Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 1,1 9 9 7 - THREE
Mustangs take th rillin g 14-6 victory
lone netters victorious over Helix Grizzlies
By Kara Miller
Helix visited the Cardinals’
Roost on Sept. 24, but the ungra
cious hosts sent the Grizzlies
home in two games, winning 15-
9 and 15-7.
The Lady Cards led off serv
ing with senior Kara Miller put
ting the first point over. Helix
took the serve and tied the score,
1 -1. Then the teams traded side
outs which brought lone’s Brenda
Bumght up for the attack with her
jump serve, increasing the Cards’
lead to 3-1.
Helix failed to score and Katie
Tworek was up for the Cards with
another point. Helix made two
before side out put Jenny Sullivan
behind the line for one and lone
was still in the lead, 5-3. The Car
dinals then had a streak of poor
serving and Helix gained momen
tum, going ahead of lone by three
points and making the score 5-8
before a side out brought Tworek
back up to serve for the home
Heppner defenders bring down Viking ball carrier
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner Mustangs got a
thrilling 14-6 win over the Uma
tilla Vikings in a big Columbia
Basin Conference showdown last
Friday night, Sept. 26. The Vi
kings came into the game with a
4-0 record and were ranked the
first team in the state. But they
ran into the same “bend but don’t
break” defense that W eston-
McEwen had trouble with the
week before.
Heppner received the opening
kick-off and started out at their
own 27 yard line. After an en
croachment penalty on the Vi
kings, Mustang junior quarter
back Shane Matheny picked up a
first down on a sneak. Umatilla
held from there and after a short
punt that bounced off the top of
the press box, took over at the
Mustangs’ 37 yard line.
The Mustangs’ defense gave an
indication of things to come by
stopping the Vikings and forcing
a fourth down and eight. Sopho
more linebacker Levi Geer made
an incredible interception by bat
ting the ball up and then diving
and catching it.
The Mustangs were unable to
move the ball and after a much
better punt, put Umatilla at their
own 31 yard line with 4:23 left in
the first quarter.
After a short gain on a run, jun
ior Casey Evans and sophomore
Clint Bellamy tackled Viking
running back Jeremy Moe for a
loss on a screen pass. Junior
Royal Robinson then recovered a
fumbled snap out of the shotgun
formation at Umatilla’s 20 yard
line.
The Mustangs moved the ball
down to the 16 yard line but Uma
tilla held from there and took over
with 1:42 left in the first quarter.
The M ustangs’ defense again
held and forced the Vikings to
punt. After a penalty on Umatilla,
the Vikings punted the ball a sec
ond tim e and ju n io r D erek
Gunderson returned the ball 15
yards to the 32 yard line of Uma
tilla.
The first quarter ended there
with the score, 0-0.
After Matheny kept the ball on
the option for eight yards, sopho
more Michael Schonbachler ran
12 yards for a first down at the 12
yard line. Matheny ran twice for
four yards but the Vikings’ de
fense stiffened and Umatilla took
over at their own three yard line.
The Mustangs got a break on
an illegal forward pass penalty
that wiped out a 19 yard gain and
forced a fourth down back at their
own five yard line. Umatilla
punted and Heppnei took over at
the 35 yard line o f Umatilla. Af
ter a short gain, Gunderson ran for
11 yards and a first down to the
20. Senior Travis Wilhelm ran
and picked up six yards. After no
gain, Matheny kept the ball and
got just inside the 10 for a first
down. Wilhelm ran for six more
yards to the four. Gunderson then
took it the final four yards and a
M u stan g s’
touchdow n.
Schonbachler's kick was blocked
and with 4:28 left in the first half,
Heppner had a 6-0 lead.
Umatilla then mounted their
only good drive of the game. Moe
ran the ball in from the 11 yard
line for a touchdown. The extra
point try was no good, and with
39 seconds left, the score was tied,
6 - 6 .
Umatilla received the kick-off
to start the second half and both
teams’ defenses forced a punt.
Jared Eckman intercepted a Uma
tilla pass and returned it to
Umatilla’s 49 yard line. The Vi
kings’ defense held from there
and Heppner was forced to punt.
After a good punt by Matheny,
Umatilla took over at their own
six yard line.
The Vikings got their running
game going and drove the ball
down to Heppner’s 28 yard line.
