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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Mustangs roll past Rockets at Homecoming A aron Delveaux (42) gains yardage against the Pilot Rock Rockets. photo by Teresa Hughes (more game photos at www.heppner.net) By Rick Paullus A s tin g y d e fe n s e helped the Heppner Mustangs roll past the visiting Pilot Rock R o c k e ts 4 8 -0 on H om ecom ing night, Friday, Sept. 26 in C olum bia Basin C o n f e r e n c e p la y . T h e M ustangs (2-0 in the CB C and 4-0 o v e ra ll) held the R ockets to 58 total yards w hile racking up 478 yards, 335 on the ground. The Mustangs started out in great field position after fo rc in g a p u n t th a t w as downed at the Pilot Rock 34- yard line. They went right to w ork as Tyler B oyer ran for four yards then took a pass from C huy E lguezabal 15 yards. Kyler Lovgren ran for three then A aron D elveaux to o k a sw in g p a s s fro m Elguezabal 12 yards for a touchdow n. Lovgren kicked the extra point to make it 7-0 early in the first quarter. A nother deep kick o ff pinned the Rockets back at their 10-yard line and the M u sta n g s fo rced a n o th e r punt, w hich w as dow ned at the Pilot Rock thirty-one. After a motion penalty Boyer carried three times for 19 yards before Lovgren broke free for a 17- y a rd to u c h d o w n ru n . L ovgren’s kick w as good to m ake it 14-0 with 5:35 left in the first quarter. A fter a failed outside kick gave the Rockets good field p osition, the defense forced another punt that was downed at the M ustangs’ 12- yard line. The offense took over from there as B oyer ran for five and after a m otion penalty ran for eleven m ore and a first dow n, as the first q u a r te r e n d e d . L o v g re n picked up seven, Boyer two, E lguezabal picked up three before Lovgren broke free for 22 yards. Boyer ran twice for 19 yards, L ovgren ran for eleven, M att K enny ran for six, and an offside penalty took the ball to the four w here Lovgren took it in for the to u ch d o w n . H is k ick w as good to m ake it 21-0 with 8:30 left in the first half. T h e d e f e n s e h e ld again as back-to-back sacks by B rian S m ith and Zack Skaggs brought up a fourth CENEX LUBRICANTS + drum deposit ON SALE Sale ends Oct. 11th BEST BUY! Glide-A-Matic $ 2 4 9 95 Dexron III, Mercon automatic transmission fluid Superlube 5 1 8 Top quality p ro te c tio n fo r Super TMS Plus H ig h e s t quality e x tra life H ep p n er- A aron Delveaux 12-yard pass from Chuy Elguezabal (Kyler Lovgren kick) 8:25. Heppner- Lovgren 17- yard run (Lovgren kick). Second Quarter Heppner- Lovgren four- yard run (Lovgren kick). Heppner- Lovgren 17- yard pass from Elguezabal (kick failed) 3:26. 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Delveaux 3-9, Justin Delveaux 1-10, Elguezabal 5-23, and VanCleave 2-10; Pilot Rock- Phillip Perrine 12-57, Josh Wallis 3- 2, Phillip King 1 -4, Mitch Byrnes 4- (-20), Dan Ellis 3-(-2), Allan H ow ard 2 -(-3 ), and M ichael Krosting l-(-l). Passing: H ep p n er- E lg u ezab al 6-9-0 87 y a rd s, VanCleave 1-2-0 58 yards and Aaron Gri frith 0-1 -0 0; Pilot Rock Byrnes 7-19-2 21 yards. Receiving: H eppner- Boyer 2-36, Lovgren 2-16, Paullus 1-58, Justin Botefuhr 1-21 and A. Delveaux 1-12. H eppner JVs beat W ahtonka By Rick Paullus The H eppner M ustang JV football team im proved to 2 and 1 on the year with a 22-0 win over the Wahtonka Eagles on Monday, Sept. 22 in The Dalles. The Mustangs started the year w ith a 42-24 loss to th e R iv e rs id e P ira te s on T h u r s d a y , S e p t. 11 in B oardm an. T he M ustangs held an 18-14 halftime lead on tw o to u c h d o w n ru n s by M atthew VanCleave and one by K ory P a u llu