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FOUR • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner. Oregon Wednesday, November 8,2006 lone Cardinals take 53-33 win over Nixyawii Mustangs run to the BMC title Hauer atoned for the m issed ex tra p o in t by 455 yards of total offense booting the kickoff out of the w hile N ixyaw ii had a en d zo n e. The H u sk ies respectable 373. fumbled on First down, and, Defensively, after the ball was batted Montana Marlatt led the way around by seven players, for lone with 15 tackles, six Justin Delveaux finally fell o f those: unassisted. Kevin on it in the end zone for a F ow ler had 10 (four touchdown. H auer’s kick unassisted) and Eric Jepsen was p erfect for a 42-14 had eight (three unassisted). Mustang lead. “It was really good The H uskies took to get the win,” said coach over at their 15-yard line Dennis Stefani, “especially after another deep kickoff, for the younger kids. They and th eir last driv e was needed a victory. They want Heppner Mustang senior players and their first-place district plaque. Photo by Sandy Matthews, ended by a fumble recovered to carry this on into next by Aaron Allstott at the Elgin year. T his should be a 40-yard line. Caleb Maben confidence builder.” ran twice for 14 yards, Casey “The kids played Maben went for 17 yards, very well. I have been very and Caleb took it to the five impressed, especially with yard line as time ran out. the freshm an and Casey Maben led the sophom ores. They are defensive effort w ith 20 starting to understand the p o in ts, w ith D elveaux fundamentals and learn the adding 15 p o in ts and game,” said Stefani. “You Allstott, 10 points. Peck had hate to have a losing season nine defensive points, with but on the positive side, the Kenny and Spenser Palmer kids learned lot about each adding eight points. football. Throughout the Along with Casey season, we saw a lot of good Maben’s 185 yards, McCabe things. We played a lot of picked up 68 yards on seven good halv es and three carries and Bailey gained 57 q uarters o f football. We yards on nine carries. played a lot of teams close Senior players' mothers entertained the crowd during half time of the Mustang foothall game. Peck was 4 o f 8 but ju st d id n 't finish the Photo by Sandy Matthews. passing for 70 yards and two broke free for 18 yards to the game with a win.” touchdowns. 43-yard line. McCabe went Is1 quarter: lone— Elgin 0 0 0 14 - 14 for 24 yards. Bailey went Hams 13-yard run, run Heppner 7 0 15 20 twice for seven yards, then failed. Archer, 30-yard run, -4 2 McCabe took it to the end Morter pass from Archer. First Quarter zone from 12 yards out for Hams 26 yard pass from Heppner-Casey Ma the touchdown. Hauer’s kick Archer, pass failed. Hams, ben 22 yard run (Tim Hauer was perfect to make it 14-0 11 -yard pass from Archer, kick), 2:05. early in the third quarter. kick failed. Nix— Foster, 57- Third Quarter The defense was just yard pass from Kobzeff, Heppner-M att M c as good as the offense as Kobzeff run. Cabe 12 yard run (Hauer they forced a punt by the 2nd quarter: lone— kick), 9:27; Dennis Kenny H u sk ies, w hich, a fte r a Davidson. 11 -yard pass from 18 yard pass from Quinn personal foul penalty on Archer, kick failed. Nix— Peck (Casey Maben run), Elgin, the Mustangs went Foster, 7-yard pass from 4:35. back to work at their 39-yard Case, Foster run. Fourth Quarter line. McCabe went for 1.2 3rd quarter: lone— Elgin-Will Burgess Kendrick, 75-yard kickoff No. 23 Matt McCabe and No. 24 Casey Maben head Tor the goal yards, Bailey for 20 yards to 10 yard pass from Travis return, pass failed. Hams, 8- line during Friday night's game against Elgin. Photo by Sandy the 29-yard line, and after an Ludwig (Burgess pass from incomplete pass. Peck went yard run, Krebs pass from Matthews. Ludwig), 11:52; Heppner- A rcher. N ix— K obzeff 1 By Kick Paullus line. Bailey ran twice for six, for three and McCabe picked R.J. Farrens 20 yard pass up seven yards and a first yard run, run failed. lone— In rushing for 359 Maben ran for two, and on down. After a short gain by from Peck (H auer kick), Hams 