The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 12, 1978 THIRTEEN
Mustang
Heppner ices CBC
champs 31-0
An impressive team effort,
featuring a hard-hitting offen
sive line and the talents of
running backs Dennis Peck
and Bryan Marlin, resulted in
a resounding 31-0 Mustang
rout over defending CBC
champion Sherman County.
Heppner's win and Sher
man's defeat narrows the
field at the top of the Columbia
Basin title race to three
teams Heppner, Wahtonka
and Weston-McEwen.
The Mustang offense during
the Sherman game was a sight
to behold for the hometown
fans, with Heppner rolling up
317 yards on the ground and 85
in the air.
Heppner's defense, in the
meantime, held Sherman's
total offensive attack to only
129 yards and seven first
downs.
The Mustangs' high-scoring
duo of Peck and Marlin each
tallied two touchdowns apiece,
Peck rushed for a whopping
175 yards, with Marlin also
breaking the century mark
with 116 yards. Marlin scored
twice in the first quarter, on a
20-yard sprint and a goal line
lunge from two yards out.
Peck first struck paydirt in
the second quarter, on a
15-yard run, then came back
in the third for a TD from two
yards out. The Mustangs
muffed three extra point
attemts before Jim Parker
booted and extra point follow
ing Peck's last TD.
The final scoring of the
contest came in the last
quarter, when Lionel Wood
connected on a 10-yard pass to
Larry Palmer.
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attack sends Huskies to dog house
Starting sophomore quart
erback John Bier was
successful in three out of four
passing attempts, good for a
highly respectible 75 yards.
The Mustangs continued to
lose yardage on penalties
during the Sherman game,
giving up 65 yards to the
Huskies' 48.
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"We expected to beat them,
but not this badly," said
Heppner Coach John Sporse
en, recalling the Mustangs' 7-6
squeaker over Sherman last
season.
We were hitting a lot harder
than they were and they're
bigger and we were faster
than they were," Sporseen
commented. "Our backs hit
the holes faster than they did
against Weston-McEwen, and
the lineman really blocked
during the whole game... If we
can continue to play like this, I
don't think we'll lose another
game all season long."
Should Heppner remain tied
with Wahtonka and Weston
McEwen for the remainder of
the season, Weston-McEwen
would go on to district
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Heppner running back Dennis Peck raises arms in victory after making one of two
touchdowns against defending CBC champion Sherman County Friday. Peck picked up a
whopping 175 yards in rushing during the 31-0 Mustang triumph.
Cardiac Cards9 hang tough to dustDufur
By Janet McElligott
The Cardiac Cards are
back!
In Friday night's battle in
lone, the victor was undecided
until the last play of the game,
with the Cardinals leading
32-28 while Dufur controlled
the ball near the 50-yard line
with only seconds to go.
Those last few seconds were
tense. Dufur connected on a
short pass, the receiver ran
out of bounds, and the gun
sounded. The signal was a
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second premature, as it turn
ed out, with the referees ruling
that time remained for one
more play.
Dufur's Underhill unleashed
a long, desperate pass, which
was caught by a Ranger
receiver who dashed for the
goal line for all he was worth.
Within feet of the end zone,
Cardinal Treve Peterson
grabbed the TD-bound Rang
er, and aided by Shawn
LaRue, made the tackle.
One more yard and the
LSI
Rangers would have defeated
the Cards.!
"It could have been over
right then," shuddered lone
Coach Gordon Meyers. "Oh,
we're happy to win. The first
league win is important."
"Our offensive line did a
real good job," continued the
lone coach, "So did our
defense and the offensive
guards. We gave them very
little rushing and stopped
Mike Hammel. He did very
little rushing, and he's not
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Lady Cards
meet Wasco,
Riverside
On Tuesday, Oct. 3, the lady
Cards of lone met defeat at the
hands of Wasco County. The
score was 15-1, 15-8 for the
varsity team. Thursday they
had a bit more luck and
demonstrated more skill when
they met in lone against
Riverside High of Boardman.
"The team, as a whole,
showed definite improvement.
We had closer games and lone
put forth good team effort,"
said lone Coach Barb Stefani.
The JV team was defeated
in a close game of 15-11, and
then was downed in the second
half of the contest, 15-3.
Sandra Thompson scored five.
The Varsity team was ahead
in both games but was
defeated in the final moments
of both, 13-15. Michelle
McElligott served eight points
as did Darcy Rea.
lone will meet with Sher
man County and Wahtonka
this week.
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used to that."
Ione's line held the Dufur
Rangers to 144 yards, while
the Cards racked up 199 yards
on the turf.
Ione's Dennis Stefani scored
the first points of the game,
traveling one yard behind the
protective cover of the Card
inal wedge for a touchdown.
Stefani then threw to Daniel
McElligott for the conversion,
to make the score 8-0. Minutes
later, early in the second
quarter, Stefani again con
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31-0. What can I say!
Team A; coaches A; fans A; writer F-(no show).
I was unable to attend the game Friday night. The reason
was because Les Schwabb pays better than the G-T. I had to
attend a zone meeting, but unless I am in a ship wreck or
there is an earthquake, I won't be absent again. (Unless Les
calls another meeting.)
The information I received is word of mouth from
interested fans. The census seems to be that the Mustangs
played the whole game. The offensive lins consistently blew
the Huskies off the line of scrimmage, and the Marlin-Peck
duo hit the holes quicker and ran harder in this contest.
Dennis averaged 7.6 yards per carry and Bryan racked
up 7.7 YPC. Pretty impressive! And a lot of credit has got to
go to the people opening the holes. It is good to see that the
"pack is back."
The Zoo played their usual game, limiting the Sherman
offense to 129 total yards (the Mustangs rolled up an
impressive 402 yards). The Heppner High defense has
allowed only 3.8 points per game. Anybody that stingy makes
Scrooge look like a high-roller.
The offense also appears to be rounding out. John Bier is
improving his passing each week. John went for 3 for 4, good
for 75 yards. That kind of performance keeps the defensive
backfield honest, which in turn helps the Mustang running
game.
Last week I wrote about "Stickey Fingers" Wood and
what happens? he broke his string. However, he assures me
he will get two against Umatilla. Bryan Marlin also is having
an excellent year in the interception department.
The point-after seems to be a major concern for the
Mustangs. In a 31-0 game, the extra point gets lost in the
shuffle. However, in close ball games, the point-after is
critical. Perhaps Thunderfoot will emerge against Umatilla.
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nected with McElligott for 22
yards and a TD, then passed to
Robin LaRue for the extra
points, leaving the Rangers
down 16-0.
"They were dead right
then," said Meyers. "Then
they ran that kick-off back."
Meyers was referring to Joe
Mead's startling 83-yard
touchdown return for Dufur. A
conversion pass added two
more to the Ranger total,
leaving the score at 16-8,
Cards.
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Undaunted, the Redbirds
continued. Several plays after
Mead's return, Stefani dashed
38 yards to score. Robin
LaRue fielded another pass
for the bonus points to boost
the score to 24-8.
Coming back from the
half-time break, Dufur con
nected on its first pass, to
receiver Bill Mead, for 63
yards and a TD.
"They (the Mead brothers)
were good ballplayers," com-
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