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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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addition to your home ...or a new
family automobile. Whatever you
decide to give, the folks at
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help you financially with the low
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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.
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