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Mustangs get wild, take 3-point win over Umatilla The Heppner Gazette-Timei, Heppner. Oregon, Thursday, February 2J984-FIVE Fillies beat Umatilla, take 6th league win H-Club to hold drawing for autographed" B, balls By TRAVIS HYATT The Heppner Mustangs de feated the Umatilla Vikings 5.1-40 in a wild affair Friday night at Umatilla. The Mus tards are now 2-4 in the league, both wins against the Vikings. The first quarter was fast paced and full of action, with the Mustangs running riRht with the Vikings. The first quarter ended with the score tied at 14. "We wanted to keep them In a half-court game and get the hall inside on offense," said Coach Brent F.ggers. The second quarter was as even as the first; the Vikings scored one more point than Heppner and led by one at the half. The third quarter was the decider for the Mustangs, even though they only out scored Umatilla by four, that's all the lead they needed. Umatilla was unuhle to regain the lead in the fourth and Heppner went on to win. Rod Cole led the balanced scoring attack for Heppner with 13 points, followed by Mark Way with 10. Viking guard Rob Salamanca led the Vikings with 18 - Umatilla out -rebounded the Mustangs 33-31 and also out shot Heppner from the free throw line connecting on 10 of 17 Heppner was three for eight. STATISTICS I 2 3 4 T Heppner It 12 IS 12 53 Umatilla It 13 II 12 50 Heppner (53) Thompson 2 1-2 5, Way 5 0-0 10. Orr 3 1-4 7, Martin 3 0-0 ft, Cole fl 1-2 13. Mover 2 0-0 4. Kennedy I 0-0 2, Ham man 3 0-0 ft. Totals 25 3-1 53. UmHlllla (50) Vandever 4 2-2 10. Salaman ca S 2-2 IS. Burt 4 3-4 II. John 2 2-5 . Sehman 2 1-3 5. Totals 20 10-17 50, Totals: Heppner 25-55. Umatilla 20-51. Total fouls: Heppner 16. Umatilla 9. Mustangs trample Wahtonka By TRAVIS HYATT Last year the Wahtonka Eagles beat the Heppner Mus tangs by one point at Heppner. This year the new Mustang squad shot a blistering 62 percent from the field and totally dominated the second, third and fourth quarters to return the favor at Wahtonka with a 62-45 victory, "I think we're playing with more confidence as a team." said Coach Brent Eggers. "We lust took control of the game." Heppner started out slow in the first quarter but stayed right with Wahtonka and the first quarter was tied at 14 The second stanza, however, was a different story. The Mustangs came out like gang busters, out-scoring the Eagles 17 to 8. led by John Martin with seven. Heppner had a nine point lead at the half. 31 22 The third quarter wasn't as bad for Wahtonka but it was good for the Mustangs. Greg Orr scored 11 points in the period and Heppner had con trol of the game. The fourth quarter was slow paced as Heppner made good on Iheir free-throws and played good team defense for the win the Mustangs not only shot well from the field, but also from the foul line connec ting on 12 for 20. Wahtonka was 7 for 22 at the line and 19 of 41 from the field. The Mustangs had a great game from Orr. He scored 23 points, grabbed six rebounds, and handed out nine assists. Tim Olsen knocked in 18 points for the losers The Mustangs are now 3-4 in league and 8 7 overall This Friday, the Mustangs will travel to Maupin to meet Wasco Co. On Saturday they will host Sherman Co. Both games will begin at 8 p.m. STATISTICS I 2 3 4T Heppner 14 17 21 10 62 Wahtonka M R 15 8 45 Heppner R2 Thompson 1 01 2. Way 4 0-0 8. Orr 7-10 23. Martin 4 3-411. Cole 3 2-2 8. Mover 1 0-0 2. Kennrdv 3 0-0 6. Ilamman I 0-1 2. Totals 25 1 2-20 62. Wahtonka Olsen 8 2-3 18. McCallOI-21. Begav 2 0-3 4. Carpenter 0 2-5 2. OT.ivIn I 0-0 2. W all 3 0-1 7. Mvers 51-311. Totals IS 7-22 45. By DANA RF.II) The Heppner Varsity Fillies traveled to Umatilla Friday. Jan. 27. to take their sixth league win. Heppner received the tip off to start the game, and took it down court to look for an open shot. The Fillies were reboun ding well but after they got the rebounds, they put the shots up but they just wouldn't go In. The Fillies were patient on offense. They ran through Iheir plays until there was someone open on the inside. Heppner was playing pretty good defense, forcing the Vi kings to take the outside shots. At the end of the first quarter the Fillies were on lop 8-6. The second quarter was started with the Fillies recei ving the tip off. II was close all the way through the second quarter. The Heppner girls were playing good ball but their shots just weren't drop ping through the hoop. Hep pner was rebounding well de fensively but not quite as good offensively. By the end of the second quarter the score was tied at 11. Heppner came back from the locker room after half time readv to go. Ther ball was tossed up and the tip off went to Heppner. The Fillies continued to play the game the same wav as thry did during first half. Good defense and good rebounds put Heppner a couple of points ahead of the Vikings at the end of the third quarter. The score was 22 - 20. The fourth quarter started as the ball went up. Fillies really wanted it and it was tipped a little too hard and the ball went out of bounds. The Vikings took the ball down court but tough defense kby the Fillies forced Umatilla to turn