FOUR • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 6,2006
Cardinals drop by two to
Pine Eagle
c o m p le tin g a big
The lone Cardinals
saw a close game get away
in the closing seconds, losing
30-28 to Fine Eagle at the
Eight Man Classic at Dufur
last Saturday. In one of the
more exciting games of the
two day football bonanza,
the young Cards matched the
Spartans score for score as
the game unfolded, leading
late in the third quarter and
again w ith 1 m inute 10
seconds on the clock in the
fourth q u a rte r before
watching the lead slip away.
The early going was
tough on the Cards. On top
o f an e rro r prone first
quarter, lone lost starting
tailback, Cory Peterson, to
a sprained ankle and starting
quarterback, Justin Archer,
to a ham string pull. The
C ard in al co ach es w ere
forced into some backfield
fo rm atio n s
that they
probably hadn’t imagined as
they reconfigured personnel
but the Cardinals kept their
composure. Clay Morter ran
for the first Cardinal score of
the game, receiving a 47-
yard pass from reserve
quarterback Paul Hams in
the second quarter. The
game was tied at the half, 6-
6 .
The teams swapped
scores in the third quarter.
Pine E a g le ’s six -y ard
touchdow n
run
was
answered by another Hams-
Morter 69-yard touchdown
pass. The Spartans got away
for a long
67-yard
touchdown run but again the
Cards found an answer when
Paul Hams ran in from six
yards out and followed up
with a successful two-point
conversion run. At the end
of the third quarter, lone led
20-18.
Pine Eagle pulled
ahead
w ith
an o th er
touchdown in the fourth but
a Morter 44-yard run and a
Hams two-point conversion
put lone back in the lead 28-
24 with 1 minute 10 seconds
rem aining. Pine Eagle
marched the ball back down
the field and hit a huge
touchdow n pass with 32
seconds on the clock. The
C ardinals d id n ’t let up.
trip le
reverse pass from Paul Hams
to Mark Davidson to put
them in striking range. With
one second on the clock.
Hams launched a pass to
Kevin Fowler in the end zone
but it was broken up and the
Spartans took the win.
Clay Morter was the
team's leading rusher with
128 yards on 10 carries.
Freshman Stormy Kendricks
had 61 yards on 12 carries
and Paul Hams had 60 yards
on 12 carries.
Paul Hams was 7-15
passing for 193 yards.
M orter was the leading
receiver with 139 yards on
four re c ep tio n s. M ark
Davidson had three catches
for 54 yards and Kevin
Fowler was 1-10 yards.
The Cards had 258
yards on the ground and 183
in the air for 441 yards of
total offense. Pine Eagle put
up similar numbers with 290
yards rushing and 136 yard
passing for 426 yards in total
offense.
Defensively for the
C ardinals, Hams had 12
tackles (seven unassisted),
followed by Fowler also with
12 (three unassisted) and
M orter w ith 10 (fo u r
unassisted.)
“The biggest factor
in the loss was from their
youth,” said Coach Dennis
Stefani of his squad. “A lot
of the series, we started out
first and 20, which came
from holding calls and
mistakes. If we could have
taken away those mistakes,
we might have come away
w ith a tw o or three
touchdown victory.
“I was pretty darn
proud of the whole bunch of
them,” said Stefani. “With
the injuries, some of the
players were put in roles they
d id n ’t expect but they
stepped up and were eager
to do it. For a first game, I
really c o u ld n ’t be more
pleased as a coach with how
the team came together and
performed.”
Next week is a bye
week for the Cards but they
return to their rigorous pre
season schedule on Sept. 15
when they travel to St. Paul.
Heppner American Legion and
Auxiliary to hold potluck picnic
The American Legion Post #87 and Auxiliary will
hold their first meeting of the year with a potluck picnic at
Heppner City Park on Monday, Sept. 11, starting at 6 p.m.
All Legion and Auxiliary members and family are invited
to attend. Please bring a potluck dish and your own chairs
for comfort. If anyone knows of any potential members,
please invite them to attend the potluck also.
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Mustangs open season with loss to Grant Union Hearing
Heppner’s Casey Maben runs the ball against the defense of
Grant Union in a 12-2 loss for the Mustangs. Photo by Sandy
Matthews.
By Kick Paullus
The
H eppner
Mustangs, unable to find the
endzone, open the 2006
football season with a 12-2
loss to the visiting Grant
U nion P ro sp ecto rs on
Friday, Sept. 1 in an OSAA
san ctio n ed endow m ent
game with half the playoff
priced gate going to the
OSAA and allowing both
teams a tenth game on the
re g u la r
season.
