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The Mustangs are bound for
La Grande ami wmf tans are
reserving motel at Coo Bay.
ri,. uin r.v..r nrant Union Put
the Mustangs out In front and
eliminated the possibility 01 a
thne way tie for first. The same
brought one of the largest
crowd our gym nas ever nna
The team ha been working full
court all wk and the two eve.
nlnna chntiM It hOW the Mill'
tank' most effective press of
the year.
Someone waa thinking ahead
. ft..r th rame Saturday. A algn
on the blackboard in the locker
room said "Only five more
games." (Two at La Grande.
three at Coos Bay)
The Grant game closed the
reason for the J a. wees with a
loss to Rive them a 10 win, 6
loss record. The Grant five and
Sherman wore the only teams
to dump the Juniors twice.
The Jayvecs scored tC6 points
to their opponents 795 while al
so leading in the percentage col
umn. 34 to 33. Free shots
weren't so high as the young
Mustangs made 53 while op
ponents claimed 55. Rebounds
were surprising because the
Jayvees beat out many taller
teams and finished up with 5S4
to 557 for the opponents. Fouls
proved to be a problem as al
ways, and the Jayvees collected
more than their share with 2S3
to 281 opponents fouls.
Leading scorer this season
was David Hall with 253 point
His 101-made for 280-attempted
cave him a 36 from the field.
Second high was Randy Still
man with 125 points. Steve An
derson was high percentage
man for the season 1 for 1
100. Hall also led In free shots
with 51 for 85 (60) followed
bv Jeff Turner with 33 for 63
(52).
Three reached triple figures
in rebounds and two more pass
ed the half-century mark Hall
(121). Turner (120). Steve Pet
tvlohn (100). Randy Stillman
(68). and Russ Kilkenny (58).
Incidentally. Kilkenny is short
8 games because he played var
sity ball. Others grabbing 20 or
more rebounds were Steve Ba
ker (20). Bob Dobbs (28). and
Bill McLeod (40).
Prize for least ball losses goes
to Bob Harris with 5.
" The frosh summary will have
to wait until next issue since
the freshman statistic book has
been misplaced. Coach Don Mc
Clure is in the rush of getting
track started and the only thing
he can find is the 6-win. 5-loss
season record.
Mustangs Burn
Hilanders, 77-56
By HICK JOHNSON
The Heppner Mustangs start
ed off fast and never let down
as they clobbered the Burns Hi
landers in a basketball game
here Friday night 77-56.
; In the first quarter the Mus
tangs took command and were
ahead 9-0 before the Hilanders
could get into the scoring col
umn. .
The second quarter saw the
Mustangs destroy the Hilanders
as they outscored ..the visitors,
22-11, and continued to com-,
mand 37-18 at halftime.
: The Hilanders started to roll
after intermission as they pour
ed in 27 counters while the Mus
tangs could only come up with
18 points.
The Mustangs found their
range again in the final stanza
as they out-hustled the visiting
Hilanders and dumped in 22
points while the Hilanders could
only manage 11.
. High scorers for the Mustangs
were Jim Doherty with 20 points
turn Heliker and
luuunvu j
Mac Hoskins i with 14 and 13
points respectively, isopnomore
forward Russell Kilkenny, start
ing his first league game for
the Mustangs, had 10 counters.
Rick Weir had the only double-figure
scoring for the Hiland
ers as he came through with 21
points. The Heppner defense
held Grant Gunderson, Burns'
leading scorer this season, to a
total of 9 points.
! HEPPNER (77)
i Fg Ft Pf Tp
Jim Jacobs ,3 2 3 8
Dennis O'Donnell 1 0 2 2
Russell Kilkenny 4 2 2 10
David Clark 1 2 14
Mac Hoskins 5 3 2 13
Gene Heliker 5 4 4 14
Dave Gray ' ,1
Jim Doherty 10 0 3 20
Dave Hall i 0 1 2
TOTALS
31 15 19 77
BURNS (56)
Fg Ft Pf Tp
Gunderson 4" 1 3 9
i ? !
