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The Heppner Frbruary 22 - March 3 Gazette-Times Weather M o rro w C o u n ty ’« H o m e-O w n ed W e e k ly N ew ep o fter VOL l(M \ U io io P A C K S ________ Heppner, Oregon 25 * W EDNESDAY M \M( H i is m Turn Wed Thun Fri Sat Sun Mon High 66 62 59 56 62 61 57 l.ow 43 36 34 39 36 34 57 Preelp T by the City of Heppner It’s an all Heppner show at District playoffs By Ashle y ( onklin With chants of "On to State!" echoing in the background, the Heppner Mustangs held off a furious rally from the Riverside Pirates, to capture their first-ever District 7 A championship Going into the game Riverside was the second ranked team in the state The two-day tournament iThurs day and Friday, Feb 27 and 28> pitted the top two teams in each division of the Columbia Basin Con ference in the championship game on Thursday night with Heppner winning 70-61 The third time proved to be the charm for the Mustangs Thursday night as they avenged two earlier season losses to the Pirates Hep pner had held big leads early on Riverside in the earlier games only to lose them But that was not the case this time around The Mustangs jumped out quickly in the first period and led 10-2 when Wayne Wilgers hit a basket with 5 24 remaining in the period Riverside called timeout and it worked for awhile as they pulled within 14-11 But Hrppner closed out the period with an 8-2 culminating with Tod Lindsay's bank shot with two sec onds left giving Heppner a 22-13 lead The Mustangs kept up the heat in the second quarter leading by as many as 19 points and settling for a 38 21 halftime advantage Heppner hit a scorching 68 percent from the field in the first half, making 18 of 26 attempts Leading the Mustangs in the first half were Lindsay with 12 points and Keith Kenison with 10 points The Pirates had two of the league's top five rebounders in 6 ft 4 in Tw in Towers Brian Byrd and Brian Sheadel Kenison and Tony Clement put the clamps on the big men as Riverside could only pull down four first rebounds Twenty-five seconds into the sec by toy rm ond half, Riverside's Chris Stevens hit a jumper and it looked as if the victory with Tony Clement(35) celebrates Mustang Pirates were back on the track But Heppner would not fall by the High School Principal Jim Bier wayside and led by as much as 22 great offensive game, but we made points twice im iin c i him work to do it." Riverside jumped all over Hep 4 » French was puzzled at his team's pner's spread offense in the fourth Il I« performance especially on defense Hivgrtd« 14 41 period and outscored the Mustangs "E a rly on we played a triangle and 16-4 and came within 59-31 on a PO er a two on Lindsay and W ilgers," he rebound basket by Will McClintock >> > i ♦ 4 said "We wanted to give them a Byrd worked his way inside to •d ll I 2 11 —I step, and then cut them off. but we H e rrn 4 i n make the score 58-53 with 2 38 —» didn't do that " HdrriMA I t A 4 -ft showing on the clock Kenison added Both teams shot 48 percent from •'i#^i Y Ì •> ♦ I a bucket and Lindsay a free throw to the field, but that was the key C»«m««t 4 || t ) ♦ A put Heppner up 62-53 with 1 29 to go l.ndAdy * 1 1 *-1* ♦ I? according to Eggers "They i River Byrd then sank two free throws but •»•«.»on ì ì t I 4 I« side' shot the same (percentage) as Lindsay added one more free throw T ttill M IA M I) us. but when you hold Stevens to 4 of to make the score 63-55 with 69 15 shooting you're doing a good job Hi vor cd« PO PT seconds on the dock Me C tintogli >4 M on defense " Sheadel turned the ball over on the O ll M "These kids have come a long next play, but Lindsay gave it back Od««M Y Ì Ol way," added Eggers. "Tw o years to the Pirates Clement was fouled Or iff mi I» Il ago our junior varsity team with • It « Il and dropped in one of two with 35 Clement. Lindsay, and Wilgers fin lì II ticks to go » t i l l It (shed 1 13 l.ast year iwilh Lindsay, Tatto* Bingo Ganvoa missed a free shot, Kenison and Wilgers) our varsity but landsay fouled Byrd who made •vtee osi t Non« Total T om It record was 4-15. both and the score read 64 57 Byrd immediately fouled Duane Ball who was able to sink one of two Byrd came back through and was fouled driving the lane with 25 seconds tor extra exhibit space during the The Morrow County Fair Board remaining He nailed both tries week of the fair The Fair Board received support of Morrow County putting the score at 65 59 would assume responsibility for the Court Tuesday. February 25, for its Enter Heppner freshman Bryan building's maintenance and