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SIX-The HeptHier Gaietfe-Tlmes, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January 15, 1981 lone varsity boys win league debut , by Michelle LaRue The Cardinal varsity boys opened up their league sea son against Umapine on Tuesday, January 6. The Cardinals were victorious, 81-34, on their home court. The Cardinals jumped out to a 14-5 lead in the first quarter. Coach LaRue substituted freely as all five starters came lone Jr. High boys return with close win over Stanfield by Michelle LaRue The lone Jr. High basketball teams traveled to Stanfield on Thursday, January 8. The boys returned with a close victory, 24-23. The Cards were outscored 7-9 in the first quarter but came back to score 9 points to Stanfieid's 3 points in the second quarter. The Cardinals went into the locker room with a 4-point lead, 16-12. The third quarter was low in scoring as the Cards scored only 2 points, to make the score 18-16 at the beginning of the fourth quarter. lone scored 6 points in the First league game a bummer for Heppner Mustangs J J 1 . i t ' I ' -17? . f- - K - KW. ;A ' -t " Hi-: T AK K - Vw. - ZzZ - , US . J : J ' , i i f ' 1 -i - )) mmi- ;r-4 by Andrew Gorman The first league game of the year turned out to be a bummer for the Heppner Mustangs who lost to the Boardman Riverside Pirates, 41-40. This truly exhilarating game kept the spectators on their feet and few could tell whether the buzzer went off or not because of the crowds enthusiasm. The first quarter was a quick one, for as they got the tipoff, a player came swoop ing from behind for a steal. The ball went down the floor and Doug Hooand put it in the basket for the first two points of the game. At the end of the quarter, the Mustangs threw in five field goals and one free throw shot, for a total of 11 points. Boardman, behind with four buckets, had a total of 8 for the first quarter. The second quarter was a little bit slower for Heppner in the scoring department, for they had scored only 7 points, "with Riverside soaring ahead with 18. At the end of the quarter the score was Pirates, 26, to Mustangs, 18. (xUahk Qteen - 53td J j JANUARY 20, 1981 to the bench for th second quarter .The Cards advanced their lead to 30-15 at the half. Tt.e Cards came out after half burning as they scored an outstanding 29 points in the third quarter. The Chiefs were held to 9 points in the quarter. The score at the start of the last quarter was 59-24. lone scored 22 points in the fourth quarter to finish the last quarter and held the Tigers to 5. At the buzzer the scoreboard showed lone with a 24-23 victory. The Cardinal boys were outsized but played very good defense and never gave up, commented Coach Deeter. High scorer for the Cardi nals was Mark Meyers with 9. followed by Randy McCabe with 8. Others scoring for lone were Jeff Ball with 5 and Donnie Doherty with 2. High scorer for Stanfield was Mar cum with 11. The next Cardinals game will be held at Arlington on Thursday, January 15, at 1:30 p.m. In the third quarter the Mustangs sank 7 buckets and two foul shots for 17 points and maintained a strong defense. Boardman was held to 2 baskets from outside for them 4 points in the quarter. In a great comeback the Mustangs were once again in the lead, with 35 to 30. In the final quarter the Pirates bounced right back and gave their all, holding Heppner to a total of 1 outside bucket and 3 foul shots. Boardman's offense worked well, for 3 field goals and 5 free throw shots. Hoop Shoot Winners Winners in the Elks Club Hoop Shoot Contest hed Sat. Jan. 10 were: 8-9 years: Linda Morter, lone; Russ Britt, Heppner. 10-11 years: Sandra Turner, Heppner; Ken Snider, lone. 12-13 years: Jodi Padberg, Lexington; Todd Lindsay, Heppner. game on top, 81-34. Les Thompson swished a half court shot in the last seconds of the game. The Cards had 50 rebounds to Umapine's 20 boards. The Cardinals shot 38 of 77 for 49 percent from the field, the Chiefs shot 15 of 56 for 27 percent. The Cards went to the free throw line 10 times and put in 5 for 50 percent. Umapine shot 4 of 15 for 27 percent from the line. Devin's team outscores Allstott's, 59-51, in overtime play Sunday Dick Devin's team outscor ed Dave Allstott's team, 10-2, in overtime and ended up with a 59-51 win in Heppner men's city league basketball action Sunday night. . Devin's team had balanced scoring, led by Roger Britt with 13 points, Rocky Britt with 12 points, and Jay Coil with 11 