The McpiMicr (J.izetti'-Tiines, Heppner, OregonThursday, March 6, 198 SEVEN
loiie Cardinals state boraic! after win
"On to state" chanted the
lone fans last Saturday as the
Cardinals trounced the Dufur
Rangers 68-50 after edging the
Arlington Honkers the day
before 51-48.
State is exactly where lone
is going after taking the
District 3B Basketball Tour
nament crown.
lone will play Alsea at 9
p.m. tomorrow night in Baker
ti
Ralph Morter drives to the hoop as a Dufur Ranger takes a
swat at the ball.
Bowling
Sparetimers League
Petersons is in first place in
the Sparetimer's Bowling
League with a 20-12 record.
Three teams are close
behind with 18-14 marks
including Coast-to-Coast,
Sears, and the Morrow County
Grain Growers.
Gardners is next at 16-16,
Jerry's Mobil and Central
Market are 14-18 and Buck
nums is last at 10-22.
Linda Schultz rolled the high
game of the week with a 216
and Inetia Cantin had the high
individual series with 528.
Keglers League
The Weary Wives team is
first in the Koffee Kup Keglers
League with a 20-8 record but
the Three L's are only one
game back at 19-9.
The Dregs team is third at
1V2-W2 and the Hi Ho's
fourth at 14-14. The Three
Holers team is 12V2-15V2, the
Newcomers and the Pytts are
both 11-17 and the Gutter
Dusters team is last at 10-18.
Linda Schultz bowled the
high game of the week with 190
and the high series with 506.
The Dregs had the high team
game with 573 and the Three
L's team had the high team
series with 1,626.
Maude Hughes made the
5-10 split and Alma Vinson
picked up the 5-7-9 combina
tion. The total pins standings
have the Three L's in first
place with 10,876, the Hi Ho's
second with 10,828, the Weary
Wives third with 10,754, the
Dregs fourth with 10,649, the
Gutter Dusters fifth with
10,639, the Three Holers sixth
with 10,605, the Newcomers
seventh with 10,513 and the
Pytts last with 10,463.
Thursday Ladies
Kay McRoberts bowled a
210 game and had a 529 series
for the high scores of the week
in the Thursday Night Ladies
Bowling League.
Gateway Toyota is in first
place at 21-10'2 and Black
. horse Tavern and Cal's Ta
vern are tied for second with
19-13 marks. Ray Boyce Insur
ance is fourth at 18-14 and
Columbia Basin fifth at 15V2
I6V2. Kroll's Dept. Store is
14-18, Heppner Bowl is 12-20
and Kinzua Corp. is 11-21.
Kroll's had the high team
game of the week with 924 and
the high team series with
2,738.
Melba Quackenbush picked
up the 4-7-10 split and Faye
Ruhl made the 3-G-7-8 combi
nation. Gateway Toyota is also first
in total pins with 64,589, with
Blackhorse Tavern second
with 64,493, Columbia Basin
third with 64,222, Kinzua Corp.
fourth with 63,909, Ray Boyce
Insurance fifth with 63,520,
Heppner Bowl sixth with
62,745, Cal's Tavern seventh
with 62,676 and Kroll's last
with 61,738.
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Petersons had both the high
game of the week with 749 and
the high team series with
2,131.
Vonnie Lovgren made the
5-7 split, as did Inetia Cantin.
Petersons is first in total
pins with 16,881, M.C.G.G.
second with 16,781, Coast-to-Coast
third with 16,656, Jer
ry's Mobil fourth with 15,526,
Central Market fifth with
15,471, Sears'sixth with 14,754,
Bucknum's seventh with
14,571 and Gardners last with
13,848.
in the semi finals of the states
tournament. ' ')
Coach Del LaRue said he
does not know much about
Alsea except that "They have
a coach and at least five or six
players."
At district, lone was
awarded the first place trophy
and Dufur was second. Arling
ton came in first in the girls'
competition and Helix second.
Awards were given for the
I first time after the district
I games to 10 boys and girls who
4 participated in the tourney.
Dennis Stefani of lone won a
gold award while teammates
Mark Patton, Gregg Riet
mann and Robin LaRue re
ceived silver awards.
The championship game
against Dufur was anti-climactic
compared to the cliff
hanger the day before against
Arlington.
Stefani started the game out
with three buckets in the first
quarter as lone led 18-9 at the
end of the period. Shawn
LaRue capped off the scoring
with a bucket after an
offensive rebound.
