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Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 2, 2002 - F l V f
Mustangs blow past Rockets 64-18
Cardinals fly over Blue Devils 52-20
Ponies dropped by
Pilot Rock
By Rick Paullus
The H eppner Ponies
junior high football team dropped
a 36-6 loss to the Pilot Rock
Rockets in Pilot Rock on Friday,
Sept. 27, to drop their record to
1 -1 -1 on the year. They will travel
to Irrigon on Friday, Oct. 4, to play
the Columbia Raiders at 3 p.m.
The game against Pilot
Rock started out good for the
Ponies as a Lane Bailey to Casey
Maben pass gained 30 yards to
set up a 27-yard touchdown run
by Quinn Peck made it 6-0 with
bill left in the first quarter.
It went downhill from
there as Pilot Rock scored three
touchdowns in the first quarter to
take a 22-6 lead that stayed that
way until halftime.
The Rockets added a
touchdown in the third quarter
and another in the forth to coast
to the win.
Heppner 6 0 0 0-6
Pilot Rock 22 0 8 6-36
Photo by Debbie Radie
Billy Gates makes a touchdown for the Cards in w in over Blue Devils
First Quarter
Brad Adams slips betweeen Pilot Rock defenders in Mustang w in last Friday
By Rick Paullus
Another big second half
carried the Heppner Mustangs to
a 64-18 win at Pilot Rock on
Friday, Sept. 27, to improve their
standing to 4 and 1 on the year,
and 2 and 0 in the Columbia Basin
Conference.
The Mustangs, leading
just 22-18 at halftime, outscored
the Rockets 42-0 in the second
half going to a ground game that
tore up huge chunks of yardage,
most of it by Brad Adams who
finished with over 200 yards
rushing and scored three
touchdowns.
The Rockets came out
firing though, taking a quick 12-0
lead before the Mustangs knew
what hit them. They got on the
M ike Radie slips aw ay from Condon tackier
Photo by Debbie Radie
board late in the first quarter when
touchdown of the game, seen in a 16-yard run by Luke Murray set
Cardinals are 1-1 in the
Big Sky and 4-1 overall with their the third quarter, while Rietmann
up a 27-yard touchdown pass
brought in the last touchdown of from Chuy Elguezabal to a diving
52-20 win over the Condon Blue
the game with a four-yard run.
Devils, Friday, Sept. 27.
Justin Botefuhr.
Rietmann led with 177
In the first quarter Mike
The Mustangs scored on
Radie brought in two touchdowns. yards rushing on 20 carries, Radie
the first play o f the second quarter
had 136 yards rushing on 11
The first touchdown was brought
when Tyler Boyer broke free for
carries, while Christmas was 3-
in with a one-yard run and the
a 49-yard romp to set up a four-
27, Nathan Rea was 3-(-2) and
second on a 24-yard run.
yard touchdow n by Adam s.
Dan Satterly was l-(-5).
Second quarter saw
Elguezabal hit Murray for the
Bill Gates caught three
Andrew Rietmann run in two
two-point conversion to give the
passes for 25 yards, w hile
touchdowns, one on a 28-yard run
Mustangs their first lead a 14-12.
Gutierrez was 1-3, Tyler Raible
and the other on a 45-yard run.
On the Mustangs’ next
1 -9, and Kelly Thompson 1 -20.
R adie brought in his third
possession Adams ran for 22 and
On Friday, Oct. 4, the
touchdown, fifth for the game on
14-yard gains to set up an 18-yard
Cardinals will travel to Lyle for a touchdown pass from Elguezabal
a four-yard run.
non-league game at 7 p.m.
Nick Christman has a 65-
to Botefuhr. Murray again caught
yard kickoff return for the six
the conversion pass from
Elguezabal to make it 22-12.
The M ustangs w ere
driving again as Botefuhr caught
passes from 23 and 22-yard gains
but they fumbled the ball away to
By Rick Paullus
The C o lts ’ defense
the Rockets inside the five.
