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Firemen learn as old house burns
Shootout ends with 88-82 loss
by Vshlry ( mikiln
There was a shootout 41 the Hcpp
ner C o rral last Thursdas night and
»hen il »as over H cppncr's hoys
basketball team »as shot ik>»n bs
the I'm a tilla V ikings h> an RH 82
margin
The » in sends the V ikings M 4 in
C olum bia Basin Conference p ljs
and 11 9 overall, into this »eckend s
d is iric i tournament as the Tasicrn
D iv is io n 's top seed w h ile the
Mustangs 7 5 in CBC plas ami
10-9, overall, into the district tour
nament as the la s t s second seed
Um atilla though hail to hokl on lo t
the » in alter shooting Hcppner
d o » n . and leaving them for the
dead, in the third period and earls
on in the fourth quarter
The Vikings grabbed a tw M l lead
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alter the th ird period and led by as
mans as IK points in the fourth
quarter HO-b2. before the Mustangs
rallied behind the plas of I K k Desin
and ( iene ( larrctt in the final quarter
IV s m and (ia rre tt each scored 14
points in the contest lor Meppner but
scored 10 points apiece in the fourth
period
W asne W ilgers led the Mustangs
with 24 point c but »as held scoreless
after intermission as lhiane Ball and
Brsan I’adherg [kipped in 14 and 12
m ore p o in ts re s p e c tis e ly fo r
Heppner
However the one two combination
o f l iiu lilla s M ike Blevins and
Bussell Richards »as too much for
the Mustangs to handle
The h' V ’ Blevins, posted up and
worked inside to score a career high
'9 points and Richards, slicing
through the Heppner defense and
shooting from the perimeter, added
a career high 'b points as well
Both teams nude *4 field goals in
the contest hut the difference in the
game came at the tree throw line
The Mustangs made 14 o f 21 free
throws tor h7 percent but lost
Padberg. I I ilgers. ansi Trent Har
rison. who returned to the line up
alter tw o weeks o ft due to an ankle
in iu rv . on fouls in the decisive final
quarter
Meanwhile the Vikings were 2 0 o f
'3 at the stripe lo r b l percent as
Blev ins and Richards were the n u in
beneficiaries of Heppner s foul
pn lblems
Blevins sank 9 of I I tree throws
and R ich.uds came through on I d o l
15 attempts
U m atilla, pa rticular!) Richards,
came out hot in the earls going
Richards scored the game's first
seven points but the Mustangs came
back w ithin I M I and then took a
21 22 lead after one ¡x-riod
W ilgers was |ust as hot in the first
period as he scored 15 points
Ric hards had 11 in the period lo r the
V ikings and Blevins eight more
Heppner started to open things up
in the second trainc as they had a
29 24 lead at the h VI tuiicturc on a
I I ilgers lav in o ff a Padberg Iced
l iiu lilla then went on an 11 I run
to lead I ' '4 The Mustangs then
went ahead 4 1 17 before settling lor
a 44 4 t halftime advantage
IV ilgers added 9 points in the se
cond frame for 24 first halt points
Blevins added 13 points during the
frame lo r 21 first halt points and
Richards chalked up I 3 points dur
mg the first two quarters
Ih c Vikings alter playing a /one
defense in the first hall, switched to
a Isis and one defense on VV ilgers in
the second halt, using b ’ 3 " Jerrv
I eic lit to guard W ilgers and the ploy
worked as W ilgers d id n 't score in
the last two quarters
" U m a tilla started keying on
Wayne and it took iis awhile lo r
somebody to pick up the slack
Heppner coach M ike Royer said
Ball and Padberg scored sn ¡emits
in the third period lo r the Mustangs
but the V ikings again came out hot
to take the lead
W ith Harrison picking up his
fourth loul in the third period.
U m a tilla again went inside to
Blev ins
Blevins tallied 12 more points in
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the period and when he wasn't scor
ing Richards would find the basket
fo r 10 more points
W ilgers picked up his tourfh lo ul
w ith I 02 remaining in the pernkl
and the root started to cave in on
Heppner
tra d in g 65 bO. the V ikings go*
tw o tree throws from Richards w ith
a second le tl and then go* a sho* by
Richards to go in at the horn when
the Mustangs threw the ball away
U m atilla took a b9 b*) lead entering
the fourth quarter
W ith guards Caesar F lo re t and
C ru / Garcia sparking the V iking last
break w ith feeds to Richards.
