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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 27, 2000 Mustangs rout Rockets The Cardinal Varsity volleyball team all but annihilated Wheeler on Friday, Sept. 22. lone beat the Falcons in two games, 15-6, 15- 10 . M ich a e l M c C a b e ru n » fo r o n e o f hi» to u c h d o w n s a g a in s t P ilo t R ock Lady Cards come from behind to defeat Mustangs Cardinal VB team annihilates W heeler , The team as a whole displayed better teamwork, getting their passes to the net so those setters could get the ball to the hitters. Setter Adrienne Swanson brought in the points for the Cardinals, serving 100 percent for eight points. Swanson and team member Chanssa Gates also led the team with set assists. Sophomore Diana McEUigott also dropped in seven points, led the team with serve-receives and had a total of 19 hits, including nine kills. McElhgott also served the ace that ended the match for the Falcons. Amellia Peck served five points and had 12 hits. Shelby Krebs and Allison Halvorsen earned four points each and both did an excellent job in the front row. Salli McEUigott scored three points but did her best work at the net, earning 16 hits, including five kills. Offensively, the team served their best match yet with 98 percent success. The team hit well at the net with 90 percent of their hits successful and blocked 88 percent at the net. The Cardinal Junior Varsity squad had a slow start in their match, losing their first game. 13-15, but buckled under the next two games to take the match, 15- 4, 15-5. Leading point producer for lone was Meghan McCabe with 12 points. Included in that number were five unanswered serves for the ace. McCabe also led her team with set assists. Caitlin Orem cranked out 11 points for her team. Emily Key sent over 10 points, had four aced serves and hard four kills at the net. Megan E. McCabe put three points on the scoreboard and did an outstanding job of getting the ball to her hitters. Tracy Griffith contributed two points and led the team with 12 hits. Dejah Haskett scored two points and led the team with serve-receives. Olivia Thompson came off the bench and scored two points for her team. Eva Chitty and Cyndi Heagy are both commended for their level of play at the net. Coach Cathy McCabe said she was pleased with the team's win. "They had a rough start, serving only 50 percent in the First game but picked up the pace the remainder of the match." Rick Paulius at halftime. The defending Columbia Basin After the teams traded punts, Conference champion Heppner the Mustangs took over at their M ustangs opened the league own 48 yard line. Donald Adams schedule with a convincing 60-6 then ran for two, then Five, and rout of the Pilot Rock Rockets in McCabe went for Five and a First Pilot Rock on Sept. 22. The Mus down. Paulius went for one, tangs ran for 374 yards as a team Elguezabal for four and Brad and added another 200 yards on Adams for three, bringing up kick-off. punt and interception re fourth down. Scott then went 30 turns. The defense was just as yards for a touchdown and after good as the offense, holding Pilot the pass failed on the conversion Rock to 50 yards rushing and 132 attempt, the Mustangs led 46-0. yards overall, with most of those On the Rockets’ next drive. coming in the fourth quarter with Elguezabal intercepted a pass at and had nice coverage of her the outcome already settled. The lone volleyball team was fellow team members." the Mustangs’ own four yard line. The Mustangs (2-1, 1-0) finally Aaron Griffith then went for one, handed a heartbreaking loss on The junior varsity lost to get a home game on Friday. Sept. Scott for 23. Elguezabal for eight Thursday. Sept. 21. The Heppner JV in two games. 5-15, 29, as they host the Wahtonka and Brad Adams for three more Cardinals losing to Heppner in 11-15. two close games. 