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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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was the conference's fourth
most productive team, aver
aging 59.8 points behind Pilot
Rock's league leading 69.1,
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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.
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