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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 8, 2003 By Rick Paullus T he H eppner C olts built a big first-half lead and coasted through the second halfbeating Boardman 32-6 in Boardman on Thursday, Sept. 25. T he w in im proved the Colts record to 2 and 0 on the year and they will have a home game against E.O. Machine o f H erm isto n on W ednesday, O ct. 8 at 6 p.m. A f te r h o ld in g B o a rd m a n o n th e ir f ir s t possession, the Colts w asted little tim e in getting on the scoreboard as C hance Day ran for seven, but a loss on the next play m ade it third dow n and long. Brent Eckman then hit Bryan H olland for a 60- yard touchdown to make it 6- 0, as the kick w as no good. T he d e fe n se a g a in held Boardman, as good plays by H o lla n d , J a re d H uddleston, and W acy Coil e n d e d th e ir d r iv e . J a k e G regory then took o ff on a 45-yard run for a touchdow n to m ake it 12-0 as the kick was again no good. The Colts got the ball back and a run by Eckm an was good for 25 yards and put the ball deep in Boardm an territory, but a fum ble ended the drive. After taking over on dow ns, H uddleston m ade a diving catch o f a pass from Eckm an, and it was good for a 20-yard gain to the five-yard line. Coil took it in from there to m ake it 18-0. Boardman came back to score their only touchdown, but the Colts answered with a 60-yard run by H olland for a touchdow n as the first h alf c a m e to a c lo s e . R u d y Ramirez kicked the extra point to m ake it 26-6 at the half. The C olts scored on their first possession o f the second halfas Devin Robinson ran for a 27-yard gain and Coil broke a tackle and went in from 37 yards out for the to u c h d o w n . T he run w as stopped short but the Colts led 32-6. The rest o f the h a lf both teams moved the ball, but n e ith e r tea m w as a b le to score. Willie Gentry gained 40 yards on a run to get into Boardm an territory, but they w ere h e ld on d o w n s and H u d d le s to n r e c o v e r e d a Boardm an fumble inside the ten, but the Colts returned the favor with a fumble. H olland, C oil, Ben W ood, D ay , E c k m a n , Huddleston and Gentry all had good defensive plays during the game. H eppner 6 20 6 0-32 Boardm an 0 6 0 0-6 By Rick Paullus The H eppner C olts First Quarter Colts- Bryan Holland b ro k e o p e n a tig h t g a m e 6 0 -y a rd p a ss from B ren t a g a in s t v is itin g H e n d o n C o n s tr u c tio n s c o rin g 30 Eckman (kick failed). unanswered points to roll to a Second Quarter 36-6 win on Wednesday, Oct. C olts- Jake G regory 1. The Colts, now 3-0, will be 45-yard run (kick failed). C o lts - W acy C o il at home against E.O. Machine o f Hermiston on Wednesday, five-yard run (kick failed). B oardm an- 32-yard Oct. 8 at 6 p.m., and will play B o a rd m a n a t h o m e on run (kick failed). C o lts- H olland 60- T hursday, O ct. 16 at 6:30 yard run (Rudy Ramirez kick). p.m. The Colts started out Third Quarter good, forcing a punt and going Colts- Coil 37-yard right dow n the field as Jake run (run failed). G re g o ry g a in e d 35 yards, Chance Day ran for 30 yards, and Willy Gentry took it to the nine set assists, seven hits and five, but Hendon Construction one kill. Tina Tuzarova scored intercepted a pass to end the five points, deli’ ered one ace, drive. The defense forced a fo u r s e t a s s is ts and accum ulated nine hits. Kim punt again which Day returned M orris slugged over three 20 yards to the sixteen and a serves that were unanswered facemask penalty took it to the for three points. M orris also eight-yard line. Day took it in a c c e p te d tw o p a s se s and from there for the touchdown m ade tw o kills. M issy Baker and m ade it 6-0 as the kick scored three points, delivered w as no good. Hendon Construction four passes and eight kills. Stephanie H olland led her came right back through to tie te a m w ith n in e p a s s e s , the gam e at 6-6 on a 15-yard delivered three hits and one pass play. The Colts cam e back kill. to answ er w hen W acy Coil picked up seven yards before Day ran for thirteen then broke fo r a 4 0 - y a r d M egan