The Ileppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 11, 1979 NINE
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Heppner faces Wahtonka after smashing Umatilla
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A lot of changes have taken
place in the Koffee Kup
Keglers Bowling League but
the Pytts are still on top with a
15-5 record.
The Three L's are in second
place with a 14-6 record. The
Newcomers and the Gutter
Dusters have 10-10 records.
The Hi Ho's have a 9-11 mark.
The Weary Wives and the
Three Holers have 8-12 re
cords while the Dregs have
won six and lost 14.
Even though the Dregs are
in last place in win-loss
percentage, the team is doing
well in knocking down total
pins. The Dregs have rolled
Riverside Pirates
lose 6-0 to the
Stanfield Tigers
Riverside lost to the second
place Stanfield Tigers 6-0 in
Columbia Basin League action
Friday.
The Pirates could only
manage 108 yards in total
offense against the improving
Stanfield defense.
Riverside dropped to 2-2
while Stanfield raised its
record to 4-1 and took a firm
hold on second place.
Riverside's next game is
tomorrow night at 8 p.m. in
Athena where they will play
Weston-McEwen's Tiger-Scots.
I Backseat Coach j
H by Steve Powell g
by Steve Powell
The powderpuff football game last week during
Homecoming week went off well with no injuries and
the young women having a lot of fun but it could have
been a lot better.
Powderpuff football has great potential as a
money-making project. Money brought in from the
gate receipts can be used for donations to a worthy
charity or to bolster the athletic budget at.the school.
The women also have the right to make a big event
out of the powderpuff game. People pay to see the men
play so why not the women?
The game should be played at night, under the
lights, with the band playing and the crazy guys
dressed up like cheerleaders out in front of the stands.
The concession stand would be open and spectators and
the players would get a lot more out of the game.
If the game were played in this manner, the
women could not only have a good time but they could
also show off their athletic skills to probably a bigger
than they have for their varsity athletic events.
Powderpuff games are supposed to be fun and they
can be and still bring in money for a worthy cause.
In a town where the lack of different sports is a
major problem and there is a lack of money in the
athletic budget, any type of a fund raiser is needed.
Why not make the powderpuff game a fund raiser since
it is already a yearly established event and it has such
a large potential?
With the use of volunteer officials and concession
workers, the game could be put on at a low cost.
A way to make even more money is to charge
everyone, including the players, the fans, the"
concession workers and even the officials and the
Gazette-Times sports reporter. Everyone would be
willing to donate a dollar to put on such an activity and
it could bring in probably about $500 a year to the
athletic fund or a charity.
Coaches of the women's team would probably also
make the game more interesting by really teaching the
game to the players. Women's football can often be a
very fast-paced game with even some good blocking if
they are taught the right methods.
It can also be very humorous at times and it is good
to keep the game fun. More people could show up if the
game was played at night. There were only about 20
adults in the audience at last week's game.
Principal Jim Bier of Heppner High School, said the
powderpuff game was played at night one time as a
fund raiser but it "didn't carry over that well." He said
there is no reason for not doing it anymore but that it
just had not been planned. He said the cheerleaders
and the student council planned it in the afternoon in
the traditional way. Bier said, after the game a few of
the teachers mentioned the possibility of its becoming
a fund raising activity next year.
If it did become a fund raising activity, the game
would be a lot more meaningful for the women
involved. More people would also be able to see the
game and donate their money and that would be very
meaningful to the women's athletic budget.
John Murray ran a punt back for a 70-yard touchdown in
the second half of the Umatilla game.
The Pytts lead the Koffee
Kegler's bowling league
over 7,743 pins and are behind
only the Three L's with 8,046,
the Pytts with 7,941, and the
Newcomers with 7,793.
The other four teams are
close together in the total pins
race with the Weary Wives at
7,599, the Three Holers with
7,592, the Hi Ho's with 7,534
and the Gutter Dusters have
bowled over 7,509 total pins.
Maude Hughes rolled the
high individual game and
series with a 187 game and a
507 series.
The Pytts bowled the high
team game with a 578 and the
Three L's had the high team
series with a 1,681.
The Heppner Mustangs
have the first of three straight
football games on the road
tomorrow night in The Dalles
as they take on Wahtonka at 8
p.m.
Heppner raised its Colum
bia Basin Conference record
to 5-0 last Friday with a 34-6
thrashing of Umatilla.
Heppner scored the first
time it had the ball on a
23-yard sweep around left end
by JohnMurray. Jim Parker's
kick was good and the score
was 7-0. The opening drive
went 72 yards on six plays.
Heppner has now scored the
first time its had the ball in all
five games.
The Mustang squad was
hurt by penalties all night as
they had close to 100 yards
marked of against them. The
first time Umatilla had the
ball, Heppner was assessed a
roughing the kicker penalty
and an unsportsmanlike con
duct penalty but Umatilla was
still unable to move the ball
against the Heppner defense.
Heppner scored again in the
first quarter when Murray
screamed up the middle on an
eight-yard run and with Par
ker's kick, Heppner led 14-0.
Second-string tailback Chris
Zita showed he could score too
as he made the score 20-0
when he scored on an eight-
yard sweep in the second
stanza. Parker again kicked
the extra point and the score
mounted to 21-0.
Wingback Brett Sherer
scored the final touchdown of
the first half for Heppner on a
two-yard run but the kick by
Holland missed to make the
halftime score 27-0.
After a very entertaining
Homecoming halftime show,
the second half of football
action was anti-climactic.
Tailback John Murray pro
vided the only excitement in
the second half for Heppner
fans as he raced a punt back 70
yards the first time Heppner
had touched the ball offen
sively and with the kick by
Parker, Heppner led 34-0.
