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
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?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
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0
0
0
2
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4
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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
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