Virgil 2 0 2 4
Weir 10 1 1 21
Rhen 1 2 2 4
Kowalski 2 15 5
jaques 0 1 1 1
Anderson 1 0 O
Gohantina 10 1
TOTALS
25 6 17 56
12 3 4
HEPPNER
BURNS
15 22 18 22
7 11 21 11
Heppner Clinches
League Title
With Two Wins
By M1K SWEENEY
Heppner lllsh wtm the Great
er Oregon Western PtvWlon bas
ketball title her Saturday by
defeating John Day. 5 46. after
beating Burns here Friday night
The win clinched a district
A2 berth at La Grande.
Heppner lumped off to a quick
10 to 2 lead and waa never chal
lenged. The Mustangs led 116
at the end of the first Mania
and 20 at halftime. Heppner
out scored the Prospector. 18-12.
In the third quarter to up their
lead to 43 32 and finished with
a 58-46 vlctor'.
Jim Doherty continued hi
fine scoring as he pumped in
16 points and held Steve Water-
mn nna it th ittate'S tOD 10
scorers to three neid goais jor
,.. V.. " ... . M
the game. Mac lUxskins isu
dumped In 16 points for the
m...in.- Rrail Ward Wi high
for the Prospectors with 16
points.
llnnnnKr finished the regular
season" plav with an 8 2 league
record and 17-3 over-all record.
John Dav was tied with Hepp-
,, ,ih lv u-in and two loss-
es before this week-end. Wah
tonka defeated John Dav Friday
nleht. 61-39. and Hoppner's win
left the Prospector to -i ior ine
league season.
Heppner clobbered Burns 77--lc
rrUn anil Saturday's win
.- . a . v u , - - -
.-... n. xtnt.tanc' iMeue rec
ord 8-2. Wahtonka took second
with a 7-3 record, thus -.iw
eainlne a district berth at La
Grande.
Fg Ft Pf Tp
2 0 4 4
1113
1113
5 6 0 16
5 0 1 10
10 12
8 0 1 16
0 4 1 4
Jacobs
Kilkenny
Clark
Hoskins
Heliker
Gray
Doherty -Hall
TOTALS
23 12 10 58
DAY
Fg Ft Pf Tp
3 4 2 10
0 2 4 2
2 2 3 6
7 2 5 16
2 0 14
4 0 0 8
18 10 15 46
Waterman
Hagen
Dicker
Ward
LeGore
Gubser
TOTALS
Total Scores:
12 3 4
14 11 18 1553
6 14 12 1446
Heppner
John Day
Faculty Defeats
Dirt Leaguers
In Benefit Tilt
By MIKE SWEENEY
rai Holland's 37 points led
the Heppner Faculty to a rough
70-67 win over the Greater Dirt
League All-Stars in the March
of Dimes Benefit game Tuesday
night, February 15.
Tho nirf Lea inters led most
nt tho tramp until the fourth
quarter when the faculty scored
24 points to tne Aii-Mars xi. n
hall came from the
beginning to end as 63 fouls
were called.
The Greater Dirt League led
i7.ii at thp pnrt of the first
period and 33-30 at halftime
despite Holland's 20 points. The
faculty led briefly in the third
quarter but the All-Stars were
still on top 50-4b at me ena oi
the third stanza. Holland's 12
fourth miartpr noints surged the
faculty past the All-Stars for a
70-67 victory,
ifirk Horn the faculty center,
and Ray Jones, the GDL cheer
leader, added comeay to uie
game. . .
nK rinnah hart 14 noints ana
Don McClure followed with 9
for the faculty. Mark Brown led
the Dirt League wnn points,
followed by Dave Matheny's 11
points. Roger Leonnig had 9.
The Dirt League lost the game
at the foul line as they had 36
fouls to the faculty's 27. The
Heppner faculty connected on
24 free throws to the All-Stars
Before the game the teams
agreed that no one could foul
out. Mark Brown was the out
standing hatchetman for the
GDL with 10 fouls, followed by
Mark Murray's 9. Jim Potter led
tho fafnitv tn foulinff with 7
violations. Horn and McClure
had 5 fouls each.
The game netted more than
$50.00 for the March of Dimes.
