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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - FIVE shut out Bulldogs Cardinals find victory against Colts score late to up-end Umatilla y Mustangs Rick Paullus k ic k w a s no g o o ff b u t th e A stilling defense helped M ustangs led 32-0 after three. the Honkers passes, one hit and 19 set assists. the H eppner M ustangs to a 38- Friday, Oct. 18 w as the last home game for lone’s senior girls. lone defeated A rlington, 25-13, 25-12, 25-9. S e n io r, J a m ie VandenBrink, stepped up to the challenge, providing lone with 13 points, nine passes and one kill. Tracy Griffith supplied ten points, sev en p a sse s and tw o k ills. N atalie M cElligott scored ten p o in ts, d e liv e re d 25 p asses, seven hits and five kills. D iana M cElligott scored eight points, four aced serves, delivered 31 passes, 11 hits and 13 kills. Caitlin Orem scored three points, delivered 14 passes, and five hits. M egan E. M cCabe dispersed three points, seven passes and 16 set assists. M eghan M cC abe scored one point, delivered ten Also supplying the Cardinals with hits were Sara Peck and Barbara Holland. lone junior varsity easily defeated the H onkers, 25-9, in one game. Kim M orris scored five points and delivered four passes. Jenny Griffith scored four points, one aced serve and tw o passes. A bby Key scored three points, delivered one pass and tw o set assists. Ashly Grams contributed tw o points, one hit, and four set assists. COPY PAPER R ea m o r C a rto n Heppner Gazette- Times ¿76-9228 photo by Teresa Hughes Brent Eckman blocks for running back Spencer Palmer By Rick Paullus $81,500 A late touchdown run by S p e n c e r P a lm e r g a v e th e H eppner C olts an 8-0 win over the visiting Umatilla W hite grid kids team on W ednesday, Oct. 16. T he w in kep t th e C olts undefeated at 5-0 on the year and gave them first place in their half o f the league. The C olts play a hom e gam e against N. W. Metal Fab o f H erm iston in their final r e g u la r s e a s o n g a m e , on W ednesday, O ct. 23, b efore b e g in n in g th e p la y -o ffs on W e d n e s d a y , O c t. 30 in Hermiston. T h e g a m e a g a in s t Umatilla was a defensive struggle as neither team could get anything going offensively. The C olts drove to the Umatilla twenty-five but the drive stalled with Umatilla recovering a fum ble on fourth down. Umatilla drove inside the twenty o f the Colts before being stopped just short o f a first down. ^ Three bedroom, Sk! one bath home on large lot with fenced yard, 20’x20’ deck, large partially-finished basement, rewired in 1996, repainted in 1999. $45,000 Three bedroom, one bath, large laundry room, new carpet, newer paint, newer forced air furnace; home located near school and downtown. $25,000 . 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T h e P o n ie s te a m co n sisted o f eig h th g raders: A aron A llstott, C asey M aben, Justin Delveaux, Justin Gregory, K ody L o v g re n , N a th a n K ennedy, R obby Sm ith, Che G reen and Q uinn Peck; and seventh graders: Lane Bailey, Nacho Elguezabal, Andre Rauch, Jake V anD om , Ben M cC arl, N a th a n V a n C le a v e , T a y lo r Hodges, Sean M urray and Matt M cCabe. C huck M atteson was the head coach w ith assistants Rick Paullus and Chris Rauch. 