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
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Photo by Sandy Matthews.