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First ever for Heppner team Fillies bring home championship crown Fillies take championship in close game vs Corbett clion on the first team ." said Royer She rose to the occassion at the district tournament and did the same thing at stale " lana Reid, a first team selection a year ago. came through with 43 points and 22 rebounds and was again selected to the first team Fuhanks added 39 points and 42 rebounds to make the second team Kubanks also led the tournament in rebounds "A fter all we've been through we deserve to be the state champs." said sixth man Andrea Ball, who cam e t h r o u g h w it h d u t c h p e r f o r m a n c e s t h r o u g h o u t th e t o u r n a m e n t 1 1 1 « ¥ • 1» It M I I It I l I I I I II c «#4 r « i FT (R t o H ¥Q «•«y AonO Iw lR 9»om1 H« II 1 99 14 1 911 9 9 1 If M « 91 1 1 1 19 «è <9 19 » 1 ¥ ■ •9 1 1 19 19 1 1» A • 1 1 » • U •t 9 1 9 1 9 1 TO t « 1 1 1 14 TF II 9 »1 9 1 M ¥% * M Tvroa* ? I I «4M 99 Is H H i 91 9H i iH t «1 99 O 98 CM * h h fh S n "K a rly on we rushed our shots, but settled down in the second half in the last two games." said l.ana Reid, still stunned after the game "The feeling hasn't sunk in ye t." smiled Royer "The two best teams were in the championship game It s unfortunate Corbett had to lose but I'm glad we won Turner scored 31 points, grabbed 13 rebounds, and had 9 assists in the final two games and was named to the a ll tournam ent firs t team "Missy iT u rn e r1 deserved her sele T«4*H • h « m w k FT ¥ 94 « 99 9 91 1 91 1 94 9 94 4 94 1 14 • — é 9 19 9 9 4 1 II • 1 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 f A 1 • 1 « 9 t 9 II TO 9 1 « 1 9 t 9 19 IP 19 « It II 9 4 1 II C R W " 19 «•#*• Y«t«i • w l l Ml M T M R » ttowndl C o rto " » H u » 6 H 9 Fillies squeak past Amity in OT * Ì . Fillies celebrale siate championship The championship game was a rematch of last year * third place game, which the Killies won 62 45 But this one was no walk in the park for Heppner Corbett opened the game with a tight man to man defense with their fine point guard. Lucia Brandon on Heppner s Lana Held and Tricia Becker on Missy Kubanks The teams traded baskets in the first period but Heppner sneaked to a 12 11 lead The Killies opened things up in the second quarter After Chance Kelly hit one of two free throws to bring the Cardinals to 18 14, Missy Ku banks hit a free throw, Missy Turner scored four points and laina Held scored off an offensive rebound with 2:32 left in the first half to push the Killy lead to 25 14 Kelly and Chris Bond, who had 10 first half points trimmed the halftime deficit to 27 20 Bond, on a pass from Brandon, lane with 4 52 to go in the third period and Corbett trailed by only 2 » 2 » But back came Heppner behind the Armory crowd Kubanks scored off a Dana Held pass. Iaina Held scored from Kubanks. and then laina Reid added a three point play at the 2 49 mark to push the lead to 36 28 Becker, who had just one point in the first half due to the presence of Connor and Kubanks scored a three point play, added two more, and Kelly scored two also to pull the Cardinals within 38 35 Heppner used a ball control of fense and Connor scored with three seconds left to put Heppner ahead 40 35 entering the fourth quarter Becker and Bond went inside but Dana Held and Turner hit shots from the perimeter to make the score 44 41 Becker went inside to test Connor again but the 511" center held her ground, checking Becker twice at the 5 17 point and again with 3 44 to play ^ ( ' to C " ™ C to ^ C oast to C oast ^ ® U For ® PA IN T rj The source of oil o your Point Needs. 