s, b u t the Pirates rallied with 28 second- half points. The only Mustang score com e on a hitch-and- pitch from K ody Lovgren to P a u llu s f o r a 7 0 - y a r d touchdow n late in the fourth quarter. The M ustangs next p la y e d th e G ra n t U n io n P r o s p e c to r s a t h o m e on Thursday, Sept. 18 and took an exciting 14-12 w in in the final seconds. The M ustangs scored first as Paullus took an interception from his own five to inside the Prospectors five and C asey M aben took it in for the touchdow n. The two- point conversion was good to m a k e it 8 -0 , b u t th e P ro sp ec to rs cam e b ack to score two touchdowns to take a 12-8 lead late in the fourth quarter. The M ustangs drove dow n the field and scored on a 25-yard pass from Q uinn P e c k to M a b e n w ith 12 seconds left to give them the win. A t W a h to n k a , th e M u stan g s sc o re d all th eir points in the first h a lf on a touchdow n by M att K enny and a touchdow n and two- point conversion by Peck and M aben. T he M ustangs w ill play at Hermiston on Monday, Oct. 6 at 5 p.m . against the freshman. By Rick Paullus The H eppner Ponies used a stingy defense and turnovers to blank the visiting Pilot R ock R ockets 21-0 on Friday, Sept. 26. The Ponies, now 3 and 0 on the year, will be at Irrig o n to p la y th e Columbia Raiders “A” team on Friday, O ct. 3, at 3 p.m. The Ponies took the opening kick- o ff and went to w ork as M att M cC abe ran twice for 13 yards then broke outside on a sw eep for 30 yards. M cCabe picked up six m ore yards to the eight-yard line. Spencer Palmer took it to the one, but the Mustangs lost four yards on the next play, but P a lm e r to o k it in fo r the to u c h d o w n . E ric S k a g g s kicked the extra point to make it 7-0. M att Holland picked o ff a R ocket pass after the k ic k o ff and returned it 15 yards to the Pilot R ock 27- yard line. On fourth and long M cC abe picked up 12 yards to the thirteen, but the Rockets defense stiffened and took over on downs. The Ponies forced a punt, which Palmer took in at his 40-yard line, broke a tackle and picking up som e good blocks took it 60 yards for a touchdown. Skaggs’ kick was good to m ake it 14-0. T h e P o n ie s a g a in forced a punt and w ent to w o rk again w ith M cC abe p ick in g up seven, P alm er fifteen and Lane B ailey hit M cCabe for a 15-yard gain. The Rockets ended the drive with an interception in the end zone that w as brought out to the five-yard line. The defense took over though as Jake Van D oom rushed in and batted the ball into the air and Taylor Hodges gathered it at the one and took it in th e e n d z o n e fo r a touchdown. Skaggs’ kick was again good and the Ponies led 21-0 at the half. The Rockets took the second h a lf k ick -o ff and put together their best drive getting inside the Ponies twenty-five before the defense stiffened. Bailey and Jason Wainwright had q u a rte rb a c k sacks on su c c e s s iv e p la y s a n d the Ponies took over on downs at their 25-yard line. Palmer ran three times for 41 yards, but the drive stalled and the Rockets took over on downs. T h e te a m s tra d e d turnovers, then the Ponies fum bled, but H olland cam e right back with an interception to give them back the ball. Palmer ran twice for 21 yards, but two fumbled shotgun snaps in a row lost 25 yards. Palmer ran for 10 yards, but on the play the Rockets quarterback was injured and the game was called with 2:00 left, giving the Ponies the 21-0 win. H eppner 7 14 00-21 Pilot Rock 0 0 0 0-0 First Quarter H ep p n er- S p en cer Palmer five-yard run (Eric Skaggs kick). Second Quarter Heppner- Palmer 60-yard punt return (Skaggs kick). H ep p n er- T aylor Hodges