Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 15,1997 - THREE
Mustangs take important victory over Stanfield Heppner VB varsity trots
Tim Dickenson (2) scored two touchdowns in the win
Over Stanfield.
photo by Joyce Hughes
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner Mustangs won an
important game last Thursday
night (Oct. 9) 30-14 over the
Stanfield Tigers.
The Mustangs had fallen behind
in the third quarter but rallied
behind the passing of quarter
back Shane Matheny and the
receiving
of junior
Tim
Dickenson to make it a happy
homecoming.
After Stanfield received the
opening kick off, senior Travis
Whilhelm caused and recovered
a fumble at the Mustangs' own
43-yard line. After Whilhelm
ran for tour yards, Matheny hit
junior Casey Evans for 30 yards
to the 24-yard line of Stanfield.
The Tigers held from there and
on fourth down Matheny just
missed a diving Evans in the end
zone.
The Tigers moved the ball out
to the Mustangs' 49-yard line
where senior Caleb McDaniel
recovered a fumble.
Matheny hit Whilhelm for a
20-yard pass and Whilhelm ran
12 yards to the 17-yard line.
After two incomplete passes and
an offsides penalty on Stanfield,
the Mustangs had fourth down
and three yards at the 10-yard
line.
Matheny ran eight yards to the
two-yard line and a first down
and goal to go. Matheny then ran
three consecutive times, finally
getting into the end zone for a
touchdown with :45 left in the
first quarter.
The two-point try was good as
junior Derek Gunderson passed
to Whilhelm and Heppner led the
Tigers, 8-0.
After Stanfield punted the ball
to the Mustangs, Gunderson
broke loose for 23 yards out the
50-yard line. However a bad
snap out of the shotgun gave the
ball back to Stanfield at the
Mustangs' 34-yard line.
The defense held from there
and the Mustangs took over at
their own 17-yard line with 3:47
left in the first half.
After a clipping penalty put the
ball back to the nine, Matheny hit
Gunderson for 15 yards and ran
for another 10 and a first down at
the 40-yard line.
After Dickenson caught a pass
just out of bounds, Stanfield
intercepted a pass at the goal line
to end the first half with Heppner
still in front 8-0.
After the halftime homecoming
festivities, Heppner received the
second half kickoff and took
over at their own 41-yard line.
Unable to move the ball,
Heppner punted to Stanfield at
the 26-yard line. The Tigers then
moved the ball effectively down
to the Mustangs' 11-yard line.
A holding penalty moved the
ball back the 21, but the Tigers
moved right back down to the
six-yard line. But on fourth
down Dickenson broke up a pass
and Heppner took over with 5:43
left in the third quarter.
The Mustangs failed to get first
down and had to punt the ball
away.
Stanfield took over at the
Mustangs' 49-yard line and ran
the ball down to the first yard
line. Travis Calhoun took the
ball in from there and, after
Curtis Blankenship ran in the
two-point conversion, the game
was tied at 8-8 with 3:03 left in
the third quarter.
Stanfield then recovered an
outside kick at Heppner's 40-yard
line.
After a five-yard run,
Blankenship hit Judd Nolan for a
35-yard touchdown. The extra
point try failed and all of the
sudden Stanfield led 14-8 with
2:13 left in the third quarter.
The Mustangs came right back
with a good return by Gunderson
out to the 41-yard line.
A
Matheny nine-yard pass to
Gunderson and a 15-yard face
mask penalty gave the Mustangs
Dufur m anhandles lone
By Adam Neiffer and Brad Burright
The Dufur Rangers vanquished
the lone Cardinals, 56-22 in
Dufur in 1A league play on
Saturday, October 4.
Dufur kicked off first but
regained the ball after forcing
lone to punt. lone held the
Rangers but was penalized to
give Dufur five extra yards as
well as a first down, which set up
the first six points of the game.
Dufur also made the two-point
conversion to make the score 8-0.
After several more minutes, the
first quarter ended with a score
of 26-0 in favor of the Rangers.
