FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 29,1997
Mustangs pound Pilot Rock Rockets, 40-6 TigerScots dominate Mustangs in two
By Molly Rhoa
photo by Joyce Hughes
Running back Travis Wilhelm goes down
By Rick Paullus
The H eppner M ustangs
pounded the Pilot Rock Rockets,
40-6, last Friday night, Oct. 24,
in the Mustangs’ last regular sea
son home game. Heppner will
wrap up the Columbia Basin Con
ference title with a win at Wah-
tonka next Friday night at The
Dalles.
The Mustangs’ defense set the
tone for the night by stopping the
Rockets on their first possession.
Taking over at the 44 yard line of
Pilot Rock, quarterback Shane
Matheny kept the ball for 11 yards
to the 33. Junior Derek Gund
erson ran the ball twice for six
yards each, down to the 21 yard
line.
Matheny then hit Casey Evans
for a 21 yard touchdown pass. The
extra point try was no good and
Heppner led 6-0 with 9:18 left in
the first quarter.
The Mustangs’ defense again
held the Rockets and Heppner
took over at the 47 yard line of
Pilot Rock. After a first down at
the 37, Matheny hit senior Travis
Wilhelm on a swing pass good for
17 yards to the 20.
M atheny then hit Evans at
about the 10; Evans lateralled the
ball to Michael Schonbachler,
who ran untouched into the end
zone for the touchdown. Matheny
ran in the two point conversion
and Heppner led, 14-0, with 5:51
left in the first quarter.
The Mustangs again held on
downs and took over at their own
44 yard line. M atheny hit
W ilhelm for 11 yards, then
Gunderson on a screen pass for
31 yards to the nine. Schon
bachler carried to the three, then
Wilhelm took it on in for the
touchdown. Matheny again ran in
the two point conversion, and the
Mustangs led, 22-0, at the end of
the first quarter.
The Mustangs had 152 yards
total offense to Pilot Rock’s 16
yards in the first quarter.
Evans recovered an onside kick
at the M ustangs’ 47, but the
Rocket defense held and they
took over a their own 38. Evans
then tackled a Rocket back for a
10 yard loss and again for a two
yard loss.
Gunderson had a 15 yard punt
return to the Rockets’ 30 yard
line. Pilot Rock then intercepted
a pass at the one foot line, but
gave the ball back on a fumble at
the five, recovered by Jake Roy.
Wilhelm took it in from the
five on the Mustangs’ first play
for the touchdown. The extra
point try failed and the Mustangs
led, 28-0, with 7:20 left in the
half.
The Mustangs and the Rockets
then traded possessions the rest
o f the half, with neither team
moving the ball.
Heppner received the second
half kick-off and took over at their
own 34 yard line. After a short
gain, Levi Geer ran for nine yards
and a first down. Matheny hit
Evans for a 15 yard pass and an
other first down.
Matheny then ran for seven
yards and another 13 yards and a
first down at the 19. A fter
Schonbachler had taken the ball
down to the three, Josh Roy
handed the ball off to senior Bnan
Burnside who took it on in for the
Gunderson had three recep
touchdown. The extra point try tions for 48 yards, Wilhelm had
failed and the Mustangs led 34- three receptions for 47 yards and
0, with 7:31 left in the third quar Evans caught three passes for 46
ter.
yards and one touchdow n.
In the fourth quarter, the Rock Papineau had one catch for 10
ets intercepted a pass inside their yards and a touchdown. Jared
own 10 and returned it out to the Eckman had one catch for two
45. They then mounted their only yards.
successful drive of the game with
The defense was led by Evans
Dustin Enckson scoring on a two with 19 points, Wilhelm was next
yard run. The extra point kick was with 14 points and Gunderson had
blocked and the Mustangs led 34-
13. Clint Bellamy had 11 points
6, with 3:46 left in the game.
and Tim Sumner and Geer had 10
Josh Roy returned the onside
points each.
kick 30 yards down to the 32 yard
Statistics: Pilot Rock 0-0-0-6-6
Heppner 22-6-6-6-40
line of the Rockets. The freshmen
First quarter: Heppner-Casey Evans
then took over as Shad Hisler ran
21 yard pass from Shane Matheny (pass
for three yards, Ryan Matteson
failed): Michael Schonbachler 11 yard run
(Matheny run); Travis Wilhelm three yard
ran for another three and Blake
run (Matheny run).
