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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 5 .1 9 9 7 - THREE
Mustangs wrap up CBC 1st place with win
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By Rick Paullus
The H eppner M ustangs
wrapped up first place in the Co­
lumbia Basin Conference by shut­
ting out the Wahtonka Eagles 20-
0 at The Dalles, Friday, Nov. 1.
The Mustangs finished the
regular season with a record of 5-
1 in league and 7-2 overall. Hepp­
ner and Weston-McEwen fin­
ished tied at 5-1, but the Mustangs
had beaten the TigerScots 22-6
earlier in the year.
The Mustangs’ defense again
led the way by completely shut­
ting down the Eagles’ offense.
The
M ustangs held on
Wahtonka’s first possession only
to give the ball back on a fumbled
pitch attempt. Sophomore Jake
Roy followed that by recovering
an Eagle fumble at the Mustangs’
44 yard line.
Quarterback Shane Matheny
kept the ball on the option and ran
for 30 yards. Derek Gunderson
ran for 12 more down to the eight
yard line. Gunderson then ran the
final eight yards for the touch­
down, with 3:29 left in the first
quarter. Matheny ran in the two
point conversion and the Mus­
tangs led, 8-0.
The defense again held and the
Mustangs took over at their own
15 after the Eagles’ punt. Math­
eny kept for 13 yards and made a
good pitch to Gunderson for 24
more yards.
The Eagles defense held from
there and forced the only Mustang
punt of the game. Wahtonka was
forced to punt the ball right back
and the Mustangs took over at
their own 29 yard line.
Michael Schonbachler started
the drive by running for six yards
and Gunderson ran for five more
and a first down. Matheny ran for
nine yards and Travis Wilhelm
ran for five yards and another first
down. After a short run, Matheny
hit Casey Evans for eight yards
and another first down. Levi Geer
then ran twice for seven yards and
five yards and another first down.
Faced with a fourth down and
nine yards from the 21, Matheny
hit Gunderson on a screen pass for
11 yards to the 10. Tim
Dickenson carried seven yards
and Gunderson ran the final three
yards for his second touchdown
of the game. The pass failed on
the two point conversion attempt
and the Mustangs led 14-0 at half­
time.
Heppner received the second
half kick off but gave the ball up
on downs. The defense held and
Matheny returned the Eagles’
punt 20 yards to the Mustangs’
35 yard line.
Gunderson ran for 14 yards and
Schonbachler ran for another 10.
Matheny ran for eight more and
Geer ran for four yards and an­
other first down. A fumbled pitch
gave the ball to Wahtonka at the
33 yard line.
Wilhelm then intercepted a
pass and returned it to the 26 yard
line. The Eagles held however,
but were forced to punt by a Tim
Sumner quarterback sack back to
the 10.
The third quarter ended with
the Mustangs still ahead, 14-0.
Wahtonka held and took over
at their own 25 yard line. Evans
then recovered a fumbled pass at
the 24. Wilhelm ran 12 yards to
the 12 yard line, but an offsides
penalty move the ball back to the
17. Gunderson then ran 17 yards
for his third touchdown of the
game. The pass failed on the con­
version and Heppner led, 20-0.
That was the way the game
ended as Wahtonka could not
moved the ball and an intercep­
tion by Clint Bellamy stopped the
Eagles.
The defense was led by Clint
Bellamy and Travis Wilson, each
having 20 defensive points. Tim
Sumner had 18 and Casey Evans,
17 points. Tim Dickenson and
Levi Geer each had 13 points and
Brian Burnside had 10.
The offense was led by Derek
Gunderson, who earned the ball
15 times for 106 yards and three
touchdowns. Shane Matheny car­
ried 11 times for 55 yards. Travis
Wilhelm carried six times for 31
yards.
M atheny com pleted three
passes in 13 attempts for 20 yards
and had one pass intercepted.
Gunderson had one reception
for 11 yards. Casey Evans caught
one pass for eight yards and
Michael Schonbachler caught one
pass for one yard.
The Mustangs will host the
Enterprise Savages in the first
round of state playoffs on Satur­
day, Nov. 8 at 1 p.m. The Sav­
ages are the number two team
from the Wapiti League.
