Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 10, 1990 - THREE
Chili dinner to help trip expense
Darcee Padberg
By Anne Morter
A benefit chili dinner will be held
Thursday, October 11 at the lone
High School cafetorium to help
Darcee Padberg with the expenses
she incurred on a volleyball trip to
Australia last August. Chili will be
served by the bowl, with a baked
potato or as a chiliburger.
Homemade pie, coffee and milk will
also be available. Meals, which will
be served between 5 and 7 p.m. will
be priced on an ala carte basis.
Darcee, currently a freshman at
Linn Benton Community College in
Albany, was a setter on last year’s
State B runner-up volleyball team
from lone. She starts for LBCC and
has seen plenty of action so far this
season. She received an invitation to
join an International Sports Ex
change Volleyball team when they
traveled to Australia in August.
The vol’eyball team made up of
girls from Oregon and California
traveled with a cross country team,
which gathered its members from
Wisconsin, Arizona and Georgia as
well as Oregon and California.
Darcee’s team flew from Portland
to Los Angeles and then on to
Sidney, 1 14 hour flight. Arriving in
Australia required not only a change
in time ¿ones but a change in seasons
since they were in the middle of
winter there. According to Darcee,
the weather was not severe, just cool
and sometimes damp but quite a turn
around from the scorching August
weather at home.
While there, the team played three
volleyball games against local high
schools and did a good share of
sightseeing. They witnessed a huge
Australian road race, The City to
Surf, where close to 200,000 people
participated. They also saw the
Opera House, visited a wildlife park
and zoo, toured a winery, rode
horses, learned to throw a
boomerang, witnessed a sheep
shearing and held a koala bear.
The team members got to spend
one night with an Australian fami
ly. Families in the well-to-do suburb
of Sidney, Balkum Hills, adopted an
American for a day and a night, giv
ing the young people a chance to ex
perience Australian family life.
Darcee sums up the experience as
a “ once in a lifetime chance" to see
new places, meet new people and
learn about a different culture
firsthand. “ It was quite an ex
perience” she said, “ and well worth
it.”
Darcee is the daughter of Marvin
and Tana Padberg of lone.
Umatilla JV’s beat Mustangs
The Heppner Mustang JV’s travel
ed to Umatilla Monday, October 8
to face the Vikings JV’s and came
out on the short end of 32-2 score.
The Viking JV’s had just nipped
Heppner 14-6 three weeks ago so the
margin of victory was surprising.
Umatilla burned the Mustangs
with the big play repeatedly. They
struck first on a 78 yard touchdown
pass from Russell Proctor to Shawn
Sunday to lead 6-0 at the first quarter
break.
On the first play of the second
quarter, Darren Gossett stepped in
front of a Scott Coe pass and sprinted
55 yards for their second score.
They scored again just before the
half on their only real sustained drive
of the day. Quarterback Joe Taft
bulled over fromthe two yard line for
the touchdown. The pat was good.
Umatilla led at the half 20-0.
After getting challenged by coach
Payne and coach Presley about their
poor tackling and sloppy execution
Mustangs JVs blast
Rockets 36-6
of the first half, Heppner put
together a good offensive series to
start the third quarter after stopping
the Vikings. After being stopped, a
good punt by Dawayne Dunaway
and a penalty pinned Umatilla deep
in their own territory. A ferocious
pass rush sacked the Viking
quarteback in the end zone and
Heppner had their only points on the
afternoon and trailed 20-2.
The Vikings scored at the end of
the third quarter on a Proctor to
Leonard Meeks 37 yard touchdown
pass.
Umatilla’s last score came on a 64
yard interception returned for a
touchdown by Mario Trujillo.
The loss, evening the the JV
record at 2-2, comes on the heels of
a good performance against the Pilot
Rock varsity. Next action for the
Mustang JV’s is a road game in
Boardman against the Riverside
Pirate JV’s at 5 p.m. on October 15.
Ponies play Cubs
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Ryan Currin (24) is tripped up by Pilot Rock tackier
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Ponies down lone 26-8
By John Qualls
The Heppner Ponies faced off
against the lone Cardinals in their se
cond game Sept. 27 at lone. Hepp
ner kicked the ball to lone but kept
them from scoring. The Ponies got
the ball and quarterback Matt
Keersemaker pitched the ball to
Chris Dickenson who with the help
of some lead blocks scored a
touchdown. Dickenson also ran in
for the extra point.
The Ponies kicked off the ball
again. The Cardinals were held back
for the second time. Keersemaker
handed the ball off to John Qualls
with some good fakes and Qualls ran
it in for a touchdown. The extra
point was no good. Heppner kicked
off again stopping lone for the third
time. Keersemaker pitched the ball
to Dickenson who ran it in for
another touchdown. The extra point
was again no good. The score at the
half was 20-0, Heppner.
In the second half the Ponies
played more good defense.
Keersemaker ran in for his first
touchdown of the day on a quarter
back sneak but missed the extra
point. The Cardinals got the ball and
started moving up the field quickly
scoring a touchdown and making the
extra point. The final score of the
game was Heppner 26, lone 8.
Photo by Joyce Hughes
Heppner 7th grader returns ball against Cubs.
The team set-up-pass set km and had
By Kelsie Evans
many powerful serves which made
On October 4, the Stanfield Cubs
faced the Heppner Ponies in a
volleyball game at Heppner.