Knowles ran for four. Matt Baker
Second quarter: Heppner-Wlhelm five
ran for three yards before
yard run (Matheny run).
Third quarter: Heppner-Brian Burnside
Matteson hit Joe Papineau for a
three yard run (run failed).
10 yard touchdown pass. The ex
Fourth quarter: Pilot Rock-Dustin
tra point failed, making the final
Erickson two yard run (kick failed).
Heppner-Joe Papineau 10 yard pass
score, 40-6, in favor of the Mus
from Ryan Matteson (run failed).
tangs.
Ind ividu al rushing: Pilot R ock-
The offense was led by
H um phreys 1 6 -8 2 , Thurm ond 5 -2 6 ,
Labrousse 4-5, Erickson 2-4, Waite 2-2.
Schonbachler with 91 yards on 12
H e p p n e r-S c h o n b a c h le r
1 2 -9 1 ,
carries. Matheny had 11 rushes
M atheny 11-51, Wilhelm 5-25, Derek
for 51 yards. Wilhelm rushed five
G un derson 5 -2 4 , Levi G e e r 4 -1 5 ,
M atteson 5-5, M att Baker 3-4, Blake
times for 25 yards and Gunderson
Knowles 1-4, Burnside 1-3, Shad Hisler
ran five times for 24 yards.
1-3.
Matheny completed nine out of
Passing: Pilot Rock-Waite 1-9-0-11,
Labrousse 0-4.
16 passes for 135 yards. He had
H e p p n e r-M a th e n y
9 -1 6 -1 -1 3 5 ,
two touchdown passes and one
Matteson 2-7-1-19.
interception. Matteson was two of
Receiving: Pilqt Rock-Thurmond 1-11.
Heppner: Gunderson 3-48, W lhelm 3-
seven for 19 yards with one
■47, Evens 3-46, F^pineau 1 -t0 , Jared
touchdown and one interception. v Eckman 1-2.
lone Cards win eight in tournament
By Amellia Peck
and Salli McElligott
lone C ardinals won eight
games in the W eston-Athena
tournament Saturday, Oct. 18, but
fell to Echo in two.
The teams played two games
either to 15 points or to a 20
minute time limit, whichever
came first.
In the first game, lone con
quered Heppner, 15-7. They came
back to beat Heppner again with
the score of 7-1 (time limit).
Tracy Griffith commented, “We
played well and did a good job.”
In the next game, lone defeated
M.C. Weed Board
plans meeting
A regular board meeting of
the Morrow SWCD/ Weed
Advisory Board will be held
Tuesday, November 4, at 1:30
p.m. at the Pettyjohn Office
Building in Heppner. Agenda
items include CRP (Conservation
Reserve Program), manager
report; Cooperative Working
Agreement, agency reports and
other business.
The meeting is open to the
public.
Pick up report
card at school
Parents of the Heppner Junior
and Senior High School students
may pick up their child's report
card on Friday, November 7.
They may also conference with
teachers at the same time.
Pioneer Memorial
■ Clinic w ill be closed
i Tuesday, November 11
■ for Veterans’ Day
■
■
Umatilla with a score of 15-11
and 15-0.
lone had to take on Echo next,
who they lost to earlier this sea
son, and were again defeated 15-
12 and 5-1 (time limit).
lone then met with hosts
Weston-Athena for another tough
game and won 15-10 and 3-0
(time limit).
lone was ready to play again,
and took on Pilot Rock. lone won,
15-3 and 9-3 (time limit), which
earned them fifth place in the
tournament.
The top servers were Salli
McElligott with 17 points and
Amellia Peck with 15. Coach
Collins commented, “We played
well and were good sports.”
lone Cardinals’ next game will
be in lone against Arlington,
Thursday, Oct. 30, at 5 p.m.
Weston-McEwen had nothing
to lose and everything to gain,
and that's just how they played
when the first place Heppner
volleyball team visited Athena
on Tuesday, October 21.
The Tiger-Scots came out
strong in game one and
dominated the Mustangs to
quickly win, 15-3.
