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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 4, 2000 Cards whip Lyle Big first half carries Mustangs to win The scoreboard tells the story following the game Kelly Paullus heads upfield against the Eagles By Rick Paullus The Heppner M ustangs ex ploded to a 48-0 lead at halftime and coasted for a 62-12 win over the visiting Wahtonka Eagles in the Mustangs’ first home game o f the year on Friday, Sept. 29. The Mustangs improved to 2-0 in the Columbia Basin Conference and 3-1 overall. The M ustangs will play at home on Friday, Oct. 6. against the Weston-McEwen Tigerscots in their next game. The game against Culver the following week has been moved to Thursday, Oct. 12, at 2:30 p.m. in Culver. Heppner wasted no lime get ting on the board, taking over at the Wahtonka 45 yard line after a punt. For the second week in a row, M ichael McCabe took a * hand-off up the middle and broke to the outside going for a 45 yard touchdow n. Blake Know les booted the extra point to give the Mustangs an early 7-0 lead. The Mustangs got the ball back at their own 43 after a 22 yard punt return by C raig Scott. McCabe went for 11 and Scott ran for six. Ryan Matteson then hit Scott for a 27 yard pass, getting a crushing block from Knowles. McCabe then went for 13 down to the two. Matt Baker then took it in for a the Mustangs’ second touchdown. Knowles’ kick was good and. with 6:12 left, the Mus tangs led 14-0. The Mustangs got the ball back at their own 31 after a Wahtonka punt and, after a hold, they were moved back to the 24. Scott then broke loose for a 47 yard gain. Matteson hit Stefan Matheny for • a 23 yard gain to the six. Scott then took it in for the touchdown. Knowles’ kick made it 21-0 with 1:41 left in the first quarter. Matteson picked off a pass at the five and returned it to the 30 to end an Eagle drive as the first quarter ended. Scott went for 11, Brad Adams for four, then seven for a first down. McCabe went for 13, then five, but a fumble on the next play w as recovered by Wahtonka at the Eagles' 42 yard line. Baker then recovered an Eagle fumble on the next play at the 41. Matteson hit McCabe for a 41 yard touchdown pass. The kick was no good and the Mustangs led 27-0. The Mustangs got the ball back at their own 45 and wasted no time in scoring another touchdown as Matteson hit Scott in stride down the middle for a 55 yard touchdown. Knowles’ kick was good and the Mustangs led 34-0. The Mustangs got the ball back on the kick-off when Matheny hit the returner, causing a fumble re covered by Matteson. Kelly Paullus caught a fumbled snap in the air and got a yard. A personal foul penalty on the Eagles took it down to the 14. Paullus then went for 13 to the one and Chuy Elguezabal sneaked it in for the touchdown. Knowles’ kick was good to make it 48-0. The Mustangs got the ball back as Trevor Rhea caused a fumble, recovered by Daniel Jepsen. A 49 yard field goal attempt w'as short as the half came to an end. Elguezabal took the second half kick-off 61 yards for a touchdown, breaking several tackles along the way. Tanner Britt hit Elguezabal for the two-point conversion and a 56-0 lead just 16 seconds into the third quarter. The Eagles then got on the board, taking the ensuing kick-off 75 yards up the middle for a touch down. The kick v.as not good and it was 56-6 just 29 seconds into the third quarter. That was all the scoring as the teams traded possessions the rest of the quarter. The Eagles missed a field goal, then recovered a Mustang fumble as the quarter ended. The Eagles drove the ball down the field and scored their second pho to by Joyce Hughes lone was able to take on the Lyle football team and come up with another victory for the Cardinals in pre-season action. Brad Bumght, w ho completed 16 carries for 133 yards, made it to the goal line twice for the Cards. Adam Neiffer carried the ball for 23 yards, received two passes for a total of 10 yards. Korey pho to by Debbi* Radio Morgan, a senior for the Cards, ran for eight yards and completed three passes for 33 yards. Til Tullis caught a pass for a 12-yard gain thrown by Brian Gutierrez. Yards were gained