The first team to play was the
seventh graders defeating the Cubs
two out of two games. The score of
the first game was 15-7. The girls
played with a lot of team work and
confidence which also led them to
victory in the second game, 15-9 to
win the match.
The eighth graders played next
also winning two out of two games.
them successful in the first game
15-9. In the second game the team
also won to pull off the match 15-5.
The team remains undefeated.
A third game saw the seventh and
eighth graders playing together
against the Cubs. The Cubs came out
victorious 11-15. The team worked
together during both games and
almost pulled it off but the Cubs set
it up and beat the Ponies in the se
cond game 9-15. The next game is
October 11 at Pilot Rock.
Free pizza feed planned
By Anne Morter
The lone Youth Group is sponsor
ing a free pizza feed for all interested
high school students on Wednesday,
October 17 at 6 p.m. after sports
practice, in the basement of the
United Church of Christ. The pizza
feed will also include ice cream sun
daes for dessert. After dinner a full
agenda of the Youth Group activities
for the year will be outlined. Anyone
wishing further information may
contact Cathy Halvorsen at 422-7107
or Jeri McElligott, 422-7257.
The Heppner Mustangs trotted out
their younger players and galloped
all over the visiting Pilot Rock
Rockets, 36-6 Friday, Oct. 5 in
Heppner.
The Rockets had already forfeited
the league game scheduled for Oc
tober 5 against the Mustangs but
brought their entire squad over, 15
players in uniform, to face the
Mustangs. The Mustangs played
with their whole roster minus the
seniors. This was the second week
the Rockets had forfeited a league
game because of small numbers as
a result of injuries, disciplinary pro
blems and ineligible players.
The Mustangs opened the scoring
on their first possession, driving 63
yards in eight plays capped by a tw o
yard plunge by junior Travis
Greenup. T.R. Riehl, a sophomore
running back, converted the pat and
Heppner led, 8-0.
The defense shut down Pilot Rock
on every possession in the first half.
The Rockets didn't get a first down.
Shane Munkers, Kevin Kilkenny and
Jim Kindle spent more time in Pilot
Rock’s backfield than the Rockets'
own players.
Heppner scored again in the se
cond quarter on a six play 70-yard
drive with freshman Leonard Britt-
ner-^scoring the first of two
touchdowns he had on for the night
from the one-yard line. The two big
plays in the drive were Rick Koffler
to Ryan Currin passes covering 40
and 23 yards. The pat was no good
and Heppner led, 12-0.
The Mustangs scored once more
with 1:10 remaining in the half when
Koffler passed to Currin in the end
zone for a 26-yard touchdown.
Freshman quarterback Koffler was
6-10 for the night with 144 yards.
Junior Ryan Currin was on the
receiving end of all of them. The half
ended, 20-0, for the Mustangs.
The first possession of the third
quarter the Mustangs scored again
on a seven-play drive with the Kof
fler to Currin combination scoring
from 20 yards out. Jason Britt ran
in the pat to make the score 28-0.
On the Rockets next possession,
the quarterback downed the ball in
the end zone rather than get sacked
The safety made the score 30-0
The Mustangs closed out their
scoring with 42 seconds left in the
quarter with Brittner scoring again
from the one-yard line. Freshman
Kevin Payne carried the ball three
times for 28 yards during the drive.
Pilot Rock finally scored with 1:33
remaining in the game on a keeper
by Kres Waite. The pat failed and
the final score was 36-6.
Heppner spread the ball-carrying
around with Riehl carrying four
times for 33 yards, sophomore Scott
Coe getting 30 yards on five carries
and Payne picking up 49 yards on
seven carries.
Leading the defensive charge in
the second half were freshmen Truitt
Greenup and Ryan Munkers.
The Mustang varsity will see ac
tion this Thursday, October 11
hosting the Wrahtonka Eagles. The
Mustangs will be looking to even the
score with the Eagles who used a
late-game score to defeat Heppner in
The Dalles last year. Game time is
7:30 p.m. at the Morrow County
fairgrounds.
In Celebration o f
Ponies beat Stanfield 13-6
Beth and Howard Bryant's
50th Wedding Anniversary
Please attend an Open House
Sunday, October 14
from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m . at the
United Methodist Church
Heppner, Oregon
No gifts please
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Photo By Joyco H ugh«
Chris Dickenson (10) makes nice gain against Stanfield
By John Qualls
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On Oct. 4 the Heppner Ponies
hosted the Stanfield Tigers beating
the Tigers 13-6.
The Ponies kicked off the ball to
the Tigers who surprised them by
running it back for a touchdown
The extra point was no good. The
Tigers then kicked it to the Ponies
The ball switched sides several times
until the Ponies finally scored on a
reverse with Troy Wilson going in
for the touchdown but the extra point
was no good. The score was tied at
6 - 6 .
In the second half quarterback
Matt Keersemaker pitched the ball
to Chris Dickenson who ran it in for
a touchdown with John Qualls run
ning for the extra point. The Ponies
played hard defense after the first
play. The defense intercepted two
passes, sacked the quarterback and
recovered fumbles. The Ponies
season record is 3-0. Their next
game will be at Pilot Rock Thurs
day, Oct. 11. Game time is at 4 p.m.
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