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
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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
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GIIF.ATKR UI MHjN LEAGUE
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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
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Jordan 10
Nehl 2
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Fix 5
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