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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner Oregon Wednesday, September 15, 1999 - THREE Mustangs romp over Umatilla Mustang JV football team starts^ off on right foot, beats Eagles By Rick Paullus The Heppner M ustangs JV football team started their season off on the right foot by beating the visiting Wahtonka Eagles. 24-8 on Monday. Sept 13 The Eagles fumbled on their first play to give the Mustangs good field position at the 30 Nick Anthony got the Mustangs on the board with a nine y ard run around end on a broken play Donald Adams ran in the two-point con version to give Heppner an early 8-0 lead The Mustangs defense held and got the ball back on a bad snap to the punter Brad Adams ran 25 yards to the six where Kelly Paullus took it in for the Mustangs second touchdown Brad Adams ran in the PAT and the Mustangs safe; Sophomore running back Michael McCabe sprints for TD By Rick Paullus The Heppner Mustangs trav eled to Umatilla on Fridas. Sept 10 and rolled over the Vikings. 49- 0. in just under three quarters of play The game was stopped with 57 seconds left in the third quar ter due to the 45-point mercy rule The win moved the Mustangs' record to 2-0 with another class 3A team, the Baker Bulldogs, coming to Heppner this Friday. Sept 17 The Mustangs' defense set the tone for the game, holding the Vi kings to a net minus six yards rush ing and just 127 yards passing Heppner had four interceptions, three by Craig Scott in the sec ond quarter alone, to stifle the Vi kings. Heppner took over on its own 39 following a 15 y ard return of the opening kick-off by Michael McCabe Scott ran for four yards and Levi Geer took a sweep for 10 Michael Schonbachler ran for six and McCabe four and a first down After a couple of short runs. Scott made some nice moves to break free for a 33 yard touch down Blake Knowles kicked the extra point to give the Mustangs an early 7-0 lead Each team failed to move the ball and the Mustangs took over at mid-field after the Vikings' sec ond punt Schonbachler ran for five yards and Ry an Matteson kept the ball for nine yards and a first down Schonbachler broke free for 20 more and a first down at the 17 of Umatilla McCabe ran for five yards, then three more On fourth down, he took it in from nine y ards out. with the help of a great block by Stefan Matheny. for the touchdown The kick was no good and the Mustangs held a 13- 0 lead at the end of the first quar ter. The Mustangs' defense held and. after Knowles tackled the punter on a bad snap for a 22 y ard loss, the Mustangs took over on the 18 yard line of the Vikings On second down. Matteson hit Joe Papineau for a 15 y ard touchdown pass Knowles' kick was good to give the Mustangs a 20-0 lead early in the second quarter The Vikings failed to move the ball, but intercepted a pass to take over at the Mustangs' 40 yard line Umatilla then mounted its only serious scoring threat, but was thw arted by the first o f Scott's interceptions at the seven yard line McCabe broke free for 21 yards to give the Mustangs some breathing room On third and nine from the 30. Matteson kept the ball on the option and made a nice cut to run 70 y ards for the touchdown Knowles' kick was perfect to give the Mustangs a 27-0 lead with 5:28 left in the first half Scott got his second intercep tion on the Vikings' next posses sion and returned it 35 yards to the M ustangs' 37 yard line Schonbachler gained 11 yards. Scott seven more and an offsides penalty gave Heppner a first down on the Vikings' 41 The Mustangs then tumbled the ball aw ay, but Scott picked off his third pass to give Heppner the ball at their own 20 McCabe picked up 17 yards on the option and M atteson hit Papineau for 20 yards to the 43 of Umatilla Matteson then hit Scott for 28 vards to the 15 Knowles then made a nice catch over the defensive back in the back of the end zone for the touchdow n Matheny then hit