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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 2,2005 Mustangs clinch first place with win over Bulldogs With a convincing over at their 45-yard line yards and an offside penalty 38-18 win over the visiting after another punt early in gave them a first down at the Culver Bulldogs, the the second quarter. Maben 44-yard line. A holding Heppner Mustangs clinched went for three; Kenny twice penalty took the ball back to yet another first place finish for 8 yards, Maben eight and the 33-yard line but after a in the Columbia Basin McCabe ran twice for 4 short gain, Kenny broke free Conference on Friday, Oct. yards and a first down at the for a 42-yard gain and a first 28. The Mustangs finish 5-0 Bulldog 31 yard line. On down at the 21-yard line. in the CBC and 8-0 overall, third and long, the Bulldogs McCabe ran for six, Kenny have one more CBC game picked off a pass at the four- for 7 yards and after an left at Sherman County on yard line but on their first offside penalty McCabe took Friday, Nov. 4 before play Kyle Carlson recovered it in for a touchdown from beginning the state playoffs. a fumbled snap at the five- the four. Kenny took a short This is the last year yard line. Kenny took it to pass from Peck into the end for the Columbia Basin the one where Peck snuck it zone for the two point Conference, as we know it in for the touchdown. The conversion to make the as OSAA reclassification has two-point conversion pass score 36-12 with 8:29 left in changed the conference for failed but the Mustangs led the fourth quarter. The teams traded next year. Culver, Umatilla 14-0 midway through the punts then the Bulldogs second quarter. and Sherman County will be drove down the field from On the Bulldogs next gone and Irrigon, Elgin, Union and Enterprise will possession, Peck picked off their own thirty scoring a join Heppner, Pilot Rock, a pass at the Mustangs 33 touchdown on a 14-yard Weston-McEwen and yard line but a fumble gave pass. On the conversion try, Stanfield for a new the ball right back to Culver VanCleave picked off a short at the 25 yard line. The pass and brought it back 93 Conference in 2A. The Mustangs took Bulldogs ended up getting a yards outracing everybody over at their own 31 yard line 33-yard field goal out of it for two points to make it 38- after the opening kick-off to cut the lead to 14-3 with 18. The Bulldogs got the and went to work as Matt just under three minutes left ball back and were driving McCabe ran three times for in the half. late in the game but Caleb The Mustangs took 16 yards. Matt Kenny went Maben outwrestled the for 6 yards and Casey Maben over at their forty-four after picked up eight more and a the kick off and went into a Culver receiver in the first down at the Culver 39 hurry-up offense to try and endzone for an interception yard line. Kenny went for 9 get another score before the with :20 left to preserve the .more, Quinn Peck picked up end of the half. Kenny ran final score of 38-18. The defense was led seven, McCabe and Maben five straight times for 33 each went for 3 yards, Kenny yards, Peck went for five by Kenny and Carlson with two and on fourth and two, more to the nine where 20 defensive points each Kenny picked up five and a Maben took it in for the with Rory Kilkenny adding first down. Maben then touchdown. Peck hit Matt 16 points and Rauch adding skated to the end zone from VanCleave in the end zone 15 points. Peck had 14 11 yards out for the on the two-point conversion points, McCabe and Justin touchdown. Peck ran in the to give the Mustangs a 22-3 Delveaux each had 11 points, Caleb Maben had 10 two-point conversion for an lead of the half. The Mustangs had points and Casey Maben and 8-0 Mustang lead early in the held the Bulldogs to 25 total Peter Geer each had 9 game. On the Bulldogs first yards in the first half, but points. Kenny had 164 yards possession of the game, they more than doubled that Andre Rauch tackled the on their first