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H eppner G azette-Tim es, Heppner. Oregon W ednesday. S eptem ber 19, 2007 - THREE Mustangs lose to Irish By Kick Paullus The Heppner Mus tangs finished their tough non-league schedule with a 27-7 loss to the DeSales Irish on Friday, September 14, in Walla Walla. The Mustangs, 0 and 2, will begin defense of their Blue Mountain Con ference crown by finally playing at home against the Stanfield Tigers on Friday, September 21, at 7 p.m. The Irish wasted no time in jumping on the Mus tangs by taking the opening k ic k -o ff and driv in g 65 yards in 2:43 as their very talented quarterback, Kevin Baffney, punched it in from one yard out and kicked the extra point for a 7-0 lead. They struck again after recovering a Mustang fumble on their third play from scrimmage at the Hep pner 26 yard line. Baffney hit Marcus Fazzari from six yards out for the touchdown and led 13-0 after the extra point sailed wide left. The M ustangs got the ball back again taking over at their 40 yard line and after an offside on the Irish, Lane Bailey ran for eight yards and a first down. Bailey picked up three more, Dalton Wellman kept it for a five yard gain and on fourth and two, Bailey picked up ju st enough for the first down at the 36 yard line of DeSales. Bailey then hit the middle o f the line, bounced free and outraced every body to the end zone for the M ustangs’ first offensive touchdown of the year. Josh Heppner Mustang JV player Keenan Jack strips the ball from the Weston-McEwen player at Monday Nights Football game in Heppner. The Mustangs beat the Tiger Scotts 27-0. -Photo by Sandy Matthews Shank booted the extra point and the M ustangs cut the lead to 13-7 with 3:53 left in the first quarter. The M ustangs’ de fense held, this time forcing a punt and they took over at their own 28 yard line. But the drive ended two plays later when the Irish picked off an errant pass at the 31 yard line. The Irish promptly took advantage o f the turn over by driving for a score as Baffney again punched it in from one yard out and kicked the extra point for a 20-7 lead early in the second quarter. The M ustangs got good field position as a short kick was returned by Sean Murray to the Heppner 46 yard line. Bailey ran twice for 10 yards and first down but the drive stalled and the Irish took over as the first half came to an end. The Mustangs took over at their own 41 yard Mustangs take second in tournament Heppner Mustang Sherilyn Peck makes a hit against the Union Bobcats at the Sherman County volleyball tourna ment this weekend in Moro. The Heppner Mustangs ended up finishing the tournament in second place. -Photo by Sandy Matthews line as Bryan Holland took the second half kick-off 22 yards and nearly broke it for a touchdown. They were unable to move the ball, however, and had to punt but the defense stiffened, forcing an Irish punt and the Mustangs took over at the DeSales 49 yard line. After a short run by Bailey, Wellman hit Spencer Palmer for a 13 yard gain to the Irish 33 yard line. The drive stalled though and the Irish took over at their own 32 yard line. The Irish then put together a long drive capped by a three yard run by Baff ney and after John Nibler kicked the extra point it was 27-7 early in the fourth. The Mustangs took over a their ow n 25 yard line and picked up a first down as Brent Eckman ran three straight times for 12 yards but they stalled and had to punt. The teams traded punts as the game came to an end. Bailey ran 18 times Students and teach C h erisse Lem m on. She for 86 yards. ers are back for their third moved here from Hillsboro, The d e fe n se w as week o f school. Pictures and now lives in Lexington. led by Andre Rauch with were last Thursday and Being a sophom ore this 14 defensive points fo l kids were dressed up very year, she enjoys her Span lowed by D ennis Kenny nice and looking good ish, and math class. Some with 12 points, Bailey had at HHS. The junior var o f the things Cherisse likes 11 points and Wacy Coil sity girls volleyball have are the colors pink and had 10 points. Same King gam es M onday against green, dan cin g , and la had eight points and Palmer Arlington, away; here on crosse. She has three broth and Ricky Martin each had Tuesday against Irrigon; ers and two sisters. seven points. The seco n d new and Thursday, here, with Heppner 7 0 0 0-7 Stanfield. The varsity girls student we selected was D e S a le s 13 7 0 play here Thursday against Emma Osmin. She moved 7-27 Stanfield and on Saturday here from Irrigon and lives F irst Q u arter: D- a four way tournament in in H eppner. She enjoys Kevin Baffney one yard Union. The JV football basketball, and volleyball. run (Baffney kick) 9:17; plays Monday here against Emma’s favorite class here D-Marcus Fazzari six yard Weston-McEwen, and next is activity period. She is pass from Baffney (kick Monday in Union. Varsity at the age o f 12 and in the failed) 6:11; H-Lane Bailey football plays this Friday seventh grade. 