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SIX TS» lirppnrr Gazette Times Hrppnrr Mustangs drop season opener Orrgoa. Wednesday. December 5. I9M The Fifth Q uarter Sports u ith Mike Oths It's time (or the N F L to get down to the nitty gritty. and true to (orm. the U’ague in wobbling and hobbling toward the finiih line For all the ballyhoo about p a rity" among theclubs. there 11 a very select group of "haves ' and a whole lot of "h ave not* " To my way o( seeing things, there are only a handfull o( teams who could realistically be called Super Howl contenders San Francisco. Miami. Seattle. Denver, and the Haiders All of the teams in the N FC have their problems, from the Redskin injuries, to the Cardinals and Giants inexperience, to the Cowboys lark of talent The Hears might have lieen a contender but are decimated by injuries at quarterback In the A H ' the Central Division winner may not finish above SOU. while the other four tram s are in the hunt The best fun will be watching the dogfight for the AKC title The whole season is probably ties! summarized by the Hengals-Hrowns gam e of last Sunday The liengals moved into the d river's seat in the division with a glittering 6 ft record, on the strength of a pass from a rookie, third siring quarterback to an offensive tackle With all this excitement one can hardly hold one's breath in anticipation of the L'SFL season, only several short months away It was nice to see Doug Flutie win the Meisman Trophy The little guy from Hoslon College is quite a player even though the media seems to emphasize the "little " more than the player It is amusing to see sports jounalists rew rite history to suit their needs Kverybody was writing that hlutie's last second m iracle touchdown pass against Miami had sealed the lleism an Trophy, when in reality the votes were already in It makes good copy, though The Hla/ers have certainly been up and down so far this season Sam Howie looks terrific some nights, and asleep on others It seems as if he tries to block every shot that goes up which is getting him in early foul trouble I'd still like to have his future, though Did anybody catch the nasty spil that Clyde Drexler took in the Hlazer Knick g a m e 1’ Although the foul wasn t as flagrant as it first appeared. It posed a question I'v e always had Kven if you could jump as high as Clyde Drexler. why would you want t o ' It reminded of the NHA Slam Dunk contest, where Julius Krving banged his head on the backboard You'd need an oxygen mask at that altitude I think I'm going to organize a golf Skins (lam e like the one on television I wonder if anybody will pay me $340.000 for making a ten foot putt’ How about $3 to ’ I-el me know when you line up the sponsors CRYSTAL!? BA1 I Hello again after a week's absence In the last two weeks, w e've seen Mike continue his miraculous rise from the ashes, to actually move out of last place The ultra conservative leaders have loosened up a bit. but are still valiantly clinging to their lofty positions With only two weeks to go. Hrent needs only to prevent a total collapse to capture the first CB championship laist week Mike led the pack with a mark of II 14 Hrent and Dale cam e in at 9 14 while Craig and Dave trailed the field at 8 14 This week's guest expert is well known to sports fans throughout the area Although best known as a top flight golfer, football predicting is also his forte Therefore Dave Gunderson has consented to our abuse for this week Standings Hrent 114 54. Craig 111 57. Dave 106-60, Mike 106-62. and Dale « - o>jz a u 41 44 U 44-4 »4 [H4J wtr U K io US fíame BUFFALO y NY JETS NYJ irrr~ 57 j NINNI . 'TA * SAN F HANL I SCO ST “ ST* SF ATLANTA i TAMIA HAY __ ÀTL THay THay CINCINNATI i NFW ORLEANS LLh ~?r; NO PIT PIT CLEVELAND i PITTSBURGH m C rD G r B CHI -liLLII UAi 4 CHICAGO LAR t-AR llc—il'.N * LA RAMS. MIX MIA MIA MIAMI i INDIANAPOLIS PHI NF NLW LL -LAND # I'll ILLY NE st !» SUL St L :. i Julùaii i ¿Xi U".i£ T5FÑ PEN DEN LAN UlLliu i DLNVLF SLA SEA SEA -LAI ILL * KANSAS CITY 'WAS WAS . 