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By Vshley C o n k lin
Last Thursday nighi Heppner \
football team went up against the
m ighty 4-0 Wahtonka 1 a g io . the
league leaders o f the Colutnhta
Basin Conference and ranked second
in the most recent Class " A " loot
hall poll
W ahtonka moved to 5 0 on the
season and Hcppner tell to t I in
CBC play Wahtonka kept intact its
record ot not being scored uj*«n Die
game was another easy blowout the
42 0 tinal score indicated
" I cou ld n't he anv prouder o f the
was we p la y e d ," Hcppner coach
1 im Birkhy said " I t was a great et
fo rt on our part
The Cagles carried only 14 0 lead
into halttim e and onls because the
Mustangs were unable to score
despite several breaks thev had in the
first halt
Wahtonka. who was averaging
w ell over MM) sards o f total ottense
a game entering the Hcppner con
test, and had MM sards against the
Mustangs, had its defense strike
first
Defensive and Phil f vans crash
JVs defeated in
last quarter
By Ashley ( o n k lin
U m atilla ju nio r varsity quarter
back Duke I angles rallied U m atilla
from an 8 8 tie w ith the Hcppner
Mustangs to a 28 8 w in w ith three
fourth quarter touchdowns last Mon
day night Hcppner fe ll to 2 2 I on
the JV season
f umbles and lough defensive plav
ruled the opening period as neither
team scored
The V iking s opened up the sc or
ing when tan gle s connected with
Dain Gardner lo r a b5 said pass plav
and an 8 0 after I angles tossed the
extra points to Gardner
A lte r a Mustang tumble. Umatilla
threatened to score again until M ike
Seal! picked ott a I angles juss at the
6 yard line and returned it to the 28
Hcppner was able to march to the
V ik in g 40 before time ran out in the
first hall on the Mustangs
The big plays on the drive were a
roughing the kicker penalty on
Um atilla when HepRncr was punting
a fourth down and a face mask
penalty on the V ikin g fo llo w in g a
puss completion from Slater M itchell
to Cases Pedro
Heppner moved the ball to the
V ikin g ) t in the third quarter behind
the running ot Kussell Britt and Dick
D evin, but the drive stalled there
The Mustangs appeared to score
when Brian Kollm un picked up a
U m atilla fum ble on the f j and
re tu rn e d n lo r a to u ch d o w n
H o w e ve r, the tou chdo w n was
n u llifie d by a clipping penalty and
Heppner took over on the 44
After the Mustangs had been push
ed back to their own 47, Devin coin
plclcd a I I yard pass to Barney
l.mdsay to set the ball on the 22
From there Pedro ran in for the
touchdown on a reverse and Devin
went in for the extra points on a
quarterback sneak W ith b 28 to go
in the third quarter the game was tied
8 8
Neither team scored during the re
maindcr o f the quarter and I angles
took over in the fourth period
l^ingley had touchdown passes o f
52 yards to Rick Cierard. 18 yards
to Frnesto Ochoa, and 18 yards
again, this one to (ie ra rd Ochoa s
touchdown was set up on a blocked
punt
"U m a tilla had its better and
stronger players playing in the se
cond and fourth quarters, while ours
played in the first and third quarters
which was the big d iffe re nce ,” JV
coach l,cs Payne said "W e gave the
ball away and the turnovers killed
us I do n't think we crossed m idfield
News Bits
C linton and M arie M c tju a n c ,
form er owners of Central Market
and G ro c e ry , have m oved to
Roseburg to be near their fam ily.
