Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 28,2005 - THREE
Mustangs rout Tigers for homecoming win
#41 Matt Kenny intercepts the football from the Stanfield Tigers
running it within a few yards of a Mustang touchdown. Photo by
Sandy Matthews.
By Rick Paullus
The Stanfield Tigers
stayed close for a quarter,
but the Heppner Mustangs
got going pulling away for a
54-6 rout on homecoming
night, Friday, Sept. 23, to
open C o lu m b ia B asin
C o n fe re n ce play. The
Mustangs, (1-0 CBC) now
4 and 0, will be at Umatilla
on Friday, S ept. 30 in
another CBC game.
The Tigers took the
opening kickoff and were
driving deep in H eppner
territory when Matt Kenny
pick ed o ff a pass and
returned it 62 yards to the
Stanfield 20-yard line. Matt
McCabe ran for seven yards
then Kenny took it in from
13 y ard s out for the
touchdown. McCabe kicked
the extra point to make it 7-
0 early in the game.
The T ig ers then
drove dow n the field
answering with a touchdown
of their own on a 32-yard
pass. The Mustangs held on
the tw o-point conversion
run and still led 7-6.
C aleb
M aben
returned the ensuing kick-off
45 yards to the Stanfield
fo rty -tw o to give the
M u stan g s good field
position. Kenny and McCabe
each ran for four yards with
Casey Maben picking up two
and a first down. McCabe
ran twice for nine yards and
M aben ran three straight
times, the last for an eight-
yard touchdown. McCabe’s
kick w as good and the
Mustangs now led 14-6 late
in the first quarter.
The
M ustangs
defense held and they took
over at their seven-yard line.
McCabe ran twice for eight
and Kenny went twice for 25
yards and a first down out
to the 40-yard line. Kenny
broke free for 32 yards,
M cC abe picked up tw o,
Q uinn Peck went for 21
y ards to the five w here
Kenny took it in for the
touchdown, then ran in the
tw o -p o in t co n version to
m ake it 22-6 m idw ay
through the second quarter.
Again the defense
held and the Mustangs had
good field position at the
Stanfield 23-yard line after a
43-yard punt return by Casey
Maben. Kenny ran for 13
yards, McCabe picked up
four and Kenny ran three
straight times, the last time
from a yard out fo r a
touchdown. Peck hit Matt
Van Cleave in the comer of
the end zone for the two-
point conversion to make it
30-6 with two minutes left
in the first half.
Ju stin D elv eau x
kicked and recovered an
o n side kick to give the
Mustangs the ball again at
the Tigers’ 46-yard line, but
they were unable to move
the ball and the first half
come to an end.
The Mustangs took
the second half kickoff and
again had good field position
at the Tiger 46, after a 19-
yard return by Casey Maben.
McCabe broke free for 31
yards, then Kenny took it in
from 15 y ard s out for
another touchdow n. The
conversion run failed, but the
Mustangs led 36-6 with just
under a minute gone in the
third quarter.
On the Tigers next
possession, Kenny tackled a
runner for a nine-yard loss to
force a punt w ith the
M ustangs taking over at
their 22-yard line. Peck hit
Rory Kilkenny fora 14-yard
gain, Caleb Maben ran twice
for 17 yards, Casey Maben
went for four, then Delveaux
broke free for a 43-yard
touchdown. The conversion
pass failed and the Mustangs
led 42-6 midway through the
third.
The d efen se then
took over as Kilkenny and
Peter Geer combined for a
sack and a loss o f six yards
and T aylor H odges and
Nacho Elguezabal combined
for a sack and another loss
of four yards to force a punt.
The Mustangs were unable
to move the ball and were
fo rced to punt w ith the
Tigers taking over all their
34-yard line.
The defense stepped
up again as Geer had two
sacks for 13 yards in losses
to force another punt with
the Mustangs taking over at
the Stanfield 41-yard line.
Delveaux hit RJ Farrens for
a 22-yard gain, Caleb Maben
ran tw ice for 16 yards,
Spencer Palm er went for
two and a face mask penalty
took it to the one where
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M aben took it in for the
touchdown. The conversion
run was stopped short, but
the Mustangs led 48-6 early
in the fourth.
The T ig ers w ere
unable to move the ball and
after Andre Rauch tackled a
runner for a five-yard loss on
fourth down, the Mustangs
took over at their own 40-
yard line.
The team s then
traded punts with Stanfield
getting the ball late in the
game. On the last play of the
game, Delveaux picked off
a pass in the flat and raced
up the sideline 55 yards for
a touchdown to make the
final 54-6.
D elv eau x led the
defense with 19 defensive
points, with Kenny adding
15 and Casey Maben, Geer,
Kody Lovgren and Taylor
H odges each ad d in g 14
p o in ts.
M cC abe
and
E lg u ezab al each had 11
points and Kilkenny added
10 points.
Kenny led all rushers
with 122 yards on 12 carries,
107 yards in the first half.
McCabe added 64 yards on
nine carries and Delveaux
had 47 yards on ju st two
carries.
Peck was three of
five for 26 yards with Kenny
catching two passes for 12
yards.
Stanfield 6000-6
Heppner 14 16 12
12-54
First Quarter
H ep p n er-
M att
Kenny 13-yard run (Matt
McCabe kick) 8:52
Stanfield- Flemmer
32-yard pass from Gabriel
(run failed) 6:47
H ep p n er- C asey
M aben e ig h t-y a rd run
(McCabe kick) 1:53
Second Quarter:
H ep p n er- K enny
five-yard run (Kenny run)
Winners
Mustang volleyballers drop
two, pick up one in John Day announced for
Chuckwagon
Café Dutch
Oven Cookoff
Heather Y'ocom receives the serve. The Heppner Mustangs
played in John Day, Saturday, Sept. 24, losing to Grant Union
and Enterprise and winning against Dayville. Photo by Sandy
Matthews.