22 yard run-Coleman yards with senior Casey fourth and inches, he went 7:26; Elgin-Tommy Church Maben, Kenny made a diving kick for two more and the first 12 yard pass from Ludwig Maben gaining 185 of those 4 '“ quarter: Nix— yards on 24 carries, the down. After an incomplete catch from Peck for an 18- (pass failed), 4:09; Heppner- F oster 8-yard pass from Heppner Mustangs beat the pass, Matt McCabe caught yard touchdown. Maben ran Casey Maben 33 yard run Kobzeff, run failed. Nix— visiting Elgin Huskies, 42- a six-yard pass from Quinn in the two-point conversion (kick failed), 3:48; Justin Sherm an 54 -y ard run, 14, on Friday, Nov. 3, to Peck, M aben picked up for a 22-0 lead with 4:35 left Delveaux recovered fumble in the third quarter. Kobzeff run in endzone (H auer kick), claim the inaugural Blue three, and on fourth down he The H uskies then Rushing: P. Hams Mountain Conference title went for seen more and a 3:39. 14-162 M arlatt 10-61 with a perfect 7-0 record. first down at the 24-yard put together a drive and Team Statistics: M orter 2-41 A rcher 2-32 The Mustangs, 8-2 overall, line. Maben ran twice for scored on a 10 yard pass on First dow ns-E lgin Masterson 4-31 Kendrick 1- won their eighth straight four yards and Bailey went fourth and goal from the 13, H eppner 19. R ushes seven-yard line on the first 13 Jepsen 1-0 conference title, the first for four. After a false start, play of the fourth quarter. yards-Elgin 22-112, Hepp Passing: Archer 9- seven in the old Columbia Maben went for 22 yards to ner 49-359. Passing yards- 18-1 15, 3 TD Hams 0-1 Basin Conference. They will the end zone. Tim Hauer The two-point conversion Elgin 217, Heppner 96. To pass was good and they had Ramos 0-1 have a home game in the first booted the extra point to cut the Mustangs' lead to 22- tal yards-Elgin 329, Heppner Receiving: Hams 3- round of the State Class 2A make it 7-0 late in the first 455. Passes-Elgin 17-23-0, 8 49 Morter 2-30 Marlatt 1- playoffs with Lost River, the quarter. H eppner 5-9-0. Fum bles The Mustangs went 24 Davidson 2-9 Krebs 1 -3 th ird seed out o f the On the Huskies' next lost-Elgin 4-2, Heppner 2-0. to work starting at their 34- Southern Cascade League, possession, Maben had a yard line fo llo w in g the Penalties yards-Elgin 10-91, for the second year in a row. q u arterb ack sack for an k ick o ff. M aben ran for Heppner 7-55. Individual Statis The H uskies took eight-yard loss to force a seven, then after a false start punt. The M ustangs took tics the opening k ic k o ff but HEPPNER ELKS 358 penalty, gained eight more Rushing: Elgin-GD couldn't move the ball. The over on their 12-yard line. for a first down. McCabe 676-9181 "W here friends Meet" 142 N orth Main B ailey w ent for th ree, Clark 7-52, Ludwig 8-42, Mustangs took over at their went for six, and. after a own 23-yard line following M cCabe picked up four, holding penalty brought it Kole G uentert 4-4, Jake the punt. They then went on Maben ran three times for 21 back to the 39, Peck went for Kennedy 2-5. Clint Pred- a 15-play, 77 yard drive, yards, M cCabe went for 25 and a first down at the 36- more 1-9. Heppner-Casey overcoming two false start three more and Peck went yard line. Bailey went for 14 Maben 24-185, McCabe 7- p e n alties, for th eir first for nine and a first down at yards, Maben went for three, 68, Lane Bailey 9-57, Peck touchdown. Casey Maben the 50-yard line. A fter a then peck hit R.J. Farrens in 5-29, Caleb Maben 4-18, SATURDAY, NOVLMBfR 11TH w ent for th ree, C o lto n short gain by Bailey, Peck hit the end zone from 20 yards Colton Hansen 1-2. Passing: Elgin-Lud- Hanson recovered a fumbled Kenny for 26 yards and a out for a touchdow n. Zu^ct ( m M 6c<yt*t tAc aftcutoou first down at the 22-yard Wu<sta*ty {potCatt y<x*ttc u4. (?arcade (^Aioitieut snap to set up a third and line. The drive stalled there H auer's kick was good to wig 17-23-0 217 yards. Hep- pner-Peck 4-8-0 70 yards, five, and after a false start, make it 29-8 with 7:26 left Bailey 1-1-0 26 yards. Lane B ailey hit D ennis as a sack; two incompletions in the fourth quarter. R eceiving: E