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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1973)
Page 4 Mustangs beat a stubborn Dome In their first rivalry of the 1973 74 basketball season, the Heppner Mustangs downed the lone Cardinals 61-39 at lleppner Saturday night. This was the second non conference games for both teams. A crowd of approxi mately 250 people were on hand. The shorter Cards outdid the tall Mustangs in the first quarter by sinking 14 points to Heppner's 12. The Cards continued to lead most of the way through the second peri od, going ahead 20-16 with about three minutes left in the half. Then it happened. The Mustangs made six buckets in a row to take the lead at half time. 28-20. From there on it was the Mustangs all the way. as they continued their scoring spree. The Mustangs held a comfor table 15 point lead when the third quarter buzzer sounded. The fighting Cards were unable to "buy a basket' in the w. y 1 ft i John Myers, Mustang (42), and Tom Hamlet, lone (25), seem to be playing rough, but both going after the ball in Saturday night's game. Looking on are John Boyer, partially hidden by the referee, and Charlie McElligott (21). More cagers needed Want to play basketball? There are facilities avail able and a team for you to play on. Jim Slusher of the Nor-Gas Company, needs more play ers. He has three full teams at present, eight players per team. The goal is eight full teams. "If anyone wants to spend some time with the boys playing basketball instead of drinking beer, sign up for some real competition," Slusher urged. New players should sign up by Dec. 17 at Nor-Gas, or contact Slusher any Wednes day night at the Elementary School Gym. Jerry Michael Healy re ceived a bachelors of science degree in finance at the graduation convocation, fall term, at the University of Oregon, Dec. 7. tk u thn r- $325ssh" - miniiii'UJ I I T MIGHTS AT HOUDAT BU HOTEl i r PEARL HARBOR CRUISE 5SSS5ss Ueppner. Ore., Gazette-Times, fourth quarter as they rimmed shot after shot with the ball rolling out, while their de fenders continued to score. In the last period of play, the Cards racked up . only . 9 points while the Mustangs added another 16 points to their score. At the final buzzer, the Mustangs had 61 points to the Cards 39. High point man for the Mustangs was John Boyer with 20 points, followed by Ken Eckman with 10. Other Mus tangs scorers included John Kilkenny with 6 points, John Mvers 6. Mike Bergstrom 5, Dave McLeod 4. Dave Me Lachlan 4. Tom Roberts 4. Jerry Gentry 2. Mike Mills and Barry Munkers 1 each. High point rebounder for the victors was Mike Bergstrom with 15 points, followed bv John Kilkenney who pulled down 11 rebounds. Phil Carlson led the Card Mustangs named to All State Five members of the Hepp ner Mustang football team have been named to the 1973 Class A All-State football team. Coach Chuck Starr learned recently. Selected were: John Boyer, defensive halfback (1st team); Randy Morris, center (2nd); Mike Bergstrom, de fensive end (3rd); John Kil kenny, defensive end, and Mike Mills, defensive middle guard, honorable mention. George Steagall is home on a 30-day leave from Ft. Hood, Tex. He is with a helicopter maintenance division. Stea gall will leave for Korea next month for a 12 to 18 month tour. Fib. 23rd - 1 ) m r TRAVEL ! Thurt., Dec. II 1973 scoring with points. Other lone scoring players who added poutU were Mark Rietmann 4, Paul Peterson 8, Joel Peterson 4, Tom Hamlett 4. Charlie McElligott 3. Kevin Gutierrez!, and Mike Warren 2. Carlson had It rebounds for the Cards. In the shooting category, Ueppner made 26 out of 69 shots from the field and sunk 9 points at the foul line. lone shot 16 out of 65 shots from the field and collected 7 free throw shots. The Mustangs meet the Condon Blue Devils Friday night. The JV game will begin at 6:30 p.m. with