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THE GAZETTE-TIMES, Heppner, OR. Thursday. Dec. It. 1978, Page 9 Musfanas third in Condon fournev After being thrashed at the hands of a strong Gilchrist basketball team Friday, Hep pner's Mustang roundballers got untracked long enough to whip rival Condon and take third place In the four team Condon Christmas Tourna ment, Gilchrist, who won the championship over Yoncalla Saturday night, 78 66, rolled to an early lead against Heppner Friday and coasted to a 79-50 triumph. Condon fell to Yoncalla In their Friday opener, 70-56, Bending the Blue Devil hosts Into the game Saturday for third with Heppner, Saturday's 49-45 win was the first of the year for Heppner and improved a slow starting record to 1-3. It was also Heppner head mentor Chris Borgen's first win as a high school coach. "It's great, I'll tell you," Borgen said after the game. "We've gained the confidence now in our abilities. 1 think that's all we were lacking. Now we can believe in our selves." If first periods told the complete story, Heppner would be 0-4. Condon Jumped out to an early 1 1 -Z first period lead, the lone fielder corning from Carl Christman. "We knew we were doing the Job on them." Borgen said of Heppner 's defense stopping Condon at 11. "We were gelling good shots; they just Condon evens mark with fourth quarter win Tuesday Hopes of back-to back wins over Condon were halted about thirty seconds before the final buzzer Tuesday night Heppner's Mustangs, now 14, towed to the visiting Blue Devils in a ragged con test, 41 34 With less than a minute to play, Heppner trailed 36-34. A technical foul on the Heppner bench, a result of a new rule this year that doesn't allow a coach to stand and coach from the sidelines while the ball is In play, gave Condon two free throws and a four point edge with about 30 seconds to play. They scored on the ensuing play from the technical and put the game out of reach Fans got a little irate following the Heppner tech when the Condon coach, who had been whistled with his Frosh beat by Spray It took 14 minutes before Heppner's freshmen couid get on the scoreboard and by that time, the game was gone from their grasp. Spray's Junior varsity took advantage of Heppner turn overs In the first and second periods to build a 13 0 first quarter score and a 26 6 halftime lead Though Heppner played Spray about even in the final half, the first hair blunders were too much for the Mus tangs to handle. Heppner outscored Spray. 12 10, In the third period, hut dropped, 16 10. In the final stanza. Dale Holland led the Hep pner unit with 12 points and eight rebounds Hon Yming and Jim Patkrr had six points and Urry Palmer and Ted Hedman added two each Parker a!n had right re bound. Spray w paced by John Gritdlh 27 point and 1 1 from Jame Adams Heppner stopped by Gilchrist; slips past Condon, 49-45 wouldn't drop. We relaxed and realized they'd start drop ping." Heppner's riot squad de serves a lot of the turn around credit. A scrappy group of de fenders, paced by Brian Mar lin, Tom Skow, Jerry Cuts forth, Ken Grieb and Chris Hauch, along with the five starters, produced a Condon turmoil with a half court trap. Although Condon buiit their lead to 12 4. Heppner came pounding back, and took the lead at 18 17. Before the half ended, the Mustangs had built a three point lead, but re linquished it before the buzzer at 21 21. While Kevin Haguewood continued to tear the ball off the backboards, Mark Jlud dleston found his range in the third period. Huddleston's six points, coupled with six other fielders from the Mustangs, built a 40-33 third period lead. Heppner outscored Condon In the second and third peri ods. 38-22. own T earlier in the contest, was seen standing and bark ing to his team seconds after