The taller Dufur team hurt
lone in the second quarter on
the offensive boards as the
Rangers cut the lead to 24-23
before Les Thompson made a
basket just before halftime to
make' the score ,26-23 at the
,;buzzer. -1' . .-' j
Robin LaRue scored after
' Stefani tossed a bullet pass to
him for the assist then Stefani
came back with a 20-footer as
lone led 30-23.
After Dufur came back to
make the score 34-29, Greg
Rietmann scored with an
assist from Robin LaRue.
Stefani scored on a drive,
Patton scored on an offensive
rebound, Robin LaRue scored
one-and-one free throws and
Robin LaRue scored again
with an assist from Stefani as
lone opened up a commanding
44-29 lead going into the final
quarter.
A sign behind the lone
cheering section said, "The
Rangers are Du fur (due for) a
loss," and it looked by the end
of the third quarter that the
Cardinals were going to win.
Dufur fell apart in the final
period as Stefani opened the
quarter with a three-point
play after driving to the hoop.
The Rangers were fouling in
desperation attempting to get
the ball and lone was hitting
the free throws making an
amazing ll-of-14 in the final
quarter.
A shot by Mark Patton in the
middle of the quarter gave
lone its biggest lead of the
gameiat 59-37 and the substi
tutes came in 'after Rohm
LaRue grabbed another offen
sive rebound and put the shot
in to make it 62-41.
Stefani led the team with 23
points. Robin LaRue scored
20. Mark Patton 8. Shawn
LaRue 6. Treve Peterson 3.
Gregg Rietmann 2, Les
Thompson 2. Glen Krebs 2 and
Ralph Morter 2.
lone almost did not even
make it to the championship
game as Arlington came
within inches of upsetting the
Cardinals. A five-foot hook
shot by Arlington was just
long with two seconds left in
the game or else the Honkers
would have won 50-49.
But it was not in the cards
for Arlington.
Arlington started three so
phomores in the game and it
showed as lone led 6-0 after
three turnovers caused by the
Cardinal full-court press. lone
was also tight as the team was
getting open shots but missing
them badly. Stefani especially
had a poor shooting night as he
connected on only 2-of-18 shots
from the floor.
The lone zone left the
Honkers open for 10 footers
and the team from Arlington
High School began to hit the
shots and took a 14-12 first
quarter lead.' " . , '
'.' Two basket's . by ."Gregg
Rietmann and a 'steal and a
lay-in by Robin LaRue put
lone ahead at 16-14. Patton
blocked a shot and hit Robin
LaRue on the fastbreak to
make it 20-16 but Arlington
came right back breaking the
lone full-court press. lone
switched to a 1-3-1 zone
instead of a 2-1-2 but it did not
fool Arlington as the Honkers
continued to get good shots.
Rietmann sparked the team to
lead 29-24 at halftime.
A Robin LaRue hook shot
made the score 37-30 but the
Cards let Arlington score
three straight baskets to cut
the lead to 40-36.
lone had all kinds of
problems in the fourth quar
ter. The team only scored five
points when Robin LaRue
fouled out of the game with
3:51 remaining and the lead at
47- 44.
Arlington grabbed its first
lead since the first quarter at
48- 47 but Shawn LaRue scored
to make it 49-48 lone. Stefani
came up with a clutch steal
and it looked like lone would
hold the ball and run the clock
out. But Stefani was fouled
and he missed the free throw
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Fillies place fourth at district tourney
Heppner's Fillies lost to
Wasco County 37-30 and to
Condon 44-41 to place fourth in
the District 7A Basketball
Tournament at the Pendleton
Armory last week.
Heppner had a strong show
ing against the undefeated
team from Wasco County that
they lost to by 17 points just a
week earlier.
Heppner trailed only 7-6 at
the end of the first quarter and
19-14 at halftime. The Fillies
were outscored 10-7 in the
third period to trail 28-21 and
' both teams scored nine points
in the fourth quarter.
Karen Kennedy led the
winners with 24 points.
Alice Abrams scored 10 for
Heppner, Mary Kincaid 9,
Geri Grieb 5 Lynn Dee Devin
2, Sandra Ward 3 and Kellie
Hammond 1. Abrams had 11
rebounds.
The shooting percentages
for the Fillies were very low
as the team made less than 21
percent of its shots. Kincaid
was only 4-of-20, Grieb 2-of-15
and Devin l-of-8. Wasco
County shot better than 34
percent from the field.