The second quarter was not
quite as brutal as the first. Dufur
was contained to only 12 points
and Dufur's homecoming court
was announced with the
scoreboard reading 38-0.
lone came out of the locker-
room with a change of heart in
the third quarter and scored 14
points, but Dufur tacked on 18 to
their first-half 38, to extend their
lead to 56-14.
lone outscored Dufur in the
final 12 minutes 8-0 and the
game ended, 56-22, with Dufur
on top.
Dufur rolled up with an
astounding 473 yards of rushing
offense in the game.
lone's Jake McElligott caught
seven passes, among them two
touchdowns, for 130 yards.
The loss dropped lone's record
to 0-2 in Big Sky play and 0-5
overall.
Quarter Scores
Quarter 1 2
3 4
Dufur
26 12 18 0
lone
0 0 14 8
In dividual S ta tis tic s
Rushing: Dufur-Lindell 10-175,
Cobb 21-152, Anthony 8-83, Ben
Morris 1-33, Curt Kent 3-4, Paul
Taylor 5-26. Total: 48-473
lone- Dan Scott 12-41, J.
McElligott 1-17, Jim Sullivan 7-22,
Allan Gribskov 6-15, M. McElligott 6-
(-37), Morgan 1-2. Total: 33-60
a first down at the Stanfield's 35-
yard line. After a one yard run,
Matheny hit Dickenson for a 34-
yard run. Matheny then passed to
Dickenson for the two-pomt
conversion and, with 1:03 left in
the third, Heppner led, 16-14.
At the beginning of the fourth
quarter, Stanfield had a 69-yard
touchdown run called back on a
holding
penalty.
An
unsportsmanlike penalty was
tacked on also to move the ball
back to the 15-yard line.
The Mustangs' defense held
from there and took over at the
Stanfield's 46-yard line.
After a short run Matheny
again hit Dickenson for a
touchdown pass of 43 yards.
Matheny passed to Whilhelm for
the two-point conversion and,
with 11:13 left in the fourth
quarter, Heppner led 24-14.
The Mustangs then recovered
an onside kick of their own at
the 46-yard line of Stanfield.
The Mustangs then moved the
ball down to the 26-yard line
with Gunderson rushing for 17 of
the 20 yards. However a fumble
gave the ball back to the Tigers
with 8:57 left.
The Tigers moved the ball
down to the Mustangs' 35 before
Evans made a tackle behind the
line of scrimmage for a four-yard
loss. The Mustangs defense held
from there and they took over at
the 39-yard line with 4:18 left.
Matheny kept the ball for 21
yards and a first down at the 40-
yard line of Stanfield. Whilhelm
then ran for five yards and
Matheny for six yards and
another first down.
After two penalties moved the
ball back to the 38, Matheny hit
Gunderson for 31 yards to the
seven-yard line. Schonbachler
then carried the ball for four
yards and for three yards and a
touchdown. The extra point
failed and with 1:08 left in the
game, Heppner led, 30-14.
"It was a good win against a
great team. We know they had a
group of quality kids coming
back and had good coaching. We
were thankful to make the plays
to win," coach Greg Grant said
after the game.
The defense was led by Travis
Whilhelm with 19 detensive
points. Junior Royal Robinson
was right behind with 18 points,
and sophomore Levi Geer was
next with 15 points. Derek
Gunderson and Caleb McDaniel
each had 14 points with senior
Keith Scott next with 13. Juniors
Shane Matheny and Casey Evans
each had 12 points. Senior Tim
Sumner and sophomore Clint
Bellamy each had 10 points.
The offense was led by
Matheny who rushed 14 times
for 70 yards. He also completed
12 out of 20 passes for 233 yards
and two touchdowns with one
interception. Matheny also had
one rushing touchdown.
Gunderson rushed nine times
for 47 yards and caught four
passes for 71 yards. Wilhelm
caught two passes for 21 yards.
Schonbachler ran four times for
10 yards and a touchdown and
caught one pass for seven yards.
Tim Dickenson led all receivers
with four receptions for 136
yards and two touchdowns.
