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Mustangs lose early lead for 62-55 defeat
H> A shies Conklin
Heppner* hoy» basket hall team
was red h<>t in the first half of its
game with the Sherman Count)
Huskies last Saturda) night hut the
Huskies extinguished the Mustang
flame in the second halt as Heppner
concluded its pre season with a
62 55 loss and a 3-4 record
For the game the Mustangs shot
a season high 32 percent from the
floor, nuking 22 of 42 attempts hut
were a siz/ling 11 of Id in the first
half for 3ft percent
Heppner led 32-30at inlernussion
behind 15 points from Wayne
Wilgers who was 5 of 6 from the
field and 5 of b from the line
However the Mustangs were
outscorcd 32-23 in the second half
as Wilgers had only two more points
as Heppner went 11 of 23 from the
field for only 48 percent
fhe two teams traded baskets in
the first period as both teams settled
for a 13-13 tie as Wilgers had seven
points for the Mustangs
Wilgers and Heppner continued
dead eye markmanship in the second
quarter to take a 32 .30 halftime lead
Wilgers scored seven in the quarter
and his two free thn>ws with one sc
cond left gave the Mustangs the lead
after they had trailed 2b 20 at one
point
In the third frame it was Sherman
County's turn to shoot lights out as
(he quick guard tandem of Gary
Futon and Tracy Fields shot the
Huskies within 42 41 entering the
final period
Wilgers had two points in the
period and was shutout the re
mainder of the game to finish with
17 points as sophomores Dick IJevin
and Bryan Padberg kept Heppner in
the game
With 4 34 to go, Sherman Coun
ty's talented h' 3 " center Hill Mar
tin fouled out after scoring 15 points
as the game was nip and luck
However it was the Huskies that rose
up to the challenge, outscoring the
Fillies
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62-55
Padberg and Devin also were in
double figures with 12 and 11 punts
respectively, a career high for
Devin
Wilgers had a season high five
assists
Fields led three Huskies in double
figures wtih 17 points followed hy
Martin with I ' and I alon who p>p
ped in 10
the Mustangs will open league
play this weekend bv hosting Kiser
side on Friday at 7 30 p m and
Stanfield on S.ilurdav al approx
mutely b I ' p m
Friday night Heppner will be try
ing to avenge an earlier
SS loss
suffered to the Pirates in the cham
pionship game of the Morrow Coun
ty Invitational Tournament in
December
lust luesdav night Riverside got
a strong game from John klennert
inside to bury Stanfield M 48 who
were without the serv ices of b' h'y "
junior center lonv Brown
fhe Mustangs also must stop the
guard trio of Mike Ammons. Bingo
Ganvoa and Mike Griffin who arc
all quk k anti good outside shooters
Stanfield will also present a good
guard in junior Dusty Grogan who
will lead the ligcrs along with
Brown
Heppner will be led bv Wilgers
who is averaging Id 7 punts anti d b
rebounds a game and Padberg who
is scoring 14 4 punts per contest anti
handing out 4 b assists a game
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The lone girl Cardinal» played
their last basketball game of 19Kb on
December 30 at lone against the Mt
Vernon Hears ITicse two teams met
a year ago in Ml Vernon, at which
time the Cardinals lost by two
punts
Biasing without the services of
their senior punt guard Candi
Rudisill. the Cardinals started two
seniors and ihrcc freshmen Die first
quarter was a little slow for both
teams, with lone coming out ahead
7 b Batty McF.lligott found the
range in the second quarter and was
a big help in leading the Cardinals
to a 22 10 halftime score Ifie over
all team defense was also serv good
in this quarter
Ihc Mt Vernon girls outscored
the Cardinals hy two punts (23 2 1 1
in the second half, but the first hall
lead held up for the Cardinals to
record a 41 33 victory In rebounds
and steals, the Cardinals were lead
by Deena Hams with 1.3 and 9
respectively
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Cardinals start league play with win
The Cardinal girls started league
play with a win Taking on the Art
ington Honkers at home before a
capacity crowd, die Cardinals came
away with a two punt victory
After the teams played fairly even
the first quarter, the Cardinals got
loose on a couple of fast breaks to
put them up hy eight at half time
The third quarter saw a good pertor
mance hy Arlington's two tug
players, as Sharp and Hittmger cav h
had four punts to hring the Honkers
to within two at the end o f the third
The fourth quarter was a defensive
battle by both teams, as each team
could only »core four punt»
The Cardinals were led in scoring
hy Bam McFlligon and Deena Hams
w ith 11 punts eac h Deena Hams
had nine rebounds and Amy
Wagenhlast collected seven As
much as anything else, the strong
team defense hy the Cardinals ai
counted for the win
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By Ashley Conklin
With a strong inside game led by
Jennifer Cumn and Libby Britt . and
a strong second half Heppner'»
junior varsity girls basketball team
rang in the New Year with its first
win o f the season by defeating the
Sherman County Huskies 31 24 last
Saturday Afternoon W ith the win.
Heppner is now I 2 on the season
Cumn and Brin, the catalysts o f
die Fillies inside game, scored 13
and 11 p>mts respectively while
Heppner outscorcd the Huskies
I S I 3 in die second half
Fillies opened up a 10-7 lead
Each team had its problems offen
sivelv in the second period, scoring
only a combined sesen punts, as
Heppner led 13-11 at the break
Die Fillies maintained their lead
during die third quarter by taking die
quarter H 5 and increasing their leac
to 21 16
Heppner. which made 9 of 20 free
throws in the game for 45 percent,
hit only 4 of 9 free throw» in the
fourth period hut tv was enough to
come out on top 31-26
Only two other Fillies broke into
the scoring column besides Cumn
and Brut during the contest while
Melinda Miller topped the Huskies
with nine punt»
Heppner will try and extend its
winning streak to two games Salur
dav afternoon when it hosts the Stan
field Tigers at I p m
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Duane Ball looks for the steal against the Huskies
lone girls beat Mt. Vernon by 10 points
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