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Amazing Mustangs Lose by 'Whisker' (Continued from paga 1) Lcod missed both tries on two-shot personal ajjalnst Jess Schelslrom. Shontz hit a free throw and Dlmlck oort on a lumper to filve me rhiciiaina a 3 rm oiee. and at that point Hull tallied the layln with 1:05 to so. These were the Mustang' lust points. After Shontz acored the tlpln at :45 to play giving Rotfue lttv. er a one-point margin, the rent of the points came aa a result of desperation plays by the Hcppner five. They had to com mit violation! in an attempt to net the ball, and this resulted in another free throw point by Dlmlck and four more by Shontz. While the six point spread might appear in the record books as a fairly comfortable victory, it was anything from that for the team whose great 21-1 record tottered precariously in this tournament came. The Chieftains' one loss, early in the season, was by one point. Other Chieftains Hsld Without Shontz tn the con test, the Mustangs would have turned the trick with consider able ease. Only three other Chieftains hit the scoring col umn at all. making only 26 be tween them. Dlmlck counted 17, and Pun Copelund seven. But Kick Dees, given all-state men Hon by the daily press, never made a point. lite Mustangs tried a box zone defense with a roving fifth man assigned to Shontz, as they did against Dave Dicker in the district tournament, but this didn't stop the big guy. He made five field goals in the opening quarter, before Hcppner found its tournament legs, but the Mustancs limited him to seven free throws in the second stan MOMS KNOW EVERYTHING ESPECIALLY ABOUT SAVINGS I- J i a. ' J I Mother Is always ready to lend a helping hand where it's needed, and she knows how much of a helping hand a tidy sum of savings can be and how much easier it is to save when you start saving young. OPEN AN ACCOUNT TODAY FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION BOX 848 PENDLETON ?a. It appeared that they may have found his number. But this didn't prove out in the third when he bombarded four buck et and finished with three in the fourth to go with eight more tree throws. Some of his deadliest damago to the Mustangs came from the free throw line where he drill cd 16 of 20 tries. At the start of the contest, it appeared that Rogue Kiver might blow the Mustangs right back to the wheat and cattle country. With Just over a minute cone, and hhontz already in high gear, the Chieftains had a 6 0 lead. They extended this to 10-1 with only McLeod's free throw Interrupting their point monopoly at the start Wee W 11 lie hit another gift toss to make It 10-2. but Hcppner never rip pled the twine with a field goal until nearly five minutes were gone. Then Kilkenny took a feed from McCube after a fast break and scored. Rogue River captured its big gest lead of the game at 15-4 when Copeland hit from the baseline. Mustanqs Bally It was at this point that the Chieftains learned that Hcppner didn't make the 3HU mile trip to Coos Bay lust for the ride. And the Mustangs did it in the same manner that withered so much of their opposition In late season. Kilkenny lumped one, McCabe flipped another layln on anoth er fast break with a feed by Kilkenny. He was fouled in the process and added a free throw. McLeod drove in for a one hand- er and 26 seconds later tallied on two free throws. Thus, In just over a minute and a half, the Mustangs cut the lead from 11 points to two 15-13. Rogue River revived a bit here, but the quarter wound up at 17- 22, and Hcppner had posted its notice on the bulletin board with an exclamation point. Five Mustangs got into the scoring in the second quarter when they held the Chieftains to two field goals and eight free throws for 12. Heppner made 14, and the half ended 34 31 for Rogue River. The Mus tangs took their first lead with 5Vi minutes gone in the quar ter when McCabe converted two free throws. Supporters of the "aroused Giants" envision ed the type of second half comeback that .overcame half time deficits against Vale and Grant Union in the district tour ney. it almost came to pass, but the dying seconds of the con test were to decide the battle for the Chieftains. Heppner fortunes sagged at the start of the third when Shontz