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EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday. September 21, 1994 Lady Cards take second Mustangs continue to win, beat Elgin 12-8 Photo by Joyce Hughes Chris Dickenson, 33, gets tripped up by an Elgin player last Friday in Elgin. Dickenson ran the ball for 51 yards. The same author could have tough on the Mustangs. The The Heppner Mustangs written the script for each of the Mustangs regrouped at half made it 3-0 in pre-season foot Mustangs' pre-season games. time and scored in the second ball contests as they traveled to The opponents dominated ear half to take the lead and bend Elgin Friday, Sept. 16 and came ly, scoring first and making it but not break to win the game. out a 12-8 victory. The Elgin Huskies hogged the ball the first half with senior Jason Lathrop and junior Chad Thompson combining on two long drives to move the ball on the ground and keep it away from the Mustangs. The second drive, a nine play 38 yard march, put Elgin ahead late in the first quarter. Lathrop scored from two yards out with 2:44 in the quarter for a 6-0 lead. He carried the ball five times during the drive for 36 yards. Lathrop scored the two point pat on a bumbled kick at tempt and Elgin led, 8-0. The Mustangs' offense was Adults $10; children $4.50; preschool free stagnant in the first half, but they almost got on the board anyway. Junior running back Rod Zumvvalt ripped off a 10 yard gain and quarter back Brian Koffler hit senior Bill Schlaich with a 45 yard pass completion to the Huskies' 12 yard line. The drive ended with Koffler being intercepted with 1:57 remaining in the half. Defensive end Ethan Burn side got the Mustangs going with a fumble recover)' early in the second half. Heppner mov ed quickly, needing only seven plays to go 54 yards for the score. The entire backfield got into the act with full back Chad Skroch gaining 14 yards on two carries, senior Chris Dickenson driving nine yards and half back Shaun Hisler gaining 20 yards on two carries. Koffler scored on a keeper. The pat pass was incomplete and Elgin led, 8-6. The Mustangs scored again early in the fourth quarter with Dickenson getting loose on a 40 yard touchdown romp. Big OVST€R F€€D, SHIMON RRK€ HRM DINN€R & HOM€ MRD€ D€SS€RTS at H a rd m a n C o m m u n ity Cantor ctobcr 1, from 4:30-8:30 p.m. Cook - Bob fillen plays in the drive were an op tion keeper for nine yards by Koffler and a Koffler to Schlaich 30 yard completion. The pat was no good and Heppner led for the first time, 12-8. H eppner's defense con tinued to give up ground but stopped the Huskies in critical situations. Seniors Jon Hanna and John Qualls both came up with big plays to slow down Elgin. Lineman Chris Sykes jumped on a Scott Allen fum ble late in the ballgame to preserve the win. Heppner turns to league play, Friday, September 23, as they travel to Umatilla to take on the Vikings. Umatilla is 1-1 on the season, beating the Union Bobcats, 28-22 and los ing to the Imbler Panthers 13-0. The Vikings run out of a spread offense and are inexperienced this year. Game time is 7;30 p.m. at Milt Durran Field. WCCC Golf Cross-Country Tournament Forty golfers participated in the annual Cross-Country golf tournament held at Willow Creek Country Club Sunday, Sept. 18. The course layout pro ved to be difficult as the average score was 29 over par with par set at 68. Results were as follows: Low gross: first-George Waterland 78, second-Barry Munkers 80, third-Gary W atkins 83, fourth-Ron Bowman 85, fifth-Dave Green 86 and a tie for seventh-Earl Fishburn and Raymond Reid 87. Low net: first-Mike Jones 67, second-Frank Pearson 70, third-Dave Gunderson 71, a tie for fourth-Brian Thompson and Mike Doherty 72, a tie for sixth- Earl Norris and Darrel Bigelow 74. KP #1 Tom Sturgeon, #13 Mike Doherty #15 George Waterland; second shot #17 George Waterland. Long drive Ron Bowman. Least putts a tie with 27-Barry Munkers, Earl Fishburn, Rick Paullus. High score Scott Doherty 148. By Anne Morter The lone Lady Cardinals took second place in last weekend's Wantonka Tournament held at The Dalles. After a slow start, lone lost their opening match but came back to win the next two matches during a long and tiring day of volleyball. Allison Sullivan and Melissa McElligott were named to the tournament all-star team. The Lady Cards opened against Corbett, a tall, hard hitting 2A team. The Cardinals were slow to warn up, finding themselves down 0-9 in the first game. Coach Charity McElligott was heartened by the team's rally that brought them back into contention and even ahead of their opponent at one time. But Corbett prov ed to be too tough, holding off lone, 16-14. Corbett kept the momentum in the second game, posting a 15-8 score to take the match. The Cards served 90 percent in that game, led by Kimberly Bedortha with 7-7 serving. Jessica Stefani also had 100 per- sent serving on five attempts. McElligott and Sullivan had 100 percent hitting at the net and Suzie Heideman led the team with two stuffs. The second game pitted the Lady Cards against league op ponent, Condon. Coach McElligott was able to test her substitutes against the rebuilding Lady Blue Devils and she liked what she saw in the 15-11, 16-14 win. ''The Subs were ready to play. They real ly boosted the team effort," she noted. Lynde Minster came off the bench to the setter position, setting 84 percent. Stefani had 100 percent in the serve receive department. Sullivan served 100 percent on four attempts and Bedortha was seven for eight. The team had 100 per cent blocking with McElligott and Heideman accounting for two stuffs each. The Lady Cards finished the day defeating the tournament host, Wahtonks, 15-9, 8-15, 15-12. Coach McElligott noted that the team got better and better as the day went on, and they needed to be, to go three games at the end of the day. Bedortha continued to be the day's most consistent server, with 100 percent serving, two aces and 14 points. Sullivan was 5-5 from the service line and Mary Jane McCarty was perfect on four serves. Brenda Holtz also had some good serves, making four of five. Overall the team served 88 percent. McEligott and Heideman led in hitting with two and three kills respectively. The team had 100 percent team blocking led by Heideman with two stuffs and Minster and McElligott with one each. "I was really tickled," said Coach McElligott of her team's performance. The Lady Cards play Dufur Friday, Sept. 23 in lone. Game time is 5 p.m. Player of W eek Player of W eek Aug. 29-Sept. 3 Sept. 12-17 it, 12 - 17 % #29 Bill Schlaich E/E 150 lb Sr. #1 Cimmie Huth C-Team 4'11" So. #76 Jon Hanna G/L 190 lb Sr Players of th e w e e k are sponsored by M u s ta n g /F illie 21 Coast to Coast Les Schwab First Interstate Bank Ployhar Insurance Murray Drugs Bank of Eastern Oregon Miller & Son Welding Roger Britt Pumping & Green Feed & Seed Dump Truck Van Marter & Kahl Cals BP Service Insurance Devin Oil Co. Court Street Market D & L Repair Kinzua Resources R & W Drive In MCGG Pettyjohn Building Supply Heppner Auto Parts Kate's Pizza Heppner Gazette-Times WCCC Ladies Sept. 20 Low gross of the field Pat Edmundson. Flight A: low gross-Carol Norris, low net-Karen Thomp son, least putts-Eileen Padberg, long drive-Pat Edmundson #17, KP-Dorothy Hawkins #15 third shot; birdie-Norma French #13. Flight B: low gross-Karen Wildman, low net-Norma French, least putts-Muriel Palmer. 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