E. M cC abe lo o s e touchdow n. The kick was no scored six points, delivered good, but the C olts led 12-6. one aced serve, five hits, six Brent E ckm an then passes and 18 set assists. picked o ff a pass and ran 35 M eghan M. M cCabe scored fiv e p o in ts , a c c e p te d 13 yards to the end zone for a passes, delivered five hits and touchdow n to m ake it 18-6. T he C olts took the 22 s e t a s s is ts . N a ta lie opening possession o f the third McElligott scored four points, quarter and drove dow n the and led her team with 19 hits, six kills, 28 passes and eight field. D evin R obinson ran b lo c k s. A ly ssa R ie tm a n n tw ice for 17 yards and Ian added four points, 23 passes M urray ran twice for 17 yards and one hit to the C ardinal to s e t up a 1 3 -y a rd effort. A shly G ram s scored touchdown run by Robinson. th re e p o in ts, a c c e p te d 16 The kick was again no good, passes and slugged over one but the Colts led 24-6 early in hit. Em ily Key scored tw o the third. T h e C o lts a d d e d p o in ts a n d d e liv e r e d 24 another score in the fourth passes. Kim M orris and Sara Peck each donated one point quarter when Robinson ran for to th e s c o re b o a rd . J e n n y 20 yards, G entry ran for 10 G riffith accepted six passes, yards and Robinson took it in pounded ten hits and blocked from the twelve to make it 32- Ione JV wins at Condon lone ju n io r v arsity easily won their match against C ondon, Oct. 3, w ith a 25- 13, 25-19 score. Kim Morris delivered a huge kill to take the lead in th e first g a m e w hile Tina T u z a ro v a a n d A b b y K ey delivered missile like serves to C ondon. Eva C hitty served 100 p e r c e n t, s c o re d 13 points, delivered tw o passes and five hits to lead her team. A b b y K e y s c o re d seven points, aced four serves, handled four passes, pounded Lady Cardinals lose to Blue Devils T h e v a r s ity L a d y C ardinals did not bring their b e s t g a m e to C o n d o n on Friday, Oct. 3. lone lost to the Blue D evils, 14-25, 18-25, and 20-25. The first tw o gam es, the Cardinals lacked net play and had som e difficulty with passing. The third game, lone began to rise to the challenge and the score w as tight m ost o f the m atch until C ondon scored five consecutive points w hen both team s were tied at 20 . CUSTO M BANNERS H eppner Gazette-Times 6 7 6 -9 2 2 8 Ponies shut out Colum bia Colts roll past Hendon C onstruction Colts win at Boardman five Condon hits. 6 . photos by Teresa Hughes They added one more touchdow n late in the gam e w hen M urray ran for twelve, G e n try b ro k e free fo r 30 yards, Justin G utierrez ran tw ice for 10 yards, G entry went for five and then took it in from six yards out. The kick w as no good, but the Colts took the w in 36-6. T he defense w as led by Justin Yocom , G utierrez, G regory, Ben W ood, Day, Eckman, Coil, Nick Kempas, Joe A rm ato, M ark M cCabe, Jordan Hatfield, Murray, Lane Wright and Rudy Ramirez, all making good plays. H eppner 0 18 6 12- 36 Hendon Construction 0 6 0 0-6 Second Quarter C olts- C hance D ay eight-yard run (kick failed). H e n d o n C onstruction- #9 eight-yard pass from #8 (run failed). C olts- Day 40-yard run (kick failed). Colts- Brent Eckman 35-yard interception return (kick failed). Third Quarter C o lts - D e v in R obinson 13-yard run (kick failed). Fourth Quarter C olts- Robinson 12- yard run (kick failed). C olts- W illy G entry six-yard run (kick failed). Eva Kilkenny wins tournament D u r in g th is p a s t sum m er, The W illow C reek Ladies played a net, m atch play tournam ent to determine th e 2 0 0 3 E d d i S k o w C h am p io n . S ixteen ladies participated in this event, with Eva K ilkenny w inning the championship match. T he w in n ers w ere: C ham pion, Eva K ilkenny; R unner-up, Cindi Doherty; Third Place, Pat Edmundson; F ourth P lace, D ana R eid; C o n so la tio n W inner, D eb G utierrez; and Sixth Place, Corol Mitchell. FRESH PRIME RIB EVERY FRIDAY & SATURDAY NIGHT rw . Summer Fragrance Closeout Select Fragrances ~ 30% OFF MuMoij'i Thug 217 North Main • Heppner t ■ ari I ri JO HN’S P IA C E > l \ l \ STREET, H E P P N E R t A better second h a lf