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
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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.
Holly Rebekahs
Ione JV team falls to Condon
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had three points, four hits and
two kills. Emily Key had two
points, one hit and led the team
in serve receives. Meghan
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The lone JV volleyball team
fell to Condon in a three game
match, 2-15, 15-10, 11-15 on
Tuesday, Sept. 26.
Dejah Haskett and Caitlin
Orem led the Lady Cardinals
with seven points each to their
credit. Orem also led the team
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner Colts lost a close
game at S tanfield. 7-6, on
Wednesday, Sept 27. The loss
drops the Colts’ record to 0-3 on
the year with all three losses be
ing close games. The Colts next
play at home on Wednesday, Oct.
4, against Columbia at 6 p.m.
The Colts took a 6-0 lead at
halftime on a short touchdown run
by Casey Maben. Stanfield scored
with two minutes left and kicked
the extra point to take the lead and
get the win.
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