Faculty (70)
Player
Holland
Clough
McClure
Potter
Haux
Horn
Jonasson
Harris
Fg Ft Pf Tp
14 9 4 37
5 4 3 14
2 5 5 9
0 5 4 5
0 0 2 0
115 3
10 0 2
0 0 10
23 24 24 70
League (67)
Fg Ft Pf Tp
0 16 1
8 4 10 20
4 3 2 11
3 2 2 8
2 3 9 7
12 0 4
0 0 2 0
3 13 7
0 0 10
4 13 9
25 17 38 67
TOTALS
Player
Morgan
Brown
Matheny
Snyder
Murray
Kindle
Cecil
Johnston
Cox
Leonnig
TOTALS
HCFFNEM GAZETTE-TIMES.
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Vol. XXIX. No. 12
Published semi-monthly bv Student
of Heppner High School
Heppner, Oregon
Jim Barclay
iHinna lVttcr
Co editors
Assistant Kdltor
Starts Kdltor
Assistant
Reporter:
Jeff Turner
Bill Snyder
Dennis O'Donnell
Rick Johnston
Mike Sweeney
Marguerite Moor
Cvnihla Smith
Students Enjoy
IFYE Program
On Formosa
By EUGENE M. NAJAR
David Schaad. IFYE student,
entertained Heppner High Wed
nesday with an Interesting pro
gram. The assembly of half an
hour of slides on Formosa, an
exhibit of some Chinese culture
Items, and a question and an
swer session.
The slides gave an intriguing
view of life In Formosa. The
housing situation Is somewhat
in need of improvement. Trans
portatlon Is mostly by bicycle.
The few cars are used for com
mercial purposes in order to get
beneficial service from them.
Agriculture has seen some im
provement with new farming
methods and tools being Intro
duced into the country. The
.kif rtrvHii-t in Formosa Is rice.
Sugar cane and other crops are
also raised to proieci me w.
A system of lnter-cropplng Is
now being practiced by the
farmers. , ,
Schaad brought some interest
ing items in commonday use
i... ik. rhinuu anrl demonstrat
ed them to the students. The
first item was a shopping oag
made of canvas material wmtn
i. w.mtrraA Kwaiip of its dura
bility and strength. Next he
showed the cninese nai. n es
sential asset of the people.
The speaker said. "You can
tell from what part of Formosa
a Chinese is by the structure of
the hat he wears."
Two musical Instruments of
the Chinese, flute and violin,
Hamnnctatwl hv Schaad.
He played two musical numbers
on these instuments which were
enjoyed by the students.
At the conclusion or me pro-
nrom ctnHonte uprp Wrmittcd
tn ak nupstions of the speaker.
Some of the questions present
ed by the students were:
QUESTION: What do you
think of sleek rice and malnu
trition in Formosa?
aimswft?; Sleek rice Is a tra
dition long held by the Chi
nese. Efforts are being made to
make bran-rice the new tradit
inn Rpmovlntr the bran elimi
nate the significant vitamin
content ot the rice.
QUESTION: What is the peo
ple's attitude toward the war In
Vietnam?
ANSWER: Formosa would like
tn nnntri hllta tronnS tO the
American effort. However, fear
We Are
Sale on Thursday, March 10. Buy Them Before We
Take Them to Sale and Save:
1955 Dodge 4-Dr. Sedan $65
1955 Pontiac 2-Dr. Hardtop $75
1957 Olds 88 4-Dr. Hardtop $95
1959 Mercury 4-Dr. Monterey $295
1958 Olds 88 4-Dr. Sedan $195
1958 Ford V-8 2-Dr. Hardtop $195
1958 Ford V-8 2-Dr. Sta. Wagon $195
1957 Ford 6-Cyl. 2-Dr. $150
1956 Mercury 4-Dr. Hardtop $95
1959 Ford Galaxie 4-Dr. $195
1956 Lincoln 2-Dr. Hardtop $195
CARS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION ON OUR LOT
mvnm auto sales
HEPPNER PH. 676-9152
Thurador. March X
HEPPNER HIGH SCHOOL
Heppner, Oregon
March 3, d
Tom Raw -n
- Mf5 "
- Tim Smith
Barbara Bloodsworth
Marty Boyajlan
Gale Malcom
Tim Tuilla
John Cox
Roger Leonnig
One Nalar
Students Anticipate
Impending Vacation
Student of Marrow County
Schools will enjoy nine day
of vacation. March 12 through
20. During that time the state
A 2 basketball tournament
will be held in Coo Bay
March 14 to 16 which may
conflict with some HHS teach
ers' plans due to a state OEA
mating the same dates.
