Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Mustangs roll over Vikings
photos by Teresa Hughes
The
H eppner
Mustangs made short work of
the Umatilla Vikings rolling to
a 51-0 lead at halftime and
coasting to a 51-7 win in
Umatilla on Friday, Sept. 19,
to open Colum bia Basin
C o n feren ce play. The
M ustangs (1-0 CBC, 3-0
overall) will host Pilot Rock on
Friday, Sept. 26 for their
homecoming game.
The Mustangs wasted
little time scoring as Kyler
Lovgren gathered in a punt at
the eight-yard line and went 92
yards for a touchdown then
kicked the extra point for a 7-
0 lead with 9:44 left in the first
quarter.
On the Vikings next
p o ssessio n ,
B rian
Haguewood jum ped on a
fumble at the Umatilla 43-yard
line. Chuy Elguezabal ran for
five yards then hit Tyler Boyer
on a shovel pass for 15 yards
and a first down. After an
incomplete pass and a holding
penalty, Lovgren took a screen
pass from Elguezabal 26 yards
for a first down at the nine.
Aaron Delveaux ran for five
yards then Elguezabal took it
in for a four-yard run and
Lovgren kicked the extra point
for a 14-0 lead with 7:18 left
in the first.
The team s traded
punts and the Vikings were
forced to punt again with
Lovgren returning it 28 yards
to the Vikings 22-yard line to
put the Mustangs in a good
field position. Elguezabal hit
Justin Botefuhr for 14 yards
then hit Tanner Britt in the back
o f the end zone for an eight-
yard touchdown. The kick
was no good but the Mustangs
took a 20-0 lead into the
second quarter.
The Mustangs took
over at their own 24-yard line
after forcing another punt and
put together their longest drive
of the night. Elguezabal hit Britt
for 28 yards, Botefuhr for 26
yards and then Cody Walton
for nine. Lovgren ran for eight
yards before Boyer took it in
from the five for the
touchdown. Lovgren kicked
the extra point to make it 27-
0 with 9:23 left in the second
quarter.
Britt then recovered a
fumble on the kickoff and on
the first play Elguezabal hit
Aaron Griffith for a 30-yard
touchdown. Lovgren kicked
the extra point to make it 34-
0 with 9:08 left in the first half.
The defense held
again with the Mustangs taking
over at their 36-yard line after
a punt. Britt hit Brandon Seitz
for a 24-yard gain, but an
interception on a tipped pass
gave the Vikings the ball at their
own eleven.
A short punt gave the
M ustangs the ball at the
tw en ty -o n e and after
scrambling around the field,
Elguezabal found Britt for a
16-yard gain to the five. Boyer
took it in from there for a
touchdow n and Lovgren
added the extra point to make
it 41-0 midway through the
second quarter.
The Mustangs again
had good field position after
forcing another short punt and
wasted no time in adding
another score as Elguezabal hit
G riffith for fifteen, then
Lovgren took it in from 27
yards out and added the extra
point to make it 48-0.
Peter Geer recovered
a fumble deep in Viking
territory and after Walton ran
for 14 yards and Britt went for
seven, Lovgren kicked a 25-
yard field goal to make it 51 -
Oat the half.
The second half was
played with a running clock
with the Mustangs clearing
their bench and the Vikings
having the ball most of the half.
Ponies beat Vikings
By Rick Paullus
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner Ponies
jumped out to a quick lead and
hung on for a 20-6 win at
Umatilla on Friday, Sept. 19
to improve to 2 and 0 on the
year. The Ponies w ill play at
home on Friday, Sept. 26
against Pilot Rock at 3 p.m.
The Ponies defense
held on fourth down on the
Vikings first possession taking
over at the Umatilla 42-yard
line. On the second play from
scrimmage, Spencer Palmer
broke free outside and raced
42 yards to the end zone. Eric
Mustang linebacker Tyler Boyer (17) brings down a
Umatilla player
Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - FIVE
Skaggs kicked the extra point
for a quick 7-0 lead.
The Ponies recovered
a Viking fumble on their next
possession and w asted no time
in adding to their lead. Palmer
ran for eight. Matt McCabe
picked up seven then broke
free for ten, but fumbled at the
two, but it w as recovered by
the Ponies’ Matt Holland for
a touchdown. The kick was
blocked but the Ponies led
13-0.
