FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Mustangs blank No. 1 Rockets
Cardinals pick up win over Arlington
By Kick Paullus
The smothering de
fense o f the Heppner Mus
tangs pitched their third
straight shutout in beating
the number one ranked Pi
lot Rock Rockets 20-0 on
Friday, October 5, in Blue
Mountain Conference play.
The M ustangs, 3-0 in the
BMC and 3-2 overall, will
be at home on Friday, Oc
tober 12, against the Irrigon
Knights for their Homecom
ing beginning at 6 p.m.
The R ockets took
the opening kick-off and
were forced to punt as the
Mustangs defense held and
they took over at the Irrigon
41 yard line. The Mustangs
gave the ball right back
though as a fumble on their
first play was recovered at
the 26 yard line. The de
fense held though and they
took over at the 20 when a
36 yard field goal attempt
sailed wide left.
The team s traded
punts through the rest o f
the first quarter and into the
second with the Rockets
getting good field position
at the Heppner 41 yard line.
The defense again stood tall
though as Andre Rauch and
D ennis Kenny com bined
on a tackle for a three yard
loss. Wacy Coil had a sack
for a loss and Nacho El-
guezabal and Taylor Hodges
combined on another sack
on fourth down to give the
Mustangs the ball at their
own 40 yard line. Lane Bai
ley ran for 12 yards, Bryan
Holland took a lateral pass
for eight yards and Bailey
went four yards for a first
down at the 35. Bailey went
for nine, Holland took an
other lateral pass for seven
and Bailey went for 10 more
and a first down just inside
the 10 yard line. Brent Eck-
man was throw n for a seven
yard loss but hit Kenny on
the next play for a 17 yard
touchdown pass. Josh Shank
kicked the extra point to give
the Mustangs a 7-0 lead with
6:22 left in the second.
The R ockets took
over at their 37 yard line
after the kick off but were
forced when Kenny shot
through three blockers on
a screen pass and tackled
the receiver for a four yard
loss. The Mustangs got good
field position when Holland
took the punt 35 yards to the
Rocket 38 yard line. After
a short run by Bailey, Eck-
man broke free for 25 yards
to the 10. Bailey went for
three but a delay of game
penalty backed them up five.
Eckman hit Jordan Hatfield
The lone Cardinals
rolled over the A rlington
Honkers last Friday night,
52-24. rhe w in, which came
on A rlington’s new ly re
furbished field, moved the
Card’s season mark to 5-2
with their league record at
2 - 1 .
The C ardinals re
ceived the opening kickoff
and immediately moved the
ball down the field. Their
first play from scrimmage
was a long pass; the second
play from scrimmage was
the first of Paul Hams’ four
rushing touchdowns on the
night. lone controlled the
gam e in the early going,
stretching their lead out to
24-0 with five minutes re
maining in the first quarter.
The second quarter
was a cause for concern for
the Cardinal coaches as the
team “got a little compla
cent.” Coach Dennis Stefani
noted that the Cards lost a
bit o f focus in the second
quarter and “let Arlington do
some good things.” Arling
ton tallied two scores in the
quarter while lone stalled
with just one, making the
score 32-12 at the half.
Sophomore Quarterback Brent Eckman runs the ball past the
Pilot Kock Rockets during the Friday night battle. The Mus
tangs stomped the Rockets, the No. I rated team. -Photo by
Sandv Matthews
for 10 then took it inside
the one where Bailey took
it on fourth down for the
touchdown. Shank kicked
the extra point to make it
14-0 with 1:05 left in the
first half.
T he M u s ta n g s
weren't done there though as
Hatfield recovered a fumble
on the kickoff at the 32 yard
line. After a motion penalty,
Bailey hit Sam King for 18
yards then Eckman took
a pitch back from Bailey
then hit him for a 20 yard
touchdow n. The kick was no
good but the Mustangs took
a 20-0 lead into the half.
T h e M u s ta n g s
looked good to open the
second half as Rauch took a
short kick-off 13 yards to the
Heppner 48. Bailey then ran
three times for eight yards
and Eckman went for three
but the drive stalled and they
were forced to punt with the
Rockets taking over at their
own five.
The defense held,
forcing a punt which Hol
land took at midfield all the
way for a touchdown but
it was brought back by a
penalty.
The team s trad ed
punts then w ith the Rockets
driving. Eckm an picked
off a pass at the five and
returned it to the 20 yard
line. The M ustangs then
put together a drive as Bai
ley went for four. Eckman
hit Spencer Palmer for 11
yards, Eckman ran twice for
five and Bailey went for nine
and first down at the 49 yard
line. Palmer went twice for
11 yards but the drive ended
with an interception at the
19 yard line.
The M ustangs got
the ball back when H ol
land picked off a pass at the
Rocket 46 yard line late in
the fourth quarter and they
put together the final drive
o f the night as Bailey ran
seven tim es for 45 yards
but the game ended w ith the
M ustangs inside the three
yard line.
B ailey ru sh ed 28
times for 148 yards with
Eckman going for 48 yards
on 13 carries.
Eckman hit four of
nine passes for 58 yards and
two touchdowns.