The state A l tournament
will be held In the Coliseum
at Portland. March 16-19.
Heppner Jayvees
Douse Burns, 68-60
Br ROGER LEONNIG
Heppner Jayvee basketball
team dumped the Burns J.V.'s.
68-60. In Heppner Friday night
behind the excellent shooting of
Dave Hall. Nine of the twelve
Heppner Jayvees hit the scoring
column.
The first period saw the two
teams battle to a 16-16 tie. Dave
Hall, with a hot hand, poured
in 19 points in the first half.
This enabled the Babv Mustangs
to lead 37-30 at halftime.
The Heppner Jayvees came
out the second half full of fire
and showed their fine shooting
ability. Randy Stillman. playing
one of his best games of the
year, hit for 10 points. The Mus
tangs had built up a decisive
55-42 lead at the end of the
third stanza.
In the fourth quarter Burns
came back with a fine output
of 18 points to Heppner"s 13, but
It wasn't enough. Burns had
nosed out Heppner at Burns In
overt Ime. 62-60.
Henchmen Play
At Post Game Dance
Following the Heppner-John
Day game on Saturday night.
February 26, a dance was spon
sored bv the sophomore class.
The dance was held In the
high school cafetorlum and ran
from 10:00 until 1:00.
Decorations of red and pink
hearts carried out the theme of
Hearts a GO-GO".
Music was furnished by the
fabulous "Henchmen" of Hepp
ner. of communist intervention from
Red China and other communis
tic countries prevents this en
deavor. QUESTION: How does a boy
meet a girl and what happens?
ANSWER: The male teen has
a friend arrange the encounter.
After being Introduced to the
girl he is on his own.
Taking These
AUCTION
Balcony Seats
Take Overflow,
Earn Photo Money
A total ot $A4V w enrrwd
bv the recently-formed photog
raphy club when, for the I.nI
four bhi-tl,tll games, they
moved folding chair and ilwrt
to the balcony of the gvm.
The scat were particularly
valuable Saturday night at the
llcppner-John Dav content where
the largest crowd ever to see a
bANketball game here overflow
ed the bleacher.
'Thank nhould be given to
all the Hople who supported
Photography Club bv sitting In
the balcunv seats." stated Tom
The club moved about 70
scat up to the Paicony ami
charged twmtv-flve cent pf
seat. The $54.00 In proceed Is
being used to get more photog
raphy supplies and equipment.
On order are a ferrotype plate
and roller that ar needed In
film printing.
The newly-formed club Is now
busy rebuilding the print dry
er. Sophs Combine
Several Projects
To Net Big Sum
The sophomore class com
bined various money-making
activities Into one week-end as
they collected about $300 Friday
and Saturday.
Proceeds will help to finance
the Junior-Senior banquet and
prom for next year.
The activities sponsored by
the class Included a car wash,
a food sale, two raffles at the
weekends ball games, and a
dance after the Saturday night
game.
Steve Pettyjohn was general
chairman of the events. Miss
Stone and Mr. Horn are advis
ors. Frosh Five Dumps
Condon, 61 to 43
An overpowering second-half
offensive bv the Heppner fresh
men crushed a determined Con
don frosh quintet. 61-43 here
February 15. The battle was
close all the way until Heppner
unleashed a 20 point fourth per
iod attack, while holding the
visitor to a mere six. This en
abled the rooks to overcome- a
27-23 Condon halftime edge.
Condon also was ahead at the
first rest. 12-9. It was not until
late In the third quarter that the
hometown troops were able to
command any respectable lead
at all. They led 41-37 going In
to the final period, despite the 23
points Condon's Steve Rlney had
at that time.
Gary Kemp's 20 points, In
cluding 14 in the decisive half,
were Just too much for the Blue
Devils. Dean Kindle, with 15.
and Jon O'Donnell, with nine
second-half points and 12 for the
night, were also instrumental
In the victory surge.
However. Condon's Rlney took
game honors with 25 spectacu
lar markers, many of them on
long shots from 20 feet or so.
