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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 6, 2002 - FIVE Mustangs get past Tigers 41-16 photo by Teresa Hughes #81 Justin Botefuhr blocks for #44 Kyler Lovgren By Rick Paullus The Heppner Mustangs cap p e d o f f th e ir fo u rth consecutive Colum bia Basin Conference undefeated season by getting past a pesky Stanfield Tiger team, 41-16, on Friday, N ov. 1 in S ta n fie ld . T he Mustangs finished the regular season at 8 and 1 overall and 6 and 0 in theCBC. As the number one seed out of the CBC, the Mustangs will be at home in the first round o f the OSAA State 2A playoffs against the number two seed out o f the Tri-River League the Kennedy Trojans. The game will be at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 9. Kennedy, o f Mt. Angel, lost to Regis 6-0 on Friday to end up in second place. On a cold, frosty night in Stanfield the Tigers took the opening kick-off and drove into Mustang territory before Jode Coil picked offa pass inside the 10-yard line and returned to the 27-yard line. On first down, Tanner Britt hit Justin Botefuhr fora 17-yard gain. Brad Adams ran twice for seven yards and Kyler Lovgren went for eight yards and a first down at the Tiger forty-one. A fter tw o m o tio n penalties and a loss o f four yards, Britt hit Adams for a 36-yard gain to the eighteen. Tyler Boyer took it to the seven where Lovgren took it in from there for the touchdown and kicked the extra point for a 7-0 lead midway through the first quarter. The defense held and the Mustangs took over at their own thirteen after the punt. Adams went for 18 yards; Boyer went for five then broke free for a 38- yard gain. Britt hit Lovgren for a 19-yard gain to the seven where Adams ran twice, the second one from fiv e y ard s out fo r a touchdown. The kick was no good but the Mustangs led 13-0 early in the second quarter. The Tigers came right back and scored on a 68-yard pass and ran in the two-point conversion to get within 13-8. On the Mustangs next possession the Tigers turned an interception into a three-yard run for their second touchdown and p a sse d for th e tw o -p o in t conversion to take a 16-13 lead with 7:30 left in the second quarter. The M ustangs cam e right back though, getting a 25- yard kick return from Coil to the 38-yard line. Adams went for 16 yards and a facemask penalty took the ball to the 32-yard line. Adams then rushed five times, the last one from one yard out for the go-ahead touchdown. The two-point conversion failed but the Mustangs now led 19-16 with 4:57 left. The defense held with the Mustangs taking over on downs at their own thirty-nine. Adams made a nice one-handed catch o f a pass from Britt and turned it into a 20-yard gain. A holding penalty on the next play took the ball back to the Mustangs 46- yard line, but Britt hit Coil for 33 yards to the tw enty-tw o. A fumble gave the ball back to the Tigers to kill the drive and the half ended with the Mustangs clinging to a 19-16 lead. On the Mustangs first drive o f the second half another fumble killed a drive but the defense held with Coil bringing the punt back to the thirty-one getting a crushing block from Botefuhr. Lovgren then broke free and raced 69 yards for the to u chdow n. The tw o -p o in t c o n v e rs io n fa ile d but the Mustangs had a 25-16 lead. Botefuhr picked o ff a p ass on th e T ig ers n ex t possession but the Mustangs gave up the ball on downs. Britt then picked off a pass as the quarterback was being hit by Connor Kilkenny and w ent 37 y ard s fo r a touchdown. Britt hit Botefuhr for the two-point conversion for a 33-16 lead with 4:53 left in the third quarter. The defense held again with the Mustangs taking over at the 27-yard line after the punt. Adams ran for four, Britt hit Luke Murray for 30 yards, Adams picked up four, Britt four more and on fourth and one the Tigers jum ped o ff sides to give the Mustangs a first down. Boyer ran twice for 10 yards, Lovgren went for 12 to the five where A dam s to o k it in fo r the touchdown. Britt hit Murray for the tw o-point conversion to make it 41 -16 early in the fourth. Britt picked off another p ass at m id fie ld and the Mustangs drove inside the fifteen but the drive stalled and the Tigers took over on downs. The defense was led by Donald Adams with 29 points, with Brad Adams getting 27 points, Botefuhr and Coil each had 24 points, Britt had 22 points, Kilkenny had 14 points and Brian Haguewood had 13. Lovgren, in his first game back from a broken thumb, ran 11 tim es for 142 yards with Adams rushing 20 times for 119 yards. Boyer had five carries for 64 yards. B ritt hit seven o f 11 passes