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W f I 1 I c 4 - 'i ? lli 1 7' . . r. 3 -1 i . . 5 4 FOl'K The lleppner Gazette-Times. Ileppner, Oregon. Thursday. December -'7. I!I7! Mustangs lose despite comeback 59-55 Grain seminar conducted in lone The Heppner Mustang bas ketball team overcame a tremendous height disadvan tage to play White Salmon on even terms most of the game but the Bruins were on top at the final buzzer winning 59-55. Columbia High School from White Salmon. Wash, had four players fi-foot-3 or taller while Heppner does not have anyone that size. Dale Holland is listed at 6-foot-3 but he is not as tall as the four Bruin players. Despite the height differ ence. Heppner did not give up. The Bruins went on top 6-2 but Heppner came right back on two outside shots by John Bier and Dale Holland to tie it up. White Salmon scored the next two buckets going inside to their big men but Heppner came back on the shooting of sophomore Doug Holland gun ning three shots in from the 20-foot rage to make it 16-12 at the end of the first period. Heppner had to shoot over the tall Bruin zone most of the evening. White Salmon was not just a power inside team as they scored three baskets in the first period on fastbreaks after steals. Bier opened the scoring in Cardinals lose to Condon By Teena l.indstrom The lone boys basketball team played the Condon Blue Devils Thursday night in Condon, they were defeated 67-53. If the game could have been scored only by the field goals, the Cardinals would have been victorious with their 23 of 79 attempts outdoing the Devil's . 20 of 61. The Cards shot 18 more times than the Devils. At the line is where the Devil" ruled. They dumped in 27 of 36 while the Cards had seven of 16. High scorer for the game was Mark Patton with 10 points. Also adding points were Dennis Stefani with eight. Shawn LaRue 8, Treve Peterson 7. Les Thompson 6. Jim McCabe 5. Gregg Riet mann 4. Glen Krebs 3. and Ralph Morter scored two points. High rebounder was Patton with 14. LaRue added eight boards. Tone beat Condon by four points a few days earlier on the Cardinal's floor. Devils romp over lone By Duane Fetsch The Condon girl Blue Devils had a triumphant victory over the Cards Dec. 18 at Condon High School The final score was 46-14. ' The Devils made 6 of 13 free throws compared to the Cardi nals 0 of 0. High scorers were Tammy Holtz with four points for lone and Meg Greiner had 10 points for Condon. Iond had 28 turnovers and Condon 22. Kim Pettyjohn had four points. Anita Palmer two. Margaret Doherty two and, Diann Morter two. thesecondquarter with a nifty 180 degree turnaround shot to move the score to 16-14. The score stayed close throughout the second quarter with the biggest Bruin lead being five points at 20-15. Curt Day scored from the inside on a high assist pass from Doug Holland over the zone and Day tipped the ball in. That made it 22-19 and a short by Jim Parker brought Heppner to within one at 22-2.. But it seemed like every time Heppner came close, the Bruins would run off a few baskets to keep the lead. They ranoff five straight points this time to make it 27-21 when little Ted Schadewitz got in between all the big men for an offensive rebound and put the follow up shot in. Rick Cole, who is even shorter at 5-foot-8. showed he could pull that trick too as he grabbed an offensive rebound and was fouled. His free throws and a score by Jim I.auner on the inside on a pass from Dale Holland made the score 27-26 in favor of Colum bia River. Cole tossed in a shot just before halftime to make it 30-28 at the buzzer. Balanced scoring '"is evi dent on both sides as Doug Holland led Heppner with six points. Cole had five. Parker four. Bier four and Day four. Sophomore John Garret. f-foot-4. led his team with 10 with Dan C.ihbs getting eight and Schadewitz six. Heppner's downfall was the bi-uinningol the second half as While Salmon ran off nine straight points to lead 39-28. Ineffective defense hurt Hepp ner as the I1? ruins scored on two offensive rebounds and two lav-ins on drives off of fastbreaks Heppner fouled While Salmon fivetimes in the first twominutesof the second half to pul the visitors in the bonus silualion. Luckily for lleppner. While Salmon made nnlv 2-nf-7 during that twn minule span. Cole and Parker hit back to back jumpers to break the ice and make the score 39-32. While Salmon continued to build on its lead to make it 47-34 at the end of three quarters. The Bruins out scored Heppner 17-6 that quarter. Heppner began to press the Bruins in the wild fc rth period which led