F IG H T - Th* H ep p n er G a/ e lte lim e » . H ep p n er. O rrg iin W e d n e sd a y . 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
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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
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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
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Wdhtonka who has gotten off to
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Against Shcrnun County the
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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
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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.
Hcppncr coach Mike Royer wasn't
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