6 f 'T ' i "T ' mm- POINTING FOR THE DISTRICT loo High school Cardinal, hilohn M4. Eddie Shannon topherson (40). Back row. Coach Docktor. Keith Nelson (30). ten 33). Jim 5 wan on (14). aer, Cardinals Ready for Tournament at John Day When 9 a.m. next Thursday mornins rolls around, a sizeable contingent will leave lone for the dwtrlct 7 B basketball tour nament In John Day. Included In the group will be the play ers, a spectator bus load of stu dents, the band and a large number of supporters. Before that time comes, how ever, the Cards must play two more league games which could nffect their league standing but losses couldn't keep them out of the tournament. They face Uma tilla there Friday night and con clude the regular season Satur day with Echo at lone. lone High and McEwen of Athena are still running neck and neck for first place In the Umatilla-Morrow B league, each with 13-1 records. They have de feated each other but no other team has been able to stop them. 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The tournament at John Day will start at 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 6 . and will continue through the championship game Saturday night. March 8. tot a number of years the tournament has been held In Pendleton, but this year to give the southern teams a turn at having it in their area, it was decided to hold the event In the big new Grant Union High gym at John Day. lone, McEwen, Stanfield and Weston appear to be the en trants from the north with an outside chance given to Umatil- JUJ' 1 Automotive GRIFFIN GODWIN AUTO YARD Used Cars Everything in Automotive and Car Parts New Used Rebuilds Wholesale Retail The home of "one million road-tested parts" Troy Griffin Sam & Chris Godwin Herm.-McNary Hwy. 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Praire City and Lone Creek each have 11-1 records, and Long Creek lost to Dayville in a recent outing by two points. lone is given an excellent chance in this year's tournament with Frank Halvorsen, Jim Swanson, Eddie Sherman, Bob Ball and Scott Wilson, all seas oned veterans, drawing the starting assignment. Time of lone's first game will not be determined until after the decision on which team the Cards or the Scott ies are first in their league. The tournament will be sing lc elimination with a consola tion bracket for early losers, Principal Harold Beggs said that reservations were made some time ago for the lone play ers, band and students at John Dav motels since it was pretty certain that the Cards would finish well within the top four. For the entire season, includ ing non-league games, lone has a record of 16-3, losing only to Heppner. McEwen and Arling ton. The Redbirds have also de feated each of these teams. A game scheduled with Dufur there last Tuesday was not play ed when the power went off just as the contest was about to start. JV's Top Rockets, Lose at Madras By GARY KEMP Heppner's Jayvees split their basketball games last weekend by rolling over Pilot Rock, 59 42, and dropping a close fought battle to Madras, 61-53. The Baby Mustangs under the direction of Dean Naffziger (Ed Hiemstra was away on business) jumped to a 16-4 first quarter lead at Pilot Rock and never let up. Leading scorers for the Hep pner team were Huson, 21; and Hall, 13. Saturday night at Madras the teams were tied, 41-all, at the end of three quarters, but Mad ras' Jayvees rallied to outscore the Baby Mustangs, 20-12, the last quarter. Leading scorers for the Mus tangs were Hall, 16; Lovgren, 10; and Murray 10. Rifle Club Reviews History, Plans Future With its meeting on March 5 the Morrow county Rifle and Pis tol club will have completed two years of organization and has grown to 46 members, Pres ident Wayne Hams states. On the second anniversary, the club looks back on some good achievements. Thirty of the members are also members of the National Rifle Association. In the club, members' first attempt as instructors for the Hunters Safety Course, sponsor ed by the Oregon State Game Commission, 73 youths of ages 10 to 16 passed their tests. The club conducted two sight-ing-in days for the public last year and had five turkey shoots during the period. Meetings attended by various members of the club and re ported on here included those by the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Association in Pendleton, the Oregon State Rifle and Pis tol Association annual meeting in Portland, the United Sports man Association of Oregon in Portland, and the Blue Moun tain Elk Conservation Club in Pendleton. Among guests speakers at the local meetings in 1968 were: Paul Jones, talking on county impoundments and the parks system; Charles Bowles, Nat ional Rifle Association, junior rifle clubs: Charles C. Seitz, bench rest shooting; and Bob Mace of the Oregon State Game Commission, on turkey man agement and hunting. Glen Ward and Jack Melland of the Oregon State Game