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The Varsity's first gam e of the season will be Friday, Dec 7. the Morrow County Invitational Tour nament. at Riverside High School The teams included in the tourna men! are the Imbler Panthers, the Riverside Pirates, the lone Cardin als and the Heppner Mustangs the Heppner Varsity girls will open the tournament at 3 p m against the Imbler Panthers C o st Club SLi sn n n so rs All cross country and down hill skiers are invited to take advantage of a Thursday ski bus to Anthony I-ikes sponsored by the Slarliottle Ski Club One bus. already filled will tie leaving Pendleton, and a second bus wdl originate in H erm it ton said a spokesperson for the club Starling January 10. the buses w ill run every Thursday for seven weeks and depending upon sign up may extend loeight weeks The cost in $55 per person Club mrmtiership is not mandatory but club mem tiers have priority Fam ily membership IS $7 50 per year, and single mem liership is $-5 (ki Hus riders are entitled to a $1 discount on lift tickets A Sunday bus leaving from Pendleton is also being planned, starting January 6 "The cruiser buses are com fortable economical, a lot of fun and no chaining up Anthony l-akes is a hus to Anthonv Lakes great down hill area noted for dry snow Also there are miles of groomed trails for cross-country / The Mustangs will travel to Board man to play Imbler in the Morrow County Invitational Friday, at 4 30 p m Mar lli-Trimble 4 pts. I.rfore 12 f i t . Olsea 13 pis Carltoa 7 pis MrDeviil 14 pts Hall 3 pto . Heaerson 3 pts . t orkbura S pts . Arnold I pi Flrld Goals 28-53 53 percent Free throws. 11-14 49 perrenl fouls 23. fouled out Trim Mr tlepparr Doherty 1-2 6-1—2, Its all 6-26-2—4. Green 65 1-2— 1. Wilgers 14 4-6—4. I.tndsas I 1 12— 3. Currin 17 6 6 -2 . McConnell 63 66—6, Storm 62 4-6—4. I.inamrn l-l 61 2. Graves. 1-3 66 2. krnison l-l 1-2 1. f ield goals? 35 26 percent Free throws 11-24 44 percent f ouls 14. rrbounds 21. turnovers. 32. Assists t To reserve a sear send a cneck to Ray Bow man Box 665 Star Route, Pendleton, Oregon 97801 B ob McDomald ^CHEVROLETJ (,76 9108 NEW & USED CARS & PICKUPS WEDDING INVITATIONS! “S a m p le s to lo o k o v e r ” The Gazette- Limes Live M u s i c Fri. & Sat. Nights! ^ Farm C it y B a n q u e t J % / F rid a y N ig h t ^ P rim e Rib B uffet ^ E v e r y o n e W e lc o m e ! PICKUP TOOL BOXES The Junior Varsity team played their first gam e Tuesday. Dec 4 against I'kiah Practice is going great for the junior varsity team with "a lot of enthusiasm and hard w o rk ," com merited coach I4CH Payne More than half of the J V girls have one year of experience Other strong point* are desire, deternun ation. good quickness," commented coach Payne "We have a lack of depth this early in the season, ' he added The junior v arsity hopes for a good season "We can lie as good as anyone we play this y e a r ,"' said coach Payne V arsity'» first home gam e will lie Tuesday, lie«- II at 6 p m against the lone Cardinals The junior varsity team plays again Thursday . Dec 13 at 6 p m against the Riverside Pirates Ne tv Shipment Just Arrived Delta 1A FULL SIZE & COMPACT Delta 8C Economy FULL SIZE & COMPACT --------- ALSO ON SALE---------- The Big Dude In 1910 an obscure British music hall performer toured the U S in a vaude ville act billed at Karno t W ow W ow * Mis name Charlie Chaplin « * V c POLY/STEEL BOXES ! 5 s^Chain Repair i Wo n 37 II B P O K No 358 31 17 Depot Nursery 23 25 J 6 J Ceramics 22 26 Bark N Chip« 22 26 H & C Repair 21 27 Kinzua 10 28 Country Rose 16 32 Ray Boyce Ins Splits Joan Tanory 4 5 Janet Reamer 2-7-10. and June Hellen brock 6 7 High game Alvina Padberg 2ti6 High series Floss Watkins 511 Koffee Kup Keglers Nov ember 2» Won lo s t 35 17 The Dregs 33 19 M C G C No 2 30 22 It,.- Pytu 26 26 The Hi Ho s 22‘ , 29', The Hopeful* 21 31 No Ptn Hillers 21 31 Fhc 1 Hold B 19>, 32', The Gutter Dusters Splits Maude Hughes 5 10 and 6-7 10. Millie Hanna 5 6. and Linda Schultz 5-7 9 High gam e Maude Hughes 198 High series Iris Campbell 513 High team series M C G G No 2 1399 - I os I 36 - 16 No t IKht No F our 2 *', 23', 27'i 24', No Two 27 ■23 No F U r 25 -27 No. SU No Sr\rn 24 • 28 M 22 No Onr 18 ■ 34 No Thrrr Splits Bill SNow 5 8-10. Roy Taylor 4 10 Garry Van Arsdale 5 7 9. Katie McRoberts 3 10 and Fills M cRoberts 3 10 High gam e Garry VanArsdale 2t»5 and Flits Me Roberta 205 High series Garry Van Arsdale and Kills McRoberts-535 High team game No Kight 