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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 12, 2003 Mustangs shut down Loggers to win first round playoff game By Rick Paullus A sw arm ing defense by the third-ranked Heppner M ustangs held the V em onia Loggers to just 104 total yards and helped them to a 47-2 win in the first round o f the OSAA/ US B ank/Les Schw ab Tires Class 2A football playoffs in Heppner on Saturday, Nov. 8. The Mustangs improved to 10 and 0 on the year and advance to the q uarterfinals w ith a h o m e g a m e a g a in s t th e second-ranked M yrtle Point Bobcats on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 1 p.m . The Mustangs wasted little tim e in getting on the scoreboard taking the opening k ickoff and driving 62 yards in fo u r p la y s g e ttin g a touchdow n. Tyler Boyer ran for 12 yards, K yler Lovgren went for nine, Chuy Elguezabal ran for 16 yards and Boyer took it in from 25 yards out for the score. Lovgren kicked the extra point to m ake it 7-0 ju st 1:34 into the game. A fter forcing a punt the M ustangs w ent back to w ork as B oyer ran tw ice for 12 yards, E lguezabal ran for 13 m ore, Jode Coil picked up four, Lovgren ran for 28 yards to the four, where Boyer took it in for the touchdow n. The kick w as no good, but the M ustangs had a 13-0 lead. A fter another Logger punt the M ustangs went back to w ork as Lovgren ran twice for 20 yards and caught a pass from Elguezabal for 18 yards. Justin B otefuhr caught tw o passes from Elguezabal for 23 yards, Elguezabal ran for eight yards, Boyer ran for four and Elguezabal hit Tanner Britt in the end zone from nine yards o u t fo r a to u c h d o w n . Elguezabal hit Botefuhr for the two-point conversion to make it 21-0 early in the second quarter. The M ustangs added another touchdow n a m inute later after a Logger fumble as Lovgren ran tw ice for nine yards, Elguezabal ran for 18 yards to the five, and Coil took it to the three, where Lovgren took it in for the touchdow n. Elguezabal hit Britt in the end z o n e fo r th e tw o - p o in t conversion to m ake it 29-0. The Mustangs got the ball back after forcing yet another punt and put together another drive as Lovgren ran twice for nine yards, Britt took a pass from Elguezabal 36 yards, and E lguezabal ran tw ice for 23 yards, then hit B o te fu h r fo r an 1 8 -y a rd touchdow n. T he extra point kick w as blocked, but the M ustangs led 35-0 at the half. The M u s ta n g s stopped the Loggers on their opening drive o f the second h a lf and w ent back to w ork as Elguezabal ran for 14 yards and hit Lovgren for 11 yards and Matt Kenny for 14 yards. B oyer ran for 17 yards then Elguezabal hit Lovgren in the e n d z o n e fo r an I I - y a r d touchdow n. The extra point w a s b lo c k e d , b u t th e M ustangs led 41-0 m idw ay through the third quarter. T h e y p u t to g e th e r another drive as Lovgren ran twice for 13 yards, Boyer ran for 12 yards and Kenny broke free up the m iddle for 48 yards, but they couldn’t get a score and gave up the ball on downs. E arly in the fourth q u arter, the M ustangs put to g e th e r a n o th e r d riv e as C ody W alton ran three tim es fo r 2 0 y a r d s , B re n d a n M cElligott ran four tim es for nine yards, Quinn Peck ran for tw o y a rd s, M a tth e w V anCleave hit Coil for two yards and Aaron Delveaux for 15 yards, but again the drive stalled and the Loggers took over at their own 10-yard line. On their first play, Britt knocked the ball loose and Brian Haguewood scooped it up at the eleven and took it in for a touchdow n. The two- point conversion failed, but the M ustangs held a 47-0 lead. T h e L o g g e rs p u t together their best drive late in the gam e, but A aron Griffith p ic k e d o f f a p a s s a t th e Mustangs five-yard line to kill the drive. T he Loggers got their two points when the snap on th e p u n t sa ile d o u t o f bounds for a safety. H aguew ood led the defense w ith 20 defensive points, with Kenny adding 16 points, including a fum ble re c o v e ry . B o y e r h a d 11 points, D elveaux had eight By Larry Palmer T h e P o n ie s fo u n d them selves going