points. Mike Stookey and Ken Grieb scored 13 points apiece and Allstott had 12 for the losers. In other games, Brent Eggers' team beat Les Schwab, 45-34. lone got past Forest Service, 53-45, and Don Barber's team ripped Rick Johnston's team 76-48. Eggers had 11 points and Bill Myers had 10 for Eggers' team, while Kevin Rountree Mustangs lose to Rockets, 46-51 Little League meeting to be held Thursday A Litlle League meeting will be held this Thursday night, Jan. 15, at 7:30 p.m., at the First National Bank meeting room in Heppner. Officers will be elected at this time. Anyone interested is invited to attend. When writing, Ernett Hemingway usually existed on crackers, raw green veg etables and peanut butter sandwiches. WE ARE GOING TO A BUYING SHOW AND WILL HAVE AAANY SPRING ITEMS IN STOCK SOON! l'mapine4: Kyle Wagner, 7 2-5 16; Kevin Wagner, 4 1-3 9; Trump. 2 1-5 5; Riedel, 1 0-0 2; Swiger, 1 0-0 2; R. Riedel, Case. lone 81: M. Patton, 5 3-4 13; Peterson, 5 0-0 10; Morter, 5 0-0 10; T. Patton, 5 0-4 10; LaRue, 32-28; Rietmann, 4 0-0 8; Taylor, 40-0 8; Thompson, 3 0-06; McCabe,20-04; Hams, 2 0-0 4. tallied 12 to lead Les Schwab. lone was sparked by Joel Peterson with 16 counters and Skye Krebs with 14, while Howard Burnside poured in 23 points and Les Polzen added 12 for Forest Service. Barber's team was led by Laverne Van Marter with 18 points, Pat Campbell with 14, and Mike Rowell with 10. Tim Adams had 12 points for Johnston's team. This week's schedule is as follows: Smith (0-4) vs. lone (3-2) at 5 p.m.; Barber (5-0) vs. Devin (3-1) at 6 p.m.; Johnston (3-2) vs. Eggers (4-0) at 7 p.m.; and Allstott (2-2) vs. Les Schwab (0-4) at 8 p.m.. Forest Service (0-5) has a bye. Bowling News Koffee Kup Keglers Jan. 1, 19X1 Hi ho's, 1521; Newcomers, 3. H92; Pytts, 2-2, 1592; Gutter Dusters, 2-2, 1544 Weary Wives, 2-2, 1535; Three L's, 1516; Dregs, 1.3, 1435; Three Holers, j.3 J431 High individual game - Ruth Ann Lynch, 191. High individual series - Judy Rickert, 495. High team game - Pytts, 599. High team series - Pytts, 1592. . ...SPify ;.." - ' ; -OSlSt tO Ine g8 by Michelle LaRue The lone girls traveled to Helix on Friday, January 9, for the first league game of the season. The Cards were de feated, 2M6. The Cardinals kept up with the Grizzlies in the first HHS JVs The Heppner High junior . varsity basketball team's per formance last week resemb led the story of Jekyl and Hyde. One night it could do no wrong, but the next night It hardly looked like a basketball team. The Mustang JVs took care of Riverside Friday on their home floor, 49-34, but fell to Pilot Rock, 42-34, in the Rockets' gym Saturday. While the JVs are undefeat ed in three games at home, they are still looking for their first road win and have three losses to show. Heppner avenged an earlier defeat to Riverside and hand ed the Pirates their first loss in eight games Friday. Led by a tough man-to-man defense, the Mustangs added to a five-point halftime lead by outscoring Riverside, 17-6, in by Andrew Gorman On January 10. the Heppner Mustangs lost o the Pilot Rock Rockets, 46 to 51. The Mustangs took the first quarter pretty slowly, as the Rockets broke in to the lead in the first quarter with 7 field goals and 3 free throw shots for 17 to Heppner's 3 buckets and one foul shot for 7. Before the second quarter bell rang, Mustang head coach Dale Holland's last minute strategy extinguished the Rockets and sparked the Mustangs, as they flared with 15 points to Pilot Rock's 5. At the first half the two teams tied with 22 apiece. lone Jr. High girls meet defeat, 17-38 by Michelle I.aKue The lone Jr High girls played Stanfield on Thursday, January 8. The Cardinals were defeated, 17-38. The Cards were outscored, 4-10, in the first quarter. The second quarter was evenly matched with each team scoring a low 2 points. Stanfield opened up a big lead on the Cards in the last half as they scored 12 to Ione's 4 points. The Cards scored 6 in the last quarter to finish the game, 17-38. High scorer for the Cards was Lori Fetsch with 8, followed by Deena Hams, 6, Sandy Wright, 2. and Kim 9St defeated in 1st league game quarter, as they were only down by 4 at the end of the quarter. The two teams were evenly matched in the second quarter as each team Bcored 8 points each. The score at the half was 10-14. In the third quarter the Grizzlies were rolling, as Kim re-enact the third quarter and event ually led by as many as 23 points before winning by 15. Heppner was led by Mike Currin