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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 20,2006 Mustangs rally falls short in fourth quarter against Irish A come from behind 14-13 lead in the fourth quarter was short-lived as the visiting DeSales Irish scored ?2 unanswered points in b eatin g the H eppner Mustangs 35-14 on Friday, Sept. 15 in a non-league game. The Mustangs, 1 and 2 on the year, begin league play in the newly formed Blue Mountain Conference at Stanfield on Friday. Sept. 22 at 7:30 p.rn. The gam e started out good for the Mustangs as they stopped the Irish on their opening drive, with the help of a Casey Maben tackle behind the line of scrimmage for a four-yard loss and took over at their 48-yard line after a punt. On first dow n. Maben broke free up the middle for a 21-yard gain and again for 15 yards, but a hold brought it back to the 26-yard line. A fter an incomplete pass, Lane Bailey went for four and on third and fifteen, Bailey picked up 17 yards for a first down at the five. Caleb Maben went for four to the one and one fourth down, Quinn Peck got just enough of a push to get to the goal line for the touchdow n. Tim H auer kicked the extra point for a 7-0 lead. The Irish responded though and scored on a six- yard touchdown pass and the extra point was good for a 7-7 tie at the end of the first quarter. On the M ustangs next possession, they were unable to move the ball and were forced to punt which w as brought all the way back for a touchdow n, but an illegal block brought it back to the DeSales 26-yard line. The Mustangs held and after the teams traded punts, the Irish had the ball at their own 40-yard line and ended up scoring on a 31- yard screen pass. The kick was no good, but the Irish had 13-7 lead m idw ay through the second quarter. The team s traded punts then trad ed pass interceptions with last one being picked off by peck at the goal line at the end of the first half. The second h alf began as the first one ended as the Mustangs had their opening drive halted by an interception, then Spencer Palm er picked off a pass inside the five to end an Irish drive. The M ustangs put together small drive as Matt McCabe ran twice for four yards, Casey Maben went three times for 18 yards and Peck hit Bailey for a seven- yard gain, but it stalled from there and were forced to punt. The team s traded punts again as the third quarter ended with the Irish still leading 13-7. The Irish recovered a fumbled punt at the Heppner 32-yard line, but Peck picked off a pass and went 70 yards before being drug down at the one. Casey Maben ran it in on first down and Hauer’s kick was perfect and the Mustangs had a 14-13 lead, with 8:45 left in the game. The wheels came off for the Mustangs though as a ldng kick retu rn and facemask penalty gave the Irish a first down at the Mustangs 27-yard line and they went on to score on a three-yard run and a two- point conversion pass made it 21 -14 Irish with 7:45 left. The Mustangs were pinned deep on their own ten after the kick-off and an illegal block took it back to the three. Casey Maben ran twice for five yards then McCabe broke free for a 29- yard gain and a face mask penalty took it out to the 49- yard line. After a holding penalty, the Irish picked off a shovel pass and took it back 31 yards for a touchdown. The extra point kick was good and now the Irish led 28-14 with 4:24 left. On th eir en su in g possession, the M ustangs fum bled w ith the Irish recovering at the 32-yard line and went on to score on a 13-yard pass with less than a minute left for the final score. Maben finished with 66 yards on 14 carries with McCabe rushing for 49 yards Quarterback Quinn Peck (#10) makes a pass. on eight carries. The defense was led by Maben with 21 defensive points with Peck adding 16 p o in ts, in clu d in g tw o interceptions and McCabe had 12 points. DeSales 7 6 0 22-35 Heppner 7 0 0 7-14 First Quarter: H eppner- Q uinn Peck one-yard run (Tim Hauer kick) 7:01 D eS ales- F azzari six-yard pass from Baffney (Baffney kick) 3:05 Second Quarter: DeSales- Hayunga 31-yard pass from Baffney (kick failed) 6:28 Fourth Quarter: H eppner- C asey Mustang volleyball team Lexington Baptist Church gets to championship game receives new pastor Kegi Seitz goes for the hall during at game at the Sherman County tournament. Photo by Sandy Matthews By M ahaley Huddleston The H eppner M ustang V arsity V olleyball team participated in a tournament in Sherman County all day Saturday, Sept. 16. The girls started out strong beating Sherm an C ounty and P ortland Christian in two out of three game matches to 15 points. After sitting out a game, the girls then played Glenwood, who they lost to. The last team they played in their pool was Condon and they beat them, making Heppner #1 in their pool. The cham pionship game between the pools was the last game of the day and it was Heppner vs. Weston- McEwen. Heppner ended up losing to Weston-McEwen in two games to 25 points. Maben one-yard run (Hauer kick) 8:45 DeSales- Hayunga three-yard run (M. Richard pass from Baffney) 7:45 DeSales- Moore 31 - yard in tercep tio n return (Baffney kick) 4:24 DeSales-Fazzari 13- yard pass from Baffney (Baffney kick) :53 Team S ta tistics: First Downs- DeSales II, Heppner 7; Rushes-yards- DeSales 27-75, Heppner 32- 157; Passing yards- DeSales 207, H eppner 9; Passes- DeSales 17-31-3, Heppner 5-15-3; F u m b les-lo st- DeSales 1-0. Heppner 3-2; and Penalties-yards- DeSales 10-87, Heppner 10-90. I n d i v i d u a l Statistics: Rushing: DeSales- Lyons 12-47, Hayunga 11- 17 and B affney 