Tho Heppner (iazette-Times. Heppner. Oregon, Thursday, November 29, 1979 SEVEN
Heppner-Ione rivalry game begins basketball season
Football season has just
ended and already Heppner
and lone will be going at it on
the basketball floor this Satur
day beginning at 6 p.m. with
the girls' varsity game and the
boys' varsity contest will
follow at 8 p.m.
In the first game, Heppner
Coach Sheri Brock will match
up against lone Coach Martha
Jjiherty's team.
Heppner has lost four sen
iors from last year's team that
was second in the league to
Pilot Rock. Three of the
players lost were starters.
She does have her starting
center, Geri Grieb, back from
last year and also three other
players that started some.
Lynn Dee Devin started some
at guard as did Mary Kincaid.
Kellie Hammond was a part
time starter at center. Other
returnees from last year
include Alice Abrams, Deann
Conner and Margaret Kin
caid. All are forwards.
Organizational
meeting set
for city league
Anyone interested in play
ing in the Heppner City
League for basketball is
invited to attend the organiza
tional meeting tonight at 8
p.m. in the Heppner High
School gym.
Since there are not enough
teams or referees, league play
will be delayed one week.
Practice games may be
played this Sunday beginning
at 5 p.m. if teams can make
the arrangements.
Play will begin Dec. 9 if
eight teams have not been
formed and officials have not
been found. Other arrange
ments will be discussed at the
meeting tonight.
Newcomers to the team are
Cindy Bowman, Lottie Laugh
lin and Nancy Miller, all
guards; and forwards Sandra
Ward and Shelley Mann.
The starting line-up for this
weekend's game will be selec
ted from Abrams, Hammond,
Devin, Kincaid, Grieb and
Ward.
Coach Brock expects that
Pilot Rock will be the team to
beat. She said her team will
like to run the fast break and
play a zone defense.
"We are going to be an
agressive team," the coach
said. "This is going to be a
new year because most of the
teams in the league have lost
their main players."
lone will have a much
shorter team when the two
schools begin play Saturday.
The tallest player for the
Cardinals is 5-foot-9 while
Heppner has about six players
that height or taller.
The Cardinals do have their
top two scorers from last year
back in senior Martha McElli
gott and sophomore Michelle
LaRue.
Two other seniors, Lori
Edwards and Kim Pettyjohn,
are also on the team.
There will be only one junior
playing for lone and that is
Lisa Meyers, who is playing in
her first year of basketball.
Seven sophomores are on
hand to lead the team in
coming years.
Besides LaRue, other sopho
mores are Anita Palmer,
Diann Morter, Margaret Do
herty, Liz McElligott, Tammy
Holt and Sandra Thompson.
Players who saw a lot of
action last year and who will
be playing against Heppner
are McElligott, Edwards, La
Rue, Palmer, Holt and
Thompson.
"We just missed going to
districts last year but we were
outmatched in terms of height
as we probably will be again
this year," Coach Doherty
said. "We lost only two
players from last year's team
by graduation so we do have
the advantage that everyone
has seen plenty of action.
The coach said the teams to
beat in the league are Echo,
Arlington and Helix because
they all have a lot of height.
The second game of the
night will feature the Heppner
boys' varsity against Ione's.
Both schools have not had
much time to practice for the
game since they both were
involved in late football play
off action.
Heppner has two returning
starters and two-year letter
men in Jim Parker, 5-foot-ll,
and Dale Holland, 6-foot-3.
Other seniors on the team
with varsity experience are
Larry Palmer, Curt Day and
Todd Sherer.
Players with junior varisty
experience are John Bier,
6-foot-l, Rick Cole, Tony
Currin and 6-foot-2 Jim Lau
ner. Sophomores on the varsity
with experience on the fresh
men team are John Murray,
Dale Holland and Dorian
Forrar.
"The late football season is
a disadvantage because of the
lack of practice we have had
but it has been an advantage
because of the super attitude
the players have about win
ning," Coach Dale Holland
said. "I am happy so far about
our play even though we are
behind in the number of
practices but lone is in the
same boat we are. They have
a bunch of fine athletes there
and they will be tough."
Holland said the strength in
the team lies in its defense
with the basic man to man
mixed in with some zone. He
said the team will be tough on
the boards because they are
"good physical kids."
He said the balance on the
team is excellent which wil be
a great asset because Heppner
will be able to substitute quite
a bit: Holland said the three
sophomores have been play
ing very strongly and that big
Jim Launer has improved as
much as anyone.
Holland expects Weston-Mc-Ewen
and Pilot Rock to be the
teams to beat in the Eastern
Division of the Columbia
Basin League and that River
side should do well in the
Western half.
