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Oregon M r tlw s d a i, February 7, I WO Lady Cards chalk up victorious weekend By Anne Morter -v . f r . • V . i ’ The lone Lady Cardinals chalked up another victorious weekend, put ling away the highly ranked Falcon« o f Wheeler on Friday and disposing o f Cascade Luc ks on Saturday Both games were played in lone The wins move the Cards league record to 11 0 and their season record b 16 I In a game that is sure b> rearrange the state rankings, the number three ranked C ardin als knocked o ff number-two Wheeler o f Fossil on Friday night A fired up Card squad look the court in front o f an en thusiastic home crow d to dispense with the highly touted Falcons, 61 40 The win guaranteed lone the number one spot from the Big Sky's Fastcrn D ivision at the district tour nament and makes them only the third g irls team to qualify for post season play It was also sweet revenge, to beat the team that was responsible for the only blemish on the Cards otherwise perfect season record. Unlike most o f the games lately, this one was close and hard fought, complete w ith plenty o f tense moments for the Cardinal coaches and fans lone took a 15-10 lead at the end o f the first quarter hut wat ched Wheeler tic the score at 15 car ly in the second quarter The Falcons look a one point lead several times before lone took the lead for good By halftime, the Cardinals led by 10 (Mints, 2X IX Fhe 1-ady Cards didn't relax in (he third quarter, stretching their lead to 34 IK before Wheeler managed to score After leading by as much as 16 points, they ended the quarter on top, 44 29 A frustrated Wheeler team started to unravel in the fourth quarter, (Hitting up long outside shots as the Cards continue to stretch their lead, ending with the final 21 point margin which was easily the Falcons worst loss o f the season Jo Cupps led a balanced Cardinal scoring attack with 15 points and sophomore Kart Morgan came o ff the bench to chip in 12 critical points The Cards out rebounded the Falcons 37-28 led hy Jo Cupps with nine Amy Wagenblast added eight and Mary Cupps grabbed seven I mda M orter and Amy Wagenblast each dished out four assists and Wagenblast got away with four steals to lead the Cardinals The l.ady Cards shot a hot 53 percent from the flc*»»r. making 26 4V, and 62 percent from the free throw line, X I 3 Wheeler was forced into low percentage shots and managed just 25 percent from the fltior 15 60 They fared better from the line go ing 10 16 for 63 percent Coach Dana Hetdeman was very pleased with this important win. mi portant not only for league standing but as a test for the l-ady Cards under pressure "W e need a couple games like this before d is tric t," he says, referring to the Cardinals easy ’ ■ \ r h r Is ’.- * . / ' . K . - ' . r . k *, -* r ■ ' F'*' • „ l . f r J - " r . . < t I I V ' p . / - i r* v "vi» f t ' WJr I < 1 I1 Ts . • » , * a winning ways o f late Heulcinan said the girls pul forlh an outstanding ef fori, despite several o f them playing while ill w ith the flu On Saturday. the Lady Cards han «illy defeated the Cascade Locks Pirates, 49-21. in a game notably lacking the enthusiasm and intcnsi ty o f the previous night Coach Hetdeman noted that the first quarter was a rough one for the emotionally drained girls and he noticed that even the crowd was more subdued After scoring only eight points in the first quarter to the Pirate's four, the Cardinals found some momcn turn and got their game going By halftime, they had stretched their lead to a 25-8 erasing any notion of a close game from the minds o f the Pirates Playing great defense the Cards shut down Pirate scoring ace. Angela Gross, holding her to just six points, well under her 20-plus point per game average In the second half, lone out scored Cascade l-ocks 14 6 in the third quarter and 10-7 in the fourth Hetdeman was able to substitute freely and rest his starters while the younger players finished the game Jo Cupps led all scorers w ith 13 followed by Kart Morgan with I I and Darcee Padhcrg w ith 10 Cascade Locks' tall girls under the basket helped the Pirates to a 24-23 rebounding advantage The leading lone rebiiundcr was Kart Morgan with seven followed hy Jo Cupps with six Nancy M orter and Jo Cupps handed out three steals apiece to pace the Cardinals lone had an o ff night shiioting, managing just 33 percent from the field They were deadly at the line, however shooting 71 percent, IO I4 Hcidemari vumin cd up the game as a good defensive effort but certainly not the offensive show o f the night before ITie girls missed a lot o f easy shots hut. he states, "w e probably can't sho*X 50 percent from the field forever " The Cardinals have managed a better than 50 percent average for the last six games He a lv i says that he got good s*>lid play both nights to have outstanding games The Lady Cards play (heir last home game next Friday against Helix and travel to D ufur on Satur day for their last regular season game Winter sports dessert set The Winter spirts dessert tor the Junior High hoys and girls w ill be held Thursday, February X, at 7 p m in the Junior High Gym A ll students that participated in boys ami girls basketball arc invited to attend along with their fnends and families Awards w ill be given out and dessert w ill be served immediately follow ing in the cafeteria This event is sponsored bs the Hcppner Parents Club v ' 'V L" ■ V / ' < \ ) ’ 3* . 