The H eppner C olts
stepped up the remainder of the
The Rockets drove down
spotted the Boardman grid kids a game keeping Boardman from
the field scoring a touchdown with
7-0 lead but came back scoring
sustaining any drives and even
10 seconds left to cut the halftime
14 unanswered points to take a backing them up as Day got
lead to 22-18.
14-7 win on Wednesday, Sept. 25.
another sack good for a 10-yard
In the third quarter on
in Boardman to up their record to
loss and Matt Holland had a sack
their second possession, the
2 and 0 on the year. The Colts
of his own for a 10-yard loss on
Mustangs used a 37-yard punt
will play their first home game on
fourth down.
return from Elguezabal and seven
Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 6 p.m.
Heppner 6 2 6 0-14
straight rushes by Adams for 27
After Boardman scored
yards. Murray gained eight yards
Boardman 7 0 0 0-7
on th eir first play from
with Adams taking it the final six
First Q uarter
scrimmage, the Colts came back
yards for a touchdown and then
Boardman- Uley Ceja 60-yard
getting a 50-yard run from Brian
punching in the tw o-point
run (Ceja run)
H olland to set up a Spencer
conversion to make it 30-18.
Heppner- Spencer Palmer 4-
Palmer four-yard touchdown run.
yard run (kick failed)
The M ustangs got the
The extra point kick was no good
ball back after the defense held
Second Quarter
so the Colts still trailed 7-6.
and went back to work on the
Heppner- Safety- Chance Day
Boardm an came back
ground, getting 22 yards from
tackled runner in end zone
and drove deep into Colt territory
Adams. Elguezabal went for 11,
Third Quarter
but Matt Holland sacked the
Adams went for 15 then six,
Heppner- Dalton Wellman 24-
Boardman quarterback on fourth
Elguezabal, nine, and Adams took
yard run (kick failed)
down to turn the ball over.
it in from one yard out. Adams
The Colts began a drive
ran in the two-point conversion to
of their own getting a Palmer 36-
make it 38-18 with 6:02 left in the
yard run to get them out of a hold.
third quarter.
Brent Eckman ran for 12, Wacy
The defense held again
Coil for eight. Palmer twice more
and it was back to work on the
for 13 yards and Dalton Wellman
ground as Adams ran for 23 and
took it to the two-yard line but
24 yards. Elguezabal picked up
Boardman took over on downs.
nine, Adams ran for 18 then 17
The Colts took the lead
yards to set up a three-yard run
on the first place as Chance Day
by D onald A dam s. K yler
sacked the quarterback for a
Lovgren kicked the extra point to
safety to make it 8-7 at halftime.
make it 45-18.
The Colts added to their
Elguezabal intercepted a
lead on their first possession of
Rocket pass to give the ball right
the third quarter, getting 12 yards
back to the Mustangs and they
from Palmer. Wellman took off
went back to work getting 14,
for an apparent 48-yard
then nine yard gains from Cody
touchdown but it was called back
W alton. B oyer went for I I ,
by a penalty. It d idn't matter
Elguezabal picked up 15 more,
though as Palmer rushed tw ice for
and then Boyer three more to set
16 yards and Wellman took it in
up Donald Adam s second
from 24 yards out for the
touchdown on a one-yard run.
touchdown. Hie extra point kick
Lovgren kicked the extra point to
was just short but the Colts led
make it 52-18 with 9:06 left.
14-7.
Tanner Britt picked off a
pass to give the Mustangs back
Colts rally for 14-7 win over
Boardman
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the ball and put together another
drive as Walton rushed four times
for 22 yards, Eric Torres three
times for 18 yards before Aaron
Griffith caught an 18-yard pass for
a touchdow n from M atthew
VanC leave.
The M u stan g s’ final
score came when Adam Wight
scooped up a fumble and ran 45
yards to the tw elve. A aron
Delveaux ran for seven then five
more for the touchdown with :01
left in the game.
Adams finished with 225
yards rushing on 20 carries with
Boyer rushing five times for 68
yards, Elguezabal seven for 46
and Walton picked up another 48
yards on six carries as the
Mustangs racked up over 400
yards on the ground.
Elguezabal was four for
four for 90 yards and two
touchdowns all of them going to
Botefuhr.
