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.
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Second team l-r: David Wagenblast, Mac Lovett and Aaron
Heideman.
Honorable Mention l-r: Bridger Baker and Jered Ashbeck
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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
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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.
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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.
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The year-long course is design
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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. Team
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