the refs blew Heppner coaches for the same infraction After the ball game, one referee said he did not call another lech on the Condon coach Ix-cause he was acting i J A ' "w. -' i - " -Y 1 S I ?' J f v i ) u t - - i f r v . ; , :! ' ' Traffic was no deferent to Brian Marlin. Marlin drove to tho bucket agalmt Condon Saturday for two of hit eight , ooints. (O'T Photo) Holding a firm 40-33 edge, Borgen's brigade played slow down ball in the final period and Condon whittled three points off the lead. "We started running our defense," Borgen said with a smile. "It's nice to lie able to sit there and look for five passes or a lay-in. And we did that. It was very satisfying." "I thought we played excel lent ball in the last three quarters. I was pleased. We slowed down the fourth period to protect the lead," Borgen said. Borgen, who said his Mus tangs played with "enthusi asm" and "intensity," added that they won the game with a "team effort." There were "11 guys that carried the load," Borgen said. The head mentor cited Skow, Cutsforth and Marlin for their hustle in the riot squad. He also praised Hague wood's rebounding. The senior forw ard, who fouled out with a little less than five minutes to in an "orderly fashion." But to the fans, it didn't look a whole lot more orderly than Chris Borgen and Jim Lutsch's called mistake. With the technical foul. Condon won the game at the free throw line. Heppner con nected on two of nine attempts go, Jerked down 11 rebounds, despite a height disadvantage. Mark Huddleston paced the Mustangs' scoring drive with 11 points. Huddleston canned five of eight field goal at tempts in the second half for his tally. Marlin and Hague wood each added eight points. Bert Thayer used his height to produce 20 points for Condon. Thayer hit seven of 21 field goal tries and made six free throws. Tom Bare added 12. Huddleston also led the Heppner unit with three as sists. Heppner committed 20 turnovers to Condon's 23. HEPPNER (49) fg ft f tp Marlin 3 2 3 8 Peck 2 0 5 4 Myers 0 0 0 0 Christman 13 15 Young 0 0 0 0 Haguewood 3 2 5 8 Huddleston 5 1 3 11 Skow 1113 Cutsforth 2 0 2 4 Rauch 0 0 10 Grieb 0 2 3 2 Smith 0 0 0 0 Seitz 2 0 0 4 TOTAL 19 11 24 49 CONDON (45) Harris 0 4 2 4 Greiner 0 2 12 Mcintosh 0 10 1 Thayer 7 6 1 20 Bare 6 0 4 12 Shaffer 2.04 4 Griffith 10 0 2 TOTAL 16 13 16 45 from the line while the Blue Devils picked up 15 points on 29 trips to the key. Heppner oulshot Condon, 16-13. from the field. A slow first period plagued the Mustangs again Tuesday. After the first eight minute start, Heppner trailed. 6-2, but by halftime had regained their poise and led, 17-15. The third period produced a see-saw battle of fouls and foul shots, with an intermittent field goal thrown in for good measure. The two teams were knotted at 21 and went back and forth till the third quarter buzzer ended that stanza tied at 27. In the fourth period. Condon used six free throws on 15 attempts while Heppner man- JV's fall 62-39 Heppner's junior varsity dropped hack by ten after the first half, then got pounded in the fourth period to fall to Condon's JVs Tuesday at Heppner. 62 39 A ten point intermission rtVlicil wasn't enough foi Condon After trading totals In the third period, the Blue Iev lis pounded Heppner. 19 7. in the fourth quarter to add Insult to injury and another notch on their pistol of wins Heppner fell back. 12 6. in the first period and were bullies! U in lle s-omd lave Piper stored eight point tn the third period. but Condon still edged the Mus tang second in points, 19 18 Piper paced Heppner with II point, followed by Howard Huddlrton with tune. fob Miller with seven. Curti Swreh wllh fite, Mark Piper w if h fmir. and Handy Warden wilh Iwn Condon, mho nut hl the Mustang. 