EIGHT The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Ore.. Thursday, Feb. 24, 1977
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OFFENSIVE BOARDS and driving produced most of the tally in Dave Allstott's premiere Friday
at Umatilla. The senior forward, plagued by grid iron injuries, returned to Heppner's lineup
Friday and scored 16 points and pulled down 23 rebounds. (Gazette-Times photo by Mark Piper)
Get Oregon-ized, Bill
For about the last three or four weeks, I've played in an
aggressive, offensive, and emotional battle. The sports editor
at theHermiston Herald, Bill Bighaus, and I have engaged in
a verbal attack on one another, arguing who is better: the
University of Oregon Duck roundballers or UCLA Bruins.
Now I contend that the Ducks are just as good in most
years and just a little bit better, this year. Bill likes to fool
around and say that UCLA has a better team because they
have a better record.
Ha Ha Bill. Sure, a record
can be a thing of beauty or an
eyesore if you measure a team
with the teams they've played.
But we aren't measuring these
two teams against their
schedule foes. We are com
paring them to one another.
And Oregon has beaten the
University of California at Los
, Angeles in their last three
games.
What's the argumot? The Ducks are better against UCLA
anywhere they meet. How many times has UCLA been
beaten at Pauley Pavilion? Five times in about the last 200
games. And guess who has beaten them twice at Pauley and
again last week at Mac Court?
Yep. That's right again. Oregon's Kamakaze Ducks, the
ones that all other opposing coaches call the "greatest
defensive team in the country."
And what's the big guy at UCLA named? Vroman? Yea. He
had a great game at Mac Court Saturday. He had two points.
I guess he matches up to Greg Ballard's 28 points like Little
League Reds and Cincinnati Reds.
I will admit that the Bruins have a good team. Why would I
go so far as to say Oregon is better if they weren't bettering a
good team?
Marques Johnson is one of the best five players in the Pac 8
along with Ballard and he, too, is in a class by himself. But
team for team, we'll go with Ernie Kent and Kelvin Small
and Mike Drummond and Robbie Closs. For subs, we'll put
the defensive wizards of Murray and Moreck and Mack and
Graham. Nelson is good for awhile, too.
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Mustangs scare
falling
"We played good for three of
the four quarters," Heppner
mentor Chris Borgen said.
"But we let down."
Wasco County sunk 17 of 22
free throws in the fourth
quarter to ice a 75-66 win in the
Mustangs' final game of the
JVs slap
Mark Piper, Curtis Sweek
and Howard Huddleston com
bined for 38 points Saturday
night en route to slapping a
pesky Wasco County Redside
junior varsity, 56-54.
Heppner led by a slim
margin throughout the game
and was still a step ahead
when the final buzzer sounded.
Filly JVs win
A classic blow-away. Like a
tornado in a china shop.
Heppner's Filly JVs pound
ed Oregon Trail girls Thurs
day in their season finals, 33-5.
Heppner held Oregon Trail
scoreless in the first three
quarters.
Julie Grieb had nine points
to lead Heppner to a 25-0 third
period edge. Laurie Harrison
added six.
Heppner held quarter score
leads of 11-0, 17-0 and 25-0.
Umatilla hit a pair of field
goals and a free throw in the
last period to save face.
Heppner 11 6 8 8 33
Oregon Trail 0 0 0 5 5
Heppner: Harrison 6, Van
Schoiack 2, Kerr 2, Dougherty
2. Grieb 9, Daly 4, Marlin 2,
Steagall 4, Sherman 2. Field
Welcome back, Dave All
stott. Long time no see. Long
time no win.
Dave Allstott donned the
Mustang blue and gold for the
first time as one of Chris
Borgen's kamikaze roundbal
lers and led the Mustangs past
Umatilla for their first con
ference win of the season.
Allstott had 16 points and
yanked down 23 rebounds in
the 73-63 triumph.
In the locker room following
the game, all was quiet.
Borgen called the win "satis
fying" and said, "I'll be
honest with you, I forgot what
it felt like to win." It has been
more than two months, on
Dec. 11, since Heppner had a
win. The Mustangs went 15
games after their first Condon
victory before securing
another.
Allstott, a senior sharp,
shooter, honored as a Colum
bia Basin Conference honor
able mention last year, had
sat out the entire basketball
season after missing a few
football games with injuries.
The forward broke his left,
shooting wrist in the first grid
contest against Condon, but it
wasn't diagnosed broken until
more, than half the football
season had elapsed.
In the meantime, he suf
fered a shoulder separation in
a later football tilt and was
sidelined from the grid iron.
