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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1976)
THE GAZETTE TIMES, Heppaer, OR, Thortday. Pee. 23, 197g, Pfl : - av J' "-i.n,.,. 1 ' .v 3 F A,- v.- iV i rJ X - Anxous Heppner girls watch team mates Day vi He feeds Fillies third straight defeat Heppner l't Dayville in every category w0 'asl Thursday night. Dayville won at the free throw line and on the scoreboard, 52 40. Gift tosses spelled defeat for Heppner. their third low in a row and second to Dayville this year. The Fillies committed 28 fouls to Dayville' 17 and sent the visiting girls to the line 34 times where they made 18. At the other end of the floor, Heppner sauntered to the line 15 times and canned only four from the rharity stripe. The twelve point difference at the line was split in half because the Fillies out shot Dayville from the field. 2118. Heppner hit 21 of 82 tries for 26 per cent while Dayville canned 18 of 06 shots for 27 per cent. Heppner out rebounded their guests, 5534, had one v.. ...j y w 4 v '- 1 Maureen Heay prepares to shoot more turnover, 38 37, were better ball hawks, 9 2 but dropped the game. The Fillies fell behind after a quarter. 13 8, despite a four point effort by Wendy Meyers. Dayville, paced in the game by Cathy Gregg with 29 points, held a 25-19 halftime lead. Gregg hit eight field goals and was 13 for 20 from the line. The Fillies dropped back by two more in the third quarter, 40 32 and though they out scored Dayville, 14 12 in the fourth period, couldn't match the winners with free throw. Heppner was sparked by Jackie Mollahan'a 10 point effort, followed by Guy Kenny and Meyers with eight. Deb Holland with six, Vicki Ed mundson with four, Maureen Healy with five, Lori Rhea and Teresa Thurmond with two each and Shelley Thomp son with one. Every Heppner girl had at least one foul and three had four fouls, Mollahan was the best shooter for the Fillies, hitting four of six tries for 67 per cent Meyers was four for ten for 40 per cent. Maureen Healy was the leading rebounder. crashing the boards for 13 rebounds, followed by Meyers with 11 and Deb Holland with 10. Maureen Healy also was the leading ball thief, stealing three with Mollahan and Janice Heaiy each gaining two teals. Following Gregg for Day ville. Beth Dollens had 13 points and Patti Wright and Shirley Moulton had four each. Heppner plays again Jan. 8 against Pendleton. THE GAZETTE-TIMES 0) 0 LrU To Helix Must angs fall twice Heppner's scrappy Mus tangs were dealt bad cards this week, taking back-to-back losses against a tough running Helix Grizzly unit. Helix bounced Heppner Friday in Helix, 54-43 then came to Heppner Tuesday for a win, 67-48. Heppner trimmed a 34-19 halftime lead to five points early in the third period Tuesday but the Grizzlies took advantage of rebound power and Mustang turnovers to build a 23 point lead before the final buzzer. A alow, first period start haunted Heppner again. The Mustangs, now 1-6. facing league games in January, dropped behind, 22 8 at the end of the first period. Heppner see-sawed with Helix in the second stanza but still added another point to the deficit by intermission. A quick rally, using a scrambling defense, turned the tide for the Mustangs early into the second half. Heppner shaved a 15 point halftime edge to five at 39 34 but three turnovers in a row gave Helix momentum that was unstoppable. Heppner outscored the Grizzlies, 15-11 in the third stanza to trail 45-34 but a seven man scoring attack in the fourth frame halted Hepp ner come from behind hopes. Heppner was 18 for 68 from the field for 26 per cent while Helix canned 28 of 67 tries for 41 per cent. "We didn't come to play in the first half," a dismayed Chris Borgen, head Heppner coach said following the game. "We lacked enthusiasm and intensity. We were forced to play catch up basketball." The catch up lasted only few minutes into the third quarter before Helix pounded the boards and grabbed put up shot after put up shot under the net. Helix out rebounded the Mustangs, 50-30, setting up all these buckets from inside the key. The Grizzlies canned 16 (Continued on Page 11) Kincaid leads in loss Mary Kincaid hit for 21 points, but it was all in vain, as Heppner's eighth grade girls Frosh take Sherman Behind a 17 point and 13 rebound effort by Dale Hol land, Heppner's Mustang freshmen built a 29-9 third period lead, then rode out the win, 34-28, over Sherman' County last Thursday. Holland paced the Mustang frosh, leading his squad to an impressive 36-18 board edge. Jim Parker added seven points and six rebounds. Heppner burst to a 10-0 first period lead and by halftime had held Sherman to five points as they commanded a 20-5 intermission lead. After allowing Sherman County a measley four points in the third quarter, Heppner emptied its bench. Heppner was outscored in that final stanza, 19 5. but their earlier edge saved them. Following Holland and Par ker, Ron Young had six points, Larry Palmer had three and Mike Jones added one point. Frosh Coach Dale Holland called the contest the "best defense we have played this year." Heppner's freshmen are dormant till Jan. 4, when they host lone. bounced Ione's junior high in basketball action last week, 32-27. Miss Kincaid had 21 of her team's 27 points to top all scorers. Margaret Kincaid, Diann Morter and Anita Pal mer each added two points for lone. lone held a 10-6 halftime lead, but Heppner came back to hold a 24 15 third period edge and coasted home for the win. 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