But after two penalties and good
Mustang defense, Heppner re
gained the ball at their own 42
yard line to start the fourth quar
ter.
After three straight runs for a
first down, Matheny called an
audible and completed a 25 yard
pass to Evans and a first down at
the 26. An Umatilla offsides pen
alty and two runs by Matheny
gave the Mustangs a first down
at the 16. The Mustangs made
their only turnover of the game
as the ball was stripped from
Geer. The loose ball was picked
up and returned 62 yards to
Heppner’s 22 yard line.
The Mustangs’ defense again
came up big and held Umatilla on
downs and took over at the 28
with 7:00 left in the game. After
a Heppner punt, Umatilla had the
ball at the Mustangs’ 37 yard line,
faced with a fourth down and six
with 3:13 left. But Wilhelm made
a big defensive play and tackled
Moe for a loss and the Mustangs’
took over at the 46.
A Matheny pass to Gunderson
was good for 16 yards to
U m atilla’s 38 and a Matheny
draw got it to the 30. After a pro
cedure penalty, Wilhelm ran to
the 30. A Matheny sneak took it
to the 28 and a Heppner first
down. Matheny then hit junior
Tim Dickenson for a 28 yard
touchdown pass. Dickenson had
broken free when the defender
slipped and fell down. Wilhelm
ran in the two point conversion
and, with 23 seconds left, Hepp
ner had a 14-6 lead.
After a short kick-off, Umatilla
took over at Heppner’s 49 yard
line, with 19 seconds left. With
12 seconds left, Matheny knocked
down a pass. Moe caught a pass
and Umatilla had one last chance
with :01 second left and the ball
on the 27 yard line.
The last chance pass to Troy
Johnson in the end zone was
knocked down by Matheny and
the game was over.
With the win, the Mustangs
improve to 2-0 in the league and
3-1 overall. Umatilla drops to 1-
1 in the league and 4-1 overall.
The Mustangs’ defense was led
by inside linebackers Bellamy
with 19 points and Wilhelm with
17 points. Matheny had 16 and
Geer had 11 with an interception.
Eckman and Robinson each had
10 points.
Matheny ended up completing
three of ten passes for 58 yards
with one touchdown and no in
terceptions. Matheny also led the
rushing attack with 16 carries for
33 yards. Gunderson ran nine
times for 28 yards and Wilhelm
ran eight times for 24 yards.
Dickenson led the receivers
with his one catch for 28 yards
and the touchdown. Evans had
one catch for 25 yards and
Gunderson caught one pass for 16
yards.
The Mustangs will try to keep
their league record perfect by
traveling to Sherman County for
a 2 p.m. game on Friday, Oct. 3.
Statistics:
Umatilla: 0-6-0-0 - 6
Heppner: 0-6-0-8 - 14
Second quarter:
Heppner-Derek
Gunderson, four yard run (kick failed); Uma-
tilla-Jeremy Moe 11 yard run (kick failed).
Fourth quarter Heppner-Tim Dickfcnson
28 yard pass from Shane Matheny (Travis
Wilhelm run).
Individual rushing Umatilla-Moe 13-41,
F.revia 13-65,Johnson 2-5; Heppner-Matheny
16-33, Gunderson 9-28, Wilhelm 8-24,
Schonbachler 6-8.
Passing: Umatilla-Johnson 10-20-2-94,
Heppner-Matheny 3-10-0-58.
Receiving Umatilla-M oe 4-62, T.
Johnson 4-21, Erevia 1-7, Ford 1-4; Hepp-
ner-Dickenson 1-28, Casey Evans 1-25,
Gunderson 1-16.
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squad. She landed five points,
which pulled the Cards ahead by
two. Sullivan served next for the
red birds and nailed three, while
Miller followed with one and
Camie Burright put the game
away, 15-9.
Helix led off the second game
with one point before losing the
ball to a side out and C. Bumght
took over serving for the home
team, driving two points off her
jum p serve. The Grizzlies re
gained the serve and took the lead
by two. Side out and B. Burright
attacked for lone with her jump
serve, along with a quick put back
by Sullivan, and lone was up by
one, 5-4.
