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J i n i u n 28 . 1987 Padberg leads Mustangs to 70-59 win over Stanfield Team effort carries Fillies to 54-47 win over Rockets H) \*>hkv Conklin Hcppncr'» girls basketball team u»- n l a ti Hal (cam effort last Friday night tai register a 54-47 »in over the Pilot Kink Rockets Faltering (he (ianie (he Rockets »ere (he seventh ranked team in the Class " A " ranks Missy Fuhanks led the »ay » ith 23 points, a career high 23 re bounds, 11 steals, and 4 assists hut the Fillies (tot hig contributions from the rest of the starting line up and the bench Cindy Stroeber had a career high 10 points and added 6 rebounds, I ina Davidson tossed in eight points and dished out 8 assists, Theresa I mdsay collected 7 points and b re hounds Sandt Turner collared 5 re bounds, and Tomi Lindsay came off the hench lor 14 rebounds in her best league game to date Those are the kind o f contribu (ions » c need," Hcppncr coach Mike Royer said "Cindy and Tina shot »ell. Tamt played aggressive ly. and Theresa Lindsay had a good game lh at's the kind of scoring » r need if » e 're going to be a district tournament team " Ihe Fillies busted out of the gates to take a 14-11 first period lead behind four points apiece from Davidson and Stroeber The t» o teams turned up the defensive pressure in the second quarter as Hcppncr led 22 18 at intermission The Rockets stayed in the contest by hitting 7 of It) free throws in the second quarter while the Fillies were once again bit by the turnover bug Hcppncr committed lb turnovers in the first half and 28 for the game Fuhanks. who had been held to only 3 points in the first and second periods, scored 18 points in the sc cond lull to go along with lb second half rebounds as the Fillies controll ed the final two quaners Fuhanks and Theresa Lindsay combined (or It) third period points inside as Hcppncr increased its lead to 38-31 Karen Doherty kept Pilot Rock within striking distance with five points of her own The Rockets managed to tie the Fillies with lb points in the lourth quarter but Hcppncr I ad the game in hand, winning 54-47 Fuhanks had 12 points in the quarter, including sinking 4 of 3 free throws while Doherty scored 8 for the Rockets in the quarter nuking b of 8 Ircc throw s Doherty led Pilot Rock with 17 points as she was I I of 13 at the charily stripe Robin Baldwin tack cd on 10 more points The Rockets were a torrid 23 of 38 for hh percent at the Ircc throw line compared to b nt 14 lor 4 3 per cent for the Fillies However the dll fcrcncc in the game was from the held Hcppncr netted 24 of 34 held goals for 44 percent as Pilot Rock connected on onlv 11 shots «fllltfH « M W4 M I • I* » II 4 M • t » I J « w .* * • ; J J • • I l I* 1 T I M «at ) Strong individuals add to Mustang win over Pilot Rock By Ashley Conklin Hcppncr's boys basketball team got several strong individual perfor ounces en route to a 7 1 bt) road win over the Pilot Rock Rockets last I n day night in Columbia Bavin Con fcrcncc action Ihe M ustangs tw o leading scorers, Bryan Padbcrg and Wayne Wilgcrs, had career highs of 2b and 24 points respectively to lead Hcpp ner to the road win Wilgcrs also snagged nine rebiHinds and Padbcrg. at only 3' 8 " . cleared seven more I Hianc Ball added seven [minis and a sc* a son high eight assists. Dick Devin accumulated five rebounds and five steals, and Russell Britt and (>cne Ciarrcll played well from the Mustang Bench "Any time you get a win on the road its a big w in," Hcppncr coach Mike Royer said The Mustangs grabbed a 13 12 lost period lead behind II points born Wilgcrs Jamie McCall work cd his way inside for siv points as he kept the Rockets close Hcppncr, with the aid of its lull court press, went on an 11 4 tear at the beginning of the second quarter to post a 2b lb advantage However Pilot Rock came back with its own 14 b run to come within 32 30 at the hall Ball and Padbcrg combined for I I [mints in the quarter lor Hcppncr Four Rockets answered with four points apiece in the quarter Ihe Mustangs stumbled in the third Iramc as McCall and Pilot Rock dominated the backboards to grab the lead However (he guard play of Padbcrg and Britt, who came oil the Hcppncr bench, sparked Ihe Mustangs bask into a 48 4 < lead Padbcrg had seven points and Britt pumped in lour more on lav ms com mg off ol Hcppncr steals "Russell gave us a real spark." Royer said But the Rocket» came back to lie the game at 3b 3b early in the fourth period Podhcrg though who tossed in I I points in the period, hit a basket with I (4 to play to gise the Mustangs a b4 38 lead With 21) seconds to go Podhcrg hit a lay in and addesl a tree throw alter a technical loul on Risk Rasmussen On the inbounds play, in which Hcppncr got the ball bask alter the technical, Paslberg was touted and hit two more foul shots with I1) seconds to play, sealing Pilot Rock s late Wilgcrs added It) more lourth pcrnHl points including hitting b ol 8 free throws For the game the Mustangs sank 25 of 35 free throws tor 71 percent to 12-21 and 57 percent for the Rockets Wilgcrs led Hcppncr with It) free