FOUR The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday January 18, 1979
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The Heppner Fillies season
long winning streak came to
an end Friday at the hands of
the perennially powerful Pilot
Rock team.
Prior to Friday's 31-58 loss
to the lady Rockets, the Fillies
had maintained a 9-0 season
success rate. The loss made
Pilot Rock the only undefeated
team in CBC girls' hoop
action.
The Fillies remained within
reach of Pilot Rock during the
early part of the game,
finishing the half nine points
behind. But defending champs
opened up their shooting game
to full throttle in the second
half, giving the Fillies an
uphill battle they could not
win.
"We didn't play a good
second half," said Heppner
Coach Sheri Brock. "They
started shooting from the
outside and just couldn't miss,
while we couldn't hit."
Pilot Rock was successful in
just under half of their field
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Mustang Howard Huddleston is all alone as the ball leaves
his fingertips for the net. It was an off weekend for the
Heppner squad as they dropped games to Pilot Rock and
Weston-MeEwen.
goal attempts; while the
" Fillies scored on about 30 per
cent of their tries. The Fillies'
rebounding game roughly
equaled that of the home
team, with Maureen Healy
bringing in a whopping 16 for
Heppner.
Healy was also the Fillies'
top scorer, with 11 points,
followed by Geri Grieb with
nine and Jackie Mollahan with
eight. Janice Weinke of Pilot
Rock was the high point
winner for the game, with 16.
But the Fillies' winning
ways were in evidence again
on their home court the
following night, when they
overpowered Weston-McEwen
52-34.
The Heppner ladies outshot,
out-rebounded, and out
defended the TigerScot girls,
making few mistakes in the
process.
The Fillies got off 79 shots to
only 38 for the visiting team,
and "forced a number of
steals by pressing a lot,"
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according to Coach Brock.
Maureen Healy, Geri Grieb
and Lindy Devin tied for the
Fillies' top scorer honors,
each sinking 10. Weston
McEwen's Kathy Cahill was
credited with 11 points,
making her the game's high
point scorer.
Healy was also the leading
rebounder with 13, followed by
Geri Grieb and Alice Abrams,
each with five, and Wendy
Meyers with four.
Last weekend's action made
the Fillies 3-1 in league play
and 10-1 for the season.
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It was not exactly a stellar
weekend for the Heppner
Mustangs, as their season
record dipped to 2-2 in league
play following a 65-47 loss to
defending champion Pilot
Rock on Friday and a disap
pointing 68-58 showing against
Weston-McEwen on Saturday.
Saturday.
The league-leading Rockets
controlled Friday's contest
from start to finish, outgun
ning the Mustangs with a near
50 per cent shooting average.
Heppner put the ball in the air
more often than the Rockets,
but connected with the hoop
only 22 times in 94 attempts
for a dismal 23 per cent
average.
More than twice as many
fouls were, called against
Heppner than Pilot Rock, with
starters Dennis Peck and
Bryan Marlin fouling out in
the final quarter. The Rock
ets offensive kingpin, Jeff
Lavendar, on the other hand,
managed to get through the
game without being called for
a single penalty, while racking
up 20 points to become the
game's top scorer.
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"We just didn't play well,"
commented Mustang Coach
Tom Day. "We were uptight
the whole night we came out
tight and never loosened up.
Our defense wasn't that great
and we had a poor shooting
night."
Peck was Heppner's high
scorer for the night with 12
points, followed by Jim
Parker with 10; Mike Stookey
with 9; Lionel Wood, Dale
Holland and Howard Huddle
ston, each with four, and
Bryan Marlin and Darryl
Bigelow each with two.
Saturday's home stand
against Weston-McEwen was
a closer contest, with the
Mustangs keeping within
reach of the TigerScots until
the game's closing minutes.
At times, the Mustangs'
play was sparkling, but Hep
pner could not maintain any
prolonged scoring drives that
were mandatory in order to
overtake the TigerScots, who
lost to Pilot Rock by a single
point.
Heppner moved to within
two points of Weston-McEwen
in the closing seconds of the
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The Fillies Jackie Mollahan is about to hit the hoop for two
points as the Heppner girls' squad downed Weston-McEwen
Saturday night.
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third quarter, and threatened
again midway in the final
period, closing the gap to five.
"I might have made a
couple of coaching errors,"
commented Day, by not
calling time and giving his
players a break as they
whittled the scoring gap to
three points in the third
quarter, or during a couple of
"bad lapses" in the fourth,
when the TigerScots fought
back to stretch out their lead.
"They might have done better
if I'd have broken the pace and
given them a break," he
candidly stated.
But the central reason for
Heppner's defeat was more
likely that "we just didn't play
consistently," Day noted. "We
really got it going a couple of
times, but couldn't keep it up.
And they took advantage of
our lapses."
Stookey was high point man
for the Mustangs with 17,
followed by Peck with 13.
Howard Huddleston was good
for seven, Parker picked up
six, Wood was credited with
five, while Marlin and Holland
each had three. Bigelow and
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pair.
On the other side of the
court, Ken Deveraux sank 25
points, followed, by Kent
Kilby, a sophomore, with 22.
The Mustangs face another
Mustang frosh trounce
Hermiston netters
With six players several of
them starters sidelined with
the flu or injuries, Heppner's
freshman net squad took
Hermiston by surprise Mon
day night, beating them by an
impressive 52-38 margin.
"It was a big win for us,"
said an elated Coach Dale
Holland, "especially since we
only had seven boys who were
able to make the trip."
The Mustang frosh jumped
off to an 18-5 lead at the end of
the first quarter, and stayed
out of reach for the duration of
the contest.
"We slowed the game down
and beat them at the back
boards," commented Coach
Holland. "The whole team
played quite well."
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challenge this weekend, when
they meet CBC western
division leader Wahtonka at
home on Saturday. On Friday,
Heppner will travel to Umatilla.
And indeed they did, accord
ing to the game's statistics.
Heppner outrebounded Herm
iston 36-21. The Mustang frosh
posted a 43 per cent shooting
rate from the floor, and
maintained a whopping 63 per
cent success rate from the
free throw line, where Don
Lott was five for five.
Dorian Farrar topped Hep
pner's scoring effort, sinking
14 points, followed by Lott
with 13; Earl Hammond with
nine; Robert Bier with eight;
and Jeff Sumner and Andy
Gorman, each with four.
Next week, the Mustang
frosh will meet Pendleton's
Helen McEwen freshman
team.