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The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Ore., Thursday, Feb. 17, 1977 SEVEN
Doc Sherer mans shovel as Mustang track begins to take shape.
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Rockettes blast Filly hopes
Pilot Rock girls knocked Heppner out of district hope
contention Tuesday night with a 70-30 rout of the Fillies. Pilot
Rock and Weston-McEwen, barring any unforseen upset
victories by Oregon Trail or Umatilla, have the berths sewed up
for district.
PR outdid Heppner in every category Tuesday, outscoring the
Fillies from the floor by 48 points. Both teams made six free
throws, Heppner canning six of 23, PR making six of 10.
PR had 23 fouls, Heppner 12. Jackie Mollahan and Wendy
Myers paced HHS with six points each. Connor had 19, Weinke 16
and Withers 13 for the Rockettes.
Heppner was outscored, 38-10, in the second half.
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along with Principal Jim Bier, MCGG and Lion Larry Miles.
Others will undoubtedly pitch in on the project and will
reap the profits when they see the Mustangs churning around
the 400 meter track.
A few of the problems that have faced the crews will be
ironed out. An inspector gave the group the go ahead when he
found that the entire project was a volunteer-donation
program.
Physical problems, such as a 16 inch dip at the northwest
corner and seven inch dips on the southwest and northeast
straight-a-ways posed a bit of a problem, but what with the
If Heppner Lions have their way, fleet-footed thinclads
draped in silky garments will be touring a new sand and
granite track this spring. Heavy machinery, with volunteer
operators, are working weekends to develop the present 363
yard track into a regulation 400 meter oval.
And it's no little project. Corners of the present track may
be lengthened as much as 20 yards to convert it to the new
raceway this spring.
The present track had a few problems and a few dips, but
with the able-bodied volunteers the Lions have rounded
together, the new track was taking shape on the first day of
work.
Doc Sherer manned the huge shovel and donated two work
days to the project. Dick Wilkerson donated three days of
time, fuel and labor on the bulldozer.
The City of Heppner has given the group the use of city
trucks and Morrow County Grain Growers has given them a
flat bed truck and hoist.
A big key to the entire operation was the recent donation of
concrete by Shockman Brothers. The concrete will work as
the inside curb for the project.
Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative is supplying the
volunteer unit with powder and drilling to take care of
stubborn lava on the southeast corner.
The list of volunteers reads like a list of all-star workers.
Ed Hiemsta and Hal Whitaker will join forces with their shop
classes to help with the forming for the inside curbing.
Randy Lott of Lott's Electric is supplying a loader at the
granite pit. And the granite is being donated by Herman
Green, Dick Wilkerson, and hopefully the Umatilla National
Forest Service.
Dallas Craber is giving up his roller-packer long enough to
serve the community and Lions' members Bill Lande, Jim
Wishart, Dave Harrison and John Edmundson are working
hard.
Bill Gentry and Elmer Sams are shooting the levels for the
project, Heppner track coach Dale Conklin is pitching in,
Dick Wilkerson pushes fill towards track as lanes widen.
(Gazette-Times photo)
bulldozer bulldozing and Doc's shovel shoveling, those, too,
will become part of the constantly progressing track.
Dave Harrison, one of four project heads that include
Edmundson, Jim Wishart and Mills, said he hopes the project
will be completed in about four weeks.
With this group at the helm, Heppner's Mustang tracksters
should feel proud when their blue and gold sprints around the
track.
Little towns never get anything done? My favorite saying
for that kind of question : Poo-tee-weet. (If I could write down
the sound a horse makes when he blubbers, I'd use that
instead.)
Good job, Heppner. It's a little more incentive for the
Mustangs to reach that finish line tape.
Heppner: Mollahan 6, Myers 6, Deb Holland 3, Janice Healy 5,
Edmundson 4, Cooper 2, Grieb 2, Maureen Healy 2. Field goals:
12; free throws: 6-23; fouls: 12; rebounds: 43; Janice Healy 12,
Maureen Healy 9.
PR: Connor 19, Weinke 16, Hamilton 9, Ward 6, Withers 13,
Dougherty 1, Fitzpatrick 2, Rugg 4. Field goals: 32; free throws:
6-10; fouls: 23; rebounds: 35.
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((thursday))
Thursday, Feb. 17
ilep. Jr. High vs. I matilla here, 2:30 p.m.
Blazers deny
Heppner upset
((friday))
Friday, Feb. 18
Hep. var. & JV vs. Umatilla there, 6 & 8 p.m.
lone var. & JV vs. Helix there, 6 & 8 p.m.
Till the final buzzer sound
ed, Heppner's Mustangs were
looking for an upset Friday.
But Oregon Trail wouldn't
give it to them and they settled
for another loss, 57-51.
Heppner stayed within strik
ing distance throughout the
game, gaining a tie at half
time and trailing by a lone
fielder at the end of three
quarters.
Brian Marlin led Heppner
with 13 points, Ken Grieb had
12 and Wayne Seitz added 10.
Don Sutton hit seven field
goals and Rich Snow added 12
for the Blazers.
Officiating put a damper on
the close contest. In the end,
fouls were not an issue, but
blatant calls during the tilt
brought booing from both
sides.
Heppner mentor Chris Bor
gen was whistled for a tech
nical foul when he stood up
and motioned to his Mustangs
and barked out defensive
strategy. He was nailed again
later by Walt Roloff, referee,
for another tech and was told
it was his responsibility to
control the crowd.
Despite the inconsistency of
the refs, Heppner ended up
with more free throws. The
Mustangs sunk 15 of 25 tries
while OT settled for 13 of 28
attempts. Heppner was whis
tled for 24 fouls, Oregon Trail
22.
The Mustangs were 28 per
cent from the field, canning 18
of 64 court attempts.
The key to the loss was
rebounds. Oregon Trail pluck
ed 21 offensive boards to
Heppner's nine. Defensively,
Heppner had 32 caroms to the
Card girls
bombed
Kelly Lindell, lauded by
lone Coach Martha Doherty
for a "beautiful" game, scor
ed 26 points Tuesday night to
lead Wasco County past lone
in a non -conference girls'
contest, 58-12.
Doherty called Lindell the
"closest thing to a pure
shooter I've seen in girls'
basketball,'-' Debora Palmer
led lone with four, Grace
McElligott had three, Mich
elle McElligott had three and
Joan Doherty added two.
lone was outscored in the
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Blazers' 31.
Heppner
Ore. Trail
Heppner:
wood 1, Huddleston 2,
Cutsforth 5, Rauch 1
11 18 10 12 51
13 16 12 16 57
Peck 4, Hague-
Skow 3,
Marlin
13, Grieb 12, Seitz 10. Field
goals: 18-64; free throws:
15-25; fouls: 24; rebounds: 41;
rebounders: Seitz 10, Cuts
forth 8.
Oregon Trail: Berry 5,
Marcum 2, Sutton 14, Hunter
8. Madison 4, Snow 12, Crowell
4, McGunnigle 8. Field goals:
22; free throws: 13-28; fouls:
22; rebounds: 52.
((Saturday))
Saturday, Feb. 19
Hep., lone Jr. High boys' Jamboree at lone, 9
a.m.
Hep., lone Jr. High girls' Jamboree at
I matilla, 9 a.m.
Hep. var. & JV vs. Wasco Co. here, 6 & 8 p.m.
((tuesday)
Tuesday, Feb. 22
lone girls vs. Sherman home, 6 & 8 p.m.
Hep. girls vs. Oregon Trail there, 6 & 8 p.m.
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