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The only thing the lleppner
High School Junior varsity did
different than the vanity was
get beat earlier in the evening
Grant Union's JV pounded
Heppner In back to bark con
testa this weekend. 75 40 and
61 35.
Grant Union, an AA team
which is boasting a varsity
that is rated sixth in the state,
didn't I" beck- after the
initial tip off
In the first contest on
Friday. lleppner picked up ten
point performances from Cur
tis Sweek and Mark Piper, but
never saw daylight as GU
jumped out to a 19 i first
period edge
The lead stretched to 20 by
half time when Grant Union
outscored the Mustangs. 42 22
An appearance by Howard
Huddleston juM lcfore half
time seemed to add a spark of
life to the Mustang unit and
they whittled thei' deficit to IC
at the end of the third period
Hut. in the fourth quarter.
Grant Union outucored llep
pner. lid. to regain an even
Urger lead for the win.
After Swerk and Piper, who
also led the squad with eight
ant! 10 rebound, respectively.
Rob Miller had nine points and
five rebounds. Huddleston had
,ve points and four rebound.
Hon Ward had three points
and Handy Warden added ln
Sweck came up with two
assists. I'
Saturday was no sweeter
Instead of 19 J first period
core. Ileper had muired
sit pm performance and
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Muddlestrtn paced lh Wiw
langs with 10 p"' '"ur
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pmnts ami seven retHmt,
Warden with five pmnl and
even feNnimtt. ami Ward
with four points ami as many
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From the initial tip-off, Mustang fans knew their Heppner
basketball unit was in trouble Friday when sixth rated Grant
Union of John Day bounced in. Grant Union upheld the fans'
belief, blowing Heppner away in back-to-back weekend
contests, 85 56 and 78-38.
Turnovers by the Mustangs produced many of the GU
lay-ins and the win.
Heppner fell behind by 14 in the first period and never saw
the light again. Grant Union led by quarter scores of 21-7.
42-23. 58-34 and finally the 85-56 final in the Friday game.
The Mustangs shot a poor percentage on Friday, hitting 16
of 37 attempts for 43 per cent. GU hit on about 50 per cent of
their shots, canning 32 of 65.
Tom Dieker, an all-state selection last year, paced the
Prospectors with 26 points. Dieker hit nine field goals and
eight free throws.
The Mustangs were led by sophomore Dennis Peck, who
had nine points. Mark Huddleston added eight, while Carl
Christman and Wayne Seitz and Mike Smith each had seven.
Dieker had eight points in the first period, many on lay-ins,
to lead the Prospectors to a 21-7 first period lead. Their lead
lengthened in the second period, despite a five point effort by
Christman. The Mustangs trailed by 19 at intermission, 42-23.
The second half wasn't any better. GU outscored the
Mustangs, 43 33 in the second half, hitting 18 fielders to
Ileppncr's 11.
Grant Union capitalized on 21 of 32 free throw attempts
while the Mustangs hit 24 of 40 tries.
Kevin Haguewood led the Mustangs on the boards, jerking
down nine rebounds as GU outrebounded Heppner, 50-40.
HEPPNER (561
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Christman
Haguewood
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Seitz
Marlin
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Skow
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Rauch
Grieb, v
Smith
TOTALS
GRANT UNION (85)
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If first game victories are
any omen of things to come
this year, then Heppner Filly
fans should start buying stale .
tournament tickets today
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crush Riverside in
Heppner's Filly brigade
drove a hapless, basketball
skilled inept Riverside into the
hardwood last Thursday,
61 28. following a 68 point
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Saturday's loss didn't produce any more smiles from the
Mustang crowd. Grant Union used Heppner turnovers and
sharp shooting to command a 78-38 win.
Heppner stayed with the Prospectors for a few minutes in
the game, holding a 6-5 lead at one point. But by the time the
quarter had ended, GU held a 194 edge they wouldn't
relinquish.
Dieker again paced the winners, this time with 28 points on
12 field goals and four gift tosses.
Mark Huddleston was the first Mustang to hit double
figures, adding 11 point to the Heppner cause. Huddleston
also led the Mustangs on the boards, with nine rebounds,
while Seitz had seven.
Turnovers cost Heppner the game. While Heppner couldn't
get the ball to the hoop, Grant Union was busy canning 31 of
68 tries from the field. The Mustangs got 48 chances and
connected on 10 of them.
GU held Heppner to just 16 first half points, leading at the
intermission, 37-16. In the third period, Heppner mustered a
ten point attack while their stronger AA foe turned in a 24
point quarter to hold a commanding, 61-28 lead.
Heppner fell by 42 on field goals but hit two more free
throws. The Mustangs were 18 for 32 from the line while GU
hit 16 of 28 tries.
Talus
Stout
Dieker
Porter
Duffy
Moulton
Sheets
Ladd
McKinnis
Denny
Baack
TOTAL
HEPPNER (38)
Marlin
Peck
Christman
Young
Haguewood
Huddleston
Cutsforth
Rauch
Grieb
Smith
Seitz
Skow
TOTAL
performance by the Filly jun
ior varsity.
Riverside's 28 points equal
led that of many high school
girls' roundball teams. But at
times, the Fillies looked as if
they could take on many boys'
squads and not bat an eye in
doing it.
lleppner outshot their foes,
28 13 from the field, hitting 38
per cent. Riverside hit 25 per
cent, most of those from
Stubblcfield from the top of
the key.
