FOUR • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 15,2006
Mustangs knocked out of playoffs in heartbreaker
H\ Kick Paullus
The 2006 football
seaso n
cam e
to
a
heartbreaking end as the
Lost River Raiders kicked a
43-yard field goal as time ran
out to beat the H eppner
M u stan g s,
16-13, on
Saturday, Nov. 11, in the first
round of the US Bank/Les
Schw ab OSAA C lass 2A
State Championships.
The Mustangs, who
finished 8-3 on the year, said
goodbye to seniors Aaron
A llsto tt, R obbie Sm ith.
Quinn Feck, Colton Hanson,
Casey and Caleb M aben,
Ju stin D elv eau x , Ju stin
G regory, Kody Lovgren.
Tony Haguewood and Zach
Kurtz.
The Mustangs took
the opening kickoff and,
starting from their 29-yard
line. Lane Bailey ran twice
for 20 yards. Matt McCabe
ran twice more for 14 yards
and a first dow n at the
Raiders’ 37-yard line, but a
fumbled snap was recovered
by Lost River to end the
drive.
The defense held and
the Mustangs took over at
the R aiders’ 46-yard line
after a short punt. McCabe
ran tw ic e for four yards,
Casey Maben broke free for
19 yards and a first down at
the Lost River 23-yard line,
but the Raiders held and
took over on downs at their
own 13-yard line.
The
M u sta n g s’
defense held again and they
took over at their 46-yard
line following a punt and
went back to work. Maben
ran for four, McCabe for five
and Bailey went for two and
a first dow n as the first
q u arter cam e to an end.
McCabe ran twice for seven
yards, Maben went for three
and another first down, after
another first down after an
o ffsid e penalty on the
Raiders. McCabe ran twice
for seven yards and a first
down at the 21-yard line.
Bailey ran twice for five then
took a pass from Quinn Peck
nine yards and a first down
at the seven. Maben then
took it in on his fourth
straight rush, the last from
the one-inch line for the
to u ch d o w n . Tim H auer
kicked the extra point to give
the M ustangs a 7-0 lead
midway through the second
quarter.
The defense held
again and the Mustangs went
back to work on offense
from th eir 40-yard line.
McCabe broke free for an
18-yard gain, then Peck hit
Maben for a 13-yard gain. A
fumbled pitch was recovered
Heppner Mustang No. 51 Nacho hlgue/ahal goes after a
fumbled ball. Photo by Sandy Matthews
Heppner Mustang No. 1 Lane Bailev takes control of the ball for the Mustangs.
Photo by Sandy Matthews
by McCabe for a six-yard
loss to the 34. Peck hit
Bailey for a 14-yard gain
and, on fourth and short,
Maben went for four and a
first down at the 16-yard
line. A fter an incom plete
pass, Caleb Maben took it all
the way to the end zone on a
double reverse. The kick was
w ide to the left and the
Mustangs took a 13-0 lead
into the locker room at the
half.
The Raiders took the
third quarter kickoff and
drove dow n the field,
scoring on a 19-yard run, but
they missed the extra point
and the Mustangs still led 13-
6 .
The team s traded
punts for the rest of the third
quarter, then Peck recovered
a Lost River fumble at the
Heppner 40-yard line to end
a R aid er d riv e. The
Mustangs returned the favor
though as the Raiders’ Omar
Baldez picked up a loose ball
and went 62 yards for a
touchdown. The extra point
was good to tie it at 13-13
with 10:30 left in the fourth
quarter.
The Mustangs took
over at their own 20 after the
kickoff sailed through the
end zone and picked up one
first down, but were held and
had to punt with the Raiders
taking over at their 32-yard
line. The defense held and.
after an attempted fake punt
failed, the M ustangs had
good field position at the
Lost River 48-yard line.
