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Mustangs Gain Split, Crack Victory Column nttfntn GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. January H. Win hungry ragcrs of Heppner High school broke into the Greater Oregon league victory column Friday night when they tripped Grant Union of Juhn Day here. SH to 53. but the vis liiirs evened tilings for the aerlea Saturday night with a come from behind triumph. M to 57. in each game the Mustang tiMik the floor with a ruar and piled up licuv v leads in the first half. Hut also in each contest they ttulfcrcd from "second half ills." A streak of wild play and relaxing delenc in the late third period and fourth quarter Friday Just about lost the game fur th tin. but they held on lor the dear win. On Saturday night, alter Induing an U-point margin final buzzer, sank one of two alter the team had h-lt the floor lo bring the count to the final 58 53 margin. Saturday night's game was al most a repitition ot Friday ex cept that the Mustangs' second half slump was tuo much of a slump Irum which to recover. They showed finesse und poise in the (list hall but lallered badly In the third quarter and Grant poured on the coal. Moyer had a fine night and played his heart out fir the Mus-tang-, mnklr.g 21 points on nine bucket and three tree throws. I'ad'jerg had 11 joint.s on five field goals and four from the free throw line. buckets by Moyer. bprtngc JI A at Intermission, the boys and Applegate right at the start hit their doldrums and. faced with a John Day rush, found themselves trailing, 31MA, by the run ui uic iiuiu 4uiiri. tutrjr steadied in the fourth and put on a determined comeback, but Captain liruce Moyer final lay in with one second remaining brought them short by one point of throwing the game Into over time, and they lelt the floor in defeat, 58-57. Sophomores Doug Dubuque and Lee 1'ad berg were instru mental in the Friday victory. Big Doug tallied 14 points on five buckets and lour Irom the tree throw line, but Pad berg was tops for tho Mustangs wun seven field goals and three from the free throw stripe lor 17 jxilnts. Pestiferous Andy Con forth counted an equalizing 17 for John Day, and he was followed by his staunch teammate, Joe Gaare. with lb. The Mustangs went out In front early in each game. On Friday night, Dick Springer opened with a free throw and a Jump from the key to send the squad ahead, 3-0. Padbcrg followed with a steal and lay in to make it 5-0, and with Shan Applegate and Captain Moyer getting Into the scoring act, the team moved into a nice 16-10 first Quarter lead The second quarter also was solidly in the Mustang camp with the regulars being added late in the period by Keserves Bill Cox and LeRoy Gardner. The count went to 32-18 for the game high spread of 14 points before Conforth connected on a free throw just before halftlme to make it 3219. John Day never took the lead, but they whittled away at It from that point. In the fourth quarter Conforth and Gaare put on a surge that pulled the vis itors to within four points, 53-49, with three minutes remaining. Gaare then hit a pusher 4 that brought it down to a two-point margin, 53-51, but Spring came back, with two minutes left, to tally on a tipln, making It 55-51. Irresistable Mr. Gaare sank two gift shots to make it 55-53, but Springer wasn't going to let this one get away. He had two chan ces on the charity line and calm ly sank both for another four point spread, 57-53, as the fren zied crowd roared. John Day got two more gift shots to make It of the tussle h:uught the Mus tangs a ti ll lead, and the crowd settled back In anticipation of another sweet victory. Ihe Mus tarn's were really rolling. Hut Grant Union didn't fume Just fur the ride and they started mov Ing with Jerry Gibson and Con forth connecting. Ihe Heppner live, however, staved oil this early threat, held u lo 11 first quarter lead and moved lurlhcr away in period Iso. 2. Applegate swished a long pusher at the start of the second quarter, and Mover drilled a uuir Iroin the floor to make it 2213. With