The Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 8, 1979 NINE
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Donkeys control the tempo of the game
"We have the greatest
assembly of jackasses here
tonight ever to be in the county
and the donkeys aren't bad
either," announcer Gene Riet
mann said to start off the
humorous night of the Donkey
Basketball Game between the
Lions Clubs from Heppner and
lone Monday at the lone High
School gym.
The game was low in
scoring, the final score was 3-1
in favor of the lone Lions, but
the actions was non-stop, in
fact the action away from the
ball was often more interest
ing than the basketball play
itself.
The two teams battled to a
0-0 tie after the end of the first
quarter. The quarters were
nine minutes long with the
clock running coninuously.
Heppner pulled ahead in the
second period l-O because they
were awarded a penalty point
for a personal foul on lone and
that was the score at halftime.
The six donkeys the players'
were riding wore rubber
cleats on their feet so they
would not scratch up the floor.
More than 150 basketball (or
were they donkey? ) fans came
to the game despite the fairly
expensive admission cost of
$2.50 for adults and $2.25 for
students.
The second half was high
scoring compared to the first
half as a basket was actually
made. Dana Heideman of lone
made a long shot from the top
of the key to put the Cardinal
team ahead .2-1.
The partisan lone crowd
definitely gave the home team
the advantage as many of the
loose balls were picked up by
the lone fans and thrown to
their Lion team members. A
few Heppner fans did get into
it too however.
The shots at the basket
increase in the fourth quarter
with time running out and they
were being taken from all over
the court.
The donkeys obviously were
very stubborn and would not
go where the players tried to
steer them. After the game, a
few of the players looked like
they had just been in a
'sweathouse. Everytime a
player would start to shoot,
the donkeys would start mov
ing away from the basket
making it almost impossible
to get a decent shot. Many of
the shots fell just short of the
rim for that reason.
lone scored its final point in
the fourth period on a penalty
for a personal foul to make the
final score 3-1.
A musical chairs game was
played at h1ftii--i with wo
men in the audience trying to
drag the donkeys around the
court.
No serious injuries occurred
but a lot of hard falls were
taken and many of the Lions
players were probably sore
the next morning from their
falls, from getting kicked by
the donkeys and from pulling
them around and trying to
steer them.
Members of the winning
team were Dana Heideman,
Ron Palmateer, Joe Halvor
sen, Harvey Childers. John
Piening and Virgil Morgan.
The losing Lions team from
Heppner included Kevin
Rountree, Carmen Bjella,
Dave Thorn, Bob Krein, Tim
Fromwiller and John Nord-heim.
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Mustang team faces Lost River in home playoff game
- The Heppner Mustang foot
ball team will take on Lost
River Saturday afternoon at 1
p.m . at home in the first round
of the Class A playoffs.
Lost River was 5-4 this year
and Heppner finished the
season in first place in the
Columbia Basin Conference
with a 9-0 record.
Heppner Coach John Spor
seen scouted the Lost River
team two weeks ago in their
game against Sacred Heart.
Although Lost River did lose
20-14, Sporseen said he was
impressed with the team's
passing game.
"The team had some key
players out, an all-league
runningback and their quar
terback, and their coach does
not know whether they will be
back by the time we play
them," Sporseen said.
The Heppner coach said
Lost River is not as big as his
team and they may not be as
fast.
He said they definitely will
miss Chuck Day, their star
runningback, if he can't suit
up Saturday.
If Heppner beats Lost River,
the Mustangs will play St.
Mary's from Medford the
following Saturday at the
same time and place.
St. Mary's was the state
championship team last year
in the A division.
Heppner beat Pilot Rock
35-12 in their last regular
season game of the year last
Friday.
John Murray scored the
first touchdown of the game on
a 10-yard run when he went up
the middle and saw it was
clogged and he moved to the
outside for the score. Heppner
faked a kick for the extra point
and holder John Bier passed to
a wide open Dale Holland in
the end zone as Heppner led
8-0.
Heppner added another
touchdown in the second
quarter on a seven-yard pass
from Bier to Holland. Jim
Parker kicked the extra point
and the Mustangs led 15-0.
Murray set up that score
when he intercepted an over
thrown Rocket pass from his
defensive back position.
Pilot Rock scored in the
second quarter on a two-yard
run by Dean Jobes to make the
halftime score 15-6 after the
Rockets missed their two
point conversion.
Many of the fans left the
game at halftime because of
the dense fog covering the
playing field, all a person
could see was his own breath
and maybe a few shadows on
the field. Wind gusts at
halftime made the game
conditions miserable, at least
for the spectators.
It was so foggy in the second
half the scoreboard clock was
not used because the referees
could not even see it. A
hand-held time was used
instead.
Doug Holland scored on a
37-yard romp when he broke
through the line of scrimmage
and rambled in for the score
The extra point failed and
Heppner led 21-6.
Tim Nielson caught a half
back option pass from Jobes
for a fiB-yard score in the third
period to make it 21-12 after
the two-point conversion again
failed. It was the second time
in the game that the halfback
option worked for a large gain.
Jobes rolled to the right and
passed to the left to Nielson
who had three blockers in
front of him to escort him to
the goal line.
But Heppner broke the
game open in the fourth
period.
On a third down and two
yards to go for a first down.
Mustang quarterback John
Bier tried a sneak to get the
first down and he broke
through the line and scored
from 33-yards out. Parker's
kick was good and the score
mounted to 28-12.
Bier passed to Chris Zita
for 25 yards to set up
Heppner's final touchdown, on
a 1-yard run by Zita. The kick
was good to make the final
score 35-12.
Statistics for the game
showed Heppner with 17 first
downs (six passing, nine
rushing and two by penalty)
and Pilot Rock with 11 (three
passing, seven rushing and
one by penalty. )
Bier passed for 85 yards and
one touchdown as he connec
ted on 7-of-ll.
Doug Holland was the lead
ing ground gainer with 93
yards on 15 carries for a 6.2
average. Murray was held to
86 yards on 21 carries. Bier
ran for 44 yards on five
carries.
Dale Holland caught three
passes for 20 yards and Doug
Holland grabbed two for 30
yards.
Joedy Marlatt led the de
fense with 25 points and Karl
Hammond had 23.
The nine-game season sta
tistics for Heppner show how
awesome the team has been
Heppner has outscored its
opponents 270-52.
First downs show Heppner
with 152 (24 passing. 118
rushing and 10 by penalties.)
and the opponents with 09 '23
passing. 34 rushing and 12 by
penalties
Despite being mostly a
running club. Heppner has
passed the ball for 654 yards
hitting 52-of-90 for seven
scores. Opponents total 63-of-171
for 874 yards and three
scores.
Heppner has rushed for
2.140 yards on 447 carries and
opponents have 411 yards on
230 tries.
The Mustang team has
fumbled 22 times, losing just
eight, and opponents have
fumbled 24 times, losing 11
Heppner has had more
penalties. 53 for 605 yards,
than their opponents, 44 for 420
yards.
The Coach Sporseen led
squad has outscored its oppo
nents 90-3 in the first quarter,
89-13 in the second. 51-18 in the
third and 40-18 in the fourth
quarter.
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