FO U R - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 19,1997
STATISTICS:
The Mustangs’ defense, which
completely shut Glendale down
in the second half, was again led
by seniors Travis Wilhelm and
Bnan Burnside with 11 defensive
points each. Junior Tim Dicken­
son also had 11 points. Senior
Tim Sumner and sophomore Clint
Bellamy had nine points each.
Juniors Shane M atheny and
Casey Evans had six points each.
The Mustangs rushed 44 times
for 231 yards, led by sophomore
Levi G eer’s 14 carries for 76
yards. Wilhelm earned 15 times
for 70 yards. Matheny rushed 12
times for 38 yards, and Derek
Gunderson ran 12 times for 34
yards. Sophom ore M ichael
Schonbachler had one carry for
13 yards.
M atheny passed 13 times,
completing seven, for 88 yards,
and had one interception. Gunder­
son passed once but did not com­
plete it.
Gunderson had three recep­
tions for 17 yards, Evans caught
two for 47 yards, junior Jared
Eckman caught one pass for 21
yards, and Schonbachler had one
for three yards.
The Pirates rushed 32 times for
165 yards, with Maurer getting
115 yards on 21 carries. Foster
was five for eight for 25 yards and
no interceptions.
Mustangs end successful season
with heartbreaker at Glendale
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner Mustangs’ suc­
cessful season came to a heart­
breaking end with a 14-12 loss to
the Glendale Pirates last Satur­
day, Nov. 15, in the quarterfinals
of the state 2A playoffs.
The Mustangs fell behind 14-
0 in the first half before com­
pletely dominating the Pirates in
the second half. The Mustangs
scored two fourth quarter touch­
downs, the last a Shane Matheny
one yard run with 18.3 seconds
left, but couldn't convert on the
conversions to fall just short.
Glendale took over at their own
30 yard line after receiving the
opening kickoff. The Mustangs’
defense forced a third down and
nine pass which was broken up
by Matheny.
The Mustangs took over at
their own 40 after the Pirates’
punt and were faced with a third
down and 13. A 40 yard pass to
Derek GunUerson was'called back
on a holding penalty, forcing
Heppner into a third down and 24.
Matheny ran for 16 yards on a
draw, and the Mustangs were
forced to punt.
Glendale took over at their own
31 with 7:37 left in the first quar­
ter. The Pirates’ top running back,
Todd Maurer, then took over, run­
ning 14 yards in three plays. The
Pirates’ quarterback Curtis Fos­
ter then hit Justin Dekrueger for
a first down to the Mustangs’ 44
yard line. Brian Kirkland ran up
the m iddle for 22 yards and
Maurer ran for seven yards to the
15 yard line.
After a Mustangs’ time-out,
Maurer ran to the two yard line,
setting up a Foster two yard run
for the touchdown. The two point
conversion failed and Glendale
led 6-0 with 4:00 left in the first
quarter.
Matheny returned the kickoff
to the 33 yard line of Heppner.
Travis Wilhelm ran for six yards
and Michael Schonbachler ran for
13 yards and a first down. The
Mustangs were held there and
were forced to punt the ball back
to the Pirates.
Glendale took over at their own
26 yard line after the punt. The
Mustangs’ defense held and after
a 55 yard punt, took over at their
own 25 yard line.
Wilhelm ran for five yards and
a Matheny pass to Casey Evans
gave the Mustangs a first down
at their own 41 yard line. Levi
Geer then ran for 19 yards and
Matheny hit Gunderson for six
yards on a screen pass. Wilhelm
carried twice for seven yards to
the 28 yard line.
The Mustangs’ drive stalled
there and Glendale took over at
their own 22 with 7:35 left in the
first half.
Heppner’s defense then held
the Pirates and, after a 19 yard
punt, they took over at the 42 yard
line. Wilhelm ran for three yards
and Geer for five more, setting up
a third down and two. Matheny’s
pass to Gunderson was picked off
by Maurer at the six yard line.
Kirkland then took the ball up
the middle for 18 yards and
Maurer ran four times for 14
yards. Foster then hit Luke
Deavers for 19 yards. Caleb
McDaniel stopped Maurer for a
one yard loss but Maurer broke
free around the end on the next
play for a 46 yard touchdown run,
Maurer ran in the two point con­
version and Glendale led 14-0
with 1:36 left in the first half.
The Mustangs were unable to
move the ball and went into the
locker room at halftime trailing
the Pirates, 14-0.