Com Tourney-Bound Cardinals Topple Two More Teams Pured bv K.ililie Sherman with 22 point Friday night and hv Jim Swanson wiih 22 Satur day night, the tournament hound lone High nhool bukct ball team coiwumiil two more Umatilla-Morrow B league op ponents over the week-end. Thev whipped a good Weston team Friday night. h." to G2, anil hum bled the I'miipine Chief 1 11 lit Saturday night, 68 to 54, both game at lone. Coach Gene iKn-kter said af ter the Friday tilt that Weston was the best team lone has fac ed in three weeks. But the Card inals' fast break was going In high, and the defense was (licking, too, making it tough for the visitors. The Cards poured 32 points through the hoop In the first quarter and had the ball game won at that point with a 13 point bulge. By halflime It was 54-33. and Coach Dockter used all his traveling squad in roll ing to victory. lone made only 11 turnovers In the game. It was pretty much the same storv with Umapine. The Carda had an 11-point lead at the end of the first quarter, moved to a 37-19 advantage by halftime and coasted in with Umapine gaining a little ground In the last two periods. Scores: WESTON 19 14 11 1862 IONE 32 22 13 1885 Rebounds: lone. 52 (Halvor sen 181; Weston, 37. Field goals: lone, 33 of 76; Weston. 22 of 64. Free throws: lone, 19 of 35; Weston. 18 of 29. WESTON 62 Fg Ft Pf Tp Tucker 1 8 2 10 Erickson 2 2 5 6 Dorrow 0 0 0 0 Turner 110 3 Evans 9 4 0 22 J. Towne 0 3 0 3 Bonifer 0 0 0 0 Baysinger 7 0 0 14 K. Towne 2 0 0 4 TOTALS 22 18 7 62 IONE 85 Fg Ft Pf Tp Halvorsen 6 5 3 17 Ball 4 5 3 13 Swanson 7 2 3 16 Sherman 8 6 4 22 Wilson 4 119 Palmateer 10 5 2 McElligott 0 0 3 0 Nelson 10 0 2 Pettyjohn 0 0 0 0 Christopherson 2 0 0 4 Krebs 0 0 0 0 Marick 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 33 19 21 85 UMAPINE 54 .:Fg Ft Pf Tp Dixon 0 0 3 0 Wallace ' 0 0 0 0 Kessler 0 0 4 0 G. Key 12 6 4 30 G. Wheeler 3 2 18 L. Key 2 2 3 6 Hodgeh 4 2 3 10 TOTALS 21 12 18 54 IONE 68 Fg Ft Pf Tp Halvorsen 6 14 4 16 Ball 5 3 0 13 Swanson 9 4' 2 22 Wilson 2 2 16 Sherman 3 15 7 Palmateer 1113 McElligott 0 0 2 0 Nelson 0 111 Pettyjohn 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 26 16 16 68 UMAPINE 11 8 20 1554 IONE 22 15 18 1368 Rebounds: lone 35 (Halvorsen 15); Umapine, 33. Field goals: lone, 26 of 72; Umapine, 21 of 53. Free throws: lone, 16 of 24; Umapine, 12 of 19. mission provided the club with movies, and President Hams ex pressed thanks to them on be half of the club for showing the movies. "We are in hopes of expand ing our club activities this com ing year," Hams said. "A few of the activities planned are the following: two or three tourna ment type shoots (strictly by class of firearm), two turkey shoots, printing of a club news letter to be sent out every two months, formation of a junior rifle club, continued support of the hunters safety course in Mor row county, and work to be done on range improvement." The Morrow county club, as an NRA affiliate, promotes mem bership in the National Rifle association. Through it, the club attempts to keep members in formed of present firearms leg islation, both on the state and federal levels. Anyone interested in shooting and hunting is invited to join the club. Anual dues are $5 per member. Anyone using the range facilities must have a membership card or be with someone who has a card. "This new ruling by the club is for our protection as well as for our landlord, Don Evans," the club president said. "The range will be open to the pub lic on special days, such as sighting-in days, tournaments, and turkey shoots." Club meetings are held on the first Wednesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. at the county courthouse. Mustang Five Rallies To Tip Rocket Quint By JOHN HARRIS In a tightly-fought game at Pilot HiM'k Friday night, the Heppner Mustang bounced ov er the Pilot Rok Koikels. 71 70. To round out a double vic tory for the week end. the Horsemen rolled up an easy vic tory over the White Bulfalors, HJ 71. at Mailiis Saturday night. The Saturday contest was eas ily won with 11 players scoring and four In double figure. Jon ODonnell and John Mct'abe led the pack, scoring 20 and 16 re spectively. The Buffaloes' top M-orer was Phil Utter with 18 points, while Danny Martinez accounted for 16. The Friday game on Pilot Rocks' home floor, proved to be a thriller. The Mustangs trailed at halftime bv four points and at the third stop by eight points, but in the fourth quarter they opened up. Led by Jon ODon nell with a burst of 16 points In the last quarter, the lloi-se' men outscored the Rockets, 26 19. and pulled out a thin one point victory. With 53 seconds to go the Rockets held a three point lead, the Rockets missed a shot and the Mustangs scored two on a jumper bv ODonnell. With 12 seconds left the Rock ets took another shot. In the rebounding process. ODonnell was fouled by Vic Raclcot. He went to the line and