Ponies win first home game of the year
m .
#40 Drew Johnson escapes the tackle against Stanfield. The
Heppner Ponies won their first home game of the year on Friday,
Sept. 23. Photo by Sandy Matthews.
Colts drop one to Hermiston
6:22
H ep p n er- K enny
o n e-y ard run (M att Van
C leave pass from Quinn
Peck) 2:00
Third Quarter
Heppner- Kenny 15-
yard run (run failed) 11:10
H ep p n er- Ju stin
Delveaux 43-yard run (pass
failed) 6:10
Fourth Quarter
H ep p n er- C aleb
Maben one-yard run (run
failed) 11:47
Heppner- Delveaux
55-yard interception return
(no attempt). 0:00
Cody Orr of the Heppner Colts blocks for Ryan Bennett. The
Individual Stats:
Heppner Colts came out behind, losing to Hermiston. Photo by
Rushing- Stanfield,
Sandy Matthews.
Baros 11-64, Mills 11-37,
Gabriel 9-1, Challis 3-(-4),
Sashuba 1-0 and Watson l-(-
9); Heppner, Kenny 12-122,
McCabe 9-64, Caleb Maben 7-
38, Casey Maben 7-26,
The Morrow SWCD 192.640(2)
M eetings o f the
Delveaux 2-47, Peck 2-14, Weed Advisory Board has a
Josh Shank 3-5 and Spencer m eeting sch ed u led for Morrow SWCD are open to
Palmer5-(-4).
Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 5 p.m. at the public.
Passing- Stanfield, the Pettyjohn Office Building
Gabriel 4-13-1 91 yards, Ellis in Heppner. Agenda items
0-
1-1 0 yards; Heppner, Peck
include: m in u tes o f the
3-5 -0 26 yards, Delveaux 1- S ep tem b er
m eeting,
1- 0 22 yards; and Dalton treasurer's report, written
Wellman 0-2-0 0 yards.
staff report, building update,
Receiving- Stanfield. grant update. RC&D report,
Denton 1-44, Flemmer 1-32, Alex C onley, W atershed
Challis 1-9 and Mills 1-6; Council Coordinator report
Heppner, Kenny 2-12, Rory and partner agency reports.
Kilkenny 1-14 and RJ Farrens Prospect of an Executive
Heppner
session according to ORS
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Morrow SWCD/Weed Advisory
board meeting to be held
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Five D utch oven
cooks earned prestigious
awards and valuable prizes
during the second annual
Chuckw agon Café Dutch
O ven
C o o k o ff
held
Saturday, Sept. 24 at the
café, which is two m iles
north of Hermiston on Hwy.
395.
The large parking lot
behind the café bustled from
8 a.m. to 2 p.m., with boy
scouts, fiddlers, d o g g ers,
gospel singers, Dutch oven
cooks and judges. The boy
sco u ts sold D utch oven
huckleberry co b b ler and
b iscu its and gravy. The
dancers sold hot dogs and
fountain drinks. The crowd
of spectators watched and
waited their turn to taste
Dutch oven fare prepared by
a group of cooks ranging
from novice first-tim e
competitors to a seasoned
scoutmaster,
The w inner o f the
P e o p le ’s C h o ice A w ard
($ 1 0 0
cash )
was
S c o u tm a ster
N athan
Thompson, of Hermiston,
for his Shepherd’s Pie. Three
experienced D utch oven
cooks tackled the difficult
jo b o f ju d g in g - S haron
Harvey, Hermiston; Terry
Valentine, Pendleton; and
M att G inter, H erm iston.
They selected this roster of
winners:
Main Dish: 1st Place-
Gerald Creech, Plymouth,
WA, for Enchilada Casserole
and 2nd- Nathan Thompson
for Shepherd’s Pie.
Side Dish: l sl- John
N ich o ls, U m a tilla , fo r
Sunburst Potatoes and 2nd-
Creech for Jelly Beans.
Breads and R olls:
l sl- Cathy Creech, Plymouth,
WA, for Horse Biscuits.
Desserts: 1M- Nathan
Thompson for Huckleberry
Cinnamon Cobbler and 2nd-
John N ich o ls fo r Peace
Crisp.
Ju d g e ’s S p ecial
Award: Brianna N ichols,
Stanfield, received special
recognition as “The Most
E nthusiastic and H elpful
Cook.”
The biggest winners
were the Boy Scouts and
V alkyrie
D an cers
of
Umatilla. Their efforts netted
a total of $1000 from the
g en ero u s crow d via an
auction. C olum bia R iver
A u ctio n , o f H erm isto n ,
volunteered to auction 30
items in 30 minutes. The
scout troop and dance team
each bro u g h t 15 item s
donated by civic-m inded
local businesses.
The C h u ck w ag o n
C afé m arked its 3 5 lh
anniversary at the event.
O w ners D orothy Beason
and Cathy Stolz sponsored
and hosted the event. The
annual Chuckwagon Café
Dutch Oven Cookoff is open
to any Dutch oven cook.
N ext y e a r’s c o o k o ff is
already simmering on the
back of the grate.
Marriage
Licenses
Sept. 21: G eorge
Fredrick Lear, 58, Orofino.
ID and JoA nn B u eck er
Tingue, 56, Heppner.
Thursday. Septem ber 2$th
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