2 pt. DA N Ranch Hand 4 pt. DA/V Ranch Hand BARBLESS 5/4’ #125 Hv-wghts 6 ’ #125 Hv-wghts RR#1 Fourth Quarter H e p p n e r: Spencer P a lm e r tw o -y a rd ru n (M att Holland k ic k ): 18 Ponies drop last game of season to Pendleton Linn The P o n ie s h e ld $46,900 ’jÇwidCb. ô On first dow n Palm er took o ff for a 30-yard gain inside Umatilla territory to the 38-yard line. Palm er again carried for seven yards, then after losing a yard w ent up the m iddle for 20 yards to the 12-yard line. Palmer carried three m ore tim es to the two-yard line for a first and goal w ith less than 25 seconds left. Then getting good blocks from M att H olland, W acy Coil and Jordan Hatfield, Palm er took it in for the to u ch d o w n . M att Holland kicked the extra point to m ake it 8-0. The Colts then hung on to get the win. On defense, Cody Rankin, M att H olland, Bryan Holland, Bo Foster, Palmer, Coil, M ark M cC abe, C hance Day, Dalton Wellman and Ben Wood all had a good game. Um atilla 0 0 0 0-0 H eppner 0 0 0 8-0 PRODCICTS 0 win over the Culver Bulldogs in C ulver on Friday, Oct. 18, to remain unbeaten in the Columbia B a s in C o n f e re n c e . The M ustangs, 4-0 in the C B C and 6-1 overall, clinched a play-off sp o t w ith th e w in o v e r the B u lld o g s c o m b in e d w ith S herm an C o u n ty ’s w in over W e s to n -M c E w e n . The M ustangs will host the Huskies on Friday, O ct. 25 w ith the winner taking over first place in the CBC. It w ill also be the last regular season home game for the seniors. The M ustangs took the opening kick-off and caught the Bulldogs offguard by throwing the ball. Tanner Britt, starting at quarterback for the injured Chuy E lg u e z a b a l, th re w to B rad A dam s for 21 yards, Jode Coil for 19 yards, 17 m ore yards to Adams and finally to Adam s for a 17-yard touchdow n. K yler Lovgren kicked the extra point and the M ustangs led 7-0 ju st over two and a half minutes into the game. After a Bulldog punt, the Mustangs opened it up again with Britt hitting Tyler Boyer for seven yards. Coil for 11 yards, Adam s for 18 m ore and Justin Botefuhr for 35 yards inside the five-yard line. A fter a couple short runs Donald Adams punched it in from one yard out and Lovgren’s kick m ade it 14-0 after one quarter. An unsuccessful onside kick gave the Bulldogs good field position but C oil cam e up with an interception o ff a deflected pass and returned it 28 yards inside Bulldog territory. Brad Adams ran for eight yards then five and Britt hit Coil for 25 yards to the nine-yard line. That set up a six-yard touchdown ru n by B ritt th a t g a v e th e M ustangs a 20-0 halftime lead. Britt hit nine o f 15 passes for 170 yards in the first half. VVjjh the Bulldogs driv ing on their first possession o f the second half, Brian Smith sacked the quarterback causing a fumble th a t B ria n H aguew ood recovered at the M ustangs 34- yard line. Then it was tim e to let A dam s take over running for 16 yards, five yards, 10 yards, and then 29 yards to the one w here Britt took it in for the touchdown. The two-point conversion failed b u t th e M u s ta n g s led 2 6 -0 midway through the third quarter. O n the B ulldogs next possession, a bad snap on the punt allowed Connor Kilkenny to tackle the punter for an 18-yard loss back to their own twenty. Adam s then carried four times, the last one from two yards out, taking it to the end zone. The 12 330 13 330 First Quarter Heppner: Brad Adams 17- yard pass from Tanner Britt (Kyler Lovgren kick) 9:28 Heppner: Donald Adams one-yard run (Lovgren kick) 3:01 Second Quarter Heppner: Britt six-yard run (kick failed) 3:55 Third Quarter Heppner: Britt one-yard run (pass failed) 4:55 Heppner: B. Adams two- yard run (kick failed) 1:20 Fourth Quarter Heppner: B. Adams 41 -yard run (kick failed) 7:00 Team Stats First downs: Heppner 16, Culver 14; Rushes-yards: Heppner 