27 II. frvm the fi !d. wa sparked by Pattee w tih nine Fmir othrrs er at rih'hl mt. IntludtPit drif lilh. horertt, IStUrt and New-rii.m THE GAZETTE-TIMES t ' ' ' ' ' , ' ' ' i v AC i Lr J ' 5', j fri j A 0 V ' i . Lai yanA 1 t s j 'I "jalri f I aged a single gift toss with three tries. by Brian Marlin with six. Bert Thayer paced Condon with 18 points, eight of those coming at the line. Heppner takes on Helix Friday at Helix and hosts the same team on Tuesday. Heppner committed 24 fouls with their aggressive, but un finished style of play while Tondon, slowing the game down, committed 13 fouls. Ken Grieb paced the Mus tangs with II points, followed Poor shooting in second half dooms Fillys, 52-41 A poor shooting second half doomed Heppner's Filly girls Tuesday night to their second loss in as many outings. Weston McF.wen slowed the Fillies to I I in conference play with a 52 41 setback at Weston. Things started the usual way for Heppner. But the end of the first period, the Fillies had built a six point edge. Jackie Mollahan. the Fillies' high point girl ith eight, had six of tho In the first period where Heppner led. 15 9 By halftime. though. Weston Mc Ewen was beginning to rattle the Filly cage Cheryl l.Uhl. who tcorrd eight f her II points In the firl prrmd. turned rce cold tn the second stama but lop scorer Ui Cahill warmed up Cahill scored lour of her game high IS 5oints In the second quarter to bring the Tiger -Scot frmalr to within fielder at halftime. 24 22 Cahill scored seven In the third quarter and oVpiie a two fielder try by tVb Hol land. Weston Mr Ewen took o er the lead in that third W M P4iicred llrppner. I. In the third slana to hold I JiM lr ml In the fourth quarter, Wes InnMtF.wefl imrred their lml lo the fmal H poinl. ! ' " s i I - ' ' U I , . J W i , ill-' YV"- Jerry Cutsforth goes up over Condon's big man, Bert Thayer, for lump shot Saturday. Cutsforth had four points in the Mustangs' 49-45 win. (GT Photo) outscoring the Fillies. 15-11. Heppner, w ho has dropped a pair in a row now to Dayville and Weston McEwen, was paced by Mollahan's eight. Following Mollahan. Msureen Heal) had six. Guy Kenny and Wendy Meyers had five. Deb IMIand and Shelley Thomp son had four, and Janice Healy, Lori Khea and Vitki Edmundson added three each. Griebs pace Filly JV win Julie Grieb scored 12 and sister Cert Grieb added 10 to pu HrppoY unmarred Filly JVs slap WM Heppner's Filly Junior varsity used a balanced scoring punch to slap Weston McEwen. 2. and keep a perfect record Intact Julie Grteb's 12 points pacrd the Fillies, who took an IS S first period lead and never turned back Behind Grieb. Jna Sleagsil had eight, followed by Gerl C.neb and Cindy Kerr with six fjnh, Vkki Marlin. Laurie Harmon anl l.vnne dochnauer with fmir each tierl (irieh and Harrison each had seven rrUnmds and Kerr added fte Ib-Iwr led t the half. 24 t. and the end of three period. U & MulUlum junior varsity Fillies to a 3 X victory over highly touted Dayville last Thursday. f - j al 1 Cahill ended the game with IS for WM. followed by Licht with 12, Kathy Cahill with nine, Paula New bold with nine, Kathleen Sams with four and Sue Warren with thret. WM outshot the Fillies, making 19 field goals to Hep pner's 17. Heppner hosts Dayville here in a rematch todey at 6 and I p m. Heppner jumped out to an IH first period lead. Their lead slipped a bit to II 1J at halftime and a little more la the third period. But a fourth quarter rally outcored Day vi!V. 104, and gave the Fillies the win Behind the Grieb slsteis, Jana Steagall and Cindy Kerr had six points each, followed by Lynn Gochnauer with two. Kerr was the leading re bounder with seven Laurie Harrison added six along with Julie Grieb, and Gerl Grieb added five caroms Also seeing action were Vkkl Marlin, Clod? Dough eity, Janice Sherman and Mary Daly
