Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Cardinals win Homecoming game against
Echo Cougars, 62-26
Kelly Thompson packs the football at the lone Cardinals vs. Echo Cougars Homecoming football game
on Oct. 17. The final score was Cardinals 62, Cougars 26. lone's next game will be Oct. 24, at 7 p.m. in
Arlington.
Heppner Colts beat Boardman, 34-13
By Rick Paullus
For the second tim e
this year the H eppner Colts
beat B oardm an to run their
record to 5 and 0 by a score
o f 3 4 -1 3 . T he C o lts play
U m a tilla at H e p p n e r on
Wednesday, Oct. 22 in the last
regular season game and with
a w in w ill p la y in th e
c h a m p io n s h ip g a m e in
H erm iston on Saturday, Oct.
25.
The Colts had the ball
first and drove down the field
as Wacy Coil ran for 12 yards.
C hance Day ran for 11 yards
and B rent Eckm an w ent for
nine yards to set up Eckm an’s
11-y a r d to u c h d o w n ru n .
B ryan H olland kick ed the
extra point to make it 9-0 with
2:29 left in the first quarter.
Ben W ood recovered
a Boardman fumble to give the
C olts the ball at the 48-yard
line. Coil ran tw ice for 19
yards, Day ran tw ice for 11
yards and a tripping penalty
took the ball to the fourteen
w h e re E c k m a n h it J a re d
Huddleston in the end zone for
the touchdown. The kick was
no good, but the Colts held a
14-0 lead.
B oardm an then put
together a driving move to the
C o lts ten, but the defense
stiffened and they took over
on downs. Holland picked up
33 yards on a reverse then
Eckm an threw a short pass to
Coil w ho w ent 58 yards for a
to u chdow n g etting a good
block dow nfield from Wood.
The kick was no good, but the
C olts had a 20-0 lead at the
half.
T h e C o lts h e ld
Boardm an on downs on their
first possession o f the second
h a lf taking over at their 37-
yard line. Coil ran for eight,
Jake G regory picked up six
m ore and after a false start
penalty, Eckman took o ff on a
b o o tle g 55 y a rd s fo r a
touchdow n. The kick w as no
good, but the C olts led 26-0
late in the third quarter.
Boardman came right
back and scored on a three-
yard run and ran in the extra
point to get within 26-7 going
into the fourth quarter.
The Colts cam e right
b a c k w ith a n a n s w e r as
Gregory ran for 10 yards. Day
w ent for 15, Coil picked up
five and Holland broke free for
a 3 5 - y a r d to u c h d o w n .
Holland kicked the extra point
to m ake it 34-7 early in the
fourth quarter.
Boardman came back
w ith a touchdow n on a long
run to get w ithin 34-13, but
th a t w as as c lo se as th ey
would get as the clock ran out
on their next drive before they
could score.
T he o ffen siv e line,
despite being outw eighed by
a significant amount, o f Wood,
M a rk M c C a b e , J o r d a n
H a tfie ld , R u d y R a m ire z ,
D onald M atthew s and Kyle
T ayloe did a g rea t jo b o f
o p e n in g big h o les for the
backs.
The defense w as led
by W ood, H a tfie ld , C o il,
M cC abe,
H u d d le s to n ,
Holland, Day, Eckm an, Nick
K em pas, W illy G entry and
Devin Robinson.
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for fire victims Terry & Lynn
and Dale & Diane
Sunday, October 26 at 1 p.m.
at Bucknnm’s Tavern.
There will also
be an auction held.
HELP SUPPORT
THESE FAMILIES!
M.C.S.0.
Second Quarter
C o lts -
J a re d
Huddleston 14-yard pass from
Eckman (kick failed).
Colts- Wacy Coil 58-
yard pass from Eckman (kick
failed).
Third Quarter
C olts- E ckm an 55-
yard run (kick failed).
B o a rd m a n - th re e -
yard run (run good).
Fourth Quarter
C o lts- H olland 35-
yard run (Holland kick).
B oardm an- 58-yard
run (run tailed).
