SIX-The Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday. February 23, 1978
Pilot Rock claims championship
FilMes finish second at district
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Lori Khea (22) fires up a shot in the opening round of last week's district tournament as
Diane Holland (34), Maureen Healy (30) and Janice Healy (20) keep a close watch on the
ball. Heppner stopped Wasco County but lost to Pilot Rock in the finals.
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Alley crown goes to BPOE team
The BPOE bowling team of
John Ledbetter, Bob Camp
bell, Archie Munkers, Bob
Hubbard and Dean Hunt
rolled to a first place finish
with 2,829 pins at the Heppner
Bowling Association's 7th An
nual Bowling Tournament
held Jan. 20-22 and Jan. 27-29
at Heppner Bowl. The tourney
was termed a big success,
drawing 11 five-man teams, 56
doubles teams and 112 singles
bowlers.
The doubles combination of
Bob Greene and Micky Kindle
proved a winner, with the pair
racking up a total of 1,154 pins
to take home the first place
doubles' trophies.
Jamie Sands gained a first
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Micky Kindle, left, and Bob Greene combined forces to
earn first place doubles trophies in the Annual Heppner
Bowling Association Tournament, defeating 55 doubles
teams.
Jamie Sands, not available for a photograph, won first
place in the singles competition over 111 bowlers, and also
gained the top score in all-events.
Alpha Theta Sorority of
Epsilon Sigma Alpha will
sponsor a benefit Scotch
Doubles bowling tournament
with proceeds going to the
Easter Seal Hospital and
Training Center.
The tournament will be held
at Heppner Bowl on consecu
tive Saturdays, March 4 and
11. Sessions will begin both
place finish in both singles
competition, with a series
score of 610, and an all-events
total of 1,748.
Heppner Bowl finished sec
ond in five-man competition
with 2,781 points, followed
closely by the Bucknum's
team with 2,745 points.
Finishing a close second in
the doubles event were Jim
Ackley and Ed Hiemstra, with
a 1,149 score, followed by Al
Bunch and Norm Diggins,
1,129 points and Ted Toll and
Ernie McCabe, 1,112. "
Bob Krein finished second
behind Jamie Sands in singles
competition with a 609 score,
missing the first place trophy
by only one pin. The top two
days at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.
In Scotch doubles, men and
women bowlers team up, with
the woman rolling the first
ball and the man attempting
to pick up the leftovers. Two
dollars from each of the $5 per
couple entry fees will go to the
Easter Seal Hospital.
For further information and
alley reservations, contact
LaRae Kindle at 676-5223.
were followed by Mike Swee
ney, 601; Walt Pilgrim, 599;
Rick Johnston, 593; Gene
Doherty, 589; and Larry
Heath, 586.
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Members of the BPOE bowling team defeated 10 other
teams in the Annual Heppner Bowling Association
Tournament last month to take home first place trophy.
Team members include, standing. Bob Campbell, left, and
John Ledbetter; kneeling. Bob Hubbard and Archie
Munkers. The fifth bowler on the team, Dean Hunt, was not
available for a photograph.
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For the first 2"2 quarters of
the district championship
final, it was anybody's ball
game. Heppner's Fillies ig
nored the fact they were
playing a team that had twice
beaten them in regular season
play as they led Pilot Rock
throughout the first half and
took a four-point lead at
intermission.
Then in the third period, the
Rockets began to show the
Pendleton Armory crowd why
they are the class girls team of
the Columbia Basin Confer
ence this year. A Pilot Rock
press started to rattle the
Fillies, forcing turnovers and
mistakes. At the end of the
third quarter, Heppner was
four points down and from
there the Rockets coasted into
the state tournament with, a
55-40 win.'
"We went into the game
with a 'nothing to lose'
attitude," , said Filly coach
Sherri Brock. "In the second
half when it looked like we had
a chance to win, the girls got a
little scared."
Lady Cards nail down No. 1
lone used a big third quarter
Friday to get the jump on
Helix and put a lock on the top
seeding in upcoming district
tournament play. The 29-22
defeat of the Grizzlies was the
lady Cards' fourth win in Big
Sky play against one setback.
Jim Ackley and Norman
Diggins placed second and
third in all events . bowling
with respective scores of 1,743
and 1,730.
Tuesday, February 28
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Despite the loss, Brock said
it was one of the Filly's better
games of the year and she
credited her team with deter
mined play at both ends of the
court. In addition to bringing
home the district second place
trophy, the Fillies also picked
up the girls Sportsmanship
Award, based on overall
performance of team mem
bers, coaches, cheerleaders
' and spectators.
