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H eppnrr l i u r i l r - l l m n . Heppner. Oregon Wednesday, llw r m b t r 3, I"****'
Coach hopes to bring new magic to Mustangs
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Fillies face new season w ith
one re tu rn in g s ta r te r
By Ashley ( onklin
Ihc l ‘(8S 8ft seavm was a dream
lor ihc Hcppncr Fillies varsity girls
basketball team, a 24 I season
record and the lust state champion
ship in any sport at Heppncr High
School
Hie Fillies nos* awaken to the
|U8ft 87 season with only one rctur
ning starlet
Hut that one returning starter is V
U " senior Missy I uhanks who was
second on the team in scoring last
season (13 7 points per game! and
first in rebounding (10 K boards per
contest ) I'uhanks was also a first
team Columbia Basin Conference
all star and one o f the team's two
Most Valuable Players
Having Missy back will definite
ly be one of our strong points this
season." said fourth year head
coach Mike Royer who has a 37 12
career record at Heppner
In spite of the fact that f uhanks is
the team's only returning starter
Royer doesn't think inexperience
w ill be a problem for the fillie s
"W e have senior Tina Davidson (3'
3 " ), Iheresa I indsay |3 ' 8 " ). and
Cindy Stroeber |3 ' 8 ") back from
last year and they all played a lot
during the course of the season."
Royer said "H ven when they
weren't playing last season they
were going up against Penny Con
nor the Reids and Missy turner
(the other four staners from last
season.) in practice " Davidson and
Stroeber were the team's "M ost Im
proved Players" last season
"T in a has vastly improved and
w ill do a good )oh at the point guard
p o s itio n ."
Royer
added
"Sophomore fam i I.indsay also is
greatly improved " However Royer
w ill start 3'K " returning sophomore
Nandi Turner instead o f the b' I "
I ami I indsay and bring 1.indsay in
off the bench
If there is anything Royer is wor
ried about it's his team s lack of
depth "The girls on the bench have
little experience but we do have
seven pre season games that w e'll
try ami work those girls in to ." he
said
The fillie s opened their season
last night at Dayville and w ill play
them again at home on Saturday
IVccmher I ' In between Heppner
w ill meet the much improved lone
Cardinals at 3 p m Friday afternoon
in the first game o f the Morrow
County Invitational Tournament
The winner o f the Heppner lone
game w ill play the winner o f the
Catlin (label Riverside match up
Saturday night at ft p m lor the lour
namcnl championship The losers of
the two opening games w ill play at
2 p m Saturday afternoon for third
place the fillie s won the lourna
men! championship last seavm
fhe Pirates of Riverside, a state
tournament team last season, w ill be
led by Bonnie (iu th ric . Trma
Hellberg and I isa Mark
Riverside and Stanfield have to
be the clear cut favorites in the
Western Division and fastern Divi
sion respectfully." Royer said
The Tigers are led by senior
Heather Hummed and tumor I inda
Porfily Porfily led the CBC in scor
mg last season and was a first team
CBC all star last year
"W e 'll be fighting tor the lop spot
in the fast and Sherman County
should finish second in the W est."
Royer said 'T 'm a lilla in the fast
and Wahtonka in the W'est arc two
teams to look out lor Wahtonka has
improved a lot and C n u lilla has a
few good young players ”
While the top spot is a familiar
role for the fillie s, a lew things have
changed "Offensively we'll be a In
tie more conservative this year and
not run the fast break as m uch."
Royer said
W e'll try to lake ad
vantage of our inside people Cindy
(Slrochcr) is our only outside threat
and we need to have her shcaH the
ball more
"W e ll stick with our I ' I /one
defense but we're tan as quick as last
year so we won't press as much.”