5 O We can help you L C to C — C to C’J In between Turner scored four points as Heppner led 48 42 After lana Held scored with 2 30 remaining the Killies had a 5044 advantage But Becker. Brandon, and Kelly brought Corbett back Bond found Hecker inside who was fouled w ith 57 seconds left Becker sank both free throw s to tie the score at 50-50 Turner drove the lane and was fouled by Kelly Turner missed the front end of the bonus attempt with 14 seconds to go. but the bonus attempt with 14 seconds to go. but Kubanks grabbed the rebounds and was fouled a second later Kubanks made both free throws, but the second one was whistled away due to a lane violation by Dana Reid "You can't fault Dana." said Heppner coach Mike Royer "She was just try ing to get position You can never blame one mistake, be cause one mistake will never cast you the game.” " I knew we had to play good defense." added Kubanks Corbett came down and Brandon fired a jumper from about 15 feet on Ihe right wing that tut only iron Kubanks got the rebound and was fouled with o 03 left Kubanks missed on Ihe bonus attempt but Corbett’s shot from three quarters court was far short and the Armory broke into bedlam Turner, who played the game of her life, tied a career high with 16 points, handed out 5 assists, and who was the smallest starter on the floor at 5'4", came away w ith 6 rebounds “ Missy i Turner i was the differ ence in the game." lauded Royer “ She deserve* a lot of the credit " Becker grabbed It) rebounds, but didn't dominate the backboards like she usually does due to the efforts of Kubanks with her 17 rebounds and Connor, who had seven blocked shots "We just blocked her (Becker > off the boards." said Kubanks Added Connor. "We just kept the pressure on all the time " The Cardinals are known for their packed in /one defense, but played man to-inan the entire game, which surprised Royer "We were sur prised to see a man to man def ense." said Ihe relieved coach after wards "The girls are hard to slow down, but they didn't force things and that was the key for us in the State Tournament " Heppner made 23 of 55 field goals for 42 percent, its best clip in the tournament We d id itfl Penny Connor and Andrea Ball look for ball against Amity Dona Reid (32) and Missy Eubanks go for rebourld KARATE M o n d ays & W ed n esd ays Lessons Begin M ar. 24 Heppner Elks - Upstairs 6 to 7 p jn . — Ago« 6 to 12 7 to 8 p jn . — Ago« 13 & up Instructor M atthew Greenup C a ll to Roglstor Evonlngs : 676-5319 I Running Boards Side Rails Ta & te Protectors 803 1 132 6 * s r FOfd 803 M 2» C h e v . 803 i n « D odge $ 99 ” $ 84 ” $ 95 “ Heppner Auto Parts 148 • laixt year the same two teams met in a quarterfinal with Heppner sliding by lor a 45 27 win However, the Warriors had different ideas this time around Karly in the opening period the score was tied 6 6 Hut then the Killies started to do what they like to do best Missy Turner came up with sev eral steals and Missy Kubanks and Penny Connor controlled the boards laina Reid put Heppner up 8 6 w ith 3 3o left in the first period Kubanks then scored four straight points on offensive relxxinds to pul Heppner ahead 12 4 At the rest stop the Killies led 12 M In the second quarter it w as Amity who controlled the Ixiarits and the Killies who made the turnovers After lama Reid scored following an offensive rehound to put Heppner on top 16 11. the Warriors went on a IlH) tear to lead 21 16 Reid scored off a steal at the I 09 mark, for lleppner’s first points in 4 40 Hut Ri.ma Hun stun hit a jumper at the halftime buz/er as the Amity la-ad was 23 18 After the teams traded hoops to start the third quarter und the Warriors led 28-23 Ihe Killies went on an H 2 stretch that gave them a 31 29 lead when Kubanks tixik a steal and went coast to coast at the 1 56 mark However Amity put in the next four