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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 25, 1992 - FIVE Mustangs shut out Warrenton 21-0 The H eppner Mustangs galloped into the state class 2A semifinals Saturday, Nov. 21 with a 21 -0 victory over the over matched Warrenton Warriors at the Oregon Coast. The game, played before an overflow crowd of Heppner sup porters, was a carbon copy of the last two Mustang victories that featured a ball control offense and a dominating defense that has posted three shutouts in as many weeks. Hundreds of diehard Heppner fans made the trip to the nor thwest comer of the state to watch the Mustangs quarterfinal action against a Warrenton team that had a 1,000 yard rusher and had been rated as high as fourth in the state in the Oregon football poll. What they were treated to was another Heppner victory that looked like a kids game of mud pies with a ball. The field had standing water of two to three inches from the re cent rains and the rain fell con tinuously during the game. But it didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the quick and strong Mustang team. Heppner kicked off to the War riors and proceeded to pick up the first of two fumbles by fullback Josh Morris. Morris, who gain ed over 1,200 yards on the ground this year, was frustrated the entire afternoon by the front line of Shane Munkers, Kevin Kilkenny, Dwayne Dunaway, Tony Burt and Ryan Pence. He gained only 42 yards on nine car ries on the afternoon. Dunaway punctuated the defensive mastery of the Warrenton team with several vicious blindside sacks of the Warrior quarterback. The secondary was solid again and linebackers T.R. Riehl and Scott Coe flew to the ball all afternoon. Warrenton stopped Heppner on its first possession inside the War rior 30 yard line. The Warriors then put together their only real drive, going 65 yards with the help of a 15 yard pass comple tion, an offside penalty and a questionable pass interference call against safety Len Brittner. The drive stalled as the first quarter ended. By now the grass on the field had turned to mud, the footing was treacherous and the Mustangs were ready with a drive that is quickly becoming a trademark of this team. Quarterback Rick Koffler, halfbacks Scott Coe and Kevin Payne and fullback T.R. Riehl took turns lugging the pigskin down the field on a 72 yard touchdown drive that ate up almost eight minutes on the clock. Koffler ran a quarterback keeper behind the blocking of center Joe Lindsay and guard Ryan Pence for a seven yard touchdown run. Len Brittner picked up an errant pat snap and, scrambling right, hit tight end Tony Burt with a pass deep in the end zone for an 8-0 lead that they took into the locker room at the half. After a scoreless third quarter, the Mustangs cranked up their running game again. Scott Coe, who had another super perfor mance with 137 yards on the ground on 21 carries, slid into the end zone with a five yard touchdown run. The pat was no good and Heppner had a com manding 14-0 lead with eight minutes remaining. T.R. Riehl intercepted a War rior pass to set up a third Mustang touchdown. Riehl took it into the end zone with a one yard run for Heppner’s final touchdown. Britt ner made the pat for a 21-0 vic tory. After the game several nonstarters were “ helped” into some of the larger mud holes by the victorious Mustangs. Warrenton could only muster 40 yards total on the ground on 20 carries. The Mustangs rush ed 58 times for 288 yards. Lyons, the Warrior quarterback was 1-7 in the rain with an interception while Koffler was 0-2 for the Mustangs. Big Sky League all-stars announced Photo by Joyce Hughes Scott Coe outruns Warrenton defender Josh Morris (30). Coe gained 137 yards on 21 carries. Cardinal athletes honored First team l-r: Jason Proudfoot and Deacon Heideman. íülíS Second team l-r: David Wagenblast, Mac Lovett and Aaron Heideman. Honorable Mention l-r: Bridger Baker and Jered Ashbeck mm am *» »f# * \ Second team l-r: Crystal Minster, April Taylor, Melissa McElligott. Not pictured Danielle Stefani Two seniors from lone High School were selected on the Big Sky League All-Star volleyball team recently. Crystal Minster and Danielle Stefani placed on the second team and April Taylor and Melissa McElligott received honorable mention. In football action Deacon Heideman and Jason Proudfoot were chosen on the first team of fense and defense in the Big Sky All-Star selections. Heideman was selected as an offensive m T T t- m T n n n T T m r r r r nnnniT»» » n t n r r r r re T B- r n n nrB During this time o f Thanksgiving we would like to •show our sincere appreciation for our wonderful,; 3 ; loyal employees. ;A Big THANK YOU to rene Plocharsky ;jenny Bingham Rose Bergstrom Donna Morrell Rita Bergstrom Allen Hamner, RPh. Tina jones-Binder Margaret Brown JoAnn Anderson (in Condon) (in Heppner) And to Judie Laughlin for doing such great window displays!! We are thankful to be able to live in this communi ty and serve YOU, our friends and neighbors. Thank you fo r your kindness and support! John & Ann M urray ■ tJUUUULI The Mustangs were penalized four times for 50 yards by the of ficiating crew. The officials drew the ire of the huge Heppner crowd several times with their in consistent spots. Warrenton w asn’t penalized on the afternoon. The Mustangs return home Saturday, Nov. 28 to do battle with the Crow Cougars. The win ner will play in the state cham pionship game against the winner of the Vale-Lost River contest. Game time is 1 p.m. at the Mor row County Fairgrounds. H U iJ U U £ L f lJ L i guard and a defensive lineman. Proudfoot was chosen as an of fensive end and a defensive back. Second team selections on of fense were Ryan Halvorsen as center, Mac Lovett as a running back and David Wagenblast as quarterback. Second team defense selections were Aaron Heideman. lineman; Mac Lovett, linebacker; and David Wagenblast defensive back. Honorable mention on offense went to Bridger Baker as end and on the defense were Ryan Halvorsen as