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Correction
A story in last week's Gazette
about the Kinzua Resources
L.L.C. incorrectly stated the
amount of logs the mills uses
each year.
The Heppner mills uses 57
million board feet of logs per
year, and the Pilot Rock mill uses
34 mbf.
The Heppner mill has gross
revenues of 46 million per year
with a payroll of $4.6 million .
Pilot Rock's payroll is $7.2
million per year. The Gazette-
Times regrets the error.
GUESS THE GHOUL Contest
(How did you do?)
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Peterson’s Jewelers
Ployhar Insurance
Willow Lanes Cafe
Bucknum’s Tavern
MC Abstract & Title
Klamath 1st Federal
Lott’s Electric
Coast to Coast
Yaw’s Restaurant
Les Schwab
Miller’s Mini-Mart
Van Marter & Kahl
Gazette-Times
R&W Drive-In
Bank of Eastern
Oregon
CONGRATULATIONS TO
THE WINNER!
ROSEANNE BAKER
of IONE
heads to state
Statistics:
Heppner- 8-6-0-6 20
Wahtonka- 0-0-0-0 0
F irst
quarter:
H e p p n er-D ere k
G un derson , eigh t yard run (S h a n e
Matheny run).
Second quarter: Heppner-Gunderson,
three yard run (pass failed).
Fourth quarter: Heppner-Gunderson
17 yard run (pass failed).
Ind ividu al
rushing:
H e p p n er-
G underson 1 5 -1 0 6 , M atheny 1 1 -5 5 .
Travis Wilhelm 6-31, Levi G eer 5-29,
M ich a e l S ch o n b ach ler 4 -1 7 , Tim
Dickenson 1-7. Wahtonka-Williams 10-2,
Epson 6-1, Nelson 1-0, Hager 9-(-6).
Passing: Heppner-Matheny 3-13-1-20.
Wahtonka-Miller 4-13-2-25.
Receiving: Heppner-Gunderson 1-11,
Evans 1-8, Schonbachler 1-1. Wahtonka-
Shanklin 2-21, Cervantes 1-20, Miller 1-
ANSWERS TO THE
Gardner’s Men’s
Wear
Mustang volleyball team
photo by Joyce Hughes
Petra Elguezabal returns a serve. No. 10 is Jaci Hughes.
By Molly Rhea
In a standing room only
Heppner gym, the Mustangs
proved that they belong among
the top eight volleyball teams in
the state. By trampling the Elgin
Huskies,
15-7, 15-12, on
Saturday, November 1, the
Heppner Mustangs earned the
right to advance into 2A
championship bracket play at the
University of Portland's Chiles
Center Friday and Saturday,
November 7 and 8.
The gym was tension-packed as
the first seven servers in game
one were unable to put up any
score. Elgin drew first blood
with Jessica Miller scoring points
one through three off Mustang
mistakes or penalties before the
Huskies miss-hit on an attack.
Then the Mustangs' Jessica
(VanWinkle) stepped behind the
service line to put Heppner in the
lead. She scored point one with
help from a Mindy Binschus save
that set up a kill from Petra
Elguezabal, point two off an
Elgin penalty and worked her
"off speed pitch" to ace points
three and four.
Elgin earned a sideout and
scored their fourth point before
Binschus smashed down a kill to
take the sideout for Heppner.
After both teams missed their
next serve attempt, Heppner's Jill
Barber went back to score point
five off a double block from
Elguezabal and Lexi Matteson,
point six off an Elgin hitting
error and aced point seven.
Elguezabal
out-tipped
the
competition for point eight and
point nine off an Elguezabal kill,
before serving one outside of the
line. Heppner's excitement was
contagious as the Mustang bench
joyfully acted out each attack.
Elgin's next serve went into
foul territory to send Elguezabal
back to serve. She went to the
floor for a spectacular save to
score point 10, then the Huskies
received sideout off a Mustang
penalty. Amy Daggett scored
point five and six for the Huskies
off
Mustang miscues, then
Annie Hisler shanked one off an
Elgin blocker to take the ball
back.