slapped them Into a 7 point deficit with two consecu tive tlptna. It took all the quar ter for the Mustangs to regain the lost points, but Hall even tually tied it up at 46-46 on a free throw. This was a good per iod for McCabe whuse three timely field goals kept Heppner alive. With 10 seconds left in the period Shontz scored anoth er of his tips, but McCabe fin ished with a jumper that knot ted the count at 48 48. From there on. It looked as If the Mustangs might pull away, but Shontz' 14 point production In the fourth quarter, and the Heppner lads' Inability to hit their free throws at the critical times saved the day for the states No. 1 live. Heppner shooting was consid erably below its record in the district tournament at .396. (The Mustangs hit .51b against Vale) However. Rogue River made on ly .338. Rogue River pulled 49 rebounds. 23 bv Shontz. and Heppner made 42, of which 10 were by Kilkenny. The Mustangs became a crowd favorite with their show Ing in this game, drawing sua port from almost everyone in the Marshfield High gym except the Rogue River contingent. McLeod took a bad spill late in the contest and had to be assisted off the court, but the game senior came back Tues day ready to go against Stay-ton. Heppner Highs band, cheer ing section and supporters from the home town won admiration from the tourney goers for their spirit. HEPPNER 60 Fg Ft Pf TP McLeod 4 4-8 4 12 McCabe 7 5-7 3 19 Kilkenny 4 4-8 2 12 O'Donnell 12-2 4 4 Hall 2 1-1 2 5 Slillman 0 2 2 1 2 Ashbeck 3 0-1 16 S. Pettyjohn 0 0-1 10 Dobbs 0 0-0 10 TOTALS 21 18-30 19 60 ROGUE RIVER 66 Fg Ft Pf Tp Dimlck 7 3-5 3 17 Dees 0 0-2 3 0 Copeland 3 1-3 3 7 Schefstrom 10-0 4 2 Shontz 12 16-20 3 40 Llles 0 0-0 1 0 Leroy 0 00 2 0 Byers 0 0-0 2 0 TOTALS 23 20-30 21 66 HEPPNER 17 14 17 1260 Sfayton Eagles -Prove Waterloo For Heppner Five (Continued from pan J) checked by the tournament wise Eagles. Stayton was play ing In Its third consecutive state meet. Manning Hits Rich Manning started hitting for the Eagles and fired the early lead. After the lads of Coach Don Carey opened a size able margin, it was strictly no contest for the rest of the way. All efforts of the Mustangs were thwarted, a stunning reversal of their performance against Rogue River. Bv halftlme. Stavton had moved to a 33-20 lead, and the Mustangs took it worse on the chin In the third quarter when they managed only one field goal, that by Kilkenny, and t total of eight points. Going In to the fourth, it was 50-28 for the Laglcs. The Stayton five used an ef foetive zone defense against the Mustangs which stopped them from going through the key. Heppner's long shots weren't dropping, and with several Eag les playing deep on their zone defense they swept the defens ive board. The Mustangs tried a man-to-man defense in the hope of stopping the Eagles but quickly realized the mistake. With victory virtually out of reach in the fourth period, the Heppner five battled back and scored 11 straight,, but it was too late for the Mustangs to con jure any of the hoop magic that has confounded top teams like Vale. Grant Union and Rogue River this year. Heppner was understandably out of gas after the brilliant Monday performance and there was no filling station on the ruthless Marshfield High court. In field goal shooting, the Mustangs made only .255 on 12 of 47 attempts. Stayton hit 22 of 50 for .440. On free throws, Heppner made a .678 percentage to .511 for the winners. Score: HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. March 14. IKS Hall McCabe L. Pettyjohn McLeod R. Kilkenny Stlilman Mealy S. Pettyjohn O'Donnell P. Kilkenny Ashbeck Dobbs TOTALS HEPPNER 43 F Ft Pf 1 2 2 4 t 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 2 1 4 I 2 1 2 0 0 0 9 6 9 6 1 2 1 2 0 4 0 12 19 22 43 STAYTON 60 Carey Guttormsen Manning Sproles Miley Schotthoefer Benefiel Olmstead Brusasco Blever TOTALS STAYTON HEPPNER 16 9 Fg Ft Pf Tp 4 10 9 3 2 4 8 5 5 3 1.1 4 2 1 10 2 2 4 6 10 0 2 2 2 3 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 10 2 2 22 16 19 60 17 17 1060 11 8 1543 Don Malaska, a student at Pa cific University In Forest Grove, is spending spring vacation at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Majeske. 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