to their comeback that fell short. Heppner outscored the visi tors 21-12 in the final period. Clulch free throw shooling aided the comeback as the loam made 9-of-10 the last Bowling Sparetimers League The Morrow; County Grain Growers lost three games and won only one last week while the Cnast-lo-Coast team won three and lost one allowing the Coast -to-Coast team to catch up and lie the M.C.G.G. team for first place in the Sparetim ers League. Both teams have identical 42' -21'- records after 64 games of howling. The teams tied for first after the end of Ihe firsl half of the season so thev will have a roll off to decide the champion. The second half of the season begins Jan. 8. The third place finisher was Pelersons at 38-26 and Jerry's Mobil was fourth at 32-32. Biicknums placed fifth at 291 34' .. Gardners sixth at 27' .-36'-. and Central Market seventh al 27-37. Sears fin ished last at 17-47! Fran Cook had the high game of Ihe week with a 207 and the high series wilh 541 total pins The M.C.G.G. team had Ihe high game wilh 788 while the Coast -to-Coast team had the high series with 2.241, . Coasl-Io-Coasl knocked-" down the most pins in the first half of the season wilh 34.489 followed by Petersons (34.0041. M.C.G.G. (33.240). Central Market (31.353). Biicknums (29.436). Jerry's Mobil (28.975). Gardners (28.801) and Sears (27.730.) Heppner J V lose to Hermiston in overtime The Heppner .IV basketball team losl its firsl game of the vear to Hermiston in overtime 43-41 last week. Heppner raced to a 14-4 lead al Ihe end of the first quarter and si ill led at halflime 24-15. Hermiston came back in the third period bv outscoring the Mustangs 18-8 to take the lead 33-32 Robert Bier hit the second of two free throw altempts to tie the game wilh 10 seconds remaining at 4040 and senl Ihe came into' overtime. Condon beats lone JV The lone JV team took it on Ihe chin from the Condon Blue Devils hoys JV team by a score of Condon 47 and lone 34. Leading Ihe Cardinals was Dnnnie Taylor, a freshman. ' wilh 16 points. The overtime scoring was low as Hermiston scored three bill Heppner's nnlv score was a free throw bv Don Loll. "The kids gave an outstand ing effort Ihe entire game but just missed loo manv easy shots toward the end including some crucial free throws." Coach Brent Kggars said. "We will gel another shot at them later at our place. Ken Slookey played well for us." The nexl game for the JV squad will be Jan. 4 in lleppner when thev plav Wahtonka Strains! Hermiston. Slookev was the leading scorer with 16 points He made 7-of-12 shots andhad 10 reboundsand three steal: Brett Sherer added seven point Brian Thompson six. Itnlierl Bier five. Greg Swee ney four and Don Loll three Heppner oiilrebounded ils uppiineiil :") in hut Hermishin won the game at Ihe foul line making !) of I (i while Heppner mafic 5 of I o Opening January 2, 1980 Jim 's Sole Shop Jim Huff offering general boot and shoe repair services 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Saturday 116 S. Main Ph. 384-4108 Condon,Oregon 97823 Come on in and say hello -:- fiiiarter Do 1 1 Holland stole Ihe ball and drove in for a lay-in to make il 564 7 after five free throws and a shot by Larry Palmer Dale Holland made a bucket on an offensive tip-in to make Ihe score 56-49. Parker and Holland then hit four tree throws to make il 58-53 before Dale Holand fouled on! wilh 33 seconds remaining . lleppner ran out ol lime as Tonv Currm made the final (nickel just before Ihe .buzzer. Parker led Heppner wilh 16 points followed bv Doug and Dale Holland wilh eight each. Cole with seven. Bier had four. Lanner scored three points, ami Palmer. Currin and Todd Sherer all had Iwo points. Schadewitz had 16 for Co lumbia High followed by Gihhvwith 13 and Garret! wilh 1 1 l!,c .loigenscii Northwest ire,-i grain director for the Veintwil Farmers On.'aniza iior. " iiiuliu ied a grain semi nal' in Ifme Dec 20 lie revered five areas' nrhanin 1 inn energv., sys tem, grain I ratio and Ihe t'o Kami Power System He iviintetl nut that cities arc 'ill evpnnding rapidlv. p.'ir'icnl.irh in third world cunn'rii's and fast food chains ,'ii'e increasingly the big out lets nr (nod " JT - ' ' v yw . ' , ..... , . , 5 J,.tr . 1 f .,,-..'