TEN The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 9, 1978
Heppner atheletes honored for season's efforts
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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.
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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
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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.
In the first game, La Verne VanMarter scored 15 points,
Daryle Spivey added 12, Bill Kolb 11 and Frank Pearson nine
as VanMarter notched their fourth straight win a 63-57
victory which eliminated Galbraith from the tournament.
Galbraith was led by Chuck Ernst's 31 points and Art
Galbraith's 12.
The other opening round matchup saw Watkins pull off
the upset of the year as they shut down Greenup 61-53. Gary
Watkins led the way with 20 points, Karmon Bjella had 16 and
both John McCabe and Gary Kemp added nine. Mark
Greenup scored 12 points, Dan Coiner 11 and Clint Barber
eight in the losing effort.
This Sunday, the top two regular season finishers will
return to action for the following schedule:
6 p.m.Eckman-VanMarter
7:30 p.m. Summers-Watkins
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