lineman and Jared Ashbeck as linebacker. lone High School Cardinal fall sports awards were presented on Tuesday, Nov. 17. Football coach Gregg Riet- mann commented that this had been the one of the best years he has coached. He said the kids worked hard and were great to work with. They all had goals and although they did not make it to the playoffs, they were highly successful in their 7-2 season. Coach Rietmann also felt the combined football camp at Hepp ner in early August was a big help in preparing the team for a great year. The Cardinals ended their season with a win at Echo. Dur ing the game several team members changed their normal positions to try other areas of the playing squad with successful results. Seven players received JV letters and 18 players receiv ed Varsity letters. David Wagenblast was selected the teams most valuable player and Ryan Halvorsen as the most inspirational player. The coaches selected Bridger Baker as the most improved player and the Big Stick award went to Deacon Heideman for his big hit of Brian Lantis at the Condon game. Coach Rietmann thanked assis tant coach Robin Graff and of fered a special thanks to Del LaRue for his past services as assistant coach. LaRue has decid ed not to coach football next year. David Wagenblast presented gifts to the coaches for their hard work with the team this year. Volleyball coach Greg Likens said his young team worked very hard this year on rebuilding. The team had a 12-11 overall record and a 7-6 league record. Coach Likens had set eight goals for his team to meet this year and com mented that he was very proud that nearly all eight were met. Likens said his entire team show ed great improvement over the season and shows a lot of promi- sein future years. In recapping the season he told of their third place finish at the Helix Tournament and their fourth place finish and the sportsmanship award at the Monument tournament. lone leaders in statistics were Minster with the most total points and the highest serving percentage; Stefani with the most aces and the highest hitting percentages went to April Taylor and Kim Bedor tha. Melissa McElligott had the most kills and stuff blocks. Fillies fall to Panthers The Heppner Fillies fell victim once again to the Imbler Panthers 16-14. 15-8 at Eastern Oregon State College November 14. The disappointing loss ended their dream of being in the 2A state volleyball tournament Nov. 21. Trying to capture a spot in the tournam ent and equal the Mustang football win against Enterprise proved too tough for the Fillies. In game one Heppner and Im bler exchanged side-outs before Sara Greenup connected on an ace spike behind a Jenny Krein serve. Krein continued to serve, backed by strong rotation support with Holly Eckman producing spike kills to lead, 4-0. Errors of net foul and an illegal hit cost Heppner, with Imbler rallying back 5-2. Krein found an empty hole to dump a spike kill that gave Heppner a comfortable 6-2 lead. The Fillies, playing ex cellent team volleyball, had Im bler on the run. Eckman placed a spike kill, followed by Rondi Robinsons' ace serve to secure an 8-2 lead. Heppner then missed two crucial serve rotations back-to- back. giving Imbler needed momentum at 8-4. An Imbler hit through two Filly blockers dampened Heppner spirits at 8-7. Heppner then called a time out to regroup. Panther serves continued to frustrate the Fillies with an in ability to pass the ball up to the setters to produce the attack. The Fillies were struggling. At 13-8 a Kelsie Evans target pass pro duced a Robinson spike kill for needed life. Imbler had an illegal hit at 10-14 to give Heppner another chance. A super set by Jodi Johnston capitalized an Eckman spike kill to only trail 13-14. Imbler continued Heppner’s receiving difficulties by sending an ace serve to the floor, 14-15. The Fillies couldn’t recover, los ing a heart-breaker, 16-14. Game two was a do-or-die situation for Heppner. Holly Eckman placed a one-handed tip kill to the line, tieing the score at 2-2 and kept the fans content, hoping for this game’s win. Eckman, going to the service line, evened the score at five. Back and forth serves took place for the two teams with neither taking advantage. Super floor coverage for the Panthers made things tough for the Fillies. The Panthers, defensively and of fensively were pulling away at 10-7, with Heppner feeling the squeeze. Kelsie Evans had a big tip kill at 11-8. A glimmer of hope was lost for Heppner with a net antena call and continued passing dif ficulties gave strength to the Pan thers. Imbler went on to carry out the win, 15-8. Vale and Imbler represented Eastern Oregon at the 2A volleyball tournament as Heppner and W eston-M cEwen were defeated. Jenny Krein, eight and nine against Imbler and Jodi Johnston. 14-15, continued strong service for the Fillies. Kelsie Evans turn ed in a season’s best match with all-around play. Eckman, con tinued with setting and hitting duties while Char Coe, Ruth Nor ton and Donita Sharp filled in at crucial times of play. On the brighter side Heppner will return all but two varsity starters next season. Heppner girls are now anxious for Filly basketball. y CHEVROLET /I BMCC to offer farm management Sign up for the 1993 Farm Business Management Program, offered through Blue Mountain Community C ollege, is underway. The year-long course is design ed specifically for farm or ranch owners, lessees, managers, or record keepers. Systematic train ing is emphasized in various phases of farm financial manage ment. according to program coor dinator Alan Nelson. The pro gram includes some class-type work as well as on farm visits by Nelson. For more information about the program, contact Alan Nelson, al 276-1260, ext. 323. placed team members on the all- star teams at both tournaments. Crystal Minster received the most valuable and most inspira tional player awards by her team mates. The coaches selected Kim Bedortha and Jessica Stefani as the most improved players. 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