Mustangs, Pilot Rock
Square With
CHEATER OREGON LEAGUE
(Western Division)
W. L. Pet
Heppner 4 0
Sherman 3 1
Burns 2 2
Pilot Rock l 3
Grant Union 0 4
1.000
.750
.500
.250
.000
With the Rockets running hp
hind just out of reach through
the game, Heppner High's var
sity basketball five defeated the
visiting Pilot Rock quintet here
rriaay nignt, t8 to 58. This even
ed the games between the teams
at one each, but Heppner's win
was a little sweeter since it was
a league game and the first one
was a non-counter.
The Mustangs iumDed to an
early 8 to 1 lead and were never
neaaea, although the Rockets
were within three at the end
of the first period, 15 to 12, and
mreaienea 10 pour on the steam
at other times. Despite the pres
sure, though, the Heppner clan
sometimes forged in front by as
much as 17 points.
A little foreboding of possible
calamity tor the Mustangs came
when John Porter and Dick
Springer of the home five got
in hot water with personal fouls
and eventually went out. This
gave the Rockets a chance to
gam in the fourth stanza but
not enough to turn defeat into
victory.
Shan Applegate, who had slim
pickings in the first half and
chalked up several passing vio
lations, came on with a rush af
ter intermission and burned the
net with accurate shooting to
become the high point man for
Heppner with 21. He made his
points on seven of 12 field goal
attempts, plus seven of 10 free
throws.
The boy who proved dvna
mite for the Mustangs was Rich
Mikel who poured through 11
buckets of 19 attempts and got
two of four free throws for 24
betore retiring from the game
on five personals. This lanky lad
is an ill omen for opponents in
the future since he is only a
sophomore.
Lee Padberg, Heppner's far
- and-away scoring leader for the
season, didn't have his best
shooting eye this night for he
connected on only five of 22
attempts. On the free throw line
he hit six of nine tries, building
a respectable 16-point total.
Padberg, a marked man, had to
fight for every shot, however, be
cause of the Rockets' determined
attempts to subdue him.
Springer had a rousing first
half, scoring 12 points, but he
managed only one more before
retiring on personals in the sec
ond half. Porter had 10, thus
making four of the five starters
in double figures, the exception
being Fred Harnden who was
blanked on the scoreboard but
was an important cog in the
Mustangs to Play
Two Non-Counters
There will be plenty of basket
ball action for Heppner High
school teams this week-end but
it isn't the worrisome kind for
the Mustangs.
Standing at 4-0 at the top of
the western division of the
Greater Oregon league, the
Heppner gang will play two non
conference tilts, travelling to
Umatilla Friday night for a re
turn game and entertaining
Pilot Rock at home Saturday
night in the Heppner High gym.
The Mustangs posted a rather
easy victory over Umatilla here
earlier in the school year and
stand eyen at 1-1 with Pilot
"Rock, losing a non-league tilt
at Pilot Rock and winning a
counting game here last week,
68 to 58. After the forthcoming
non-conference game, the Hepp
ner five still has a fourth game
set with the Rockets at Pilot
Rock, the second league game
between the teams.
The squad has been taking a
respite from heavy drills this
week after strenuous games of
the past few weeks.
While Heppner is not facing
league action this week-end,
Sherman county with only one
loss against them will have op
portunity to slip up on the lead
ers with two league games
scheduled. They could come here
next week (Friday, February 8)
just one game off the pace, and
should they beat the Mustangs,
the conference leadership in that
case would be tied.
With the season half over,
Heppner is undefeated, and three
of their league games of the last
half are at home. However,
tough battles loom ahead.
Cardinals Slate
Two League Games
Two week-end league games,
one with the undefeated league
leader, Athena, are scheduled by
the lone High school basketball
team.
The Cardinals will go to Stan
field Friday night for a return
game after dropping them in a
rout, 65 to 23, on January 4.
McEwen of Athena will play
at lone Saturday night. In the
first meeting of the teams, at
Athena, the Cardinals gave the
Morrow- Umatilla league king
pins a tough tussle but lost, 63
to 54. They hope to turn the
tables at this second meeting,
but they may be without the
services of center Ron Crabtree
who has been ill this week.
68-58 Win
Heppner High machine because
ot tils floor work.
Kicnara nark, Heppner, re
serve.eame in for fourth quarter
action and helped keep the vis
ltors from catching up as he
dented the hoop with three field
goals on five tries. These were
his first field goals for the Mus
tangs this season.
Buzz Quempts, one of the
Rockets' jet-propelled aces, was
pretty well checked in the first
half of the game but came back
in the second half to finish witl
15 points.