The defense held the
Rockets to 77 yards rushing
and 66 yards passing. King
led the way with 15 defen
sive points with Elguezabal
adding 13 points and Rauch
12 points. Kenny had 11
points and Eckman and Hat
field each had nine points.
Pilot R ock 0 0 0
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helpful to you and your family.
Halloween, which directly stems from Irish, Scottish and British
folk customs, was celebrated as the Druids' autumn festival. The
Druids were an order of priests who worshiped nature. This holi
day was originally celebrated to honor Samhain, lord of the dead,
on October 31 (the end of the summer). The Druids believed that
on this date, Samhain called all the wicked souls which had been
condemned within the last year to live in animal bodies. He was
believed to have released them in the form of spirits, ghosts, fair
ies, witches and elves.
According to druidic tradition, these souls of the dead roamed
the city on Halloween night and returned to haunt the homes where
they once lived. The only way the current occupants of the house
could free themselves from being haunted was to lay out food and
give shelter to the spirit during the night. If they did not, the spirit
would cast a spell on them. That is where the phrase "trick or treat!"
comes from: They would be tricked if they did not lay out a treat.
The jack-o'-lantern was also a part of this belief system. The
carved pumpkin symbolized a damned soul named Jack. Accord
ing to the tale, Jack was not allowed into heaven or hell. So he
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A half-time “discus
sion” got the Cardinals back
on track for the third quarter,
lone outscored Arlington
20-6 to put the game solidly
out o f reach. “We got things
clicking again” said Coach
Stefani.
Stefani noted that
Junior, Matt Coleman, really
came out in the second half
and played good defense.
“ He played some terrific
football with three sacks in
the second half. It was his
best defensive game o f the
year.”
Paul Hams had an
other fine effort with four
to u c h d o w n s. Two m ore
scores came from the com
bination of quarterback, Jus-
Heppner o 2 o o HHS football tops list of
0-20
S e c o n d Q u a rte r:
H eppner-D ennis Kenny 17 consecutive league wins
yard pass from Brent Eck
man (Josh Shank kick) 6:22.
Lane Bailey one yard run
(Shank kick) 1:05. Bailey
20 yard pass from Eckman
(kick failed) :24.9.
Team Statistics
H eppner: 14 first
downs; 47-226 rushes-yards;
76 passing yards; 5-10-1
passes; 4-1 fum bles-lost;
6-35 penalties-yards.
Pilot Rock: 5 first
downs; 32-77 rushes-yards;
66 passing yards; 5-11-2
passes; 3-2 fum bles-lost;
2-10 penalties-yards.
Individual Statistics
Rushing: Pilot Rock
- C hance B andy 16-39,
T ravis C o p elan d 16-38.
Heppner - Bailey 20-148,
Eckm an 13-48, S pencer
Palmer 4-16, Bryan Holland
2-15.
Passing: Pilot Rock
- Bandy 5-10-1, 66 yards;
Copeland 0-1-1 0. Heppner
- Eckman 4-9-1, 58 yards;
Bailey 1-1-0, 18 yards.
R e c e iv in g : P ilo t
Rock - Kris Snodgrass 2-10,
Jeremiah Grosjaque 1-52,
Shann Hascall 1-9, Dylan
C utler l-(-5). H eppner -
Sam K ing 1-18, K enny
1-17, Palmer 1-11, Jordan
Hatfield 1-10.
56 consecutive wins: Heppner High School, Co
lumbia Basin / Blue Mt. current / 2007.
55 consecutive wins: Marshfield High School,
Midwestern League. Ended by Sheldon High School (21-7)
October 6, 2000.
51 consecutive wins: Sheldon High School, Mid
western League current / 2007.
50 consecutive wins: St. M ary’s High School,
Big Fir League. Ended by Yoncalla High School (17-10)
October 7, 1983.
50 consecutive wins: Dayton High School, West
Valley League.
Ended by Amity High School (6-0) 1997.
49 consecutive wins: Regis High School, League
Tri-River League. Ended by Colton High School (6-0) in
two overtimes on November 7, 1980.
46 consecutive wins: Junction City High School,
Sky-Em League. Ended by Marist High School (27-24)
October 1, 1999.
43 consecutive wins: Pendleton High Schaal, Inter-
mountian League. Ended by Baker High School (21-13).
42 consecutive wins: Lost River High School,
Southern Cascade. Ended by Chiloquin High School (28-
27) in overtime in 1967.
41 consecutive wins: Seaside High School, Cowa-
pa League. Ended by North Catholic High School (20-7)
September 28, 1963.
37 consecutive wins: North Catholic High School,
Cowapa League. Ended by Rainier High School (12-8)
October 20, 1969.
36 consecutive wins: Jesuit High School, Metro
politan League. Ended by Beaverton High School (41-19)
September 27, 2002.
Mustang volleyball to host soup feed
The M ustang vol-
leyball team will be host-
ing a soup feed during the
Irrigon volleyball gam e,
October 11. The soup feed
will begin at 5 p.m. during
the JV team ’s game and will
Before you plan your Harvest Festival or Halloween party,
perhaps you want to consider what you are truly celebrating.
