The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, Oct. 26, 1978 FIVE
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ustangs trample Eagles;
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now alone at CBC summit
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With Robb Rush
The grades: Team A; coaches A; Fans A; writer
NO GRADE (I was too excited to tell).
6-1 and alone again, naturally. 14-11 not your
conventional football score, but who cares? The Mustangs
ended the game on top. I don't know if I saw the game
objectively, but I did see it emotionally and what a game it
was.
Anyone who missed the game against Wahtonka missed
a prime chance to see the Mustangs demonstrate why they
are leading the league and are likely to continue in that
position the rest of the season. The Mustang game is together
and solid. (Good thing the team is: I know some fans that go
completely gunny-sack.)
The Mustang offense again this week put enough points
on the scoreboard and then turned the game over to the Zoo
for safekeeping.
Dennis Peck had an outstanding game, carrying the
football for 115 driving, churning, tough yards. Several times
Wahtonka defenders had Peck cornered in his own backfield,
only to have him break tackles and go on for substantial
gains. Dennis has been running with greater authority in
recent weeks, which together with Bryan Marlin gives the
Mustangs the best backfield tandem in the league.
Did any of you fans notice how Joedy Marlatt runs to the
line of scrimmage from the huddle? His enthusiasm has to
- intimidat the opposing lineman. Anyone that anxious to hit
someone must have an effect on the fellow that is going to get
hit.
Coaches Sporseen and Conklin let the Zoo out of their
cages Friday night and they came to play. The Mustang
offense turned the game, win or lose, over to the Zoo several
times in the fourth quarter, and the Mustangs were equal to
the task. The Mustang defensive unit seems to be the heart
and pride of the team. (Dale Holland decided to get into the
"Ball Hawk" act, pretty soon).
The Mustang ball hawks played their usual outstanding
game. The Wahtonka passing game was probably the best
that the Heppner boys have seen so far this year, and the pass
defense was up to the task.
The Mustangs added a new member to the ball hawks.
Dale Holland showed the Cougar quarterback that defensive
linemen do things besides rush the passer and make tackles.
It is now getting to be time to look down the road towards
the end of the season. I see the Mustangs as a developing and
maturing unit. With the state playoffs a distinct possibility,
the team has rounded into a fundamentally sound group with
every member contributing his share. If the Heppner
Mustangs continue to develop from this point, Heppner fans
can look forward to exciting post-season play.
Doug Holland has really developed as a place kicker. His
is a 3 for 3 in the last two ball games, and none of the three
was a lame duck type. All of them were right on the money.
Those one-pointers are very important.
Homecoming week is on the scene. If the Mustangs recall
last year's game against Lyle, maybe the Wasco County
For the first time this
season, the Heppner Mustangs
have breathing room at the
top of the Columbia Basin
Conference championship
race.
In action last Friday, Hep
pner used all but a few
seconds of the game clock to
wrap up a 14-11 victory over
Wahtonka, formerly tied with
Heppner for first place.
COLUMBIA BASIN
CONFERENCE STANDINGS
Won Loss
HEPPNER
Condon
Wahtonka
Riverside
Sherman
Umatilla
Weston-McEwen
Pilot Rock
Wasco County
Stanfield
Con I. on page 6
The down-to-the-wire con
test once more spotlighted the
defensive effort of the Mus
tangs. Key defensive plays
occured throughout the game,
but none were more timely
than Bryan Marlin 's two pass
interceptions in the closing
minutes of the game, when the
Eagles launched threatening
scoring drives. Dale Holland
also picked off a pass to break
up a Wahtonka goal-line
march. Lionel Wood appeared
to have bagged an intercept
ion, but the pickoff was ruled
invalid by officials.
The Mustang offensive at
tack was formidable as well.
Dennis Peck tallied both
Heppner touchdowns, on an 11
yard run, and later, on a 13
yard pass play from quarter
back John Bier. Peck galloped
for a whooping 115 yards in
rushing, and caught two
passes, worth 34 additional
yards. Peck also handled two
kickoff returns, good for more
yards.
Marlin carried the ball on 11
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plays, good for 78 yards. Bier
connected on three of six pass
attempts, picking up 55 yards,
including the Peck touchdown
catch.
Wahtonka scored early in
the first quarter on a booming
36 yard field goal boot by
225-pound Ron Schmidt. The
Eagles' offense flared up
again in the final quarter, with
Wahtonka scoring a touch
down on a run by fullback Jim
Huskey from two yards out.
Huskey then caught a two
point conversion pass from
Randy Twidwell to bring the
Eagles to within three point of
Heppner.
The Eagles continued to
threaten, aided by a fourth
quarter Mustang fumble, until
the closing minute of the
contest, when Marlin inter
cepted a Wahtonka pass,
allowing the Mustangs to run
down the clock.
Doug Holland connected on
both Mustang conversion
kicks during the Friday night
home game.
Heppner's victory over the
Eagles removed a large
stumbling block from the
Mustangs' path to state
playoff action. Wins over
hapless Wasco County and
second-place Condon would
assure Heppner of the Colum
bia Basin crown.
The Mustangs face 1-6
Wasco at 7 p.m. this Friday to
climax Heppner's Home
coming activities. The Condon
matchup will be the final
game of the season, to be
played in Heppner the follow
ing Friday, Nov. 3.
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Wahtonka at 12:15. The Fillies are 12-3 over all and 9-3 for
league play. Last week the Fillies downed lone and Sherman
County.
Cards keep perfect record; crush Echo
The Echo Cougars were the
latest team to be crushed in
the jaws of defeat by the lone
Cardinals in a 62-26 romp,
including a 32 point second
quarter.
"I think we played pretty
good ball, especially in the
second quarter; we really
woke up," said lone Coach
Gordon Meyers.
It took the Cards a little over
a quarter of the game to really
warm up, though they scored
once in the first period on a
Gregg Rietmann sprint of five
yards. Dennis Stefani connect
ed with Robin LaRue for the
two-point conversion. The
Cougars came back with a
passing TD, failing to convert
the extra points.
Early in the second quarter,
Echo scored again on a
one-yard run to boost the score
to 12-8. Then the Cardinal
team exploded with four
touchdowns in the remaining
minutes of the second period.
Kevin McCabe started the
rash of points with a 17 yard
run, with Stefani running for
two. A Stefani-to-LaRue pass
put six more on the score
board and this time McCabe
ran for two. Rietmann again
entered the scoring scene with
a 35-yard run with Stefani
again running the conversion.
"Red hot and rollin," the
Card's Leslie Thompson was
next in line to score, picking
up a Cougar fumble and
dashing 38 yards for the score.
Stefani connected with Riet
mann for the conversion.
Right out of the locker room
and into the second half,
Gregg Rietmann continued
the scoring momentum on a
one yard run, followed by a
Stefani-to-Danny McElligott
conversion to boost the score
to 48-12. Echo came back to
score on a pass and a
two-point conversion for a
score of 48-20.
Not to be outdone, Stefani
connected on a pass to
McCabe who then ran 80 yards
for another lone TD. The
Cardinal scoring ended with a
John Lindstrom interception.
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