Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - FIVE
Mustangs roll past Loggers to advance to quarterfinals
B y K i c k P a u llu s
The Heppner Mus
tangs continued their suf
focating defense as they
rolled past the v ¡siting Scio
Loggers 41-8 to advance
to the quarterfinals o f the
US Bank/Les Schwab Tire
OS A A 2 A football play-offs
on Saturday, November 10.
The Mustangs, now 8-2 on
the year, will be at home
against the Nestucca Bob
cats, w ho beat Glendale 8-6,
on Saturday, Nov ember 17,
at 1 p.m.
The Loggers took
the opening kick-off and,
unable to move the ball, had
to punt with the Mustangs
taking over at their own 45
yard line. After a false start
penalty, Lane Bailey ran for
three, Brent Eckman went
for seven, and then Bailey
ran for three more. On the
fourth down Bailey went for
seven more and a first down
at the Scio 40 yard line.
Bailey went for 13 yards
and Eckman ran twice for
19 yards. Bailey then took
it in from the eight for the
touchdown. The two point
conversion failed but the
Mustangs led 6-0 midway
through the first quarter.
The d efen se held
again and the M ustangs
took over at their 41 after a
punt and went back to work.
Bailey went three times for
13 yards and Eckman ran
for 12. After an illegal mo
tion and an incomplete pass,
Eckman went for seven and
Bailey for eight yards to
bring up fourth and one at
the 36 as the first quarter
ended. Bailey then broke
free on the first play o f the
second quarter and took it
#28 Spencer Palmer takes the hall from #1 Lane Bailey during
the Mustangs' victorious game against Scio. Photo hy Sandy
Matthews
#76 Senior Andre Kauch makes a huge wall against the Scio
punter during the first round of state playoffs. The Mustangs
beat the Scio loggers 41-8. The Mustangs will play the Nestucca
Bobcats on Saturday, November 17, at 1 p.m. Photo by Sandy
Matthews
all the way to the endzone
and ran in the two point con
version to make it 14-0.
On the Loggers’ next
possession, Nacho Elgueza-
bal recovered a fumble at
the Scio 48 yard line and
the M ustangs w ere back
in business. Eckman went
for 15 yards on first dow n
and after a delay o f game
penalty, Bailey went for 16
more. After an incomplete
pass and short gain by Spen
cer Palmer, Bailey scored
his third touchdown of the
first half from 20 yards out.
Palmer ran in the two point
conversion to make it 22-0
midway through the second
quarter.
The defen se held
again but the Mustangs gave
it right back on an inter
cepted pass that was brought
back to the Heppner 33 yard
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line. The d id n 't w eaken
though and they took over
on downs at the 28 yard line.
Bailey ran tw ice for 12 yards
and alter an incomplete pass
and a false start, Willy Gen
try hit Eckman on a pass.
Eckman outran the defense
for a 65 yard touchdown.
The two point conversion
failed but the Mustangs had
a 28-0 lead at the half.
Bryan Holland took
the second h a lf k ic k -o ff
out to the M u stan g s’ 41
yard line and went to work
as Bailey ran for nine and
Eckman for six yards and a
first down. A delay o f game
penalty moved them back
five. Palmer then went for
tw o and H olland took a
lateral pass for four. Bailey
went for four more and on
fourth dow n, went for eight
yards and a first down at
the 31. Eckman hit Dennis
Kenny for 30 yards to the
one where Bailey took it in
for the touchdown and, after
Josh Shank kicked the extra
point, the Mustangs led 35-0
with 8:08 left in the third.
The d efen se held
again, but another intercep
tion ended the M ustangs’
drive. Heppner got the ball
back again at the Scio 44
after a short punt. A fter
two plays lost three yards,
Bailey went for 10 and Eck
man went for five more and
a first down at the 35 yard
line. After a short gain by
Bailey, Eckman dropped in
a perfect pass to Holland at
the goal line for a 32 yard
touchdown. The two point
conversion failed but the
M ustangs had the gam e
well in hand at 41-0 with
YOU
8:41 left.