repair application to the state Intergovern Padberg, who is very quickly during that time The remainder of mental Relations Division for lottery drawing a "Mr Clutch" label He the year, the senior citizens would fund grant money dropped home five free throws in the have complete control of and com At the public hearing before Coun last 25 seconds to seal the 7041 plete responsibility for the building ty Court. Charley Daly told the court victory Jane Rawlins, chairman of the that relocating the proposed senior "1 don't know w hy," said River building project, told the court that center on the fairgrounds would side coach Larry French, "but our the site at the fairgrounds would make the project available for grant guards decided not to go inside to provide much easier access for money and ultimately benefit both Byrd and Sheadel " seniors than the site which was the senior citizens and the fair previously being considered The "We re getting better at holding a board building would also he more avail lead," said Heppner coach Brent The same building plans would be able to the community, for various Eggers "We wanted to come out in followed, only the location would the third quarter and extend our activities, she said change The issue is not if a senior lead Our goal was to win the second The seniors would still plan to rent center will be built, that decision has half the building (or community use and already been arrived at, senior "This is the first time a team has to use the dining hall at the site for citizen representative told the court been prepared for our delay gam e,” the weekly senior meals Senior The location on the fairgrounds added Kggers “ It's hard to lose a Services Supervisor Phyllis Hunter would make the building available big lead would also have office space at the building Lindsay pumped in 24 points, The Fair Hoard has asked for a grabbed 5 rebounds, passed out 4 >35,574 grant to supplement the assists, and on Friday was named funds which the senior citizens have K l :MA radio station's most valuable player for the tournament already raised, and which have Kenison added a career high IS been donated for the project points, making all seven of his field Paul Jones. speaking for the sen ior citizens, said that seniors were goal attempts Padberg. in his young Larry Royce Westerling. 25, it aware that it would be necessary to varsity career put in 3 of 3 field goals scheduled to go on trial in Circuit contact those who had previously and 5 of 5 free throws for a Court March 18 before Judge Jack career high II points donated to the project to make sure Olsen, says Morrow County District "Keith picked a good time to have that they still wanted to fund it at the Attorney Richard McNerney Wes the best offensive game of his new location terling has been charged with the c a re e r." said Eg ge rs ‘ B rya n The court advised the senior citi November 30 murder of Son Vinh. played his best game of the year and zens and the fair board that although 29. who owned the Chevron station in is a very confident freshman He a lease agreement was not neces Heppner * »t has great confidence at the end sarv before their application could Arraigned in District Court Dec of a game There was nothing wrong be filed, that they would need to ember 3, Westerling entered a plea with Riverside s strategy of fouling, work out the agreement between of Not Guilty by reason of Mental •hev mot fouled the wrong guy " themselves for the county court's Disorder at a December 17 Circuit T o n y iClement i and Keith (Ken approval before construction could Court arraignment ■son i rsally worked hard on def start onse." said Eggers "Byrd had a Hr l)\ N A B M I) The Heppner Fillies held on to the Columbia Basin conference District 7A crown by knocking down the Sherman County Huskies for the third time this season at the Pendle ton Armory on Thursday. Feb 27 The championship game started in a fast pace and the score was tight throughout the first quarter and must of the second With only a few minutes remain tng in the first half Heppner rallied to gam a 34 26 intermission advan Jbige . The third quarter. Heppner contin licit their rally oulsconng the Hus kies 19 13 Hrppner played their normal in .tense defense starting with a full court press At half time the Fillies took off the press and dropped back Jo (heir hassling 13 defense The fourth quarter opened with Heppner holding a 14 point lead As the buzzer sounded in the final ‘period Sherman County gained only one point decreasing the lead to 13 finishing 66-53 