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59-58 in cliff ha n
With 25 seconds remaining
in the game, John Myers sunk
a jump shot to put the
Mustangs ahead of the Blue
Devils as the Heppner Mus
tangs handed the Condon Blue
Devils a 59 58 defeat Friday
night in Condon
From the first jump ball, the
Mustangs and Blue Devils
battled neck-to-neck for the
lead The Blue Devils, aided
by heighth and rebound
ability, finally pulled ahead of
the Mustangs and took a 14-10
lead in the first quarter.
The Mustangs came back in
the second quarter and pulled
off rebounds to stay within a
few points of the leaders. They
finally tied the Blue Devils
with 4.41 seconds remaining in
the half. John Boyer sunk the
tie basket for the Mustangs.
Umatilla
lone, 49
The Umatilla Vikings out
scored the lone Cardinals in
the first half. 30-11, for a 49-36
victory in Friday night's
opener of the Echo Holiday
Tournament at Umatilla.
The Vikings quickly took the
lead in the first quarter by
sinking 12 points to the Cards
4. The leaders tallied 18 more
points in the second quarter to
gain a comfortable lead at
halftime.
The Cards, sparked by a
halftime pep talk, rallied 10
points in the third quarter and
held the Vikings to only points.
The fighting Cards tallied 15
more in the fourth quarter but
it wasn't enough.
Hike Warren and Paul
Peterson each scored 14 points
for the Cardinals. The Vi-
Heppner JVs whip
Condon, 62-50
Heighth and good shooting
paid off Friday for the
Heppner JVs who downed the
Condon JVs 62-50 at Condon.
Heppner, paced by Dave
McLachlan, shot 47 per cent
from the field with McLachlan
scoring 30 points. Condon shot
26 per cent from the field.
The losers had a better free
throw percentage than the
victors, with Condon shooting
62 per cent and Heppner 33 per
.cent.
' Heppner was in the lead
from the first quarter. They
.outscored their opponents
every quarter except the
third. Condon rallied at half
"time, sinking 19 points to
Heppner 's 12.
Top rebounder for the Mus
tangs was DeWayne McLain
with 12 rebounds; Dave Mc
Lachlan followed with 11.
' "We played a good defen
sive ballgame but we threw
the ball away too many
limes," said Heppner JV
Coach Duane Neiffer.
, The next game for the JVs
will be Friday night at
Wallowa. The battle with the
Wallowa JVs begins at 6:30
p.m.
CAREER. JOB SEMINAR
.DAY AT BLUE MOUNTAIN
"Wow Day" will be held
March 2 at Blue Mountain
Community College for Mor
row County high school stu
dents. The career and job seminar
day is sponsored by the county
extension service, Morrow
County high schools, and Blue
Mountain Community College.
Further information on the
career day will be announced
later, according to Birdine
Tullis. co-ordinator of the
event.
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
EARNED THROUGH B.MCC
' Sam Barraza an employee
of the United Stales Forest
Service, received his adult
high school diploma recently
by attending Blue Mountain
Community College evening
classes.
Any person wishing to work
toward a high school diploma
or G.E.D. is asked to contact
Anne Doherty. 676-5050, for
further information.
Heppner, Ore., Gazette-Times, Thurs., Dec. 20, JS7J
The Blue Devils began to put
on pressure, but failed to pull
ahead of the Mustangs by
more than one or two points.
Barry Munkers sunk a basket
with 1.22 seconds left and put
the Mustangs out in front
28 26. The Mustangs ended the
quarter by leading the Blue
Devils 29 27.
During the third quarter,
neither team lost the fighting
spirit as both continued to take
the lead from one another.
Tom Roberts sparked the
Mustangs throughout the
quarter by stealing the ball
from the Blue Devils.
The Blue Devils took a 1
point lead at the end of the
third quarter.
Condon kept the lead until
the last four minutes of the
fourth quarter when John
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kings' leading scorer
was
Cary Sherrow with 16 points.
Sherrow also grabbed 8 re
bounds. The victors out rebounded
the losers 34 to 24. The Vikings
shot 39 per cent from the field
and made one out of two free
throws. The Cardinals had 29
per cent at the free throw line
and made 31 per cent of their
field shots.
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Carollo 4.
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Armstrong 6,
Sherrow 16, Laf-
ferty 7, Anderson 4, Barto 2.
Nielson 2. Morse 4.
lone - Carlson 3. Warren 14, P.
Peterson 14, Gutierrez 1,
Gates 2.
Heppner
Condon
16 18 12 16
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Heppner-Dave McLachlan 30,
Wade Padberg 14, Clayton
Wilson 8, DeWayne McLain 8,
Mike Orwick 2.
Condon-Gary Miller 19, Stan
Carnine 12. Tom Fatland 6,
Daulton Warren 5. Mike
Campbell 5, Joe Slagel 2,
Dewey Kennedy 1.
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Boyer tied the game 50-50.
Condon took the lead, but not
for inns, as the Mustangs tied
it up with 1.28 seconds
remaining in the game.
Then the tables began to
turn as John Myers came off
the bench for the Mustangs.
Craig Pattee fouled Mike
Bergstrom and Bergstrom put
Heppner ahead 55-54 with 56
seconds left.