Schonbachler for the two-point conversion to give the Mustangs a 35-0 lead at halftime The Mustangs' defense held and took over on downs at the 33 of the Vikings Schonbachler ran for 12 yards and Brad Adams ran for four y ards and a first down A penalty and an eight yard run by Adams took the ball to the two A pass interference penalty gave the Mustangs a first and goal at the one. but they couldn't get the ball in the end zone and Umatilla took over on downs Matheny then picked off a pass and raced 30 y ards for the touch down The two-point conversion pass failed and the Mustangs took a 41-0 lead with 5:55 left in the third quarter The Mustangs' defense again held and took over at the Vikings" 34 y ard line Adams ran tw ice for nine y ards and a pass interference penalty gave the Mustangs a first down at the 13. Adams then ran for nine and on fourth down picked up a yard for a first Kelly Paullus picked up two y ards to the one before senior Jake Roy scored his first career rushing touchdown on a one y ard run Nick Anthony hit Jerry Shank for the PAT to give the Mustangs the 49- 0 win. The game was called fol lowing the kick-off Stefan Matheny led the defen sive with 23 points, including the interception for touchdown Craig Scott used his three picks to get 20 defensive points Clint Bellamy had 11 and Michael McCabe and Kelly Paullus each had eight Mitch Matthews had seven and a fumble recovery Ry an Matteson led the offense w ith 79 yards rushing and a touch down and completed six of sev en passes for 100 yards and two touchdowns Scott rushed six times for 65 y ards. McCabe had eight for 61 yards: and Michael Schonbachler had seven for 56 y ards Freshman Brad Adams ran six times for 42 yards and Levi Geer gained 30 yards before leav ing the game early in the first quar ter with an ankle injury Joe Papineau had two recep tions for 35 yards and Schonbachler caught two passes for 22 y ards "It was a good win and every body got to play, but it hurts to lose Levi." said coach Greg Grant af ter the game S ta tis tic s : Heppner 13 22 1 4 x - 49 Umatilla 0 0 0 x - 0 First quarter Heppner- Craig Scott 33 yard run (B lake K now les kick) 9 23, Michael McCabe nine yard run (kick failed) 1 00 S econd qu arter H e p p n e r-J o e Papineau 15 yard pass from Matteson (Knowles kick) 10 36 Ryan Matteson 70 yard run (Knowles kick) 5 28 Knowles 15 yard pass from M atteson (M ichael Schonbachler pass from Stefan Matheny) 49 Third quarter H eppner-M atheny 30 yard interception return (pass failed) 5 55 Jake Roy one yard run (Jerry Shank pass from Nick Anthony) 1 05 Individual stats Rushing H ep p n e r-M atteso n 2 -7 9 Scott 6-65 McCabe 8-61 Schonbachler 7-56, Levi Geer 5-30, Brad Adams 6v42, Donald Adams 1-6, Kelly Paullus 2-3 Umatilla-Salas 5-9 Mclver 1 (-15) Passing H eppner-M atteson 6 -7 -1 - 100 Anthony 1 -3 -0-8 Matheny 0 -5 -0 U m atilla-M clver 1 3 -3 8 -4 -1 2 7 , V illa nueva 0 -5 -0 Receiving H eppner-Papm eau 2 -35 Schonbachler 2-22. Scott 1-28 Knowles 1-15, Shank 1-8 U m atilla-Y barra 7 -5 9 , Lynch 4 -5 4 . Aparicio 2-16 “HAVE YOU BEEN TO WEIGHT WATCHERS LATELY?” had a 16-0 lead with 5:12 left in the first quarter In the third quarter, the Eagles cut the lead in half by scoring on a one y ard run follow ing a blocked punt The Mustangs put the game away in the fourth on a six vard run by Donald Adams Brad Adams ran in the PAT to close out the scoring You can eat any food you crave and still lose weight on I -2-3 Success our easiest plan ever: We've given every food a POINTS' value © Just stay w ithin your daily POINTS range The JVs are back in action on Monday. Sept 20. at home against th<- Umatilla Vikings at 6 p m © You II lose weight! Statistics Join now! Wahtonka 0 0 8 0 - 8 Heppner 16 0 0 8 - 24 First quarter Heppner-NIck Anthony nine yard run (Donald Adams run) 9 50 ; Kelly Paullus six yard run (Brad Adams run) 5 12 Third quarter Wahtonka-one yard run (PAT run) 8 34 Fourth quarter Heppner-Donald Adams six yard run (B Adams run) 9 04 Join any m eeting anytim e! For m ore inform ation call weekdays 8:30am to 5:00pm ( The lone High School foot ball team won their first game of the season against Sprav. 