. He saifl production of farm crops'is i he primary source of energy Thev are non toxic, renewable annually, and unor ganized compared lo fossil fuels which an1 toxic, non-renewable and highlv organized. He said OPKC nations have seven percent of the world's supply of oil but with 17 to 30 percent of Ihe world's export able oil thev dominate Ihe pricing of oil A valid compari son is that the U.S. has into 15 Hereon! of the world's supply t.l wheal and more than 50 percent of the world's export able wheal supplv lie pointed out thai the major four of the grain trade Cargill. Continental. Biinge. and Dryfu handle 50 percent of the world's grain trade and together with four others handle 70 percent of the world's grain trade. He said their major concern is to keep the pipeline full and because of farmers selling habits, but mosl of their grain close to the bottom of the yearly market. He said blocks of grain contracted nut into the future would guarantee the trade thev would have a dependable supplv. and that would stabi lize I he market at profit levels to farmers The added earned income to the local and national economy would hlep to balance trade and lower inflation. Adult improvement planned The adult high school pro gram sponsored by Blue Mountain Community College begins a new quarter Wednes day. Jan. 2. from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Neighborhood Center. Persons interested in achieving their high school G K..D. equivalent or who just want to improve their reading or math skills may sign up for the adult school at any time, even after the quarter begins. More information may be obtained by calling Joy Krein at 676-9956. Tmld Sherer (21) leans into Bruin John ('lenience on the way to the hoop. Fillies lose to taller Bulldogs Were IHarty avinq r 1VT .I'FiD. Live ifFs Years Eve Join the fun at ' KSEBB W HEPPNER ECit. mii. ' iQ K2 IM Mi3 HtiMS The Heppner Fillies basket ball team played its best game of Ihe year but only for three quarters of the game as they trailed the Hermiston Bull dogs 48-44. But Hermiston came on in the both ends of a one-and-one to bring Heppner to wilhin four points at the end of the third slanza. Heppner then fell aparl in Ihe final quarter with some bad passing against Hermis- final period- to healthe-i ton's tough press. home team 64-50. The game was played in Heppner because the Pilot Rock Invitational Basketball Tournament was cancelled Dec. 20 because of a flu outbreak at Pilot Rock. Hermislon led by 11 points in Ihe middle of the third quarter when the Fillies made a run at them. Alice Ahrams popped in a shol and Marv Kincaid hit The Fillies could not score in 'the final quarter as Mary Kincaid drove inside against the Bulldogs only to have her shots blocked by the tall Hermiston girls. Hermiston wenl ahead 52-44 ' but Deann Conner scored two points on an inbounds pass play to bring Heppner back to 52-16. Conner scored again but Hermislon was ahead 58-48 wilh three minutes remaining. The senior dominateed Bull dog team is one of the favorites in its league with five girls 5-foot-9 or taller. Heppner led at theend of the firsl quarter .14-11 and at halft ie 28-24- but, ,,Hef mist,OAi outscored the.) .Fillies in the third period 24-16 and the fianl period 16-6. The Fillies made 16-of-31 foul shots. Hustling Lynn Dee Devin led Heppner in scoring with her best game of the season with 14 points. Kincaid added 13. Conner nine. Geri Grieb six. Sandra Ward four, Alice Abramstwoand Shelley Mann two. 8 gffi H TBS Clowns in Condon for benefit The Nalional Honor Society of Condon High School is sponsoring a benefit basket ball game (his Saturday in the Condon High gym. The game will feature the world famous Harlem Clowns against a collection of some of Gilliam County's finest bas ketball talent garnered from the rosters of the local town learns The nil-star rosier will boast two CHS graduates who plaved college basketball at Willamette University in Sa lem. Kim Logan and Ian Jamie Grabenhnrst Additionally. Ihe evening promises musical entertain ment bv a band collection of former Condon High musical all-stars under the directnn of Norm Cox Proceeds from Ihe game will go lo establish a fund to beat 'the Condon swimming pntil more economically, the pool is heated using an oil burning furnace. Members of Ihe all-star team besides Grabenhnrst ami Logan, are Johnny Wayne Johnson. Carroll Ashenfelter. Ken Humphrey. Mike Camp bell Kevin Morgan. Rryce Logan. Ruben Garv Millerna Morgan There will he after the game. Wetherell. and Keith a 4-H dance The Gospel Movie Spirit of 76 Will be showing '""otthe Heppner Element dry Multipurpose Room Featuring; Evangelist Glenn Foster Joanne Cash Yates (Sister of Johnny Cash) The Imperials (Gpel Singen) Dec. 27, 1979 op.m. Admission:Free Will Offering Sponsored by The Lexington Church of Chritt H itW W It W H W M W . W H VS. 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