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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 6, 1999
Mustang defense stops TigerScots 40-6
Craig Scott (23) fights for yardage against TigerScots, while Michael Schonbachldr (41)
and Clint Bellamy (58) block.
B y R ick Paullus
The th ird-ranked H eppner
Mustangs used a stingy defense
to ruin the W eston-M cEw en
Tigerscots' homecoming, beating
them 40-6 on Friday, Oct 1 The
M ustangs' offense gained over
460 v ards. led by Craig Scott's 108
rushing y ards, and Ryan
M atteson's 194 yards passing
Michael M cCabe scored three
touchdowns for the Mustangs
Heppner improved to 5-0 on the
year with the Culver Bulldogs
coming to town in a key Colum
bia Basin Conference matchup on
Thursday. Oct. 7. at 7:30 p m for
the Mustangs' homecoming game
The Mustangs took the open
ing kickoff and got a key third
down reception from Craig Scott
for 11 yards and a first down at
m idfield M atteson then hit
McCabe on a screen, who broke
a tackle at the line of scrimmage,
got good downfield blocks from
Clint Bellamy and Matt Baker, and
raced 49 y ards down the sideline
for the touchdow n The pass
failed on the conversion attempt
and the Mustangs led 6-0 with
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10:06 left in the first quarter
The Tigerscots took the kick
off and drove down the field be
fore Travis Bellamy recovered a
fumble for the Mustangs to the
Weston-McEwen six yard line
Matteson ran for nine yards
and Michael Schonbachler picked
up three more and a first down
Scott then broke outside and
rushed for 25 yards to near
midfield
The Mustangs were forced to
punt where the Tigerscots took
over at their own 35 y ard line The
Mustangs' defense held, forcing
a Tigerscot punt, which McCabe
returned to the 48 y ard line Stefan
Mathcny caught a third down
pass good for 32 y ards and a first
down at the 17 yard line as the
first quarter ended Scott then ran
three times to the two yard line
where McCabe ran it in for his
second touchdown of the game.
M atteson passed to Blake
Knowles for the two-point con
version to increase the Mustangs
lead to 14-0 early in the second
quarter.
The M ustangs' defense held
p ho to by Joyce Hughes
and. after a quarterback sack by
Josh Hill and Clint Bellamy. forced
a punt which was downed at their
own 15 yard line
Scott ran for two. then seven
yards and Schonbachler ran for
two yards and a first down
McCabe then took a screen pass
17 y ards for a first down to the 40
yard line M atteson then hit
Matheny for 11 yards and another
first down An interception and
return gave the Tigerscots the ball
at the 25 of Heppner
The Tigerscots moved the ball
down the field where Nathaniel
Lieuallen scored on an eight y ard
run The kick failed and. with 2:07
left in the first half. Heppner led
14-6
The Tigerscots fumbled the
kickoff w hich Scott recov ered at
the 35 yard line o f W eston-
McEwen Scott ran for four.
McCabe took the pitch on the op
tion for three and an offsides pen
alty gave the Mustangs a first
down After a short run. Matheny
made a great catch at the five and
ran to the end zone for the touch
down The pass failed and the
Mustangs led 20-6 early in the
third quarter
The onside kick failed and the
Tigerscots took the ball to the
Mustangs 30 before good defen
sive plays by Matheny and Clint
Bellamy gave Heppner the ball at
their own 32 yard line After a
short gain by McCabe. Matteson
kept the ball on the option, broke
a tackle and ran 67 yards for a
touchdown Knowles kick was
good to give the Heppner a 27-6
lead
The Tigerscots took over on
their own 23 yard line after the
kickoff The Mustangs got a good
defensiv e play from Joe Papineau
to force a punt vv ith Heppner tak
ing over at their own 33 yard line
M cCabe ran for three, then
M atteson hit Knowles for 34
vards to the 30 Scott ran for 11
and a first down, then two more,
and McCabe went for 12 yards
to the four McCabe then took it
in for this third touchdown of the
game The kick was blocked, giv
ing the Mustangs a 33-6 lead
The Tigerscots took the kick
off and drove down to the Mus
tang 10 before the defense held
and Heppner took ov er on downs
After a short gam. Scott took a
pitch on a sweep for 12 y ards and
a first down Scott then ran for
three, then 12 more and another
first down Levi Geer picked up
three y ards. but the offense stalled
and Heppner had to punt the ball
back to the Tigerscots
Knowles, however, picked off
a Tigerscot pass, giv ing the Mus
tangs back the ball at their own
41 y ard line Scott broke through
the line for 10 yards and McCabe
broke one for another 40 yards to
the fn e y ard line McCabe picked
up three yards, setting up
M atteson's bootleg run to the
endzone Knowles’ kick was good
to make it a 40-6 game.
A fter the kickoff, the
T igerscots fum bled which
M cCabe recovered at the
Weston-McEwen 28 yard line.
The Mustang JVs were unable to
move the ball and W eston-
McEwen took over at their own
3 2 y ard line 1 he defense held and
took ov er as the game ended
Matteson ended up 9-14 for
194 yards, two touchdowns and
one interception He also rushed
three times for 79 y ards and two
touchdowns
Matheny caught three passes
for 69 yards and McCabe caught
two for 57 yards
Statistics
Heppner 6 8 19 7 - 40
Weston-McEwen 0 6 0 0 - 6
First quarter
Heppner-M ichael
M cC abe 49 yard pass from Ryan
Matteson (pass failed)
Second quarter Heppner-M cCabe
two yard run (Blake Knowles pass from
Matteson). W eston-M cEwen-Ueuallen
eight yard run (kick failed)
Third quarter Stefan Matheny 21 yard
pass from Matteson (pass failed),
Matteson 67 yard run (Knowles kick),
McCabe four yard run (pass failed)
Fourth quarter Matteson two yard run
(Knowles kick).
Individual statistics
Rushing Heppner-Craig Scott 15-108,
Matteson 3-79 McCabe 5-69. Michael
Schonbachler 5-9. Brad Adams 3-7, Levi
Geer 2-3, Donald Adams 1-(-3), Kelly
Paullus 1-(-3), Weston-McEwen-Lieuallen
16-80, Peters 4-34, Maney 3-33, R Delph
10-24, E Delph 5-5, Parker 3 -(-1 4 ),
McClouth 1-(-2)
Passing Heppner-Matteson 9-14-1-
174; Weston-McEwen-Parker 4-17-1-28
Receiving Heppner-Matheny 3-69,
McCabe 2-67 Knowles 2-51, Scott 2-17;
Weston-McEwen-Peters 3-28, Maney 1-
4.
Births
Spencer Howard Cook-a
son Spencer Howard was bom to
C arla and W inston Cook o f
Boardman on September 24. 1999
at Good Shepherd Community
Hospital in Hcrmiston The baby
weighed 7 lbs 14 oz
Susan Michelle Ramirez
Larios-a daughter Susan
Michelle was bom to Susana and
Jorge Ramirez of Boardman on
September 24. 1999 at Good Shep
herd Com m unity H ospital in
Hcrmiston The baby weighed 7
lbs 8 oz.
Edward Dennis Steinman,
J r.-a son Edward Dennis was
born to K atrii.a and Edward
Steinman of lone on September
26. 1999 at Good Shepherd Com
munity Hospital in Hcrmiston The
baby weighed 8 lbs 14 oz
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