through the hands of lone’s running offense, which included Andrew Rietmann, 28 yards. Brooks Rea, 14 yards, and Mike Radie, one touchdown on a short run. The two-point try failed and it was now 56-12 early in the fourth quarter. The Mustangs took over on their own 35 after the kick-off. Britt ran for four. Brad Adams for five, then one and a first down. Donald Adams went for five and Paullus went for 16 to the 34. Paullus went for eight. Brad Adams for nine and Elguezabal hit P aullus for 13 to the five. E lguezabal then hit C onnor Kilkenny for a touchdown. The pass failed and the Mustangs led 62-12. The Eagles were driving and about to score when Paullus caused a fumble which was re covered by Rhea at the one yard line. Brad Adams went for 12 and Donald Adams for 11 as the clock ran o u t.. The defense was led by Paullus w ith 29 defensive point and an in terception. Matteson had 13 points in the first half with an intercep tion and a fum ble recovery. Knowles and Baker each had 12 points in the first h a lf and Elguezabal also had 12 points. Jepsen had 10 points and Brad Adams, nine. Fans prepare to welcome back the team with balloons Matteson completed 4-4 passes This was a football game lone recovery. for 144 yards and two touch knew would .be challenging- Burright received three passes downs. Scott caught two for 82 against the 1A #1 ranked team of for 66 yards, Rietmann, one for yards and a touchdown. the Dufur Rangers. 17 yards, Morgan, three for 10 McCabe led all rushers with 87 lone's top tacklers included yards, and Adam Neiffer, one for yards on five carries and a touch Brad Bumght with 17, Adam eight yards. down. Scott rushed six times for Neiffer with 13, Koby Rea with Rushing for the Cards 73 yards and a touchdown. Brad 13, Korey Morgan with one included eight carries for 10 Adams rah 10 times for 68 yards fumble recovery and Cameron yards by Brooks Rea, 10 carries and Paullus had six carries for 45 Krebs adding another fumble for 72 yards for Brad Bumght. yards. yard. Defensively, lone was unmatched, keeping their cool when Adam Neiffer intercepted a pass. lone recovered four fumbles during the game, one by Adam Neiffer, two by Brooks Rea and one by Andrew Rietmann. The final score was 28-8. Dufur downs lone Statistics Wahtonka: 0 0 -6 6 - 12 Heppner: 21 27 8 6 - 62 First quarter: H eppner-M ichael McCabe 45 yard run (Blake Knowles kick) 9:53, Matt Baker two yard run (Knowles kick) 6:12, Craig Scott six yard run (Knowles kick) 1:41. Second quarter: Heppner-McCabe 41 yard pass from Ryan Matteson (kick failed) 9:26, Scott 55 yard pass from Matteson (Knowles kick) 8:02. Chuy Elguezabal one yard run (Knowles kick) 6:39. Elguezabal three yard run (Knowles kick) 4:48. Third quarter: Heppner-Elguezabal 61 yard kick-off return (Elguezabal pass from Tanner Britt) 11:44: Wahtonka-Fernando Alvarez 75 yard kick-off return (kick failed) 11:31 Fourth quarter Wahtonka-Dusty Long one yard run (run failed) 11:04: Heppner- Connor Kilkenny five yard pass from Elguezabal (pass failed) 6:16 Individual Statistics Rushing: Wahtonka-Steven Miles 9- 17. Erik Velador 15-53, A.J. Long 5-22, Chris Sreze 7-41, Dusty Long 4-e! Heppner-Michael McCabe 5-87, Craig Scott 6-73, Brad Adams 10-68, Kelly Paullus 6-45, Donald Adams 8-24, Chuy Elguezabal 7-20. Tanner Britt 1-4 Matt Baker 1-2, Stefan Matheny 1-0 Passing Wahtonka-Long 5-11-2-49, Velador 0-1-0-0 Heppner-Matteson 4-4- 0-144 Elguezabal 2-4-0-18, Britt 0-1-0- 0 Receiving: Wahtonka-Tnstan Service 2-16. Cody Herrigues 3-33. Heppner- Scott 2-82. McCabe 1-41, Matheny 1-23, Paullus 1-13, Connor Kilkenny 1-5. Colts drop game seven carries for 19 yards by .Andrew Rietmann, one carry for two yards by Zach Fabian and one carry for two yards by Mike Radie. The game was well attended by fans from both sides. The final score was lone 6, Dufur 40. 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Stanfield scored with two minutes left and kicked the extra point to take the lead and get the win. pho to by Debbie Radie H ep pn er H ardw are on E a s t M ay A v e . To have your activity listed in the community calendar of events, contact Doris Brosnan at Twice Upon A Time..., 676-5886