drive of the on 23 carries with Peck runner for a 6-yard loss on third quarter as they went 58 adding 41 yards on nine third down to force a punt yards, helped by a pass carries. with the Mustangs taking interference penalty, scoring Statistics: 0 3 9 6 - over at their own 29-yard a touchdown on a 13 yard Culver 18 tackle end around to cut the line. 8 14 6 10- On third and ten lead to 22-9 early in the Heppner 38 Kenny went for 11 yards and third. First Quarter: The Bulldogs a first down, Maben went twice for fie, Kenny picked jumped on a Mustang fumble Heppner-Casey Maben 11 up 14 yards and a first down at the Heppner 38 yard line yard run (Quinn Peck run) at the Bulldog 41 yard line. and got a 23-yard field goal 8:04 Second Quarter: The drive stalled there and out of it to cut the lead to Heppner-Peck 1 yard run 22-12 midway through the the Bulldogs got the ball (Pass failed) 6:08 back at their own 22-yard third quarter. The Mustangs came Culver-Shawn Ali 33 yard line after a punt. right back through as Peck field goal 2:55 The defense held again and the Mustangs took broke free for a 27-yard gain Heppner-Casey Maben 9 then hit VanCleave on a short yard run (Matt VanCleave pass that turned into a 53- pass from Peck) 1:13 Use the Third Quarter yard touchdown. The pass failed on the conversion but Culver-Fisher 13 yard run Right the Mustangs led 28-12 late (kick failed) 9:00 Culver-Ali 23 yard field goal Replacement in the third. The defense held and 5:00 the Mustangs took over at Heppner-VanCleave 53 yard their 31-yard line after the pass from Peck (Pass failed) punt. Kenny ran twice for 9 2:15 The breaker or fuse box controls your electrical cir cuits but can present a dan ger if you do not use cau tion around it. If you have a power outage, check the control panel. If your panel uses circuit breakers, reset them from “o f f to “on.” If you have fuses, look for a broken metal strip in the top of the blown fuse and re place it with one of the cor rect amperage. Using one that is too powerful can cause a fire hazard. If a fuse or circuit breaker frequent ly blows, try unplugging a few items. If it continues to blow, call an electrician. Never work on the electri cal system while a control panel switch is on. Unstoppable Matt Kenny (#41) makes the run for a touchdown after receiving a handoff from #10 Quarterback Quinn Peck against the Culver Bulldogs. photo by Sandy Matthews Fourth Quarter Heppner-Matt McCabe 4 yard run (Matt Kenny pass from Peck) 8:29 Culver-Terry Nelson 14 yard pass from Kyle Blood 2:34 Heppner-VanCleave 93 yard interception return 2:34 Team Statistics: Culver Heppner First downs 14 14 Rushing yards 29-91 54-292 Passing yards 124 53 Completion Attempts 11-26-2 1-7-1 Fumbles lost 1-1 3-2 Penalties-yards 10-74 8-67 Individual Statistics: Rushing - Culver: Meeks 7- 34, Roberts 14-31, Blood 6- 9, Fisher 1-13, Roen 1-2. Heppner: Kenny 23-164, photo by Sandy Matthews Peck 9-41, Casey Maben 8- intercepting the ball. 37, McCabe 7-32, Caleb Passing-Culver: Blood 11- 4-40, Lewis 3-37, Roberts 2- Maben 7-18. 26-2 124 yards. Heppner: 19, Chavez 1-14. Peck 1-7-1 53 yards. Heppner: VanCleave 1-53. Receiving - Culver: Roen The Heppner Ponies ended their season with a win against Mt Vernon Mustangs #38 Wacy Coil & #28 Ian Murray block for #30 Bryan Holland on a Pony Run. Heppner Little Ponies defeat Mt. Vernon League meeting Mustangs date changed Heppner Little League has changed their meeting dates to the third Thursday of each month. They will meet on Thursday, Nov. 17 at the Pettyjohn Building at 7 p.m. All interested persons are invited to attend. Justice Court Justice court at the Morrow County courthouse in Heppner has released the following information: Dustin J. Padberg, 35, lone, Failure to immediately validate buck deer tag, $159 fine. Brynna Rust passes a hall. A message * d brought to you in ( i • the interest of safety by | ^ Columbia Basin A** t Electric Co-Op. flW T Inc , your locally owned & operated electric utility. I » I