4-11; Heppner- Casey Maben 14- 66, M att M cC abe 8-49, Lane Bailey 3-24, Quinn Peck 4-10 and Caleb Maben 3-8. Passing: D eSales- Baffney 17-31-3 207 yards; H eppner- Peck 5-15-3 9 yards. Receiving: DeSales- Fazzari 5-53, M. Richards 5- 59, T. R ich ard s 3 -3 5 , Hayunga 2-38, Moore 1-11 and M cK inney 1-8; Heppner- Bailey 1-7, Kody Lovgren 1-2, Casey Maben 1-1 and McCabe 2-(-l). Sheriff's Report were around. -MCSO received a report from a caller that he was run off the road by a potato truck. The call was transferred to the Oregon State Police. -MCSO received a report that a vehicle flipped over on the side of the road on 1-84 eastbound. It was a non-injury accident. -MCSO deputy cited Marcos F. Rosales, 31, for Failure to Use Seatbelt. -MCSO deputy cited Jacob Michael Andermett, 27, fo r F ailu re to Use Seatbelt. -MCSO deputy cited Troy John Jo h n so n , for Failure to Use Seatbelt and Driving Uninsured. -MCSO received a rep o rt from the R ain ier P olice D ept, that Lee Tilander, 56, was arrested on an Irrigon Justice C ourt warrant for Failure to Pay Fine/DUII. He was lodged at the Columbia County Jail and was bailed out. -MCSO deputy cited Samuel William Griffin, 45, for Failure to Use Seatbelt. -MCSO deputy cited Dawnica Ray Blurton, 35, for Failure to Use Seatbelt. -M C SO , H eppner Fire Dept, received a report from a caller in Heppner that she smelt hot wires in the bathroom area. -MCSO received a rep o rt from a c a lle r in Heppner that she had been receiving prank phone calls for several weeks. A deputy contact was requested. The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office reports han pulpit supply speaker filling dling the following business: -MCSO received a in as needed for pastors report from a caller in Irrigon needing to be away from that someone broke into his their congregation for short periods of time. This is his camper and took needles and first time as being the regular insulin. Irrigon ambulance pastor and he is both excited was also contacted, as the and a little bit apprehensive caller is diabetic and was but firmly believes that this dizzy and weak. -B oardm an Police is the direction God has Dept, officer cited Michael planned for his. “I am very excited Guy G eraghty, 21, for about the opportunities in F ailure to O bey T raffic L e x in g to n ,” said P asto r Control Device. -B oardm an Police H odges. "I b eliev e the church is a central part of the Dept, cited Juan Ramon community and I believe that Alamilla-Moreno, 26, for No the community should be an Operator's License. -lo n e EM S, integral part of the church.” am bulance To this end, he hopes to H eppner increase the opportunities received a report from a for the community to get to caller in lone that a subject know the church. In addition was on the bathroom floor to regular Sunday worship, bleeding. He fell and hit his P asto r H odges hopes to head. Sept. 15: M CSO have weekly Bible studies and small group activities for deputy cited Cruz Espinosa th o se d esirin g a fam ily Sepeda, 47, for Failure to atmosphere. He also would Use Seatbelt. -MCSO deputy cited like to have re g u la r Stephan Robert Wilson, 19, com m unity a c tiv itie s to better allow the community for Violation of the Speed to be part o f the church Limit, 49 in a 35 mph zone. -MCSO received a family and hopefully the report that an Irrigon community will allow the church to become part of resident found credit cards and UPRR cards and turned their families. “ I have found them into City Hall. -MCSO received a Lexington loving and open report o f a sm all ch ild and I am looking forward to being a part of G od's plan w alking back and forth h e re ,” ex p ressed P astor acro ss M ain S treet in Boardman and no parents Hodges. A com m unity that has seen a lot of changes recen tly is ab o u t to experience one more. The Lexington Baptist Church has invited Kevin Hodges to become their full time pastor. Starting Sept. 24, 2006, P asto r H odges w ill be leading the worship service on a regular basis. “I am looking forw ard to this opportunity,” said Pastor Hodges. Everyone is invited to come and meet Pastor Hodges at the church located at 170 B Street. Sunday School starts at 9:45 a.m., followed by worship service at 11 a.m. Pastor Hodges was raised in Central Oregon and after serving in the military, he and his family moved back to O regon. They moved to Eastern Oregon in August of 1998 and have been loving it ever since. Pastor Hodges’ wife Holly and their four children will be adding to the life and excitement at the church. “I should stress that referring to them as c h ild ren is m isle a d in g ,” ex p lain ed P astor H odges. His youngest daughter is still a minor, but the other three are all adults in their own right. They have all been extremely supportive and are excited abou^ the resp o n sib ility being undertaken. “It is my belief that every person in the church is in full time ministry and should be finding ways of fulfilling that responsibility,” said Pastor Hodges. After realizing that he was being led to participate in sharing God's message, he enrolled in a Christian college. It is his intent to com plete a master’s degree through the C h ristian C o lleg e and Sem inary to be b etter p rep ared fo r the ¡MP» o p p o rtu n itie s and . resp o n sib ilities that this church offers. Since 1996, his ministry has been as a Quarterback Willy Gentry makes a pass during the Heppner Junior High vs. Weston- McEwen game. Heppner won 22-12. Photo by Sandy Matthews Junior high team wins against Weston-McEwen w / Photo by Sandy Matthews.
