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N IN E Mustang defense shuts down Irish for trip to State game •*. »•/ Russell Britt escapes a Riddle player during one of his 31 total carries for 165 yards in Saturday's semifinal round against the Irish Heppner advances to State playoffs Sat Dec 3 at 12 noon in Corvallis By Ashley Conklin It is said that defense wins foot b a ll games and the H eppner Mustangs proved that last Saturday aftemcxin w ith a 26-8 Class •‘ A *1 O S A A -U .S Bank state semifinal p layoff win The win puts Heppner, 9-3 in the state championship game this Satur day against the Salem Academy Crusaders The game w ill he held at Parker Stadium at C orvallis at 12 p.m. as part o f a championship douhlehcadcr w ith the Class " A A " championship game The Crusaders advanced w ith a 14-8 w in over Dayton and bring a 10-1 record in against the Mustangs Heppner used a stellar defensive performance to hold the Irish, 8 4 , to 54 yards rushing and 153 total yards Quarterback Eric Creech. Rid die’ s playoff hem against Oakridge the week before, was held to 10 yards on 13 rushes and running hack Shawn Rilltck gained 27 yards on 14 carries in the normally high powered Irish attack leading the Mustang defend were Steve Arhogast, Jess Jeffreys, Harney Lindsay and Mike Mahoney Lindsay and Mahoney were each in on three quarterback sacks and Lindsay had 15 total defensive LEXINGTON TRADING POST LEXINGTON, OR w v y t e r c l o s in g s a l e ¡2 n d .- I t h . I P .M . - S p . m . 20 % o ff E V E R Y T lIIM a Some Items Up To 5 0 % oft1 GO MUSTANGS!! Good Luck at State Playoffs Bob, Steve, Tina Debbie and Marianne VAN MARTER & KAHL INSURANCE PO SOI 1» • II? MRTN M M s m n • INC. m p w c » oniso » it i j * • ITM IIJ Annual Toy Dance Benefit For Needy Children Q ^ S a t . D e c * . 1 7 t h Live Music by H ow ard T ay lo r Starts at 9 oo p m (firm # a Toy J *5 Wagon Wheel Restaurant S Lounge FIRST ANNUAL Í # points Arhogast collected 20 defen sivc points on 12 tackles, including tsvo quarterback sacks while Jeffreys had 14 tackles and 15 defensive points. H ow ever. Lindsay and Mahoney were more instrumental in containing Creech on R iddle's op tion defense "The defensisc ends (l.indsay and Mahoney) were putting the hits on the quarterback.” free safety D ick Devin said, “ and our comerhacks shut down the pitch on the outside " On offense. Devin had another fine game, completing I I o f 20 passes fo r 185 ya rd s fo r 2 touchdowns and no interceptions D evin's favorite target. Craig Angell. caught six passes for 50 yards despite d ra w in g double coverage most o f the afternoon However, the biggest offensive wcajxm for Heppner wav running back Russell Britt B ritt ran lo r a career high 165 yards on 31 attempts and gave the Mustangs a more balanced attack than last week when they were able to rush for only nine yards "W ith o u t a muddy field like last week (at W illam ina) the linemen were able to use their quickness which gave the backs more holes to read and made it easier to cut across the g ra in .” Britt said ' The linemen maintained their Nocks and Russell ran the hardest he has all season." head coach Tim Hirkhy said Heppner dodged a hullet early when the Irish couldn't score after having the ball on the Mustang 20- yard line However, the tide quick ly turned for the Mustangs as Devin was sacked in the end /one for a safety by Gary Beebe near the end o f the first quarter for a 2-0 Riddle lead. " I was worried when they scored f i r s t . " A n g e ll said, "because whenever we score first we always w in " However, on the ensuing k ic k o ff after the safety. Creech let the hall roll and Lindsay scooped K up, gis ing Heppner the ball at the Irish 42 Two l)c v in to Angell passes pul Heppner on the Riddle 21 yard line where B ritt carried to the four fo r a first down T w o plays later, Devin ran a quarterback sneak in from the one and A ngcll's cstra point made it 7-2 with 8 42 left in the secon-J quarter T h e lris h were pinned deep on the k ic k o ff and on fourth down the Mustangs got a safety when the- snap to punier pTcston O'Hara sailed over his head out ot the end /one. giving Heppner a 9-2 lead The Mustangs wcnl up 12-2 on a 36-yard Angell field goal w ith 3:17 left in the half after ArNigast recovered a Kiddle fumble Shawn B illick took the ensuing k ic k o ff for the Irish at the 10 and seemed headed for the opposite end /one until Lindsay ran him down at the Mustang 10-yard line " Y o u can't give up on something like that.” Lindsay said. "Y o u have to give it your all and I knew they would have a big boost going into h a lftim e i f they scored the touchdown Instead, the Heppner defense held and David I r e missed a 25-yard field goal attempt with I 35 left in the half Kiddle did score to open the third period though, thanks mainly to a 5 1 yard pass from Creech to B illick o ff a fake punt that gave the Irish the hall at the Mustang nine yard line On third and goal from the three. Dan Jones powered in to cut the Heppner lead to 12-8 The Mustangs marched right hack with Devin connecting w ith Bryan Padhcrg on a 13-yard scoring pass on third down that gave Heppner a lead after A n g c ll’ s extra point with 4 31 in (he third quarter Britt ran 3 times for 19 yards in the drive that was aided by a 15-yard face mask penalty Jim Brosnan gave » jr W -i s m - chain if/ -v * .1 * t* art* th e p io n s-D ick Devin ( l) and Bryan Padberg (R)do a little dance after scor ing another touchdown in Saturdays game against Riddle (he Mustangs a first down at the 24 yard line on a fourth down ansi after Devin's 11-yard completion to Angell, Padberg scored two plays la id Die Mustangs added whai pretty much proved to he the knockout punch on a drive late in the third quarter that ended in the fourth quarter ( Hi a third and five from their own 16. Devin hooked up with Padberg on a 45 yard |uggling catch down to the Irish 20 (Hi third and-lhrcc from the 13. t>cvin went seven yards to Angell on the six yard line and (hen hil Angell in the comer o f the end /one on a six yard pass Angcll's cx tra point made it 26 8 with I I 5h in the game and the Irish never serious ly threatened the resi o f the game "W e knew it we slopped Creech, we d stop about HO percent o f their offense," Hirkhy said "H e was the guy M stop and we did it " " I 'm glad we're in ihe stale ch.uu pionship game.” he added "W e need lo maintain our intensity we had today in order to win and we have lo keep our rushing game go mg ” In order to slop Salem Academ y. (he Mustangs must shut down the high-powered Crusader rushing attack The Crusaders, who lost in ihe slate championship a year ago. may he without ihe services ot star running hack Malt Bain, who miss cd most o f the last two playoff games due to a knee m|ury Ticket prices tor the championship game run 55 for adults and S3 for students I his marks ihe first lim e ihe Mustangs have advanced to the championship game, while Salem Academy w ill he in (he final game for the third consecutive year K id d lr ¡ H O L u n c h w it h S a n t a r e -s c h e d u le d Because o f the tiM h a ll playoffs, the scheduled lunch with Santa this Sunday has been cancelled Lunch w ith Santa hac been .• • r rescheduled fo r December 11. 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