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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 7,2005 - THREE Vikings End Mustangs run, 41-6 By Rick Paullus The H eppner Mustangs great season came to an abrupt end at the hands of the Vale Vikings in the semifinals of the US Bank/ Les Schwab OSAA Class 2A football playoffs by a score o f 41-6 in H illsb o ro on S aturday, D ec. 3. The M ustangs who ended the year with an 11 and 1 record, were led by seniors Kyle Carlson, Matt Kenny, Rory Kilkenny, Peter Geer, Mikel Britt, Matt VanCleave and James Van Liew who ended their high school football c areers on the carp et at Hillsboro Stadium. Things didn’t start out bad for the Mustangs as they forced the Vikings to punt on their first possession helped by a quarterback sack from Kilkenny and they took over at the Vale 41 yard line after a 10 yard return by matt M cC abe. The M ustangs were unable to move the ball though and Vale took over at their 18-yard line after a punt. Q uinn Peck then picked off a Vale pass and returned it 25 yards to the Viking 23 yard line and the M ustangs w ere back in business. The momentum quickly changed however as a fumbled pitch was scooped up by the V ikings Luke Skerjanee at the twenty-five and ran untouched 75 yards for the gam es first touchdown. The extra point was good and the Mustangs trailed 7-0 late in the first quarter. The Mustangs were forced to punt on their next possession with Vale taking over at their 28-yard line to start the second quarter. The Vikings then drove down the field scoring on a Skeijanee two yard run. The Vikings got the ball back by forcing a fumble on a quarterback sack and scored two plays later on a Skerjanee 12 yard run and after the extra point kick was good, Vale held a 21-0 lead with 7:29 left in the first half. The Mustangs took over at their own 34-yard line after the kick-off and after Kenny picked up six yards and McCabe eight they had their first down of the game at midfield. That was as far as they w ould get though they were forced to punt with the Vikings taking over at their 19-yard line. T hey prom ptly drove down the field with Skerjanee scoring his fourth touch down of the first half on a 17 yard pass from Brady Lovell, Will Maupin kicked his fourth extra point and the Vikings held a 28-0 lead late in the second quarter. The Mustangs were able to pick up another first down as McCabe ran twice for 11 yards but time ran out b efo re they co u ld do anything with it. The Mustangs were forced to punt on the initial p o sse ssio n o f the third photo by Sandy Matthews Matt McCabe moves the ball against the Vikings defense quarter but got the ball back w hen N acho E lguezabal jumped on a Viking fumble at their own 16 yard line to end an o th er Vale d riv e. Casey Maben went for three and Kenny went for eight to give the M ustangs a first down but the drive ended and they w ere forced to punt. The Vikings started out at their own 29-yard line and drove down the field capping it with a Kyle Joyce three-yard run. The kick was good and the Vikings now led 35-0 midway through the third. The Mustangs took over at their 17-yard line with Caleb Maben picking up three; Kenny five and an offside penalty gave them a first down at the 31-yard line. Two sacks later though the Mustangs were forced to punt with the Vikings taking over at the Heppner 44-yard line. Kenny then jumped on a fumble at the forty-one to give the Mustangs the ball and begin their only scoring drive of the game. Caleb Maben sent for five with a late hit penalty taking the ball to the Viking 39 yard gain to the one. One second down, Peck fumbled the snap but picked it up and snuck in for the touchdown. The two- point conversion pass failed and the Mustangs trailed 35- 6 early in the fourth quarter. The o n sid e