13-15, 14-16. Eagles. and a first down. The Rockets Emily Key showed her brawn The Mustangs got on the board held though and the Mustangs Leading scorer for the by sending over two aces and a Cardinals was Adrienne Swanson total of seven points for the Lady early as Kelly Paulius and Sam were forced to punt. Van Liew sacked the Rocket quar Travis Bellamy then sacked the with seven points. Amellia Peck Cardinals. Meghan McCabe terback. causing a fumble which quarterback, causing a fumble served 91 percent with six points added three points to the on the board. Peck led the team Cardinal aid. Dejah Haskett and Van Liew recovered at the 18 yard which Brian Smith recovered. line. Michael McCabe then took The Mustangs failed to move with 12 hits. Chanssa Gates led Cyndi Heagy each contributed the hand-off and ran in untouched the ball. and. after the teams the team with set assists and two points each. Caitlm Orem led for the First of four touchdowns. traded punts, the Mustangs took added five points for the the team with set assists. Blake Knowles booted the extra over at their own 25. A motion Cardinals. "Freshman Emily Key Coach McCabe commended point for a 7-0 lead just 1:35 into penalty moved it back to the 20 did an excellent job of coming Megan E. McCabe for doing an the game. where Elgyezabal took a hand-off. off the bench to add four points "outstanding job" on her debut as The Mustangs to the ball back broke to the outside and ran 80 with her cannon-like serves," setter toE the team'.' "She was at the 30 yard line of Pilot Rock 'yards fofVtduchdown. The run said Coach Cathy McCabe. clfeaf wheti She eallcH'iiYif which "Diana McEUigott led her team hitters"wire To expeJt^fNt ball after a 25 yard punt return by failed aha the Mustangs led 52-1). Craig Scott. After short gains by Pilot Rock Finally got on the with 17 hits, including five kills," and did an outstanding job of Ryan Matteson and Brad Adams, board after a fumbled punt gave said Coach McCabe. "Freshman getting the ball to the net." Me Scott carried for 12 yards to the them the ball at the 36 yard line of Natalie McElhgott did a nice job Cabe said. "The team lost their 13. Adams went for 12 more then Heppner. Josh Wallace then ran in the front row. Jeanette first game simply by making too took it in for the touchdown. 36 yards, breaking several tack Brantley continues to be a many unforced errors but they K now les’ kick was good and les. for a touchdown. The run constant factor with her back row worked harder in the second play. Brantley hustled to the ball game to close the gap." Heppner led 14-0. failed and the Mustangs led 52-6. On the Rockets" next series, Elguezabal then returned the Adams intercepted a pass but the kick-off to the 48 of the Rockets. Mustangs couldn't move the ball P aulius w ent for nine, then and gave it back to Pilot Rock at Elguezabal went for a 39 yard their own 38 yard line. touchdown. Tanner Bntt ran in the McCabe then intercepted a two-point conversion to make the The lone junior varsity team Thompson had eight points on pass at the 39 and took it in for a final score 60-6. competed at the Heppner the board her team followed by touchdown. Knowles' kick was Elguezabal ended up with 145 Invitational Tournament on Caitlin Orem with six points. good again and the Mustangs led yards on 10 carries and two touch Saturday, Sept. 23. The lone Orem also led the team with set 21 - 0 . downs. Brad Adams rushed 10 assists. Cyndi Heagy scored one The defense again held and the times for 76 yards and two touch squad lost their first match to point for the team and played Mustangs took over at their own downs. Craig Scott ran five times Heppner JV. easily won their tight defense at the net. Tracy second match against Weston- 29. The Rockets intercepted a for 68 yards and a touchdown. McEwen and then dropped their Griffith was the leading hitter for pass and returned it to the Michael McCabe had 47 yards on lone and also led the team with third match to Riverside JV. Heppner 28, giving them their best six carries and four touchdowns. blocks. Dejah Haskett led m Emily Key proves to be a reliable field position of the First half. The defense was led by leader on the court with a total of serve receives and did an The defense stiffened though, McCabe with 17 defensive points 22 points for the tournament. excellent job of hustling on the as Paulius tackled the quarterback with