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.
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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
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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. T here w ill be an
a g e n d a ite m f o r p u b l i c
comment.
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