Tad here and Springer ulso doing some good work, the Mustangs found themselves In front, 31-23, at the half. Liirhtninc struck the Mustangs In the third period. Gibson and Gaare both connected to start a scoring rampage of 21 points in the period. .Meanwhile the lleiioner live was unable to rip Die the net with a field goal and scored only five points, Downfall lor the Mustangs came in the last lour minutes of the third quarter. Jim Lenz laid one in, Gaare broke away with two more layins, Willis Sen- tay followed with another, Lenz sank a pusher, Gibson tallied on a pusher and Lenz finished with a long set. Thus, the John Day boys polished on seven iiciu goals while the bewildered Mus tangs froze, and the third quar ter ended with the score Jii-44 for the visitors. Sprlneer snapped them out of it with a hook to open the lourth to bring Heppner back in con tention, 41-44, but Gibson hit to nullify it. Moyer connected from the corner, and It was 43-4G. The teams traded off on scoring un til Moyer broke away for a lay up to bring Heppner within one point, 48-49, and he followed with a Jumper that brought them momentarily back into the lead at 50-49, , but Gibson took the advantage for John Day with a shot that made it 50-51. Conforth widened the spread to three with a Jumper with two minutes to go, 50-53, but Du buque's jumper equalized it. Gaare connected for John Day and It was 52-55. Padbcrg went the distance of the floor and laid one In to make It 51-55, but Sentay scored on an out of bounds play, and Lenz made a free throw to give the visitors i ; : h. C K tj y ; . ,.-v i : s ii u r if -Tk jat 11 Pet. .K75 M7 .Soil .167 .107 SHAN APPLEGATE. a ipaikpl on th Heppnar basketball team, will b in the starting lindup against Ion Tuesday night. (G-T Photo) point lead, 54-58. Moyer made a Iree throw with 1 seconds ien and then connected on a last second liyin that brought the tinal margin to the lone point. Friday score: GRANT UNION SS Fg Ft PI Tp ONE OF lONE'S high scorer's who will b in action against Heppnor her Tuesday night Is RollU Ekstrom. (G-T Photo) Sentay Gaare Lenz Conlorth Gibson E. Gaare Smith Totals 57-55, but Moyer. fouled at the their last points and a four- Applogata Moyer Dubuque bpringer 'adberg Cox Gardner Smith Totals 2 5 4 5 2 0 0 18 HEPPNER Kg 4 3 5 1 7 0 1 1 22 Saturday night: Sentay J. Gaaro Lenz Conforth Gibson Smith Griffith E. Gaare Totals Applegate Moyer Dubuque Springer Padberg Cox Gardner Totals 3 8 5 6 5 0 0 0 27 IER Fg 4 9 3 2 5 0 0 23 0 2 4 6 4 16 3 5 11 7 5 17 15 5 2 12 0 10 l!T 23 55 58 Ft Pf Tp 0 5 8 3 4 9 4 4 14 2 5 4 3 5 17 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 12 lT 2 58 N 58 Ft Pf Tp 2 2 8 0 4 16 1 2 11 1 4 13 0 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 17 58 57 Ft Pf Tp 2 3 10 3 3 21 0 5 6 2 4 6 4 3 14 0 10 0 0 0 11 19 57 Fishing Hearing Slated Friday Oregon sportsmen are advised that the sport fishing regulations for the 1962 season will be open for discussion at a public hear ing Friday, January 12, at the game commissions Portland headquarters, 1634 S. W. Alder. The meeting Is scheduled to be gin at 10 a. m. During the hearing winter and summer angling regulations for all game fish will be covered. All persons are Invited to at tend the regulations hearing. SAVE on a FORD STYLESIDE PICKUP during our big SAVINGS PARADE Ml I ft I Is! n . E .... f' inn'i,iYrt,'ii i mnWMr rr -nir 1 c .. .. 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Heppner, Oregon QTTQJ5 PB.EC E5 154 USED TRUCES, TOO) Trip lo Burns ' Due on Week-end' For Hoop Fives Standings GIIF.ATKR UI MHjN LEAGUE twesit-rn Di vision) W L Madras 7 Sherman 4 hums 3 lli'ppnT 1 John D.iy 1 After cracking the win rtilumn In the i.reater Oregon L4-L-ue against Grant Union (John Day) last weeH-end here, the Heppner Mustangs take the long trail to Burns UKuy and Saturday. They wm pi ay rriiiay night and re. main through the Saturday night tussles before heading for nome. linh Ja-e-s and varsity will make the trip taking off from Jieppner via bus at a. m. Frl day. Although Burns