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H r ppm r ( . a / r t lr - 1 im rs . llr p p n r r . Oregon W rd n rs d a y . Novem ber 30. 19«« . N IN E
Mustang defense shuts down Irish for trip to State game
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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