The hidden wrist break show
ed up later and because of the
time involved, the small bone
in the wrist had been severely
splintered because of con
tinued use.
Allstott told the Gazette
Times this week that he really
hadn't gotten a doctor's okay.
"The doctor said I'd be smart
if I wouldn't play. He told me
to wait till baseball."
But Allstott's favorite sport
is basketball and after a
week's practice and season
long physical training, he
returned to the court.
Borgen said it wasn't any
in fourth quarter rally
year.
Both teams scored 52 points
from the field. Wasco County
used 23 of 33 from the line
while Heppner made 14 of 22 to
show the difference.
Borgen said Keven Hague
wood played his best game of
Wasco,
The biggest quarter lead was
four at halftime, 28-22.
Mark Piper paced Heppner
with 15 points. Sweek had 13
and Huddleston added 10.
Ashley had 13 for Wasco
County.
Heppner hammered Wasco
from the field, outscoring the
Redsides 42-38. From the line.
goals: 15; free throws: 3-4;
fouls: 7.
Oregon Trail: Cobb 1, Gib
son 2, Longhorn 2. Field goals:
2; free throws: 1-5; fouls: 8.
Ponies win
Heppner Junior High Ponies
blasted Umatilla last week,
48-37.
Tony Currin led the Ponies
with 18 points. Jim Launer
added 10 points and jerked
down 20 rebounds.
Other Pony scorers were
John Bier six, Brian Thomp
son four, Pat Clark six, Randy
Cole two, Smith two.
one man operation, but that
Allstott was a catalyst to a
good team effort that pro
duced five men in double
figures Friday night.
Allstott, who is eyeing a
small college in Washington
for later schooling and bas
ketball, said he'd "missed"
basketball and just ."wanted a
chance."
lone hopes fall
H
elix triple overtime
A fourth quarter comeback
was thwarted last Thursday
when Helix took advantage of
three overtimes to stop Ione's
Cardinal girls, 23-20. The
winner, Helix, now advances
to the district tourney.
The two teams were knotted
at the end of regulation, 14-14.
Susan Thompson hit a 15
footer at the buzzer to send the
game into its second overtime
after a 16-16 tie.
Grace and Michelle Mc
Elligott hit field goals in the
Grizzlies stack deck,
crown Cards 67-30
lone was just outgunned
Friday night. Helix' powerful
Grizzlies outscored lone by 46
points from the field on their
way to a 67-30 romp. '
lone fell behind by three
after a period, and by 12 at
halftime. The Grizzlies out-
Wasco before
the year Saturday. Hague
wood had 10 points and pulled
down eight rebounds. Brian
Marlin led Heppner with 16
points while Dave Allstott had
13 and Wayne Seitz added 10.
For Wasco, Puckett had 20.
Heppner jumped out to a
56-54
Heppner hit 14 of 32 tries to 16
of 34 by Wasco County.
Heppner 10 16 15 15 56
Wasco 8 14 16 16 54
Heppner: Sweek 13, Miller
8, Piper, M. 15. Piper, D. 5,
Huddleston 10, McEwen 1,
Jones 4. Field goals: 21; free
throws: 14-32; fouls: 26.
Wasco: Ahley II, Keillor 3,
lleideman 12, Gabel 5, Ashley
13. Satanus 2, Henry 4, Reese
4. Field goals: 19; free
throws: 16-34; fouls: 33.
Shuffling Viks escape JVs
Umatilla did some fast shuffling at halftime and sent in
nine players at halftime who also suited up on the varsity.
The Vik JVs overcame a 33-17 halftime edge with the new
faces and wound up winning the contest, 64-58.
Heppner cruised to a 15-15 tie in the first period, then blew
the Viking JVs off the court in the second period, 18-2. Nine of
the ten names listed on the Viking JV roster ended up suiting
up in the varsity tilt later. (Heppner crowned the varsity
Viks.)
Mark Piper led Heppner with 16 points, followed by
Howard Huddleston with 10 and Bob Miller with nine.
Cimmiyotti played only the third and fourth periods and
ended up with 11 points. Clyde Runion, the only player who
did not suit up with the varsity, led the Viks with 13. Borchert
added 12.
Most of Allstott's 16 points
came via his rebound
strength. He pulled down a
possible school record 23 and
was five for 14 from the field
and six for ten from the line.
Along with Allstott, Brian
Marlin and Dennis Peck had
12, Ken Grieb had 11 and
Wayne Seitz added 10.
After the game, it was
second overtime to match
buckets with Helix and end
that OT in a 20-20 draw.
Helix blew a chance to end
the game with a free throw
with a second remaining in the
second overtime, but they
settled for the third when lone
"ran out of score." Helix had a
field goal by Pinkerton and a
free throw to ice it.
