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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 13, 2004 Mustangs squeak by Rockets 9-7 By Rick Paullus When a last second field goal attem pt by the Pilot Rock Rockets missed by the narrowest of margins, the Heppner Mustangs had pulled out a 9-7 win over the Rockets on Friday, Oct. 8 in Pilot R ock in a wild Columbia Basin Conference game The Mustangs, 3-0 in the CBC and 3-3 overall, had gotten a 35-yard field goal on a free kick from freshman Matt McCabe with 48 seconds left in the game to regain the lead at 9-7. The Mustangs get a much needed week off with a bye before being at home against the Weston-McEwen Tigerscots on Friday, Oct 22 in CBC play. The gam e started out good for the Mustangs as the Rockets were forced to punt on th eir first possession, which Jode Coil retu rn ed 16 yards to midfield. Matt Kenny ran twice for eight yards and a face mask penalty took the ball to the thirty-eight After a hold brought it back to the forty-one, Tyler Boyer ran for seven then the Rockets jumped offsides on third and five to give the Mustangs a first down at the 28-yard line M atthew VanCleave then threw a pass that bounced in and out o f the defensive backs hands and into Brandon Seitz hands w ho to o k it in for the touchdown from the five The two-point conversion failed but the Mustangs led 6-0 midway through the first. Neither team could move the ball the rest o f the first quarter and through the second as they traded punts •With the Mustangs gaining in field position each time as Kenny had punts o f 41, 46 and 62 yards The Mustangs had good field position at the Rocket 32-yard line after a Boyer 13-yard return late in the second quarter. Kenny ran for four, VanCleave hit Seitz for 14 yards and a first down at the sixteen, Boyer ran for four, Kenny for four and Coil for one before the Rockets held on fourth at their own six. The d efen se held again and a short punt out o f bounds gave the M ustangs good field position again inside the R ocket 30-yard line. However, a fumbled shotgun snap was recovered by the Rockets back at the Heppner 47-yard line. The defense held again with the Mustangs taking over on downs and ran out the clock clinging to a 6-0 lead at the half. The Mustangs took over at their own 24-yard line after the second half kick-off and went right to work as Boyer ran three times for 31 yards and a personal foul penalty took it down to the Rocket 29-yard line Boyer ran twice for 13 yards then for eight more, but a hold brought it back to the 25-yard line. Boyer ran for five and on third and long, the Rockets picked off a pass at the goal line and brought it back to their forty- four. The team s trad ed punts w ith the R o ck ets taking over at their eleven a fte r a 4 1 -yard punt by Kenny. V anC leave then picked off a deep pass and brought it back for an apparent touchdown, but a clipping p en alty and a personal foul brought it back to the Rocket 49-yard line Boyer ran six times for 16 yards, but a fumble was recovered by the Rockets at their own 27-yard line The R ockets then scored their touchdown on a 70-yard catch and run and kicked the extra point to take a 7-6 lead with 9:28 left in the game The Mustangs took over at their own 21-yard line after the kick-off with Boyer, running tw ice for nine yards then breaking free for 67 yards before being tackled at the three, but it w as bro u g h t back by a holding penalty and they were forced to punt The defense held and they took over at their own 15-yard line after a punt and went back to work as Boyer carried five times for 28 yards. A aron D elveaux gained five and on a fourth and five at m idfield, VanCleave hit Seitz for 11 yards and a first down at the th irty -n in e B oyer then carried five straight times, the last time to the two, but the ball came out late on the tackle and was recovered by the Rockets with 1 42 left. The defense held and Coil made a diving fair catch at the Rocket 25-yard line and the Mustangs opted to go for the free kick with 48 seconds left in the game After a long delay to get everyone satisfied with the