The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday February 1, 1979 FIVE
Mustangs lose to Condon,
Sherman
It was a grim weekend for
Heppner basketball fans, as
the Mustangs lost a heart
breaker in the final instant
of play to Condon on Friday
night, only to be defeated 50-44
by Sherman County the follow
ing evening.
The unsuccessful weekend
on the road brough Heppner's
league record to 3-5 for the
season.
Although the Mustangs
racked up a nine point
advantage at the end of the
first quarter of play in
Condon, the Blue Devils
wasted little time in playing
catch-up, moving ahead 25-24
at the end of the half. From
halftime on, it was a nip-and-tuck,
and often wild, battle,
with the officials whistles very
much in evidence mostly
against the Mustangs.
With less than 10 seconds
remaining, Condon's Mark
Griffith connected on a 15 foot
jumper, putting the Blue
Devils ahead 55:54. There was
still enough time for Lionel
Wood to move the ball
downcourt and get off a shot,
but contact was made with
two Condon players or two
Condon players made contact
with him, depending on your
vantage point. At any rate,
Wood was called for an
offensive infraction as the
horn sounded, giving the Blue
Devils their third league win.
"Fouls made the differ
ence," commented Mustang
Coach Tom Day, noting that 25
calls went against Heppner,
compared with 15 for Condon.
"If they'd have been more
evenly divided, we'd have
won," he said.
While Heppner experienced
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The Heppner Fillies con
tinued their winning ways
over the weekend, handing
Condon a 45-40 loss in an
intense, foul-filled matchup on
Friday, and overpowering
Sherman 39-25 in a Saturday
night showdown at Moro.
Maureen Healy scored 12
points and brought down 11
rebounds to help spark the
Fillies past Condon. But
teamwork was the real key to
Heppner's victory, according ,
to Coach Sheri Brock. "The
girls really worked well
together... It was the better
game of the weekend by far.'.'
The Fillies put together 11
assists, while on the defensive
side, they managed to create
18 turnovers in the form of
stolen basketballs. Under the
boards, the Heppner girls
outrebounded Condon 29-25.
Heppner's shooting game
was not bad either. The Fillies '
connected on 36 per cent of
their field goal attempts, and
made half of their free throw
tries.
Adding to the scoring effort,
in addition to Healy, were Geri
Grieb with nine points, Jana
Steagall with seven, Julie
Grieb with six, and Wendy
Myers with five.
Although the Fillies had the
edge throughout most of the
game, Condon remained with
in catch-up distance most of
the way, and even moved
ahead two points at the end of
the third quarter. But a
spirited fourth quarter of play
saw the hometown girls regain
their ground and ice the cake
by a five point margin.
Game statistics were nearly
identical the following night, .
but the Fillies had less of a
problem containing the efforts
of the Sherman County squad.
Officials were even less
sparing with their whistles
during the Moro roadtrip, with
three Fillies fouling out of the
game. Penalties were called
against Heppner nearly twice
as often as they were against
Sherman.
The Heppner girls out
rebounded Sherjnan County
by the same rate they did
against Condon 29-25, and
connected on 37 per cent of
their field goal tries, com
County
more fouls than in any other
appearance thus far this
season, the Mustangs had one
of their better shooting nights,
sinking 43 per cent of their
tries from the field, compared
with 37 per cent for Condon.
Bryan Marlin and Mike
Stookey- fouled out of the
game, and Wood's last-second
penalty technically put him
out of the contest as well. But
the Mustangs sank three more
field goals than Condon, and
forced the Blue Devils to make
nearly all their points from
outside the key.
'"We played a great first"
quarter,'! said Day, "but then
we started to play their kind of
ball game and loosened up on
defense. We had a lot of
turnovers, too traveling calls
and bad passes. You can't
throw through a defender, it
just doesn't work."
Also contributing to the loss
was the Mustangs' 37 per cent
" success rate from the free
throw line, compared with 60
per cent for Condon, and a
breakdown in the team ap
proach to offense, most
notable in the second half. .
Dennis Peck, back from a
week's absence due to the flu,
was the game's top scorer
with 17 points. Dale Holland
scored 12 points,, followed by
Mike Stookey with nine, Bryan
Marlin, height, Lionel Wood,
five, and Curtis' Day, three.
The Mustangs outrebounded
Condon by a gaping margin of
47-25, with Holland bringing
down 10, Stookey and Wood,
eight apiece, and " Peck and
Marlin, each with seven.