it over. The Fillies were really starting fo play ball. They took control at the be ginning of the fourth quarter and kept it until the end. Finally Heppner's shots star ted to drop in the basket and the score went up. Heppner continued to get up in the air for the rebounds dand put the shot right back up. By the end of the fourth quarter the Fil lies came out on top to win the game 39-26. "It's always nice to win on the road, especially against a contending team. Every win is a big win this late in the season." said Heppner's coach, Mike Royer. Jodi Padberg had 11 points for the Fillies while Lana Reid had 10. Stephi Payne had three assists and Lana Reid had five steals. Lana Reid also had 11 rebounds while Padberg had 10. An autographed Portland Trailblazer basketball and an autographed Oregon Slate University basketball will be given away by the H CTub at Heppner's last home basket ball game of the 1983-84 season against Pilot Rock on Feb ruary 17. The donation-drawing acti vity is a fund raising project of the lettermen of HHS to help defray expenses incurred by purchasing warmups for the boys' varsity basketball team this year. H-Club members and coaches will have donation tickets available for the public until the February 17 drawing. Tickets will also be available at home games against Sher man County and Weston McEwen. as well as the night of the drawing. The drawing will take place during half time of the boys' game against Pilot Rock. Ths English of the 15th to 17th centuries believed that the color red wai helpful to the sick. Patients were dressed in red nightgowns and surrounded with red objects. Jr. Card girls suffer 8-36 loss to Helix JV Fillies win by 2 in overtime Bv DANA RKH The Heppner JV Fillies traveled to Umatilla Friday, Jan 27 to compete against the Umatilla Vikings. The ball was up and tipped to a Viking to start the game. Heppner hustled back on de fense through and kept the Vikings from scoring The Fillies' tough defense forced the Vikings to turn the ball over and Heppner took the ball all the way in for two. The Heppner team was having a little trouble rebounding but, improved as the game went on Umatilla was ahead at the end of the first quarter 10-7. Heppner received the tip off to start the second quarter but Inst it as they took it down court. The Fillies were really hustling, playing great de fense. Heppner was reboun ding much better. By the end of the second quarter the score was tied at 14. Heppner was back out on the court fired up and ready to plav. The tip off went to Umatilla and the Vikings also got the first two points of the thrid quarter. This discou raged the Fillies a bit and they started to slow down both offensively and defensively. Heppner also started to get Into foul trouble. Towards the end of the third quarter, Hep pner started to make a come back to leave the third quarter tied up at 22 22. The fourth quarter started with the tip off again going to Umatilla. Heppner's tough defense forced the Vikings to turn the ball over. Heppner took the ball down court but didn't make the shot. Heppner continued to keep fouling which led the Vikings to the free throw line. Heppner was playing great defense and by the end of the fourth quarter the score was again tied, which led the teams into over time. The tip off went to Heppner. The Fillies took the ball down court and set it up to run through their plays. The Fil lies' defense was great. They started using a press and before the Vikings could get it down court Heppner had a steal and went for a lay in and two easy points. Heppner's rebounds on de fense were super. Finally the game was over and the Fillies won 4fl 38 "We were a little slow on ojiense during the first half, but woke up and played well, the second half. We pulled down 32 rebounds which helped us a lot. We have had problems on the boards in the past games. "I was pleased with the way the girls played." said Coach Karen Howe Rv ASHLEY CON'KI.IN The lone junior high girls' basketball team fell to 15 following a 36 to 8 loss to the Helix Grizzlies on Thursday. Jan 2.. Helix jumped oiS to an 8-1 lead in the first quarter. In the second period the Grizzlies again scored eight, compared to three for lone. Helix led 16 to 3 at the break. The Grizzlies increased heir lead to 31 5 at the end of 'he third stanza. Helix out -scored the Cardi nals four to three in the fourth quarter to win 36 8. Both teams shot 29 percent from the foul line. lone was 4 of 14 compared to 2 of 7 for the Grizzlies. Kris Anderson led the Cards wi'h three points. lone travels to Arlington on Thursdav. Feb p m game 2. for a 1:30 STATISTICS I 2 3 4 T Helix R 8 16 4 36 lone 13 13 8 Helix -C'.ihbs in. Howdvshell S. Temple 6. Weidrrt 6. Moon 1. New twin 2. lone Anderson 3. Davison 2. C'onklin I. Papineau I. Pad herg 1. FC.M FTM-FT TP IF Helix 17 2 -7 3fi IS lone 2 1-M H ' t We Fis 'emm ME 5r$ aimdl Smniaflll ' VMS V Winter Fix Up Special 15 OFF on labor 10 OFF on parts ON SERVICE WORK DONE IN OUR SHOP THRU FEBRUARY CALL NOW TO GET YOUR WORK SCHEDULED AND BE READY FOR SPRING WORK M.C.6.S. Morrow County.Grain Growers P O OX 367 . 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