The defense again
forced a punt with the Ponies
taking over at their own seven
where McCabe broke free
Colts win first game of the season
By Rick Paullus
Heppner running back Cody Walton heads up field with
Umatilla player close behind. See more Umatilla sports
pictures at www.heppner.net.
Mikel Britt recovered a fumble
for the M ustangs but the
Vikings had the only score on
a 15-yard run late in the fourth
quarter.
The defense was led
by Boyer with 19 defensive
points, with Botefuhr adding
16 points. Haguewood had 14
points, withiTanner Britt and
Mikel Britt each adding 12
points.
Elguezabal was 11 for
20 passing for 191 yards and
two touchdowns. Britt caught
three passes for 56 yards,
Griffith had two receptions for
45 yards, Botefuhr had two
receptions for 38 yards and
Lovgren caught tw o passes for
28 yards.
Lovgren hit six of
seven extra points and added
a field goal.
Heppner 20 31 0 0-
F umbles-Lost:
Heppner- 0-0, Umatilla- 7-4.
Penal t i es- yards :
Heppner- 4-44, Umatilla- 3-
20 .
I ndi vi dual
Statistics:
Rushing: Heppner-
Lovgren 2-35, Boyer 3-18,
Britt 2-15, Elguezabal 2-9,
Francisco Escalante 4-6,
Aaron Delveaux 1-5, Cody
Walton 1-14, Quinn Peck 1-
4, and Casey Maben 1-0;
Umatilla- Bursell 15-67, Cody
Ford 7-48, Beteran 5-21,
Brian Lord 3-3, Trevor Jensen
1 -(-6), and Austin Borden 1 -
( - 1 ).
The Heppner Colts
opened their season with a 30-
7 win over Simplot in Heppner
on Wednesday, Sept. 17. The
Colts will be at Boardman on
Thursday, Sept. 26 before
retu rn in g home to play
H endon C onstruction o f
Hermiston on Wednesday,
Oct. 1.
Simplot opened the
game with the ball, but turned
it over to the Colts on downs
at their own 40-yard line. It
took no time for the Colts to
strike as Brent Eckman hit a
wide-open Bryan Holland in
stride and he carried it to the
end zone for the first ofhis four
touchdowns. Rudy Ramirez
kicked the extra point to make
it 8-0.
The defense held
again with the Colts taking
over at their own twenty-five
and went to work on the
ground as Chance Day ran for
15 yards and Eckman picked
up eight then hit Jake Gregory
for a six-yard gain. The drive
stalled at midfield, but on the
last play of the first half,
Holland took the ball on a
reverse and outran everyone
to the end zone for a
touchdown. The kick was no
good, but the Colts led 14-0
at the half.
Holland recovered a
Simplot fumble on the first
play o f the second half then
broke free for a 36-yard
touchdown run. Martinez’s
kick was good and it was 22-
0 early in the third quarter.
The team s traded
possession the rest of the third
quarter then early in the fourth,
Willy Gentry picked off a pass
and returned it 35 yards to
Simplot’s 43-yard line. After
a loss, Eckman hit Holland for
a 49-yard touchdown pass.
Martinez kicked the extra
point to put the C olts
comfortably in front at 30-0.
S im plot scored a
touchdown in the final seconds
for the final margin o f 30-7.
Passing: Heppner-
Elguezabal 11-20-0 191 yards
and Britt 2-9-2 35 yards;
Umatilla- Jensen 3-13-0 27
yards.
Receiving:
51
Heppner- Britt 3-56, Griffith
Umatilla 0 0 0 7-7
2-35, Justin Botefuhr 2-38,
First Quarter
Lovgren 2-28, Brandon Seitz
H eppner:
K yler 1 -24, Boyer 1-15, Elguezabal
Lovgren 92-yard punt return 1-11 and W alton 1-9;
(Lovgren kick) 9:44
Umatilla- Hector Olvera 2-16
H eppner:
C huy and Irving Macias 1-11.