28- 12 At the end of the first quar ter. lone led 8-0 The second quarter the Cardinals scored 12 points to Spray's six and during the third quarter lone added eight to the Viking's six The fourth quarter both teams were held scoreless It was a rushing game for lone w ith a total of 44 carries for 316 yards Brad Burright lead the lone team with 237 yards on 25 carries Dan Scott had seven for 29 yards: John Ferguison. one for 28 yards: Korey Morgan, six for 16 yards, and Allan Gnbskov. five for six yards lone had 11 first downs, compared to Spray 's eight "TTte team did really well.” said coach Dennis Stefani. "We had a kid. Pat Davidson, a new comer this year. step, in and fill in He played guard and end We had Zak Fabian with 10 (o r toll free I -877-297-1021) lone volleyball team beats Spray Eagles The lone High School Volley- . ball team beat the Spray Eagles. 15-4. 15-4. in their first contest of the year on Friday . Septem ber 3. at Spray Charissa Gates led the team in points with seven and served nine for nine at the line She also added 14 set assists for the match Nikki McElligott and Salli McElligott followed with six points apiece Nikki hit 16 spikes, five of them kills, and added four blocks and two stuff blocks Diana McElligott and Shelby Krebs each had two kills and Diana made six spikes, two stuff blocks and led the team in back row passes, going six for six Adrienne Swanson came up the ranks from JV to replace injured set ter Erin Crowell and served five points and made 13 set assists "Everyone played the way I hoped they would for the first match of the season, said coach Charity McElligott "We have a lot of perfecting to do this season, but we have the hustle and desire 1 was hoping to see With three starting sen iors on the injured list right now. it gave some of the younger players their chance to experience varsity play and they did a great job Varsity team members in clude seniors. Erin Crowell. Nikki McElligott. Camie Bur- right and Brandi Brantley , jun iors. Shelby Krebs. Jeanette Brantley. Molly Barrow. Ash ley Carmack. Allison Hal- vorsen and Charissa Gates sophomores Amellia Peck and Salli McElligott. and freshman Diana McElligott Assistant coach is Cathy McCabe Knstma Powell is manager HEPPNER N ew m eeting opening: T hu rsd ay, Sept. 23 U nited M ethodist C hurch • T h u rsd ay 6:30 p.m. tackles and Allan Gribskov with 13 tackles The team this year includes: seniors Mark McElligott. Allan Gribskov. John Ferguison. Ja cob Neiffer. Dan Scott. Mike Ferguison and Dylan Pettyjohn: juniors. Hannes Schulz, and ex change student from Germany . David Mansfeld. and exchange student from Usti nad Labem. Richard Campbell. Patrick Da vidson. Korey Morgan. Zak Fabian. Jeremiah McElligott. Cory Bennetto and Cody Erick son. sophomores. Brad Bumght and Adam Neiffer. and fresh men. Cayle Krebs. Cameron Krebs. Til Tullis. Mike Radie. Koby Rea and Andrew Riet- mann Head coach is Robin Graff Assistant coaches are Dennis Stefani and Ryan Rudolf Collin McElligott is manager Other Meeting Locations: H erm iston S enior C en ter - 425 W. O rchard M ondays 6:30 p.m. P endleton U nited M etho d ist Church • 352 SE 2nd T u esd ays 6:30 p.m. NOTICE TO THE CITIZENS OF HEPPNER The burning ban for the City of Heppner «fill no longer be in effect beginning Wednesday, Sept. 15, 1999. A 5-day burn ing permit is required for all open (out of container) fires and may be purchased for $1.00 at Heppner City Hall, 188 HW Willow Street. Statistics V ' j r v Vc * * *. : J ’ 503 ) 297-1021 1999 Weight Watchers International, Inc Owner of the WEIGHT WATCHERS trademark All rights reserved lone football team wins first game of season ;*>'! 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