he said
Mtcr winning the state champion
ship last season, what goals docs
Royer set for the f illies this season ’
" O f course our ultimate goal is to
win another stale championship," he
said "W e want to improve every
game and make it to ihe district lour
nament "
Added to this year's roster are a
pair of 3' 3 " seniors. Tarcena Sash
and Christy Rathhun. sophomores
I ibby Britt (3' 7 "). Jill Conklin (3'
ft" ) , and Nance Wright (3' 3 "). and
3 '7 " freshman Jennifer Currin les
f’avne w ill serve as assistant coach
for the third straight year
Frosh season underway
By Ashley C onklin
Ihc freshmen boys basketball
team opened their season last night
against the Riverside Pirates, under
the direction of second year coach
John Boyer
I act year's freshmen team came
on stnmg at the end of the season to
finish with a ft ft record, but Boyer
expects greater things from this
year's freshmen team
" I'v e set high goals for this
team, he said "W c've been work
mg hard in practice ami I expect us
to play better than 300 ball "
fhose on this year's freshnven
team are Russell Britt. Eric Connor,
Ravmond Hire. Tom Kenny, Ryan
M ille r. Slater M itch e ll. Dean
M unkcrs, Casey Pedro. Brian
Siminoe. John Steagall, ami Ty
/eller Britt will also see some play
ing time on the |umor varsity team
"W e 've got sonve pretty good
height this year ami w e'll try to take
advantage of that offensively by gel
ting the ball inside to m jr big guys.”
Boyer said "W e re weak defensive
ly ami we're not as quick as we were
last vear Again w e'll try and utilize
our big guys and try ami keep a lot
o f pressure on opposing teams
With one year of coaching ex
pericme behind him. Boyer notes
that that w ill help him and his team
out this season " la s t year was a
learning experience." be said " Pns
time I 'll know how some of the d if
ferent coaching styles o f opposing
coaches which w ill help us to win a
lew more games ”
fhe Mustangs w ill ntect Riscrside
again next l uevlav when thev travel
to Hoardman lor a ft p m contest
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By Ashley 1 onklin
A new coach hopes to bring some
new magic to the Heppner varsity
boys basketball team this season
Mike Royer, who was 37 12 in three
years a* the head girls coach and
won a state championship last year,
assumes double duty this season
taking over for Brent Fggers who
stepped down following a 14 ‘Ic in i
paign and a state tournament ap
pearame last season f ggers was the
Mustangs bead coach tor tour years
Royer hopes to bring some of the
same ideas that made him successful
as a girls coach by running the fast
break wheneser possible, utilizing
Ihe team's outside shooting ability,
and running a I -3 I /one defense
" I think I have found a few things
that w o rk ." Royer said “ Thislearn
compares favorably with the past
girls teams I ’ve had in the regard that
we don't have a lot o f height but that
we are quick
"W e w ill run the fast break
wheneser we can but we have to be
smart and only run it when the op
portunity presents itse lf." he added
" I f the fast break isn't there we ll
have to set up our half courl of
fense "
The Mustangs will rely heuvilv on
ft'2 ” wing forward Wayne Wilgers
this season for much of tjveir offense
Wilgers finished fourth in the Col
um hij Basin Conference scoring last
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season with a 17 3 points per game
average and was the only tumor on
the league's first team all star list
( >n the season W ilgcrs was second
on the team in scoring (14 3 points
per game), founh in rebounding i4 4
hoards per game), and first in free
throw percentage (73*3)
The**her returning starter is f t 'I "
junior Duane Ball who set a new
school record with 123 assists a 3 ft
average last seavm However Ball
who played point guard last season,
w ill play an o ff guard wing position
this season
Iaking over the point guard post
lion will he 3 8 " sophomore Bryan
Padberg who played well o ff the
bench last season, aseraging 3 |
assists and 2 ft points per game and
shot 7| percent from the free throw
line
Wilgers and Padberg are the
team's top outside shooters with Ball
and ft 0 " sophomore Dick Devin
capable of lighting things up from
the outside Devin played mostly on
ihc junior varsity and freshmen
teams last season and w ill fill a
forward post position this seavm
Senior Trent H a rriv m ift' I " ) the
fourth returning letterman. will plav
center this year He proved to be a
very formidable backup last seavm
by shooting 47*% from the field and
grabbing 10 rebounds in one game
I don't really think we II have to
w orn afsiut inexperience this vear. '
Rover said " A lot of our placers
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C ounty high schools com pete at to u rn e y
He Ashley C onklin
A ll three of Morrow County's
high v hool basketball teams w ill he
in action this weekend at the Mor
ro w County Ins national tournament
in Hoardman on Friday and
Saturday
A ll three teams. Heppner. lone,
and Riverside, competed in the tour
nantgnt last year as did the Catlin
(label Fugles who w ill return this
year
the first opening round game will
take place Friday afternoon at 3 p m
when the Heppner Fillies take on the
lone Cardinals
The Fillies are the defending Class
" A " state champions and have
senior Missy Fuhunks hue k from last
seavm The Fillies w ill a lv i be ex
peeling big things from senior point
guard Tina Duvidvm this seavm
The Fillies won the tournament
championship last seavm
The Cardinals will have their most
experienced team in the four years
that Jocelyn Jones has been coaching
there
lone is led by senior Drenu Hams
who has been one o f the Big Skv
Conference's dominant players the
last three years l ast seavm lone
finished fourth in the tournament
(iume number two w ill pit the
Heppner boss against the ( atlin
(label boys at 3 p m
Friday
afternoon
Ihe Mustangs captured division,
district, and regional championships
last seavm on their way to a seventh
place finish at the state tournament
Heppner w ill be led by the outside
play of senior Wayne Wilgers.
