SIX The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday February 22, 1979
lone gets Big Sky berth
The lone Cardinals this
week gave new meaning to the
old adage: "When the going
gets tough, the tough get
going."
At the start of the week, the
Cards were faced with a
do or-die situation in order to
keep hopes for a Big Sky
Conference playoff berth
alive. They had to beat
third-ranked Helix on Friday,
hope that fourth-place rival
Echo lost to Arlington on
Saturday, and then go on to
win over Wheeler County on
Saturday. The Cards had their
work cut out for them, but
they rose to the occasion with
style.
During action on the home
court on Friday, lone engaged
in a nip-and-tuck, seesawing
struggle that was not decided
until the final three seconds,
when Robin La Hue, eight feet
from the hoop and off balance,
sank a bucket to end scoring at
40 44 The victory revitalized
tone's "Cardiac Cards" nick
name, as well as providing a
glimmer of hope for district
playoff possibilities.
"We got our act together
and really played good team
basketball," Coach Del LaRue
said. "It was a pressure
situation. We had to win the
ball game, and we did."
Kevin McCabe topped Ione's
scoring attack with 13 points,
followed by Dennis Stefani
with eight, Gregg Rietmann
with seven. Dan McElligott
and Shawn LaRue with six
each, Robin LaRue with four
and John Lindstrom with two.
Ky Rydrich of Helix was the
game's leading scorer, with 14
points.
Although Rietmann and Mc
Cabe brought in nine and eight
rebounds respectively, Heux
outrebnunded the Cards by a
;i'2 margin.
While the win kept a playoff
berth a possibility, a district
tournament slot was far from
assured. Arlington's victory
over Echo on Saturday bright
ened tone's hopes, but the
Cards still had to get past
Wheeler County in order to
earn the right for a fourth
place showdown with Echo to
determine which team would
go on to district.
The road trip to Fossil
proved successful, with the
Cards having no difficulty
overpowering the hapless
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Three Cardinals scored in
double figures, with Dennis
Stefani leading the way with
24 points. Robin LaRue was
good for 15, Kevin McCabe
scored 12, and Shawn LaRue
chipped in seven. Also putting
points on the board for lone
were Terry Starr and Tim
F'atton, each with four; Gregg
Rietmann and Glen Krebs,
each with two, and Leslie
Thompson and John Lind
strom, a free throw each.
Big Sky Conference
Final Standings
Wheeler County team
Arlington 131
Dufur 122
Helix 9-5
lone 8-7
Echo 7-7
Umapine 4-10
Cascade Locks 3-1 1
Wheeler Co. 1-13
lone dominated the boards,
in addition to the scoring,
coming down with 52 rebounds
to Wheeler's 36. The Cards
jumped off to a 21-10 lead by
the end of the first quarter,
with Wheeler County never
posing a threat from that point
on.
The win left only one
obstacle between the Cards
and a piece of district tourney
action a Monday night show
down in Boardman between
Echo and lone. Both teams
had league records of 7-7 at
that point. The winner would
earn a fourth place seed at the
Big Sky championships at The
Dalles. The Cards apparently
wanted the playoff slot more.
After trailing seven points
at the half, the Cards switched
from a man-to-man defense to
a full-court press in the third
quarter. Coach Del LaRue's
strategy worked, as his Cards
forced a series of turnovers,
capitalized on them, and tied
scoring by the end of the third
quarter.
"We came out for the second
half really thinking we could
win," said Coach LaRue. "The
press did the job for us."
lone moved ahead at the
start of the fourth quarter, and
remained in the lead for the
remainder of the game. The
Cards' third-quarter turn
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lone got 17 points out of Robin LaRue (20) Monday night in beating the Echo Cougars 63-54 in a special
playoff game to determine which of the two teams would get to advance on to the district tournament which
begins tonight in The Dalles. LaRue made six of his 14 shots from the field. Both lone and Echo tied for
fourth place in the Rig Sky Conference with 7-7 records. The Cardinals will now meet Arlington at 9 p.m.
ustangs win two;
11 -8 for
The Heppner Mustangs
ended regular season play on
a bright note, with a 67-48 win
over Umatilla and a .r)0-4()
victory over Wasco County.
The wins brought the Mus
tangs' overall record to 11-8
for the year, in third place in
the CBC's eastern division
with a league record of 6-7.
In Friday's matchup
against Umatilla, the Mus
tangs "played more inspired
ball than they've been playing
in a long time," according to
Coach Tom Day, who gave
particular praise to the efforts
of center Howard Huddle
ston "He played his best ball
of the season this weekend"
and Dale Holland.
