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FOl'R The Heppner Gnetle-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January 13, 1SK3 Cards win 1st league game By CRAIG GUTIERREZ The Cardiac Cards recover ed from their pre-holiday stroke and won their first league game of the season. Ttiey defeated the Umapine Chiefs by 44 points, with the final score being 81 - 37. In the first quarter, lone's Tim Patton pumped in eight points to lead the first quarter scoring for the Cardinals. lone brought out the guns and out scored the Cheifs 22 - 4. lone's fast break-press combination was the key to their success, with a little help from man-toman defense. lone also did very well on the boards as they ripped down 46 rebounds to Uma pine's 15 for the game. In the second quarter, lone substituted the entire second string and increased their lead by five, ending the half at 43 -20. Mark Meyers led the quarter scoring with eight points. Kenny Sweger lead Umapine with 10. In the second half, lone started off as they did in the first, racking up 22 points to Uma pine's lone basket, bring ing the score to 65 to 22 at the end of the third quarter. Roger Morter found the hot hand as he ripped 10 points through the hoop and Donnie Taylor added seven more. Kenny Sweger was the player from Umapine who scored their two points. In the fourth quarter, lone again put in the second string and again, increased the lead, but only by one as the game ended with a 44 pont spread with lone in front. All of lone's second string subs added at least two pints in this quarter. Coach Del La Rue made triese comments about the game: "It was a good league opener for us, one because everyone played and everyone scored. Hopefully it will get us into the right frame of mind for the tough, upcoming game against Helix." Road Report , The Morrow County Public Works Department has re leased the following Work Re port for the week ending January 8: Load limit signs were posted on several county roads last week. Please observe the limits on these roads so damage can be kept to a minimum. With everyone's cooperation future mainten ance costs could be reduced by several thousand dollars per mile. Roads bladed this past week were: Morgan E., Johnson Grade, Zinter, Strawberry E., Paul Tews, Stefani, E-W Ella, Homestead, Baker N. to Smith, Juniper and Halvorsen to Eight Mile. Shoulder work was done on : lone-Gooseberry and Brenner Canyon roads. New culverts were installed on Brenner Canyon and Upper Rhea Creek. A rock wall was built under Bergevin Bridge. Culverts were cleaned and weeds burned from the shoulders of several county roads. In the north end of the county, cold mix patching was done on Irrigon Eighth St.; gravel was spread on No. 910 and Irrigon - Washington St. ; high water signs were placed on Homestead Road. Culverts were cleaned and brush and trees cleared from Pipeline, Wilson, Kunze, and the Bomb ing Range roads. Check this Date Saturday, Morrow County Grain Growers Customer Appreciation Day Ji rT" r j y k Afv-V - -I Cardinal arches high shot o gainst Umapine Roger Morter was lone's high point man with 14, fol lowed by Tim Patton with 13. Mark Meyers with 12 and Howard Leavitt with 11. Craig Gutierrez led lone in assists with six and Tim Patton led lone with 11 rebounds. lone will meet Arlington and Condon on January 14 and 15 lone will meet Arlington and Condon on January 14 and 15 respectively, playing Arling lone drops first of season to Helix in close one Bv CRAIG GUTIERREZ The lone Cardinals dropped their first season game against the Helix Grizzlies in a contest last Friday night on the Grizzlies' home court. The Cardinals were defeated by a score of 53 - 51 in a game that lacked execution and exertion on behalf of the birds of lone. The Cardinals were out scored all through the night as they were in the first quarter by a score of 9 - 12. The Cardinals were led in scoring by Tim Patton who collected six of the total points earned by the Cards. The Grizzlies and the Cardi nals were about equal on the boards as lone ripped 37 boards and the Grizzlies grab bed 35. Tim Patton was the leading rebounder for the Cardinals with 16. In the second quarter, lone was out scored again as their full-court presss proved to be ineffective against the Helix Grizzlies. The Grizzlies upped their lead by one as they dumped in 14 points to lone's 13. The Cardinals went to the locker room looking at a four point deficit. In the second half, the Cardinals were plagued with the same prob lems as before; the birds allowed the bears to bring their lead to seven. The Cardi nals had one of their worst games at the Charity Stripe as they only took advantage of five of their 13 attempts. In the fourth and final quarter, Tim Patton collected 15 of his 28 points and brought the Cards to within two points before time ran out. Paul Goodwin led the Grizzlies with 17, fol lowed by 13 collected by Tim Smith. Coach LaRue commented, "We played lousy and lost one we never should have. I have nothing more to say." lone will meet the Arlington Honkers on Friday and the Condon Blue Devils on Satur day. Both games will begin with a J.V. game at 6 p.m. The Feb. 12 2 pttoo by Woyn Namt ton at home. STAT1STS1CS lone 22 21 22 16-SI I'mapine 4 IS 2 15-37 FG FT lone 35 11 -17 I'mapine 17 3-9 lone Taylor 9. Gutierrei 6. Patton. 