lunior Duane Ball, and sophomores
Bryan Padberg and Dick Devin and
the inside play of senior Trent
Harrivm
The I -agles return neatly all of last
seavm s team intact and arc not to
be considered lightly according to
Heppner coach Mike Royer
At 7 p m Friday the Riverside
girls will meet the Catlin Gabel girls
Catlin ( label's girls team finished
third last seavm and will again be led
by Marcn Walla
Riverside which finished seventh
at the state tournament last seavm is
looking for a return ticket there this
seavm and hopes to win the tourna
ment they lost to Heppner last
seavm
Sen r Tuna Hellberg and lunior
I isa Mark w ill lead Ihe Pirates in
side game with |unior Bonnie
(iuthric leading the outside attack
Die nightcap w ill feature Ihe lone
and Riverside boss at d p m Friday
night
The Cardinals w ill be a more
seavmcd ball club than last seavm
when they finished fourth at the
M orrow
County
In vita tio n a l
Tournament
lone w ill rely on play nuking
junior guards Kevin Hull and Ken
Snider and Ihe inside bruising play
o f sophomore Dustin I’adberg
Riverside w ill feature a deadly in
side game with a triple tower com
hinution of ft 4 " senior Keith
I imunen. ft' 3" senior Pat Tolar,
and ft' 3 " junior Rob Rea Senior
guards Bing < ianvoa and Mike ( irit
fin w ill feed the big guys inside
Riverside won tbe tournament last
year over the Mustangs
Action on Saturday begins at 2
p m with the girls third place game
Following at 4 p in will be the boys
third place game
Championship action w ill start at
ft p m with Ihe girls trophv game
Then, at 8 p m . the hoys champion
ship game w ill take place
JVs will capitalize on la*t year’s experience
By \shlcv ( onklin
In his second year at the helm, lee
Padberg w ill again coach the Hcpp
ner tumor varsity boys basketball
team
I ast season's JV team finished 4 d
but Padberg say s that last year's ex
pcriencc w ill be a contributing tac
tor this season " I ' l l be able to
recognize other teams' offenses and
defenses." he said "Hopefully I II
be able to get my point across to the
kids a little better this seavm
Only two holdovers from last
year's team anchor positions this
season as the majority o f last
seavm's team is playing at the car
sity level
Ihe two holdovers from last
year's team are tumors Jell IX’vin
and I Vrck Hoett Added to the team
this year arc |umor Dan Struthcrs.
sophomores Craig Angell. Mike
Correa. Randy Hanvm. Tim Hays.
Barnes I.indsay. Mike Mahoney.