The
Mustangs will try to get their
first win of the season at
Milton-Freewater on Friday,
Sept. 8, against the Class 4A
Mac-Hi Pioneers.
The Prospects took
the opening kick-off and
a fte r being stopped at
around the twenty-five, the
returner suddenly broke free
and made it to the Heppner
25-yard line before Andre
Rauch finally ran him down.
Grant Union got inside the
M ustang ten before they
finally held and took over on
downs at their own 15-yard
line.
S en io r
Ju stin
Delveaux ran twice for nine
yards and fellow senior
Casey Maben went for three
and a first down, but the
d riv e stalled and the
M ustangs were forded to
punt with the Prospectors
taking over at their 41-yard
line. The defense held and
the Mustangs took over at
their own seven-yard line
after a punt, but ended up
punting the ball back to the
Prospectors who took over
at the Heppner 41 -yard line.
The P ro sp ecto rs
proceeded to drive down the
field and scored on a ten-
yard pass early in the second
quarter and took a 6-0 lead
as the extra point kick was
blocked.
The Mustangs took
over at their own 36-yard
line and moved out to take
the 38 after seniors Quinn
Peck and Kody Lovgren
hooked up on pass but the
drive stalled and they were
fo rced to punt w ith the
Prospectors taking over at
their 16-yard line.
The defense held and
on the ensuing punt, the snap
sailed over the punter’s head
w ho was run dow n and
tackled in the end zone by
junior Nacho Elguezabal for
a safety and the Mustangs
had cut the lead to 6-2 with
6:57 left in the first half.
Both team s were
unable to move the ball and
trad ed punts until the
Mustangs took over at their
own 18-yard line late in the
second quarter. Maben ran
twice for 11 yards, then a
pass interference penalty
took the ball out to the 45-
yard line. Peck hit Zach
Kurtz for a 21 -yard gain and
Maben for seven more, but
on the last play of the half, a
tipped pass fell just out of
K urtz’s reach in the end
zone.
The Mustangs took
the second half kickoff back
to the 37-yard line, but a
fumbled snap gave Grant
Union the ball on the first
play. The Mustangs got the
ball back as Dennis Kenny
tack led the P ro sp ecto r
quarterback for a loss on
fourth down at the 37-yard
line.
Peck hit Lovgren for
a 13-yard gain and on third
and ten hit M aben on a
shovel pass for 14 yards and
a first down. An interception
by the Prospectors killed the
drive and after the Mustangs
held on downs, took over at
their own 46-yard line. Peck
went for seven and Maben
picked up a first down with
six more, but a sack and a
holding penalty forced a punt
with G rant Union taking
over at their 30-yard line.
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G rant U nion- N ick
Smith 10-yard pass from Sam
Rawlins (kick failed) 10:47
H eppner-
N acho
Elguezabal tackled for safety
6:57
Fourth Quarter:
Grant Union: Keldon
Martin 30-yard run (run failed)
:57
Team Statistics:
First Downs: G rant
Union, 8 and Heppner, 16.
Rushes-yards: Grant
Union, 40-152 and Heppner,
37-95.
Passing yards: Grant
Union, 54 and Heppner, 134.
Passes: Grant Union,
5-17-0 and Heppner. 14-28-2.
Total yard s: G rant
Union, 206 and Heppner, 229.
Penalties yards: Grant
Union, 6-50 and Heppner, 5-
35.
Individual Statistics:
R ushing:
G rant
Union- M artin 11-92, Marc
Desjardin 16-63, Zane Murry
2-13, Zach DcRosier 2-5, Jed
Smith 1-5, Rawlins 7-(-2) and
C hance F erguson 1 -(-2 4 );
Heppner-Casey Maben 19-72,
Q uinn Peck 7 -1 6 , Ju stin
Delveaux 4-9, Lane Bailey 2-
8, Caleb Maben 2-1. Spencer
Palmer 1-0 and Zach Kurtz 1-
( - 1 ).
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drove to the Heppner 22-
yard line before the defense
held and the Mustangs took
o v er early in the fourth
quarter. Peck hit Palmer for
eight, Maben ran for two and
a first down, after an offside
penalty on the Prospectors,
Maben ran three times for 11
yards, Lane Bailey ran for
two then on fourth and six,
Peck ran for nine and a first
down at the Grant Union 41 -
yard line. Peck hit Lovgren
for 19 yards on third and
long for a first down to the
19-yard line. Peck hit Maben
for five, but the drive stalled
and the Prospectors took
over at their 15-yard line.
