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N ' : o : & - 2TJ ft u r. HEPPNER GAZETTE -TIMES. Thuradoy. February 83. 1967 DOUG DUTTON (51) of Sherman County high dsing a spread eagle on a rebound U making sure that no one else gets the ball in this intense action during the Sherman-Heppner game here Friday night Russ Kilkenny oi the Mustangs bears down on him from the rear while Terry Stark (33) of Sherman and Mac H osteins of Heppner try to figure out how they can get into the play. Mustangs won. 52 to 45. (G-T Photo). Mustangs Square Series with Sherman By JEFF TURNER The Heppner Mustangs step ped back into the league race for first place here Friday night as they handed the Sherman Huskies a 52-45 low. After drop ping a previous battle to the Huskies at Moro, 58-51, Heppner took advantage of its ta a'vtt hardwood to Rain a key win. The home town toys were in complete control throughout the game, taking the lead early in the first quarter, 4-2. From then on, Sherman had its troubles. Unable to penetrate the Mus tangs' tenacious defense, the Shermm boys sensed the pain of defeat from practically the starting tip off to the final buzzer. The first quarter ended a 10 6 battle where the frustrated White Buffaloes Fall to Heppner By 61-54 Margin By RICK JOHNSTON Heppner's Mustangs made it two in a row over the White Buffaloes with a 61-54 victory at Madras Saturday night. Heppner trailed through the first period and had to outscore the Buffaloes by six points in the second quarter to come up with a 30-27 lead at halftime Heppner never could muster a commanding lead. The Mus tangs outscored the home town Buffaloes by a mere one point Jn the third quarter. Leading by four points going into the final quarter, the Mus tangs managed to hang on to the victory, adding another three points in the fourth per iod. Mac Hoskins had 20 markers, followed by Dave Hall with 15 and Russ Kilkenny with 11. Hoskins and Kilkenny pulled down 29 rebounds between them while Jim Jacobs pulled in 14. Jim Doherty, high scoring guard for the Mustangs, was unable to start because of illness but came on late to provide some outstanding ball handl i n g. Thornton and Rhode provided the offensive punch for the hosts with Thornton getting 12 and Rhode 15. Heppner 161): Hall 15, Hos kins 20. Doherty 7, Kilkenny 11, McLeod 2, Pettyjohn 2, Jacobs 4. Madias (54): Boyle 6, Steves on 8, Corwin 2, Thornton 12, Rhode 15, Gilber 2, Carpenter 4, Sanderville 2, Engblon 3. ! Huskies found it difficult to ev I en attemot a shot. Sherman's big scoring threat. Gene Lant horn was held scoreless during the first period, and he made only eight points for the game. Coach Bob Clough started jun ior forward Steve Pettyjohn, who traded with Jim Jacobs and Mac Hoskins on Lanthorn (who had popped in a cool 37 points against Enterprise i. Dave Hall, speedy junior guard gained high point hon ors with 17, hitting from out side and driving several times 'or easy lay-ups. Heppner's board men. Mac Hoskins and Russell Kilkenny, teamed up for 29 rebounds and provided headaches for their foes with fine defense. Hoskins nnd Kilkenny also scored well, collecting 15 and 10 points respectively. ih h :n town lans began to squirm a little with about four i-inutes left in the game as Heppner began its stall with a 18-41 lead. Lanthorn was fouled as he tried for a rebound and sank the free throw, plus the penalty shot. The lead was cut to five, but Hall, who had sneaked under the basket, took a pass from Doherty and sank an easy two. The teams traded baskets again, and the buzzer sounded at 52-45, Heppner's vic tory. Heppner would have bit the dust if the game had depend ed on field goal accuracy. Coach Clough's boys shot 25 from the field. Thanks to Heppner's outstanding defense, they held Sherman off. HEPPNER (52): Jacobs 1, Ashbeck 2, Pettyjohn 2, Kilken ny 10. Hoskins 15, Doherty 5, Hall 17. SHERMAN (45): Bayer 2. Co elsch 2, Jenson 10, Jones 2, Lant horn 8, Owens 6, Stark 5, Rich elderfer 10. Mustang Jayvees Top Huskie Quint By MIKE SWEENEY Coach Ed Hiemstra's Jayvees romped to a 54-33 victory over the Sherman Jayvees Friday. February 20, in a basketball game at Heppner. Heppner employed a tight zone defense and a fast-moving offense against the Huskies. The local bovs took an early lead and were never challenged. I They grabbed an early 13-9 first , quarter advantage and increas led it to 29-18 at the half. ! Heppner stormed through the second half to finish with the 1 54 33 victory. The fast improv j ing sophomore guard, Jon O' . Donnell, was the sparkplug for ; the Horsemen. He scored nine of his team's 16 third quarter points, and finished the game with 15 counters. He