M i and M rs Harlan M cCurdy and
M r and M rs
Harry O 'D onnel
entertained recently w ith a going
away party
in the fourth period ( Kit quarterts. k -
(Devin and M itchell) each completed
at least three o r tour passes and it
was a positive thing to see our pass
mg game go so w ell
"T h in g s have gone pretty much as
exp ected ." he added on the season
'' Die important thing on the ) \ level
isn t to w in a lot. but prepare |>co
pie lo t varsity action which is the
key to a JV program It's a learning
experience and another key is to
learn an ottense and execute it and
n u ke progress
H cppncr's fin a l game ot the
season w ill be at Athena on Monday
at V p m
against the Weston
Me I wen I iger Scots
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ed through the Heppner line and
blocked Mustang punter C raig
Angcll s punt out ot the end /one tor
a safety and 2 -I) lead
Die I ugk's struck again in the first
quarter on a 14 yard run by Jamie
Ikiucum to increase their lead to 8 0
W ahtonka threatened to turn the
game into a rout when Rob Watson
scampered into the end /one Irom 2*)
vardsoul earlv in the second period
W ahtonka was now up 14 0
But the Heppner defense came up
w ith the tug plays to keep the
Mustangs in (lie game
1 1 os Hvatt tackled W ahtonka
punter I im Grant tor a 20 yard loss
after ( ¡rant had mishandled the snap
tn .n i center and Heppner took over
on (lie I agle 14 said line
Mustang quarterback Joe Taylor
went right to work hitting Btyan
Pad berg w ith a pass to seven
Hc|>pnci couldn't move any closer
however, and the Fagles took over
on downs
Ihe Mustangs were back in
business when Dick Devin stepped
in front ot a ( tins M ille r pass on the
W ahtonka 4 1 and returned it to the
■>*7
But Watson returned the tavor
w ith an interception ot lay lor
Heppner had an<8hcr chalice to
score when late in the period
Padbcrg intercepted a M ille r pass
and the Mustangs took over on their
ow n 42
Again Heppner came up empty
when tune ran out on the Mustangs
on the I agle 28
Ihe I agles took the second halt
kicko tt and marched into Heppner
territory until the Mustang defense
held and Jason Palmer recovered a
Fred Drackenhury tumble on the 14
W ahtonka (hough took over on the
Mustang 42 follow ing another Hepp
ner punt and quicklv scored
RAY FRENCH
for COM M ON SE N SE
i n tlit* I x ^ i s l a i i i i T
l l i s t r i e l 5 ?)
Ray voted to reduce L C.D.C. budget.
Mis record, as a m e m b e r <8 the H u m an Resources C rim m ilte c ,
shows he is co n ce rn e d ab o u t the personal w e ll t>emg<it the (**»►-
p le o f D is tric t 59
Ray believes that D is tric t 59 needs to m a in ta in and strengthen
the eco no m ic base in Ix ith tim lie r and a g ricu ltu re and develop
to u rism for o u r area
Rav w ill c o n tin u e to m a in ta in a C o m m o n Sense a jip ro a ch to
governm ent in the O re g o n legislature
m
french Treasurer
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Steve F c t/ dashed 2 * y jrd s to the
17 and M ille r later threw seven
yards to Baucum tor a first down at
the live
Baucum then went in from lice
yards out W ith t 4 * remaining in
the third quarlcr the I agios led 20-0
W ahtonka left little diHiht in the
fourth pern*] that they are indeed the
best team in the CBC
The Fagles. rux known tor their
passing game, went up lop <9 sards
from M ille r to Stan Ciet/ tor six and
then M ille r hit G e t/ w ith the extra
points tor a 28 0 advantage
Wahtonka added a " yard run hy
Bfackenhurv and a 9» card interccp
lio n return hy Ken l r Brun tor
touchdowns and extra point k i c k s hy
T im Grant for the 42 0 w in
Heppner passed m id fie ld only
once in the second h a ll, that in the
fourth pcric>d when I ay lor and
Padhcrg combined on a 28 yard
hookup that pul the hall on the
Wahtonka 4b
"W e just ran out ot gas. Bitkhs
said W ahtonka |ust keeps coming
at you and they just wear you
down "
The Fugle defense held Hcpjincr
to 24 yards rushing and 80 yards
fussing tor *b total yards o f offense
Taylor completed seven o l lb
j’asscs for 80 yards, w ith three com
plctions going to Angell 1 ' I cards)
and three to Padhcrg i 4 ' yards)
Birkhs also had high praises tor the
offensive line that allow ed I ay lor
time to throw
Ih e M u sta n g s had a sere
w orkm anlike e ffo rt hy the entire
defense w ith seven players m dou
hie figu res in defense points
I eading (he way were Bob Riehl (2 *
points) and Dev in ( 2 1 pointsl on 18
and H tackles respectively Gene
lu ik a s te r. Jess Jeltreys. Palmer.
Kevin C urnult. and Hyatt were also
in double figures in pu nts
F.vcn though Hcpjm cr is out o l
contention for the league's second
playo fl berth. Birkhy notes that the
season isn't over yet "W e still have
tw o games left to plav and they're
tw o games we have a good chance
o l w in n in g ," he said Ihe lu s t ol
those tw o games w ill he Hejipner's
Homecoming on Friday at 7 91 p m
against the winless Wasco County
Redsides
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