The reserves on the Hepp
ner team then came in and
gained some valuable playing
time. Although the second
units did not score at all
offensively, they did hold
Umatilla's first and second
units to just six points.
The second unit did move
the ball close enough for
Parker to try a 32-yard field
goal but the boot missed off
to the right but it had more
than enough distance.
Umatilla's only score of the
game came in the final period
on an eight-yard run by Gary
Jones.
Sparetimer's League
has new leader
Morrow County Grain
Growers took over the first
place position in the Spare
League last week.
Coast-to-Coast had been in
first place most the season but
they now find themselves in
second place with 13 Vi wins
and 62 losses. The M.C.G.G.
team has Wk wins and 5'
losses.
Peterson's is not far behind
with a 13-7 mark and Jerry's
Mobil is in the fourth slot with
a 10-10 record. Bucknum's has
a 9V4-10V4 record and Central
Market is at 8-12. Gardner's
are xk-Wk and Sears is in
last place at 5-15.
Coast-to-Coast is still in first
place in knocking down total
pins with 10,683 and Peter
son's is second at 10,557.
M.C.G.G. is next knocking
down 10,156 and Central Mar
ket is fourth back at 9,381. The
Bucknum's team has hit 9,027
pins and Sears is at 8,252.
Jerry's Mobil has won a lot
of games but is not that high in
the total pins competition as
they are next to last with only
8,228 pins rolled over. Gard
ner's is last with 7,913 total
pins.
The high game of the week
was bowled by Jo Pettyjohn
with a 196 but Karen Palmer
was right behind her with a 195
and Phyllis Cole rolled a 193.
The high individual series was
rolled by Cole with a 515 and
Hazel Reid rolled a 501 in the
three-game total.
Coast-to-Coast again had the
high team game with a 952 and
M.C.G.G. had the high team
series with a 2,759.
Harriet Evans picked up the
3-7 split and Fran Cook rolled
out the 4-7-10. Jackie Allstott
and Verna Brinda each were
successful on the 6-7-10 split.
Fullback Doug Holland was
the workhorse on offense for
the game as he carried the
ball 15 times for 113 yards.
Murray, who usually carries
the ball about 25 times a
game, practically had a night
off for him even though he
accounted for three scores as
he carried the ball only five
times for 57 yards.
PREDICTION: As for Wah
tonka, the second units could
probably beat the varsity
team from that school. That is
not a put-down to the Heppner
second units or a put-down to
the Wahtonka varsity team
it is just the truth.
Wahtonka was shut-out last
week, by Weston-McEwen 47-0
and since Heppner beat the
TigerScots 21-7 earlier this
season, it would seem predic
table that the Mustangs could
beat the team from The Dalles
by at least as much.
But since Coach John Spor
seen does not like to run up the
scores on weaker opponents
too much and he does like to
give his reserve players a lot
of playing time, the score
should be about 44-0 in favor of
the visiting team.
After four games, the statis
tics for the Heppner team are
amazing.
Not including the Umatilla
game, Heppner had outscored
its opponents 106-16. The team
relies on a high scoring
offense in the first half and the
defense takes control in the
second. Heppner had given up
only six points in the second
half while scoring 25, but in
the first half, Heppner had
scored 81 and the opponents
10.
The team has beaten sec
ond place Stanfield in the
opener 20-0 and Riverside 26-0.
Weston-McEwen then fell 21-7
and Sherman lost 39-9.
Doug Holland leads the
team in interceptions with two
with Todd Sherer, Brett She
rer, John Murray and Cliff
Dougherty all with one steal
each.
Dale Holland also leads the
team in fumbles recovered
with three and Doug Holland
has two and Ray Miller and
Earl Hammond have one
apiece.
Jeff Bailey leads the team in
defense as he has tackled the
runner for a loss six times.
Parker has done it four times,
Dale Holland three, Ham
mond has done it twice and
Joedy Marlatt, Steve Marlatt,
PatClark.Doug Holland, Tim
Jones and Murray have all
done it once.
Joedy Marlatt leads the
team in blocked kicks with two
and is third in all-around
defense with 56 points. Parker
leads the team with 70
defensive points and Dale
Holland has 62. Doug Holland
has 52 and Hammond has 46
points defensively.
Murray has scored 12 touch
downs for 72 points to lead the
team. Doug Hollanj has
scored two TD's for 12 points
scoring and Parker has kicked
10-of-13 extra points for 10
points. Chris Zita and Dale
Holland have scored one
touchdown each for six points
scored.
The all-purpose running
i back Murray also has re
turned six kickoffs for 178
yards for an average of 29.8
yards per return. In punt
returns, he has run back eight
punts for 103 yards for an
average of 12.8 yards per
return. Rick Cole has run back
three punts for 52 yards for an
average of 17.3.
Murray leads the team in
rushing with 392 yards on 77
carries for a 5.1 average.
Doug Holland has 151 yards on
38 carries for a 4.0 average
and Zita has carried the ball 36
times for 123 yards for a 3.4
average per attempt. Brett
Sherer has had 1 1 attempts for
76 yards for a 6.9 average.
Parker has done the punting
and has booted 12 for 402 yards
for a 33.5 average per punt.
John Bier has done most of the
passing and he has hit 18-31
passes for 193 yards and two
touchdowns and one intercep
tion. Bier's favorite receiver has
been the tight end Holland who
has grabbed seven throws for
69 yards for an average of 9.9
yards per catch. Murray has
four catches for 27 yards and
Doug Holland has caught
three passes coming out of the
backfield for 67 yards for a
22.3 yards per catch average.
Larry Palmer and Cole have
two catches each and Zita has
one.
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