Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current, December 06, 1989, Page EIGHT, Image 8

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    ICKàlIT - Heppner iiv/H U lim n , Ifcppnrr. Oregon W ednesday, December 6, I WS
Tillicum club to sponsor lighting contest
The Boardman Tilicum Club u
sponsoring a Christmas lighting con­
test for the community again this
year Residences and businesses in
Boardman and (he nearbv rural arms
are eligible The firs» prize will be
S50 cash Second p n /e is $25 and
third, $15. Judging will take place
Wednesday. Dec 20. at 7 p m
HHS to present ‘A Christmas Carol’
The Heppner High School Drama
G ub will present *'A Christmas
Carol" dramatized by Julian le e , on
Monday. December 18 Admission
prices will be $1 50 for adults and
75 cents for students
The Drama Club already has had
one successful production this year
in "Nightmare High SchraiT and arc
anticipating a good reception to "A
Christmas Carol " It is based on the
classic novel by Charles Dickens,
where a crusty, old money-loving
man is visited by ghosts Christmas
night and is changed overnight into
a generous loving human being
Mindy Nix places 3rd in contest
By Marty Suter
Mindy Nix. a senior at Riverside
High School, placed third at the
district VFW Voice of Democracy
speech contest December 3 in
Pendleton,
John Griffith of Pendleton placed
first and Devin Hanv.m placed se
cond
Mindy spoke on the topic "Why
I’m Proud of America "
The contest is sponsored yearly by
the local chapters of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars The local contest was
held November 11. Veteran's Day
Riverside takes first
in tournament
Timms, who finished the game with
21 points
"There was a good team effort."
comments Riverside Coach Ray
Tracy, "the best since I've been
here."
The Pirates had no problem tak­
ing on the Mustangs They came out
and ran hard against a quick team to
win by 14 points
"They should he as successful as
they want to h e," says Tracy of his
team "They can go to state if they
really want to ."
By Mikka Evans
The Riverside Pirates took charge
of the Morrow County Invitational
Basketball Tournament December I
and 2, defeating the lone Cardinals
80-38. and the Heppner Mustangs.
76 62 to win first place
The Pirates began the tournament
playing the lone Cardinals The
Riverside team, made up of mostly
veterans, dominated the young Car
dinal team all during the game
leading th Pirates was senior Scott
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Christmas Ham Each family can
register every day if they want to and
no purchase is necessary "
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Grazelda but if we win, who will we
hire to cook it?"
(irazelda fum ed,''You're askin for it Clem, you're askm for it!”
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lone heat Riverside 55-45 in over­
time Saturday to come away with the
first place trophy in the Morrow
C ounty T ournam ent held in
Heppner
Riverside did not score a point in
the overtime period, after tying the
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MORROW COUNTY YOUTH BASKETBALL CLINIC
game up in the final second of
regulation
p la y .
Mary Cupps was the high scorer
for lone with 15 points as well as 10
rebounds, follow ed by Amy
WagenMast with 13 points
Heppner beats Joseph 79-31
By Bob Krein
The Morrow County Invitational
Tournament opened on Friday.
Decem ber I as the Heppner
Mustangs faced the Joseph Fugles
The Mustangs wasted little lime
taking a 24 to 7 lead at (he end of
the first quarter The Mustangs us­
ed a pressing and trapping defense
in the first quarter and for part of the
second quarter to build a 56 to I9
lead at halftime rhe Mustangs then
slowed it down to keep Joseph in the
game
The final score was the Heppner
Mustangs 79 and the Joseph F-aglcs
31. 17 k Mustangs were lead by
Russell Britt who had 17 points The
Mustangs then faced the Riverside
Piraies in the championship game
Riverside advanced to the champion­
ship game heating lone 80 to 38
SWMIn
The Heppner Fillies opened their
1989 90 basketball season last
weekend at the Morrow County In
vitational Basketball Tournament
The Fillies came away with two
disappointing losses In the Fillies'
first game they were beaten by lone,
42-37. and l<*st their second game to
J. .seph ' 3 26
The Fillies and Cardinals both
started out slow in the first quarter
as the two teams scored only three
points each in the quarter
Jennifer Currm scored six points
and Kim Stookcy scored four points
in the second quarter as the Fillies
took a 17-16 lead into halftime
The lone Cardinals cartK out in the
second half and took advantage of
eight Heppner turnovers in the third
quarter to out score the Fillies 11 4
Heppner outscorcd the l-ady Car
dinals in the fourth quarter. 16-15,
hut couldn't overcome lone's lead
Currm lead Heppner scorers with
16 and Nikki Brishois added 9
Cold shooting hit the Fillies in
their second game against (he Joseph
Faglcs Heppner shot 11 for 6 for
9
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Heppner took the lead in the fir-
quarter. 10-7 Jennifer Currin scored
four points in the quarter to lead the
Fillies The Fagles cut the lead in the
second quarter as they outscorcd
Heppner 8 6 Heppner took a slim
16-15 lead into halftime
Joseph came hack in the second
half to outscore the Fillies 18-10 to
pull mil the victory and claim third
place in the M orrow Co.
