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Mustangs gallop away from Redsides 87-73
By Ashley C onklin
Inspite o f the new enviroment.
Heppner's N>ys basketball team have
seemed right at home last Friday
night on their way to an 87-73 C o l
umbia Basin Conference victory
over the Wasco County Redsidrs
W ith starling center Trent Har
nson still iHit with an injury. Ihe
Mustangs went with a smaller star
ting line up that put W ayne W ilgers
inside and forced Dick Devin to
move to the center (Hisition
But the new line up paid dividends
in a big way as W ilgers roamed the
inside and shot from outside lor AO
[Hunts Devin, and guard IXiane Ball
each accounted for lb points
" I was a little worried about the
smaller line up because o f our re
bounding and we didn't rebound that
w e ll." Heppner coach Mike Rover
said
But it did help our offense,
particularly in that we got Gene
I Garrett) into the starting line up
(iatTett. Heppner's "s ix th nun
all season, scored eight points in his
first starting assignment ol the
season
The Mustangs did have their pro
blems on the Nurds with guards liall
and Btyan Padhcrg leading the way
with eight and seven rcNmnds
respectively
Besides the new line up. Heppner
also received something that thev re
Candi Rudisill keeps ball away from Grizzlies
The lone Cardinals won a hard
played game over the H e lix
Grizzlies,. lor a herth in District I
B (¡iris huskcihall tournament I he
first quarter belonged to (he Car
dinals as they raved out to a 17 to
b lead l ast break baskets by I at
dinals was reason lor 'A 'i s h illin g
in this quarter
fhe seiorvl quarter was |usl the
opposite Helix out stored lone bv
a margin ol IM to f> m the second
quarter Ihe hig turn around brought
the hall lirne store to 24 lo 21. in
tasor td Helix
The second hall turned into a very
ti(tht game all the way Helix ifH.rc.ts
cd their lead by two points at the end
ol Ihe third quarter Ihe Cardinals
pu ked up the pace on oltrnse anti
out stored Helix bs a margin ol I»
to |() in the final quarlcr Ihe big
basket tante with six seconds left in
the game, store tied at 4M apiece
Patty M t l l l i g o i l sank a 15
loot set shot to (ml the Cardinals
ahead lor good
Although this was a good team el
lort by the Cardinals, the three
seniors plating in their last home
game in a Cardinal unitomi, hail an
outstanding game Decita Hants had
IM (Hunts and 17 rebounds Candi
Rodisill had 14 |Hunts and » assists
Patty M il lligott had h (Hunts but
made the nn.si important basket ol
her lile to [Hit the Cardinals ahead
when it counted
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Mustang frosh end season
By Ashley C onklin
Heppner's freshmen boys basket
ball team concluded its season last
Tuesday night by falling behind Ihe
Condon tumor varsity by 21 (Hunts
at intermission before rally mg to lose
Ml 47 Ihe Mustangs finished their
season with a 7 5 record
Pie Blue Devils used a potent last
break in the Inst hall to lead IM 17
at intermission before holding on lor
the win
Mark and Mike Winslow fueled
the last break in the first hall with
I A and h points respectively in the
hall and finished Ihe game with I A
and H points respectively Troy
Mincy also tallied 11 (Hunts for
Condon
Trie Connor led Heppner with 14
points and ** rebounds as Ryan
M iller [ H i p p e d in III points and also
grabbed d rebounds
With Mark Winslow scoring I I
points in the first quarter, mostlv on
long passes on the break by brother
Mike. Condon raced out to a 22 »
lead alter the first quarter
l-ancy sank five of six tree throws
in the second period as the Blue
Dev 1 1s continued their torrid pace to
increase their lead to Ag 17 at Ihe
break
I he Mustangs started a rails in Ihe
third frame but it was quuklv ex
linguished by Condon as the Blue
Devils led *>2 '2 alter three periods
Heppner held the Blue Devils
scoreless lor |ust over hall ol the
final quarter and came within nine
(H u n ts on one invasion
However CotHkni was able to hold
on and win the game by a Ml 47
margin
As was the case throughout the
game from the field the Blue Devils
were red hot Irom the charity stripe
hitting on 7| percent of their shots
(10 I4 i Meanwhile the Mustangs
were 15 of 27 lor only 4M percent
Russell Britt led Heppner in sc or
ing on the season as he had a 24
point per game average through
seven games before being called up
to the junior varsity and varsity
squads
Connor and M iller were the
team's inside threats and scored v b
anil M A points per game respective
ly during the season as well as
leading the team in rebounding
Slater Mitchell and Brian S iiiiiih h -
were also key perfumers lor Ihe
Mustangs this season
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ha I It i me lead
The Redsides. however, put the
clamps on Heppner. particulars
Padhcrg and Wilgers early Wasco
County grabbed a 12 M lead alter the
first period when Randy Iverson,
who had six points in the perns! hit
a shot at the hom Aiding Ihe Red
side cause was a triangle and two
defense put on Padbcrg and W ilgers
Padhcrg would wind up Ihe game
with only two points belorc touting
out and Wilgers didn't score in the
opening period
Heppner did get the ball lo
Wilgers in the second quarter,
however, a s he hit lor 14 points to
lead the Mustangs on a run that
would net them A2 points in the
quarter and the Redsides only eight
Russell Brut, a freshman, came
o ff the Heppner bench lor six ( H u n t s
in the quarter and helped lead the
Mustangs pressure lull court defense
that was responsible lor the big
halltime lead
Heppner came out in the third
quarter to increase its lead to as
much as 2 7 points belorc settling lor
a h5 4h lead at the end of the (HTI ih I
W aw o ( ounty tried to get hue k in
to the game by oulscoring the
Mustangs 2b 25 in the quarter on HI
points from Iverson
test with 12 points in the final frame
and wound up w ith A 2 for the game
Britt, who played an ivutstanding
game for Heppner. wound up with
career highs in pinnLs (12). re+nHinds
(5). and assists |4)
"W e played a good game offen
sively and did a ginvd job getting the
ball inside to W ayne." Royer said
W e also shot the ball really well
Helping teed W ilgers and the rest of
the Mustangs were Ball. IV vin . and
Padhcrg who each had four assists
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lend o ft the Redsides on inside
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season w ith loss
lone Cardinals lost their final
game of the season to the district
hound Echo Cougars 411 b 2. on the
Cougars home ll.H.r Salurdav night
lone's top scorer was Ken Snider
with 12 points Tim Beeson led the
Cardinals at the hoards with b re
hounds, followed bv Chris Rea with
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W ilgers. drives to the basket by Ball,
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Wilgers tallied 10 points in the
quarter. Ball M and Devin b nnirc
Ihe Mustangs were oulscored in
the fourth frame. 27 22. but were
able to clear their bench midway
through the frame as N>th Britt and
W ilgers scored six points lor
Heppner
Iverson helped pull the Redsides
within M7 7 A at the end of the con
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