A strong point for Heppner
was only making nin1 turn
overs while forcing Wasco
County into making 18.
Against Condon, Mary Kin
caid scored off the opening
tip-off, Lynn Dee Devin scored
on a fastbreak with an assist
from Mary Kincaid and Geri
Grieb scored on another
fastbreak with another assist
from Kincaid and Alice
Abrams put in a shot as
Heppner raced to an 8-0 lead.
Kellie Hammond scored on
another fastbreak with an
assist from Devin as the
Fillies led 10-2 at the end of the
first quarter.
Steals stifled Condon in the
first quarter and Abrams had
two blocked shots to thwart
the Condon Blue Devil offense.'t
Abrams picked up three quick
fouls though and was forced to
sit out the second and third
periods.
Condon began to hit the
offensive boards and began its
comback in the second quar
ter closing the gap to 16-11 but
Devin scored on a pass from
Hammond, Deann Conner
sank a 10-foot shot and Sandra
Ward scored on an assist from
Grieb as Heppner led 24-17 at
halftime.
Neither team scored for 22
minutes in the third quarter
but Condon scored five
straight points to make the
score 24-22 with Heppner still
in front.
Heppner finally scored with
3 : 30 left in the third quarter on
a fastbreak bucket by Ham
mond and Kincaid scored with
an assist pass from Devin to
put the Fillies up 28-22.
A Condon bucket at the
buzzer made the score 32-31 at
the end of three quarters as
the Blue Devil fastbreak and
Heppner turnovers aided the
Condon comeback.
Heppner was outscored 13-9
in the final period as Condon's
comeback proved successful.
The game was practically a
replay of when Condon played
Heppner
Little
League
beginning
An organizational meeting
for the Willow Creek Little
League Baseball will take
place tonight at 7:30 p.m. in
the First National Bank of
Oregon meeting room in
Heppner.
The meeting is open to
anyone who is interested in
becoming involved in the little
league program, said league
president Ted Toll.
Other officers for the little
league are vice president John
Van Winkle and secretary
treasurer Tim Fromwiller.
at Heppner more than a month
ago as Heppner led almost the
entire game in that contest
before Condon came on strong
at the end to win.
Heppner was hurt by Con
don's success on the offensive
boards in the second half. The
Fillies leading scorer, Mary
Kincaid. only had one basket
in the fourth quarter as
Condon's man-to-man defense
was tough at the end of the
game and she could not get
open for shots.
Hammond finished the Con
don game as Heppner's lead
ing scorer with a superb effort
of 14 points. Kincaid only had
6, Greib 5, Ward 4, Conner 4.
Abrams 4. and Devin had 4
points.
Mary Kincaid was selected
to the all-league second team
and Lynn Dee Devin was an
honorable mention.
Pilot Rock went on to win
the tournament and is going to
the state competition. Wasco
County was second and Con
don third.
I l-veai'-old I. ana Reid of Heppner, a state winner in the Jack
Ramsay Basketball Shootout for Easter Seals, gets an
autograph from Tom Owens of the Blazers during the Friday
practice session.
Elementary student
honored by Blazers
Lana Reid. 11, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Reid
of Heppner, was the top
money raiser in her class in
the Jack Ramsay Basketball
Shoot a fund-raising event
for Eastern Seals and as a
result was honored Friday in
Portland by Trail Blazers.
Reid, a member of the Lions
Team and a student at
Heppner Elementary, col
lected pledges and shot bas
kets to raise money to help
Oregonians suffering from
physical disabilities. As a top
winner in the state, she
attended a Portland Trail
Blazer practice Friday, Feb.
29, got her basketball auto
graphed, joined Coach Jack
Ramsay for lunch and at
tended the Trail Blazer game
with Utah Friday evening.
The Easter Seal Society for
Crippled Children and Adults
of Oregon, a non-profit agen
cy, provides a variety of
services to Oregonians with
disabilities, including Camp
Easter Seal, the Easter Seal
School and Treatment Center,
an equipment loan service,
information and referral ser
vice, mobile physical therapy,
a speech and hearing clinic,
the new Easter Seal Center in
Portland, and related pro
grams. More than 96c out of each
dollar contributed to the
Oregon Easter Seal Society
remains in Oregon. Money
raised in the Shootout will be
presented to the Society dur
ing the Easter Seal Telethon
March 22-23.
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