the varsity following. On Dec. 18, the Mustangs and Cardinals meet again at a game played in lone. The JV game will begin at 6:30 p.m. with the varsity game following. lone whips Stanfield in last 4 minutes Trailing and with only four minutes remaining in the game, the lone Cardinals pumoed in 12 points to defeat the Stanfield Tigers 43-35 Friday night in lone. It was the first non-conference game of the season for the Cards and Tigers, and shooting was off for both teams. The Cards shot only 29 per cent from the field and Tigers managed 23 per cent. lone and Stanfield battled to a low scoring first half with the Tigers leading 8-6 at first quarter and 16-13 at halftime. In the second half, lone played a different ball game and outscored Stanfield 10-9 in the third quarter. The red and white men hit a basket streak in the fourth quarter and sunk 20 points to secure the win. J Jack Van Owned Sears Christmas Gifts that Last from Tum-a-Lum . PREFINISHED SHELVES t KITCHEN CABINETS WALL PANELING NEW CEILING STORM DOORS j. STORM WINDOWS CEILING INSULATION WEATHERSTRIP DOORS i AND WINDOWS A NEW FIREPLACE A FIREPLACE DOOR FOR YOUR PRESENT ONE ELECTRIC HAND TOOLS it- The list is endless, and the cost may be less than you think! Free Estimates Mi-A-Lun lumber: Hermiston 5675588; JMSISSgg" SBSC. .... i , - -rV H - I'l .'v.H'" ? "i ( J3 The Mustangs hit for another two points against the lone Cards in Saturday night's game. Ken Eckman, obscured by Mike Warren (45) has Just hit for two, while Mike Bergstrom (44) looks on. Top scores for lone were Mike Warren, 9 points, and Charlie McElligott, 9 points. Warren also collected 20 rebounds, 16 in the second half. Other scorers for the vic tors included: Joel Peterson with 8 points. Kevin Gutierrez with 8, Paul Peterson with 4, Phil Carlson with 3, and Tom Gates with 2. Greg Berry topped Stan field, scoring with 15 points. Coach Del La Rue said of the victory, "We didn't play especially well, but we have four juniors playing." lone Cardinals head to Echo this weekend to play in the Echo Tournament. The Cards will play Umatilla Vikings fit 7 p.m., Dec. 14, at Echo High School. i AM JumriisuruK jui : g SEARS will be open Friday Nite, Dec. 21 for your convenience. 8 v. Winkle and operated by Jack van Winkle. HEPPNER FAIR COMMITTEE ELECTS OFFICERS The Fair Committee meet ing was held Wednesday evening at the Lexington School. Officers elected were Helen Acock, chairman, and Delpha Jones, secretary. Others present for the meeting were Pete Richards, Ron Black, M. Cantin, Beverley Doherty, Jean Bennett, Fran cine Evans, Birdine Tullis and Mike Howell. jpHTf:nifri'Hf"'T 1 II1 fr-, ') Tr i I V-.. , . ; v""" r i i j j iH.., ..Jf Why not give your family something special this Christ mas? Like a winter vacation to sun country ... a party room addition to your home ...or a new family automobile. Whatever you decide to give, the folks at First National in Heppner can help you financially with the low cost convenience of a First National loan. Wedliketo 1 get you. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OREGON Heppner branch MEMBER FDIC JVs snast Bono and UgIIovjq The Heppner JVs, led by their new coach Duanne Neiffer. stomped the Wallowa JVs 78 28 Friday night In Heppner. It was the season opener for both teams. Heppner Jumped to a early led in the first quarter by sinking 28 points, jumped to early led In the first quarter by sinking 28 points. Wallowa managed 6 points. The JVs didn't stop building their lead as they rallied 13 points in the second half to lead the defenders 41-12 at halftime. Wallowa defense failed to make a comeback in the second half and scored 16 points to the victors' 37. Dave McLachlan was high rebounder for the Mustang JVs. Top scorer for the victors was DeWayne McLain with 16 points. Other JV scorers for Mustangs include Wade Pad berg 12 