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Mason carries Mustangs to win MURPHY � Nick Mason has run Hidden Valley back into the state football playoff picture. The senior running back posted his second straight 200-yard rushing performance and his third in the past four games as the Mustangs defeated Mazama 21-13 in a Skyline Conference game Friday. Mason rushed 43 times for a season-high 247 yards. The Mustangs� season comes down to next Friday�s game against Illinois Valley at Cave Junction. If Hidden Valley (5-3, 4-2 Skyline) wins, it advances to the state playoffs as the conference�s No. 2 team. A Hidden Valley loss keeps the Mustangs out of the postseason and puts Illinois Valley in as the league�s No. 3 team. Hidden Valley drove 59 yards for a touchdown on its first possession of the game. Mason scored from 3 yards out on the seventh play of the drive with 7:55 left in the opening period. Mazama answered when quarterback Brendan Quirke connected with Eric Brosterhous for a 25-yard scoring pass. The Vikings then went ahead 13-7 when Robert Draper picked up a blocked punt on the 2 and scored with 2:30 remaining in the opening period. The Mustangs marched 60 yards on 11 plays with Mason scoring from the 2 with 3:08 left in the half. Mason capped another 11-play drive with a 4-yard TD burst with 11:21 left in the game. Mazama was limited to 76 yards on the ground and 112 through the air. Mazama.........................................................13 0 0 0 � 13 Hidden Valley ...............................................7 7 0 7 � 21 HV � Mason 3 run (Combe kick) M � Brosterhous 25 pass from Quirke (Gansberg kick) M � Draper block punt return for touchdown (kick failed) HV � Mason 2 run (Combe kick) HV � Mason 4 run (Combe kick). ROGUE RIVER 14, PHOENIX 6 � At Phoenix, Rogue River came up with two big plays in the Skyline Conference game and posted its first victory of the season. Rogue River is 1-7 overall and 1-5 in the Skyline, and Phoenix dropped to 2-6 and 1-5. Nick Bashans ran a fly pattern up the sideline and hauled in a 29-yard touchdown pass from Travis Bowers in the first quarter for a 7-0 Chieftains lead. Bowers made it 14-0 in the third when he busted off tackle, broke four tackles and got some nice downfield blocking on a 35-yard scoring jaunt. Phoenix�s touchdown came on the last play of the game after Bobby Dawson hit three straight passes that covered 83 yards in 46 seconds. He found Eric Kessler for 29 yards, Landon Rhodes for 37, then Rhodes the final 17 for the touchdown. Rogue River..................................................7 0 7 0 � 14 Phoenix............................................................0 0 0 6 � 6 RR � Bashans 29 pass from Bowers (Perryman kick) RR � Bowers 35 run (Perryman kick) P � Rhodes 17 pass from Dawson (no PAT) HENLEY 34, NORTH VALLEY 14 � At Merlin, third-ranked Henley (8-0, 6-0 Skyline) clinched its second straight Skyline Conference championship. Junior quarterback Frank Gauntz threw for three touchdowns and ran for two. For the Hornets, it�s their sixth Skyline championship in eleven years. Henley..........................................................7 20 7 0 � 34 North Valley...............................................0 0 7 7 � 14 Hen � Gauntz 1 run (Gauntz kick) Hen -�Gauntz 3 run (kick failed) Hen � Frost 4 pass from Gauntz (Townsend run) Hen � Grohs 20 pass from Gauntz (Gauntz kick) Hen � Nunes 15 pass from Gauntz (Gauntz kick) NV � Wright 55 pass from Cunha (Phelps kick) NV � Harper 9 pass from Phelps (Phelps kick) ILLINOIS VALLEY 52, LAKEVIEW 0 � At Cave Junction, the Cougars compiled 349 yards rushing on 47 carries for a shutout win. Senior Mike Peterson rushed for 180 yards on nine carries, including touchdown runs of 88 yards and 66 yards. Senior Brandon Henry had two touchdown runs for the Cougars. Lakeview had 173 total yards and committed five turnovers. Lakeview.....................................................0 0 0 0 � 0 Illinois Valley........................................21 21 7 3 � 52 IV -� Peterson 88 run (Larson kick) IV -� Henry 22 run (Larson kick) IV -� Henry 4 run (Larson kick) IV � Peterson 66 run (Larson kick) IV � Jon Pope 7 run (Larson kick) IV � Henry 5 run (Larson kick) IV � Middleton 33 pass from Miller (Larson kick) IV � FG Larson 24 Mail Tribune Home | Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. | Dow Jones & Co., Inc. | Privacy | Contact Us Copyright � 2000 Mail Tribune, Inc.