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The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 2, 1978 SEVEN CDC All-Stars Cards drop Helix, If momentum is all it's cracked up to be, lone should be in good shape going into today's (Thursday) opening round of the district tourna ment. The Cards upped their league mark to 6-3 and picked up their third straight Big Sky Conference win Friday, run ning past Helix 62-47. It took a big fourth quarter to pull out the win, after the two teams entered the final period with the score knotted at 36. The Cards got their fast break in high gear and racked up 26 points to Helix's 11 to seal the win. The 26-point burst tied Ione's season high total for points in a quarter. The Cards also had their fast break working in the opening period as they jumped out to a 19-5 first frame lead. But the Grizzlies chopped away at the margin, outscoring the Cards in both the second and third periods to pull even on the scoreboard. Much of the difference was made up at the foul line, which Helix visited 29 times and picked up 13 points, lone made the most of its five trips to the line by hitting four shots. From the field, lone poured in 12 more buckets than the Grizzlies, hitting 29 of 76 for 38 per cent. Robin,LaRue led the scoring attack with 20 points, City League finishes regular season play In the first game of the final week of regular season city league play, Ken Eckman hit 11 points and Jim Lankford added nine to lead Eckman past Summers 58-37. Both Marvin Lane and Kevin Rountree scored eight for the losers. La Verne VanMarter and Daryl Spivey split 28 points as VanMarter topped Galbraith 48-47 in the second game. Lee Padberg tossed in 15 and Tony Doherty hit 13 for Galbraith. In the final game, Greenup ran past Watkins 57-42 behind 16 points from Dan Coiner and 10 from Clint Barber. The losers were led by Karmon Bjella and Mike Smith who both scored nine. Second Half Standings Eckman VanMarter Summers Greenup Galbraith Watkins 5-0 3-2 3-2 3-2 1-4 0-5 A three-week, single elimination tournament will start Sunday with the first two regular season finishers earning a first round bye. In this Sunday's games, the No. 3 team will play No. 6 and the No. 4 team will play No. 5. 6 p.m. Galbraith-VanMarter 7:30 p.m. Greenup-Watkins ii 8 5 8 0 8 8 b 1 1 rrrm m 5 m tti ess IV? t h Schd Bar Served 67:33 p.m. LEXINGTON GHAf.'GE HALL Phocfcb $1 tteZ (Ccrd) 10 $ i HP This Message Sponsored In The Public Interest By Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative, Inc. ...sirring 3010 sqvart raits in portions of five eovafiar t p njuuL iiWiiiiiiiiiiiniiMii Dennis Stefani had 19, Kevin McCabe 15 and Dan MoElli gott, Rick Gilbert, Dennis Thompson and Terry Starr each scored two points. McCabe pulled 17 rebounds, LaRue added 13 and Thompson had eight to help lone take a 53 to 35 advantage under the boards and move the ball well Cold hand sinks lone girls, 31-24 Both teams started off cold and lone never did shake off the chill as Helix broke open a close game in the fourt period to post a 31-24 win Friday over the lady Cards. Desptie the loss, their second in league play against four wins, the Cards still move into this week's district tournament in the top seeded position. In the opening period, lone managed to hit only one of 11 shots and fell behind by four points. The game was tied at the end of both the second and third quarters but the Cards got left in the dust in the final period and were outscored 14-to 7. For their final regular season game, lone missed 53 of Final Season Standings Eckman Summers Greenup Galbraith VanMarter Watkins 10-0 7-3 6-4 3-7 3-7 1-9 rrrvn a 1 a a i i i'ij FOX ADULTS CKILDXEN 1-12 62-47 on the outlet pass. Stefani and McElligott both consistently found their open teammates as they recorded nine and seven assists, respectively. In the opening round of the Big Sky tournament, to be played in The Dalles, lone will take on Culver in a 4 p.m. contest. 63 shots including 18 of 21 in the fourth quarter. Things weren't much better at the free throw line for either team lone hit four of 15 and Helix totaled five points in 19 attempts. Susan Thompson was the leading scorer for lone with six points, Carol McElligott, Dar cy Rea and Martha McElligott each had four, Grace McElli gott three and Margaret Kin caid two. Kincaid also collected 11 rebounds while playing about IVi quarters. The Cards are hoping to regain their shooting touch in time for Thursday's 7 p.m. opening round matchup against Culver. Final stats list Healy 3 times Heppner Fillies were ranked the number one defen sive team and Maureen Healy was ranked the number one thief in final season Columbia Basin Conference girls basket gall statistics released last week. Filly opponents were per mitted an average of only 25.3 points per game, nearly a point less than conference champ Pilot Rock allowed. Healy, 5'8" junior forward, led the league in steals, picking up 91 in 12 games, for an average of 7.7. Healy, the only Filly to place in the top 10 in individual categories, was also listed among the leaders in both rebonding and scoring. A f Wo can handle it. t XJ.