The defense was led by
Elguezabal with 17 defensive
points with C onor K ilkenny
getting 15 points and Brad and
Donald Adams each getting 14
points, Jode Coil had 13 points
with Murray adding nine.
The Mustangs have next
week off and will be at home
against the W eston-M cEwen
Tigerscots on Friday, Oct. 11 at 7
p.m.
Heppner 6 16 16 26-64
Pilot Rock 12 6 0 0-18
First Quarter
Pilot Rock- Eric Stelk 19-yard run
(pass failed) 9:40
Pilot Rock- Eric Howard 9-yard
pass from Stelk (pass failed) 3:49
Heppner- Justin Botefuhr 27-yard
pass from Chuy Elguezabal (kick
failed) 2:28
Second Quarter
Heppner- Brad Adams 3-yard run
(Luke Murray pass from
Elguezabal) 11:57
Heppner- Botefuhr 19-yard pass
from Elguezabal (Murray pass from
Elguezabal) 9:53
Pilot Rock- Stelk 7-yard run (pass
failed): 10
Third Quarter
Heppner- B. Adams 6-yard run (B.
Adams run) 8:37
Heppner- B. Adams 1-yard run (B.
Adams run) 6:02
Fourth Quarter
Heppner- Donald Adams 3-yard
run (Kyler Lovgren kick) 11:58
Heppner- D. Adams 1 -yard run
(Lovgren kick) 9:06
Heppner-Aaron Griffith 18-yard
pass from Matthew VanCleave (run
failed) 3:00
Heppner- Aaron Delveaux 5-yard
run (no attempt) :01
Individual Statistics:
Rushing: Heppner- B. Adams 20-
225, Tyler Boyer 5-68, Elguezabal 7-
46. Cody Walton 6-4X. Murray 4-26.
Eric Torres 3-18.1) Adams 2-4,
Delveaux 2-12, and Kyle Carlson 1-
(-2). Pilot Rock- Stelk 7-7, Howard
4-25 and Phillip Pemne 4-16.
Pawing: Heppner- Elguezabal
4-4-0 90, and VanCleave 1-2-0 18 Pilot
Rock- Stelk 21-40-2 212
Receiving: Heppner- Botefuhr
4-90 and Griffith 1-18 Pilot Rock- Troy
Sampson 8-86, Jake Perry 7-69, Howard
3-27, Josh Wallis 2-23 and Saul
Christensen 1-7
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photo by Teresa Hughes
Heppner- Quinn Peck 27-yard
run (run failed) 6:11
Pilot Rock- 40-yard run (run
good) 6:03
Mustang JVs run
past Cardinals 42-
12
Pilot Rock- 16-yard run (run
good) 3:10
By Rick Paullus
Third Quarter
The Heppner Mustang
JV football team raced out to a
28-0 lead in the first quarter to run
past the visiting lone Cardinals,
42-12, in an eight-man game on
M onday, Sept. 30. The win
improves the Mustangs’ record to
3 and 0 on the year. The
Mustangs will host the Hermiston
Frosh on a Monday, Oct. 7, at 6
p.m.
The Mustangs’ first score
came on a Brandon Seitz seven-
yard pass from M atthew
VanCleave that that was set up
by a 20-yard by Cody Walton.
W alton ran in the tw o-point
conversion to make it 8-0.
A fumbled snap on fourth
down by the Cardinals punter
gave the Mustangs the ball again
deep in lone territory. Aaron
Delveaux ran for 12 yards and
Walton took it in from nine yards
out with Delveaux running in the
conversion to make it 16-0.
The Mustangs again held
on defense but a long punt pinned
them back at their own five-yard
line. Walton broke free fora long
touchdown but it was called back
by a penalty. On the next play
Delveaux took it around and ran
95 yards for the touchdown. The
conversion try was no good but
the Mustangs led 22-0 with 2:30
left in the first quarter.
Peter Geer recovered a
fumble on the ensuing kick-off and
on the first play Eric Torrez
scored on a 50-yard run and after
the conversion failed the
Mustangs led 28-0.