"Mom, can I dress up like Casper this year?"
"Dad, can we carve a jack-o'-lantern and put it on the porch?"
Halloween... costume-clad children happily skipping from door to
door shouting "trick or treat!" expecting to fill their bags with candy,
gum and other goodies... houses decorated with jack-o'-lanterns,
pumpkins, witches with broomsticks and black cats. These are the
most common sights of the celebration of Halloween. They are all
make-believe and harmless or are they?
Each year during Halloween, parents are faced with the dilemma
of letting their children participate in what the world calls "harmless
fun" and their own concerns about the spiritual significance of this
holiday. While we all have to hear God for ourselves concerning these
decisions, we thought the following history of Halloween might be
lone players in action during their game last Friday night. The
Cardinals won S2-24.
wandered around in the darkness with his lantern until Judgment
Day. Fearful people hollowed out turnips (and later pumpkins in the
United States), carved an evil face on them, and a lit candle inside
to scare him and other evil spirits away.
The Druids had other outlandish beliefs which have since turned
into tradition. For example, they were afraid of black cats because
they believed that when a person committed evil, he would be turned
into a cat. Cats were thus considered to be evil. To scare them away,
the Druids decorated their homes with witches, ghosts and the like.
They also decorated with cornstalks, pumpkins and other goods "in
offering of thanks and praise to their false gods.
In addition to being Halloween, October 31 was also the New
Year's Eve of the Celts and Anglo-Saxons. To celebrate, they built
huge bonfires on hilltops to frighten away evil spirits, and often of
fered their crops and animals to the evil ones as a sacrifice-sometimes
they even offered themselves.
Some people believe that the only significance of Halloween was
as All Hallows' Eve, the evening before All Saints' Day. But All Saints'
Day was originally celebrated by the Catholic Church in May. About
A.D. 43 the Romans conquered the Celts and changed All Saints'
Day to November 1. The celebration remained the same with minor
additions. The Roman Harvest Festival was then held in honor of
Pamona, the goddess of fruit and trees (the practice of bobbing for
apples is derived from this). And the Romans also wanted to honor
the newly overpowered descendants of the Druids in Germany and
Scandinavia, so All Saints' Day and Halloween became unified with
the same focus of reverencing the dead.
The combination of these customs has developed into the tradi
tional celebration we call Halloween, victory
Information for this article was taken fh)m several sources all easily found at
i our local hhran Most encyclopedias have information on the origin and history
o f Halloween
continue till the soup is gone
or the games are over. The
soup supper will include
all you can eat homemade
soup, salad, bread and des
sert for $5.
Heppner High school
is celebrating homecoming
all week. This game will
also be Senior Night. During
the game seniors and parents
o f seniors will be recognized
during the game. It will also
be colt night. All the grade
school volleyball players
and all the Jr. High volley
ball players will be on-hand
to cheer the Mustangs on.
The girls are having
a great season and hope that
the community will come
and support them.
tin Archer to receiver, Clay
Morter and Alan Rietmann
added a TD on the ground.
Stefani thought the
game overall was a good
comeback from the tough
loss to South W asco the
week before. “ It’s good to
get some confidence and
know that the offense is
still working. We need to be
ready to take on Du fur and
hopefully, give them a run
for their money.”
The Cardinals travel
to Dufur this Saturday, Octo
ber 13 for a 5 p.m. kickoff.
lone will play their
Homecoming game on Fri
day, O ctober 19, against
Nixyaawii at 7 p.m.
Mustang Musings
I t ’s h o m e co m in g
week and it is going to be
exciting at Heppner High
school. Every day the kids
dress up and are judged on
their creativity with their
attire, and those who won
received prizes. In the after
noon there were assemblies
in the gym o f different activ
ities pitting classes against
one another. Monday was
a h ip -h o p d ress-u p day.
Tuesday was a sci-fi/ fantasy
dress-up day. W ednesday
was cops and robbers day
with the second annual mud
tug-of-war at 6 p.m. and a
bonfire to start at 8 p.m. on
Wednesday night. Thursday
is the traditional blue and
gold day. This is also the day
o f the noise parade. Classes
will be riding on floats going
down tow n making as much
noise as humanly possible.
Then we will venture down
to the field where the cheer
leaders will lead the school
in fight songs and chants. So
come on down Friday night
and support the mustangs
when we play Irrigon for our
homecoming game.
The word “ H om e
coming” was devised by a
man named Chester Brewer,
an athletic director o f the
University o f Missouri. He
was afraid that due to de
clining numbers o f people
attending football games,
that athletic programs would
become non-existent. Mr.
Brewer then came up with a
concept o f “home coming”.
He challenged all alumni
and fans to come out not
only for the game, but also
for a parade celebrating the
players, parties, all sorts of
celebrations, and o f course
the game. A record number
o f people showed up for
the festivities with numbers
reaching over 9,000 people.
The amazing thing about this
is that all o f this occurred in
1911. (Inform ation p ro
vided by H om ecom ing...
An American Tradition by
Cindy Nick).
Lexi Matteson
and Josh Makenzie
Wedding on Saturday, October 20, 2007
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