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
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k
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ff
but
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penalty, gained eight more
Rushing: Elgin-GD
couldn't move the ball. The over on their 12-yard line. for a first down. McCabe
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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,
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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.
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first
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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
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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
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put together their best drive A fter
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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
.
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