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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
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dot. lorn McElllaott (10). Clint Krebe (42). Bob Ball (22). Ron Chris
nick Marlck (44). won raunaieer
Should both go through the
week-end without defeats, the
first place entry from the north
for the tournament will be de
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this applies to the tourney piac
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ship would be jointly held by
the two schools.
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.
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Weston appear to be the en
trants from the north with an
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on March 6 through 1 1 w the
Scott WlUon (24). Frank Halror-
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(lone echool photo)
la to slip In for fourth place.
However, they have the unen
viable role of playing both lone
and McEwen this week-end.
From the south, the four
teams in the tournament will be
Prairie Cltv. Long Creek, Mon
ument and Dayville. 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.
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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. February V, 19G9 S
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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.
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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.
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