13. Starr 2. Morter 14, Hams 2, Leavitt 11. Meyers 12. Padberg 8. MrCabe 6. I'mapine - Robert Riedel 15, Roeer Riedel 2. Swiger 2fl. Cords and Grizzlies scramble for Honkers game will be played at lone and the Cardinals have to travel to Condon for thier match in the Big Sky race for district seats. STATISTICS lone- 9 13 10 19-51 MR. INSULATION CO., INC. is pleased to be one of the Columbia Basin Electric Co-op's approved insulation contractors for the weatherization program in the Heppner area. MR. INSULATION CO., INC. handles a complete line of insulation and supplies, storm windows and doors, and continuous steel rain gutter. MR. INSULATION CO., INC. has served the Umatilla-Morrow County area since 1975 with expert, reliable service. 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The score at the end of the half was 30 to 6. lone JV team defeated by Helix Grizzlies By CRAIG GUTIERREZ The lone J.V. basketball team was disappointed as they blew a five-point first quarter lead and were later defeated by 12. 56 - 44, in their game i frxxo by Woyn Homi loose ball Helix- 12 14 13 14-53 lone - Taylor 2, Gutierrez 4, Patton 28. Starr II. Morter 4. Meyers 2. Helix - Smith 13. Goodwin 17. Molendyke 10. Jenson 3. New (son 10. L. The second half was an even match as lone scored evenly with the Pirates at IB apiece the Junior Cards were again led in scoring by Darrin Pad berg as he contributed six more of his game high 18 points. The last quarter belonged to the subs again, but they were out scored 10 - 11, ending the game at 56 - 27. "It was a good experience for us. We played everyone and everyone played a lot of time. That is what J V. ball is. basically, all about," said Coach David Sime. STATISTICS lone 2(1 10 18 10-56 Riverside 0 6 10 11-27 lone - Meyers 4. Padberg 18, MeCabe . Rail S. Doherty 7. M. Douglas 4, H. Douglas 2, Millnian K. Taylor 2. Riverside - Peck 2. hrllberg 1, Carpenter 3, Snarr 5, Dona van 9, King 2. McClintock 3. Fredrickson 2. against the Helix junior var sity. In the first quarter, lone jumped out to a five-point lead as Mark Meyers found the hot hand and ripped eight of his 14 ponts through the net. The Cardinals were hurting at the charity stripe as they only connected for 25 percent of the opportunities that were pre sented to them. In the second quarter, lone's lead was de creased to two as the junior Grizzlies out scored the Car dinals by three; 12 - 9. In the third quarter, the Cards lost their lead and were down by one. Mark Meyers dumped in six points but even with his efforts they were not able to keep the lead once owned by the junior birds. In the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies took command and racked up 11 more points than the Cardinals, outscoring the birds 21 -10. Gibbs and Boxes were the two who rambled the Bears past the birds by 12. Boxes had eight and Gibbs collected 11 to make up 19 of the 21 quarter points. Once again, it was the Helix IV. 's over the lone J.V.'s 56 - 44. STATISTICS lone 15 9 10 10-44 Helix 10 12 13 21-56 lone - Meyers, 14. Padberg I. McCabe 8. Doherty I, M. Douglas C. B. Douglas 8, Mill nian 1. Helix - Reeder 8, Boxes 18. Boyer4. Gibbs IS, Batleston 8, Timmermeo 2, Rydryah 2. Mustangs Pirates in By OI.KNN SMITH Last Fridiiy. Jan. 7, the Mustang cagers stayed home to hattle it out ngmnst the Riverside Pirates. Unfor tunately, Heppner could not overcome the Pirates and lost 42 - 33, Brent Fgners. coach for the Mustang ball team, commen ted "It was a pretty even game until the end. Although we made fewer mistakes than Riverside, they handled the pressure better in the closing quarters of the game. That made the difference," Fggers went on to say "Our players have a lot of inexper ience but at this point in the season, we've got to stop using that as an excuse. We have enough games under our belts to overcome this factor." Another factor that Coach lone jr. high girls' team defeats Echo Cougars 35-24 By AKIU.KYCOVKI.IX lone's junior high girls evened their record to 2 - 2 as they defeated the Fcho Cou gars by a 35 to 24 count. The opening period produ ced six points by lone and Echo In the second quarter, the Cougars built a 14 - 12 advan wjiHiiw'iytiittjy'' The BUCK folding Hunter is probably the first and most famous lock-blade knife ever made. Now you can have your own BUCK Hunter, complete with leather sheath and personalized handle engraving, absolutely FREE. Just for calling your nearby CENEX Co-op and placing a qualifying order for CENEX lubricants and equipment filters. You don't pay until CENEX delivers. 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Sandi Wright and teena Hams lone led 24 to 20 The Cards put the game on ice in the fourth period, out scoring Fcho II to four, taking the 35 - 24 win lone's Patty McFlligott led mm iwM h it I h i jfj Sirr-ri ni i - ir--i nr tin j mm!- , ; 1 t ry.i r - r f r A Y phub by Jon Mmh.il for thot against Rivsmdo minutes and not go wild at the last The players need more confidence and concentra tion." he said all scorers with 15 points. Sandi WnKht hit for nine, Ieena Hams scored eight and Maryann Alvarado and Kris Anderson bad two and one. respectively . The Cards will travel to Arlington on January 13 to met the Honkers in a 1:30 p m contest ') Where the customer n. is the company