carried the Heppner Ponies to a 2 9 - 0 s h u t o u t o f th e Columbia Raiders in Irrigon on Friday, Oct. 3. The Ponies, now 4 and 0 on the year, will be at W eston on Thursday, Oct. 9 at 3 p.m. T he P onies started q u ic k ly as M a tt M cC ab e returned the opening kick-off 85 yards for a touchdow n, then hit Lane Bailey in the end z o n e fo r th e tw o - p o in t conversion. The rest o f the first half neither team was able to score and the Ponies clung to the 8- 0 lead. On the Ponies first d riv e o f the se c o n d half, Spencer Palm er ran for 10 yards then broke free, made a good move on the sideline and w e n t 4 0 y a rd s fo r a to u ch d o w n . M att H olland kicked the extra point for a 15-0 lead. T h e P o n ie s w e re driving down the field again on their next possession, but an interception o f a tipped pass ended the threat. The defense held w ith the Ponies taking over on dow ns in their ow n territory. P a lm e r h it L u k e Young on a sw eep pass for a 30-yard gain, Bailey ran three tim es for 20 yards, M cC abe went for eight, Palm er took it to the five w here M cC abe took it in for the touchdow n. The kick was no good, but the Ponies had a 21 -0 lead. The Ponies recovered a Raider fum ble on their next series to set up P alm er’s 30- yard touchdown run. M cCabe hit Grant Smith in the end zone for the tw o-point conversion to m ake it 29-0 late in the game. D a lto n W e llm a n intercepted a Raider pass and the Ponies ran out the clock to get the win. H eppner 8 0 7 14-29 C olum bia 0 0 0 0-0 First Quarter Heppner- Matt McCabe 85-yard k ic k -o ff return (Lane Bailey pass from McCabe). Third Quarter H ep p n er- S p en cer Palmer 40-yard run (Matt Holland kick). Fourth Quarter Heppner- McCabe five- yard run (kick failed). Heppner- Palmer 30-yard run (G rant S m ith p a ss from McCabe). Lady Cardinals take win one aced serve, five hits and from Echo one kill. N atalie M cE lligott l o n e ’s v a r s ity v o lle y b a ll te a m t o ta lly dom inated Echo on Tuesday, Sept. 30, taking the m atch in three effortless gam es. lone defeated the Cougars, 25-17, 25-14, and 25-16. A ly s s a R ie tm a n n scored nine points for the C a rd in a ls. R ie tm a n n also rejected one Cougar hit at the net, delivered nine passes four hits and one kill. Sara Peck served 100 percent to score eight points, accepted seven passes, pounded five hits and tw o kills. M egan E. M cCabe scored six points, delivered five hits and 22 set assists. Em ily Key added four points and five p asses to the team effort. M eghan M. M cC abe led her te a m w ith 25 set a s sists, scored four points, delivered s c o re d t h r e e p o in ts a n d d e liv e r e d e ig h t p a s s e s . McElligott also led the team on the net with 26 hits and seven kills. Jenny G riffith blocked tw o C ougar hits, ham m ered nine hits and one kill. lone junior varsity also gained easy wins against Echo, defeating the Cougars, 25-15, 25-13. A b b y K ey h a d an outstanding game, scoring nine points, tw o hits, and led with 11 set assists. Kim M orris followed up with five points for the Cardinals. Tina Tuzarova, K a y la L a R u e a n d A s h ly G ram s sc o re d four po in ts each. M issy B aker and Eva Chitty each added three points and Stephanie Holland scored one point. Stamping-Up comes to WVSC on Yankee candles: 7 By Rick Paullus 676-9158 Serving Heppner, Lexington & lone Plus, check out our Clearance on Halloween Costumes I 50% OFF ai w I J u d ie L a u g h lin , assisted by Kim Bach, will dem onstrate stam ping at the Nov. 16 meeting o f the Willow V alley S erv ice C lu b . T he meeting will be held from 12- 1 p.m ., at Jo h n ’s Place in Heppner. L a u g h lin , b o rn in C a lif o r n ia , h a s liv e d in Heppner since 1954. She and h u sb an d , B utch, have six c h ild r e n and fo u r grandchildren between them. Her hobbies include stamping, sewing, art and gardening. B ach, b o rn in M cM in n v ille, has been in H eppner for four years. She is an a g e n t at W h e atla n d Insurance in Heppner. She is m arried to Phil. Her hobbies in c lu d e s ta m p in g a n d woodcarving. Everyone is invited to this no-host lunch meeting.