lgin- Kenny for a 26-yard gain and and a delay of game penalty The H uskies (? o » hc ott o u t duct ¿ tin y <foui {jiievtdi f forced a punt which was Burgess 4-52, Clark 4-36, a first down at the 49-yard downed at the three-yard responded with an 81-yard Dillon Moore 3-41. Kennedy drive, capped off with a 12- line. 2-19, Church 2-20, Guent AN A M E R IC A N R E V O L U TIO N The H uskies then yard pass for the touchdown. ert 2-27. Heppner-Kenny 3- the tw o -p o in t put together their best drive A fter 70, Farrens 1-20, McCabe 1- Have you recently purchased a used vehicle o f the h alf, but N acho conversion failed, they had 6 . and c a n 'tg e t the dealer to correct some problem s? Elguezabal forced a fumble cut the Mustangs' lead to 29- that Maben jumped on at the Id with 4:09 left. A Guaranteed General Motors Certified Used car or truck must The Mustangs took WCLL annual Mustangs’ 27-yard line. The meet strict GM requirements that include engine, trans, brakes, steering, over at the Huskies' 33-yard h a lf en d ed w ith the tires, belts, hoses, gauges, leaks, dents, glass, upholstery, instruments and paint. meeting to be held Mustangs holding onto their line after the onside kickoff The Willow Creek was returned 30 yards by If you want to be assured of buying the very best, we are the only dealer 7-0 lead Little League will hold its Bailey. Maben broke free on The Mustangs came in Eastern Oregon that can sell you a GM Certified Used vehicle. annual meeting on Tuesday, out on Fire to start the second first down and went all the half, taking over at their own way to the end zone for the Nov. 28, at 6:30 p.m. at the 24 after the kickoff. Maben touchdown. H auer's kick H ep p n er N eig h b o rh o o d The Most Trusted Same In The Car business went for 10, and, after an was ju st w ide, but the Center. All m embers and in te re ste d p erso n s are offside penalty on Elgin. M ustangs led 35-14 with NEW CARS - 567-6487 • HERMIST0N. OR - 800-567-6488 • USED CARS - 567-3919 invited to attend. 3:48 left in the game. The lone Cardinals got their first win o f the season last Friday night, N ovem ber 3, against the visiting Nixyawii Golden Eagles. Taking com m and from the opening kickoff, the Cardinals blasted out to a 26-0 lead in the first quarter on the way to a 53-33 win. Junior Paul Hants, got things started with a 13- yard touchdown run in the early going, the first of his five TDs on the night. Hams ran for three scores and caught passes for the other two. The Cardinals had four touchdowns on the board by the time Nixyawii got to the end zone for the first time at the end of the first period, making the score 26-8. The teams traded scores in the second quarter making the score at halftime 32-16. Storm y K endrick returned the opening kickoff of the second half 75 yards for a score followed closely by an o th er Paul H am s’ touchdown run. Notable on the point after was that center. Kip Krebs, caught a pass on a center eligible play to score the two points. The Golden Eagles scored again, followed by yet another Paul Hams score. This time, the C ardinals' Matt Coleman successfully booted the extra point, the first kicking extra point scored by lone in several years. The game finished out with tw o N ixyaw ii scores in the fourth and the Cardinals celebrated their first win. Paul 1 faros led the rushing attack w ith 162 yards on 14 carries. Also a ssistin g was M ontana M arlatt (1 0 -6 1 ), Ju stin Archer (2-32), Clay Morter (2-41), Eric Masterson (4- 31) and Stormy Kendrick (1 - 13.) The Cards racked up 340 rushing yards compared to just 101 for Nixyawii The Golden Eagles passed for the majority of their yardage, tallying 272 yards. For lone, Justin Archer was 9 of 18 for 115 yards in passing with no in te rc ep tio n s and three touchdowns. Paul Hams was the leading receiver, catching three passes for 49 yards and two scores. He was followed by Morter (2-30), Marlatt (1-24), Mark Davidson (2-9 and one TD) and Kip Krebs (1-3.) The C ards totaled . (IKS THIRD ANNUAL S almon bake & ham Buifti LlVt MUSIC BY JIMMY THOMPSON Of PORTLAND S ilM S t lU L C H I V t O L E T I