A strong zone defense push
ed Riverside outside. They
never got under the bucket,
lleppner gave up one shot
from inside the key.
The runaway resembled a
thoroughbred taking on a
mule in a racing derby. Hep
pner raced to a 102 first
period lead, stretched that to
23 points by halftime and
drove Riverside out of the
gym with a fourth period
barrage of buckets.
A balanced scoring atl k
told the story. Riverside didn't
know who to defend and the
Filly tone more than the
Ptrettcs could handle.
Jackie Mollahan and Vickl
Fdmundson paced the Fillies
with nit points .h, fuJtuwed
by Wendy Meyers and Teresa
Thurmond with eight each.
SluMilrfield led all scorers
with 12 points.
The battle on the boards was
all Heppner. loo Paced by a li
rrlxnind effort from Maureen
Healy, lleppner pounded the
board for IS caroms lo Just 23
for the kwers.
epner led Riverside in
every category. Including
turnovers, but the one TO
deference wan't enough lo
mke up for the 31 point
difference
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31 16 34 78
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Meyers put up four points in
the first period as the Fillies
took a 10-2 lead. In the second
period, Thurmond hit three
fielders to pace Heppner to a
29-8 halftime lead.
It was no looking back. In
the third period. Stubblefield
found her range banging in six
points as Riverside slipped
past Heppner and whittled a
point from their deficit.
But In the final eight
minutes. Lori Rhea paced
Heppner with five point and
the Fillies countered River
side's eight points with 19 of
their own.
Meyers. Mollahan and Ed
mundson all hit 66 per cent of
their field goal, each hitting
four of six trie.
Maureen Healy led the re
bounder with IJ, followed by
an U carom effort from Darla
Cooper and eight from Diane
Holland.
HEPPNER (611
fg ft f tp
Kenny 10 2 2
Mollahan 4 10 1
Meyer 4 0
Holland. Deb 10 11
Healy, Janice 10 12
Thompson 10 0 1
Rhea 1 I 0 S
Edmundson 4 111
Holland, Diane J 0 t I
Cooper 1 I I
Thurmond 4 0 0 1
Healy. Mauf. 1 1 0
TOTAL 23 I 11 l
RIVERSIDE (
H n I tp
Hellberg 1 0 S 4
Monjay Jill
Stubblefield 1 II
Johnson I 2 1
rrag 0 I
lUacall
Rayner 1 I
Daine 0 0 I
Hecker 1 1
TOTAL 13 1 14 M
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Mar
and eight Friday
Fillys blast Vikings for
scond win, 55-21
It was close, .till the tip off.
Heppners Filly brigade,
scoring record 61 and 55 points
in their first two games, de
stroyed Umatilla Tuesday.
Umatilla, the Fillies' second
victim out of the Columbia
Basin Conference after River
side, bowed to Heppner, 55-21.
Heppner jumped out to a
16-2 first period lead and
despite Coach Rebecca Ran
dall emptying her bench by
the end of the second period,
Heppner built leads of 35
points before settling for the 34
point difference.
Heppner put two girls in
Frosh
drop
tilt
Heppner freshmen shot
poorly from the line, played
good defense, but fell to
Riverside's freshmen last
week in a see saw battle. 32 31
The Mustangs hit just seven
of J3 shots from the gift toss
line.
Heppner fell behind 8 S at
the end of the first eight
minute period, bounced back
10 trail I'V one halftime. 14 13
The two squads tradvd buck
ets In the second half, each
scoring 18 points.
Jim Parker led the Mus
tangs with 16 po'nls and 12
rebounds. A box anJ one de
fense stymied the Mustangs
for awhile, but Ron Young got
untracked with eight points,
followed by Dale Holland's
five and Jody Murlatt with
two, Holland also had 14
rebounds l lead the Mu
tang.
Daulton led Riverside with
11 point.
Dale Holland, frosh roach,
cited "excellent" team de
fense and rarker and Young
for good performance
More
sports
jnsido
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paced Mustangs with
double figures that added to
gether, would have stopped
Umatilla by four points. Vicki
Edmundson was the high point
with 13 and sophomore Jackie
Mollahan, with a soft touch
under the bucket, added 12.
A 334 halftime edge was
aided by the Filly defense and
an eight point effort from Ed
mundson. By the end of the
third period. Heppner's lead
was 35 at 47-12. The Viks
outscored the Filly girls in the
final stama. 9 8.
Heppner outshot Umatilla
21 9 from the field. The Fillies
hit 12 of 26 free throws while
the Viking girls settled for
three of 14.
Maureen Healy came off the
bench to lead the Fillies with
rebounds and added eight
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Jacklo Mollahan (10) didn't hi the
defender slow her down, lho tophom
ore guard scored 12 poinfi Tuestioy
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points on four fielders. Dt-b
Holland added six and Shelley
Thompson had five.
Stacie Simpson and Shelly
Trainer had eight points each
for Umatilla.
Heppner faces their tough-
est
competition this wees.
today
at Dayvule.
HEPPNER (55 211
fg ft t tp
G.Kenny 110 3
J. Mollahan 6 0 3 12
W.Meyers 0 10 1
Deb Holland 2 2 2 6
J. Healy 10 3 2
S.Thompson 2 0 4 5
J. Grieb 0 111
V. Edmundson 4 5 1 IJ
D. Holland 0 2 12
D. Cooper 10 0 2
T. Thurmond 0 0 I 0
M. Healy 4 0 18
TOTAL 21 12 17 55
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