Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 7, 1994 - THREE
Mustangs win season opener
Big plays on both sides of the
ball made the difference as the
Heppner Mustangs opened the
season with a 13-12 home vic
tory over the visiting Imbler
Panthers, Friday, Sept. 2, at the
Morrow County Fairgrounds.
The game started like a horse
race with three touchdowns
scored in the first nine minutes.
The Panthers got on the board
first on a 42 yard touchdown
run
by
junior
Austin
Bigamen. The 62 yard eight-
play drive took just three and
a half minutes.
The Mustangs struck back
quickly as senior quarterback
Chad Skroch hit senior running
Cardinals return
14 le tier men
back Chris Dickenson with a 55
yard touchdown pass. Dicken
son caught the ball in the right
flat, juked left and then out
sprinted the defense to the end
zone. Dickenson added the pat
and the Mustangs led, 7-6.
The Panthers wasted little
time taking back the lead on the
next drive. QB Ben Lowe hit
tight end Zac O 'K elley
on a five yard drag pass for the
touchdown. The big play in the
drive was a Lowe to Justin Cop-
pinger pass play that covered
38 yards. The pat pass attempt
was incomplete and the Pan
thers led 12-7 with 2:57 remain-
P h o to by Joyce Hughes
Ethan Burnside (58), Chris Sykes (77) and Jon Hanna (76) all
help bring the Panthers down.
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ing in the first quarter.
The halftime score remained
12-7 as both defenses stiffened.
The Mustangs came out fired
up in the third quater. Dicken
son scored his second touch
down of the night on a 32 yard
running play. He carried the
ball three times for 62 yards in
the drive. The pat attempt was
wide right and the Mustangs
led 13-12.
Imbler used up most of the
rest ot the third quater on a 16
play drive. Senior defensive
end Bill Schlaich tackled ball
carriers twice for losses totaling
17 yards. Schlaich was a dom
inating force in the second half
on defense. Dickenson and
sophomore corner back Eric
Schonbachler led the Mustangs
charge in the defensive
secondary.
The teams exchanged punts
to open the fourth quarter with
Schlaich again stopping the
Panthers, forcing a punt.
Skroch recovered a fumble to
stop the Panthers' last drive
and the Mustangs ran out the
clock to take a 13-12 victory.
The game was a typical early
season tilt with coaches Greg
Grant and Les Payne ex
perimenting with a number of
defensive combinations.
Offensively Dickenson and
junior running back Shaun
Hisler ran the ball effectively.
Dickenson gained 79 yards on
six carries and Hisler added 67
yards on 16 carries.
The Mustangs host cross
county rivals, the 3A Riverside
Pirates, Friday September 9, at
the
Morrow
County
Fairgrounds. This is the
homecoming game this year for
the Mustangs. Game time is
7:30 p.m.
W CCC to hold barbecue
The Willow Creek Country
Club will have a family
barbecue
on
Sunday,
September 11, at 4 p.m.
Each family will bring their
own meat to barbecue. Those
whose names begin with " A "
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Host will be Randy and Ber
nice Lott, Howard and Beth
Bryant, Earl and Carol Norris
and Frank and Neoma Bailey.
Lutherans to
hold yard sale
The Valby congregation will
hold a yard sale at the home of
Betty and Louis Carlson on
Saturday Sept. 10. Monies from
this sale will be matched by Aid
Association for Lutherans for
the mission and ministry of the
Valby Lutheran Church'Free
coffee will be served and pies
will be available for a modest
donation. The sale will be from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Were you amoung the 63 million Americans who went camp
ing this ye^r to experience a back-to-nature feeling while cushion
ed by a camper or motor-home? Perhaps the attraction of big ci
ty lights provided a work-free atmosphere during the Labor Day
three day weekend.
Rural families often have odd habits of working overtime on
holiday weekends. Then there are the mighty archery hunters
who crunch through tinder-dry woods in search of big game.
The rivers and lakes also attract boaters and fishermen, whose
sunburns often outshine their catch. Anglers wouldn't have had
much luck along local creeks where aquatic speci
mens need to pack canteens.
When it comes to entertaining guests at this 'Funny Farm', last
weekend provided some unusual entertainment. With the help
of neighbors and guests around 80 head of early calves were put
through the chutes for the usual vaccinations and pesticides treat
ment. The plot thickened when the calves were taken away from
the cows and weaning commenced. But it did provide that
western musical atmosphere.
After the mother cows were transported to the Hinton Creek
feedyards, they decided to break out and return to their calves
held here in Sandhollow. It's a good thing that all of our great
neighbors weren't away from their homes. They came to the res
cue as these critters scattered along the state and county roads
while checking to see if there were any lusher pastures. That
round-up wasn't the usual western cattle drive.
We did provide lots of soap for guests who experienced ala-
natural greenish facial treatments. Bruises became badges of valor
for those unfortunate enough to get kicked.
To round out a western experience, last weekend was topped
off by a day long trail ride. The mountain scenery was heady,
but we lacked a hot tub which would have been nice for those
that had trouble walking after dismounting from horses.
Somehow 1 don't think that our entertainment is a sure way to
attract repeat visitors or enhance tourism.
Switching animal subjects, you might want to consider a pro
ven method of rodent control. Mice seem to be as prevalent as
scarcly remembered heavy rainfall drops.
We could supply some medium sized mouse catchers. This
variety is self-starting and have four-legged drive. They are
vehiclawnd dog trained, accustomed to maintaining their own
coats that are weather resistant. Although they do like to 'smell
the flowers' they are easier to contain than cows, trust me.
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"W e're young, but learning
fast, lone head coach Gregg
Rietmann says of his 1994 Car
dinal football squad.
The Cards are returning 14
lettermen from last year, but
only three were starters.
In the backfield is a pair of
veteran running backs in 185
pound Jerad Ashbeck and 170
pound Greg Holtz. On the line
is the other returning starter
Nathan Heideman. All three
are seniors. Also working out
of the backfield will be senior
Rod Ehrmantraut
Nineteen players are out for
the team this year. Of those, six
are sophomores, including
Luke Swanson, who will start
at the quarterback slot, Kelly
Morgan, a 230 pound lineman,
Randy Scott, a running back,
and Joe Bacon and Ryan
Nevala, both sophomore offen
sive linemen. "W e have a lot of
sophomores and they will be
playing a lot of football this
year," says Rietmann.
Cardinal fans will see a mix
of passing and running this
season, with about 70 percent
run and 30 percent pass to start
off with, says Rietmann. "But
we could change the mix
later," he adds. "W e're a ball-
control football team. We like
to run the ball and use the
clock."
On the defensive side of the
ball Rietmann said he will be
giving lots of different looks.
"You'll see a 3-3, 3-2, 4-2, but
basically we'll probably run a
four-man front. We're going to
substitute a lot on defense.
This year's Big Sky con
ference has everyone talking
about Dufur, which is return
ing a team stocked with retur
ning senior starters, and has
been to state the past two
years.
"They're going to be tough,
but second place is wide
open," said Rietmann, poin
ting out that it's a toss up bet
ween lone, Culver and Wasco.
lone opens against Wallowa
at home this Friday, Sept. 9.
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