The defense held and
the Mustangs took over at
the Grant Union 40-yard line
with 2 minutes 21 seconds
left, but on first down, an
interception was returned all
the way for a touchdown,
but a penalty brought the ball
back to the Heppner 33-yard
line. On second down, the
Prospector running back
broke free up the middle and
w ent for a 3 0-yard
touchdown. The two-point
conversion run was stuffed,
but the Prospectors led 12-
2 with 57 seconds left.
The M ustangs had
one last chance as they took
over at their 36-yard line
after the kick-off and Peck
hit Maben for 16 yards, then
nine and Bailey ran for two
and a first down. Peck hit
Maben for a 10-yard gain
and Maben handed off to
Bailey for six more to the 20,
but the clock ran out.
The defense was led
by Maben with 24 points
w ith K enny adding 19
points, Robbie Smith 18
points, Elguezabal 13 points,
R auch 11 p o in ts and
Delveaux nine points.
Peck was 14 for 28
passing for 134 yards and
tw o in te rc e p tio n s, w ith
Maben catching six passes
for 57 yards. Lovgren caught
four passes for 50 yards.
Maben picked up 72
yards on 19 carries, with
Peck picked up 16 yards on
seven carries.
Heppner 0 2 0 0-2
Grant Union 0 6 0 6 -
12
Second Quarter:
§5
S
Passing: Grant Union-
Rawlins 5-11-0 54 yards and
Jed Smith 0-4-0 0; Hcppner-
Peck 14-28-2 134 yards.
R eceiv in g :
G rant
U nion- D ustin Silve 2-23,
Brennan Witty 1-11, Dustin
Kreger 1-10 and Nick Smith 1-
10; Heppner- Casey Maben 6-
57. Kody Lovgren 4-50, Kurtz
2-29, Palmer 1-i and Bailey 1-
0.
screening to be
conducted
T he
U m atilla-
Morrow Education Service
D istric t (E S D ) w ill be
providing hearing screening
to public elementary school
stu d en ts in clu d in g all
kindergarten, first and third
grade students, new students
to the county and parent/
teacher/principal referrals of
students in the other grades.
T hese stu d en ts w ill be
screened on the dates listed.
The
hearing
screening is done by the
Umatilla-Morrow ESD for
public school students of
U m atilla and M orrow
counties. It is cooperatively
sponsored by local school
districts. Children who fail
the initial screening will be
re-screened within a three-
week period.
Parents who do not
want their child's hearing to
be screened should notify the
school as soon as possible.
If you have any questions
reg ard in g the h e a rin g
screening program, please
co n tac t
your
school
principal, or contact the
Audiology Department at
the Umatilla-Morrow ESD
at 966-3140.
Screenings will be
conducted on the following
schedule: A.C. Houghton
(Irrigon)- Monday, Oct. 9 at
8:30
a.m .;
Irrig o n
E lem en tary
(Irrig o n )-
Monday, Oct. 9 at 12 p.m.;
Sam Boardman Elementary
(B o ard m an ) and W indy
R iver
E lem en tary
(Boardman)- Thursday, Oct.
19, 8:30 a.m .; lone
Elementary (lone)-Tuesday,
O c t 24, 8:30 a.m.; Heppner
E lem en tary (H ep p n er)-
Tuesday, Oct. 24 at 10 a.m.;
A.C. Houghton re-check-
Monday. Oct. 30 at 8:30
a.m.; Irrigon Elementary re-
check- Monday, Oct. 30 at
12 p.m .; Sam B oardm an
E lem en tary
re-ch eck ,
Monday, Nov. 6 at 8:30 a.m.;
Windy River Elementary re
check, Monday, Nov. 6 at 10
a.m.; lone Elementary re
check, Tuesday, Nov. 7 at
8:30 a.m.; and Heppner re
check, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 10
a.m.
Former
Heppnerite to
publish book
Sally Cohn grew up
in Heppner and now lives in
Portland. Some Heppnerites
may be fam iliar with her
handwhistling appearances
at St. Patrick’s Festival ceilis
in the Elks Club. She has
w ritten her first book,
“ B ridge
U nder
C o n stru c tio n ,” w hich is
about to go to press. It
narrates her life through a
series of creative projects
explored and completed in
and around her family home
on Baltimore Street starting
in 1941 at the age of six and
e x ten d in g beyond her
H ep p n er y ears th ro u g h
2006.
C ohn w ill be in
H ep p n er on S ept. 8
p ro m o tin g her book in
c o n ju n ctio n with C ycle
Oregon and the Heppner
Flood drama presentation on
Main Street.
People interested in
getting a copy of her book
should sign up on sheets that
will be circulated. This will
determine how many copies
will be printed in Portland.
The plan is to get back to
interested parties with price
information after the book is
printed.
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