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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1980)
Tho llrppner Gaptte-Timps. Ilrppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 25, 1980-NINE Fillies defeat lone, 68 to 24 by Andrew GorniHii Lnst Saturday evwitiR the Hcppni'r Varsity Fillies took on the lone Cardinal girls at lone with an overwhelming victory for the Fillies; ah to 24. The first quurter ended Heppner, 10, to lone, 4. In the second quarter, the Mustangs scored H field goals and two free throw shots for a total of 18 points for the quarter. lone had one bucket and two foul shots. The score at half time was Heppner, 34, lone, B. lone was cold into the first half hut was determined to warm up in the second half. At the top of the third, Heppner tipped the ball to one of the players who put It In for two. This is what really buckled down the Cardinals defense and pumped up the offense. The Mustangs cooled down, scoring seven field ,1'rc s to a holiday trimmed with yawty and ijood cheer. Tlmnhs to you all. Q P & D MOBILE rf Si let us follow The Star to discover the true joy of this cherished holiday. MAY PEACE BE YOURS! goals and one out of five free throw. lone followed , with three buckets and two foul shots. The score for the third was Fillies, 49, to Cardinals, Ifi. In fourth quarter action the lone defeats HHS Frosh, 50 to 43 HY Andrew Gorman Last Saturday night, the Heppner Mustangs freshmen took on the lone Cardinals J.V. The game ended with a tight score of lone, SO, to Heppner, 43. The first quarter is what hurt the Mustangs for they were cold as ice. It seemed that they were about to be skunked for the first quarter but, as the final few seconds ran down on the clock, Greg Orr ran down the court and put In a lay in for two points. The second quarter was a turn around for the Mustangs for they out-defensed and out-offensed the Cardinals, holding them to only five field goals and one free throw shot while Heppner accelerated, having six buckets and four foul shots. The Cardinals scored five buckets and one foul shot for 11 points for the quarter. The score at the half was lone, 31, Heppner, 18. Fourth quarter action was mmm Uhrist is born! Let all receive the King. In His spirit we extend Yuletlde greetings. Km 5 ft Mustangs were able to break through lone 'a defense and score nineteen points. lone scored B points. As the game ended the score was Fillies, B8. to lone, 24. holler than ever as both teams were up and down the floor, lone scored 6 field goals and "three extra points. The Mus tangs had 7 buckets and one free throw shot. The final score was lone, 50, Heppner, 43. High scorer for the Mus tangs was Greg Orr, 23 points. High scorer for lone was Donny Taylor with 13. Columbia defeats bv Andrew Gorman Friday, Dec. 19, the Hepp ner Mustangs took on the Columbia White Salmon's Bruins there. White Salmon's Dean Naffziger and Heppner's Dale Holland battled their wits and strategies out to seek the final score. As the Bruins trounced on the Mustangs, the Barber-Johnston teams tie Don Barber and Rick John ston's teams both were win ners and remained tied for first place in Heppner men's city league basketball play Elks host Hoop Shoot January 10 The ninth annual Heppner Elks Hoop Shoot contest for boys and girls 8 through 13 years old will be conducted at lone High School gym and Heppner High School gym from 9 to 11:30 a.m. on January 10. The boy and girl in each division recording most free throws made out of 25 will become the winner. Six winners, a boy and girl from each of three age groups, 8-9, 10-11, and 12-13 will go on to Hermiston Saturday, Jan. 24, for district competition. Winners at the district competition will shoot for regional competition in Port land at halftime at a Blazer game. Winners from that competi tion will shot at Indianapolis national competition. "We had a girl from La Grande win the nationals last year," says Jim Swanson. The competition, in which over three million young people participated through out the country last year for the right to become national ; Tis the ; Season. , to hope every day is trimmed with everything -bright and mnrrv! Mi - Drive back long one for The drive down to White Salmon. Wash, was a long one. but the drive back even longer for the Heppner High boys JV basketball team as they drop ped a S0-46 overtime decision to the Columbia JVs Friday night. The Mustangs. 1-2 on the season, got off to another slow start and after getting behind 10-2 in the early going, they, utilized a full court press to rally within three points at halftime. 