points to lead 33 31 after three Again each squad went back and forth in Ihe fourth period and Ihe Warriors seemed to lie in control leading 41 39 and had the ball with over a minute left Amity was running time off the dock until Thurston was called for a turnover w ith 58 seconds to go Heppner called time and set up a play Turner missed a shot, hut Kubanks plucked it out of the air for a basket and a foul w ith 47 seconds to go Kubanks missed the free throw and the game remained tied at 41 41 Julie (¡offena missed a free throw for the Warriors, but got her own rehound and dumped in I of 2 free throws for a 42 41 lead and 29 seconds to go Andrea Ball who replaced Dana Reid who fouled out on ( ioffena * rebound drove the baseline and was fouled With 18 seconds to go. Hall sank I of 2 attempts to force the extra session In the extra session. Heppner led 43 42 w hen Kubanks grabbed a hoard and was fouled with 21 sec onds to go She hit both for a 45 42 lead " I was just thinking about the championship game, said Kubanks who added. I was pretty nervous when I went lo the line " She had another chance to hike the lead 14 seconds later, but missed Thurston hit a shot at the horn, hut the Killies were in the championship simifinals Kubanks and laina Reid each hit (or 17 points, while Thurston count ered with 17 o( her own Kubanks grabbed 14 rebounds, but the Warriors posted a 44 39 advan tagr on the boards Missy dates and Thurston each had eight for Amity " It took awhile for us lo handle their »Amity'«) man to man def ense," said Heppner coach Mike Royer "We usually shoot better than that." he said, refering to his team's 34 percent clip from the field We just kept shooting and finally got into the sw mg of things "We switched from our I 3 I zone defense to a man to man defense when Amity started to run time off the clock." added Royer The girls just kept fighting It was just a gixxl tough game It's too bad Amity had to lose '' 1 4 O T II 4 II II 1 41 • Il II 1 44 1 W «#p»#y A m it y M appnar 1 « ¥ Q ¥ 1 ¥ R a t. 9 1 TO 99 91 I 1 • 4 •4M M I I 1 1 4 4 1 u b o n fc t A ll 19 1 14 4 4 IF l M T u rn e r R a »cJ T P 4 1 9 19 1 1 1 1 4 1 19 lin t f t ii 99 99 9 4 • I 9 O R a id 19 99 1 1 4 1 1 ( o n no# 91 99 » 1 1 4 9 T o t# !» 19 1 4 9 1 4 1« II » 19 41 A m it y 9 0 F T ¥ ■ oA T O G o to * 19 14 1 • • 1 H a io h a t a u « 91 99 9 9 9 4 I P G «R ani 91 U « 9 4 F H «m an 94 91 1 1 4 9 IF T h u r » to n F 19 91 1 • 9 T o * lo # 94 99 4 4 1 4 A o rk a y 91 99 1 > 9 9 T o t a l* IF 4 1 1 9 IF IF 14 19 fo u lM t o w t I«. A m ity I t O R s ttf Q a lt t T o ta l to u t* T « om R e b o u n d s Heppner ¥ 44 H tp p n ff « A m ity Fillies traveled long road to the top By Ashley Conklin "We Are the Champions " was the song a trio of Heppner Killies were the lead singers, and the last few notes were squeaked out Just as Heppner'* basketball tram defeated the Corbett Cardinals 51 50 to cap ture its first-evrr state champion ship In any sport on Saturday, March 15 The Killies ended their season with a 24 1 record Missy Kubanks. laina Reid and Missy Turner were the trio that carried Ihe Killies in the tournament which ran from Wednesday. March l2toSaturday. March 15 The Killies. Ihe second ranked team in the «kale going into the tournament. Just barely got by the Amity Warriors in overtime on Thursday aftermxm in a quarter final game 45 44 On Knday night the Killies were pitted against the Crow Cougars, the slate's lop ranked team in a champ lonshtp semifinal game with Hep pner winning Amity bounced hack from its loss to Heppner to capture the con sola lion championship and fourth place by beating the North Douglas War riors 56-51 Crow meanwhile came hack to top the (iervais Lailvcats 48 47 for third place
