The Heppner Caiette-Tlmes, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, September 29, 198-FlVE
lone Junior High wins season opener
lone Cards roll over Long Creek 48-12
PHOTO BY Woyn Harm
By ASIII.KY C'ONKMN
With 417 yards of (olal of
fense, the lone Cardinal foot
ball learn rolled over the Long
Creek Mountaineers 48 to 12 on
Friday. Sept. 23. The Cardi
nal are now 2-0.
Howard Leavitt rushed for
177 yards on 11 carries and
four touchdowns. Leavitt also
played very well on defense,
recovering a fumble and mak
ing many tackles.
On Ione's first possession,
Leavitt ran two yards for a
score. Craig Hams ran in for
two more. Hums finished hte
night with 81 rushing yards.
Iong Creek then scored on a
15-yard run by quarterback
Shawn Leasy. The Moun
taineers' run failed to get two,
however,
Leavitt closed out the first
period scoring with a 20-yard
scamper. Again Hams bulled
over for two. lone led 16 to 6,
In the second stanza, it was
the same old story, Leavitt
went 32 yards for six and
Hams three yards for a T D
Both attempts for two failed.
Even though lone completed
only three of nine passes, two
were for touchdowns. The first
was 29 yards from Mark
Meyers to Randy McCabe.
Once more the Cards couldn't
add more lone was in front at
the intermission 34 6.
It was the Mountaineers
who drew first blood in the
third period. lng Creek tal
lied six on Sam Carter's
10 yard jaunt to cut the Cardi
nals' edge to 34 12.
A 61 yard dash by Leavitt
and a conversion by Chrts Rea
produced a 4212 count.
The fourth quarter was
scoreless until Mike Rietmann
cauuht a one yard touchdown
pass from McCobe to put lone
ahead 48 to 12 with less than
yiree minutes left.
Both teams were close in
first downs. lone had 10, Ixing
.Creek nine. lone rushed for 362
yards compared to Long
Creek's 93 In total offense, it
was lone 417. 1-ong Creek 145.
Head Coach Hon Mack
complimented the defensive
play of Hams. Meyers and
I )arrin Padberg as well as the
overall play of Ieavitt.
"We were a much improved
team compared with last
week. We were more consis
tent on offense and had better
blocking. Our execution was
good both ways and our kick
ing g.ime was a lot better.
Kverytodv played a great
deal and gained valuable ex
perience." noted Mack.
The Cardinals will open
their Big Sky Conference
season Friday. Sept. 30
against the Condon Blue
Devils at 7:30 p m. at lone.
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STATISTICS
12 3 4
l4ng Creek 10 6 0
lone 18 18 8 6
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12
48
lone f.eavitt 2 run (Hams
run)
Long Creek I .easy IS run
(run failed)
lone I.eavllt 20 run (Hams
run)
lone - l.eavltt 32 run (run
failed)
lone Hams 3 run (pass
failed)
lone .McCabe 29 pass from
Mevers ( run failed)
l ong Creek Carter 10 run
(run failed)
lone-leavitt fil run (Rea run)
lone Rietmann I pass from
McCabe (run failed)
l,ong("reek
First Downs
Rushes, yards 42-9.1
Passing IM.V524
lone
9 10
39-362
3-9-55-0
Total Yards
Return Yards
Punts, average
Fumbles. Icmt
Penalties, vards
145
61
5-23.7
5-3
5-30
417
28
2-30
5-1
7-80
Rushing Long Creek: Car
ter 17-59. l-asy 10-30. Welgle
9-7. Johnston 1-6. MrDaniel
3-1. Simpson 2-2. lone: Lea
vitt 11-177. Hams 9-81. Rea
H4M. Meyers 4-22. MrCabe 4-9.
Cook 3-7.
Passing . Long Creek:
Leasy 8-12-41-0. MrDaniel
2-3-1 1-0. lone: McCabe 2-7-26.0.
Meyers 1-2-29-0,
..Rerriving Long Creek:
Welglr 4-10. KlmpMin 2-B.
I.easy 1-5. Carter 1-4. lone:
Rietmann 2-26. McCabe 1-29.
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Heppner loses to Herman
By MELISSA PRIVETT
It was a breezy night last
Friday when the Heppner
Mustangs faced the Sherman
County Huskies. Spirits were
dampened as the scoreboard
kept lighting up until it finally
ended with a 19 0 loss for
Heppner.
Both teams remained score
less in the first half. Assistant
Conch Les Payne felt that this
was due to a "combination of
both teams playing good de
fense There were also mis
takes and penalties on both
sides " Head Coach Craig
Kitching added. "We were
sloppy in the execution of our
offense."
Sherman County managed
to gain control of the ball for
most of the second half. Hep
pner's own mistakes offen
sively and their inability to
move the ball offensively dur
ing the whole game, not just
the second half, accounted for
this
Mark Coles of Sherman
County scored two of the three
touchdowns while Joey Alsup
accumulated the third.
During the fourth quarter,
quarterback Mark Way suf
fered a bruised rib and was
taken out of the game for a
short period of time. Second
string quarterback Eric
Thompson was sent in to take
his place. Thirty-eight yards
were gained on a splitend
slant pass received by Greg
Orr from Thompson
When it came to the diffe
rence in size of the players,
Payne commented. "I think in
some cases there may have
been a mismatch. I think more
than anything else that they
executed better. That was the
key."
