THE GAZETTE-TIMES, Heppner, OR, Thursday, Jan. 20, 1977. Page 5
STAR STUDDED
Tiger Scots prove status;
bounce Mustangs,
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League leading Weston-McEwen proved their worth to
Heppner Saturday night to the tune of 85-61. The game sent
Heppner to a 1-10 season mark.
The Mustangs fell back of the quick and sharp shooting
Tiger Scots in the first period and didn't climb out. HHS
trailed by quarter scores of 15-10, 38-26, and 62-47 before the
final buzzer stopped a 23-14 fourth period tally.
Despite the lopsided loss, Heppner head mentor, Chris
Borgen, was happy with the game. Borgen said it was one of
Heppner's better games this season and the first time they
have scored more than 60 points.
Dennis Peck led Mustang scorers with 16 points, all but a
field goal coming in the second half. Peck was followed by
Wayne Seitz with 12 and Ken Grieb with ten.
Kim Sams sparked WM with 20 points and Tere King added
19. Doug Warner had 16 and Charlie Alford, ten.
Heppner canned 25 of 74 attempts from the field, the best
this year, at 35 per cent.
Heppner faces Umatilla here Friday and Sherman County
there on Saturday.
Heppner: Peck 16, Myers, Christman 4, Young,
Haguewood 7, Huddleston 4, Skow 2, Cutsforth, Rauch,
Marlin 6, Grieb 10, Seitz 12. Field goals: 25-74; free throws;
11-20; fouls: 34; rebounds: 45; turnovers: 25. Seitz led
rebounding with eight.
Weston-McEwen: King 19, Alford 10, Warner 16, Sams 20,
Baker 3, Rahn 2, Lieuallen 2, Jones 4, Delph 9. Field goals:
31-74; free throws: 23-46; fouls: 20; rebounds: 46; turnovers:
17.
Fouled out: Peck, Haguewood, Cutsforth, Seitz, Rahn.
Stefani bangs 28 points,
but Cards lose, 71-68
Dennis Stefani canned 13 of
24 shots from the field Friday
to pace lone with 28 points, but
the Cardinals fell in the
waning seconds to Umapine,
71-68.
The Cards took the offensive
to Umapine early in the game.
After a period, lone led 17-16
and at halftime, the lead was
still one point at 31-30.
Stefani scored nine points in
the third period and the
Cardinals added another point
to their edge, 51-49, but the
decisive fourth period spelled
defeat.
In that quarter, Jerry Hahn,
one scares AA
Condon, 49-45
The score books still list both games as losses, but lone
Cardinal Coach Del LaRue is looking at last weekend
differently.
LaRue called the back-to-back, three and four point margins,
"encouraging," and said it was Ione's "best weekend" this
season.
The Cards dropped a Friday tilt to Umapine, falling in the last
minutes of the fourth period, 71-68. They followed that with a
49-45 loss at the hands of bigger, AA Condon.
lone put a score into the Blue Devils Saturday, keeping the
pace into the fourth period. LaRue said his hardwood squad
tired in the second half, where they were outscored, 27-23.
Robin LaRue paced the Cards with 16 points and sparked the
team to a 22-22 halftime draw. LaRue hit eight of 17 field goal
; attempts for 47 per cent.
Condon was warmer from the court than the Cards. The Blue
Devils, led by Brian Harris' 12 points, hit 22 of 53 fielders. lone
canned 20 of 64 shots for 31 per cent.
LaRue was the key to Ione's offense, grabbing seven rebounds
along with the performance through the hoop. Kevin McCabe
also had seven rebounds, but the usual double figure scorer was
held to two points in the contest.
Dennis Stefani, Ione's leading scorer this season, and
McCabe, were cut short of their usual game nights. Stefani, who
scored 28 Friday against Umapine, was knotted to six points
Saturday.
lone 10 12 13 10 45
Condon 12 10 16 11 49
lone: K. McCabe 2, A. McCabe 4, LaRue 16, Stefani 6,
McElligott 8, Thompson 9. Field goals: 20-64; free throws: 5-12.
Condon: Harris 12, Thayer 9, Mcintosh 8, others. Field goals:
22-53; free throws: 4-10.
who scored just two first half
points, had eight points to lead
Umapine to a 22-17 fourth
quarter tally.
Hahn scored 18 points in the
tilt, 16 of those split between
the third and fourth stanzas.
Stefani 's shooting propelled
lone to their best field goal
percentage of the season. The
Cards hit 29 of 76 tries for 38
per cent, while Umapine was
29 for 70 for 41 per cent.
lone made 10 of 18 free
throws and Umapine canned
13 of 26 attempts for the three
point final margin.
Stefani led all scorers, fol
lowed for lone by Kevin
McCabe with 13 and Ashley
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McCabe with ten. After Hahn
for Umapine, Brian Key had
16 and Joe Estes and Tim
Peck each had 13 points.
McCabe led on the boards,
too, pulling down 12 rebounds.
Dennis Thompson and Danny
McElligott each had seven
caroms.
McElligott was on the end of
five assists and thrilled the
crowd with a half court shot
before the intermission buzzer
that burned only net.
lone 17 14 20 17 68
Umapine 16 14 19 22 71
lone: K. McCabe 13, Lind
strom 2, A. McCabe 10, LaRue
5, Stefani 28, McElligott 8,
Sherer 2. Field goals: 29-76;
free throws: 10-18; 21 turn
overs: 42 rebounds.
Umapine: Key 16, Estes 13,
lesser 4. Hahn, K. 4, Tucholke
3. Tim Peck 13, Hahn, J. 18.
Field Goals: 29-70; free
throws: 13-26; 29 turnovers; 35
rebounds.
Martin
scores
24
Kevin McCabe scored 13 points
Friday, but just two Saturday. He led
rebounders in both games for lone.
(G-T Photo)
in JVs win
Scott Martin had his second
high scoring week in a row,
this time pacing his lone
junior high squad past Her
miston, 37-28.
Martin, who scored 23 points
against Arlington last week,
hit for 24 this week. He was
followed by Ralph Morter,
who lone Coach Jerry Martin
also cited for his efforts on the
boards.
Leslie Thompson and Shawn
LaRue had two and Gregg
Rietmann one to round out the
lone scoring.
Ione's B team fell to Her
miston, 29-26. John Murray
paced lone with eight points.
JVs whip
Blazers
Heppner's Mustang junior
varsity overcame late minute
turnovers and slipped past
Oregon Trail Friday, 43-40,
but Weston-McEwen powder
ed them in the following
night's clash, 70-36.
Against Oregon Trail, Hep
pner used a strong second
period to take a 22-15 halftime
lead. The Blazers hacked the
lead to one at the end of three
periods, however, and it took a
strong fourth quarter to hold
back the OT rally.
In the final period, Dave
Piper, playing his best game
of the season, scored nine of
his game high 17 points to
boost the Mustangs into the
lead.
Oregon Trail had a shot at
the win with less than a
minute to play, but turnovers
plagued both teams and when
the wrestling was over, Hep
pner had the ball.
Following Piper for HHS,
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