FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 5,2007
lone boys win one, lose one
Mustangs dropped by Bulldogs in championship
B> Kick Paullus
I he Heppner Mus
tangs could not overcome
a 10-0 deficit in the third
quarter as they lost to the
C ulver Bulldogs 10-6 on
Saturday, December 1, in
the U S. Bank Les Schwab
l ire OSAA Class 2A state
cham pionship game. The
Mustangs, w ho ended a very
successful year at 10-3, had
three costly turnovers that
led to all 10 points for the
Bulldogs, who did not have
any turnovers.
I he Mustangs also
said goodbye to seniors Lane
Bailey. Sean Murray, Andre
Rauch, Nacho Elguezabal,
.lake V anD oorn, D ennis
Kenny. Taylor Hodges, and
Nathan Van Cleave, who
played their final game in
the blue and gold.
I he team s traded
punts in their first two pos
sessions. Culver then drove
inside the Mustang 10 be
fore the defense stiffened
and they took over on downs
at the 17 yard line. Spencer
Palmer ran for five yards
and then Bailey ran twice
for 11 yards and a first down
at the 33 yard line. After
a false start, a fumble was
recovered by the Bulldogs at
the 25 yard line as the first
quarter came to an end.
The Bulldogs moved
to the Mustang five yard line
but Sam King had a sack for
a five yard loss and Culver
had to settle for a 28 yard
field goal by Nevin Lewis.
T he te a m s th e n
traded punts the rest o f the
quarter as both defenses
wouldn’t budge and yards
w ere hard to come by.
The Mustangs took
the second half kick-off at
the 33 yard line and looked
to get their offense going.
Bailey ran for seven yards
and after a loss o f one, Brent
Brent Eckman runs the ball in for a touchdown in Saturday’s
state championship game. -Photo by Sandy Matthews.
A Heppner Mustang pushes past a Culver player. -Photo by
Sandy Matthews
Eckman ran for four and a
first down. After a short run
by Bailey, Palmer took an
option pitch 12 yards and a
first down to the Culver 41
yard line. That’s when the
wheels came off as a fumble
was picked up by a Bulldog
at midfield and took it to
the one where Wacy Coil
ran him down from behind.
Lewis then ran it in and
kicked the extra point for a
10-0 lead with 7:58 left in
the third quarter.
The teams then trad
ed punts with the Mustangs
taking over in good field
position at the Culver 40
after a short punt. After an
incomplete pass, Eckman
ran for six yards then Bailey
picked up eight more and a
first down at the 26 yard line.
Eckman then dropped back
to pass and finding no one
open scrambled around the
right end and, getting blocks
from Kenny and Coil, took
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for the touchdown. The pass
attem pt on the two point
conversion fell incomplete
but the Mustangs had cut the
lead to 10-6 with 2:20 left in
the third.
The defen se held
forcing a punt with the Mus
tangs taking over at their
own 46 as the third quarter
came to an end. Eckman ran
twice for seven yards then
Bailey ran twice for seven
yards and a first down at
the Culver 40. The drive
ended, however, as a pass
was intercepted and was
brought back to the Culver
45 yard line.
The defen se held
forcing a punt with the Mus
tangs taking over at their
own 20 yard line. Eckman
ran for six yards then on
third down ran for six more
and a first down at the 32
yard line. Bailey ran for nine
yards and Eckman went for
six more but a holding pen
alty brought it back to the
31 yard line. After two short
gains facing a fourth and 12
they had to go for it but a
long pass was batted down
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December 1 4 - Pilot
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December 21, 22 -
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December 28, 29 -
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and the Bulldogs took over
w ith 3:21 left and were able
to run out the clock to secure
the championship.
Bailey led all rushes
with 69 yards on 21 carries
with Eckm an rushing 14
times for 49 yards.
The defense was led
by Rauch with 16 defen
sive points, Bailey having
13 points and VanDoorn
and Coil having 12 points
each. King had 11 points,
Elguezabal and Kenny each
had nine points, and Jordan
Hatfield had eight points.
Heppner 0 0 6 0-6
Culver 0 3 7 0-10
Second Quarter
C u lv e r - N e v in
Lewis, 28 yard field goal
9:14.
Third Quarter
Culver - Lewis, one
yard run (Lewis kick) 7:58.
H e p p n er - B ren t
Eckman, 26 yard run (pass
failed) 2:29.
Team Statistics
H e p p n e r: s e v e n
first downs; 40-133 rushes-
yards; 0 passing yards; 133
total yards; 0-3-1 passes; 4-2
fumbles-lost; 4-25 penalties-
yards; 23:00, time o f posses
sion; 4-11 third down con
versions; 1-2 fourth down
conversions.
Culver: seven first
downs; 38-107 rushes-yards;
16 passing yards; 123 total
yards; 3-10-0 passes; 1-0
fumbles-lost; 4-42 penalties-
yards; 25:00, time o f posses
sion; 0-11 third down con
versions; 3-4 fourth down
conversions.
Individual Statistics
Rushing: H eppner-
Lane Bailey 21 -69, Eckman
14-49, Spencer Palmer 5-15.
C ulver-Paul Krueger 9-46,
Austin Alley 12-34, Lewis
14-24, Kyle Mancini 3-6,
Team 1 -( -3 ).