Statistics
Stanfield-0
Heppner-8
0
0
14 0 14
8 14 30
Heppner- Shane Matheny one-yard
run (Derek Gunderson pass to Travis
Whilhelm)
Stanfield- Calhoun one-yard run
(Blankenship run)
Stanfield- Nolan 35-yard pass from
Blankenship (run railed)
Heppner- Tim Dickenson 34-yard
pass from Matheny (Matheny pass to
Dickenson)
Fourth Quarter
Heppner- Dickenson 43-yard pass
from Matheny (Matheny pass to
Gunderson)
Heppner- Michael Schonbachler two-
yard run (kick failed)
Stanfield- Engum 25-134, Calhoun
21-104, Blankenship 1-4.
Heppner-
Matheny
14-70,
Gunderson 9-47, Whilhelm 5-24,
Schonbachler 4-10.
Eassino
Stanfield- Blankenship 4-15-0-96
Heppner- Matheny 12-20-1-233
Receiving
Stanfield- Nolan 3-67, Ena 1-20
Heppner-
Dickenson
4-136,
Gunderson 4-71, Whilhelm 2-21,
Evans 1-30
Mustangs play in Imbler
By Molly Rhea
The Heppner varsity volleyball
team traveled to Imbler Saturday,
October 11, to participate in a
tournament that included 11
northeastern Oregon teams.
Teams playing other than
Heppner and the hosting Imbler
included
Enterprise,
North
Powder, Burnt River, Cove,
Union, Joseph, Pine Eagle,
Wallowa and Elgin.
The tournament divided the
teams into two pools with each
team playing every other team in
their pool one time to 15 points.
Rally scoring was used in pool
play with a 17-point cap.
The Mustangs started pool play
at 9 a.m. against host team
Imbler, with Heppner squeaking
out the win, 17-16. In the next
game Heppner quickly disposed
of Burnt River 15-3.
North Powder managed to get
around the Mustangs' attack and
Heppner dropped their third
game 13-15.
Heppner beat
Enterprise in the final pool game,
15-10.
The Mustangs displayed an
outstanding 92 percent serving
success in pool play. Using a
combination of wins and points
scored, Heppner won their pool
earning a bye in the round of
bracket play.
In bracket play Enterprise
defeated Cove to advance into
the semi-finals to face Heppner.
The Mustangs won the first game
15-8, dropped the second 11-15
and, in rally scoring, lost the
third game, 12-15, to be
eliminated from further play.
Enterprise went on to play Elgin
for
the
tournam ent
championship.
"The rally scoring made this
tournament interesting,” said
coach Terri Gentry. "The girls
served well and played well."
St. Patrick's Senior Center
Bulletin Board
There were 68 over the age of
60, 10 under 60 and nine home de
livered meals for the Senior din
ner Oct. 8. Members of the Meth
odist Church served. The Senior
Center Board met following the
meal.
The menu for dinner Oct. 22
will be “company beans”, cole
slaw, rolls, fruity Jello and cook
ies. Members of the Lutheran
Church will serve.
There were 28 present for the
breakfast Oct 10, and three break
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Daughter
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fasts were home delivered. The
menu for breakfast Oct. 17 will
be sausage and pancakes, hot and
cold cereal, orange juice, milk and
coffee.
The tenants of the St. Patrick's
apartments were saddened by the
death of former tenant Darlene
Arrington. Our deepest sympathy
goes out to her family. There will
be a memorial service for her at
the center Friday, Oct. 17, at 4
p.m.
Two tables or pinochle were in
play Friday afternoon Oct. 10
There was no Sunday movie.
away with round robin win
In Heppner’s second game the
Mustangs scatted the Stanfield
Tigers, 15-6, 15-10. Constancy
was fleeting for the Mustangs as
they managed only 73 percent
team success from behind the
service line. Jill Barber was 100
percent, 3/3, from behind the
paint, while Casey Ingraham
went 6/7 and Brooke Boyer, 3/4.
In the remaining match
Umatilla defeated Stanfield, 15-
2, 15-10.
"These wins weren't very
pretty, but they were definitely
wins," said coach Terri Gentry.
"This team is growing stronger
and gaining confidence with
every game they play."
By Molly Rhea
The Heppner varsity net squad
trotted over to Umatilla on
Tuesday, October 7, to put away
Umatilla and Stanfield in round
robin play.
Although the
Mustangs struggled to maintain
their intensity agamst these much
weaker teams, they managed to
win both matches in two games.