The contest was a success from
a financial standpoint, too, for
the gate was one of the biggest
in neppner Highs history as
fans crowded in to root for the
Greater Oregon league leaders,
Heppner took 63 shots from
the floor and made 26 for
413 mark, bettering Pilot Rock's
21 of 68 for .309
Score:
Pilot Rock 12 13 12 2158
Heppner 15 18 19 1668
PILOT ROCK 68
Fg
Ft
3
2
5
2
0
0
0
0
4
Pf
4
1
3
5
1
1
0
1
2
Tp
Quempts
Spino
6
15
4
9
24
2
0
0
0
1
2
11
1
0
0
0
0
Guilliland
Mikel
Wilson
Long
Metz
D. Baker
Hamilton
4
Totals
HEPPNER 68
21 16 18 58
Fg
7
0
6
4
5
1
0
3
0
Ft
7
0
1
2
6
0
0
0
0
Pf
4
1
5
5
1
0
0
2
0
Tp
Applegate
Harnden
21
0
Springer
Porter
Padberg
Wright
Gardner
Clark
13
10
16
2
0
6
0
Smith
Totals
26 16 18 68
Mustang Climbs
In Paper Polls;
Recognition Given
With their current record of 10
wins and one loss ranking as one
of the best for A-2 teams in the
state, the Heppner High basket-
oau team climbed to ninth place
iii the Oregonian's A-2 Doll Tues
day. The Mustangs picked up 23
votes, highest of anv Eastern
Oregon team.
Coach Bob Cantonwine s cagers
were also highly rated in the
Associated Press poll, ranking
10th with 18 votes, to disnlace
Seaside in that spot. In the Ore
gon Journal poll, the Heppner
lads were listed 12th among the
state's A-2 teams.
This week was the first time
that the Mustangs cracked the
top 10 in the Oreeonian noli, ul-
though they have been high
among the "also rans" through
out the season.
Pilot Rock is the onlv team to
defeat them this year, and the
ooys squared that one last week
end. Two more games are coming
up with the Rockets, one to be
here Saturday night.
An indication of the recogni
tion that the Heppner team is
getting around the state is the
writeup given them by Leo
Davis of the Oregonian in his
"Prep Patter" column in the Sun
day sports section.
He had this to say about the
Mustangs:
In the seven-year history of
Oregon's A-2 basketball tourna
ment, District 7 has contributed
five finalists, two of which won
championships. Yet, with all the
blowing of horns and beating of
drums to herald this season's
contenders, that fertile area has
been pretty generally neglected.
Odd, too, since Heppner, heir ap
parent to the Greater Oregon
crown, boasts one of the best
win-loss records in A-2 ranks.
Coach Robert Cantonwine is
predictably cautious about Hep
pner's future; he doesn't, how
ever, deny ambition. The Mus
tangs are being groomed for a
berth in the post-season hoop
derby at Coos Bay.
Among his blessings Canton
wine counts experience, with
four starters back from last
year's club. He would welcome
a big man but admits his front
line, John Porter, 6-2, Dick
Springer, 6-0, and Lee Padberg,
6-0, has yet to lose a battle on
the back boards-
Rebounds are strictly a fringe
benefit with Padberg. His speci
alty is points (44 against John
Day, 30 against Sherman) and
Heppner's offense is geared ac
cordingly. Cantonwine gives his
junior marksmen prot e c t i v e
screens and sets the picks to
take advantage of his drivinj
speed. Double-team defenses are
no novelty, but Padberg solves
them by feeding off to his front
line sidekicks or Shan Applegate
and Fred Harnden, Heppner's
back court operators.
Depth is a problem but relief
is on the way. Doug Dubuque,
6-2, a muscular veteran, is re
covering from an injury and
slated for action next month.
His rebounding skills will be a
welcome addition.
It's a rocky road Heppner tra
vels to the tournament. Even if
the Mustangs win the subdistrict
crown, and Cantonwine predicts
they'll be challenged at every
step, there is a little matter of a
playoff with the eastern cham
pion to cloud the picture. Five
times the winner of that playoff
reached the A-2 tournament fin
al Heppner is shooting for six.
t . A
' - f m Jr ""7,
"AVALANCHE PROOF paperboard boxes, made by one of this
states industrial concerns, get unusual workouts this spring
with the 1963 American Mt. Everest Expedition. They protect new
looas ana equipment tnrough
world's highest peak. Shown
Oregon's Mt. Hood is Robert O.
lorp. wnicn maae tne ngntweignt containers. He led the 1961
Expedition on Mt. Talung near Mt. Everest, and is the 1963
expeditions packaging adviser.