782 High team series No Tw o 2243 ^ New Radiais Æmm ■ Dime 1 Dozen December 2 W on »^Tire Chains fMPti 34 18 Petersons 27 25 Coast to Coast 27 25 M C G G 27 25 Central Market 25 27 Sears 24 a liens Processing 24 Gardners 20 32 ties Schwab Splits Linda Schultz 2-7. Jo Jean Forquer 3 10 > Janet Reamer 5 7 and V10 M illie Hanna 5 7, and K erry P e tty jo h n 5-10 High gam e Yvonne Lovgren 202 High senes M illie Hanna 512 High team gam e Petersons 1039 Thursday Night I.adlet Nov ember 29 ed as Mar Hi upped its lead to 4613 going into the final quarter Hepp ner did manage 12 points in the fourth quarter eight of them on free throws, but it wasn t enough Sophomore Wayne Wilgers led Heppner with six points and four rebounds and Jim Storm popped in four or eight free throws in the losing effort We have to continue to practice the pressing situations, we just have to concentrate on it in a gam e and carry out our assignm ents," said i o '- : - The Mustangs rom m iled 32 turn overs and hit on 7 of 35 from the field for 20 p ercent. Mac Hi shot 53 percent Heppner was II 24from the free throw line for 46 percent Mac Hi shot 67 percent sinking 11 of 16 D,in McDevitt led Mac Hi with 16 nom '« und Cvrooe I etnee added 14 30 a ? 3 d O NYJ NYJ NYJ SF SF SF TM.iy THay ATI» CIN ÇIN Ciii PIT cu: PIT TiTT TTrr V hi TXP" ,-AR LAR MIA MIA MIA PHI PHI PHI St I. NYci stL DEN 6 en 56 SEA MA k<" WAS WAS wX3~ I.AH I.AB TXir~ HHS returns 8 varsity girls H> ll w \ K K IIi Approximately 24 girls hit the courts Monday. Nov 5 to start basketball practice Returning from last year are head coach Mike Royer and eight varsity team mem le ts seniors Kllen Arbogasl, Ste phani Payne and Jodi Padberg. juniors Penny Connor, t-ana Reid. Missy Turner. Andrea Ball, and Dana Reid Tw o new varsity mem tiers are Senior Shelley Stroeber and Sophomore Missy Kubanks On Novem ber 13. follow ing a week of daily practice emphasizing condi Honing and fundamental skills, the junior varsity team was separated from the varsity The 14 junior varsity players include Juniors Susie Martin and Wmdi Mitchell. Sophomores Beth Forrar. Kim G eorge, Tina David son. T h eresa l.in d xa y. T areen a Nash, and Cindy Stroeber. and Feshmen Kitn Sager. Beth Heather ly . Dawn Palm er. J J Oamin. Cathy Martin, and Yal Hager The varsity is looking to better the season from last year's season record |5 7 and league record 9 3 1 hr \, i i m !\ has a lot of strong points for them this year but also weak points W ith seven returning lettermen we have the experience and depth to become a strong team We ll have capable players coming off the bench and contihuting.” commented coach Royer. W e’re not going lo o s e r power other teams with our size so it will tie important for us to get good position and block out tough Rebounding will be the key for us this season." he added th e varsity team has set goals for the season One is to continue improving as a team Inith offensive i\ and tleferiMVfly There will la- three or four strong teams in the eastern division this year, so we ll have to tie at our best every gam e We are setting our goal* high and I feel we have the players who are willing to work hard to reach them ,” explained coach Rover Spareilm ert Nov ember 27 By T R A V IS H Y A T T The Heppner Mustangs played their season opener last Saturday- night on the road against the Mac Hi Pioneers and in the process dropped the basketball gam e to a tenatious Pioneer defense 67 25 The Mustangs started out well in the first quarter and were down only 14 8 The disastrous Pioneer press pros ed too much for Heppner in the second quarter however, a t the Mustangs could only collect two free throws The m argin increased to 34 It) at the half I think the press is what hurt us the m oat," said Coach Hrent Kggers I don't think we did any thing really well Our inability to break the press hurt us in other areas of the gam e " The Pioneers held off with the press in the third quarter but the Mustang offrnse couldn t get it going •VesH h/tr*»w for A CfiO'»-V- -N »'Ir fl#y4|p»4f.e A ll Sizes H EPPNER AU TO PARTS t Great Gifts for that Favorite Someone Side Boxes - Extra Trays & Steel Chest Morrow County Grain Growers Ph 989 8221 • 1 (8 0 0 ) 452 7396 P O Box 367 Lexington O regon 97839 \