played an equally good defensive game. Dean Kindle tied O'Donnell for game honors with 15 points. Losses Kill Hopes for Losses to Echo and Umatil la over the week end have knocked the lone Cardinals out of anv passible chance to jilav in the Umatilla Morrow B league district basketball tour nament. The Kedblrds now stand at eight wins nnd nine losses In the league with one game to plav, that against Umu pine there Friday night. The Cards lust to Echo at lone Friday night bv a score of 80 to 64 and were topped by the Umatilla Vikings at Umatilla ,-aturday night, ti2 to 41. Contributing to the defeats was the fact that Frank llalvor en was ill and saw only lim ited action and Chris Lovgren played with a back ailment. Without Halvorsen, the Redblrds lost much of their rebounding strength and this was particu larly costly against the Viks, who outrebounded the Kedblrds, 12 to 20. Lovgren and Halvorsen may not bo able to plav In the final game of the season Friday, Coach Gone Dooktor said Tues day. Ho said tht he was proud of his team for its performance through the senon. Composed predominantly of sophomores, .he Cardinals compiled a re spectable record despite Inex perience. Coach Dockter said that the fast developing sophomores may have peaked too quickly during the season, causing them to sag a bit in later games. However, he looks forward next year to the return of Jim hwan- son, Frank Halvorsen, Eddie Sherman, Bob Ball, and Keith Nelson, all of whom will be juniors; and Chris Lovgren, who will be a senior. Trie seniors of this year who will play their last game against Umaplne are Virgil Morgan, Leon Maglll, Montie Crum and Pat McEUl gott. Joe Rosenberg's 32 points led the Echo CouRars to the 80-64 victory over the Cardinals Fri day night In a game that em phasized the offense of both teams. Tourney Redbirds 'They shot the eye out of us," aid Coach Dockter. Echo hit on 51 of Its tries from the floor while lone connected for 40. The Cardinals took nn 18 11 first quarter lead, but from that IHiInt, the Cougars came on with a rush, outscorlug the Redblrds, -'4 to 10. in the second period, lone fired up In the third quar ter and tallied 27 against 25 for Echo, but sagged in the fi nal stanza, making only nine ,o 20 for the winners. With Umatilla controlling the boards Saturday night, the Vik ings led all the way, idling up an 18-7 first quarter lead and holding- a 3218 margin at half Ime. The Vikings matched Echo's shooting percentage at 510 while the Cards could only connect on 30 of their shots. Scores: Jayvees . Outscore Madras, 44 to 38 By MAC HOSKINS Leading bv a rdlm margin most of the way, the Heppner Junior varsity tipped Madras, 11 38, Saturday night to bring their season basketball record to a respectable seven wins and ten losses. Mel Ashbeck nnd Jon O'Don nell led a first quarter surge which gave the Baby Mustangs a 17 12 lead a margin which was significant enough to pro- UMATILLA lt'2) Fg Ft I'f Tp Buck H 3 1 19 Eldrldge fi ti 3 IS Hlatt 7 0 4 11 Corder 1113 Matlock 0 2 2 2 Corallo 12 2 4 Prlndle 10 0 2 TOTA1.S 24 II 13 02 ECHO 11 24 25 20 80 IUM-; 18 10 27 ! H IONK 7 11 It 1511 UMATILLA 18 14 12 18 tU vide the lnielus to victory. In deed, during the final three Ntnnas, Heppner was ttblo to outsixire their rivals bv only "n point Madras fought back In the second quarter to within two, 23 21, at halftime. Hut Heppner edged ahead a bit during the third starua, 32 27. to set the Mage for the final rxcltlng eight minutes. Gary Kemp, offensively lack ndalsltnl much of the jinme, found the range tr the final quarter tiy scoring half of Hepp ner's 12 points These down tal lies were more than enough to counter the Buffaloes' twisted rnllv. and the game ended 44 38. Balanced scoring proved the keynote for Heppner, as Dean Kindle and O'Umnrll loused In It apiece, followed bv Kemp's 10. Phi! Phlfer chipped In 13 to lead the Buffalo cause. BOLL TICKETS Tor sale In single and double rolls. Uso for drawings, admissions to events. Gui'tte-Tlnies, Hepp. pner. Ph. U7G !228, 37 tie ECHO (S0 Fg Ft I'f Tp Colburn 5 1 0 11 Miles 3 117 O'Brien 6 3 3 15 Reslng 0 0 4 0 Lampkin 5 5 4 15 Rosenberg 13 6 4 32 TOATLS 32 18 16 80 IONE (64) Fg Ft I'f Tp Swnnson 8 2 1 18 Halvorsen 4 14 9 Lovgren 0 2 2 2 Sherman 7 3 3 17 Morgan 3 4 4 10 Maglll 2 2 3 6 McElligott 10 0 2 Ball 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 25 II 17 64 IONE (44) Fg Ft rf Tpi Swanson 3 2 2 8 Halvorsen 2 14 5 Lovgren 0 2 12 Sherman 5 0 3 10 Morgan 4 6 3 14 Maglll 1113 Ball 10 0 2 McElligott 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 16 12 14 41 You Arc Invited to Hear The Rev. 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