The night was concluded with
an extra quarter of play for
thsse who did not see a great
deal of action In the regular
game.
Cars To
Honor Society
Slates Book Fair
National Honor Society of
llrppmv lllch .School will upon
nr a Mudeiit Hook Fair from
March 9 M II Student will be
able to trowe and pun-ha
IN-. The Hook Fair will b
oMn duilnit the hour of 3 '
3;.TO in th caMoiluin.
The Nook FaUr committee In
vite all student, parents, and
Ultor to attend the fair. The
fair will not only help M'ur stu
dent Interest In reading and
building home libraries, but will
alo contribute t a worthwhile
project. The school earns 2)
of all sale and profit will be
ued for National Honor Society
club funds.
Kami French U wrvlng as
Book Fair chairman. Tlie com
mittee Include Maureen Doher
ty and Susan Drake.
The Hook Fair display will In
clude attractive new book from
many publisher In all popular
price range. All reading areas
of Interest to student will be
represented. Including clalc.
fiction, biographic, adventure
stories, science, nature, craft,
mystery and reference books
Hie committee I working with
the Kducattonal Reading Serv
ice, a professional Bk Fair
rompanv. to furnish an Individ
ual selection of book for the
fair.
Baby Mustangs
Squeak by Eagles
By DENNIS O'DONNELL
Heppner Hli'h Baby Mus
tangs outran Wahtonkfc. 53-30.
on the Kaglcs' court February
18. This was the Javvee fourth
overtime battle. - thU season,
bringing their extra play wins
and losses to two each.
Heppner held the lead at hall
lime. 2317, and at the end of
the third quart.. 3530. but
Wahtonka hustled and brought
the game to a 48-48 tie.
With seconds to go In the
fourth quarter. Mark Helseth of
Wahtonka coerced with a
long shot and put the game In
to overtime. Dave Hall hit three
of the overtime score, and Ran
dy Stillman got two points,
while the Kaglcs could muster
only two points.
The Heppner scoring attack
was led by Dave Hall with 22
counters, followed by Turner,
Pettyjohn, and Stillman with
eight each.
High man for Wahtonka was
Don Cacl. hitting for 11.
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la it strong and
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Some tires are belter
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Many Students
Take Tests
r TIM SMITH
Junior and trechmen took
Iowa Achievement Tet i during
the ttrn two weeks of February.
On February 21 the senior were
glen general aptitude test ly
a rrpteM-ntatUe from the re
eon Fmplovmertt office. These
tents are for thoM who do not
wlh to go t college.
Saturday. February amt
of the Juniors took the Nation
al Merit Qualifying teU.
On A.rll 13 Mr. Lanham w II
give the sophomore the Cali
fornia Mental Maturity test.
Jayvee Five Drops
Final Game, 49-38
Bv JOHN COX
The Heppner Jayvee ended
their basketball season on a
our note here Saturday night,
luting to a strong Crant Union
team. 4'. 38. The Jayvee
throughout the season have
compiled a fine 10 6 red.
The game was close through
the firt half with the first quar
ler tied at 10 10, and the half
tied at 22 22. , w , .
Crant pulled away In the third
quarter behind the shooting of
Ihrls Lahhart to nutarore the
baby Mustangs. 13 tk
(Uant Union continued to out
score the shorter Heppner tram
In the fourth quarter and wtn
the 4'J 38 declilon.
The final tally showed the
Prosectors won the game at the
free throw line, making 25 of
42 to Heppner' 10 out of 21 at
tempted. Heppner made more
field goal than the ITospectors.
It 12.
Heppner (38
Fg Ft If TP
Turner 2 2 5 6
Pettyjohn 10 5 2
Anderson 10 0 2
A 4 5 4 13
ohh 10 2 2
Kemp 0 12 1
McLeod 10 4 2
Stillman 4 15 9
llrltt 0 1 0 1
TOTALS 11 10 29 3
CRANT 4!
Fg Ft !f TP
Jolly 12 12
Stevens 2 3 4 7
Labhart 4 11 2 19
Lang 2 3 1 7
Phillips 1 1 ,
Ma pee 13 15
TOTALS 12 23 20 W
IU.ppner 10 12 J?
Grant Union 10 12 13 14
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