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Mustang JVs
end season
with win over
Tigerscots
By Rick Paullus
The
H eppner
M ustangs JV s ended their
season w ith a 20-6 w in over
th e
W e s to n -M c E w e n
T igerscots on M onday, Oct.
20 in Heppner. ITte Mustangs
ended the season w ith a 4 and
3 record winning their last two
games.
The M ustangs got on
the board in the first quarter
on a 30-yard pass from Justin
D elveaux to Kody Lovgren
and clung to a 6-0 lead at the
half.
They added to it late
in the third quarter on a five-
yard pass from Quinn Peck to
K ory P a u llu s w ith C a se y
M aben running in the tw o-
point conversion to m ake it
14-0.
O n th e T ig e rs c o ts
n e x t p o s s e s s io n , P a u llu s
picked o ff a pass at his forty-
five and went all the way for a
touchdow n to m ake it 20-0.
The Tigerscots scored
with about five minutes left to
m ake the final 20-6.
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First Quarter
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H ep p n er-
K ody
Lovgren 30-yard pass from
Justin Delveaux (run failed).
Third Quarter
H e p p n e r-
K o ry
Paullus five-yard pass from
Q uinn Peck (C asey M aben
run).
Heppner- Paullus 55-
yard interception return (pass
failed).
Fourth Quarter
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Colts- Brent Eckman
11-yard run (B ryan H olland
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Let thp good times roll
Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - FIVE
Ponies defeat Columbia to end season
By Rick Paullus
The H eppner Ponies
ended their season with a 24-
6 w in o v e r th e v is itin g
C olum bia Raiders on Friday,
O ct. 17. The Ponies ended
their season w ith a perfect 6
and 0 record, outscoring their
opponents 176-35, giving up
j u s t tw o to u c h d o w n on
defense.
The Ponies took over
on downs on their 40-yard line
a n d w e n t to w ork on the
ground as S pencer Palm er
rushed four times for 34 yards.
Sean M urray picked up eight
m ore, M att M cCabe rushed
tw ice for 15 yards and Lane
Bailey went the final five yards
for the touchdow n. The two-
point conversion failed, but the
Ponies led 6-0.
J a k e Van D o o m
recovered a fum ble on the
e n su in g k ic k -o ff, b ut th e
P o n ie s
c o u l d n ’t ta k e
advantage as their 6-0 lead
held up until the half.
The Ponies took the
second half kick-off and drove
down the field getting 18 yards
o n th re e c a r r ie s fro m
M cC abe, Palm er picked up
seven m ore and B ailey hit
M cC abe for a 17-yard gain,
but penalties killed the drive
w ith the Raiders taking over
on downs.
T h e R a id e rs w e re
forced to punt and the Ponies
g o t a b reak w hen N athan
VanCleave tackled the punter
b ack at the 12-yard line.
Bailey hit Murray for an eight-
yard gain and Palm er took it
in for the touchdow n. The
c o n v ersio n failed, but the
Ponies led 12-0.
C olum bia got their
touchdow n on the first play
after the kick-off'on a 57-yard
run. The Raiders got the ball
back on a fumble on the kick
return, but the Ponies held on
dow ns at their ow n 31-yard
line.
On the first play from
scrimmage, Palmer broke free
on a 69-yard touchdow n, but
a clipping penalty brought it
back to the Raiders 46-yard
line. The Ponies didn’t let that
bother them as they drove
dow n the field with Palm er
capping the drive w ith a six-
yard run for the touchdow n.
The Ponies led 18-6 after the
conversion try failed.
M cCabe recovered a
fumble on the ensuing kick-off
and the Ponies went to work
again as B ailey ran for 12
y a rd s , M c C a b e fo r fiv e ,
Palm er w ent for 15 yards,
M urray picked up four and
Grant Sm ith ran twice for six
yards, but the Raiders took
over on downs at the five-yard
line.
M urray then picked
o ff a pass and returned it 14
yards for the final touchdown
to m ake it 24-6.
The Ponies beat the
W eston Panthers the w eek
before at Weston 44-0 racing
out to a 22-0 lead after one
quarter and a 36-0 lead at the
half. McCabe, Palmer, Bailey
and Dalton Wellman, all scored
touchdown for the Ponies.