has lost three games In league play, their most recent success was a 70-52 (humping of ihe league leading White Euffalos of Madras. They have Iren. a 6-5 skyscracr, who Is heading their attack this year. While the Burns five will be favored In the series there, the Mustangs, who have shown a lot of ability, could well be In line to upset them. They came wnnin a wnisker or dropping Madras in the games here and at one time lead the Buffs by ix poinrs. in tact, in a number of games they have played this year, tno Mustangs have rolled up good leads, only to fall be hind In later stages of the con tests. Once they have found the formula of steadying down and going the distance, they will be tough to beat and still stand to wind up with a respectable percentage In league standings. Some help for the Heppner var sity came after the holidays when John Porter, 6-2, transfer red to high school here from Pilot Rock. He was Ineligible against John Day because details of the transfer had not been completed. Against Bums, Coach Bob Can tonwine will probably start Cap- Cards Nip St. Jo, Lose One fcaskeh-erf of lone Hlzh 9ch-l hlt out f 44 attempt f..r made li two In a row over St. 5 M.r cent while lone hit a juseii ui ri-nujt-inn rriuay nijjni when ti-y wun. Jti lo 27. at IVtulleton. but they took a 46 20 hellack'tig at tho hand of high- powered MiEwen of Athena Sat urday night at lone. This was the M-cniid triumph of the Scot- lie over the Cardinal. They won eiirller with a split iutd at Athena, the resl of their boys being used In a doubb-header the same evening with Ml. Ver non. Too much height was the key to the McF-wen victory over the lards. In the first half, they rolled to a 23 11 advantage, but weni Into high gear In the we ond half, picking up 23 HiinU while holding the Cards to six. In the third Quarter, the lone lads, far off on their shooting, made only one point. Coach Glenn Blehl said he fig ured some of the slump was due to reaching a high piteh In ear lier games, particularly against Heppner. Harold Youncs was the top scorer of the evening with 12 for the MrKwen five and Mike Shields had 10. Hon Crabtree hit for seven for the Cards, followed by Hollie Ekstrom with six Showing their off night, the Cards made only nine of .la shots. The number o; chances was verv low for a ball game, and the percentage made was also very low. Mctwen h id 20 made in 56 attempts. On Mondav following the game, Coach Biehl was atempt Ing to work out new combina tions and get his team coordi nated for coming league games. Neither lone nor St. Jo were particularly strong In their shooting and play at Pendleton Friday night, but the Cards were good enough to administer St. Jo their second loss of the year. The wuejays made only nine .2.10 percentage. On th free throw line the .Card hit 20 of 30 attempts while St. Jo had only 9 of 15. The losers put the clamp on high scoring Hon Crabtree and held him without a field goal. All fUe of hi jtoints came on the free throw line. But wun Crabtree held down. Hollie Ek strom took over and made 14 for high jdnt honors. Don Jor. dan had 10 for the bluej.iys. lone jayvce won preliminaries both nights, topping St. Jo 42 to 25, and McEwen, 44 30, McEwn 48 Ion 20 F 7 Ashcroft Ekstrom (1 F 10 Shields Pointer 2 C 12 Youncs Davidson 0 G 5 Smith Hams 1 G 8 Mc.Millin Crabtree 7 Keserves: McEwin Wldner 2. Rushing, Coppack 2, Alderman, Blackwell. lone Padberg 2. Nelson, Mad den. Morgan, Palmer, Rlgby 2. McEwen lone 5 8 18 6 12 1 1110 520 tain Bru.'e Moyer, Lee Tadberg, Dick Springer, Doug Dubuque and Shan Annleeate. Reserves Include LeRoy Gardner. Ken Smith who came up from the ayvees. Kit George, Bill Cox and Porter. Ion 36 F 14 Ekstrom F 4 I-olnter C 7 Davidson G 4 Hams G 5 Crabtree Reserves: lone Rigl y 1 an. St. Joseph N e y t Knights. lone 7 8 10 113(5 St. Joe 5 7 6 927 a St Joseph 27 Jordan 10 Nehl 2 O'Grady 5 James 1 Fix 5 Madden, Morg- 4, Alex, Long Distance Natlon-Wid Moving Service Mayflower Agents Padded Vans PENLAND BROS. TRANSFER CO. 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