I iiu lilla went on top 75 b2 with
b 35 remaining to play
Richards then sank a three point
play w ith 5 40 to go to increase the
V ik in g advantage to HO b2 as
W ilgers fouled out on the play
But the Mustangs were down, no*
out as I Vs in and Garrett led the ral
ly for Heppner
Tour points from G arrett and a
bucket by Ball pulled Heppner
w ith in HObH before Blevins and
Richards responded for U m atilla
w ith a I Vs in hoop sandwiched in
between
T ra ilin g H4 70 and having lost
H arrison on fouls w ith 4 IH to play,
the Mustangs looked to he in even
more trouble »hen Padberg »as dis
qualified at the 2 2 3 mark w ith live
fouls
But I Vs in hit three shots and ( iar
reft scored lour more points, in
eluding a shot w ith I 35 to play that
pulled Heppner w ith in H4 80
Garcia missed tw o front ins o f
one and one opportunities but the
Mustangs were unable lo score on
tw o straighl possession down the
W ith the V ikings running out the
clock. Hall fouled Richards w ith 12
ticks to go
Ball was called tor an intentional
loul and Rivhards hit both shots th i
the subsequent possession as a result
o f the Intentional foul. Flores lound
Blevins and U m atilla put the game
out o f reach at HH 80 before Garrett
hit tw o tree throws lo r the final
pu nts
The Mustangs co n tro lle d the
hoards in the first hall but were over
¡lowered by the bigger Vikings in the
last tw o quarters
Harrison grabbed nine rebounds
and I Vs m seven more lo lead Hepp
net Padberg added eight assists and
seven steals to the Mustang cause
Heppner. now making its second
straight d is tric t tournament ap
pearanec. w ill lace the Sherman
Counts Huskies on Friday at 3 p m
in the Pendleton Arm ory
The winner o f the Heppner
Sherman County game w ill meet the
loser o l the U m a tilla Riverside
match lo r the district s second berth
in the regional tournamenl at M 3<l
p m on Saturday. but the loser o f
the Heppner Sherman County gjm e
w ill be done for the season
Heppner. one o f the league's
shortcsl teams, w ill meet an even
smaller Sherman County team that
the Mustangs w ill he looking to
avenge tw o earlier losses to
( In Jan 3 the Mustangs led Sher
nu n County through three quarters
before tailing b2 55 and then trail
ed the Huskies 40 IH at halttim c on
Jan 31 before coming back to lose
rai JJ
Sherman County w ill he led by b'
'
lum or H ill M artin, one o f the
C B C 's top scorers and rehounders
M arlin has scored .35 pu nts in the
tw o games between the tw o teams
this year as the Huskies also look to
the senMif hackcourl o f G ary baton
and Tracy Fields for key perfor
mances and leadership
Prices lo r the tw o day tournament
run at 52 (It) for students and $3 III)
for adults
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Firemen practice burning this old house on South
Chase St in Heppner Sundas
The burning was part ol the hum to Ic.irn v lass spui
sored by the local lire department
Tire departments from throughout the area par
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The fourth sign up lor CRP ends
Triday. Tebruary 27 M l bids must
be into the ASCS office bv ' p m
on that day
There are close to
34,000 as res yet to be acccpcd into
the program
Balanced scoring
means victory
for Heppner
Bv Vshlt-v ( u iik liii
W ith a balanced scoring att.ic k and
a good overall team e llo it Hcpp
ncr's ¡unior varsilv girls basketball
team closed out its season with a
3 3 19 v ictorv over (I k - l iiu lilla Vik
ings last lhutsd.iv a lie moon IV it fi
the w in. the T illies finished iIn-
season with a b b record
Seven o f the eight Tillies scored
in the contest w ith Angie C u rtin
scoring seven pu n ts to lead the wav
and I ibbv B utt added sis more
Heppner outscored the I ikings in
every quarter hut the lourth and led
from start to finish to end its season
in tine fashion Die 19 p u n ts given
up by the T illies was the least
amount ot p u n ts a team had scoted
on them all season
Heppner grabbed an X 2 ad van
tage alter the lu st p-noO and then
increased that lead lo 14 4 hv (In
break
C u rrin scored liv e o l her pu nts in
the lirst halt as did Nanse I I right to
pace the T illies to the ha lt! him .- lead
Butt tossed in sis punts during the
third quarter as Heppner continued
to pad its lead and led 2b I I alter the
third quarter as thev controlled that
quartet by a 12 7 adv.image
Umatilla did Like the lourth period
H 7 but it was too little too late as the
T illics were alre.uK in control ot the
game
Both squads suffered troni the free
throw line as each team nude onlv
.3.3 percent o f their shots Heppner
was 5 of 15 from the strip- and the
V iking s were 7 tor 2 1
On the season, freshman Jennifer
C u rrin led the f illies in scoring as
she tallied 10 3 pu nts p -r game
w hile B ritt, a sophomore and v.irsi
ty floater along with Currin chipp 'd
in K 7 pu nts p r outing
T w o other sophomore sarsitv
floaters. Jill C onklin and Nance
W righ t, also made im p u t.in t con
trihutions to the ¡unior varsilv team
C o nklin, the team's starling p u n t
guard, r jn the offense tor Heppner
and added 4 2 pu n ts p -r game
W righ t, who plased in onlv seven
games for the T illies, tallied 4 9
pu n ts p r contest
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State Representative District 59
Wants to Know The
P E O P L E S ’ C H O IC E
Senate Resolution SJR 3
School Safet> Net Measure
automatic levy the follow mg year
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Should Schools he given lOO'i prior year's
levy automatically ’
Should new levies become pan ot new
automatic levy?
O ld tim e rs N ile
M arc h 7th
m n u s s m t n n m u t i u
Charlie’s
l tiller this concept, the school district may levy an amount
equal in the total ot the previous year's levy automatically.
II a ilisirict requires more then the previous year’s total, there
must he a vote ol the people
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donai honor sosictv lor treshmen
Among those 68 students is Ken
( U nis M inot Richard and f li/ahclh
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wed we w ill go out and calibrate his
d rills It this time we also shec k tor
seeding depth After seeding we
check the fields to sec that they arc
completed and c alculate the amount
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who arc getting reads to seed their
glass that a sample o l the wed needs
to be brought into the SCS o lin e
w ith a seed tag o ft o l a fu ll bag ot
seed I tie seed should he as recoin
mended bv St S sp-cilicalions and
should lv weed tree and not touted
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An Fxtension meeting w ill be held
at the home o f Beverly W right.
March 4 at 10 a m Gwen Healy » ill
give lessons on lap q u illin g
Im paled in the class, which also included classroom
liriH- in ihc morning
lie-lore the house was allowed to bum com pletely
down firemen experienced adu.il firefig htin g situa
lions, and observed "fire be ha vior" in a real vetting
Fourth CRP sign-up ends Friday
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