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The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 29, 1977 SEVEN ume this year in CBC West nyons A bulk WASCO COUNTY "We'll be small this year but that's nothing new for us," said second year Wasco County coach Darce Driskel. Last year Wasco finished second in the western half of the conference with an 8-3 record (16 6 overall) despite the fact that the tallest player was only 6-1. This year Wasco's roster lists one member at 6-1 and another at 6-L To compensate for the lack of height, Driskel said the team will rely on "quite a bit of quickness." "We'll do a lot of half court stunting and keep the pressure on," Driskel said. "If our shooting matched our quickness we would be all set." Lettermen returning from last year are senior Tim Puckett (5 10), senior Tony Morelli (5-11) and senior Charlie Henry (5-4). Puckett has led the team in scoring with a 13 point average so far. Morelli will be out of the lineup with an injury until January and Driskel said his return should result in a big improvement. Rebounding power will come from Puckett, who pulled 10 boards per game last year, junior Don Heideman, sophomore Danny Keillor and freshman Randy Snodgrass. Henry and Keillor look to be the team's best defenders. With one freshman and three sophomores on the squad, experience could be a problem for Wasco. Last year Driskel mainly used six players and four of them were seniors. Keglers Korner Thursday Nite Ladies December (, 177 Team Standings: Won Lost Kiniua Corp. 3 14 Ray Boyce Ins. 2912 22VS Murray Drugs 29 23 Cal's Lounge 28 24 Columbia Basin 27 25 Kroll's Dept. Store 25 37 Gateway Toyota 24Vj 27V3 Heppner Bowl 12 40 Split Conversions; Betty Snow, 3 6 7 Shirley Connor, J-MO HIGHIights: Fran Crook, 204 High Game Fran Crook, 544 High Series Cal's Lounge, 920 High Team Game Ray Boyce Ins., Team Series 2551 High Sparetimers League, Dec. 13 Team Standings: Won Lost MCGG 37 19 Gardner's 36 20 Central Market 32 24 Sears ?8V, j7v, Coast to Coast 28 28 Peterson's Jewelry26V2 2913 Jerry's Mobil 19 37 Bucknam'sTavernl7 39 HIGHIights: Phyllis Cole, 201 High Game Phyllis Cole, 559 High Series Jerry's Mobil, 932 High Team Game Morrow County Grain Grow ers, 2747 High Team Series Sparetimers League, Dec. 6 ' Team Standings: Won Lost Gardner's 34 18 MCGG 33 19 Central Market 32 20 Coast to Coast 28 24 Sears 242 27'j Peterson's Jewelry24'2 27Vi Jerry's Mobil 17 35 Bucknam's TavernlS 37 HIGHIights: Jo Pettyjohn, 212 High Game Fran Crook, 499 High Series Gardner's, 954 High Team Gardner's, 2677 High Team Series Look for completion of CBC roundup in next week's GT "We've been pretty inconsistent so far this year (3-4 record) but if we can get our act together, I think we can really play a spoiler's role this year," Driskel said. CONDON The Condon Blue Devils have a new coach this season with a very familiar face. He's Keith Morgan, a Blue Devil player of a few years past. Condon finished last in the western division of the CBC last year with a 2-9 record, but Morgan has some reasons to be optimistic. Mainly senior forward Max Mcintosh (6-1), the team's leading scorer this season (19-0); senior forward Steve Campbell (6-0) who is hitting for 11 points per contest and senior forward Brian Shaffer (6-0), one of the team's leading rebounders. Five lettermen are back and Morgan has a roster which includes eight seniors, three juniors and one sophomore. Condon lost six players to graduation. The Blue Devils are currently 3-4. "We're still kind of sluggish so far but we've shown some sparks of what I think we can do," said Morgan. What the Blue Devils do best is run. "We're going to run as much as possible to take advantage of the team's overall quickness," Morgan pointed out. Defensively, the Blue Devils have abandoned its man-to-man and gone to a zone. Mark Griffith, a 5-10 junior, and Jeff Harris, a 5-10 senior, are defensive standouts. For height, Morgan can go to 6-3 senior Robert Jaeger. Morgan said his team is going to play basically the same way as he played under longtime Blue Devil coach Ted Schadewitz. "Before the year is over," Morgan predicts, "the teams in this league will know who we are." SHERMAN COUNTY - A trip to the state football finals got Sherman County off to a late start on the basketball court this year, but the Huskies have been making up for lost time with five straight wins against no defeats. Although coach Larry Parsons has only three returning lettermen from last year's conference champion squad, he calls this year's squad a "mature bunch of players with good overall strength." Parsons is in his first season at the Sherman County helm after two years as head coach at Weston-McEwen. The Huskies were 11-0 in the west division last year. Anchoring the Husky lineup will be the three returnees Senior Dave Simantel (5-10), senior Jim MacNab (6 0) and junior Eric Kalista (6-3). Parsons lists six seniors, five juniors and one sophomore on his 12-man roster. Height should be no problem for Sherman County since four of the players are 62" or taller and Parsons said all three of his 6'3" players are potential starters. The Huskies have been averaging 45-50 rebounds per game this year well ahead of each opponent Defensively, Sherman County is paced by Craig Lohrey, a 5-10 senior who Parsons calls the team's best defender. Kevin Kaseberg, a 5-10 junior, is also expected to bolster the Husky defense. At the other end. Parsons said he runs a double post offense and prefers a controlled fast break. His team is shooting 40 per cent from the floor on the year. 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