In the first match the Mustangs
kicked yet another hole in the
Viking ship, winning 15-4, lb-
14. Heppner posted a serve
success of 83 percent for the
match with 100 percent serving
seen from Lexi Matteson with
10/10. and Lmsey Ropp, 3/3.
Cards lose to St. Mary’s
By Adam
McElligott
McCabe
and
touchdown. At half-time lone
was losing by a score of 12-0.
In the second half lone made
some changes with Cayle and
Cameron Krebs running the ball
and Brad and Adam Neiffer at
guards. Then the game started to
turn around for lone. They
almost ran the ball in for a
touchdown but when it came to
the fourth down lone tried to fake
a punt for a touchdown, but it
was not successful. St. Mary's
then got the ball and lone pushed
the Angels back for a safety by
Adam Neiffer. After the kickoff,
lone's defense could not stop the
Blue Angels from scoring.
St. Mary's was not able to score
again in the third quarter. lone
could not get their offense rolling
again until the fourth quarter
when they finally got their act
together and stopped St. Mary's
on this drive.
In the fourth quarter lone
finally scored with a touchdown
by Brad Burright. The extra
point was unsuccessful and lone
lost the game 26-8. "The score
did not matter in this game. We
did the best we could do," said
coach Dean Robinson. "They
were just bigger and could do
more than us at this time."
lone's next game is Thursday,
October 9, at 3 p.m. at Echo.
Colin
The lone High School Cardinals
lost to St. Mary's in football
action at The Dalles on Oct. 3
26-8.
The game started out with lone
receiving the football. It was an
on-side kick to Mike Radie who
could not get a hold of the ball.
The fumble turned the ball over
to St. Mary's. St. Mary's almost
scored, but lone held them on
downs.
After lone got the ball back
they had to punt. St. Mary's then
scored on a drive. lone received
and tried to even up the score,
lone then had to punt again, but
this time they tried a fake, which
was not successful. St. Mary's
took over and scored on a sweep
right. Their extra point was
unsuccessful.
In the second quarter lone
played much like the first. St.
Mary's ran lone all over the field
and the Cardinals could not get
anything to work for them. St.
Mary's stopped lone on every
drive they had. On one drive of
lone's, they tried to punt but the
ball was snapped and went right
over Brad Burright's head. The
Blue Angels recovered the
fumble and ran 50 yards for the
IMS volleyball teams
beat Blue Angels
Bennetto lead lone in serves,
McElligott with 12 points and
Bennetto with six. Coach Barb
The lone Middle School Collins said, "I really appreciated
volleyball teams traveled to The the fact we were able to cheer for
Dalles on October 3 and defeated the boys and they cheered for us
the Blue Angels.
as well. We did a good job and
The B team won in a tough worked as a team, we took
three games. The first game lone advantage of our opportunity for
won 19-17.
Then the Blue three hits. We had fun and
Angels came back in the second played well."
game for a win of 15-13. The
Player Tracy Griffith added,
third was played rally scoring "When the boys cheer for us it
which lone won, 15-8.
motivated us to play better and
The A team won in just two we appreciated that."
short games, 15-6 and 15-12.
Their next game is in Echo,
Diana McElligott and Jaysi Thursday, October 9, at 3.
By Amellia
McElligott
Peck
and
Salli
JVs downed by
Rockets
Ponies win two
By Rick Paullus
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner Mustangs JV
football team lost a close game to
Pilot Rock, 8-6, on September
29.
Craig Scott scored the lone
touchdown for Heppner on a 20-
yard run.
Pilot Rock scored in the final
minute and got the two-point
conversion for the win.
Shad Hisler nearly returned the
kick-off for touchdown, but was
tripped up at midfield.
The JVS' next game was with
Riverside at Heppner on October
13, at 5 p.m.
The Heppner Ponies won two
more games to improve to three
and one on the year.
The Ponies then beat Stanfield
on October 9, 26-0.
Michael McCabe scored three
touchdowns and a two-point
conversion.
Travis Bellamy
scored the other touchdown for
the Ponies.
The Ponies' next game is with a
tough Columbia team on Friday,
October 17, at 2 p.m. at Heppner.
The Ponies will end their season
at lone on October 24.
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