calmly sank both shots of a one and one to attain the winning mar gin of one point. Quarter Scores: HEPPNER 13 13 19 2671 PILOT ROCK 13 17 23 1770 HEPPNER MADRAS 25 21 15 21 $2 18 12 17 2471 Freshmen Down Condon, 54-46 By LARRY PETTYJOHN The Heppner frosh ended their season with a win over the Con don rookies, 54-46. The game was played February 20 at Heppner. The Mustangs fell prey to the Blue Devils in two previous games, but took revenge in their last encounter. Both teams shot well from the field, with the Mustangs hitting 22 of 49 and Condon 21 of 45. Heppner took advantage of the gift shots, making 10 of 25 at tempts, while Condon sank a poor 4 of 16. Gary Watkins, guard for the Heppner rooks, again topped the scoring department and also took rebounding honors. Wat kins tallied 23 counters and 15 rebounds. He was followed In scoring by Roy Roberts and Bruce Bergstrom with 12 and 11 respectively. Mark Romine and Ron Phil lips led the Condon scoring with 14 and 12 points respectively. ... He is a piece of skin stretched over an appetite. ... He is part human, part barbarian. ... He, with his sister, is part angel and the most precious possession of the American home . . . ... He is a periodic nuisance, but a joy forever. He is the problem of our times and the hope of our nation WE AT GARDNER'S HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN OUR HEARTS FOR BOYS. For those from 12 to 90 we take a great pride in outfitting them with the best in brand clothing and latest styles. WELCOME, BOYS, to . . . Gardner's Men's Wear THE STORE OF PERSONAL SERVICE MARJ and LeROY GARDNER HEPPNER HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. February V, 19G9 S - P JON O'DONNELL Senior forward scored 26 against Pilot Rock. 16 in th daizling final quarter. O'DonneU hit 12 of 19 field goal attempts, a blistering 63 percent, and the last two winning ire throws. Mrs. Martha Van Scholack re turned last Thursday following an extended visit in Portland and the Willamette Valley with relatives. She enjoyed a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Steve Fenton at their home In Salem where they were Joined by Mrs. Fent on's mother, Mrs. Beth Van Scholack, and Jimmy. In Port land she staved at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Karlson, and visited briefly with Mrs. Edna Turner, who Is confined to Good Samaritan hospital where she underwent surgery for the sec ond time several weeks ago. Mrs. Ned (Lillian) Sweeic Is in St. Alphonsus hospital in Boise, Idaho, where she underwent ma or back surgery Tuesday, Feb ruary 18. She is reported bv friends to be progressing well and will remain in the hospi tal for several more days. Ad dress of the hospital is 506 N. 5th St., and she is in room num ber 360. Mrs. Arnie Hedman and Mrs, Terry Thompson drove to Port land last Wednesday, taking Mrs. Pat Brindle, who entered Good Samaritan hospital where she will remain for observation and tests. Her daughter, Ann Brindle, traveled to Portland la ter In the week to be with her mother while she is hospitalized. Her room number is 420. ...DEFINITION OF A BOY HCPPNEn 71 F; It If Ti A-lilxcU. C. 2 ' i I ODonnell U 2 2 '.'li Kemp H I -1 ' Met -all f ! 3 2" I'll iv uh n 2 3 2 7 Kilkenny 0 2 2 2 TOTALS 27 17 IS 71 PILOT ROCK 70 Kg Ft Pf T M1M1I1011 ti 0 5 12 Mathews 5 8 4 H Brann.m 5 3 4 11 Itaeit-ot 6 3 in Quuempt 14 4 6 IU.hl.-n 2 0 14 Cook 10 0 2 TOTALS 26 18 19 70 (ER (2 Fg Ft Tf To 3 117 7 6 I 20 3 5 5 11 7 2 1 16 6 I I 13 10 3 2 112 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 2 33 16 14 82 Athbet-k. C. O'DonneU Kemp M.Vatie I'eltv (ohn Van Marter Kilkenny Huson Sweeney Smith Ashheck. M. Hall TOTALS MADRAS 71 Fg Ft rr tp Vandervelden 6 2 1 14 Fortson 0 0 2 0 Shafer 2 2 2 6 Martinez 8 0 4 16 Bailey 112 3 Utter 7 4 0 18 Ahern 0 0 10 Sample 0 0 0 0 Sahme 0 0 0 0 Glroux 12 14 Sanderville 3 0 16 Dodson 2 0 5 1 TOTALS 30 11 19 71 Courthouse Group Cuts Expenditures The Morrow county courthouse preservation committee, with, Mrs. Max Barclay as chairman, met with Judge Paul Jones last Wednesday for its annual tour of Inspection of courthouse fa cilities, and to get recommenda tions on needed care and Im provements, as allocated in the annual budget Due to havoc in road condit ions over the county and needed f.mHa In that rionnrtment. the committee decided to withhold any expenditures for new court house improvements during the coming year, and cooperate with other committees in cutting budgets. The committee did extensive work during the past year, in cluding the Installation of wall to wall carpeting, some major repairs, and redecorating to brighten up the general interior. Plans do include continuing a regular detailed cleaning pro gram, however, to keep the in terior in good condition. Serving on the committee with Mrs. Barclay are Mrs. Paul Pmiun Mrs. Verner Troedson. Mrs. Roy W. Llndstrom and Mrs. Ralph Thompson. PH. 676-9218