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The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday February 8, 1979 FIVE Mustangs face league leaders HHS drops Stanfield It's do or die for the Mustangs this weekend, when the Heppner hoopsters must beat Pilot Rock and Weston McEwen number one and number two in the CBC Eastern Division in order to keep hopes alive for a divi sional title win. The 4-5 Mustangs kept their district playoff possibilities when they edged Stanfield by four field goals to post a 61-53 win. Both the Tigers and the Mustangs made 28 trips to the free throw line, and both teams connected on 15 of the bonus shots. "The difference was field goals," said Coach Tom Day, "We had 23 and they had 19." Although the quarter scores made it appear that Stanfield was out of reach of the lead throughout the game, the Tigers did in fact threaten at several points. In the fourth quarter, they closed to within five points after trailing by as much as 22. Day praised the efforts of juniors Dale Holland and Curt Day, who tied for the Mus Eleven Heppner Fillies scored points four of them in double figures to overpower Stanfield by gaping margin of 89-13 on Friday. The Heppner girls maintain ed a red hot 65 per cent shooting average in the first half, cooling only slightly in the second half to post a field goal success rate of just under 50 per cent for the game. At the top of the scoring stats was Mary Kincaid with 16, followed closely by Lindy Devin with 15, Maureen Healy with 13 and Geri Grieb with 1 1 . lone Jr. High action recapped Ione's eighth grade basket ball squad boosted its season record to 5-2, after posting wins over Heppner and Stan field. Iorie trailed 20-17 at the end of the first half, and remained in a seesawing scoring duel with the Ponies until the final quarter, when the Ionians pulled ahead to make the final score 40-36. High point man for the junior Cardinals was Denny Starr with 11, followed by Roger Morter with nine, Don Taylor with seven, Craig Gutierrez with six and Tim Patton with five. In seventh grade action against Heppner, lone did not fare as well, trailing five to ten points throughout the game until scoring ended at 35-26 in teeooooooooocosoocoococoeoooococccccocooeoed I Come in and check 8 our shelve for Bonus Savings! GOLD MEDAL A $169 10-lhs BOUNTY o Tawaic Assorted JENOS pilia Sill 99e fflhhn FAOILY SAVIUGSl tangs' high scoring honors with a dozen points apiece. Friday's win "was quite a boost, after last weekend," Day noted. As the end of the season draws near, "those losses really come back to haunt you," the coach added. Other Mustangs putting points on the board during Friday's battle included Jim Parker, 10; Howard Huddle ston, nine; Bryan Marlin, eight; Mike Stookey, five; Dennis Peck, four, and Larry Palmer, one. Peck, the Mustangs' top scorer, strained an ankle early in the game and was sidelined. Holland was Heppner's top rebounder with nine, followed by Stookey with eight and Parker with seven. Lionel Wood was credited with five assists, and Marlin with two. The game's top scoring honors went to Stanfield's Dwayne Huxoll. The Mustangs were idle on Saturday. Heppner Stanfield 16 35 50 61 9 20 31 53 Fillies roll over Stanfield 89-1 The Fillies dominated in every category during the home-court rout Friday. They out-rebounded the Stanfield girls 46 to 12, and only allowed the visitors to get off 21 shots during the course of the game. Playing a man-to-man offense throughout the game, the Fillies not only contained Stanfield's shooting attack, but forced 26 steals as well. Other point scorers for the Fillies included Jackie Molla han and Julie Grieb.each with eight; Jana Steagall, seven; Deann Connor and Wendy favor of the Ponies. Top scorers for lone were Steve Millman with seven points and Howard Leavitt with six. In action last Thursday against Stanfield, Ione's sev enth graders "played their best ball of the year,' according to coach Bob Deeter. During that game, the seventh graders handed Stan field who had beaten them earlier in the year a 31-19 loss. After trailing in the first quarter, the Ionians came back to lead five points at 'the half. From that point on, the fledgling Cards