Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 1, 2004 - FIVE
M ustangs fall short in quarterfinals against Raiders
By R ic k Paullus
M i s s e d
opportunities spelled defeat
for the Heppner Mustangs in
the quarterfinals of the US
Bank/Les Schwab OSAA 2A
state football playoffs as the
visiting Lost River Raiders
held on for a 21-14 win on
Saturday, Nov. 27
The Mustangs ended
the year with a 7 and 4
record and will lose seniors
Brandon Seitz, Tyler Boyer,
Jode Coil, Aaron Delveaux,
Francisco Escalante and
Kory Paullus.
The Raiders, who
move on into the semi-finals
against Vale, to o k the
opening kick-off and moved
dow n the field to the
Mustangs five before Quinn
Peck made a tackle for a loss
and Paullus knocked down
a pass in the end zone and
the Raiders missed a 19-yard
field goal attempt.
The Mustangs were
unable to move the ball and
were forced to punt, but the
defense held and they took
over on dow ns at their
twenty-three Matt Kenny
went for tw o and Boyer
broke free for 13 yards and
a first down. After a short
run by Boyer, Kenny took a
shovel pass from Matthew
VanCleave two yards then
D elveaux caught a pass,
good for 13 yards and a first
down at the 46-yard line
Boyer went for three, then
broke free for 40 yards to the
one, but it was brought back
on a penalty for an illegal
block.
After being forced to
punt, the defense held and
the Mustangs took over at
their 33-yard line after the
R aiders’ punt Boyer ran
twice for nine, VanCleave
ran three and a first down,
after two plays lost eight
yards and a penalty, Seitz
caught a 23-yard pass from
VanCleave and on fourth and
two, VanCleave went for five
and a first down at the 41 of
Lost River Boyer ran twice
for seven, VanCleave went
for five more and then hit
Seitz for 16 yards to the 15-
yard line Boyer went for six,
then VanCleave hit Coil in
the end zone for a
touchdown Matt McCabe
kicked the extra point to give
the Mustangs a 7-0 lead with
just 51 seconds left in the
second quarter
The Raiders took the
kick-off back to their 49-
yard line after a penalty on
the Mustangs forced them to
re-kick and eventually would
score on a 16-yard pass play
on the last play of the second
quarter The extra point kick
was good to send the game
into halftime with a 7-7 tie
The
M ustangs
received the second half
kick-off and started moving
the ball as Kenny went for
seven, Boyer ran for eight
m ore, the R aiders w ere
called for offsides, Kenny
went for three, they lost two,
Boyer got the two back and
on fourth and inches,
VanCleave went for four and
a first down. VanCleave hit
Coil for 13 yards, the
Raiders were offsides again,
Boyer went for 14 yards to
the fifteen and on third and
eleven, he took a screen pass
13 yards to the four On
second down, the Raiders
ended the drive with an
interception and returned it
to the eleven
The defense held and
the Mustangs got the ball
back at their own 48-yard
line after the punt
VanCleave hit D elveaux
down the sideline for 29
yards, but an incomplete
pass on fourth down gave
the Raiders the ball at their
own 16-yard line as the third
quarter ended
The Raiders drove
deep into Mustang territory,
but Paullus picked off'a pass
at the four and returned it to
the 30-yard line The
M ustangs were unable to
move the ball and w ere
forced to punt, which was
blocked and recovered by
the Raiders at the Heppner
21-yard line
They marched down
the field, eventually scoring
on a one-yard run and after
the kick was good the
Raiders had a 14-7 lead with
8:39 left in the fourth
quarter
Boyer took the kick
off back 26 yards to the
Mustangs 43-yard line and
moved into Raider territory
on a three-yard pass from
VanCleave to Boyer, a four-
yard run by Kenny and an
offside penalty by the
defense The drive stalled
there though as the Raiders
took over at their 44-yard
line with 5:58 left and drove
down the field eventually
scoring on another one-yard
run and after the extra point
led 21-7 with 2:08 left
The
M ustangs
w o u ld n 't quit though as
VanCleave hit Delveaux for
a seven-yard gain then
pitched it back to Boyer who
ran untouched down the
sideline 52 yards for a
touchdown McCabe's kick
was good to cut the lead to
21-14 with 1:27 left
Coil jumped on the
onside kick to give the
M ustangs the ball at the
Raider 48-yard line, but a
q u arterb ack sack, an
incom plete pass, then a
fumble that was recovered
by the Raiders preserved the
win for Lost River
Boyer finished with
126 yards rushing on 19
carries with V anCleave
hitting 12 o f 21 passes for
126 yards Delveaux caught
three passes for 49 yards
with Boyer catching four
passes for 19 yards
The defense was led
by Paullus with 23 defensive
points, with Boyer adding 22
T y le r B o y e r slips a w a y fro m L o s t R iv e r ta c k ie r
points Seitz had 17 points.