for 164 yards with one interception. Adams caught three passes for 65 yards. Heppner 7 12 14 8-41 Stanfield 0 160 0-16 First Quarter H eppner: K yler L ovgren seven-yard run (Lovgren kick) 6:34 Second Quarter Heppner: Brad Adams five- yard run (kick failed) 11:22 Stanfield: Jake Flemmer 68- yard pass from Josh Austin (Trevor B arosrun) 10:32 Stanfield: Jaren Little three- yard run (Flemmer pass from Austin) 730 Heppner: A dam s one-yard run (run failed) 4:57 Third Quarter Heppner: Lovgren 69-yard run (run failed) 8:41 Heppner: Tanner Britt 37- y ard in te rc e p tio n re tu rn (Ju stin Botefuhr from Bntt) 4:53 Fourth Quarter Heppner: A dam s five-yard run (Luke Murray from Britt) 10:10 Individual Statistics Rushing- Heppner: K yler Lovgren 11 -142, Brad Adams 20-119, Tyler Boyer 5-64, Tanner Britt 2-4, Ben Turrell l-(-2), and Cody Walton l-(- 5); Stanfield: Nate Dick 14-84, Little 13-54, and Baros 10-37. Passing- H eppner: Britt 7- 11-1 164 yards, and D onald A dam s 0-1-0 0; Stanfield: A ustin 2-12-3 68 yards. R eceiving- H ep p n er: B. A dam s 3-65, Jode Coil 1-33, Luke M urray 1-30, L ovgren 1-19, and Ju stin B o tefu h r 1-17; S tan fie ld : Flemmer 1-68, and Little 1-0. TripCheck.com wins award ODOT has received the national “Top Web Site for T ra ffic ” aw ard for w w w .T rip C h e c k .c o m , its traveler information Web site. The F e d e ra l H ig h w ay A d m in istra tio n (FH W A ) presented the award to ODOT after reviewing over 200 Internet sites. 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O ver 120 tra ffic cameras allow near-real time views o f travel and w eather conditions, location, elevation and camera direction for most images. TripCheck.com maps detail present road conditions and spots to avoid - including road construction, maintenance work and traffic incidents. CONGRATULATIONS to th e HEPPNER MUSTANGS Heppner Mustangs Football Team: (L-R) Front row - Gordy Smith, Cody Walton, John Franzwa, Ben Turrell, Tyler Boyer, David Flynn, Sloan Keithley; Second row • Gus Torres, Trevor Rhea, Brian Haguewood, Judd Lemon, James Van Liew, Kory Paullus, Chuy Elguezabal, Jode Coil, Adam Wight, Josh Lankford; Third row - Aaron Griffith, Kyle Carlson, Manager Jim Fichter, Assistant Coach Les Payne, Coach Greg Grant. Assistant Coach Jason Hanna, Assistant Coach Shane Matheny, Kyler Lovgren, Aaron Lueck; Fourth row - Rory Kilkenny, Donald Adams, Matt Kenny, Aaron Delveaux, Mikel Britt, Daniel Jepsen, Peter Geer; Fifth row - Tanner Britt, Justin Botefuhr, Matt Young, Matthew Van Cleave, Zack Skaggs, Brad Adams; Sixth row - Adam Bergstrom, Conor Kilkenny. Darren Van Cleave, Luke Murray, Robert Whalen, Brandon Seitz, Brian Smith. fo r th e ir CBC U N D EFEA TED SEASON and GOOD LUCK in th e STATE 2A P L A Y O F F S! O S A A STATE 2A FIRST ROUND PLAYOFF GAME HEPPNER MUSTANGS VS. KENNEDY TROJANS (from Kennedy High School, Mt Ansel) Saturday, November 9 at 1 p.m. at the Morrow County Fairgrounds, Heppner These Businesses and Individuals say “Good Luck” to the Heppner Mustangs — Go All The Central Red Apple Murray Drugs. Inc.- John & Ann Mayor Bob & Suzanne Jepsen Stor-4-U Jay, Kelly-Jo. Blair. Sloan & Baillie Keithley Jim, Shawn. Jesse, Tay lor & Nick Kempas Hal. Rita, Adam & Emily Bergstrom John, Diane, Conor, Rory & Katie Kilkenny John’s Other Place & The Video Store Lewis & Betty Carlson Shamrock Lanes & Pot o' Gold Cafe - Terry Lupinacci & Lyn Brewer Miller & Sons Excavating Shoe Box. Talk-N-Tops, Fabrics Etc & Willow Creek Realty - Jerry & Joyce Kay Ken, Judy, Jared, Sarah & Brent Eckman The Elguezabal Family Columbia Basin Electric Co-Op Mick, Shanna, Marcus McCoy & Kory Paullus Ron. Maryanne, Christopher, Nicolas & Logan Anthony Pinnell Phil. Kathy, Jodie & Kyle Carlson Mark, Tami, Shelley & Shanna Rietmann Chuck, Sherry, Justin. Lexi, Ryan & Lacey Matteson Lexington Auto Body & Towing Dave, April, Chris, Andy, Allison & Camille Sykes Ken, Kaedene, Meghan, Madison & Lane Bailey Tim, Shannon. Brian. Brooke & Brynna Rust Dale & Linda Conklin Heppner Gazette-Times Morrow County Grain Growers. Inc. Dan, Sandra, Matt, Sam & James VanLiew Pat. Bobbette, Kody, Torri, Hanna & Ali Lovgren Heppner Hardware - Cliff, Bev. Peggy, John & Duane Lott's Electric Kit & Shirley Wheatland Insurance Center. Inc. dba VanMarter & Kahl Ins. Klamath First Federal. Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender Sherrell Insurance Agency - Brenda Sherrell Pettyjohns Farm & Builders Supply Bank o f Eastern Oregon, Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender Rick. Shelli. Mikel & Braden Britt Sheryl. Stacy, Aaron & Justin Delveaux John, Karen, Aaron, Maggie & Mack The Kelwayne Haguewood Family