with 22 points and six rebounds. Currin helped Hep pner pull away by hitting 10 of 11 free throws, including eight In a row the first half, in what Coach Brent Eggers called "by far Mike's best game of the season." Currin led Eggers' rating system with a 23 rating. Jeff Orr scored 8 points for Heppner; Jay Hayes scored 6; Greg Connor had 5, Harry Groshens.4 and Marty Britt, 4. Orr had 12 rebounds for Heppner, who won the board battle by a 3924 margin. The Mustangs sunk 19 of 29 free throws. "The team was fired up and played a super game against Riverside," said Eggers. "We played our best defensive game of the season and played The third quarter saw both teams up and down nnd the Mustangs flew over Pilot Rock with 8 field goals for a total of lfi points. The Rockets were close behind with 7 buckets pulled from the outside. The total at the third quarter was Heppner, 38, to Pilot Rocks, 36. In the final quarter, Hepp ner slacked off a little, trying to slow the same down, but that was their mistake. Hep pner got a total of 8 points while the Rockets ignited with 15, which gave them the game, 51 to Mustangs, 46. High scorer for the Must angs was Dorian Forrar with 14. followed by Tony Currin with 12. McCabe. 1. The Cards next game will be on Thursday. January 15. The game will be played at Arlington, and will start at 1:30 p.m. I For Work or Play Two Styles To Choose From Red & Blue t 'H f ifr- -f- - fr- - f- -f - IX . I -' tt. ... ., -J I ' 4f 4 Florchlnger scored 10 points for Helix. The Grizzlies took a 16-point lead Into the fourth quarter, 13-29. The Grizzlies scored 17 points in the last quarter to make the final score, 21-46, for the Grizzlies. Helix 40: Florchlnger, 9 2-7 20; Newtson, 5 2-4 12, Brown, 2 Jekyl, Hyde story Intelligently. I couldn't have been happier." The next night at Pilot Rock was a different story. Heppner came out and took a 14-9 first quarter lead, but then the Rockets surged and led 20-18 at the half. Heppner was down by Just two, 29-27. after three quarters, and were still tied, 34-34, late in the fourth quarter. However, the Rock ets got a lead, went Into their delay offense, and scored the last eight points or the game. Orr scored 19 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for Heppner, but it wasn't enough. Hayes Bcored 5 points, Currin, 4, Groshens, 2, Andy Samples, 2 and Connor, 2. Orr had the only high mark in the rating system at 17, at Heppner had one of its lowest team ratings, 7. Heppner had only one less field goal than Pilot Rock, but lone JV boys take victory from Helix by Michelle LaRue The lone J V, boys travel ed to Helix on Friday, January 9. The Cardinals returned with a victory, 46-30. The first quarter was low scoring with lone getting 4 points in the quarter and Helix making 1 to get on the scorelwnrd. In the second quarter. Helix came back to take the lead at half, 11-13. lone came out after the half to again take the lead. 24-20. The Cardinals gained mo mentum after the half as they Coming Soon!! $c3 MnvUt Nylon SIZES IN STOCK Childs-2-16 Adult OFCOtTJ Oil n't 989-8221 flf'' '"f '"fr- "fr i' 'ff'r ift ifr ifr iftr 4-6 8; Mathews, 2 2-5 6; Martin, Temple, A. Florch lnger, Kraling, Tlmmermann, Wagoner. lone 21: Doherty, 3 0-0 6; Hill, 1 4-5 6; Morter, 2 0-1 4: Thompson, 2 0-0 4: Holtz, 0 1-2 l: Palmer, McElligott, Drin kard, Meyers. a costly 21 fouls to 12 for the Rockets enabled the home team to win at the free throw line. Heppner committed 21 turn overs to the Rockets' 7. , The Mustangs shot a dismal .816 percentage from the field, connecting on 12 of 38 shots. "It wasn't our worst game 'of the season, but we made too many mental mistakes to expect to win," said Eggers of his team. "We stopped doing the things that got us a lead and showed no execution on offense. When we foul like we did this game, we lose." Pilot Rock Improved to 6 3 on the season. Heppner, 3-3, hosts Weston-McEwen Fri day at 4:30 and meets Uma tilla Saturday at the same time. The Mustangs travel to Condon Tuesday night, play ing at 7:30. scored 22 points in the fourth quarter. The score at the end of the game showed lone on top, 46-30. Helix 30: Bennett, 2 3-7 7; Gibbs, 3 0-1 6; Jenson. 2 12 5; Thompson, 1 2-6 4; Goodwin, 0 3-4 3; Stoker, 0 2 3 2; Lemheke, 0 2-5 2; Boyer, 0 13 I. lone 48: Taylor, 9 7-8 25; Hams. 1 6 12 8; Gutierrez, 0 4 6 4; Starr, 1 224; Rietmann, 1 0-0 2: Morter, 1 1-6 3; Leavitt. Fadberg, McElligott, Colvard, Childers. Douglass. t t t Sizes if-1- iV tfj tfc flflj