rules, McCabe came on and kicked the ball through the u p rig h ts to give the Mustangs the lead. McCabe kicked the ball deep into R ocket territory, but a good return brought the ball out to the Mustangs 42-yard line with 36 seconds left. The Rockets picked up 12 yards on first down then Kory Paullus picked off a Rocket pass at the goal line and brought it back to the tw elve but fumbled and the Rockets recovered to set up their last second field goal attempt The defense was led by Boyer and Paullus with 16 defensive point each with Kenny and Quinn Peck each g ettin g 13 po in ts Rory K ilkenny had 11 points, D elveaux 10 points and Peter Geer had nine points B oyer w as the w o rk h o rse on offense carrying the ball 38 times for 202 y ard s w ith Kenny running 10 tim es for 28 yards V a n C l e a v e co m p leted five o f eight passes for 68 yards with Seitz catching three passes for 52 yards Heppner 6 0 0 3-9 Pilot Rock 0 0 0 7-7 First Quarter Heppner- Seitz 28- yard pass from M atthew VanCleave (run failed) 7:17 Fourth Quarter Pilot R ock- Kyle Humphreys 70-yard pass from Mitch Byrnes (Jacob Mitchell kick) 9:28 H eppner- M att McCabe 35-yard field goal 48 I n d i v i d u a l Statistics Rushing: Heppner- Tyler Boyer 38-202, Matt Kenny 10-28, Jode Coil 4- 5, VanCleave 4-(-13), Aaron D elveaux 1-5 and Kory Paullus 1 -(-7); Pilot Rock- Tyler Schachtsick 10-27, Byrnes 9-20, Humphreys 5- 27 and Michael Krosting 4- 8 Passing: Heppner- VanCleave 5-8-1 68 yards; Pilot Rock- Byrnes 6-24-2 117 yards. Receiving: Heppner- Seitz 3-52, Kenny 1-10 and Paullus 1-6, Pilot R ock- H um phreys 2-86, Bobby Parish 2-12, Krosting 1-13 and Schachtsick 1-6 Public hearing on charter school to be held in lone The lone School District Board o f Directors will be holding a public hearing on Oct 18 at 7 p m. to review the c h arter proposal for the lone School District. The meeting will be held in the school cafeteria Anyone may appear and com m ent on the proposed application during the meeting A copy o f the application is available for review at lone S chools during school hours ATV group to meet A m eeting o f the Reload Ridge Riders will be held Wednesday, October 20, upstairs at the Heppner Elks Club at 7:30 p m. The m eeting will include the electio n o f officers H e l p sh ap e the future of y o u r n a tio n a l forests Please join us for Round Two of the Blue Mountains Community Collaborative Workshops W ednesday O c to b e r 20 E astern O r e g o n U niversity W orkshops will be H o k e H all. R o o m 309 from 6 pm to 9 pm O n e U n iv ersity Blvd. La G ra n d e . O R Discussion W ednesday O c to b e r 27 C o n v e n tio n C e n te r 1601 W e s tg a te P e n d le to n . O R T h u rsd a y O c to b e r 28 Sc Patrick*» S e n io r C e n te r 182 N M ain S tre e t H e p p n e r. O R 6 00- 6 W W e lc o m e A Incro 4 4S - 7 00 R eview V iv o n 7 00 - 7:15 N e e d for C hange 7:IS • * 0 0 Vint www.fc.fed ua/r*/unva/b*ue_mtn_planr«vnion.' for additional information and workshop loeaooro or call Tana Paulsen at (541) 525-1332 Lady C ard in als Ponies see several wins over weekend dow n South j j W asco By Marie Key T he C a rd in a ls ’ v a rsity v o lley b all team trav eled to M aupin on T hursday, Oct. 7 and defeated South Wasco in three games, 25-12, 25-23 and 25-15. Jenny Griffith led the team with 17 points, three aces, 25 passes, two blocks, five hits and three kills. Following close behind was Emily Rietmann with 10 points, tw o aces, seven passes and 24 set assists A shly G ram s also contributed eight points, 10 passes, 30 set assists and one ace Other contributing were Alyssa Rietmann with three points, 34 passes, 15 hits and five set assists and Stephanie Holland with one point, 30 passes, six hits, one kill and five blocks. Sara Peck added 39 passes, 14 hits, two kills, three blocks and nine set assists. Kim Morris had nine hits, one pass and one block and B arbara H olland had 16 passes, nine hits, five kills and one block. A Team players (L-R): Katherine Strouse, Melissa West, Maggie Armato, Jessica Hughes and Catherine McElligott in the background. (L-R): Katie Moore, Kylie