The Ponies consisted
o f e ig h th g r a d e r s , S e a n
Murray, Andre Rauch, Nacho
Elguezabal. M att M cCabe,
Lane Bailey, Jake Van Doom,
N a th a n V a n C le a v e , B en
M cCarl, Jason H ouw eling,
Ja so n W ain w rig h t, E ddie
Ramirez, Taylor Hodges, Jotge
Montes, Eric Skaggs, Michael
W ellm an and C hase M onda
and seventh graders, Spencer
Palm er, M att H olland, Bo
F o s te r, D a lto n W ellm an ,
B raden Britt, Luke Young,
E ddie W addell and G rant
Sm ith. C oaches w ere Chris
R a u c h , J a k e R oy, L a rry
Palmer and Rick Paullus.
H e p p n e r 6 0 6 12-24
C olum bia 0 0 6 0-6
First Quarter
Heppner- Lane Bailey
five-yard run (run failed).
Third Quarter
H e p p n e r- S p e n c e r
Palm er four-yard run (pass
failed).
C olum bia- D oherty
57-yard run (pass failed).
Fourth Quarter
Heppner- Palmer six-
yard run (pass failed).
H e p p n e r-
Sean
M urray 14-yard interception
return (pass failed).
Mustangs use big plays to beat Bulldogs
By Rick Paullus
The
H eppner
Mustangs only ran 33 offensive
plays, but that was more than
enough as they beat the visiting
C u lv e r B u lld o g s 55-6 on
Friday, Oct. 17 in C olum bia
Basin C onference play. The
M ustangs, now 5 and 0 in the
CBC and 7 and 0 overall, will
be at Sherm an County, also 5
and 0 in the CB C, in a key
league gam e w ith the winner
having the inside track at the
CBC championship.
The M ustangs took
the opening kick-off and went
to work on what would be one
o f their longest drives in terms
o f tim e o f p o s s e s s io n ,
beginning at their 31 -yard line.
K yler Lovgren ran tw ice for
21 yards, Tyler Boyer picked
up three, Chuy Elguezabal lost
three yards, but hit Tanner
Britt for a 17-yard gain, then
broke free around end for a
31-yard touchdow n. Boyer
c a u g h t th e
tw o - p o in t
c o n v e r s io n p a s s fro m
Elguezabal to make it 8-0 early
in the game.
The M ustangs took
over on their own 35-yard line
after a Bulldog punt and went
right to work as Elguezabal hit
Britt for a 19-yard gain, ran
for three yards, hit Lovgren
tw ice for six yards, then hit
Justin Botefuhr for 34 yards to
the one-yard line. Lovgren
to o k it in from th ere and
Elguezabal hit Britt for the two-
point conversion to m ake it
16-0 after one quarter o f play.
T h e te a m s tra d e d
punts and after the M ustangs
forced another punt they took
over at their ow n 47 after
Lovgren returned it 16 yards.
A fte r an in c o m p le te pass
Lovgren took a short pass
from Elguezabal and took it all
the w ay to the end zone for a
53-yard touchdown. Lovgren
kicked the extra point to make
it 23-0 early in the second
quarter.
T h e B u lld o g s p u t
together a drive on their next
possession getting inside the
M ustangs 25-yard line, but
Zack Skaggs picked oft'a pass
and returned it 76 yards to the
B u lld o g s 1 2 -y a rd lin e .
Lovgren took It in from there
for the touchdow n and even
though the c o n v ersio n try
failed the M ustangs took a 29-
0 led w ith 3:45 left in the
second quarter.
On the Bulldogs next
possession, Elguezabal picked
o f f a d e fle c te d p a ss and
returned it for a touchdow n,
but a pass interference penalty
b r o u g h t it b a c k . B ria n
H aguew ood m ade tw o sacks
for a loss o f 25 yards qnd
forced a punt late in the half to
give the M ustangs one m ore
chance to score.