The Cardinals got on the
board on a three-yard run just
before halftime, to make it 28-6
at the break.
The Cardinals closed to
within 28-12 midway through the
third, but the Mustangs came back
with a touchdown of their own as
VanCleave hit Seitz for a 20-yard
gain to set up a 56-yard
touchdown run by Walton to make
it 34-12 after three quarters.
The M ustangs scored
their final touchdown in the fourth
quarter on a Delveaux 43-yard
run. Josh Lankford hit Seitz for
the two-point conversion to make
the final 42-12.
lone 0 6 6 0-12
Heppner 28 0 6 8-42
First Quarter
Heppner- Brandon Seitz seven-
vard pass from Matthew VanCleave (Cody
Walton run) 8 19
Heppner- Walton nine-yard run
(Aaron Delveaux run) 5 47
Heppner- Delveaux 95-yard run
(pass failed) 2 30
Heppner- Eric Torrez 50-yard
run (run failed) 2 11
Second Quarter
lone- N Rea three-yard run
(run failed) 31
Third Quarter
lone- N Rea five-yard run Ipass
failed) 3 51
Heppner- Walton 56-yard run
(run failed) I 53
Fourth Quarter
Heppner- Delveaux 43-yard run
(Seitz pass from Josh Lankford) 4 28
Pilot Rock- 75-yard run (pass
failed) 0:00
Pilot Rock- 27-yard run (run
good) 3:31
Fourth Quarter
Pilot Rock- 22-yard run (run
failed) 4:54
Limousin Junior Cow
(B eef): M akayla A nderson,
Boardman, CH, B.
Simmental Junior Calf
(Heifer) (Beef): Brynna L. Rust,
Echo, CH, B.
Beef Showmanship,
Beginner (Beef): Rudi Ramirez,
Heppner, CH, B; Jessica M.
Hughes, Heppner, RC, B; Ashley
N. A nderson, Boardm an, B;
Bry nna L. Rust, Echo, B.
Beef Showmanship,
Junior (Beef): Andre Rauch,
L exington, CH, B; Emily
Rietmann, lone, RC, B; Makayla
Anderson, Boardman, B; Lane
Bailey, H eppner, B; Eddie
Ramirez, Heppner, B, B; Justin
Archer, lone, B.
Cattle, Showmanship
Intermediate (Beef): Shanna
Rietmann, Heppner, CH, B; Sara
Peck, Lexington, RC, B; Michelle
Terry, Boardman, B; Francisco
Escalante, Heppner, B; Colton
H elfrecht, Heppner, B; Amy
Jepsen, Heppner, B; Regina Seitz,
Heppner, B.
Beef
Cattle,
Showmanship Senior (Beef):
Amellia Peck, Lexington, CH, B;
Shelley Rietmann, Heppner, RC,
B; Chelsea Mason, Boardman,
B; Brian Haguewood, Heppner,
B; Natalie McElligott, lone, B;
Amy Baumgart, Irrigon, B; Molly
D aniels, Irrigon, B; Becki
McNamee,, Irrigon, B; Sarah
McNamee,, Irrigon, B.
Herdsmanship
Contest, Club, Beef (Beef):
C olum bia Junior R anchers,
Boardm an, P; Colum bia Rio
L ivestock, Boardm an,
P;
R iverside C ritter F itters,
B oardm an, P; N orth Lex
Livestock - Beef, Lexington, P;
Oregon Trail Livestock. Heppner,
1 .
Pullet, APA and ABA
Standard Bred - Bantam
(Poultry): C harlene
M.
Houweling, Heppner, R.
Hen, APA and ABA
Standard Bred - Bantam
(Poultry): Em ily Unruh,
Heppner, B.
Poultry Showmanship,
Interm ediate
(Poultry):
C harlene M. H ouw eling,
Heppner, CH. B with a special
aw ard for Champion Intermediate
Poultry Showman.
Poultry Showmanship,
Senior (Poultry): Emily Unruh,
CH. B with special awards for
C ham pion S enior Poultry
Showman and Champion Poultry
Showman.