kick attem p t failed and the Vikings had good position at the Heppner 43-yard line. They took advantage of it driving to their final score on a Brennan Pilon 4 yard run. The kick was no good, but the Vikings had a 41 - 6 lead. The Mustangs were forced to punt but got the ball back when Casey Maben jumped on a fumble at the Viking 43 yard line. They gave the ball back though as they were unable to pick up a first down with the Vikings taking over at their 37 yard line. K ilk en n y had another sack for a 7-yard loss forcing a Viking point that the Mustangs took at their 33-yard line. Peck hit Kilkenny for a 37-yard gain 4 . 25 % APY* 13-month CD Bank o f Member FDIC *APY (Annual Percentage Yield). Minimum opening deposit and balance to receive dtacloaed APY la $$.< Offer good December 1, 2009, through January 13. 2006. Penalty for early withdrawal. Cannot be combined with any other offer. photo by Sandy Matthews The Mustang Cheerleaders tried to keep the spirit high in Hillsboro to the Vale 30 yard line. Spencer Palm er went for three, Kenny picked up five, Caleb went for five more and a first down at the seventeen and Peck went for 11 yards to the six when time ran out for the M ustangs on the game and the season. K ilkenny finished with 17 defensive points including four tackles for loss in his final game in a M ustang uniform w ith Kenny adding 13 points. Peck has 10 points, Casey Maben 12 points, VanCleave had 11 points and McCabe 9 points all in the first half as he sat out the second half with an injury to his neck. Kenny ended up with #52 Kyle Carlson tries for the block against a Viking field goal. 56 yard s ru sh in g on 16 carries with McCabe rushing five times for 24 yards. Peck completed 2 of 7 passes for 70 yards, both of which went to Kilkenny. photo by Sandy Matthews Light Parade winners announced Vale7 Hep 0 21 0 7 0 6-41 6-6 First Quarter Vale-Luke Skerjanee 75 yard fumble return (Willy Maupin kick) 3:33 Second Quarter Vale- Skerjanee 2 yard run (Maupin kick) 8:29 Vale- Skerjanee 11 yard run (Maupin kick) 7:49 Vale- Skerjanee 16 yard pass from Brady Lovell (Maupin kick) 1:34 Third Q uarter Vale- Kyle Joyce 3 yard run (Maupin kick) 5:08 Fourth Quarter Heppner- Quinn Peck 1 yard run (pass failed) 10:35 Vale- Brennan Pilon 4 yard run (kick failed) 8:35 One of the entries in the Light Parade Team Statistics Vale H eppner First Downs 19 Rushing yards 41-200 Passing yards 114 Total yards 10 49-106 70 314 176 Compl. att. int. 6-11-1 Fumbles-lost 3-3 2-7-0 2-2 Penalties-lost 5-35 Punts-yards 2-62 Punt retums-yards 3-27 2-20 7-195 2-10 Kick off returns yards 1-10 6-95 3rd down conversions 4-8 3-13 Red Zone scoring 5-6 1 -3 Possession time 20:33 27:27 Individual Statistics Rushing- Vale: Pilon 11-71, Skerjanee 11-51, Lovell 8-47, Joyce 6-20, Hevner 1-17, Wilson 2-2, Zemmer 2-(-8). Heppner: Matt Kenny 16-56, Matt McCabe 5-24, Caleb Maben 7-17, Casey Maben 7- 13, Justin Delveaux 2-7, Spencer Palmer 2-7-0 70 yards. Receiving- Vale: Erickson 2:53, Skerjanee 2-40, Shira 1- 12. Noland 1-9. Heppner: Rory Kilkenny 2-70. Heppner Little League meeting canceled T here w ill be no H ep p n er L ittle League meeting in December. The next meeting will be January 19, 7 p.m. at the Pettyjohn Building. Centurytel contribute to the The winners of the M orrow C ounty prizes. Each of the winners 2005 Light Parade contest Grain Growers, Windwave, is awarded $75 w ith Santa's have been announced. They Columbia Basin Electric and favorite earning $50. are as follows: Commercial winner is the Morrow County Grain G row ers. They will give their $75 to the Oregon Trail Rodeo Court. Community winner is the P ath fin d ers & Adventurers. School winner is the Any Size Junior C lass at H eppner L ots o f C olors High School. 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