Greg Shearer hit a basket
for Condon and secured a 1
point lead. With 25 seconds
loft, the Heppner Mustangs
took the lead with a jump shot
from Myers and secured the
victory.
The win marks the third
straight non-conference vic
tory for the Mustangs.
The Mustangs outrebounded
the Blue Devils 43-40 with
Montgomery
heads up
Wranglers
The Wranglers held their
annual Christmas party at the
Morrow County Fairgrounds,
Dec. 1.
A potluck supper preceded a
busines meeting that was
highlighted by a visit from
Sant Claus. The rest of the
evening was spent dancing to
the music of the Roberts
musicians.
New officers elected are:
Bob Montgomery, president;
Lee Palmer, vice-president;
Gwen Healy, financial secre
tary; and Merlyn Robinson,
recording secretary. Direc
tors elected for two-year
terms were Jerry Myers and
Kite Healy. Bob Van Schoiack
will serve on the board for a
one-year term. Holdover di
rectors are Allen Hughes and
Ron Haguewood.
The by-laws were amended
to change meeting dates from
one per month to four major
meetings per year. The board
will meet first in January, and
other meetings will be called
when necessary.
Bev Steagall was appointed
judge on a panel with rodeo
board members for the forth
coming princess tryouts. Bob
Van Schoiack is the Wrangler
representative at rodeo board
meetings.
Lee Palmer received a prize
for having the largest number
of guests present, and door
prizes were won by Scott
Dougherty, Barbara Palmer
and Merlyn Robinson.
Condon
Mike Bergstrom and John
Kilkenny grabbing 20 and 13
rebounds respectively.
Condon out shot the victors
by sinking 27 out of 81 shots
from the field and 4 out of 12
free throws. Heppner made 11
out of 16 free throws and 24 out
of 83 field goals.
John Boyer tallied 19 points
for Heppner and Kenny Eck
man and John Myers scored 13
and 10 respectively.
Top scorers from Condon
were Greg Shear and Bryce
Logan with 12 points each.
"We did an outstanding job
on defensive with Mike Berg
strom and John Kilkenny on
the boards," said Heppner
Coach Dean Naffziger.
"We had an excellent team
effort from every Mustang."
The Mustangs travel to
Annual Christmas
bird count today
The annual Christmas Bird
Count will be held today, Dec.
20.
This official count, con
ducted by the Heppner High
School Biology Department, is
done within strict guidelines of
the American Audubon So
ciety. The count is a 15-mile
diameter circle which is
divided up into six sections or
groups, with six to ten
participates in each.
Many local people, college
students and Heppner High
School students make up
groups which canvass the
area in motor vehicles and on
several walks. Both the spe
cies and numbers of birds
counted will be compiled and
submitted to the Audubon
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Wallowa (his weekend to play
in the Wallowa Christmas
Tournament.
On Dec. 27, the Mustangs
will play the Blue Mountain
Community College junior
varsity team. The game will
begin at 8 p.m. at the Heppner
High School gymnasium.
Heppner
Condon
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14 13 17 14
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Heppner-Boyer 19, Eckman
13, Munkers 2, Myers 10,
Bergstrom 6, Roberts 6, Kil
kenny 3.
Condon-Logan 12, Shearer 12,
Easton 10, Lantis 10, Kackley
1.
Society.
On Dec. 13, the Heppner
High School Biology Depart
ment went to Umatilla Na
tional Bird Refuge to study
migratory birds and water
fowl. The group, ten students and
the instructor, Stephen
Brownfield, spent the day
identifing birds and studying
the entire wildlife picture of
the refuge. Participants re
port an excellent trip with 39
different species of birds seen,
an unusually large number.
Morrow County Court will
not meet Wednesday, Dec. 26,
according to Judge Paul
Jones. The next scheduled
meeting will be Wednesday,
Jan. 2, 1974.
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love, peace and un
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holiday for sharing
bountiful blessings.
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Tigers, 41
In a close game the lone
Cardinals topped the Stanfield
Tiger, 41 40. in the
consolation game of the Echo
Holiday Tournament Satur
day night.
The Cards and Tigers battl
ed in the first quarter and lone
came up on top at the end of
the quarter by 1 point.
Stanfield rallied in the second
quarter to take a 23-20
halftime lead.
It didn't take the Cards long
to capture the lead as they
outscored the Tigers 12-9 in
the third quarter and 10-8 in
the fourth quarter.
Phil Carlson led the lone
scoring with 14 points. Charlie
McElligott and Mike Warren
tallied 10 and 9 points respec
tively for the victors. Carlson
was the top rebounder for the
Cards.
lone outrebounded the
Tigers 25-19. The Tigers,
however, had a better shoot
ing percentage than the
Cards. The Tigers sunk 16 out
of 37 field goals for a 43
per cent, while the Cards
made 16 out of 46 field goals.
At the free throw line lone
sank 9 shots and the Tigers
sank 8.
"Along with the victory, we
placed a man on the all-tournament
team," said lone Coach
Del LaRue. Mike Warren
gained the top five honors.
lone travels to Wallowa
Dec. 28 to play in the Wallowa
Tournament.
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Dec. 11 to elect officers for the
coming year,
Officers elected are: Cindy
Dougherty, president; Kelly
Hammond, vice president ;
Wendy Myers, secretary; and
Nancy Miller, news reporter.
After the election, the
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