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The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Ore., Thursday, Feb. 3. 1977 SEVEN DEALER'S CHOICE: STEFANI 23, McCABE 20 Cards deal . Umaraime loss V Xjg. cry ite sets 1977 opening dates The Fish and Wildlife Com mission, which met in Port land Saturday, set opening dates for major 1977 hunting seasons. The opening dates are as follows: August 27 Antelope and general bowhunting seasons. iCard girls club iRiverside, 20-18 Ione's girls capped a two game losing streak with a ,20-18 victory over Riverside i Tuesday. The win followed back-to-back losses to Arling- ton, 17-10, and Wasco County, I 49-5. I Tuesday, lone used an 11 i point fourth period rally to f .'come from behind for the ' triumph. Grace McElligott paved the way with seven V lone took a slim, 1-0 edge after a period, but trailed, 8-2 I', at half time. In the third, lone whittled the gap to five at 14-9, then outscored Riverside, 11-4, in the final eight minutes. "We finally got it together," Martha Doherty, lone coach said following the game. "We tcil phinney, sports by Jk A QUESTION OF WINNERS To most, junior high school basketball can never mean more than junior high basketball. But to some, like Heppner Coach Chris Borgen and lone Coach Del LaRue, it means more. It's "invaluable" to Borgen and a deterrent to LaRue. And it's two different situations with funny side lines to each story. At Heppner, junior high basketball, coached at the eighth grade level by Jim Ackley and in seventh grade by Jerry Defore, is an integral cog in Borgen's future machine. And Ackley is part of that machine. There is a definite correlation between the junior high and varsity programs, from fundamentals throughout the program. That's where the two differences begin. LaRue says there is "no correlation" between the two lone schools. Jerry Martin, lone junior high coach, echoes that statement. LaRue said the two coaches don't run the same programs. He said Martin does "whatever he wants to" and that there is ."not much carryover." Martin agrees. "There is no mutually It definitely hurts us in a year like this. set program," Martin said, "the coaches never got together and planned any sequence program." . Heppner has a mutual program and two ball clubs, Borgen's varsity and Ackley's eighth graders, are fighting with a 2-18 record. lone doesn't have the program, but their mark is better at 8-16. But records are not the issue. Junior high basketball players are. In the long run, when one thinks about it, Heppner's mutual strategy will prevail. Ackley is a fundamentalist when it comes to roundball and that is his goal: to teach fundamental basketball. Three cheers. Ackley will dwell on, with his eighth graders, the points of shooting technique. Borgen nods and smiles when he is asked if that is his Mustangs' weakness. Last game, HJHS shot 38 per cent from the field and 57 per cent from the free throw line. And that was a big improvement. Ackley and Borgen have gotten together, even with younger hopefuls in the Heppner Little League basketball program. The two use "basically the same idea" with Ackley getting the coach's "flexibility' that he needs. Borgen calls the program "invaluable." Within a year, Borgen says, the program will be "totally unified," from Little League to varsity. That way, coaches won't have to take eighth graders and start over with them. In many ways, that's the case in lone. "It definitely hurts us in a year like this," LaRue said, noting that two freshmen start on his varsity and another commission October 1 Mule deer, blacktail deer, and chukar partridge. October 15 Pheasant sea son. October 29 Rocky Moun tain elk season. November 12 Roosevelt elk season. had a good feeling." The game was won at the charity stripe. Riverside made eight fielders to Ione's six, but didn't make a gift toss, lone made eight of 19 while Riverside suffered, zero for 14. lone 1 1 7 11 20 Riverside 08 6 4 18 lone: Grace McElligott 7, Lisa Martin 4, Susan Thomp son 3, Debora Palmer 2, Carol McElligott 2, Donna Palmer 1, Robin Leavitt 1. .,. Riverside: Stubblefield 10, Monjay 6, Hellberg 2. Grace McElligotU led the board battle with' nine and Leavitt added seven in the 36-32 board win for lone. things around editor The opening dates have been set for the benefit of those who must plan their vacations well in advance. Season lengths, bag limits, and other regulations will be set at public meetings later in the year after biological field studies are completed. The Commission discussed the question of hunter num bers and of quality in big game hunting and announced it would consider a number of possible steps in future meet ings dealing with those sub jects, among them: .Restriction of hunters to use of a single weapon of their choice (conventional rifle, muzzle loading rifle, or bow and arrow) for deer and elk hunting each year. .Restricting deer hunters to hunting bucks or does, but not both