .000 Heppner put two points on the scoreboard during the first quarter, when Mustang def enders tackled Pirate back Gary Gordanier in the end zone. During other first quar ter action, a long-yardage Heppner pass play resulted in a touchdown only to be called back due to a Mustang clip. Riverside's Gordanier came back in the third quarter, romping 72 yards for a Bodrdman touchdown. The . hard-hitting Heppner defen sive lineup held Riverside scoreless for the remainder of the game, and forced a second safety in the final three minutes of the contest, by tackling a Pirate punter in the end zone. The Mustangs then returned Riverside's free kick to its own 40 yard line, and began a march towards paydirt as the clock ticked down. At the 15-yard line, with 70 seconds remaining, Mustang back Dennis Peck sprinted 15 yards to put Heppner ahead for keeps. A conversion pass from Marlin to Zita ended the scoring. Peck outrushed all other backs in the contest, logging a total of 122 yards on the ground in 18 carries. River side's Gordanier racked up 113 yards in 11 carries, with Heppner's Bryan Marlin rush ing for 77 yards. Neither team had much success with its passing game, air step, shoes TP Special Orders Velcomel HEPPNER 676-5241 12 - 7 with Heppner picking up 35 yards in the air, and Board man totaling 49. Heppner lost 90 yards to penalties during the contest. Senior linebacker Jim Par ker led Heppner's defensive unit in head coach John Sporseen's complex defensive point scoring system, followed closely by Sophomore center Ray Miller and Dale Holland. Both Parker and Miller de monstrated that they had no aversion hitting, and hitting hard. Another tough contest should be in store for Heppner on Friday when the Mustangs face 2-1 Weston-McEwen. Heppner's win over River side kept the Mustangs in first place in Columbia Basin standings, with 3-0 record. Defending CBC champion She rman County met defeat last week at the hands of Pilot Rock in a 9-7 contest. The Mustangs defeated Pilot Rock during the opening game of the season. Professional ping pong players are profiled Here are profiles of mem bers of the Haitian profession al table tennis team that will defend their world champion ship title in Heppner Nov. 18, when they meet the contend ing team from Thailand. Zoltan Pataky, Haiti's team leader and player-coach, es caped from his Iron Curtain homeland of Hungary several years ago, and now lives in Canada. Before turning professional, he was the Hungarian national champion, and had wins over top players from Russia, Yugoslavia and other Baltic states. On arriving in Canada, he was a Canadian amateur champion, and, after pro, posted wins over P.C. Chiang, the Chinese world professional Cont. on page 1 1 GRADES: Coaches, B-. Team, (physical effort. A, mental preparedness, C-) Fans, B-. 3 wins 0 losses and all alone How's your heart? I thought the kids in lone were hard on the fans. What did they do? Only blasted Long Creek in a 52-22 version of your basic rout. The Heppner Mustangs on the other hand, decided to put a little tension on the home town fans. After the easy going, low-key contest at Stanfield, Friday night's effort was real ulcer material. The Mustang defense played an outstanding game, by far the hardest hitting effort of the young season. The important thing about the fierce defensive attack is that it was a total team effort, every man intent on stopping the Riverside charge. The heavy hitters this week were the whole defensive team. Nice job. I waited to see if there was a Bull and a Bear on the field. It didn't take long because Ray Miller can't wait to knock someone down, and Jim Parker is only a step behind him. I believe that by the time Ray is a Senior there may be a rule against him. Football is a contact sport and with Ray it is the reason for playing. Talk about your energy release, Jim Parker also plays the game tough. He is big enough to do it. Jim has gotten better each week, hitting harder and being more involved in the game. I heard a rumor around town that Coach Sporseen doesn't feed the defense the last two days before a game. Then at game time he shows the opposition to the big "D" and says "meat"! I don't know, but it could explain the aggresive play. You know, along with a bear and a bull, I see a wolverine, (fierce, fast, sleek), a fox, (quick, sly, smooth1, and a baracuda, (fast, sleek, hungry ). Why, I think at the opening kickoff, 11 normal kids turn into a zoo whose characteristics exemplify aggressive, tenacious, determined and spirited play. The crowds grade came up this week. The fans are getting the message and becoming more involved in helping the team with their enthusiastic support. There is still some room in the grandstand. (Not much, though). No A's until SRO. I should explain my C- grade for mental preparedness When the team travels to an away game the team is together and thinking football from the time they leave the high school until game time. This gives the team time to think about what they want to do and how they are going to do it. When the team plays at home there seems to be little time to prepare mentally for playing the game. After school Friday some members of the Mustang team seemed to have their minds on every thing but football and it was evident during the game. The boys played hard, and couldn't have given the fans a more exciting game. However, the team made some mistakes that a mentally prepared team should not maiie Especially a 3-0 team that is leading the league, t'uouh af the soap-box. I much prefer to write in a lighter vein. As mentioned, the lone Cardnials traveled to Long Creek Friday afternoon and it was show time for the Big Red. The end tally was 52-22. Everybody on the team saw ample playing time and got in on the fun. By the way, the lone Cardinals are also 3-0 and are on the way. I am sure that Coach Meyers has the team taking one game at a time. But I bet there is a little looking forward to the last league game in north Gilliam county. (I think I have a service call in Arlington that afternoon). The H.H.S. Fillies faltered a little against Condon but came roaring back to dominate their Invitational Tournament . The girls steamrolled Ukiah and Weston McEwen. then slipped by Pilot Rock in the class match of the tourney. T am not sure of the signifance of total scores, but the Fillies scored a total of 108 points while only giving up fit. Sounds like a potent offense and a stingy defense. 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