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Fillies take regional, move on to state
liv It \N V R F I D
Accompanied by chants of We re
Number One," and "On to State."
Heppner High School's girls team
captured its first-ever regional has
ketball championship Friday night
in LaGrande. with a 47 42 victory
over Imbler High School
The Fillies, led by the hot shooting
of Jodi Padberg, jumped out to a big
early lead over Imbler's Panthers,
then survived a furious second half
rush to claim the regional title and a
spot in this week's State Tourna
ment in Pendleton
Cold Imbler shooting, and what
Heppner coach Mike Hoyer called
"probably our best half of the
season," staked the Fillies to a lead
of as much as 16 points, midway
through the second quarter Imbler
shaved the lead to ten at halftime,
but the Fillies pushed it out to fifteen
again in the third quarter A late
Imbler rush left the score at 37-30,
Heppner at the end of the third
period
The entire fourth quarter was
intensely played before the huge
crowd in the steamy Eastern Oregon
State College fieldhouse Heppner
seemed to tire noticeably in the final
period, hut Royer cited the fact that
his players reacted well to the
pressure in the closing minutes The
Fillies regained their composure in
the last I 30, despite the loss of point
guard Stephani Payne, who fouled
out Penny Connor's basket in the
final minute made the score 47 42.
and gave Heppner the breathing
room It needed to ice the victory
Heppner, 16 3. will now play Am
ity. runner up from Region A, which
earned its spot in the State Tourney
with a win over favored Neah Ka
Nie, 41 38, on Saturday night in
New berg Amity is located twenty
miles northwest of Salem
Also on Saturday. Imbler grabbed
the second spot from the Eastern
Regional, knocking off defending
state champion Pine Eagle
state champion Pine Eagle
Amity comes into the State tourna
ment as champions of the West
Valley la-ague, having posted a 19 4
season mark and a perfect 140
record in league play Amity won its
district championship with a win
over Nestucca, then lost to Corbett
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IB 37 m the regionals They bounced
back with the w in over Neah-Ka Nie
however, to earn their second trip to
the Stale tourney in four seasons
In Amity, Heppner will face a
team that has a rare distinction
they're smaller than the Eillies
Coach Lynn Freshour describes his
team as "small, but well balanced
We like to run and fast break " The
fifth year head coach cited the fact
that any of his starters has potential
to score in double figures as the key
to hts team's success
Royer, Heppner s second year
coach, feels that rebounding will
play a key role against Amity
"They're very aggressive on the
offensive boards we ll need to keep
them off there " Royer also describ
ed Amity as a "very smart team
that doesn't make many turnovers "
Hoyer doesn t feel that there are
any heavy favorites to win the State
Title " I think we have a good
chance," said Hoyer, "as good as
anybody "
Heppner s first round game will
be at I 10 p m Thursday, at the
Pendleton Armory
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The Heppner Fillies upset the
Imbler I ’anthers 47 42 as the Fillies
take a 'jn>t in the Stale Tournament
this week Heppner and Imbler
played the second girls game of the
Regional Tournam ent F rid a y ,
March I in 1-aGrande
The Fillies once again were up
against another tall team Starting
for the Panthers was Teressa
McDonald 5'6", Dara Doles 5’10".
I'ennv Jacoby 5'8'.-" Mary Roves
V8' and Michelle Kilgore 5'6 The
Fillies were taking their quickness
and sjieed against the (’anthers
beigblh starting Stephani I ’ayne and
liana Reid at guards, laina Reid and
Jodi I ’aillM-rg at forwards and I ’ennv
< onner at center
The tip was controlled by the
( ’anthers as the Fillies started in a
rune defense Imbler tried to work
the ball inside for a shot but It w as no
good as the Imbler I ’anthers knock
ed the hall out of bounds The Fillies
worked the ball around as a three
point play was made and Heppner
had the first score on the board
Die Fillies also started out in a lull
court press on defense Heppner
took control of (he game as they
ended the first quarter 10 points
ahead 15-5 The Fillies were playing
tough defense, keeping the I ’anthers
out of the key Heppner continued
tough defense in the second quarter
The Fillies ran a fast break from the
»tart of the game as they had several
layins Heppner held the point lead
•s the second quarter ended
Jodi Padberg scored 15 of the
Flilies 23 points at the end of the first
' ill We had a ll>point lead but we
knew the game wasn t over yet."