against the Pilot Rock Rockets in the twin bill at hom e, losing 39 to 56. The Ponies next two games are F rid a y , N ov. 14 at h o m e against Umatilla at 3 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 15 at hom e against A thena-W eston at 9 a.m. Due to lack o f seventh grade players, the Rockets s u b s titu te d so m e e ig h th g rad ers, w hich gave them some height advantage that the Ponies were unable to counter with their quickness. T h e f ir s t q u a r te r spelled out the outcome o f the gam e w hen the Rockets led 9 to 18 and the Ponies w ere never able to recover. The By Rick Paullus E ig h t lo c a l k id s com peted in the Punt, Pass and Kick sectional competition held in LaGrande on Saturday, Oct. 25. The kids qualified for the sectional com petition by p la c in g firs t in th e lo cal com petition held in Heppner in September. In the 8- to 9-year- o ld d iv is io n : C a r rie H aguew ood placed second w ith a total o f 69 feet in the girls’ bracket and Garret Gibbs totaled 152 feet to place sixth in the boys’ brackets. In the 10-to 11-year- old division: Brandi Hong had a total o f 96 feet to place sixth and Bryan Holland totaled 172 feet 8 inches to place ninth. — — — — p o in ts, L ovgren had eight p o in ts , in c lu d in g an interception and Botefuhr had seven points. Elguezabal ended up nine o f 13 passing for 131 yards and three touchdow ns w ith no in te rce p tio n s and rushed seven tim es for 94 yards. Boyer rushed nine times fo r 9 9 y a rd s a n d tw o touchdow ns. Lovgren ran 14 tim es for 87 yards and Kenny ran five tim es for 52 yards. Botefuhr caught three passes for 43 yards, Lovgren caught three passes for 40 yards and Britt caught two passes for 45 yards. 47 H e p p n e r s e v e n th H eppner 13 22 6 6- g r a d e r s s ta r te d th e ir b a s k e tb a ll s e a s o n o f f by playing an away game against Vem onia 0 0 0 2-2 First Quarter the Columbia Raiders on Nov. Heppner- Tyler Boyer 25- yard run (Kyler Lovgren kick) 10:26 H eppner- Boyer four- yard run (kick failed) 5:39 $5.00 o ff y o u r next sh ipm ent w ith this ad H ep p n er- L o vgren three-yard run (Britt pass from Elguezabal) 8:53 Heppner- Botefuhr 18- yard pass from Elguezabal (kick blocked) 2:03 down by one with 15 seconds rem aining, but a m issed free throw ended the contest. The Ponies w ere led by Jo e P ra n g e r w ith tw o points, Dalton W ellman with four, Spencer Palmer with six, Josh Shank w ith six, Luke Young w ith tw o and B raden Britt with two points. The rest o f the roster consists o f Grant S m ith , M a tt H o lla n d a n d Brock Herbison. H eppner 2 6 4 10-22 C olum bia 7 6 4 6-23 Ponies see loss against Tigers By Larry Palmer In their hom e opener, the Ponies found them selves Third Quarter going against the Stanfield Heppner- Lovgren 11- Rockets increased their lead Tigers in their new facilities. yard pass from Elguezabal (kick 17 to 32 at the half. The Tigers jumped out B y th e en d o f the blocked) 5:13 to an early lead 9 to 10 and Fourth Quarter game, the Rockets pushed the the Ponies were never able to H ep p n er- B rian lead to 39 to 56. recover. It was 13 to 18 at the In the fourth quarter, Haguewood 11-yard fumble return half and by the time the buzzer the Ponies showed great hustle (run failed) 7:13 V em onia- safety, ball by getting several steals in a snapped out o f end zone 2:56 row and harassing the visitors First Downs: Heppner on defense. It also w as their 21, Vernonia 6; Rushes-yards: most productive quarter o f the Heppner 49-347, Vemonia 35-104; season, netting 16 points. In r e c o g n itio n o f Passing yards: H eppner 148, T h e P o n ie s h a d a National Hospice M onth, the more balanced scoring attack Vemonia 0; Passes: Heppner 11- H o s p ic e V o lu n te e rs a re with Dalton Wellman getting 16-0, Vemonia 0-6-2; Fumbles- hosting an O pen H ouse on eight points, Spencer Palm er lost: Heppner 4-1, Vemonia 3-2; M onday, Nov. 17 from 3- 13 points, Luke Young one, Penalties-yards: Heppner 7-68, 7pm . T h is c e le b ra tio n o f J o s h S h a n k e ig h t, M a tt Vemonia 6-50. Pioneer M emorial H ospice’s Individual Statistics Holland