Huddleston led a balanced
Mustang scoring game, post
ing 13 points, while gathering
in seven rebounds. Dennis
Peck added 11 points, as did
Mike Stookey, with Holland
contributing nine, Lionel
Wood, seven, Jim Parker, six ;
Todd Sherer and Curt Dav,
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four each, and Bryan Marlin,
two.
As a team, the Mustangs
connected on 26 of 75 field goal
tries, for an average of 34 per
cent.
Heppner-Ione backs
are Shrine All-Stars
Heppner's standout fullback
Bryan Marlin and Kevin
McCabe, sparkplug of the lone
Cardinal's state championship
class-A grid team, are among
outstanding high school sen
iors selected to represent
Eastern Oregon in the annual
East-West Shrine Ail-Star
game, set for Baker on Aug.
18.
McCabe and Marlin will join
ranks in the backfield with
former rivals Tadd Wetherall
of Arlington, Marion Weather
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"We played good defense,
too," added Day, "especially
in the first three quarters."
Umatilla scored 24 points in
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Bannister of Weston-McEwen.
Other area players selected
to the East's all-star squad
include tackle Deeno Leighton
of Riverside, Arlington guard
Ted Proctor, and Wahtonka's
Ron Schmidt.
Heppner's Dennis Peck,
who helped drive the Mus
tangs to the Columbia Basin
Conference crown with his,
outstanding rushing perform
ance, was among area players
named alternates to the East
West game.
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Fillies in CBC playoff spot
at Pendleton tonight
District playoff action
begins at 7 p.m. tonight,
Thursday, for the Heppner
Fillies, who ended regular
season play this past weekend
with a 17-3 record, following a
67-27 win over Umatilla and
35-44 drubbing at the hands of
Wasco County.
The Fillies will have a
chance to avenge their week
end loss to Wasco tonight,
when they face the Redsides
during the first game of
tournament action. Should the
Fillies win, they will face the
winner of a matchup between
unbeaten Pilot Rock and
Wahtonka of the CBC's west
ern division, for the champion
ship showdown. Pilot Rock
seems likely to prevail in the
contest with Wahtonka, which
has lost five games in league
play. The Fillies have at least
an even-on chance against
Wasco.
Poor shooting and an inordi
nate number of fourth-quarter
fouls were blamed by Coach
Sheri Brock for Saturday's
loss to the Redsides. Unchar
acteristically, the Fillies shot
only 24 percent from the floor.
During the final quarter of
play, Wasco picked up 11
points from the bonus line
enough to put the game out of
reach thanks to Heppner
fouling and a 57 per cent free
throw shooting rate.
Jackie Mollahan was Hep
pner's high point scorer
during the Wasco game, with
nine, followed by Maureen
Healy with seven, Lynn Dee
Devin, five, and Jana Stea
gall, Geri Grieb and Julie
Grieb, each with four.
Van Marter
takes Town
leant title
Van Marter staged a come-from-behind,
overtime victory
over previously unbeaten
Eckman to take sole posses
sion of first place in Town
Team basketball league
action on Sunday.
VanMarter is now the only
Town Team in the league to
retain an unblemished record.
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Healy and Wendy Myers
each gathered in eight re
bounds. Play was more consistent
with the Heppner girls' season
record on Friday, when the
Fillies hosted Umatilla.
Four Fillies racked up
double figures in the scoring
race, with Jackie Mollahan
leading the pack with 12.
Maureen Healy scored 11
points, in addition to 11
rebounds and eight steals,
with Jana Steagall and Mary
Kincaid each scoring 10.
Sophomore Lynn Dee Devin
Workday set for Willow
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March 3 beginning at 9 a.m.,
President Harold Kerr an
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Kerr said silt has to be
removed from the number
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was credited with nine steals,
with Alice Abrams and Geri
Grieb each making five re
bounds. Heppner connected on 26 of
74 hoop attempts from the
court, and maintained a 50 per
cent success rate from the
line.
Other point winners for the
Fillies were Lynn Dee Devin,
nine; Wendy Myers, eight;
Geri Grieb, three; Deann
Connor, two, and Julie Grieb,
two.
Umatilla was held to only 11
points in the first half.
from the Willow Creek chan
nel; and the footbridge has to
be replaced.
A previously announced
workday for this Saturday,
Feb. 24 has been cancelled
because the ground is still too
soft to move equipment on it.
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