"The last two years we have
finished third in the league
and you have to finish in the
top two to got to the district
tournament and that is our
goal," the coach said. "I think
we definitely will be a
contender."
Coach Del LaRue of lone
said all of his players were
instrumental in the success of
the football program and that
some of the players won't even
begin turning out with the
varisty until today.
"There is no way we are
going to be able to execute
very well this weekend." he
said. "I am just going to play
it be ear. I gave them a few
days off because I felt the rest
would help more than the
workouts. I just said if you
want to play Saturday, you
have to start turning out by
Thursday at the latest."
LaRue has six lettermen
returning from last year but
three are injured. Robin
LaRue was injured and had to
have surgery early in the
football season and he won't
be able to play until January.
Glen Krebs was injured in the
championship game last
weekend and will be out for
awhile and Gregg Rietmann
on oiiense. iVormally, 1 like to
play a man-to-man defense
bul we probably will play zone
this weekend. We have been a
small team in the league for a
long time so we have to rely on
quickness and hard work."
LaRue said he expects
Dufur to be a power in the
league this year. Arlington
has been the power the last
two years winning the state
title two years ago and coming
in second last year. But
Arlington has lot most of its
tall players and Dufur has
good size and a good JV team
so LaRue favors that team.
Dufur was second in the
league last year and lone was
Ikis been playing football for
weeks with a broken hand and
he will miss some action.
"We will be short handed."
LaRue said. "We won't even
have our varsity picked this
week at all."
LaRue does expect seven
players to see a lot of action.
They are Dennis Stefani.
Mark Patton. Les Thompson.
Shawn LaRue, Paul Snow,
Treve Peterson and Ralph
Morter.
"We are not going to have
much finesse but we will have
a lot of momentum coming off
the state championship foot
ball game." LaRue said. "We
are probably going to stumble fourth.
Mustangs dominate stats
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with 90, junior Ray Miller had
89 and Murray 87.
Doug Holland had three
interceptions and Rick Cole
returned 14 punts for 167 yards
and a 11.9 average.
Doug Holland was also
second in rushing with 115
carries for 643 yards and a 5.6
average. Both Holland and
Murray will be back for two
more years. Chris Zita had 77
carries and 285 yards and
Brett Sherer had 23 carries
and 112 yards.
Dale Holland led the receiv
ers with 31 grabs for 378 yards
and a 12.2 yard average per
reception. He was second to
Murray in scoring with 38
points offensively. Chris Zita
had 36 offensive points and
Jim Parker 32.
John Bier was the quarter
back leader and he passed the
ball for 673 yards connecting
on 57 of 95 for a 60 percent
ratio. He had only three
interceptions. Bier passed for
eight touchdowns. The awe
some team statistics display
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why Heppner had such a great
year with a 10-1 record.
Heppner outscored its oppo
nents 330-72 for an average of
30-6.5 per game. The team was
amazing in the first quarter of
every game as it scored 122
points to only three for its
opponents. The second quar
ter statistics show Heppner
with a 102 to 20 edge and the
third period was also in
Heppner's favor 66-18. Only in
the fourth period, when Hepp
ner usually went to its reserve
players, did the opponents
come close to outscoring the
Mustangs but Heppner still
scored more 40-31.
The Mustangs had more
first downs, 175 to 95, in the 11
games. The run-oriented team
actually made more first
downs passing than its oppo
nents, 32-23. Opponents did
have more first downs by
penalty, 17-10, but the number
Heppner gained twice as
many yards in total offense,
3,207 to 1,619.
Becky Fulleton rides around a barrel on her horse
Solomon.
Heppner rodeo pro
going to nationals
Roice and Betty Fulleton of
Heppner are beaming with
pride because their daughter,
Becky, is going to the rodeo
finals in Oklahoma City, Okla.
Dec. 1 to 9.
Becky Fulleton. who lived
most of her life in Heppner, is
a rodeo professional who
drove more than 100.000 miles
this year by herself to
compete in rodeos. She took
along her horse. Solomon, to
93 rodeos this year and won
$12,881 in prize money, which
ranks her 12th nationally.
This will be her second
straight year to go the
nationals. Last vear she was
10th in the nation winning
$11,000.
Fulleton. 26. is a barrel
racer and the only woman on
the Girl's Rodeo Association
circuit to travel alone.
She bought Solomon in 1976
for $4,500 but she says the
horse is worth more than
$30,(100 on the open market.
She received three bachel
or's degrees in college, two
were made possible by rodeo
scholarships from Cal State
University in Fresno, Calif.
Fulleton was the 1975 col
lege national champion.
She began participating in
rodeos when she was 16.
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