two interceptions, both for Key also had three hits, not bad court and getting several diving for a loss on fourth down, causing touchdowns. Kelly Paulius fin for a 5'3" freshman. Megan E. digs. Eva Chitty did a nice job in a fumble and the Mustangs took ished with 15 points with three McCabe scored nine points for the front row and led the lone over at their own 40 yard line. tackles for loss. Blake Knowles the Lady Cardinals. Olivia team with five hits. had 12 defensive points. Brian The Rockets held the Mustangs Rust and Chuy Elguezabal each but a personal foul penalty on third had 11 with Elguezabal picking off down gave the Mustangs a First a pass. Ryan Matteson had 10 down at the Rockets’ 42. Adams points and Scott eight. Brad then ran for 17 and McCabe for Adams had seven with an inter four. Two offsides penalties took ception and Sam Van Liew had the ball to the 11 where McCabe seven with a fumble recovery took it in for the touchdown. The Statistics kick was no good and the Mus Heppner 21 19 6 14 - 60 tangs led 27-0 a minute into the Pilot Rock: 0 0 0 6 - 6 second quarter. First quarter Heppner-M ichael McCabe 16 yard run (Blake Knowles kick) After another good punt return, 10 25. Brad Adam s one yard run the Mustangs took over at the (Knowles kick) 7:03 McCabe 39 yard in Rockets’ 31. After a holding pen terception return (Knowles kick) 4 28 Second quarter Heppner-McCabe 11 alty took it back to the 38, Chuy yard run (kick tailed) 10 51, B Adams Elguezabal hit Stefan Matheny for five yard run (kick failed) 8 50 McCabe a 33 yard pass. Adams then ran five yard interception return (Knowles kick) 1:20 Five yards for the touchdown. The Third quarter Heppner-Craig Scott 30 kick just missed and the Mustangs yard run (pass failed) 3:35 now led 33-0. Fourth quarter: Heppner-Chuy Elguezabal 80 yard run (run failed) 3 51 The Mustangs got the ball back Pilot Rock-Josh Wallace 36 yard run (run at their own 46 after a punt. failed) 1:33: Heppner-Elguezabal 39 yard A dam s w ent for seven and run (Tanner Bntt run) 22. Elguezabal. 11, to the Rockets' 36. Individual stats Rushing: Heppner-Chuy Elguezabal Pilot Rock then intercepted a pass 10-145, Brad Adams 10-76, Craig Scott and returned it for a touchdown, 5-68. Michael McCabe 6-47. Kelly Paulius but a clipping penalty brought it 5-21. Bnan Rust 2-12, Donald Adams 3- 6. Ryan Matteson 1-3. Aaron Griffith 1-1, back to the 35. Justin Botefuhr 1 -(-5). Pilot Rock-Josh The teams then traded punts Wallace 1-36. Matt Hickey 2-29, Eric with the Rockets taking over at Howard 6-15. Collen Patterson 5-12, Jon Ellis 1-3, Seth Christensen 9-(-2). Enc their own six after a 42 yard Steik 6-(-43) McCabe punt. McCabe then in Passing Heppner-Elguezabal 1-3-1- tercepted a pass at the Five and 33, Matteson 0-5-1-0; Pilot Rock-Stelk 5- 17-4-72 10 6 E. May Ave. • Heppner • 6 7 6 -9 9 6 1 walked into the end zone for a Receiving Heppner-Stefan Matheny touchdown. Knowles' kick was 1-33; Pilot Rock-S Christensen 2-37, good and the Mustangs led 40-0 Bobby Christensen 1-27, Jerem iah By Heppner hands Ione VB team heartbreaking loss lone JVs compete at Heppner invite Your Hur\ter Gov\&? W e/Hcwe/ The lone Lady Cardinals came back from a 7-12 deficit in tht first game of their Sept. 19 match against the Heppner Mustangs to defeat the Mustangs, 16-14. but were unable to pull out the win in the second and third games, losing 7-15 and 12-15. Lead scorer for the Cardinals was Diana McElhgott. McElhgott also had 24 hits with nine kills. Amellia Peck served over six points, had 28 hits and two kills. Senior Chanssa Gates served five points and led the team with set assists. Shelby Krebs, "who continues to amaze her teammates and her coaches." according to coach Cathy McCabe, brought in four points and 11 hits. Salli McElhgott also contributed four points to the team effort and launched nine hits for the Cardinal team. Allison Halvorsen had three points and 11 hits and showed her skill by hitting to the open holes. Freshman Natalie McElhgott continues to be an asset for the team with her court awareness and her ability to race to the ball, said McCabe McCabe said that team members Meghan McCabe, Jeanette Brantley and Adrienne Swanson did an "excellent job" of coming off the bench to the aid of the team. The team served 86 percent, hit 80 percent at the net. dug up 87 The lone Varsity volleyball team traveled to Maupin on Saturday, Sept. 23. to compete in the South Wasco County Tournament. The Lady Cardinals were handed losses by South Wasco County, with scores of 14-16, 10- 15. Helix High School with scores of 15-17, 9-15, Stanfield High School with scores of 12- 15, 13-15 and Dufur High School with scores of 10-15. 