A poor shooting average 27
per cent from the field
contributed highly' to Hep
pared with 36 per cent the
night before.
Geri Grieb led the Fillies in
scoring, sinking 10 points,
followed by sister Julie Grieb
with six, and Mary Kincaid,
Lindy Devin, Maureen Healy
and Alice Abrams, each with
four. Healy was Heppner's top
rebounder, with six. .
The weekend wins brought
the Fillies' league record to
7-1, with only unbeaten Pilot
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pner's 44-50 downfall the
following night to Sherman
County.
That game, as well, was not
decided until the closing
seconds. With 35 seconds
remaining and trailing by two,
the Mustangs missed a 12-foot
jumper, turning the ball over
to the Huskies, who stretched
the margin to four. In the final
seconds, Heppner managed to
get off two more shots,
missing both, leaving Sher
man in the winner's circle by
six points as the horn sounded.
"The boys played real
hard," said Day, "but it
wasn't a pretty game. We had
our ups and downs."
The Mustangs' shooting
average from the field cooled
to 26 per cent, but from the
, bonus line, -Heppner main
tained a repectable 57 per cent
average. ,
Husky Center Don Decker's
16 rebounds added that many
more scoring attempts to the .
Sherman County offensive
effort. Day was quick to praise
Decker's effort, stating that
he "is a good jumper and
strong on the inside."
Stookey was the game's
leading scorer with 13 points,
with Holland picking up 11,
Day and Sherer, six apiece,
and Marlin and Peck each
sinking four.
Jim Parker was sidelined by
a knee injury Friday, and
Howard Huddleston was
absent from weekend play due
to illness.
On Friday, the Mustangs
meet Stanfield at Heppner.
Rock ahead of the Heppner
girls in standings. The Fillies
are 14-1 for the season.
The Fillies will have a shot
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Dale Holland gets past 6-foot-5 Blue Devil S. Pattee for an
inside jump shot during action in Condon Friday. Holland
picked up 12 points in the game, which was the final
undecided until the final second of play. An inordinate
number of fouls contributed heavily to Heppner's loss.
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Van Marter
unbeaten
Laverne VanMarter pump
ed in 25 points to boost his
team to a 56-42 victory over
Greenup during Town Team
basketball action this past
Sunday.
The VanMarter team re
mains unbeaten thus far this
season. High point man for the
Greenup team was the team's
namesake, Mark Greenup,
with 13.
In other town team action,
Eckman beat Forest Service
by a 55-29 margin, with Mike
Mustangs frosh give
Rockets a run for
the money
Heppner High School's
freshman netters gave Pilot
Rock's frosh squad a run for
the money Monday night,
losing by six points after
maintaining a halftime lead.
Although the scoring ended
at 51-45 in Pilot Rock's favor,
the Heppner frosh matched
the unbeaten young Rockets
hoop-for-hoop in field goals,
with each team sinking 18.
18.
"We got beat at the free
throw line," said Coach Dale
Holland, explaining that Hep
pner connected half of the
team's 18 trips to the bonus
line, while Pilot Rock sank 15
of 24 free throws.
"In general, though, we
played very well. We ran a
delay and tried to keep them
off balance, and it worked
pretty well," Holland said.
Holland said that Robert
Bier probably had his best
game of the season during the
Pilot Rock outing, picking up
11 points and 8 rebounds.
Dorian Farrar also put in an
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the winning squad.
Del La Rue's 18 points help
ed Lane edge past Watkins ,
48-41, while the Sharp team .
squeeked past Johnston 31-27.
Land and Greenup will meet
on Feb. 4 for a 5 p.m. contest,
followed by Smith and Eck
man at 6, Johnston and Forset
Service at 7, and Watkins and
VanMarter at 8 p.m. The
games will be played at the
Heppner High School gym-nasium.
leading Heppner scoring with
19 points while picking up 14
rebounds.
The Mustang frosh were 45
per cent from the field, with
Doug Holland sinking 11
points, John Murray, three,
and Cliff Dougherty one.
Scoring was more one-sided
the previous week, when
Heppner's freshman faced
Pendleton's Helen McCune
frosh squad.
"We just got beaten by a
better ball club," commented
Coach Holland.
Heppner's shooting range
was cooler during that con
test, with the freshman Mus
tangs connecting on only 29
per cent of their field goal
attempts, compared with 47
per cent for the Pendleton
team. Rebounding statistics
were nearly identical for each
team, marking the first time
this year that the Heppner
squad has not clearly domi
nated the boards.
Only Dorian Farrar and
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