The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday November 9, 1978 NINE
Cards clip Honkers i
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BLEACHER SEATS
With Robb Rush
Are Big
Sky champs
Cards stun Honkers HHS edges Condon
20-8. Team AA. Coaches AA. Fans AA.
Rally squad, AA.
What more can you say? The lone
Cardinals traveled to Arlington to play the
Big Sky championship game, and what a
game it was. The Cardinals showed up to give
the state champion Honkers a real test. The
Arlinton Honkers appeared to already be
migrating south, because the lone football
machine, finely tuned and 100 per cent
efficient, blew the champion Arlington crew
off the field.
The victory was a total team effort
Every aspect of the type of play required to
win was demonstrated. A game of this
magnitude was given maximum effort by
every participant the players, the coaches,
and the fans. (Yes, the fans are participants,
at least the vocal, enthusiastic ones are.)
The Cardinal offense surprised the
Arlington boys by staying on the ground much
of the time, passing only when needed. The
Stefani and McCabe show was much in
evidence, but by no means the entire
program.
Robin LaRue came up with a tremendous
clutch catch to set up a touchdown and Dan
McElligott had several drive-saving catches
on the sidelines. The lone receivers Know
what to do with the football once they have it
in their grasp.
The Cardinal offensive line had an
outstanding day against the larger but much
slower Honkers. The aggressive Card line
blew Arlington off the line of scrimmage not
just once or twice, but throughout the whole
game.
Well, so much for the bad news. Now for
the good news. What a game the Cardinal
defense played. To hold the defending state
champions (a team that is used to leaving in
the big guns and rolling up the score on
weaker teams) scoreless until there was only
30 or so seconds left in the game is simply
Cont. on page 1 1
14-12. Not pretty, but another win.
The Heppner Mustangs played another i
tough game Friday night against the Condon
Blue Devils. Condon showed up for the contest j
fired up and ready to play, determined to send
the Heppner bunph into the playoffs on a
losing note. It was close, but no cigar.
There were several good things to come
from the game Friday night. The offense, in a
role unfamiliar to them, had to come from
behind to score the winning touchdown. It was
a real test of character in a statistically
(standings-wise) unimportant game, against'
a quality team. .
Another good thing on offense were the j
extra points. They made the difference in the j
ball game. You can take it either way. Either
ability of the Mustangs to kick theirs
successfully, or the inability of Condon to j
make their conversions. In any event, it was a
two point victory and Doug Holland's toe is j
doing just fine.
The defense had some rough moments i
but basically played a very solid game. Any
time a team can hold Marion Weatherford to
less than 50 yards in a ball game there has
been some hard-nosed, tough defense played.
The pass defense took some hard knocks
(another unfamiliar role) but there was
nothing that can't be worked on, and I am
sure the "ballhawks" will be back in form
against Elgin. The defensive backs are a
steady group, who do a good job and can use j
Condon's aerial effort as a learning
experience. And don't forget Todd Sherer's j
interception on a two-point conversion try. It
was one of the differences in the game.
Now it is on to the state playoffs. I hope j
there will be a large contingent of fans
traveling to Elgin for the game Saturday at
1:30. The Mustangs have an excellent football
team, a solid offense, outstanding defense,
and they get excellent play from the special
teams, plus the players don't get rattled or
Cont. on page
11
H
eppner vs. Elgin
aturday afternoon
If everybody loves a winner,
then an abundance of affection
has smitten high school foot
ball fans in southern Morrow
County.
A week after Heppner High
School clinched the Columbia
Basin Conference title, lone
High defeated defending state
champion B-division titalist
Arlington by a resounding 20-8
margin. The Arlington win
gave the Cardinals clear title
to the Big Sky Conference
crown, as well as an undefeat
ed season of conference
action.
Both teams now qualify for
playoff berths towards the
state championship in their
respective divisions.
Heppner's playoff action
will come first, when the
Mustangs will take on Elgin in
quarterfinal playoff action,
starting at 1:30 p.m. Saturday
in Elgin.