points, Steve Peck 8, Mike Orwick 8, Dave Mc Lachlan 8, Clay West 8, Paul Van Marter 4 and Kelwayne Haguewood 4. High scorer for the loser was Mike Burnett with 6 points. Fresh off the win over Wallowa, the Heppner JVs struck again as they blasted the lone JVs 63-25 Saturday night in Heppner. High scorer for the Mus tangs was Dave McLachlan. Dave pumped in 14 points and pulled down 8 points. Todd Peterson led the Card JVs with 9 points. In the first quarter Heppner jumped to a 20-4 point lead. They continued to set the pace and collected 43 more points to secure the win. See manager Ken Belcher or Oilman about a holiday loan. Say Merry Christmas with a holiday loan from First National. to know The next game for Heppner JVs will be Friday night, when they meet the Condon Blue Devils at 6:30 p.m. at Condon. The lone JVs travel to Echo to play Umatilla in the Echo tournament. The game will start at 6:30 p.m. Heppner ,20 1! 16 16-63 lone 10 Heppner Dave McLachlan 14. Kelwayne Haguewood 12, Joe Kenny 10, Tim Skow 4, day Wilson 4. Rob Eckman 2. DeWayne McLain 2, Wade Padberg 1. lone Todd Peterson 9. Joe Rietmann 4, Harvey" Childers 4. LeRoy Rea 3, Skye Krebs 2. Kim Gutierrez 2, and Rich Keene I. Lt Orown is leaving Navy Lt. j.g. Mark Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brown, Heppner, has returned to Norfolk, Va., from Naples, Italy, on his ship, the USS Courtney, which has been decommissioned. Lt. Brown will receive his discharge from the Navy on Dec. 14 and will return home to visit his parents. Brown, a Heppner High School graduate, is a graduate of the University of Oregon with a BA in political science. He received his Navy com mission at Pensacola, Fla. He was stationed at Barbados, West Indies. For the past 16 months his tour of duty was in the Mediterranean, and he lived in Naples. loan officer Mary Eleanor Stop by and talk to Manager Ken Belcher or Loan Officers Mary Eleanor Gilman and Jerry Huff. They'll help plan a loan that's right for you and your budget. Regular monthly instalments make repayment easy. And if you like, you can have the pay ments deducted automatically from your checking account. At First National we want our customers to have the merriest Christmas possible. That's why we have services like Bank- Americard . . . Christmas Club . . . and an assortment of flexible loan plans to choose from. So that your holiday season can be free of financial worries, and full of the -holiciay spini! Princess tryouts Dec. 30 Tryouts for Morrow County Rodeo Princesses will be held at the fairgrounds. Dec. SO, at 1:30 p.m., according to Jim Rogers, vice-president and publicity director for the Morrow County Rodeo. To be eligible for the tryouts a girl must be a resident of Morrow County, at least 16 years of age as of Jan. 1, 1974 and be at least a Junior In high school. Aspiring princesses may use any horse or saddle for the tryouts. They should wear Jeans and a hat, and bring a coat because of the cold weather. Four princesses will be chosen on the basis of their riding ability, personality and poise. This year there will be five judges from the rodeo board; plus one Judge each from the Iixington area, Boardman, lone and the Wranglers. Don Evans is chairman of the rodeo board. Cal Sumner, visited with his 99-year-old mother, Anna Laura Sumner, in Prineville the other day. He continued to Eugene to pick up his wife, Geraldine, who has been visiting their daughter, Mrs. Laura Lee Krenk, who re cently became the mother of a . son, Dorian Christopher. En route home, the couple visited in Oregon City with Mrs. Jerry Cox, Mrs. Sumner's sister, and in The Dalles with their son, Jimmy, Mrs. Sumner celebrated her birthday while in Eugene. It was the first time they hadn't been together on her birthday in more than 48 years, Sumner said. CAREF3 EE TOUR AMD 1 I 221 S.W. 1 Pendleton 2 LENDER