Grace McElligott led lone
with nine, followed by Susan
Thompson with six, Michelle
McElligott with two, Debora
scored the Cards in the second
half, 37-12.
Robin LaRue led lone with
14 points. Weidert and Emer
ick had U each for Helix.
lone was seven for 42 from
the field; Helix was 32 for 91.
15-8 first period lead and built
an edge of 13 points before
dropping the lead and holding
a two point edge at inter
mission. Wasco erased the edge and
took a four point third period
lead, 46-42, then added five
points to the mark in the last
period.
Wasco used a deliberate,
slow down style of offense.
Heppner outrebounded the
Redsides, 40-33. Haguewood
had eight while Allstott had 12
caroms.
Heppner 15 10 17 24 66
Wasco County 8 15 23 29 75
Heppner: Peck 9, Allstott 13,
Haguewood 10, Skow 2, Marlin
16, Grieb 6, Seitz 10. Field
goals: 26; free throws: 14-22;
fouls: 2.
Wasco: Brittain 11, Wood
side 17, McCorkle 11, Conroy 6,
Puckett 20, Morelli 10. Field
goals: 26; free throws: 23-33;
fouls: 19.
jubilation. ..with a thought.
"The look on everybody's
face," Borgen said, was "that
this should have been how we
played all year. It was a quiet
confidence. We knew we
should have been playing like
this all the time."
It was a test for Heppner
and they rose to the challenge.
oy ,
after
Palmer two and Joan Doherty
with one.
lone had nine field goals to
Helix' four, but the Grizzly
ladies sunk 15 of 34 free throws
compared to two of 14 by lone.
In a game Tuesday, Sher
man County bested lone, 40-9,
in a lopsided battle. Sherman
outscored lone from the field
by 18 points and from the line
by 15.
Donna Palmer led lone with
four, Grace and Janet Mc
Elligott had two each and Lori
Edwards added one. Carla
Van Borstel led SC with 14
points.
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Dave Piper flies to the bucket wkh the basketball in Heppner's
JV win over Wasco County Saturday. Piper ended the game with,
five points in the 56-54 win. (Gazette-Times photo)'
Jeff Watson and Randy Body were two others who were
called in in the fourth period to try and take the game. It
worked. Umatilla outscored Heppner, 20-12, in the final
stanza. Watson had four points. Body didn't score.
Cimmiyotti had eight in the fourth period.
From the field, Heppner beat the Viks, 46-38. But at the
line, Umatilla went 26 for 41 while Heppner had to settle for 12
of 25. The Mustangs were whistled for 30 fouls, Umatilla 22.
Heppner 15 18 13 12 58
Umatilla is 2 17 20 64
Heppner: Sweek 5, Miller 9, Worden 6, Piper 16, Piper 5,
Huddleston 10. Stookey 3, Hoffnagle 4. Field goals: 23; free
throws: 12-25; fouls: 30. -
Umatilla: Borchert 12, Cook 10. Picard 6, Cimmiyotti 11,
Runion 13, Allen 4. Hendricks 4. Watson 4. Field goals: 19;
free throws: 26-41; fouls: 22.
Borgen started a senior line-,
up, but when the group fell1
behind by eight points, he sent
in four underclassmen and
Allstott.
For the record, Allstott:
brought down the 23 caroms!
and had 16 points in just a little
over three quarters of a con
test. Allstott and Grieb each
scoredeeven points in the
second period, where Heppner
took charge with a 21-5 edge
and led at halftime, 34-25.
The second half was pretty
even. Dennis Peck played
good defense on Mike Brown,
the Vik sharp shooter, and
held him to 14 points, all bu
four coming in the second half.
Borgen praised the effort of
the entire team and singled
out Mark Huddleston de
fensively, Brian Marlin for a
good shooting night, Grieb for
"the smartest game at
guard," and Peck for his de
fensive tasks.
From the field, Heppner
outdid Umatilla, canning 24 of
57 attempts. The Viks made 23
of 63. From the line, Heppner
was 25 for 40 Umatilla was 17
for 32.
Heppner 13 21 16 23 73
Umatilla 20 5 17 21 63
Heppner: Peck 12, Christ
man 4. Allstott 16, Huddleston
6, Rauch 2, Marlin 2, Grieb II,
Seitz 10. Field goals: 24-57;
free throws: 25-40; fouls: 29.
Umatilla: Carlson 21,
Broun 14, Carlson 8, Body 6,
Picard 5, Watson 2, Cimmi
yotti 7. Field goals: 23-63; free
throws: 17-32; fouls: 27.
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