The Fillies showed their confiden ce and their determination through out the game to keep the 7A District title "It was one of our best all around games of the year." said coach Mike Royer "We ran our offense belter than we have all season, our shot selection was good and we played tough defense The Fillies shot 53 percent from the field The coach was proud of this percentage "When we shoot 53 percent from the field we're very -ugh to beat," commented Royer 'We were 8 for II from the field We shot the ball very well." The Huskies wrre without the play of senior center lamlie Martin who averages 12 points and 9 rebounds per contest This loss was due to academic ineligibility This forced Sherman's other big gun inside, senior l*alti Sharp, to do twice as much work for the Huskies Sharp led all scorers with 18 points and 6 rebounds The Fillies faced the Huskies for the first time in pre season action at Sherman County in Dei-ember Heppner seemed to have no problem on defense but struggled on offense Despite this fault Heppner ran away in the fourth quarter to lake their second win in six years from the Huskies finishing 53-39 laina Reid and Missy Eubanks led Hepp ner w ith the victory scoring 21 and 12 plants respectively later in February the Fillies wrapped up the East Division of the Columbia Basin Conference by de feating Sherman County fhr the second time this seuson on Hepp ner's home court Four Fillies scored in double figures leading Heppner to a 54 45 win over the Huskies In Thursday's afternoon action, the Riverside t*irates put out the Pilot Rock Rockets 53 50 to move on to Friday evening's game against Sherman County (loser of Heppner Sherman County game > for a fight to take the second place to advance to the regional tournament on Friday and Saturday. March 7 and 8. once again at the Pendleton Armory Riverside dominated the second quarter to take a 52 48 victory over the Huskies Heppner will enter the regional tournament m first position taking on the Wapiti league District 8A champion. Pine Eagle Riverside will play Wapiti runnerup. Grant Union Pine Eagle and Grant Union play ed on Saturday February 28. to determine their position for regional birth Pine Eagle's leading scorer and rebounder is 5'10" senior Elizabeth Gulick Gulick scored over 20 points against Grant Union to earn herself honors on the District 8A all star team Starting at guard position for the Spartans is a S'5" junior, Cheryl Huff who also proved herself by being named as an all star selection Pine Eagle should lie interesting according to coach Royer "Th e y're a team similar to Sherman County but quicker at the guard position.” said Royer "Th e y like to press and they like to run so it could be an interesting game " N«MgM*«r %» fMNt M Xsir ner Mjrtig •tol CvlMlki Otfvtdtto* L 11 ntf*«y O C mnmt S Twr ner T(t(lg \fser m en i Hgpginto User m en AT • 1 • 9 • 4 II • 1 M II A4 •4 • I A4 m 1» lAt) Total* II 44 It II PO • 1 •9 M 1-4 • It • 4 A 14 • A % 14 t • A A ■ • 1 I • t 9 t « 1 I 1 A la it P 1 1 • 1 1 4 1 I 4 4 4 14 n TP 4 14 4 1 14 t 19 4 II 4 4 44 u 14 14 14 • 4-44 14 1« 1» »4 U Fair Board applies for grant Westerling goes to trial March 18 Viclor to us Fillies hold brocket board high. Heppner teams head for regional tourney The Mustangs now will play in the regional tournament Friday in Pen dleton against Grant County River side had another chance to make it to the regional tournament and did so by coming from behind to defeat the Wasco County Bedsides 61 S3 Friday night Wasco County had earned the right to play the Pirates by defeating the Umatilla Vikings 49 42Thursday afternoon The regional tournament will also be held in Pendleton Armory and will take place on Friday. March 7 •wH « t a l i i r A a v W s r r h S l l a n n n a r W it t meet the Grant Union Prospectors at 8 30 p m on Friday night with the winner advancing to the state tourn ament Grant Union defeated the Enter prise Savages 6643 on Saturday to capture the Wapiti league champ tonship The Prospectors are anc hored by a front line that includes 6 ft 4 in Mark Mosley and * ft 4 in I.arry Nelson and the outside sho oting and quickness of 5 ft 10 in Te rry Baleome The regional tournament will be held in the same manner as the district tournament at the Pendleton A rm o ry F rid a y and Saturday. March 7 and 8 The number two teams will open the tournament on Friday afternoon while the first place trams will battle for the regional championship Fndav rvemng beginning at 7 p m The Fillies will play to Wapiti league District 8A champion Pine Eagle
