Last modified: Sunday, October 28, 2007 3:07 AM PDT Tigers find no trouble in McLoughlin By Argus Observer Sports Staff Milton-Freewater - The Cardinal and Corn did not get affected by the long bus trip to McLoughin as they dismantled the Mac-Hi Pioneers Friday night 59-7 in Greater Oregon League action. “Our guys played really well in the beginning and came out focused,” Ontario head coach Randy Waite said. “We executed well on offense and defense. They did a good job in not letting Mac-Hi have a chance.” The Tigers exploded out of the bus for 35 first quarter points and were led by Jake Turner who tallied 104 yards on eight carries.   “I think they want to win the conference outright and it shouldn’t be too much of a problem,” Waite said. The Tigers added 21 more points in the second frame to take a 56-0 lead before Mac-Hi ever got on the board.   The Pioneers scored just before the half ended on an 8-yard scamper. Ontario added a 21-yard field goal in the third quarter off the leg of Jacob Haueter to end all scoring and extended its lead to 59-7. One of the Ontario players (Robert Keyes) had his brother killed in Afghanistan, and Waite said the team played and dedicated the game for him and his family. “It goes back to our family theme, when those things happen, our kids know when anything goes wrong they can lean on each on other,” Waite said. “They are a pretty focused group and they are going after it.” The win puts the Tigers all alone at the top in the GOL with 2-0 record and a 9-0 record overall, with one game left to play.   Friday, Ontario will be on the road to wrap up the regular season. The game will kick off at 7 p.m. PST. “La Grande is going to come out ready to play. They (La Grande) want a share of championship, we want it outright,” Waite said. “They want that No. 1 seed and I think we’ll be ready to play.” Council 52, Wilder 0 On senior night, in the last regular season game of the 2007 season, the Council football team got a boost from a surpirsing source. With the score 44-0 in the second quarter, senior offenisve lienman John Ludwig lined up in the backfield and found paydirt for the first time in his career. Ludwig also added the 2-point conversion and the Lumberjacks ran away with an easy 52-0 drubbing of Wilder at Lumberjack Field in Council. “This is just a complete team right here,” Council head coach Dan Shumway said. “Everybody contributes offensively. Keith (Heil) has stepped in at quarterback and has done an outstanding job for us. We have good runing backs, a solid line and the quarterback play has been good.” Council wasted no time getting on the board and on the first play from scrimmage, Curt Clagg caught a 62-yard touchdown pass from Keith Heil for the score. On Wilder’s ensuing possession, Bo Green intercepted a pass and rumbled 65-yards to the house and before the fans could warm up the seats, Council was up 14-0. Heil then added a 23-yard run, Bo Green added a 33-yard run and Bubba Zielinksi scored on a 9-yard run which made the score 36-0. Randy Nichols capped a wild first quarter with a 34-yard run which gave Council a 44-0 lead after 12 minutes of play. Ludwig then stamped a successful evening with his heroics and after 24 minutes of play, the game was called due to the 45-point rule. Council put up 296 yards of offense, chalked up four first downs and only ran 16 plays from scrimmage.  Farrar led the ground game with 78 yards on four carries and Zielinski added 47 yards. Heil went 2-for-2 for 80 yards and a touchdwon. Once again, the defense answered the bell, holding the Wildcats to 38 total yards, forced five turnovers and chalked up three quarterback sacks. “They have all accepted playing as a team,” Shumway said. “No one cares about stats and individual acheivement. They think about winning the game and winning a state championship.” Council (9-0 overall, 6-0 league) next hosts Hagerman in the first round of state action at 1 p.m. Saturday. Cascade 30, Tri-Valley 28 Despite trailing by a couple of touchdowns at the half, the Titans of Tri-Valley bounced back and made a game of it Friday night against Cascade. But in the end, the lack of time-outs cost the Titans the game, losing 30-28. The Titans battled back in the second half, no thanks to the running of Ross Branch who returned a punt and a kick off for touchdowns. On Tri-Valley’s final drive of the game, with the clock winding down, head coach Mark Loveland called for the infamous Hail Mary. The pigskin took flight towards the endzone, but came down in the wrong hands as Cascade sealed the victory with a game ending interception. “If we had a time out we might have been able to work the field a little better, but that is how it goes,” Loveland said. “The boys played really well. Penalties killed the Titans, according to Loveland. “Every time we would put together a drive, a penalty would set us back,” he said. “And if anything could have went wrong, it did.” Loveland said the Titans had a good season, going 4-5 overall and 1-3 in conference. “We had some ups and downs. We’re a new coaching staff and we made a few mistakes,” he said. “We will make a few changes next year, but all in all we had a really good season.” Tri-Valley is losing a good bunch of seniors, eight in all, but Loveland said they have a good bunch a juniors and sophomores returning.   “We expect to be much improved come next year,” Loveland said.