The team s traded
punts as the Mustangs were
substituting freely. Ian Mur
ray then recov ered a fumble
at midfield but they could
not move the ball and had
to punt it away again.
The Loggers then
put together their only long
^rive o f the game, capped
by a 20 yard touchdown run
by Colter Mastenbrock w ith
:05.2 left.
Bailey finished with
192 yards on 25 carries and
four touchdowns with Eck
man picking up 71 yards on
eight carries and hit two of
six passes for 62 yards and a
touchdow n. Gentry was one
for two for 65 yards and a
touchdown.
The defense was led
by Kenny with 14 points.
A ndre R auch added 13
points and Elguezabal had
10 points. Sam King had
nine points and Bailey, Eck
man, and Wacy Coil each
had eight points.
" Scio 0 0 0 8-8
H e p p n e r 6 22 7
6-41
First Quarter
H e p p n e r - L ane
Bailey, eight yard run (run
failed) 5:29.
Second Quarter
Heppner - Bailey,
36 yard run (B ailey run)
11:53. Bailey, 20 yard run
(Spencer Palmer run) 7:05.
Brent Eckman, 65 yard pass
from W illy G entry (run
failed) 1:08.
Third Quarter
Heppner - Bailey,
one yard run (Josh Shank
kick) 8:08.
Fourth Quarter
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Cardinal Booster
Club meeting
held
The Cardinal Boost
er Club meeting met Mon
day, N ovem ber 5, at the
school library. Seven mem
bers w ere present. C lub
members expressed appre
ciation to Anne Morter and
Laurel Cannon for work on
the com m unity calen d ar
and Becky Tullis for prepar
ing the tax exempt status
reports.
Superintendent
Browning will ask the ESD
to prepare a sport program
sample to use at basketball
games. Business support
ers will be printed on the
backs of the programs. Jeri
McElligott will check with
tech teacher Lindsay Orem
about correcting the typing
errors on the web site by
laws page. Arlynda Gates is
still gathering information
to complete a responsibil
ity list for each o f the club
committees. Dean Robinson
rep o rted the th ree-p o in t
shot board sponsored by
Sandhollow Ag Products is
nearly complete and w ill be
in the gym by the start o f
basketball season.
The B ooster Club
Christmas Tree Committee
co n sists o f Anita O rem ,
Toby Garrett and Glenda
Taylor. The Christmas pro
gram for grades K-5 will be
December 11.
The annual Basket
ball Bonanza Tournament
will be November 30-De-
cem ber 1 with both v ar
sity and junior varsity boy’s
and girl’s teams competing.
W heatland Insurance and
the Bank of Eastern Oregon
will sponsor the hospital
ity room for referees and
coaches. Gates is in charge
o f concessions for the week
end.
The next meeting o f
the Cardinal Booster Club
will be Monday. December
3, at 7 p.m. in the school
library.
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Scio - Colter Mastenbrock,
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:05.2.
Team Statistics
Fleppner: 14 first
downs, 43-285 rushes-yards,
127 passing yards, 3-8-2
passes, 2-0 fum bles-lost,
and 9-65 penalties-yards.
Scio: 3 first downs,
42-189 rushes-yards, 0 pass-
ing yards, 0-2-0 p asses,
2-2 fu m b les-lo st, 10-52
penalties-yards.
Individual Statistics
R u sh in g : S c io -
Brock Sarbeck 17-90; Mas
tenbrock 14-62; Max Heil
8-18; Ring 3-19. H ep p
ner - Bailey 25-192; Eck
man 8-71; P alm er 4-11;
Chris Lien 2-1; Keenan Jack
1-5; H olland 1-4 Jordan
Wright 1-3; Eric Chick 1-0;
Shank 1 -(-1); Dennis Kenny
l-(-l).
Passing: Scio - Ring
0- 2-0, 0 yards. Heppner -
Eckman 2-6-2, 62 yards;
Gentry 1-2-0, 65 yards.
Receiving: Heppner
Eckman 1-65, H olland
1- 32, Kenny 1-30.
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