W ill Martin, and Brian Skaggs, and
frrshnun Russell Britt Britt w ill
divide his tline between the JV and
freshmen teams
Offensively the Mustangs w ill try
to gel the ball inside while playing
a I 3 | /fme defense according to
Padberg
"W e don't really have any long
bomb shoivters this year." he said
"O utside shooting, free throw
shooting, and ball handling are our
(harden club prepares (»rct’iis Workshop
By Justine W eatherford
Jane Rawlins, president o f the
Heppner Garden Club, is reminding
those planning to nuke their own
evergreen Christmas Wreaths to be
sure to bring garden clippers to the
Artifactory s Greens Workshop this
Saturday As a community service
the Heppner Garden Club supplies
greens and sells wire and trimming
items for wreath makers Fxperienc
ed pervms arc on hand, rc.nlv to help
first timers
The December monthly meeting
of the garden club will be held at the
fairgrounds at 7 p m on Friday eve
ing. Dec 3. and members w ill set
up the workshop lor Saturday Dur
mg this week members will be work
ing each afternoon and most even
ings nuking wreaths that have been
pre ordered through Ida Farra at
ft7ft U44ft
A special feature of the IdXft
workshop w ill be the sale of hand
made candles A few table center
pieces w ill alv> be created tor sale
during the workshop
Made
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weak points [.verybody s dribbling
skills are really low
"Defense should be our strong
[*>int this seavm ." Padberg said
We re alv> quick which helps,
although we won't press a lot at the
first of the seavm
In his second seavm what does
Padberg want to accomplish’
"W e want to win every game."
he declared "Hopefully the kids
w ill improve every game and
hopefully they 'll be able to help out
ihe varsity next seavm "
Heppner opened its seavm last
night at home against Riverside The
Mustangs w ill meet the Pirates again
next Tuesday in a 7 30 p m game
at Doardnun
I
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Heppner „ w . I ill
a lw participate in
the M ac H i Christmas Tournament
on December Id and 20
"We hase a good pre seavm
schedule and that w ill only help us
get ready for our league seavm ."
Royer said
Royer picks the Stanfield Tigers
as the fasoritc in his team's CBC
Fastern Division while saying the
Western Division is up for grabs
Stanfield w ill be led by ft'ftl/i ”
junior center Tims Brown andh' 2 "
junior Fric M ac Phervm inside
and junior guard Dusty Grogan
outside
Pilot Rock has a lew got*! often
vise players that were young last
seavm and we can't overlook
them ." cautioned Royer "W e can't
overlook anybody because if we do
we ll lose
" I think we should compete
favorably with the rest o f the
league, he added, "and we ll have
a shot at the second district tourna
ment spot in our division "
Senior Ashley Conklin (6‘ I " )
w ill add wme height to the team
while seniors (¡enc Garrett (3’ 10").
Arkic Smith |3' ft" ) , and Malt
W ilvm (5‘ 3 " ). and lunior Javm
Dougherty (3‘ 10") add quic kness to
the backcourt I ee Padberg and John
Boyer who arc both in their second
year as the junior sarsity and
freshmen coaches respectively , w ill
serve as Royer's assistants
"W e are quick and shoot well
from the outside, but we need to
work on our rebounding." Royer
said " W e 'll mostly play zone
detenv but we ll go man to nun
when we can nutch up with the other
teams
"O u r short team goal is to im
prove every game." he added,
"w hile our long term goal is to nuke
it bac k to the district tournament
which we have a realistic chance o f
nuking "
If Royer's new magic can work
lor the boys team this seavm, look
lor some o f the old results he got as
the girls coach
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played |unior varsity basketball last
seavm and we arc young, but once
they get v>mc placing time they'll
only get better
Two of lad year s JV players ft'
((" senior David Pedro and 3' I I "
lunior Mark I ishhurn w ill probable
get the first call oft the bench
Pedro is only in his third year of
placing organized baskelball but has
im proved greatly
since his
sophomore year
Meanwhile Fishhum is coming
hue k from a d is lo c uled shoulder suf
fered at the beginning of football
seavm Fishhum alv> placed in nine
varsity games last yaer
"W e don t really have any
established sixth man .
Royer
said It all depends on which of our
starters needs a rest or is in foul trou
Me
The Mustangs opened their seavm
last night at Class " B " Dayville and
w ill host them on Dccernhe. 13
Sandwiched in between w ill be an
appearance in the Morrow Counts
Invitational Tournament in Board
man this Friday and Saturday
Heppner w ill meet the Catlin
(label Fugles at 3 p m
Friday
afternoon
The winner of the Heppner Catlin
(label game w ill meet the winner of
the lone Riverside game in the lour
nament championship game at 8
p m Suturduv night The losers of
the two games w ill meet Saturday at
4 p m for third place
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