25-22. Heppner trailed 35-30 after three quarters, but sent the game into overtime when the Mustangs' Mike Currin hit a 10 -foot jumper with two seconds final score ended in Colum bia's favor, 80 to 61. The first quarter was an exciting one, for Heppner was not far behind White Salmon. White Salmon had 18 to the Mustangs' 14 at the end of the first quarter. Second quarter action was cooler than the first for the Mustangs. They scored 4 field goals and 3 free throw shots while Columbia was pulling ahead even farther. They Sunday night. Barber's team blasted For est, 71-35. while Johnston's team had a little tougher time, edging Mike Smith's team, free throw champion, is in its ninth year. Swanson stresses that kids coming to competition must bring proof of age. For more information, con tact Jim Swanson, 422-7162. or Dale Holland, 676-5514. Football playoff films to be shown at lone lone High School will be showing films of football playoff games with Cove and Camas Valley on Tuesday, Dec.3()at 7:30p.m. at the lone High School cafeteria. Everyone attend. is invited to If your holiday is anything like uou are, its bound to be unbeatable! Kris Kringle and we wish you o from White Salmon a Heppner High JVs left in regulation to make it 42-42. The Mustangs got a lead in overtime but couldn't hold it as Columbia won it at the foul line, hitting four of seven free throws in the extra period. For the game, Heppner had two more field goals than the Bruins, "but were only 2-for-3 at the free throw line, com pared to Columbia's 10-for-22 shooting. The Mustangs had 20 fouls to Columbia's four. Heppner was a cool .373 from the field, hitting 22 of 59 shots, and committing 26 turnovers, eight more than the opposition. The Mustangs lost despite a 20-points, 17-rebound perfor mance by Heppner's Jeff Orr. Heppner, made 8 buckets and 4 foul shots to put score at the half -White Salmon, 38, to Mus tangs. 25. In the third quarter the Mustangs got warmer, but so did the Bruins as they broke through the Mustangs de fense. The Mustangs, on the other hand, pulled some outside shots and gained a total of 14 points. Getting farther out-of-sight were the for 1st in city 35-33. In the other games. Brent Eggers' team beat Dave Allstott's team, 58-44. and lone ripped Les Schwab, 65-26. Barber and Johnston's teams are 3-0. while Eggers' team is a half-game back at 2-0. Barber's team got 14 points from John McCabe and got help from Tom weatherill (13). Pat campbell (ID and Jeff Bailey 10). Les Polzen and Howard Burnside popped in 14 points apiece for Forest Service. Tim Adams scored 12 points Bowling News Koffee Kup Keglers Dec. 18.19X0 Won Pytts Gutter Dusters Three Holers Three L'S Hi Ho s Newcomers Dregs Wearv Wives 38 35 35 32' i 30' a 30'2 28 1 26 High individual game - Vo Jean Forquer, 176. High individual series - Iris Campbell. 469. High team game - Gutter Dusters, 573. High team series - Dregs. 1654. Y f CHRISTMAS He also had 11 steals and two assists. For Heppner, Currin scored 10 points. Jay Hayes. 6. Greg Connor. 4. Harry Groshens. 4, and Marty Britt, two. Currin had six rebounds and four steals and Groshens had five assists and five steals. Orr led Coach Brent Eggers rating system with a -1-28 rating. "The kids gave a good effort, but didn't show any intelligence out there." said Eggers. We'll have a hard time winning ball games until we decide to play mental basketball and show more patience on offense." 80-61 Bruins with 25. The score at the end of the third quarter was Bruins, 63, to Heppner, 39. Fourth quarter action got better for the Mustangs as they squeezed 9 field goals and four free throw shots for 22 points and held White Salmon at 18 points. But it wasn't quite enough for the Mustangs. High scorer for the Mus-. tangs was Dorian Forrar with 26 points. to pace Johnston's team, while John Myers' 10 points led Smith's team. Eggers' team was led by Bill Myers with 15 points and Paul Stringer with 11. John Boyer gunned in 17 points for Allstott's team. The trio of Robin La Rue ( 15 points) Dick Snider (12), and Joel Peterson (10) led lone. The league is idle until Jan. 4 when the schedule is as follows: Forest Service vs. Devin at 5: lone vs. Johnston at 6: Eggers vs. Smith at 7: Les Schwab vs. Barber at 8. Allstott has a bve. Lost Pins 26 29 29 31'2 33'a 33'j 35'i 38 24414 24669 24498 24594 24265 24217 24654 24528 : SMI WlWUff?A TExlay, and always, may you cwjoy the unbounded spirit and transcendent joy f Christmas. Our thank to gracious friends. Bristow's Market & Warley Motor Co J Bat wUe& 77 1 Wth A special delivery of thanks to all our friends, as the excitement of the Christmas season builds! nnnmiiniiliiiniiiiHuiuHuiuuw Wi sincerely wtek our nan cistoners ut friends every blessing if tie seism. CAL'S ARCO special thanks for your warmth and friendship we wish you a very mm VERNS 76 & JOHN'S MOBIL CAR WASH