Starting at their ow n
32-yard line, Lovgren took a
shovel pass from Elguezabal
61 yards to the seven with
eight seconds left. After spiking
the ball to kill the clo ck ,
Elguezabal hit Britt in the end
z o n e fo r a to u c h d o w n .
Elguezabal hit Botefuhr for the
two-point conversion to give
the M ustangs a 37-0 lead at
the half.
The
M u s ta n g s
defense forced a punt on the
B u lld o g s first p o sse ssio n
taking over at their ow n 30-
yard line. O n third and ten,
C ody W alton took o ff on a
reverse and raced to the end
zone m aking two nice cuts to
g e t th e to u c h d o w n . T h e
con v ersio n failed, but the
Mustangs led 43-0 early in the
third quarter.
E l g u e z a b a l
intercepted a deep pass on the
Bulldogs next possession at the
Mustangs 23-yard line. Boyer
then broke free for a gain o f
72 yards getting a crushing
block on the sideline from
Skaggs along the way. Boyer
went four yards to the one then
took it in to make it 49-0 with
4:33 left.
T h e d e fe n s e h e ld
again forcing a Bulldog punt
w hich W alton took 45 yards
for a touchdown again making
several nice m oves to get to
the end zone. The conversion
failed, but the M ustangs led
55-0 late in the third.
The Bulldogs held the
ball most o f the fourth quarter
finally getting into the end zone
late in the game.
The M ustangs got a
26-yard gain on a pass from
Ju stin D elv eau x to Ju stin
Gregory as time ran out.
T he d e fe n se ag a in
p lay e d g o o d , h o ld in g the
Bulldogs to 25 yards rushing
on 31 carries and they w ere
led by Elguezabal and Boyer
w ith 12 p o in ts e a c h .
H aguew ood and Britt each
added 11 points, with Lovgren
adding 10 points.
Elguezabal completed
eight o f 12 passes for 197
yards and tw o touchdow ns.
Lovgren had four receptions
for 120 yards and ran for
an o th er 60 yards on eight
carries and Britt caught three
passes for 43 yards.
The Mustangs gained
468 yards on their 33 plays on
offense.
Heppner 00 0 6-6
Heppner 1621 18 0-55
First Quarter
H eppner-
Chuy
Elguezabal 31-yard run (Tyler
Boyer pass from Elguezabal) 9:30
Heppner- Kyler Lovgren
one-yard run (Tanner Britt pass
from Elguezabal) 4:17
Second Quarter
Heppner- Lovgren 53-
yard pass from Elguezabal
(Lovgren kick) 10:41
Heppner- Lovgren 12-
yard run (pass failed) 3:45
Heppner- Britt seven-
yard pass from Elguezabal (Justin
Botefuhr pass from Elguezabal) :04
Third Quarter
Heppner- Cody Walton
70-yard run (pass failed) 8:03
Heppner- Boyer one-
yard run (run failed) 4:33
Heppner- Walton 45-
yard punt return (run failed) 1:41
Fourth Quarter
Culver- Brian Stills one-
yard run (pass failed) 3:01
First Downs- Heppner 8.
C ulver 10; R ushes-yards:
Heppner 20-245, Culver 31-25;
Passing yards: Heppner 223,
Culver 152; Passes: Heppner 9-
13-0, Culver 11-20-2; Fumbles-
lost: Heppner 1-1, Culver 1-0;
Penalties-yards: Heppner 6-52,
Culver 4-25.
Individual Statistics:
Rushing: H eppner-
Boyer 8-84, Walton 1 -70, Lovgren
8-60, Elguezabal 3-31 and Brendan
McElligott l-(-3);Culver-Michael
Williams 15-30, Stills 9-21 and Kyle
Blood 7-(-26).
Passing:
H eppner-
Elguezabal 8-12-0 197 yards and
Justin Delveaux 1-1-0 26 yards.
Culver- Blood 11 -20-2 152 yards
Receiving: Heppner-
Lov gren 4-120. Britt 3-43, Botefuhr
1- 34 and Justin Gregory 1-26;
Culver- Nate Lewis 7-117. William
2- 24, Chris Cooper 1 -7 and Jared
Rolen 1-4.