SIX The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, February 9, 1978
Mustangs gunned down by Rockets;
break loose for Condon rout, 90-73
Pilot Rock harassed
Heppner into a 23 per cent
shooting night and handed the
Mustangs an 80-49 shellacking
Friday on the road but their
shooting touch returned the
following night as Heppner
racked up its highest point
total in recent years by
stopping Condon 90-73.
Few things went right for
the Mustangs against the
Rockets and flickering playoff
hopes were apparently snuf
fed for good. Heppner shooters
connected on only one of 12
shots in the opening period
while the Rockets were reel
ing off 18 points to take a
commanding lead.
The shots weren't dropping
with much more frequency for
the rest of the game as the
Mustangs ended with 16 buck
ets on 67 attempts.
They didn't fare much
better on the boards where
Pilot Rock pulled 42 rebounds
to Heppner's 34. The Mustangs
were whistled for 26 violations
with several players getting
into foul trouble and three
eventually fouling out of the
game.
"Bad fouls and sloppy
defense really told the story,"
said Mustang coach Tom Day.
"The only bright spot was the
shooting from the line."
Although the shots weren't
falling from the field, the
Mustangs connected on a hot
17 of 19 shots from the line.
Still they came up short in that
department as Pilot Rock
racked up 22 foul shots in 31
attempts.
Leading the Heppner scor
ing was: Dennis Peck with 13
points, Jim Parker with 11,
Howard Huddleston with six
and Ken Grieb with five.
Peck also led the team in
rebounding, collecting seven ,
boards. Parker and Dale "
Holland added six, Huddleston
had five and Mark Huddleston
pulled four.
For Pilot Rock, Jim Post
topped the scoring with 19.
Sam Myers and Holland held
Rocket star and CBC scoring
leader Jeff Lavender to 16
points in the game, nine below
his season average.
Returning to their home
court Saturday against the
Blue Devils, Heppner turned
loose its offensive attack and
rolled to their highest point
total in at least the last five
years.
"I figured a change was
due," said Heppner coach
Tom Day of the wide open
offense. "We got down the
floor quickly and threw up a
lot of shots."
Eighty-six shots to be exact,
and Heppner connected on 32
of them for a 37 per cent clip.
The Mustangs also turned in
another good game at the line,
hitting 26 of 36 free throw
attempts.
Four players hit double
figures for Heppner, led by
Dennis Peck who hit nine of 18
shots for a total of 21 points.
Jim Parker scored 17 while
7th grade Pony
boys post win
Heppner Jr. High's 7th
grade Pony boys came out in
the second half to break open a
14-14 tie and cruise to a 44-29
win over Condon Thursday.
Mike Currin hit double
figures for the Ponies with 10
points, Greg Connor nailed
eight and both Matt Barnes
and Billy Smith hit six.
The win raised the Ponies
record to 5-3 on the year.
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both Dale Holland and Mark
Huddleston put in 14. Howard
Huddleston contributed eight
points and Jerry Cutsforth
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Dennis Peck takes off for two of his 21 points in the Mustangs 90-73 win over Condon
Friday. Heppner picked up another win Tuesday, turning back Umatilla 72-69.
JV Cards climb above .500 by
taking Helix and Arlington
A no contest 51-15 win over
Helix Friday and a strong
52-39 victory over Arlington
Saturday pushed the lone jr.
varsity Cardinals over the .500
" mark for the season with a 6-5
record.
Friday against Helix the
game was never close as all
the Card players got on the
scoreboard. Ralph Morter led
the attack with 12 points while
Greg Reitmann scored 10.
Mark Patton pulled a dozen
rebounds and Morter added
nine for the Cards who
Mustang JVs close year
with Condon win, 58-26
Saving the best for last,
Heppner's junior varsity Mus
tangs nailed 52 per cent of
their shots and came up with
their best defense all year in
stopping Condon 58-26 to close
the year. The win brought the
jv Mustangs final season
mark to 7-8 after they had
earlier in the week dropped a
68-45 decision to Pilot Rock
and fell short against Weston
McEwen 61-50.
Starting the week at Pilot
Rock, Heppner got off to a
slow first quarter and found
themselves down by 16. The
gap was too much to overcome
as the Mustangs were on
target with only 27 per cent of
their shots from the floor and
turned the ball over 23 times.
Lionel Wood was the leading
Mustang scorer with 11 points
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nailed seven.
Heppner pulled 58 rebounds
to Condon's total of 31 with
Parker's 13 and Cutsforth's
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dominated the game in every
department.
The following night, lone
traveled to Arlington to take
on a Honker team which
already this season had turned ;
back the Cards on their own
homecourt. This time the
result was different with lone
taking a three point lead after
the first quarter and stretch
ing it to seven at the half.
