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--- -J(r - if FOl'KTKKN The Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon. Thursday, February. 28, lH0, - if . s ' " I r-Zii fvf Jhi i FilUes enter district after loss to Wasco County t 1 V- L- "int'llP ,or 1,1,1 V-- tho district plaj ::t : C",' h Ui' AH l';u tii ipnnts in the Colt League this year are: ( row 1 l-r) Billi Jo Hrabik. Christy Hathbun, Kim (Icorge. Cindy Slroeber, Paula Plocharsky, Dana Reid. Lana Reid, (row 2) Heidi Samples. Penny Connor, Steve Crewse, Kevin Hughes, Tony Clement. Travis Harrison, (rent Harrison, Stan Sporseen, (row 3) Royle Adams, Gene Garrett, Tina Davidson, Tareena Nash, Andrea Ball. Michele Miles. Duane Ball, Kevin Teeman. Loran Hayes, Hon Sporseen. Trov Hyatt, assistants Rod Cole, Steve Gross, Tom Huston, Kelly Crewse and SluHie I.iuighlin. oungsters shoot for Easter Seals Colt Basketball League is underway in Heppner for fith and sixth graders. Jim At kley is in charge of the program for the sixth straight year. Four teams have been formed consisting of both boys and girls. There are XI players participating. The teams have been prac ticing for about a month and they. will begin playing games this Saturday. Games will continue for six weeks and a tciiriiapipnt will take place the seventh week. Awards will be given to an all-star team, most valuable pljvi'i'. most improved boy and girl, and Mr. and Miss Hustle award. Each partici pant pays a $." entry fee so the program is self supporting. Ac k ley said. The members of the Lions team are Leah Cooper. Bob bette Angell, Scott Buschke. Paula Plocharsky. Wayne Wil gers. Andrea Ball. Troy Hyatt. Lana Reid and Todd Lindsay. The Tigers consist of Ta reena Nash. Trent Harrison. Cindy St roeber. Royle Adams, Michele Miles. Kevin Hughes, Penny Connor and Steve Crewse. Ragles are Beth Forrar, Marion McMillan. Christy Rathbun. Hon Sporseen, Billi Jo Hrabik. Tony Clement. Dana Reid and Stan Sporseen. Rears are Travis Harrison, Heidi Samples. Loran Hayes, Missy Turner. Kevin Teeman. Tina Davidson. Gene Garrett and Kim George. M if ? Zm 1. . , ... ... - ' y, 1 rX:. ; J AiteiKlint; the Faster Seals Telethon will be (l-r) Heidi Samples. Penny Connor, Lana Reid and Marion McMillan (not pictured.) Jim Ackley organized the program. Iliverside ends 11-2 season with two impressive wins; i)iav TigerScotts at district Coach Larry French and the Iliverside Pirates concluded a spectacular season in Colum bia Basin League play with an tin (17 win over the Wahtonka ( Ragles and an 83-66 romp over ( '-union. Riverside finished league play with a record of 11-2. Sherman was second in the West Division with a 7-5 mark. The Pirates enter district playoff competition tonight when they play Weston-Mc-ivven at 8:30 at the Pendleton Armor y The TigerScots were also 11-2 in league play but finished . second in the East I i -ii of the CBC to Pilot tt .ck which finished 12-1. VVeston-McEwen will be in nigh spirits as the TigerScots upset the previously unbeaten Pilot Rock Rockets last week.' Riverside looked unbeatable in the game against Wahtonka Saturday. The team shot 55 percent from the field in the game as Sam Griffin scored 24 points and Big Lerry Wilson added 23. Wilson dominated the boards grabbing 18. Steve Daulton scored 13 points and Joe Daltoso. Stacy Coleman and Scott Daniels scored 6 points apiece. Daniels also had an amazing 13 assists. Against Condon, again the balanced scoring was too much for the Blue Devils. Griffin had 18 points, Daul ton 16, Coleman 12, Wilson 12, Daniels 7, Daltoso 7, Gary Gordanier 5, and Jim Peck, Gary Tarpening and Tracy Johnson had two points apiece. Cards stomp Umapine (Continued from Page 1 1 ) points, 12 on field goals made mostly on outside shooting. McCa be scored 12Patton 11, Greg Rietmann 15. Robin La Rue 8, Shawn LaRue 6. Glen Krebs 6, Paul Snow 5,.' Ralph Morter 2, Les Thomp, son 2 and Treve Peterson 1. lone jnd'- 42 field goals while th" Chiefs made 25. The Cards shot 9-of-23 free throws while Umapine rr.ade 20-of-34. lone forced 36 turnovers. The coaches for