Payne also commented that
this was (lie first time since
1977 that Sherman County
beat Heppner, "They played
touch and we didn't play as
well as we can."
"We were a half-step slow in
execution Sherman was a lot
better team than they expec
ted." replied Kitching. "The
final score was a natural
result of that. We tried to play
catch up and they intercepted
a couple of passes. That was
the ball game."
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Nothing is wasted if you
learn from it. and both Payne
and Kitching shared their
thoughts on this comment.
"As a team we learned that
we have to be ready every
Friday night. Every game is
going to be tough. We have to
execute both offensively and
defensively. Everyone is aim
ing for us because we've been
on the top for so long." said
Payne.
"We learned that you can't
go into a ball game, expect to
show up. and win." replied
Kitching. "We have to play
our best every Friday to be in
the ball game."
Heppner now is somewhere
in the middle of the league
standings. "It's just a big
muddle of teams." Payne
commented. "We still have a
chance. Anybody can win on
any given Friday. We can't
afford another loss and still
have a realistic chance. We
JV Filly team takes Pilot
Rock 15-5
BvIUNAKEID
Thursday. Sept. 20. the Hep
pner JV Fillies played their
first game of the season, here
at Heppner against the Pilot
Hock Rockets.
The first match was no
sweat for the Fillies. They
worked together and made an
easy win. The score was Hep
pner 15. Pilot Rock 5.
The second match was a
little tougher. The Rockets
came back and were ready to
IHS volleyball team
handed first league loss
Hy ASHI.KYCONKI.IN
Against the Arlington Hon
kers, the lone High School
volleyball team lost their first
league match and first match
of the season 0-15, 8-15 last
Tuesday. Sept. 20.
In the first game, the Cardi
nals lost concentration on
serves and their inexperience
showed .
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definitely are still in it this
time."
The Mustangs will face the
Umatilla Vikings this Friday
at 7:30 p.m. on Heppner's
home territory. Umatilla is 2-0
in league standings with first
place.
"They have a wide open
offense." said Kitching of
Umatilla, "and they like to
throw from different offensive
sets. They do different things
defensively and come up in
different fronts. It will be a
real challenge to face them."
Can the Mustangs win the
game this Friday? "Defi
nately." Kitching answered.
"There is no doubt in my
mind, if we do basically what
we did in the past. We must
have 11 men on the field doing
their assignments at the same
itme. This week we are stick
ing to the basics and trying to
get everything back toge
ther." win this one but the Fillies did
do the job. They showed the
Rockets how to play and won
15 to 5.
"A pretty controlled game.
It was great." "Played good,"
"Need more people to come
support us. It makes the team
play better." were a few
quotes from the JV players.
"We played very very well.
There were very few serves
that didn't go over the net."
said Heppner Coach Karen
Howe.
lone came back in the sec
ond game and gave the Hon
kers a run for their money.
"We will be looking forward
to playing them the next time.
We should be able, by then, to
give them a very good
match." commented Coach
Jocelyn Jones.
The Cardinals' next match
will be at home on Friday,
Sept. 30. against the Condon
Blue Devils at 6 p.m.
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By ASIILKVCONKLIN
With two touchdowns from
Ken Snider. Tone's Jr. High
football team won the season
opener against North Sher
man 18-14.
The first stanza was a de
fensive standstill until North
Sherman broke into the end
zone with less than two
minutes remaining in the
quarter. After the two-point
conversion. North Sherman
led 8-0.
lone controlled the ball in
the second period and got
eight points. Gary Rea sacked
the North Sherman quarter
back in the end zone for a
safety to start things off.
Then, with 15 seconds in the
half. Kevin Ball uncorked a
40-yard pass to Snider for a
T.D. The conversion failed.
In the third quarter, both
teams' came out scoring.
North Sherman ran for a
score, but the two pointer
was good. Snider broke loose
on a 60-yard run after the
kickoff. Ball ran in for two
points which turned out to be
since
STATISTICS
Heppner
Sherman
C
7 12
H 4
19
S
9
First Downs
Number of Passes
3-12-3-49 3-9-2-77
Rushing of Plays 30 40
Number of Punts 6-42.6 5-30
Number of Kickoffs
1-0 (Out of bounds) 4-23.7
Kickoffs returned 1-20 04
Fumbles, lost 1-0 0-0
Penalties-yards lost 5-43 8-80
Individual Statistics
Rushing - John Mover 12-21,
Cam George 12-14. Mark Way
5-40. Eric Thompson 1-3.
Passes Attempted Mark
Way 2-11-18. Rod Cole 1-1-31.
Passes Caught John Mover
2-18. Greg Orr 1-31.
Passes Intercepted: Greg
Orr 2-18.
Punts: John Mover 6-256.
Punt returns: Greg Orr 1-4.
Alex Lindsay 2-7.
Kickoffs: Bob Harris: 1-25.
Kickoff returns: Alex Lind
say 1-25.
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North Sherman rallied late
in the fourth quarter but the
Cardinals killH the drive on
fourth down as time ran out.
Head Coach Mark Jones had
these comments: "The team
made less mental mistakes
than I anticipated, which
shows good discipline. The
boys worked hard and encour
aged one another and that
shows pride. However, our
linemen need to fire out more
and we need more condition
ing. We will be very goal
oriented this year and to win
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