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TEN The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 9, 1978 Heppner atheletes honored for season's efforts Cards gra i 4 J 1! ) district 2m d Before the season started, lone coach Del La Rue and his team set their sights on gaining a spot in the district playoffs at the end of the year. It was a pretty lofty ambition for a crew that finished 1-19 the previous year, but the Cards got down to the task and accomplished it not only making it into the playoffs, but moving into the finals only to lose to a team that is generally favored to reign as state champs. "We've got nothing to be ashamed of at all," LaRue said. "I've seen this team do a lot of growing up this year and I've got nothing but praise for them." In the opening round of the District 7-B tournament held last week in The Dalles, lone served notice to the rest of the league that they didn't just come along for the ride. The Cards coolly dispatched with Culver 58-49 by taking com mand of the game in the second half and applying pressure that the favored Culver squad couldn't handle. Dennis Stefani led the way with 24 points, including six of seven free throws and a couple of buckets in the fourth quarter. Kevin McCabe and Dan McElligott both hit dou ble figures with 12 and 11 points, respectively, Robin LaRue added six, Rick Gilbert three and John Lindstrom a pair. The Cards looked to Stefani in the second half and the 5'8" sophomore guard responded with good ball handling and leadership. McCabe grabbed 15 rebounds LaRue had 11 and Gilbert pulled six to help lone stay even on the boards with the taller Bulldog team. "Culver is a team that like to run but we put the pressure on them and they couldn't keep up," LaRue said of the game that moved lone into the finals. In the championship match, there weren't any surprises coming as lone fell victim to a familiar formula: lack of height plus lack of rebounds equals loss of game. It was the fourth time Arlington had topped the Cards in four meetings this year, the latest loss coming by a 55-37 margin. Stefani and LaRue topped the lone scoring list with nine points each, McElligott had five, Gilbert four and Lind strom, Glenn Krebs, Terry Starr and McCabe each had two. McCabe had to leave the game in the first quarter after injuring an ankle. lone managed to stay close in the opening period but the hot shooting of the talented Honkers coupled with the injury to McCabe proved too much for the Cards. t 1 ' f . i i r it it 'i i pj .1 I BOY VARSITY Awards presented by Coach Tom Day MOST VALUABLE PLAYER MOST IMPROVED PLAYER MOST INSPIRATIONAL SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE Dennis Peck ' Jim Parker Bryan Marlin Sam Myers Dennis Peck If ii 1 Jf ut. nr. GIRLS VARSITY Awards Presented by Coach Sherri Brock MOST VALUABLE PLAYER Maureen Healy ' MOST IMPROVED PLAYER Geri Grieb most inspirational ' Jackie Mollahan MOST VALUABLE DEFENDER LoriRhea HIGH SCORER Maureen Healy , FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE Maureen Healy " ' SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE Jackie Mollahan Coach Tom Day congratulates Jim Parker who received the Most Improved Player award. Ione's fall, winter sports dessert Monday Athletes from both the fall and winter sports programs at lone High School will be honored at a sports dessert scheduled for Monday, March 13, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the school cafeteria. Awards will be presented to participants in the boys football and basketball programs and the girls volleyball and basketball programs. The public is invited to the occasion and parents are asked to bring a dessert with them. Refreshments will be provided. lone girls notch tourney 3rd All year long, the lady Cards have been a team that lived or died by their defense. In last week's district playoffs, it was a case of the latter rather than the former as the over-aggressive lone team got into early foul trouble and dropped their opening round match to Culver, 30-28. The following day, the Cards got their defense back in sync and turned back Arlington 27-19 to take third place in the tournament. In the first half of the game with Culver, the Cards were whistled for 17 violations to only one for the Bulldogs and two starters spent most of the second period on the bench with three fouls. By commit ting 31 fouls in the game, lone sent their opponents to the line 39 times and Culver responded by picking up 16 points. Leading the scoring depart ment for lone was Grace McElligott with 11 points, Janet McElligott with five, and Martha McElligott and Susan Thompson, both with three. The Cards stage a final period rally in which they held the Bulldogs to only two free throws and no field goals while scoring nine points themselves, but time ran out and lone had to settle for the consolation bracket. Against the Honkers, lone led throughout most of the game as they brought their final season record to nine wins and ten losses. Coach Martha Doherty took advantage of a final opportu nity to start an all-McElligott line-up before losing senior Grace to graduation. The announcer's nightmare only lasted a couple of minutes before the Cards substituted and settled down to the business of winning the game. Michelle McElligott and Carol McElligott both scored eight points to lead lone, while Grace McElligott finished with five, Susan Thompson four and Janet McElligott two. City league results VanMarter and Watkins moved into the semi-final of the Heppner City League basketball tournament after posting opening round victories over Galbraith and Greenup Sunday. 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