36 yard run (Josh Shank against Stanfield. The last, but not kick) 3:53. The Junior High least, new stu d en t w as Second Quarter: D- girls’ volleyball team and Kylie Kim, who is also one Baffney one yard run (Baff the Junior High boys’ foot o f the exchange students ney kick) 10:53. ball team play this Friday here at HHS. She came here Fourth Quarter: D- from South Korea and is in Irrigon. BafTney three yard run (John This week we se 17. She has one sister at the Nibbler kick) 10:37. lected a few o f the new age o f 11. Her favorite class Individual Statistics stu d e n ts to in terv iew : here is yearbook publica Rushing: H -B a iley Cherisse Lemmon, Emma tions. Some of her favorite 18-86, Brent Eckman 3-12, Osmin, and Kylie Kim. things are lunch, and the Dalton Wellman 3-5, Dennis The first one was color pink. Kenny 1-1. D -B affn ey 12- 67, Hayunga 15-66. Passing: H - Well Cardinal football now 2-1 for season man 3-6-1 14 yards; Eck man 1-1-0 seven yards. D - Baffney 8-17-0 76 yards; P. Richard 1 -1-0 four yards. R e c e iv in g : H - Spencer Palmer 3-21; Kenny 1- (-l). D - Hayunga 3-34, F azzari 2-10; H azeltin e 2- 12; P. Richard 1-18; T. Richard 1-6. Colt Volleyball in full swing Colt Volleyball is in full swing every Wednesday and Sun day at HES. Volleyball players from the 5th and 6th grade have fun and learn the basic skills of volleyball. Christy Correa is in charge of the program. -Photo by Sandy Mat thews 5th Annual lone Education Foundation IB Fund Raising Dinner Si AUCTION a n d RATTLE ITEMS IB Saturday, S ep tem b er 22nd Social h o u r at 6 p .m . / D in n er a t 7 p .m . a t th e lo n e A m e ric a n L egion Hall M enu: Prime Rib, Crab, Shrimp, Salad, Baked Potato, Bread, Dessert. TWo drinks included with meal (choose from beer, wine and soft drinks). 1Be*Dt By Friends o f the Library and Heppner High Vo Ag Department Book, Bear and Chair combos will be on display for pre-bids at Heppner businesses until Sept. 28th. The lone Cardinal defense held when it had to, holding off Wallowa 40-38 in an afternoon shoot-out at Wallowa last Friday. After leading by 14 points in the final quarter, it all came down to stopping the point after attempt by Wallowa with 1:11 on the clock. With the game seemingly in the bag just moments earlier, the Wallowa quarterback who is also one o f the state’s best sprinters, picked off a Justin Archer pass and ran back 75 yards to a touchdown to put the Cougars within two. With the game tying pass in the air, Paul Hams capped an all-around outstanding day on the gridiron by knocking the pass out o f contention, giving lone the win. The Cardinals used a grinding running game to put points on the board, scoring all their touchdowns on the ground. Alan Rietmann re turned to the Cardinal squad after a two year absence due to injury and scored the first two touchdowns for lone. He ended the game with three scores, carrying the ball 22 times for 111 yards, and also led the team in tackles with 14, seven solo. Paul Hams had a gutty per formance, packing the ball 30 times for 183 yards and three touchdowns. lone had 444 yards o f total offense, with 285 on the ground and 159 in the air. Wallowa had 329 yards of offense in the game, throwing for 188 and run ning for 141. Although the score- board said the final margin was just two points, Coach Dennis Stefani felt like his team was controlling the game. Many o f Wallowa’s scores came on big plays or as a resu lt o f m ental lapses. The Cards got off an outstanding 84 plays in the game compared to 57 for the Cougars. “They say in football that if you get off 70 plays, you’re controlling the game,” said Stefani. After being defeated soundly by W allowa last year, the hard fought victory was a great stepping stone for lone, now 2-1 on the season. “1 think the kids are coming on and figuring out ways to win,” said Coach Stefani. “They’ve come a long way since the St. Paul game. It was a great win.” “Our defense made great plays throughout the whole game. They had their quarterback on the run all day and made some crucial stops.” Next up for the Car dinals is the opening o f league play this Friday night at 7 p.m. versus perennial league rival Condon-Wheel er. 2007 M ustang football schedule September 21 -Stan- field at Heppner, 7 p.m. September 28,Union at Union, 7:30 p.m. O ctober 5 - Pilot Rock at Heppner, 7 p.m. October 12 - Irrigon at Heppner, 7 p.m. October 1 9 - Weston McEwen at Athena, 7 p.m. October 26 - Enter- prise at Heppner, 7 p.m. November 2 - Elgin at Elgin, 7:30 p.m. Ticket Prices: Adults - $25.00 Children 7 - 12 - $10.00 S and under - tree Tickets available at Bank of Eastern Oregon, lone Come enjoy a fun evening and help support the lone School. FINAL BIDDING: Saturday, Sap«. 29 at 6:30 p.m., High School Cafatorium (be fore the M iss o u la Children’s Theatre performance) Autographed books will also be auctioned: Janet Evanonich • Joy Fielding • Nora Roberts Mary Higgins Clark • Diana Gabaldon Alexander McCall Smith • Sandra Scofield • & morel /V Heritage Land Co. I A Y ^ 2 7 8 N. Main, H eppner (541 ) 676-5049, (541 ) 980-3465 www.herltageland.netwww.farmseller.coni www.eastoregonreelestete.com To pre-bid on any of the books, call Diann Nagel, (541) 676-5522 The lone Education Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation t 1 I