in any one season. . .Restricting mule deer tag, holders to application for a mule deer controlled season hunt and blacktail tag holders to blacktail controlled hunts. .For elk hunting, the Com mission will be considering such possible steps as refuges, branch antler rules, a tag sale cutoff date before the season opens, multiple seasons with hunters limited to one choice, and a permit drawing season for all elk hunting. eight play junior varsity and some varsity ball. i "' "These freshmen don't have "any idea how to run oui offense or defense," LaRue said. One reason for that is that junior highs in the area have an agreement not to play zone defense. But that doesn't stop a team's foe from across the conference. And it doesn't help LaRue, who runs a different style than Martin. . "There has been no attempt at correlation," LaRue admits. And he calls it a "handicap for kids. They don't have the skills they should have when they come up. Some of the kids don't know how to shoot." ' Martin says "participation is the key." He teaches fundamentals and considers that to be the important thing. ' i W- , . m Pitt s f ' Pony Coach Jim Ackley discusses strategy with players at haifiime of recent contest. (Gazette Times photo) Martin prides himself that he "ends up with the same number of kids who started." He stressed the fact that the "kids don't get discouraged and drop out." Martin said he liked to "involve every kid in one way or another" and "keep everybody interested. It's up to me to work out the best program." One can only wonder, looking at LaRue's 1-15 Cards and Martin's 7-1 junior high, if the two wouldn't work better in a unified manner, both teaching the same basic concepts to renew continuity. One can only wonder if there has been some attempt at correlation of the two teams; and that perhaps a little bullheadedness might be the stumbling block. One can only wonder. And one can only wonder about the records, which lone already said should carry no bearing on this problem. Nor should the fact that lone junior high beat Heppner junior high, 32-19. It's not a question of having winners at the junior high level, it's that high school varsity level that is asked. Heppner frosh Coach Dale Holland is handed the group of eighth graders in Heppner's next stop. Junior varsity is the next stop for many of Ione's eighth graders and two of them, iM These, freshmen don't have. any idea how to run our offense or defense. Dennis Stefani and Robin LaRue, are regulars on the varsity. Holland believes that "by the time they (eighth graders) get into high school, they should be fundamentally sound defensively and shooting." They did it! It took nine weeks and 16 games to do it, but Ione's Cardinals put their foot in the win column Saturday, dusting back a stubborn Umapine, 59-57. It was the Cards' first win and improved their record to 1-15. The Cards led by as much as ' ten points in the second half, but Umapine closed the gap with the minutes ticking away. "We've never been ahead before," Card Coach Del Tiger Scots stay no. 1, bounce sparse Mustangs Kevin Haguewood couldn't breathe, Jerry Cutsforth was sick in bed, Wayne Seitz played on a sprained ankle and Chris Borgen's win pre diction was swallowed up by Weston-McEwen, 88-57. Two starters were out and Seitz, playing with a bad leg, hampered the Mustang style. Heppner was outshot from the field, 35-22. Still, Heppner LaRue said. "We play like we're trying to catch up even when we're ahead." ' LaRue said the game was played with "not much con trol," but the Cards took a 16-12 first period lead and had a six point halftime edge. Kevin McCabe broke a long scoring slump to pop 20 points. It was freshman Dennis Stef ani, though, that sparked the Card attack with a 23 point performance. McCabe was nine for 18 from the field and pulled down 12 rebounds. Stefani, firing canned their highest percent age this season, making 22 of 51 tries for 43 per cent. But Weston-McEwen was healthy and jumped out to a 24-12 first period lead and never looked back. By half time, the number one Tiger Scots had produced 55 points to the Mustangs' 30. Weston-McEwen mellowed out in the second half and And Holland throws a different curve ball toward the bucket. "Most kids learn to shoot at home," he said, but added that there is "not as much time spent on back alley basketball as there used to be." One only has to drive through town to NOT NOTICE basketball hoops on garage fronts like they used to. Five to ten years ago, that was different. Some things in today's life have probably hampered basketball as much as things like the lighted tennis courts have helped. Like television and a variety of hobbies and more school activities. And even though that threesome could be bad for basketball, who is to say that that is bad? Certainly not me. r -" - - " a If lone strategist Jerry Martin explains second half tactics to gronp of junior high rmindballprs. (Gazette-Times photo) "Everything