-i the Union Pacific railroad people . , J ' V l w,,cs?4 , , . Ml Hi' t T s c ' ! i ,L. .i ,Iv ,i J I I IIL-. , 1 ' v- , v 111 I 4L irrr .v - , v . j , ' i s . " I 4i I 1 1,:.;: " , 1 i' J Heppner's 8tN grade Pony boys team beat lone and Riverside to clinch the championship of a Junior High basketball tournament held Feb. 15 at Riverside. The Ponies completed their season at 10-2. Pictured from left to right are: statistician Lea Rush, Andy Gorman, Kelly Crewse, Don Lott, Cliff Dougherty, Robert Bier, coach Jim Ackley, Dorian Forrar, Rick Klaus. Jeff Sumner, Mike Nolan, Darrell Miles and Brad Marlin. (not pictured: Doug Holland, Doug Garrett and Steve Groce) Peck, Parker included among Dennis Peck and Jim Park er were the only Heppner players listed among indivi dual category leaders in boys final season basketball statis tics compiled in the Columbia Basin Conference this year. Peck, a 5'10" junior guard, finished sixth in individual scoring with a 14.8 points per game average. Pilot Rock's Jeff Lavender headed the list Rhonda Reeser from Pilot Rock was the league's top rebounder, grabbing 170 in 10 games for a 14.2 average. Wasco County's Kelly Lindell finished second with a 14.1 average and Healy was third as 12.7. In individual scoring, Healy 's 10.7 point average was good enough for fith place behind Cheryl Stubblefield's league leading 14.6 average. Cid Hamilton, Pilot Rock, was tops in assists with a 5.8 average. Heppner's offensive aver age of 42.3 points per game was third in the league. Pilot Rock led the category with a 55.6 point scoring clip. At (h4 with a 22.1 average, Sherman County's Dave Simantel was second at 17.5, Riverside's Luke Maynard was third at 16.9 and Doug Warner and Leland Jones, both from Weston-McEwen, rounded out the top five with respecive 15.3 and 15.2 averages. In field goal percentages, Parker, a 5'11" sophomore guard, was listed seventh. Parker hit 34 of 68 shots for 49 per cent. Maynard was the conference's most accurate shooter, hitting 66 of 119 for 55 per cent. Sherman County's Jim Macnab was second (66 of 123 for 54 per cent), Lavender was third ( 105 of 194 for 54 per cent). Parker also proved to be the best free throw shooter in the conference, connecting on 21 of 23 shots for 91 per cent. However, his number of attempts fell short of the league minimum so the title went to Lavender who made 55 of 62 for 89 per cent. Carlson was the league's top rebounder, pulling down 200 boards for a 16.7 average. Umatilla's Randy Body was second with a 15.2 average. Simantel handed out the most assists in the league, averaging 4.6 per game. Jones was second at 4.3, In team statistics, Heppner Gene Shepherd, machinist, Spokane, Washington; Shirley Repp, clerk-steno, Yakima, Washington; Gary Anderson, signalman, Hermiston, Oregon; Denise Kaminga, clerk, Hinkle, Oregon; Ken Grant, mechanical foreman, Huntington. Oregon; Ken Torkelson, electrician, Spokane, Washington. ll f i t i i 4 '' fat r - was the conference's fourth most productive team, aver aging 59.8 points behind Pilot Rock's league leading 69.1, ICOTCH BOWLING TOURNAMENT Saturday, Mar. 4 & Saturday , Mar. 11 Tourney Bowing at 3 and 7 p.m. SIGN UP AT HEPPNER BOWL Tournament sponsored by Alpha Theta with proceeds benefiting the Easter Seal Hospital & Training Center This Message Sponsored In The Public Interest By 'Faun Healy gains 1st team; Mollahan, Peck on 2nd Maureen Healy, the Fillies leading scorer and rebounder, gained first team Columbia Basin Conference status this year while both Jackie Mollahan and Dennis Peck were named to their respective second team CBC rosters. The teams were announced following the recent District 7A Tournament in Pendleton. Joining Healy on the first-line CBC girls team are; Kelly Lindell of Wasco County, Cheryl Licht of Weston-McEwen and Rhonda Reeser and Janis Weinke, both of Pilot Rock. Second team girls CBC performers include: Mollahan, Cheryl Stubblefield of Riverside, Donna Sharp of Sherman County and Julie Withers and Cid Hamilton, both of Pilot Rock. First unit CBC boys for this year are; Jeff Lavender of Pilot Rock, Dave Simantel of Sherman County, Luke Maynard of Riverside and Doug Warner and Leland Jones, both of Weston-McEwen. Rounding out the second CBC boys team with Peck are; Kim Sams of Weston-McEwen, Jeff Carlson of Umatilla and Jim Macnab and Eric Kalista, both of Sherman County. CBC stat Weston-McEwen's 68.6 and Sherman County's 66.8. Defen sively, the Mustangs placed seventh, yielding 64.1 points leaders per game. Sherman County topped the category, giving up an average of 46.0 points to opponents. i4 i 8. I V t I t i i i i f . 4 tsfW---; - ' i n t tj