Coil and Kenny each had 16
points, Quinn Peck had 13
points, Rory Kilkenny and
Casey Maben each had 10
points and Peter Geer and
McCabe each had nine
Lost River 0 7 0 14-
21
Heppner 0 7 0 7-14
Second Quarter
Heppner- Jode Coil
nine-yard
pass
from
Matthew VanCleave (Matt
McCabe kick) 51
Lost River- Ricardo
Valadez 16-yard pass from
R ep rin ted fro m the
H erm isto n H e ra ld , N o \ em ber
26 , 2004
By Joyce H ensley
S ta ff w l ite r
H ER M ISTO N
Oregon State Police (OSP)
Wildlife troopers arrested
seven men on num erous
gam e v io latio n charges
following an investigation
into ¡Illegal game operation
The charges facing
the men include a felon in
possession o f a firearm,
hunting in v io latio n o f
criminal trespass, unlawful
possession o f elk, exceeding
the yearly elk bag limit, and
borrowing a buck deer tag
from another
The investigation by
OSP
tro o p ers
from
H erm iston, The D alles.
Condon, and Heppner began
October 29 with a trespass
complaint at Sunflower Flats
Road in the Heppner Hunt
Unit at the Stookey Cabin
The investigation
revealed that suspects killed
The Heppner Gazette-Times
invites you to our
Open House
on Thursday, December 9
from 1 -5 p.m.
There will be cookies, punch & coffee,
free scratchpads,
plus enter to win door prizes!
188 Wesf Willow Street (the old city hall)
■ ■ ■ ■ I
Reyes 5-21; Heppner- Boyer
19-126, Matt Kenny 11-18,
VanCleave 6-(-2) and Coil 1-
( - 7 ).
Passing: Lost River-
Chinn 7-21-1 134 yards;
Heppner- VanCleave 12-21 -
1 126 yards.
R eceiving: Lost
R iver- Cash Dale 2-19,
A nthony Vasquez 1-47,
Chavarin 1-35, Valadez 1-
16, Reyes 1 -8 and Jake Baley
1-8; H eppner- Aaron
Delveaux 3-49, Brandon
Seitz 2-38, Coil 2-24, Boyer
4-18 and Kenny 1-3.
7 charged with game violations
OPEN HOUSE
1
Danny Chinn (Luis Chavarin
kick) 00
Fourth Quarter
Lost River- Kraig
B easly one-yard
run
(Chavarin kick) 8:39
Lost River- Beasly
kick (Chavarin kick) 2:08
H eppner-
Tyler
Boyer 52-yard run (McCabe
kick) 1 21
I n d i v i d u a l
Statistics
R ushing:
Lost
River- Beasly 18-66, Chinn
13-40, C havarin 6-38,
V aladez 2-27 and Jesse
game illegally on private
property posted with No
trespassing' signs, cut fences
on private property to
retrieve killed game, tagged
game with anther party’s
tags, and one Washington
resident was found to be
hunting with an illegally
obtained Oregon license
K enneth M arion
Stookey, 41, Heppner, was
arrested and charged with
hunting in vio latio n o f
criminal trespass, a felon in
possession o f a firearm,
hunting with a center fire
rifle — no tag. and unlawful
possession o f a bull elk He
was lodged in the Umatilla
County Jail
Dan Joe Fischer, Sr.,
60, a Washington resident,
was carrying an Oregon
resident hunting license, shell
fish license, and deer and elk
tags He was arrested and
charged with loaning an elk
tag and a disabled permit to
another
person,
and
possession falsely applied for
hunt license
Dan Fischer S r. had
loaned the illegally obtained
hunting license and tags to
his son, Dan Joe Fischer J r .
37, o f Forest Grove
Fischer J r , was
charged with borrowing a
buck deer tag from anther,
borrowing an elk tag from
another, possession o f a
falsely applied for elk tag.
p o ssessio n o f a falsely
applied for buck tag.
unlawful possession o f a
buck deer and cow elk. and
aiding in a game violation
He was cited then released
Gary Lopez, Jr, 27,
o f Hillsboro, was cited for
hunting in v io latio n o f
criminal trespass
M ichael Stookey,
43, o f Aloha, was cited for
aiding in a game violation
D aniel
M.
Stinchfield, 43, o f North
Plains, was cited for hunt in
in v io latio n o f crim inal
trespass.
On Nov I I , OSP
tro o p ers trveled to the
Forrest Grove area on a
follow-up to case
As a result, Leo
Gochenour, 41, o f Forest
Grove, was arrested and
charged with borrowing an
elk tag from another — two
counts, exceeding the yearly
elk bag limit, hunting in
v io latio n o f crim inal
trespass, taking a cow and a
spike elk with no tags, and
unlawful possession of a cow
and a spike elk He was
lodged in the Washington
County Jail.
Dave Christenson,
Forest Grove, was cited for
loaning an elk tag to
Gochenour
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