eight and Braden Britt first year o f operation will take Rushing: H ep p n er- one point. place at the Home Health and H eppner 9 8 6 16-39 B oyer 9-99, Elguezabal 7-94, Hospice office, located behind Pilot R ock 18 14 8 Lovgren 14-87, Matt Kenny 5-52, th e h o sp ita l in th e c lin ic C ody W alton 4 -22, B rendan 16-56 building. M cElligott 4-9, Jode Coil 3-7, H o s p ic e is a Quinn Peck 1-2, Aaron Delveaux p h il o s o p h y o f c a re th a t In the 12-to 13-year- 2-0 and Matthew VanCleave l-(- recognizes dying as a normal old division: Klarissa Wellman 10); Vemonia- Travis Gwyn 21 -86, process o f living, and places placed third with a total o f 140 Russell Lende 7-18, Brandon Cota em phasis on alleviating pain feet and M att Holland placed 2-9, Eric Schmidlin 3-{-6) and Brent and o th er sy m p to m s. T he eighth with 193 feet 8 inches. Thompson 3-(-7). H o sp ic e te a m a s s is ts the Passing: H ep p n er- In the 14-to 15-year- p a tie n t a n d f a m ily in old division: Kelsie Fox placed Elguezabal 9-13-0131 yards and second with a total o f 133 feet V anC leave 2 -3 -0 17 y ard s; 3 inches and M att M cC abe Vemonia-Schmidlin 0-5-1 0 yards had a total o f 299 feet 5 inches and Luke Enneberg 0-1-10 yards. Receiving: H eppner- to place third. The M orrow County Botefuhr 3-43, Lovgren 3-40, Britt U SD A Local W ork G roup The participants were scored on one punt, one pass 2-45, Delveaux 1-15, Kenny 1-14 (LW G) will m eet Tuesday, and one place kick. Scores and Coil 1 -2; Vemonia- none. Nov. 25, beginning at 9:30 w ere based on both distance a.m ., at the Pettyjohn O ffice O rder and accuracy as the num ber B u ild in g , 4 3 0 H e p p n e r / M agn etic o f feet and inches the ball Lexington Hwy in Heppner. la n d e d a w a y fro m th e The 2002 Farm Bill, D o o r S ig n s measuring tape was deducted passed by Congress, contains HERE from the distance to reach the an outstanding conservation final score. title. Part o f the legislation He ppne r The c o n te s t is allows for the establishment o f G a z e t t e - T i me s sponsored by the N FL and local w orks groups to m ake 676-922 Pepsi. recommendations on priorities and the allocation and use o f USDA conservation program fu n d s, in c lu d in g th e E n v iro n m e n ta l Q u a lity Incentives Program (EQ IP), towards those local priorities. O u r U S D A L o c a l W ork G ro u p w ill in c lu d e r e p r e s e n ta tio n fro m throughout the M orrow Soil a n d W a te r C o n s e r v a tio n D is tr ic t a re a . The responsibilities o f the LWG include setting local priorities based on natural reso u rce c o n c e rn s , re c o m m e n d in g e lig ib le p r a c tic e s a n d > i \ i \ s n e l l i. i i i r r M i; recom m ending paym ent and cost share levels. so u n d e d , th e T ig e rs lea d increased 31 to 39. The leading scorers for the Ponies w ere D alton W ellm an w ith eight points, Spencer Palmer with 17, Josh Shank w ith four and M att H o lla n d w ith tw o p o in ts. H e p p n e r 9 4 10 8-31 Stanfield 10 8 14 7-39 Hospice Volunteers are hosting an Open House m aintaining quality o f life during terminal illness. T he volunteers and s ta ff o f P io n eer M em orial H o s p ic e w o u ld lik e to encourage each o f you to stop by the office next M onday afternoon to learn more about w hat our hospice team does. M u n ch on so m e c o o k ie s, peruse our library and pick up a brochure or two. Also, take a few m inutes to visit w ith a staff m em ber or volunteer, ask them w hat Hospice means to them . See how w e can help. For more information about hospice, or volunteer classes, call M olly Rhea at (5 4 1 )6 7 6 -2 9 4 6 . ‘ 2002 Farm Bill Local Work Group to meet The Federal Advisory C o m m itte e A c t (F A C A ) re q u ire s th a t o n ly p u b lic officials (elected, appointed or agency) can serve as members o f the LW G This voting body w ill c o n s is t o f m e m b e rs representing the conservation d i s t r ic t, N R C S , F S A , Cooperative Extension, Water Resources, a representative o f M orrow County and tribes. T h is is a p u b lic m eeting. 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