O ne fo urth and
short, a fumbled snap gave
the Raiders one last chance
and the ball at their own 40-
yard line with 1:30 left in the
game. Two consecutive pass
interference penalties on the
Mustangs gave the Raiders
a shot at the game-winning
field goal and they took
advantage of it, winning the
game.
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The defense was led
by M cC abe w ith 15
defensive points, with Nacho
Elguezabal getting 10 points
and Dennis Kenny getting
nine points. Aaron Allstott
had eight points and Peck,
Caleb Maben, Casey Maben
and Andre Rauch each had
six points.
M cC abe had 66
yards on 18 carries, with
Casey Maben and Bailey
each adding 43 yards.
Peck hit on 7 of 9
passes for 58 yards and no
interceptions, with Casey
Maben having four catches
for 37 yards and Bailey
catching three passes for 21
yards.
Lost River 0 0 6 10
- 16
Heppner 0 13 0 0 -
13
Second Quarter
H e p p n e r-C a se y
Maben one yard run (Tim
Hauer kick), 6:32; Caleb
Maben 16 yard run (kick
failed), :46.
Third Quarter
Lost River-Cert Cox
19 yard run (kick failed),
7:59.
Fourth Quarter
Lost R iver-O m ar
Baldez 62 yard fumble return
(Nathan Hernandez kick),
10:30; Hernandez 43 yard
field goal, 0:00.
Team Statistics
F irst d o w n s-L o st
R iver 6, H eppner 12;
Rushes-yards-Lost River 36-
114, H ep p n er 4 6 -1 6 4 ;
Passing yards-Lost River 24,
Heppner 58; Total yards-
Lost River 138, Heppner
222; Passes-Lost River 3-4-
0, Heppner 7-9-0; Fumbles
lost-Lost River 3-1. Heppner
5-2; Penalties-yards-L ost
River 7-40, Heppner 3-35.
Chris Heskins 1-3, Eusebio
Alonzo 5-(-12); Heppner-
Matt McCabe 18-66, Casey
Maben 14-43. Lane Bailey
11-43, Caleb Maben 1-16,
Quinn Peck 2-(-4). Passing:
Lost River-Cox 3-4-0 24
yards; Heppner-Peck 7-9-0
58 yards. Receiving: Lost
R tver-C arlos Ruiz 1-14,
Heskins 1-6, Hernandez 1-
4. Heppner-Casey Maben 4-
37. Bailey 3-21.
No. 23 .Matt McCabe hits a wall of Lost River defense at the
Mustang game Saturday. The Heppner Mustangs came up
short with a loss of 13-ih to the Raiders when a field goal
ended the game with no time left on the clock. Photo by Sandy
Matthews
Veterans honored at HHS ceremony
Area veterans assemble in the HHS gym for a group photo
Area veterans were p re sen ta tio n s
by
the
honored at an afternoon Heppner High School band,
ceremony at Heppner High including “Excalibur," "The
School Monday. November Star Spangled Banner’’ and
13.
“Am erica the B eautiful” ,
The ceremony was d irected by te ac h e r Joe
a tten d ed by around 70 Lindsay. The H eppner
v eteran s, th e ir fam ily Elem entary kindergarten
members, the high school class sang "It’s a Grand Old
student body and members Flag” and the HHS Choir,
of the public. The afternoon sang "Blue Moon’’. Army
featured the entrance of the Lieutenant David Melville,
Color Guard by members of who served in Afghanistan
the American Legion, band and who is also a teacher at
HHS. was the guest speaker.
A video p re se n ta tio n
featured photos of many of
the v eteran s. M orrow
C ounty School D istrict
A ssistant Superintendent
Wade Smith gave a roll call
o f v eteran s, w hich was
followed by a moment of
silence and "Taps” by Tom
Bedortha. Following closing
remarks by HHS Principal
Daye Stone, the colors were
retired.
HES honors veterans
I n d i v i d u a l
Statistics
Rushing: Lost River-
Baldez 21-78, Cox 7-32,
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