has to be organized," Holland said. "Kids have trouble playing their own game. That's not good. Kids should do more on their own." Holland, who said the program had dwindled for awhile in the junior high, said Ackley was putting it back on its feet. Borgen agrees. "Jim has done a heck of a job for us," the , HHS mentor said. "He has taught what we feel is necessary." Heppner has a unified program, one that starts junior high players in the same mold Chris Borgen wants his varsity1. Coaches have flexibility, but they have a basic plan, too Everythin' has to be i organized. Kids have trouble playing their lone does not have that mutual program. Because of a small upperclass roster, Del LaRue has had to rely on young frosh on his varsity and JV. "They don't want to shoot the ball. They're afraid or something. I have to start over." A complete junior high program can't be weighed in a year. As Borgen puts it, the "little kids will show dividends in a few years." ' , It seems in the long run that that would be the wise choice. But it's still strange to see Ackley talk to his unit, explain the plan : and Martin bark out orders from the bench ; and see lone beat Heppner. f ' But like I said, it's not records on the mark here; it's future Cardinal winners and future Mustang winners. With a combined record of 2-28, lone and Heppner can't afford not to look to the future. eight for 17, and seven for 10 from the line, scored 11 points in the second period, eight in the third and four in the fourth. Ione's 32-26 intermission edge turned to a three point mark after three periods and to one in the fourth as Umapine shaved the mark. Both teams canned 13 free throws, lone making 13 of 26 and Umapine 13 of 21. From the field, lone was 23 for 63 for 36 per cent. Umapine hit 22 of 73 attempts for a lowly 30 per cent. o added 33 points to their side of the board, outscoring Heppner by six. Ken Grieb had a hot night, hitting seven of 12 field tries and led Heppner with 14 points. Sophomore Dennis Peck added 12. Tere King blasted the Mus . tangs with a 26 point per formance while Alford added (continued on page 8) f own game. 35 lone was outrebounded, 45 35, despite a 12 carom effort by McCabe and seven from John Lindstrom. lone 16 16 14 13 59 Umapine 12 14 17 14 57 lone: McCabe, K. 20, Mc Cabe. A. 4, LaRue 8, Stefani S::::::?:W:W? Sports Slate Thursday, Feb. 3: Hep. girls var. & JV vs. Hermiston here, 6 p.m. lone Jr. High vs. Riverside, at lone, 2:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 4: Hep. var. & JV vs. Pilot Rock here, 6 and 8 p.m. lone var. & JV vs. Helix there, 6 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5: Hep. var. & JV vs. Condon, there, 6 and 8 p.m. Hep. frosh vs. Condon, there, 4 p.m. Hep. Jr. High vs. Condon, here, 1:30 p.m. lone var. & JV vs. Arlington, here, 6 and 8 p.m. lone girls var. & JV vs. Arlington, here, 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8: Hep frosh vs. Pilot Rock, there, 6 . p.m. . lone girls vs. Condon, there, 6 p.m. .V.W.'AV.V CW X s H j I il S' r , U i . J. r i l t m 11 .: .1 14 Maureen Healy, this week's Player of the Week, blocks a shot against a jumping Riverside girl here. The Columbia Basin Conference rebound leader pulled down 13 caroms and had 16 points Tuesday. (Gaiette-Times photo) jt inys viutiu slap WM, 59-52 In a must win, Heppner's Fillies busted Weston-McEwen Tuesday night, 59-52, in suring themselves of at least second place in the Columbia Basin Conference front run ning. Pilot Rock stayed on top of the five team league. The Fillies won the see-saw battle with Maureen Healy leading the way with 16 points and 13 rebounds. Jackie Mol lahan raced for 12 points. Eckman With a convincing, 44-22 win,. Eckman took over sole owner ship of Heppner city league basketball action Sunday night. Rebounding was the key to the Eckman win, who took a 22-8 halftime lead and coasted home for the win. Sands was without two leading rebound-ers. 23, Thompson 4. Field goals: 23-63; free throws: 13-S6; turnovers: 17. M Umapine: Key 8, Lesser 9, Pock 7, Estes 13, Halm W, Halm 3, Tocholke 7. Field goals: 22-73; free throws: 13-21; turnovers: 19. " 1 BS3SSS5SsfSS3K5i3SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS5SSSWStfSSx L ri 'c; A big key to the win was the play of Deb Holland. Holland came off the bench in the fourth period and sparked the Fillies with nine points in three minutes. She helped close off the fighting Tiger Scot girls, who trailed by a single field goal heading into the fourth quarter. Liz Cahill was Ms. Every thing for WM. Although she (continued on page 8) takes lead In other contests, Ball beat Greenup, 46-42, in overtime to move into a tie for second with Sands at 2-1. Greenup fell to 1-2, tied with Ernst, who knocked off Pointer, 46-36. In Sunday's action this week, Greenup meets Eck man at 6 p.m.; Sands plays Ernst at J7.p.m. and Pointer meets Ball at a p.m. t: i r. A ' A -. Sk" "fk-N.--5?" -r .-"t,.i,"'