were clearly in command, holding Stanfield to only two baskets in the final quarter. Cont. on page 6 A CAMPBELL Tomato $ Open Sunday 10-5 r PUREX I Bleach jj I r Breaking loose Meyers, four each; Kelly Hammond, two, and Alice Abrams, one. The win brought the Fillies' season record to 15-1, and their league record to 8-1 a Lankf ord leads Eckman to remain undefeated Jim Lankford pumped in 18 points and teammate Dave McLachlan connected for 17 to spark Eckman to a 65-32 rout over Smith in Town Team basketball action Sunday. Eckman, along with the Van Marter team, remains un defeated, as Town Team action moves into its second month. Van Marter edged past Watkins 59-49 on Sunday, with Tom Day picking up 15 points and Laverne Van Marter sinking 14 for the winning team. Mark Huddleston was good for 12 points to top scoring for the Watkins team, followed by Karmon Bjella with 11. MUSIC Enjoy The Fun-loving Music and Antics Of I LIVE l) I FRIDAY & SATURDAY MUSIC FROM 8-1 TOOX 11 H ' I I HEPPNER ELKS Membinand "6ut-Of-Town Guests Oily vlMln1 J"" ii El ' " Ione's John Lindstrom drives the base line for a two-point layup against Cascade Locks in the Cardinal gym last weekend. Cardinal Mark Patton comes down the key to grab a potential rebound. The lone cagers split with Cascade Locks, winning at home and losing on the road. game and 10 AZZI points behind Pilot Rock. The Heppner girls will have a chance to wrest the CBC crown from the lady Rockets on Friday, when Pilot Rock Del LaRue was the Lane team's high point man in a 43-30 victory over Greenup. , The Greenup team's name sake.Matt Greenup, was the game's top scorer with nine points. In other Town Team action Sunday, Forest Service squeeked past Johnston 33-30. Leading the scoring for the victors was Mark Cutsforth with nine points. Johnston's Dave Mitchell was the game's high point man, with 11, Next Sunday, Eckman will meet Watkins, Greenup faces Forest Service, Smith takes on Van Marter and Lane will battle Johnston. ILLY V B BJHCHOLS Select From Our Steak And Seafood Menu Served 7-1 7 p.m. & 3 3 travels to Heppner. Action starts at 6 p.m. The Fillies will be without starter Jackie Mollahan dur ing the showdown, since she is sidelined with strep throat. Gazette-Times Classifieds Bring Quick Results . Phone 676-9228 FSLIC Saving! t Lon mtunnc Corp Voui Sawmt tniu'ed lo 40 000 lone splits with Cascade Locks By Janet McElligott lone beat Cascade Locks Friday 57-39 and lone beat themselves Saturday night 49-43, in overtime. "Friday we did what we had to," said lone Coach Del LaRue, "and Saturday we blew it." In lone Friday, spectators saw all but one lone player score. "We ran our offense and got teamwork from every one," said the lone coach. Scoring for lone in the victory were Dennis Stefani with 21 followed by Kevin McCabe with 12 Leslie Thompson and John Lind strom each contributed six while Danny , McElligott dumped in three. Gregg Riet mann, Robin LaRue, Shawn LaRue and Glen Krebs were each good for two,. Terry Starr rounded out the scoring with one. Phil Whitecotton was the high scorer for the Pirates with 13. When lone traveled to Cascade Locks the next night it was a whole new ballgame. At first it appeared that lone would have another easy win. They out-scored Cascade Locks by 22 points going into the locker room at halftime. The press the Cards had used on the Pirates seemed un necessary any longer. lone had scored 11 fieldgoals by using it. But when lone came out of the locker room after those twd high scoring quar ters, they seem to have left something behind. "We quit running our of fense," said Coach LaRue of his startling upset loss to the bottom-rung team. "We took forced shots. We were unbal anced and not shooting the right shots." "In the third and fourth quarter we ran our offense maybe two or three times," he said. "It's an offense that has to be executed well to work en pn) J a mew t tl o 1l (Q)L(2i fiirEinifflo It's official now. We're Western Heritage Savings & Loan. It's been a very exciting time in our history making the transition, and we'd like this opportunity to ex press our gratitude for your help in making it so pleasant. 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