one-yard interception return (Skaggs kick). CUSTOM BANNERS Any Size Lota o f C olon Logos & Graphics Cenex Quality Lubricants sold at: MORROW COUNTY G RAIN G R O W E R S Heppner- Kory Paullus 5 8 -y ard pass from M atthew VanCleave (run failed) 2:20. First Downs: Heppner 19, Pilot Rock 5; Rushes-yards: Heppner 49-335, Pilot Rock 26-37; Passing yards: Heppner 143, Pilot Rock 21 ; Passes: Heppner 7-12-0, Pilot Rock 7-19-2; Fumbles-lost: Heppner 2-2, Pilot Rock 3-2; and Penalties-yards: Heppner 14-110, Pilot Rock 6-21. Fourth Quarter 55 9a"°ndrum 55 gallon drum diesel engine lu b ric an t First Quarter ^ SAE 30 gasoline and diesel engines down and long forcing a punt that was downed at the Rocket forty-four. Lovgren ran twice for seven yards, Delveaux picked up two and Elguezabal picked up o n e an d a first d o w n. D e lv e a u x ra n fo r s e v e n , Elguezabal picked up thirteen on a bootleg then hit Lovgren on a 1 6 -y ard to u c h d o w n pass. T he kick w as no good b u t th e M u s ta n g s h e ld a com fortable 27-0 lead at the half. Elguezabal started the second h a lf by returning the kick-off to the Pilot Rock 46- yard line to give the Mustangs g o o d field p o sitio n again. Cody Walton picked up seven before Lovgren broke through th e m id d le for a 3 9 -y a rd touchdow n run. His kick was good to make it 34-0 less than a minute into the third quarter. Delveaux picked o ff a R ocket pass on th eir next possession and returned it to the M ustang 28-yard line. Walton ran twice for 24 yards and Lovgren rushed twice for 10 yards, but a fum ble gave the ball back to the Rockets at their 35-yard line. T h e d e f e n s e h e ld again forcing a punt, but a penalty and a bad snap out o f the shotgun gave the ball back to the Rockets. The defense cam e up solid again as they took over on dow ns at their ow n 38-yard line. Boyer ran for seven, Elguezabal ran for fiv e , a n d th e n h it J u s tin Botefuhr for 21 yards. Boyer gained 21 yards on a pass from Elguezabal and after an offside p e n a lty on th e R o c k e ts , Walton took it in the end zone from four yards out. Q uinn P e c k ra n th e tw o - p o in t conversion in to m ake it 42-0 early in the fourth quarter. W alton tac k led the kick returner at the 10-yard line on the kick-off and Kenny picked o ff a pass at the 11- yard line, but the M ustangs were unable to move the ball, giving it back to the Rockets at the 24-yard line. Mikel Britt recovered a fumble on the next play, but the Mustangs fumbled the ball right back to the Rockets. T h e d e f e n s e h e ld again forcing a punt that was dow ned at the H eppner 12- yard line. Justin Delveaux ran for 10, Peck picked up seven, Brendan McElligott ran twice for 10 yards and M atthew V an C le a v e ran fo r se v e n yards. V anC leave th en hit Kory Paullus who broke free dow n the sideline for a 58- y ard to u ch d o w n . T he run failed, but the M ustangs led 48-0 with 2:20 left. Boyer led the defense with 19 defensive points, with Lovgren adding 15 point and S k a g g s 14 p o in ts . B ria n H aguew ood had 13 points, K e n n y 12 p o in ts , R o ry K ilk e n n y 10 p o in ts a n d Elguezabal and Peter G eer each had nine points. Lovgren finished with 121 y a rd s on 11 c a rrie s . Boyer had 97 yards on 14 carries and Walton picked up 49 yards on six carries. Elguezabal completed six o f nine passes for 87 yards, w ith B o y e r h a v in g tw o receptions for 36 yards and Lovgren catching two passes for 16 yards. The Mustangs will be at W ahtonka on Friday, O ct. 3, beginning at 7 p.m. H eppner 14 13 7 14- 48 Pilot R ock 0 0 0 0-0 Wednesday, October 1, 2003 - FIVE Peterson's Heppner Jewelers, Heppner Gazette 676-9200 676-9228