said coach Royer after the lirst half
"I'm just glad we kept the pace up
as long as we did and kept the
pressure on defensively " To start
the third quarter Heppner grabbed
the tip and headed down court The
Fillies went all the way to score the
first two jaunts of the second half
Another basket scored by Heppner
gave them a game high spread of 17
points. 35 18
Halfway through the third quart
er. the Fillies fell apart us the
I ’anthers came back bringing Hep
pner s lead only to three jaunts At
this point Royer commented. I was
a little concerned but I w as confident
that we could do the job defensively
and we did " Something in Hfjqmer
snapped as they got back in the
game and played lough defense
The third quarter ended with the
Fillies al a seven (Hunt lead
'Hie Imbler I ’anthers scored and
pulled within three points. 41 38,
with only five minutes to play Hoth
teams were really hustling as the
game was coming to an end Hep
pner scored a free throw to take a
5 point lead Imbler scored once
more to put it liack to only two II
was back down to Hejipners end
another bucket, and the last of the
game as the final score was 47 42
The llejipner Fillies were on to
Two key players for the Fillies
fouled out in the fourth quarter.
Lana Reid and Stephani Payne, but
Heppner stayed in the game and
went for the win
Jodi Padberg's 14 points in the
second half gave her a total of 29
points leading the Fillies "The first
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A big crowd turned out to root the
Fillies on There were doubters in
the crowd, but not amongst the
Heppner fans They had different
thoughts as they showed their con
fidence that the Fillies could take
another win
The win over the I ’anthers meant
the Fillies season was not over yet as
they would continue to the Stale
Tournament this week for their final
week of basketball this year
The loss lor Imbler did not put
them out. however, as they went on
to play Pine Eagle i the winner of the
Pine Eagle I matilla game) Satin
day March 2 Imbler came out on
top of that one as they put Pine
Eagle out and proceeded to advance
to the State Tournament
The Heppner Fillies will play
Amity Thursday. March 7, at I 30
p m The game will be played, once
again, at the Pendleton Armory
With a win. the Fillies will then play
Friday night at 7 p lit for the
semi finals against the winner of the
Regis Lost R ive r gam e, played
Thursday al 7 p m
With a win at this game the Fillies
will I m - qualified (or the Champion
ship game play ed Saturday at 7 p m
It something happens and the Fillies
lose their first game against Amity
they will go to the losers bracket and
play the loser of the Regis laisl
River game working towards the
consolation game
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best basketball we've played all
season I think we ran out ol gas a
little in the fourth quarter, but we
hung on It was a great win,"
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Heppner will be making its first
ever appearance in the girls State
Tournam ent in Pendleton, this
week The last time Heppner sent a
boys basketball team was 1972
There was an impressive turnout by
local fans in LaGrande on Friday
"The were definitely noticable" • to
quote a photographer Fans are
urged to make the trip to Pendleton
for the tourney Tickrts are LI 50 for
adults, $2 50 for students, available
at the door The games are played at
the Armory in Pendleton, adjacent
to the Round Up Grounds There is a
jiep rally tentatively scheduled (or
Wednesday at 3 p m at the High
School gym The public is invited to
attend
Helow is a listing of possible
starting times for HIIS games and a
complete tournament bracket
HEPPN ER plays THURSDAY at
130pm
If HIIS wins Thursday, thev play
F R ID A Y at 7 p m
If HHS loses Thursday, they play
F R ID A Y at 9 a m
If HHS wins Thursday and wins
Friday, they play SATURDAY at 7
p m
If HHS wins Thursday and loses
Friday, they play SATURDAY at
I 30 p m
If HIIS loses Thursday and wins
Friday, they play SATURDAY at 9
a m
If HHS loses Thursday and loses
Friday, they do not play Saturday
Morrow Co. Landfill closure
considered by Heppner Council
Marcia Anderson, Lisa, and Curtis Thiessen
C r Curtis Thiessen of Winnepeg.