"The first time we played
them they got us down in the
first half and we just couldn't
turn the corner." said Card
Todd Sherer added eight.
Hosting Weston-McEwen
Friday, Heppner was plagued
by defensive lapses in the
second half and were out
scored by the Tiger-Scots 34 to
26 after intermission.
Darrel Bigelow led the
Mustangs with 11 points and
both Todd Sherer and Larry
Palmer hit double figures with
10. For the first time all
season, Heppner reached the
break even point at the free
throw line, hitting eight of 16
attempts for an even 50 per
cent.
Saturday, in the season
finale, the Mustangs turned
their three point halftime lead
into a rout as they outscored
the Blue Devils 39 to 10 in the
second half.
Heppner's 52 per cent per-
nine leading the way. Holland
and Mark Huddleston both
grabbed eight boards in the
game.
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coach Gordon Meyers. "This
time we led all the way and
used a tough man-to-man
defense to shut them down."
The ctefe1156 turned up 17
steals in the game Les
Thompson coming up with six
and Shawn LaRue swiping the
ball four times.
Offensively, Ralph Morter
again led with 15 points, Mark
Patton scored 12 to go along
with a game high 11 rebounds
and Greg Reitmann added
eight.
formance from the floor
included many inside shots ,
against the outmanned Con- j
don which managed only 13
rebounds to 47 for the Mus-
tangs.
Mike Stookey led the way
with 14 points and 15 boards,
Darrel Bigelnw had 11 and
Richard Schmidt totaled 10
points and eight boards.
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Heppner's Fillies stayed in
the running for a district
tournament berth by splitting
two weekend conference
games losing to Pilot Rock
31-23 before coming back to
down Condon 50-27.
Twenty-nine turnovers and
a 22 per cent shooting average
from the field kept Heppner .
out of the win column for the
second time this season
against the Rockets, who had
earlier beaten the Fillies by
four points.
Maureen Healy came up
Lady Cardinals rule Big Sky loop,
boost league record to 3-0
The lady Cards notched two
more Big Sky Conference wins
over the weekend, getting
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with team high figures in both
scoring and rebounding as she
hit seven points and pulled
down 11 boards.
Lori Rhea and Diane Hol
land both added six points to
Heppner's total while Geri
Grieb scored four points and
gathered six rebounds.
"We played a good defen
sive game," said Filly coach
Sherri Brock. "But we just
threw the ball away too
much."
Pilot Rock also had trouble
holding on to the ball as
their offense in gear for a 42-38
win over Helix Friday and
turning the tables the next
the winning buckets in Ione's
The Card senior had 13 points
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Heppner came up with 34
steals in the game, 13 by
Healy.
Against Condon, the Fillies
upped their league record to
6-3 and their overall mark to
10-7 with a convincing start to
finish win.
Heppner led by seven points
after the opening quarter and
then held the BlueDevils to
two points in the second period
while scoring 18 points them
selves. The Fillies improved
their shooting from the floor
over the previous night by
night with a tight defensive
effort to stop Arlington 27-18.
The taller Helix team was
able to control the game under
the boards, especially at the
defensive end, as they outre
bounded the Cards 51-35. But
lone matched Helix basket for
basket and the game was tied
going into the final minute and
a half of play.
From there, Grace McEUi
gott handled the rest of the
scoring as she hit a jumper
and a lay-up to provide the
four point margin. McEUigott
finished the game with a team
high 13 points while Janet
McEUigott totaled six points
and nine boards. Darcy Rea
and Susan Thompson . both
added six points and Martha
McEUigott and Carol McEUi
gott scored two.
Card Coach Martha Doherty
pointed to the 36 turnovers
committed by the Grizzlies as
an important factor in the
game. The Cards only turned
the ball over 12 times in
picking up the win.
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shots. They didn't find much
hlep at the line though,
missing on their only two free
throw attempts while Condon
picked up seven points on 17
attempts.
Maureen Healy again paced
the Fillies with 14 points, 13
rebounds and three assists.
Shelley Thompson hit double
figures with 10 points, Lori
Rhea added eight and Diane
Holland hit six to go along with
seven boards.
Saturday, the lady Cards
traveled to Arlington and
although they may have left
their offense at home, their
defense was more than enough
as Arlington was kept off the
scoreboard in the first half,
lone built up a 12 point margin
by intermission and coasted to
the win. This time it was lone
controlling the boards, pulling
59 rebounds to 38 for the
Honkers.
lone shot only 18 per cent
from the floor in the game but
still topped Arlington's 16 per
cent output. Darcy Rea hit
double figures with 12 points,
Susan Thompson added seven
and Janet McEUigott had six.
lone now sports a 3-0 league
mark and has a firm hold on
the conference lead behind
Arlington at 1-2 and Helix at
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