A Mustang serve into the net
set up Elgin's Abnanne Wiles to
score point seven. Heppner's
enforcer, Mindy Binschus, sent
their attempt at point eight
smashing to the hardwood which
put Annie Hisler behind the
service line to score point 11 off
an Elguezabal back row kill. The
Husky team seemed to crumple
when the Mustangs scored point
12 and Elgin called for a time
out.
After the pause Hisler
continued serving to score
Heppner's 13th point off an Elgin
penalty, point 14 from a failed
Husky attack and the game point
with the help of a Jill Barber kill.
The teams switched courts and
Elgin had the first serve to start
out game two. The first Husky
attack ended in the net to give the
Mustangs sideout and Barber
went back to ace the first two
points for Heppner before
committing a service error.
Hisler thwarted Elgin's next
service attempt with a kill.
The Mustangs were unable to
score off Elguezabal's serve and
Elgin's setter. Wiles, scored point
one off a Mustang penalty and
point two off a failed attack.
Hisler leapt up and knocked
down a kill to stifle the Huskies
attempt at point three. Heppner's
Amber Peck aced point three.
then the Huskies got the sideout
off a Mustang penalty.
Elgin's Jessica Miller took the
Huskies to a 6-3 lead by scoring
points three through six off
Mustang penalties and missed
attacks. Down by three, coach
Terri Gentry called for a timeout
to regroup.
This
strategy
seemed to work as Hisler
smashed down another kill for
the sideout and the chance to
serve.
With a missed attack, the
Mustangs were unable to score
off Hisler's serve. This sent
Elgin's Misty Durfee back to
serve up point seven and give the
Huskies a four-point lead.
Elgin's next attack went wide and
the sideout went to Heppner.
Heppner's next serve went into
the net, then a kill from Mindy
Binchus' prevented Elgin from
scoring on their next attempt.
This sent Jaci Hughes back to
serve for the Mustangs. Hughes
scored point four, with help from
a save by Hisler to set up another
Elguezabal kill, and aced point
five before Elgin's Courtney
Roller killed the ball for sideout.
Jillian Chandler scored point
eight for the Huskies off a
Heppner penalty, then Annie
Hisler back set to Jill Barber for
the kill to gain sideout for the
Mustangs.
Barber scored
Heppner's sixth point off a Lexi
Matteson
kill before the
Mustangs lost the serve off a
missed attack. Elgin's Daggett
scored point nine, and the
Heppner crowd heaved a sigh of
relief when her attempt at point
10 went into the net. With
Matteson contributing two more
kills, Elguezabal scored points
seven through nine to tie the
score. The Huskies got the serve
back on a penalty but were
unable to score. Heppner missed
the next serve to allow Elgin's
Jessica Miller the chance to ace
points 10 and 11 and earn point
12 on a Mustang penalty. Miller
committed a foot fault to stop
this scoring spree.
Down 9-12, Annie Hisler
stepped back to ace Heppner's
10th point, scored point 11
behind the hitting of Jill Barber
and racked up point 12 on an
Elgin penalty before the Huskies
were able to grab the sideout.
Elgin's last server was unable to
convert due to a penalty. Jessica
VanWinkle capped the Mustangs
victory by acmg point 13, gained
Heppner's 14th point off a missed
Elgin attack and scored the game
point with Elgin in the net for a
penalty.
"This is really exciting," said
Gentry. "The girls started out a
little tight, but they kept their
heads in the game and worked
hard to earn the win."
The Mustangs turned in an 88
percent service success. 100
percent service was contributed
by Annie Hisler (11/11), Petra
Elguezabal (8/8), and
Jaci
Hughes (3/3). Lexi Matteson
ended the match successfully
hitting 11/12 with five kills;
Mindy Binschus hit 7/8 with four
kills; Hisler hit 7/9 with four
kills; Elguezabal had four kills
hitting 5/6; and Jill Barber racked
up three kills off 3/5 successful
attempts.
The 2A double elimination state
championship tournament starts
Friday, November 7, at 3:30 p.m.
with the Mustangs playing their
first game at 5 p.m. against
Santiam Christian, who got by
Corbett 16-14, 6-15, 15-13, in
first round action to advance.