Tournament
Nikki Brishois scored nine points
to lead the Fillies in scoring
Jennifer Currm finds a way out after being surrounded by
Joseph girls Saturday afternoon during the Morrow County In­
vitational Basketball Tournament
SUlM irs
lo o n 42 1 IW h rrx 3 2-2 *; N. M urtrr 0 (k I
0; VS agm bla.t 2 1 2 3 .1 . M .f lrr 3 0-0 10.
Hall. M organ I 0-0 2; M. Cupp» 6 4-4 14
Total» 17 7-11 42.
H rppnrr (37) HrWhoi. 4 1-2 *: Stookr.
3 0-2 6; tu ck er | 0-0 2; Palmer 0 1-3 I;
Hn.un(Vrl<1 I 0-0 2; A. C urrtn 0 1-4 I; J.
( u rrtn 4 4-10 14. total» IS 7-21 33.
Joaepti (331 Robert* 4 4-7 12; Hook I 3-1
5; T. Jotim on 3 4-4 10; K. Johnson I 1-2
3; McCullough 0 2-4 2; Salmon 0 1-2 I;
M organ. Hoawrtl. R obert, lo ta h 4 15-27
33.
H rp p n rr i24> Stonkr. 4 1-2 *; B rhbut.
I 2-2 4; Palmer 3 0-0 4; ( urrtn 3 0-2 4;
t.r r r n u p 0 1-2 I; Rr.nanflrk); lin k e r.
T otal. 11 4-X 24
By Mikka Evans
The Riverside Pirates girls team
took a strong role in the Morrow
County Basketball tournament
December I ami 2, finishing second
to the lone Cardinals
The Pirates started o ff by
defeating the Joseph Fugles. 48-45
They were led by senior Marty
Suter. who cashed in three 3-pointers
and finished the ganK with 21
points
"A t times everyone played gt*od
and at other times no one did," com
mcnis coach Dirk Dirkscn "W e arc
looking to become more consistent
overall."
The Pirates canK back Saturday
hoping to take first place in the tour
nament hut were stopped in overtime
by the lone Cardinals. 55 45 With
the help of senior Shanna Fvans the
Pirates put up a good fight against
the Cardinals, hut |ust couldn't pull
it off in the three minutes of over
tinK Fvans finished off the ganK
with 20 points, leading Ihc Pirates
"I feel real good about the way wc
played," states Dirkscn " I saw
some definite improvements over a
year ago "
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Dec 31
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EOSC v«trsitv basketball players - alon# with Head
7 Coach Bill Ctancio and staff will conduct the Morrow
* * * * 0 by Joyce H u g h »»
No 20 Bob Krein plays tough defense against the Pirates
Saturday night
y.auo sc-.iuuitirs oancea to uoio Hearted during halftime of the boys qames on Fri­
day and Saturday night
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Dining is Great
Fri & Sat Night with Cindy
County Youth Basketball Clinic, Sat. Dec. 9th at the
Heppner I I ir I i Schtxil gym. Please make checks payable
to: Morrow County Basketball Clinic. There is still space
available for boys and girls ages 8 through high st hool.
See you at 9:30 Saturday morning!!
tournes the weekend of Des K and
RHS girls team takes
2nd in tournament
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By Bob Krein
On Saturday, December 2. the
Mustangs played for the Morrow
County Tournament championship
The Musiangs got out - rebounded by
the taller Pirates and missed
freethrows to give the Pirates a 44
to 31 lead at halftime
The Mustangs played better in the
second half hut could not overcome
the deficit The Pirates were led by
Scott Timms with 24 points Russell
Britt led the Mustangs a ls o with 24
points Mustangs' next game will he
against Mac Hi in their Christmas
Fillies lose twice at
M.C. tournament
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