Jayvees Gain Way
Back to Win Trail
Heppner High's jayvee basket
eers found their way back to the
victory trail Friday night after
an interruption of their two de
feats for the season at Burns
nd John Day. They tripped the
Pilot Rock jayvees, 60 to 50, in
the Heppner High gym.
The young Mustangs rang the
bell on 27 of 65 shots from the
floor while holding the visitors
to 36 shots, of which thev made
17 good. In the free throw de
partment, though, the young
Rockets netted 16 points to onlv
six for Heppner. Carl Bauman of
Heppner and Slate of Pilot Rock
tied for high honors with 18
each. David George had a good
night with 15 for Heppner and
Christensen was second high for
Pilot Rock's jayvees with 12.
PILOT ROCK JV 50
Black 7, Winks 7, Slate 18,
Mueller 6, Christensen 12, Ervin.
HEPPNER JV 60
McQuarrie, Bauman 18, Thom
son, Spencer 9, George 15, Dick,
4, Evans 8, Anderson 2, Pierce,
K. Evans 4.
m
IS
S STRANGE VOICE,
US
"Goo." This was the sUggering statement made by the young gentle
man above in reply to his grandmother's delighted voice. His parents
had phoned Grandma long distance to introduce him to the clan.
Grandmother, who had been feeling lonely, stated: "Bless his heart
I can't wait to see him. Thank you, dears, for calling it's almost
like having you all here." Have you shared some happiness with
friends and family lately? Why not tonight? (The rates are
even lower after 6, you know.) PACIFIC NORTHWEST BELL
steaming Jungles and on the
during high-altitude tests on
Lee., executive of Georgia-Pacific
Riverside Jayvee
Five Tips lone
Riverside's jayvee basketball
team defeated the lone jayvees
at lone Friday night, 34 to 31
Mark Halvorsen was high
point man for the home five
with lu points and Steve Lind
strom was second with eight
Jay Ball of lone made seven, a
figure equalled by three on the
visiting Riverside club.
Riverside held a slim edge at
eacn ot tne quarter stops, 7-6,
18-16, and 26-22.
Mancell Townscnd, who died
in the accident on the highway
after the end of the game, play
ed in three quarters of the con
test as a reserve.
There was no lavvee contest
preliminary to the Weston game
Tuesday night there, which had
been postponed to that date be
cause of the tragic accident.
Score:
RIVERSIDE JV 34
Schmeder 7, Jackson 4, Lath
rop 3, McCoy 6, Partlow 7, Smith,
Moore, Mcuoy 7.
IONE 31
J. Halvorsen 6, Emert, Lind
strom 8, Ball 7, M. Halvorsen 10,
Townsend.
IISTITLY
Cards Tip Riverside; Lose To Weston
UMATILLA-MORROW LEAGUE
W. L. Pet.
11 0 1.000
9 2 .818
7 4 .636
6 5 .545
5 6 .455
5 6 .455
3 7 .300
2 8 .200
0 11 .000
McEwen
Weston
Riverside
lone
Stanfield
Umatilla
Helix
Echo
Umapine
lone Hich school's hnskpthnii
team edeed Rivprsirip Hicrh in
a double overtimp thrillpr in tho
Cardinal's gym Friday night, 61
10 o, dui lost a postponed game
with Weston there Tuesday
night, 64 to 46.
The Weston eamp wns rhoH.
tiled for Saturday night but was
postponed until Tuesday night
because of the dpnth nf Mnnrr.li
lownsend, cardinal jayvee play
er.
Score was deadlocked nt R1 tn
01 at tne end of the seesaw
game with Riverside. Then each
team made two points in the
first overtime. In thp
overtime, the Cardinals hit for
eignt points while the Pirates,
who lost four men on fouls,
made six,
Ron Crabtren roller) nn
points in the game on 12 field
goals and 14 free throws hich
for the team this vear. He U'fls ill
and unable to play Tuesday
Km, uma iiuuntK me cause
against Weston, and hp mnv nnt
see action on this week-end
against Stanfield and Athena,
according to Coach Glenn Biehl.
In the exciting Riverside battle
the visiting Pirates moved in
front at the end of the first
quarter, 13 to 9, and held a slim
26-24 halftime bulge, However
ione came back tn takp thp IphH
at the end of the third period,
40 to 39. In thp final mania
stanza, Riverside tallied twelve!
wnue tne Lards mt U, making
it 51 for each team.