Weston-
McEwen's much celebrated
Amber Weatherspoon was hitting
bullets
through
Heppner's
defense.
In game two the Mustangs got a
slow start and the Tiger-Scots
went ahead 5-0 before Heppner's
Jaci Hughes served up two
points. The Mustangs then went
ahead 6-5 with Jill Barber
serving. The Tiger Scots tied the
game at six with their next server
and then surged ahead 9-6.
The Mustangs battled to
diminish the Weston-McEwen
lead to one point just before the
Tiger-Scots went on a scoring
rampage to gain a 13-8 lead. The
Mustangs again fought their way
back into the game and tied the
score at 14. The Tiger-Scots
gained a one point advantage,
then the Mustang's Annie Hisler
scored two points to lead 16-15.
After a controversial side-out call
Weston-McEwen scored the final
three points to win the game, 18-
1 16, and take the match.
Heppner served 83 percent for
the match. Contributing 100
percent serving were Lexi
Matteson, 5/5, Jaci Hughes, 4/4,
Kathleen Greenup, 3/3 and
Mindy Binchus, 1/1.
Hisler played an outstanding
game with 21/23 attempts for 10
kills coming from spikes, dinks
or blocks. Hisler went 6/7 with
one ace from behind the service
line as well as performing the
setting duties when she rotates
through the back row.
Jill Barber, sharing the setting
duties with Hisler, successfully
hit 5/6 attempts with tw , kills
and served 9/12.
Casey
Ingraham hit 3/3 with two kills,
Mindy Binschus was 4/6 with
one kill, Petra Elguezabal hit 5/8
with one kill, Jessica VanWinkle
went 3/3 with one kill, Janelle
Healy hit 2/3 with one kill, while
Lexi Matteson hit 5/7.
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With this loss Heppner and
Weston-McEwen completed the
regular
Columbia
Basin
Conference league play with
identical 11-1 records. This tie
forced a play-off to determine
the CBC district championship
on Thursday, October 23.
The JV Mustangs capped an
outstanding year by defeating
Weston-McEwen on their home
Jaci Hughes returns serve
court Tuesday, October 21, 15-4,
17-15.
The Heppner Cs ended the
season with a strong win against
the Weston-McEwen C team. In
the previous two matches against
the Tiger-Scots it had been a
battle to the end, but a much
improved Mustang squad quickly
won two games, 15-11, 15-8, to
end their season on a high note.
Excellent serving was displayed
by Lindsey Ward, 8/8, Maja
f .
Halloween Costume Party
Oct. 31 deadline
for vacation
contest
The last day to enter to win the
"Hard Hat Luxury Vacation
Give-away" will be this Friday,
Oct. 31.
The lucky winner can choose
one of six vacation get-away
locations.
"Halloween shopping may
mean a great three-day escape in
the coming year," said Chamber
manager Claudia Hughes.
Come Share With Us At
W illow C reek
B a p tist C kurck
Dietiker, 4/4,
and
Juana
Elguezabal, 4/5.
"This group has improved
tremendously both individually
and as team throughout the
season," said coach Dana Read.
"Every game was better than the
one before. They've got a lot of
desire and they showed that on
the court. They will contribute
greatly to the Heppner High
volleyball program in the next
few years."
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Heppner Elks Club
Oct. jilt ~ <) p.m.-z a.m.
Music: Buffalo Boys Karaoke
Come Join the Party!
Prizes ~ Dress-up
Dance ~ Sing ~ Have Fun!
53rd Annual Meeting
COLUMBIA BASH
ELECTRIC
COOPERATIVE, INC,
Worship Service at 3 p.m.
M eetin g in the 7 th-day A d v en tist C hurch
5 6 0 N orth M inor
TO CITY
WATER
CUSTOMERS
Reminder Water meter boxes should
be insulated for the winter months.
Packing should be contained in a
plastic bag so it will not get w et The
cost of any meter replaced due to lack
of or insufficient insulation will be
borne by the customer.
Dafld WHIm
Public W orks Director
1944-1997
Condon. Oregon
Qittiam Connig Jairgtounit
Registration c r 5:00p.m.
Dinner c r 6:00p.m.
Business Meeting
7:00p.m.
Numerous Prizes
November 6,1997