Both sides traded single digits
with Tworek adding lone’s point
to keep the Cardinals ahead by
one, 6-5. Side out right back to
lone and Sullivan scored four fol
lowed by three pointless turn
overs. Then C. Burright again
struck with three hard serves and
lone led by eight, 13-5. The Griz
zlies scored two but Nikki
McElligott and B. Burright took
the Cardinals to a 15-7 finish
Heppner Colts
win one,
lose one
By Rick Paullus
The H eppner Colts won a
thriller on Tuesday, Sept. 23, at
Hermiston, beating Simplot 6-0
in double overtime.
Luke Murray scored the win
ning touchdown on a three yard
run.
On Friday, Sept. 26, the Colts
lost a close game to a much big
ger Umatilla team, 6-0.
The Colts are back in action on
Thursday, Oct. 2, at home against
McDonald’s at 6:30 p.m.
lone Cardinals beat the Wheeler Falcons
By Kara Miller
On Friday, Sept. 25, the
Wheeler County Falcons came to
challenge the lone Cardinals’
winning streak and, after the
feathers settled, lone was still out
in front, with two more games to
the win side of their record.
Game one started with the Car
dinals’ Kara Miller at serve. She
led off with three points, one off
o f a great kill from Jenny
Sullivan. Two rotations without
scoring found the Cards in the
lead, 3-1. Brenda Burright
pounded one across the net, then
lone turned the ball over to Fos
sil. The Falcons gave the serve
right back to the Cardinals and
Camie Burright stepped behind
the line to begin a barrage of five
intimidating jump serves that
scored and the tally was lone, 9-
1.
Miller rotated into serving po
sition and added another point for
lone, now 10-2. The Falcons hung
on and began a scoring streak of
their own until stopped at the net.
That brought Sullivan up to serve
and the score was 12-7, lone. B.
Bumght served two points before
both sides again traded scoreless
side outs. M iller finished the
game by putting over the 15 th and
final point, ending the score, 15-
9.
Game two, the Falcons got
ahead of the Cardinals by two
before Sullivan could tie up with
the help of a kill by C. Bumght.
Fossil turned the ball right back
to the Cards and B. Burright in
creased lo n e’s score by one,
quickly followed by sister Camie
with two. The Falcons pulled
ahead by two with a score of 5-7.
Sullivan tied the game, then put
the Cardinals ahead, 8-7.
Wheeler County added three
more to their score before lone
got the side out and C. Bumght
attacked again with her jump
serve, putting lone ahead, 12-11.
Niki Sullivan put the game away
with three for a final score of lone
Cardinals, 15, Wheeler County
Falcons, 11.
lone will be on the road for
their next four games, which
started off with Arlington on
Tuesday, Sept. 30. Then the Cards
will be at Helix on Friday, Oct. 3,
followed by an 11 a.m. meeting
with the Dufur Rangers on Satur
day morning, Oct. 4, in Dufur.
Tuesday, Oct. 7, lone travels to
Condon before meeting Echo at
home in lone on Thursday, Oct.
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By Rick Paullus
The Heppner M ustangs JV
football team evened their record
at 1-1 with a convincing 32-0 win
over the Wahtonka Eagles on
Monday, Sept. 15.
Matt Baker got the Mustangs
going with a 52 yard run for a
touchdown on the Mustangs’ first
possession. The extra point run
failed.
Quarterback Ryan Matteson
then hit Nick Anthony for an 11
yard touchdown pass. The run
again failed and, with 1:18 left in
the first quarter, the Mustangs had
a 12-0 lead.
On Wahtonka’s next posses
sion, Matteson intercepted a pass
and returned it 21 yards for a
touchdown. The run failed again
and Heppner led 18-0.
Later in the second quarter,
Baker ran seven yards for a touch
down. Damn Ployhar completed
a pass to Craig Scott for the two
point conversion and at halftime,
it was 26-0.
With 35 seconds left in the
third quarter, Scott broke free and
ran 35 yards for a touchdown. The
extra point run failed and the
Mustangs led, 32-0.
That’s the way it ended, as the
Mustangs’ defense held Wah
tonka’s to very little yards in the
game.
Joe Papineau, Mike Haugen,
Corey Miller, Josh Hill and Scott
were just some of the Mustangs
that had good games on defense.
The JVs were back in action at
Weston-McEwen on Monday,
Sept. 22, and at Pilot Rock, Mon
day, Sept. 29.
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