Riverside had a slpnhia or).
vantage on field goals with 26
to tone's 18, but had trouble in
the personal foul deoartmpnt
The Cards made 25 on the free
throw of 38 attempts, while Riv
erside garnered only seven of
20 tries.
Goine out nf arttnn nn nara.
onali fur Riverside wprp Rnnth.
man, Partlow, Anderson and
hoods. JNone of the Cardinals
had more than three Infractions.
Hieh men for RivprsldA wprp
Skoubo and Anderson, each with
id.
Weston had a lpad thrniiirhnnl
the game over Ione Tuesday
Heppner Freshmen
Defeat John Day
Coach Don McClure's HeDDner
iiign irosn basketball team de
feated John Day's freshmen at
John Day Tuesday bv a score of
42 to 37.
Tim Drlscoll tallied 20 Doints
for the winners, the onlv HeDD
ner man in double figures. Hieh
for John Day was Ward with 14,
followed by Waterman with 10.
To date the freshmen have a
record of five wins and three
losses, as follows: HeDDner 47.
John Day 41; Heppner 26, Pilot
Kock 32; Heppner 33, Pilot Rock
36; Heppner 48, Condon 24;
Heppner 34, Riverside 51; Hepp
ner 51, Pilot Rock 27; Heppner
51, Pilot Rock 44; and Heppner
42, John Day 37.
HEPPNER FROSH 42
Barratt 9, Driscoll 20, Clark 5,
Brown 4, Crooke 2, Strait 2, Hel
iker. JOHN DAY FROSH 37
B. Bond 2, Burford, Ward 14,
Waterman 10, Lissman 6, Legare
4, VanVoorhis, Skleus 1.
Ik
Tuesday, Feb. 12
BEGINNING AT 10:30 A.M. -
LEXINGTON GRANGE HALL
Election of Officers
Co-op Biddies Homecraft and Art Demonstration and
Exhibit
Door Prizes
Free Dinner at Noon Prepared by Lexington H.E.C.
All members urged
to attend !
HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES,
niPhr no thar n,i i t
straight for the season at the
Biehlmen put on a fourth quarter
l7 urougiu tnem within
eight points at one time, not
close enough to catch up.
Rollip Fktrnm nsrrinrl n
..uv... vuintu a uil;
sharp nf tho tnno no,, .. u"
vi .uii vnuac as lie
came up with 20 points on eight
field goals and four free throws.
With the split during the
week, Ione stands at 6-5 for its
league record, good for fourth
Place among the nine teams.
Scores :
RIVERSIDE 13 13 13 12
Riverside 13 13 13 12 2 659
lone 9 15 16 11 2 861
RIVERSIDE 59
Fg Ft Pf Tp
4 15 9
6 1 0 13
3 0 5 6
4 5 5 13
4 0 5 8
2 0 14
10 0 2
0 0 0 0
2 0 2 4
26 7 23 59
Fg Ft Pf Tp
2 12 5
Boothman
Skoubo
Partlow
Anderson
Hobbs
Lathrop
Schmeder
Thompson
McCoy
Totals
IONE 61
Martin
ForiYourHValentine -
THE FINEST BOX OF CHOCOLATES IN THE WORLD
Visit Our Candy Department Todayl
Hallmark Valentines
Especially Made For Children
AND ADULTS, TOO
HUMPHREYS
Heppner
LEXINGTON OIL CO -
fl IMI
Ik
MEET MG
Thursday, January 31. 1963
Ekstrom
Crabtree
B. Klinger
Heimbigner
K. Klinger
Totals
IONE
3 13 7
12 14 3 38
0 13 1
0 7 3 7
113 3
18 25 17 61
13 10 9 1446
17 19 11 17-64
Fg Ft Pf Tp
2 15 5
8 4 3 20
0 2 3 2
4 13 9
3 0 3 6
2 0 3.4
0 0 10
0 0 0 0
0 0 10
19 8 22 46
1
Fg Ft Pf Tp
0 13 1
4 2 4 10
9 7 3 25
0 13 1
2 0 0 4
6 4 1 16
0 7 3 7
21 22 17 64
WESTON
IONE 46
Martin
Ekstrom
Padberg
B. Klinger
Heimbigner
Lindstrom
K. Klinger
Morgan
Akers
Totals
Lleuallen
Darrow
Hutchinson
Sloan
Clark
Tumey
Meier
Totals
CHOCOLATES
So Fine, So Famous
So Sure to Tlease!
Sampler u
.00 ib.
REXALL DRUG
Ph. 678-9610
OP