Heppner received the second
half kick-off with Gunderson re­
turning it to the 28 yard line. Wil­
helm ran for two and an offsides
penalty on Glendale took it to the
35. Geer then ran hard for 10
yards and a first down. Wilhelm
then ran for eight more and Ma­
theny for four yards and another
first down.
The Mustangs’ drive stalled
there as Matheny was only able
to pick up one yard on a fourth
and two, giving the ball to Glen­
dale at their own 33. Maurer ran
for 12 yards, but then was held to
one yard in two carries before
fumbling the ball which Tim
Sumner recovered at the 44 yard
line.
Geer then ran for 11 yards and
a first down to the 33. Geer car­
ried for another eight yards and
Matheny carried for three yards
and another first down. Gunder­
son then ran for five yards and for
four yards; Wilhelm ran for two
more and a first down at the 11
yard line.
The Mustangs again stalled as
Matheny was stopped for a one
yard gain, an illegal motion pen­
alty and three incomplete passes
gave the ball back to Glendale at
their own 15 with 1:44 left in the
third quarter.
Glendale was unable to move
the ball and had to punt. The
Mustangs took over at their own
39 yard line after a clipping pen­
alty. Geer ran for four yards and
was stopped for no gain on sec­
ond down, bringing up third and
six at the end of the third quarter.
Matheny hit Gunderson for
four yards on a swing pass and
then Gunderson ran for two yards
to just get the first down. Geer ran
for three yards, Wilhelm ran for
six more and Matheny sneaked
for one to just get another first
down.
Matheny then hit Jared Eck-
man on a nice pass and catch for
21 yards to the 19 yard line. Geer
ran for five yards on two carries
and Wilhelm was stopped for no
gam to bring up a fourth and five
with 7:12 left in the game and
Heppner still trailing 14-0.
After a tim e-out, M atheny
shovel passed to Gunderson for
eight yards and a first and goal at
the seven yard line. An offside
penalty by Glendale moved the
ball to the three yard line. Gun­
derson then took it in for the
touchdown. Matheny was stop­
ped just short of the goal line on
the two point conversion attempt
and with 7:01 left, it was now 14-
6 with Glendale still in the lead.
Heppner tried an onside kick,
and after some controversy on
who had touched the ball first,
Glendale had possession at the 35
of Heppner after an unsportsman­
like penalty.
Maurer ran for two yards then
a holding penalty moved the ball
back to the 43. Maurer ran around
end for an apparent touchdown,
but it was called back for a clip-
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ping penalty. The Pirates then had
the ball at the 50, with a second
and 25. Foster hit Maurer on a
screen pass, but Bnan Burnside
turned it into a six yard loss.
Maurer then gained seven yards
on a fourth down. The Mustangs
took over at their own 10 yard line
on the punt after a clipping pen­
alty with 4:18 left, still trailing 14-
6.
On first down, Wilhelm broke
free for 23 yards. Then Matheny
hit Evans on a nice pass for a 36
yard gain, down to Glendale’s 31.
Gunderson ran for six yards, Geer
for two and then Wilhelm ran for
four yards and a first down at the
18 with 1:58 left.
Wilhelm ran for three yards,
Matheny for one and Geer for
four, bringing up fourth and one
at the 10 yard line. Gunderson
then ran four yards to the six, then
five more to the one foot line.
Matheny then sneaked it in for the
touchdown with 18.3 seconds left.
The two point conversion pass
was just out of reach of Evans and
the Mustangs fell just short, 14-
12 .
Heppner ended a very success­
ful season with an 8-3 record, fin­
ishing in the top eight in the state.
Heppner: 0-0-0-12 12
Glendale: 6-8-04) 14
First quarter: Glendale-Curtis Foster
two yard run (run failed)
S e c o n d quarter: G le n d a le -T o d d
Maurer 46 yard run (M aurer run).
Fourth quarter: Heppner-Derek G un­
derson three yard run (run failed) Shane
Matheny one yard run (p a ss failed)
Individual rushing: Heppner-Levi Geer
14-76, Travis W ilhelm 16-70, M alheny 12-
38. Gunderson 12-34. M ichael Sch o n ­
bachler 1-13. 44-231. Glendale-Maurer
21-115, Brian Kirkland 2-41, Foster 6-3,
Kevin Cline 3-6.
Individual passing Heppner-Matheny
7-13-1-88, Gunderson 01-0-0. Glendale-
Foster 5-8-0-25.
Individual receiving: Heppner-Gunder-
son 3-17, C asey Evans 2-47, Jared Eck­
man 1-21. Glendale-Luke D eavers 1-19,
Kirkland 1-11, Cline 1 -2, Justin Dekrueger
1-1, Maurer 1-<-8).
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