0-15. Diana McElhgott scored '17 points, had 30 digs and 16 hits, with nine kills and nine blocks. Heppner Hardware Bonifer 1-8. Colton Patterson 1-2. 1 I Salli McEUigott scored 15 points, had 25 digs and eight hits, with five kills and three blocks. Chanssa Gates scored 13 points and led the team with set assists. Shelby Krebs scored 12 points, had 12 digs, eight hits and one kill. Amellia Peck scored 11 points, dug up 35 digs, had 13 hits, five kills and four blocks. Coach Charity McEUigott commented on her team. "It was a good tournament for the girls. The girls all played well. Dufur just kept getting better every time they played and by the time we played them, they were on fire." Heppner JV football team moves to 3-0 a 20 yard run and a run for the By Rick Paulius two-point conversion. The Heppner M ustangs JV football team moved to 3-0 on the year with an 18-14 win over the Wahtonka Eagles on Monday, Sept. 25, in Heppner. The JVs had earlier beaten Mac-Hi, 34-22, and Umatilla, 54-22. The JVs next play at home against lone on Monday, Oct. 2, at 6 p.m. Heppner got on the board in the first quarter against Wahtonka on a Chuy Elguezabal one yard run. Kelly Paulius also scored on a one yard run to give the Mustangs a 12-0 lead at halftime. Wahtonka got to within 12-8 on Paulius scored on a two yard run to make it 18-6. but the Eagles scored on a five yard pass with 1:07 left to cut the lead to 18-14. Kylcr Lovgren fell on the on- side kick and the Mustangs were able to run out the clock. Statistics: Wahtonka: 0 0 8 6 • 14 Heppner: 6 6 6 0 - 18 First quarter: H epp n er-C hu y Elguezaoal one yard run (run failed) Second quarter: H epp n er-K eliy Paulius one yard run (run tailed). Third quarter: Wahtonka-20 yard run (run good): Heppner-Pauilus two yard run (pass failed). Fourth quarter: Wahtonka-five yard pass (run failed). Ponies lose at Columbia By Rick Paulius The Heppner Ponies dropped their second game of the year to the Columbia Raiders, 26-8, in Imgon on Friday, Sept. 22. The Ponies played a very good first half, building an 8-0 lead at halftime on a two yard run by Tyler Boyer and a two-point con version run by Boyer. But Colum bia came out in the second half and wore down the Ponies, scor ing 26 unanswered points. The P on ies ( 1- 1) p lay at Umatilla on Friday. Sept. 29 at 1 p.m. in their next game. Jcmiifcr CwrrtH Gwtrt^5« Financial Advisor >FC#sUp Jhml/aSm. easily defeated the Heppner C team on Tuesday, September 19. The Cardinals came out Fighting right o ff the bat, downing the Mustangs, 15-8,15- 4. Coach McCabe said that "cannon-like serves" o f Dejah Haskett, Emily Key and Tracy Griffith brought down the Mustang squad. Sophomore Dejah Haskett scored 10 consecutive points in the second game to clinch the win. Tracy Griffith and Emily Key each scored seven points toward the Cardinal victory. Other team members who contributed to the victory were Caitlin Orem, Megan E. McCabe and Meghan M. McCabe with two points each. Cyndi Heagy had outstanding net play, leading the Cardinals with hits and. blocks. Coach McCabe said she credits her entire team for the victory. "Megan E. McCabe did an outstanding job o f setting the ball in the second match for the Cardinals. Eva Chitty had her best match o f the season. Caitlin Orem continues to be a consistent player for the squad in both the back row and the front row," said McCabe. lone VB team competes in tourney 'pcisCvxt: U p cwxd/ Siippliefr for the/ Hunting/W idow! percent of the diving digs and was 88 percent successful on serve receives. 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