Passing: H eppner
- Eckman 0-3-1, 0 yards.
Culver - Lewis 3-10-0, 16
yards.
Receiving: Culver:
Krueger 1-17, Tyler Warren
1-3, Alley I-(-4).
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January 4 - Enter
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January 5 - Elgin at
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January 11 - Stan
field at Heppner, 3 p.m.
January 12 - Irrigon
at Irrigon, 1 p.m.
January 18 - Pilot
Rock at Pilot Rock, 3 p.m.
January 19-W eston
M cE w en at H ep p n er, 1
p.m.
January 25 - Enter
prise at Enterprise, 3 p.m.
January 26 - Elgin
at Elgin, I p.m.
February 1 - Union
at Heppner, 3 p.m.
February 2 - Weston
McEwen at Athena, 1 p.m.
February 5 - Irrigon
at Heppner, 3 p.m.
February 8 - Stan
field at Stanfield, 3 p.m.
February 15, 16 -
District at Pendleton, TBA.
An lone player looks for someone to pass the basketball off to
during one of their recent games. -Photo by Theresa Crawford
The lone Boys’ var
sity split their games at the
lone Basketball Bonanza
November 30 and December
1, dropping a close one to
Riverside on Friday and run
ning away from Enterprise
on Saturday.
T he C a rd in a ls
m atched the 3A P irates
score for score in the first
half, leading 12-11 at the
end o f one and 27-26 at the
half. But a four-point third
quarter let Riverside start to
slip away and get away for
good when they connected
on 10 o f 12 free throws in
the fourth quarter to win
55-45. The C ards pulled
w ithin four in the late going
but could never get closer.
Bryce D oherty o f
R iverside led all scorers
with 21 points. Paul Flams
led the Cardinals in scoring
with 13 points including two
three pointers. Matt Hams
added 11, also knocking
down two treys. The Cards
were out-rebounded 32-41
by the taller Pirates. Kip
Krebs led the effort under
the basket w ith eleven. Paul
Hams led the team with
five assists and Paul and
Matt Hams both had three
steals.
The C ards were a
little rusty in the shooting
departm ent, hitting 18 o f
71 from the field and just
4 o f 12 from the line. The
Pirates hit 13 o f 17 from the
free throw line and 18 of 47
from the floor.
“ I thought the kids
played well for the first game
of the season. Take away our
poor third quarter and the
game was ours to w in," said
Coach Dennis Stefani. “All
in all, I was pleased with
our performance against a
school that is two classifica
tions above us.’’
On Saturday after
noon, the Cardinals struggled
through an error and foul-
plagued first half against
Enterprise before getting it
together for a 72-50 win.
Twenty first half turnovers
and a six point first quarter
could have spelled disaster
for the Cards but despite the
scattered play on the floor,
lone scored 25 points in the
second quarter and scrapped
to a 31-30 halftime lead. The
team started to roll in the
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third quarter. Cory Peterson
came oft'the bench to hit a
big three followed by two
more buckets to ignite the
team. They Cards stretched
out to a 53-42 lead and
cruised to the win.
S ix ty - th r e e fre e
throws were shot between
the two teams with Enter
prise going to the line 39
times. They connected on
21 while lone hit 11 o f their
24 attempts. Five Cardinals
finished the game with four
fouls.
Matt Hams led all
scorers with 15 points fol
lowed by Kip Krebs with 12.
Seven more Cardinals got in
the scorebook. Justin Archer
added nine w hile Kevin
Fowler and Paul Hams had
eight each. Clay Morter and
Cory Peterson had seven
each while Alan Rietmann
and Matt Coleman each had
three.
The C ards out-re-
bounded the O utlaw s by
the same margin they were
outdone the night before,
41-32. Clay Morter led the
charge with 11 boards fol
lowed by Kip Krebs with
nine. The Cards racked up
14 assists led by Paul Hams
w ith six, Alan Rietm ann
with five and Justin Archer
with four.
“We started out slow
but finally started to look
like the team I expect to
see in the second half," said
Coach Stefani. “Cory Peter
son came into the game in
the third quarter and gave
us a lot o f energy. In return,
the w hole team responded.”
He also noted that Alan Riet
mann did a great job o f run
ning the offense when Paul
Hams got into foul trouble.
“This was a good game to
start to build from.”
The Cardinals travel
to the Enterprise this week
end.
Heppner Ju
nior High Boys/
Girls Basketball
Schedule
D ecem b er 7, 8 -
Mount Vernon at 9 a.m.
December 10 - Pilot
Rock at Heppner (B-A/B)
at 5 p.m.
D ecem ber 13 - at
Sunridge (B-A/B) at 4 p.m.
December 15 - Hep
pner Tourney (B-A/B) at 9
a.m.
January 4 - Pilot
Rock at Pilot Rock (G-A/B)
at 5 p.m.
January 5 - Condon
Tourney (G /B -A /B ) at 9
a.m.
January 10 - The
Dalles at Heppner (G-A/B)
at 4 p.m.
January 11 - Echo
Girls (Cove also) at Echo
(G-A/B) at 9 a.m.
January 12 - lone
Tournament (B/G-A/B) at
9 a.m.
January 12 - lone,
Sherm an at H eppner (B-
A/B) at 9 a.m.