throws in 13 attempts. Paslberg was 8 of 9. and Ball 5 of 3 born the JV fall to Tigers 45-41 By Ashley Conklin It went down to the wire last Saturday afternoon, hut Hcppncr's [unior varsity boys basketball team tell 45 4 1 to the Stanfield Tigers I he Mustangs tell to I b on the season Russell Brut kep the Mustangs int he game with 17 punts but it wasn't enough as Shane Grabeel and Neil ('wiper scored 15 and 13 punts respectively to lead the Tigers Ihe two teams traded baskets in the opening quarter for an 8 8 lie but Stanfield took the second period I ' 12 to squeak out to a 23 20 in icrmission margin Brut had the hot hand during the third frame as he scored nine punts as Hcppncr c re p bask to within '3 31 Grabeel tallied seven punts for the Tigers in the frame I) IS I« M. #t r • II *• I* J4 III M M I IS t • » I 111 M ■ * • I M »« I I S S ) si »I « t s flMIt IS *| H I« Ik» kin kfc« dr k‘ 11* Sr Stanlicld was then able to hold on down the stretch to pisl a 4 A 4 1 decision The Mustangs grabbed 38 re bounds and were led on the boards bv Derek Hoeft who claimed 7 Craig Angcll Barney Lindsay , and W ill Martin all snagged five more rebounds each Hcppncr will host Wahlonka on Friday at approximately 4 45 p m and then travel to Mom to t.iec Shcr n u n County at approximately 2 45 p ni on Saturday WlWta I »tatas • »I • »«!••. • i «*■> ». « ti i« <■ »<■ : m •• * 1 4 1« Iota* • I tasta I « I« » vit a i s I — n • ■' —» M « I« M Mart— ta« é i ta » M a f t a. . t a t i M cC^ ^>0*N II « J I W S « » I !• • I tal « Fan Belts Gloves £>0/ your " SOURCE %, Auto Batteries N eaters O n Coast to Coast W e re here to help you 676-5810 "Arm ed to serve you " Farmers Ins. 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I I « • worried about a second half letdown by his team. " Their (Stanfield's) on ly chance to gel back in the game was to continue the last pace." he said But tfie Mustangs again came out of (he starting blin ks to run (heir last break in the third quarter and led by as many 22 punts before settling lor a 39 39 lead entering the fourth frame Duane Ball had sis punts for Hcppncr in the third pern si including a high flying lay-in of a Dick Devin alley «»>p pass that left many tans on their feet Grogan gunned in 12 punts in the lourth frame against mostly the Mustang bench as the Tigers pulled within 7(F59 at the final tape Wayne W ilgcrs added 12 punts to the Hcppncr cause as Ball. IVvin. and Trent Harrivin scored 8 punts apiece and (icnc Garrett pipped in 7 punts off the bench Gmgan had 24 p u n ts to lead all scorers while Brent and Jason Clark scored 11 and 10 punts respective Iv for Stanfield The Mustangs, who cleared 44 re founds were led by W ilgcrs w ith 12 hoards and Harrison's 8 Dev in and Mark Fishburn also had five re hounds apiece Wilgcrs and IVvin also had five and four steals respectively and Devin handed out tour assists Hcppncr sank 30 o f 72 floor at tempts for 42 percent and 10 of 17 Ircc throws lor 39 percent The Tigers were a weak 7 of 20 at the line lor 35 percent Ihe M ustangs will lace Wahlonku and Shcrnun County on Friday and Saturday respectively WHEELS 15” Chrome Mojock / ^ * » « I * ( « n * Ita*» M. . I » • 1 I M t I February 14 Formal or ïo è w -W1 Semi-Formal Watch the Paper & the Bulletin for^ February llo rs o ra c ^s t : •IF < i charity stripe The Mustangs struggled from the field, hitting onlv 3b percent of their attempts, nuking 2 ' of b4 shots Padbcrg (hsHigh mode 9 ol 13 floor tries and was 7 of 8 in Ihe second half ‘ Brsan shot really well Royer said McCall [Used Pilot Kos.k with 19 points and was follow ed by Rasmussen with I 3 points ansi I ris Miller had lb By Ashley Conklin Basketball Ians shsiwed up at Stan field last Saturday night etpccting to see a basketball game but were in stead treated to a track meet Fitting ly it was a track star that led Ihe winners Sophomore Bryan Padbcrg. who was a state champion in the 1.304) and l.d lb meter distance races at (he Class " A " state track meet last spring led Hcppncr to a 70 39 Col umbia Basin Conference boys basketball win oscr Stanfield with 2 1 punts. 7 rebounds, b assists, and 4 steals Coupled with I'm atilla's 7.3 b.3 loss to Sherm an County, the Mustangs, now 3 2 in the CBC and b b overall, moved into first place in the CBC Fastcrn Division Ihe Tigers were forced to play without b' h 'b " junior Tony Brown who is lost tor the season due to academic problems Without Brown the Tigers tried a last paced game in the first half but it backfired as the Mustangs, on the Stanfield court, or track, ran out to a 41 23 lead and never looked back The Mustangs raced out to a 7-0 lead in the first quarter before Jason Clark brought the Tigers back to a 13 13 tie alter one quarter The b - 3" Clark worked inside for civ points in the quarter, hoping to pick up the slack left by Brown Hcppncr sprinted to 28 second period punts while Stanfield dash cd to only 10 Padbcrg threw in 12 punts in the period Dusty Grogan had b of Stan field's 10 punts in the period Despite the big halftime lead. 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