the teams are Ackley, Brent Eggars, Steve Powell, John Sporseen and Ken Grieb. Assistant coaches are Rod Cole. Steve Gross. Tom Hus ton. Kelly Crewse and Shane Laughlin. As part of the Colt League program this year. Ackley joined the youngsters into the Jack Ramsey Basketball Shoot Out for Easter Seals. The group made more than $1,300 for the benefit. Lana Reid raised the most with $171.06. For her efforts, she will be traveling to Portland tomorrow with her family to attend the Utah Portland pro basketball game. She also gets to have lunch with Jack Ramsey, attend the Blazer practice, have free room and transportation, have a meal allowance and receive an NBA ball signed by the Portland players and their coach. Lana Reid placed first in the state in the junior division, age 13 and under, for collect ing the most money for Easter Seals. She will be recognized at the game tomorrow night for her efforts. But Reid was not the only winner. All of the participants who collected $50 or more received a Jack Ramsey Easter Seals tee-shirt. Four other girls in the Colt League collected more than $100. Marion McMillan was sec ong with $165.30, Heidi Sam ples was third with $158.20, Missy Turner fourth with $107.88 and Penny Connor fifth with $102.74. McMillan, Samples, Connor and Reid will be attending the Easter Seals Telethon in late March for collecting the most money for their respective Colt League teams. Ackley said the Lions team came in second in the state in collecting the most money for Easter Seals but awards were given only to the team that placed first. The Heppner Fillies did not r first game in yoffs very well last Saturday as they lost to their first round opponents Wasco County 52-35. Heppner finished second in the Columbia Basin Confer ence Girls Eastern Division with a 9-4 record. Pilot Rock came in first with a 12-1 mark. Wasco County was first in the western division at 13-0 and Condon was second at 9-4. Those four teams will be involved in the district tourna ment at the Pendleton Armory odav and tomorrow. Heppner plavs Wasco County at 1:30 pm and Condon plays Pilot Rock following that game. The winner will play tomorrow at 7 p.m. and the losers play at 1 :3() in the afternoon. Along with its undefeated record. Wasco County boasts having the best defense in the league giving up only 25 points a game. Thev also have the league's two top scorers in Sue Walters and Karen Kennedy Against Heppner, Walters led Wasco County with 16 points. "They definitely had the home court advantage with their own officials," Heppner Coach Sheri Brock said. "Walter got to stand in the key for a long time. But they have good shooters. If we play well we can beat them if not. they could stomp on us again." Wasco County jumped to a 14-4 first quarter lead but Heppner came back strong in the second period to only trail by four 22-18. Any hopes for a win ended for the Fillies in the third period as the home team outscored Heppner 20-2 to take a commanding 42-20 lead going into the last period. Heppner did manage to out score them in the fourth period 15-10. Mary Kincaid led Heppner with 11 points and Alice Abrams scored 10. Lynn Dee Devin scored 6. Geri Grieb 4. Sandra Ward 2 and Margaret Kincaid 1. Heppner outrebounded t Wasco County 25-22. Alice Abrams had eight. "We kept them off the boards but we just could not hit the broad side of a barn," Brock said. The Fillies shot well from the free throw line making 9-of-12 but Wasco County had more trips to the line making 1 Oof -21. In Coach Brock's three years of coaching at HHS, her teams have gone to the district tournament all three years. Her teams finished second at district to Pilot Rock both years. But the girls coach said Wasco County has definitely come a long way which is evident - by, its 21-0 season record. Heppner is 12-7 on the year. . r But last weekend was not a complete loss for Heppner as the girls heal Umatilla 44-29 as the team forced 50 turnovers. Heppner led 16-1 at the end of the first quarter and the outcome of the game was never in doubt. The Fillies led 26-9 at