Elguezabal four-yard run
(Lovgren kick) 7:18
Heppner: Tanner Britt
seven-yard pass from
Elguezabal (kick failed) 2:20
i t
Second Quarter
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Heppner: Tyler Boyer
fo r the Benefit of
five-yard run (Lovgren kick)
9:23
the lone Education Foundation
H eppner: A aron
Saturday, September 27th
Griffith 30-yard pass from
at the lone Legion Hall
Elguezabal (Lovgren kick)
Social Hour at 6 p.m. • Dinner at 7 p.m.
9:08
Heppner: Boyer five-
T h e e i’enittg u n it in clu d e L iv e M u sic,
yard run (Lovgren kick) 5:15
A u c tio n Item s a n d R a ffle D raiving.
Heppner: Lovgren
M e n u in c lu d e s P r im e R ib , C r a b , S b riin p ,
27-yard run (Lovgren kick)
S a l a d , H alv e d P o t a t o , B r e a d a n d D e s s e r t .
3:39
Two b e v e r a g e s i n c l u d e d w i t b m e a l
Heppner: Lovgren
- c b o o s e f r o m b e e r , w i n e o r s o f t d rin lv s -
25-yard field goal :50
Ticket price:
Fourth Quarter
$25.00 for adults.
Umatilla: Jose Beteran
$10.00 for children 12 years and under.
14-yard run (Fay Bursell kick)
Children 6 and under free.
The defense was led
by Holland, Eckman, Day,
Wacy Coil, Jordan Hatfield,
Gentry, Devin Robinson, Mark
McCabe, Tomas Elguezabal,
Ben Wood and Jared
Hedman, with all making good
plays during the game.
Heppner 8 6 8 8-30
Simplot 0 0 0 7-7
First Quarter
Colts- Bryan Holland
40-yard pass from Brent
Eckman (Rudy Ramirez kick).
Second Quarter
Colts- Holland 47-
yard run (kick failed).
Third Quarter
Colts- Holland 36-
yard run (Ramirez kick).
Fourth Quarter
Colts- Holland 49-
yard pass from Eckman
(Martinez kick).
Simplot- 23-yard run
(pass good).
lone JVs take
win over
Heppner C
team
outrunning everyone until he
was tripped up at the four-
yard line. The Ponies were
unable to score though and the
Vikings took over at their
three.
The Ponies held but
fumbled the punt back to the
Vikings who broke free for a
long touchdown that was
called back by a clip. The
Vikings drove inside the
Ponies five-yard line, but the
defense held taking over on
downs as the first half ended.
The team s traded
punts in the third until Palmer
returned a punt 25 yards to
give the Ponies good field
position to begin the fourth
quarter. Palmer ran for eight,
then twelve, McCabe went for
seven, P alm er six then
McCabe took it 28 yards for
a touchdown. Skaggs kicked
the extra point to make it 20-
0.
The defense held with
the Ponies taking over on
downs at the Vikings’ thirty-
three late in the fourth quarter.
Palmer ran for four then 20
yards, but an intercepted pass
was brought back 61 yards for
a touchdown w ith 30 seconds
left. The conversion run was
stopped so the Ponies still led
20 - 6 .
Sean Murray ran for
12 yards as the clock ran out.
Heppner 13 0 0 7-20
U m atilla0006-6
First Quarter
Heppner- Spencer
Palmer 42-yard run (Eric
Skaggs kick).
H eppner-
M att
Holland fumble recovery in
end zone (kick failed).
Fourth Quarter
H eppner-
M att
McCabe 28-yard run (Skaggs
kick).
U m atilla- 61-yard
interception return (run failed).
Order
Your
lone’s junior varsity
team hosted Heppner “C”
team on Friday, Sept. 19. lone
walked away with a victory,
winning three consecutive
games, 25-18,25-20,25-13.
Ashly Grams led the
Cardinal team with 16 points,
11 set assists, and tw o spikes.
Kayla LaRue scored six points
and delivered seven passes.
Abby Key scored five points,
set eight assists and delivered
two hits. Missy Baker scored
four points as did team
member,
Tina Tuzarova. Kim
Morris and Alyssa Rietmann
scored three points each.
Rietmann also led her team
with six hits. Jenny Griffith
scored tw o points and
delivered three hits.
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