VanArsdale, Emily Thompson, Whitney Smith and Kaylee Helfrecht. The Ponies played 16 The sco res against the Rockets at Pilot Rock Irrigon were: game one 25- Friday afternoon, Oct 8 The 10 and game two 25-10. The B team easily won both their B team won the tournament. The A team played matches in two games The scores were game one 25-7 several nail biters but also and game two 25-10 The A won both their matches to the to u rn am en t team was evenly matched win and played three very close Heppner Ponies A team won games, but lost the match in the first two games against a heartbreaking overtime Irrigon to win the match third gam e Scoring as The scores were: game one follows: game one 23-25, 25-20 and game two 25-20. game two 25-19 and game They lost the first game against Riverside in overtime three 15-17. lo n e J V girls On Saturday, Oct 9 29-31, but went on to win d efeat South the Ponies played at the next two games and won Boardman against Riverside the match scoring, 25-11 and W asco and Irrigon. The B team 15-10. By Marie Key On Thursday, Oct played well and won both matches easily in two games 14 the Ponies volleyball will The lone JV girls each Scoring against play Echo at 5 p.m. at the defeated South Wasco JV in Riverside as follows: game Heppner Elementary School two games at Maupin on one 25-15 and game two 25- gym Thursday, Oct 7 The scores were 25-17 and 25-19. City clerk honored by international Amber Patton led the team with eight points, association six passes and one kill Melissa Ross, CMC, seminars and conferences B rittn ee D esB ouillons City Clerk/Recorder o f the relating to local government. followed with six points, City o f lone, has been A ctive in eight passes and two hits aw arded the prestigious professional affiliations she is Kylee Svetich added designation o f “Certified a m em ber of the four points, eight passes, Municipal Clerk” (CM C) International Institute o f three set assists, two aces from the In tern atio n al M unicipal C lerk s and and one hit. Kaylee Institute of Municipal Clerks O regon A sso ciatio n o f Palmateer added two points (IIMC) for achieving its high Municipal Recorders. and two aces Kayla LaRue educational, experience and R oss has been a added two points, six passes service requirements. member o f the IIMC since and th ree hits. Paige R oss has been September 2002. She joins Armstrong had one points, employed with the City o f 41 active Municipal Clerks eight passes and one hit. lone since M arch 2002, from the State o f Oregon Emily Rietmann contributed w here she serves in the who cu rren tly hold the six passes and fo u r set p o sitio n o f C ity C lerk / designation o f “ Certified a ssists, w hile Julianna Recorder Municipal Clerk.” VandenBrink had six passes She attain ed her The c e rtific a tio n and Teonna Vandever had d esignation as C ertified program o f the IIMC was five passes Municipal Clerk through launched in 1970. The completion o f the IIMC- program aids m unicipal Neighborhood approved Municipal Clerks clerks and deputy clerks in Institute Program conducted improving job performance Center to hold by the C o n feren ces and and reco g n izes the Open House P rofessional Program s, professionalization o f the The public is invited Washington State University, Municipal C lerk’s office. to the Neighborhood Center Puyallup. This program Completion o f a recognized Open House to be held on provides over 100 student/ career development institute Thursday, Oct. 21, from 5-7 instructor contact hours of or a baccalaureate degree in p.m. in-depth co u rses in public adm inistration or Along with a tour of managerial and leadership related field, responsible th e building, C en ter skills, social and e x p erien ce in local Coordinator Jan Skaggs will interpersonal concerns and governm ent and explain how the Center helps technical training needed to participation in conferences, the community. deal with changes taking meetings and educational Cookies and coffee place in government today seminars are required to earn will be served. 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