Elgin defeated Enterprise
last week to capture .the
Wapiti League championship.
The Huskies have an unblem
ished, 8-0 record going into the
showdown with 8-1 Heppner.
Mustang fans unable to
travel to Elgin can hear the
playoff action live over radio
KUMA's AM frequency on
Saturday.
The winner of the Heppner
Elgin game will face either St.
Mary's or Culver
in semifinal action. Game
times have not been determin
ed. lone, 9-0 for the year, will
meet either North Powder or
Mount Vernon Saturday, Nov.
18, in lone for semifinal
action. North Powder appears
to be the most likely of the two
contenders to face the red-hot
Cardinals. lone thoroughly
overpowered Mount Vernon in
pre-conference action, and
came from behind to edge
North Powder 26-22 during the
second game of the year.
Should lone win the semi
final contest, the Cards would
again host the state playoff
game.
What one word describes
Ione's football team?
CHAMPIONS.
After slaughtering state
football champions Arlington
last Friday they well deserve
the praise. The game made
lone the Big Sky Conference
champions and gave the Cards
a shot at the state title.
"That's one of the best
team games that I've had
since coaching, all the way
down the line. Everybody
contributed. If someone asked
me to point out some one
kid I couldn't do it," said
lone coach Gordon Meyers.
"It was a great effort all the
way down the line. Our bench
contributed so very much. I
could put in anyone and feel
confident."
lone scored in the first
quarter on a Kevin McCabe
one yard run. Dennis Stefani
connected with Gregg Riet
mann to show an 8 point lead
late in the first quarter. lone
commanded the game from
the minute they appeared on
the field. They all but stopped
Arlington's rushing game and
killed their air attack, limiting
the Honkers to 8 completions
in 20 attempts. Danny McElli
gott intercepted two passes at
very critical times in the
ballgame. Meanwhile, Stefani
completed 9 of 14 passes
keeping near his regular 66
per cent average.
The game had a total of 15
fumbles. "It was a pretty
exciting ballgame," admitted
Coach Meyers. Arlington had
ten to Ione's five. Luckily, the
Redbirds were able to shake
off their jitters early, but not
so with the Honkers.
Halftime came and went
with the score at an abnormal
low of 8-0 in the Cardinals
favor.
Bursting out of the blocks,
Gregg Rietmann ran around
Arlington's line for four yards
and a Cardinal TD. The extra
point pass was incomplete, so
the score stood at 14-0. Danny
McElligott then scored on a
17-yard pass, boosting up the
score to 20-0. It appeared that
the Honkers were laying
themselves a large goose egg
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Cardinal quarterback Dennis Stefani un
leashes with a pass as his offensive line holds
back Honker defenders. lone rolled over
Arlington 20-8 to take the Big Sky
Championship from last year's top team.
when Grant Wilkens, late in
the fourth quarter, broke
through the Card defense to
score on a 15 yard pass from
Tadd Wetherell. Wetherell
again passed, this time to
DeOllos, for the extra points.
Thus ended the scoring attack
of the Honkers.
"They played a great ball
game," says Meyers of
Arlington, "But my kids
played better. We outquicked
them over there," he said with
a grin. "Look at this," he
stated, pointing to the tackle
sheet. Several players had 20
or near 20 tackles but few
were unassisted. "We were
gang tackling to beat the
band. Sometimes we had four
to seven kids on their one ball
carrier."
"1 think the real reason we
were able to beat them is that
we played a much tougher
schedule than they did. We
also played our kids all year
long and I could put in anyone
to fill a slot. He couldn't."
How does the victory stand
with the coach?
"It ranks up as one of my
most," he pondered as if to
find the right word, "satisfy
ing victories."
The victorious Cards are
now getting pepped up to play
what appears to be North
Powder, a team they had
previously beaten 26-22, for
the semifinals. The semifinals
will be played a week from
Saturday in lone.
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