34-247, Culver 43-113; Passing yards: Heppner 9-170, Culver 5-49; Passes: Heppner 9-15-9, Culver 5-18- 2; Punts-ave.: Heppner 1-47, Culver 2- 47; Fumbles-lost: Heppner 1-0,2- 1; and Penalties-yards: Heppner 4- 34, Culver 0. Individual Stats Rushing: Heppner- Brad Adams 21-1709, Tanner Britt 6-60, Tyler Boyer 4-10, and Donald Adams 3- 7; Culver- Brian Stills 12-36, Anthony Alley 11-29, Rodriguez 7- 17.and Chris Dix 15-15. Passing: Heppner- Britt 9- 15-0170 yards; Culver- Dix 5-18-2 49 yards. Receiving: Heppner- B. Adams 4-73, Jode Coil 3-55, Justin Botefuhr l-35,and Boyer l-7;Culver- Nate Lewis 5-49. Mustang JVs fall short at Weston-McEwen By Rick Paullus A fourth quarter rally fell short for the H eppner M ustang JV football team at W eston- M cEw en as they lost 22-14 to end the year w ith a 3-3 record. A fter a scoreless first quarter, Cody Walton broke free on the first play o f the second quarter for a 79-yard touchdown run. Matt Kenny ran in the two- point conversion to give the M ustangs an 8-0 lead. T he T ig ersco ts cam e back to score m idw ay through th e s e c o n d q u a rte r but th e M u s ta n g s s to p p e d th e conversion try to keep an 8-6 lead at halftime. Weston-McEwen scored tw o touchdow ns in the third quarter to take a 19-8 lead. H ow ever, the M ustangs scored on the first play o f the fourth quarter on a 70-yard pass and run from Matthew VanCleave to Aaron Griffith. The conversion pass failed and the M ustangs trailed 19-14. A 30-yard field goal by the Tigerscots extended their lead to 22-14 m idw ay through the fourth quarter but the M ustangs put together a driv e getting a 25- yard pass from V anCleave to Aaron Delveaux, Brandon Seitz m ade a diving catch o f a pass from Griffith for a 35-yard gain and a 15-yard run by W alton to get inside the five-yard line. After a 1 0 -y ard lo ss, a p a ss w as picked o f f in the end zone and FEED THRU PANEL 8’ 10’ 12’ The M ustangs got the bal 1 back as A dam s picked o ff a p a ss an d re tu rn e d it to th e B ulldog 46-yard line. D onald A dam s picked up three yards and Brad Adam s ran three times for 13 yards then broke free for a 41 -yard touchdow n. The kick was blocked but the M ustangs held a 38-0 lead with 7:00 left in the game. T h e B u lld o g s p u t together their best drive, helped by a couple o f penalties, but the Mustangs defense held on downs at the five-yard line. Britt broke free for a 57-yard gain to end the game. The defense played well all day holding the Bulldogs to 113 yards rushing and 49 yards passing with Kilkenny leading the way with 25 defensive points and several tackles for losses. Brad A dam s had 24 points, D onald Adam s 20 points, Boyer had 18 points and Coil and Luke Murray e a ch h ad 15 p o in ts fo r th e Mustangs. Adams finished with 170 yards rushing, 137 yards in the second h a lf on 21 carries w ith B ritt a d d in g 60 y a rd s on 6 carries. A dam s had fo u r receptions for 73 yards and Coil caught three passes for 55 yards. H eppner 14 6 12 6-38 C ulver 0 0 0 0-0 117°° 15030 16810 Baked F otato/C h ili Feed fo r Not all items may be in stock. Call for availability. 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H eppner 0 8 0 6-14 W eston-M cE w en 0 6 13 3-22 Second Quarter Heppner: Cody Walton 79- yard run (Matt Kenny run) 11:45 Weston-McEwen: 33-yard pass (run failed) 7:32 Third Quarter Weston-McEwen: 26-yard run (run failed) 8:12 Weston-McEwen: Three- yard pass (kick good) 2:59 Fourth Quarter Heppner: Aaron Gnffith 70- yard pass from Matthew VanCleave (pass failed) 11 44 Weston-McEwen: 30-yard field goal 6:03
