The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Ore., Thursday, Feb. 3. 1977 SEVEN
DEALER'S CHOICE: STEFANI 23, McCABE 20
Cards deal . Umaraime loss
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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own game.
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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
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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.
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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)
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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.
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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
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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.
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