The Fillies hit only 23 per
cent of their shots from the
flood against the Rockets but
they found the range on eight
of 16 free throws. Lori Rhea
and Maureen Healy both
scored 12 points to lead
Heppner while Jackie Molla
han had five and Janice Healy
added three. Mollahan and the
two Healy's handled most
of the rebounding for Heppner
with each collecting half a
dozen.
In Thursday's opening
round of the tournament, the
Fillies again proved that
season records can be tossed
out the window when it comes
"It wasn't an outstanding
game for the shooters, but we
had good movement with and
without the ball and that was
the key to the win," said Card
coach Martha Doherty. lone
hit only 12 of 53 shots for 23 per
cent but still outshot Helix and
also came out on top in almost
every other statistic depart
ment. The Cards controlled the
ball both off the glass and on
the floor, outrebounding the
Grizzlies 49 to 35 and turning
the ball over eight fewer times
than Helix's 30 miscues.
The game was tied after the
first period at six apiece when
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to post-season play. Heppner
earned its trip to the finals
with a come from behind 42-37
win over Wasco County a
team that had earlier beaten
the Fillies in their only regular
season matchup.
Heppner needed a big fourth
quarter to top the Redsides
alter they entered the final
frame trailing by a point.
Helix, Umapine
lone grabs tourney slot
Friday, the Cards moved a
step closer to a slot in the
district tournament by drop
ping Helix 53-46 and the
following night they clinched
the berth by outshooting
Umapine 79-61.
lone outscored the Grizzlies
in each of the first three
periods and built up a 12-point
cushion. The Cards toned
down their shooting from the
earlier season match with the
Natalie Tews came off the
bench to spark lone to a four
point lead at halftime. T!.e
Cards stretched the margin to
nine after three quarters and
went on to beat ine Grizzlies
for the second time in two
meetings this year.
Darcy Rea led a balanced
scoring attack for lone, col
lecting eight points while both
Tews and Susan Thompson
had six, Carol McElligott four,
Janet McElligott and Grace
McElligott two and Michelle
McElligott one. Thompson led
the Cards in rebounding,
grabbing nine boards. Janet
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Maureen Healy hit six fourth
quarter points and both Jackie
Mollahan and Janice Healy
added four to help the Fillies
outscore Wasco 16 to 10 and
seal the win.
For the game, Mollahan
ended with 11 points, Maureen
Healy had 10, Janice Healy
seven. Lori Rhea six, and both
Julie Grieb and Diane Holland
fall
Grizzlies in which they fired
up 71 attempts, but still, hit 21
buckets on 68 attempts for a 36
per cent clip. Helix totaled
five less baskets in 70 shots for
a 23 per cent effort.
"We didn't take as many
shots as I like us to but I think
we made up for it at the line,"
said Card coach Del LaRue.
lone canned 11 of 14 free
throws for a hot 79 per cent.
Dennis Stefani led three
seed
McElligott added eight and
Tews had five.
The Cards will play their
last regular season game
before the tournament Friday
when they travel to Helix.
Earlier in the week, lone
played a rare girls junior
varsity game and rolled to a
24-5 win over Condon. All five
of the varsity non-starters saw
action with Natalie Tews
hitting ten points, Martha
McElligott, Michelle McElli
gott, and Margaret Kincaid
four, and Lori Edwards two
points.
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had four points. Heppner
commanded a 25 to 11 advan
tage on the boards with
Maureen Healy taking nine
and Janice Healy seven re
bounds. In team shooting, the fillies
hit 16 hoops in 54 attempts for
a 30 per cent mark and
connected on eight of 14 free
throws.
Cards in double figures, hit
ting 18 points. Kevin McCabe
scored 12, Robin LaRue 10,
Dan McElligott nine and Rick
Gilbert four.
LaRue pulled down 14 re
bounds, McCabe had 11 and
McElligott grabbed eight as
the Cards matched Helix's
board total of 42.
Stefani was credited with
six steals and McElligott
picked up four assists for lone.
In Saturday's game with
Umapine, spectators were
ready to call the city fire
department when both teams
opened up with a sizzling first
quarter shooting spree. Den
nis Stefani hit six of seven
opening period jumpers and
lone as a team hit 12 of 18
shots for 66 per cent.
The Cards' 25-point quarter
score was one point short of
the season high and staked
lone to a nine point lead. Still
hot in the second period, lone
chalked up 23 more points and
upped their lead to a 17-point
margin.
"It was our best shooting
game of the year," LaRue
said of his team's 34 for 77, 44
per cent performance.
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