Canada has accepted a -contract
offered by the Pioneer M em orial
Hospital Hoard to set up a private
practice in Heppner Negotiations
are not finished yet said Hoard
President Marcia Anderson, and it
may be several months before
Thiessen is able to come to Heppner
He is currently involved in a
one year residency in emergency
services which will be up in May Ib
is also working on getting a visa to
come to the I'm ted States from
Canada
Thiessen was in Heppner in Jan
uary looking at the facilities and the
town , He was referred by the doctor
placement firm , Jackson and Cohn
hired earlier by the hospital hoard
Although many details, including
the location of his future practice
are still undecided. Anderson said
the board is "really pleased and
excited We are proud to have a
doctor "
MCSW D report included
in this week's G-T
The "1984 Morrow Soil and W ater Conservation District Report", an eight
page supplement, is included in this week's issue of the Gazette Times
Tile district's annual meeting will lie Tuesday. March 12. 6 30 p m at the
Lexington Grange Hall lairry Nunn, water master of the Umatilla Kiver
will be featured speaker Nunn will discuss water related bills now before
the Oregon legislature
The public is invited to attend the meeting, meet the directors and take
part in the program
Sylvia Ladd
During the 13th Annual Oregon
State University National Intercol
legiate Rodeo Association's Rodeo
at Corvallis, Sylvia Marie laidd of
lone was crowned 1985 O S U
Queen
Sylvia, a junior at O S U , major
ing in Communications and journal
ism was chosen on horsemanship
public speaking ability, rodeo know
ledge, poise and appearance She
will represent the O S U Rodeo for
the ensueing year and will make
appearances at rodeos and parades
throughout Oregon
Sylvia was 1984 queen of the
Morrow County Fair and Rodeo
Court She is the daughter of Elmer
and Ixirraine I .add of lone and has a
brother, Richard, a senior at O S l
and a sister in California
The Morrow County landfill is
scheduled to close down the latter
part of this year, possibly in August
or September, leaving the area
without a garbage dump, and Mon
day night the Heppner city council
discussed the closure, and what
could be done about it
The city is not in favor of the dump
closing, how ever, the county
presently operates the dump, and
has not budgeted any funds in 1985 86
for finding or operating a new one
A ten year lease on the dump runs
out in September and apparently the
owner of the land has not signed a
new leaser
At a meeting of the Morrow
County Solid Waste commission
Feb 28. options were presented by
the Department of Environmental
Quality (D E Q ) expressing what
could be done if the dump closes
Option one was to transfer the site
of the landfill out of the county,
option two was to have a private
garbage service haul the garbage
out of the county, and option three
was to have no pickup
Heppner city councilm em ber
Marvin lame said Monday none of
these options are acceptable to the
city, and that the city should ap
proach the owner of the landfill
about the possibility of the city
leasing the site
I Jine pointed out that it would coat
between 120.001) and 150.000 just to
locale a new garbage site acceptable
to the DEQ, and that since, accord
ing to DEQ. the present dump still
has 10 years of use left, the best
option is to try and keep the dump
located where it is
Cliff Green, owner of Heppner
Garbage Disposal, was at the meet
ing and pointed out that both the
north and south ends of Morrow
County need landfills
He said a private operator cannot
possibly afford to own and operate a
landfill, and that the city has two
options The city could operate the
fill, or a solid waste district should
be formed
" If you lose your landfill the
southend will be al the mercy of
whoever comes in here (to pick up
garbage),” Green said " If someone
from Hermtston comes in here, yes
you ran set rates (garbage can
pickup rates i but if they own the
landfill you will have no choice but to
accept what they propose
The county has been paying S2.WI0
per year for lease on the landfill, and
the council said it would talk to the
owner and hold a special council
meeting Wednesday, March 13 at
8 30 p m to discuss the problem
In other business, the council
appointed Nancy Lankford. Bill
Cox, and Mark Tullis to the city
planning commission
gave its okay to Pacific North
west Bell to bury a phone line in
Heppner A representative from
PNB was on hand to discuss
problems the city and the phone
company have when rable is buried
in the city limits
- gave its okay to the Heppner
Lions Club to paint the doors on the
city fire hall The luons said they
would provide the manpower as a
community project, if the city would
buy the paint
heard that Columbia Basin Elec
trie had agreed to donate a metal
shed and chain link fence for con
struction of a dog pound in Heppner.
and that Umatilla Ready Mix will
donate the cement for a foundation
The city discussed building the
pound on property near the city
sewer plant The pound would have
to have electricity for heat, but
construction would be completed by
city crews, thereby, with donated
materials, saving the city consider
able money in construction The city
has received numerous complaints
recently about loose dogs
heard a request from I-oper
Paving, asking to buy about 50.000
gallons of water per day from the
city starting in April laiper wants to
tap into the city's mainline at Blake
intersection, and use the water
during construction of the Willow
Creek Road, of which it has the
contract The city will consider the
request