halftime and 40-16 at the end of three periods before allowing Umatilla to outscore them 13-4 in the final period to make the score more respect able. Mary Kincaid again led the team in scoring with 10 points and Grieb added 8. Abrams, Devin. and Shelley Mann scored 6 each, Ward scored 4, and Lottie Laughlin and Nancv Miller scored 2 apiece. Mustangs end season with victories Jim Parker scored 21 points to lead the Heppner Mustangs to a 85-75 win over Wasco County in the team's final game of the year. Heppner finished the bas ketball season on a high note winning its last two games to finish with a 7-6 league record for third place in the East Division of the Columbia Basin Conference. Against Wasco County, a high scoring third quarter broke open a close game and the Mustangs held on to win after being outscored 26-15 in the final quarter. Heppner led 24-14 at the end of one period but Wasco County came back to make it 39-25 at halftime. Parker and Larry Palmer scored 10 points each in the third quarter as the team scored a season-high 31 points and held the home team to 14 as the Mustangs took a Rangerettes defeat lone girls team lone scored 13 points in the first quarter but only man aged 11 more the rest of the game as the girls basketball team lost its final game of the year to Dufur 38-24. The Cards took a 13-8 first quarter lead but only scored two points in the second quarter to trail at halftime 17-15. Dufur outscored the home team 8-3 in the third quarter and 13-6 in the fourth to take the win. Michelle LaRue led the team with 11 points and Martha McElligott had 6, Tammy Holtz 3 and Sandra Thompson 2. 21-point lead. 70-49, going into the final period. Heppner had one of its worst games of the year from the foul line making only ll-of-22 but they more than made up for it from the field making a blistering 64 percent of their shots in the second half, 21-of-33. The Mustangs shot 53 percent. 37-of-70. for the game while Wasco County made 48 percent. 25-of-52. Palmer scored 14 points, 'Curt Day 12. Dale Holland 10, Dorian Forrar and Jim Lau ner 6 each. Todd Sherer and Tony Currin 5 each, Doug Holland 4 and John Bier ' scored 1 point. All 12 players were able to participate in the game Fri day night against Umatilla, which did not win a league game all season. Heppner won 75-58 but the game was closer than the score may indicate. The Mustangs only led by one point, 12-11, at the end of the first period but increased its lead to 34-28 at halftime. Heppner continued to build on its lead a little bit at a time as the score was 55-45 at the end of three quarters. The visitors won the final quarter 20-13 to take the 17-point win. Heppner made more field goals, 32 to 19, but Umatilla kept the score respectable by making a sparkling 20-of-29 free throws. Heppner made 11-of-20 from the charity stripe. Day led the team in scoring with 20 points, Forrar scored 1 1 , Bier 9, Parker 8, Holland 6, Rick Cole, Jim Launer and Larry Palmer 4 apiece. John Murray 5, Todd Sherer and Dale Holland 2 each and Tony Currin played but did not score. In appreciation, Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative would like to thank all those who helped with scraping lines, driving trucks etc. during the recent ice storm. We also would like to Take this opportunity to thank those customers who were out of power tor several days tor being patient with us while we made attempts to restore service. -Although many customers were out of service for many hours at times, the patience and diligence expressed toward the cooperative are greatly appreciated. Management, staff, and employees of CBEC ' :- yf - j i j , . ... . , ; I J . tnii - i. Shawn LaRue (32 white) drives in for a lay-in against the Rangers. m w w www w WW W W W 1 w w m w m PERSONAL MARCH 3, 198 Greg Swoek Assessor I 626 COUPE -5 SPEED 3 To Choose From . . . Blue-Red-Yellow RX-7 -5 SPEED -GS MODEL Black 1-Maroon SUNDOWNER SPORT PICKUP 5 Speed Long Box - Brown I ft II CMC HNACING AVAILABLE I1 mmm sworn SUBARU MAZDA P0NTIAL BUICK GMC TRUCKS 1915 NORTH FIRST HERMIST0N 5E7-SC96