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Mi»>kr> Fillies cut into the lead as they out 4 2 J 1«. N w i I : 4 \ I til r in n 1-2 scored the Tigers. 14 12. in the se I; J. ( urrin A M IN: HnmnAeid. (>reenup cond quarter but still trailed at ratal* 17 14-21 « halt time ManfWId i42> CrifTtn I 2-2 4: ( «Hiper I The Fillies tell further behind in : 4 4 Svttlcll 4 I 4 It, \V inhume II 1-3 23; I have/. Ifnkimih; lluriunell Totals 17 the third quarter as the I igers out N-13 42. scored them. |3 |2 Stanfield went into the fourth quarter with a 31 2l> (a r t s H askrthall 1 mj;ue SC*A4*1 lead Jennifer C urrin scored eight \Y i \N | tourth quarter points to lead the \S » situi Mt I *rn 10 • 15 1 come hack as the f illies outscorcd « i 10 A Depporr the I tgers 19 9, and got the victoiv StanfWId 6 4 10 A 5 4 N N Khm idc Jennifer C urrin led the f illies in «M o ( ihio D 4 A 7 « scoring with IS (Mints, while N ikki W MhliMiKii 4 A A 10 Hi is I mis added is KimSt.«>kcv had FI lot Kink 2 N : 14 1 iimfillii 0 10 3 13 He Creative - Huy Your Sweet heart a Personalized Gift! SWEATSHIRTsS I2 W T-SHIRTS I™ A 5*® CAPS :i™ Letters 2 0 c each Transfers 175 to U°° SATURDAY Pork Chops lone boys varsity loses two H H M ’N F K ' 7 Ol R MEM 7 143 V M MS <17 f t - ' J 11 F lk s 3 5 8 Mrrt Jim Davison (34) goes inside Wheeler defender for shot played much the same as the By A nne M orter The lone hoys varsity lost two panics at home last weekend. putting them into a tic for second with Helix in the Big Sky league's Hast D im sion The Cards dug themselves in to a hole they couldn't get out o f in the early going ot Noth games, leading to a loss to Wheeler and Cascade l-ocks hriday night, the Wheeler falcons of Fossil visited lone for the late game The Cards never recovered from an ice cold second quarter and ended up on the short end of the score. 54-65 7"he first quartet was close with the Cardinals going bucket tor bucket with the Falcons, ending with Wheeler up hy one. 14 13 In these cond quarter. Wheeler scored IX points to the Cards tour to gain a 32-17 halftime advantage The sc cond half saw* the Cardinals outscore the Falcons in both quarters. 15 13 in the third and 22-20 in the fourth, hut it wasn't enough to do away w ith their second quarter deficit M ike Garrett led all scorers with 28 points followed bs Jim Davison with thirteen Dan Reyes ol W heeler led the Falcons with 24 points, nine ot those points coming from the three point range lone's Gahe Gar eta hit two three pointers tor the Cards lone (Hit rebounded W heeler. 37-33, led by Garrett with lb and Davison with I I David Wagenblast dished out five assists and Garcia .sided tour Garrett led the- team with six steals and Garcia chipped in another five. A key statistic tor the Cardinals was their shooting, where they managed (list 30 percent from the floor, compared to W heeler's M percent Ihcy shot a more accurate 6.3 percent from the line compared to Wheeler's 53 percent Coach Del LaRue says that the Cards are playing decent basketball but, "w e are experiencing periods ot drought that are hurting us " In this game he noted that the Cardinals really had a good second hall but the cold second quarter did them in On Saturday night, lone hosted the Cascade lawks Pirates This game Wheeler game with the Cardinals run getting their shots to fall for the first halt A strong second halt put them back in the game and even into the lead in the fourth quarter before Cascade Locks prevailed. 45 43 Hie Cards struggled with their shotting in the first quarter going 3 17 from the floor and missing n u m shots from inside the key The quarter ended with the Pirates ahead, 13-7 The second quarter looked much the same as Cascade laicks pulled to a 22 13 halftime advantage A rejuvenated C ardinal squad returned in the third quarter to pull within four points at the end o f the quarter 23 2V Continuing with what may have been one- of their best halts of basketball this season, they erased the deficit to lead the game 4 ' 42 near the end o f the fourth quarter Cascade Locks nude a basket to put them up 44 43 lone had the ball hut turned it over and was forced to foul in an attempt to get it hack Die Pirates made one last tree throw for the final margin Jim Davison led the Cardinal scor ing w ith 14 points Dustin Curtis o f Cascade 1 o c k s was the game’ s high scorer with 2* lone out rebounded the Pirates, to 3.3. led by Mike Gar rett with 13 Garrett also led in assists with tour and Gahe Garcia led in steals with four lone shot |ust 26 percent trom the floor and 3V per cent from the line Cascade Locks didn't fare much better, shooting 37 percent from the floor and 44 per cent trom the line It was a tough game to lose for eoach I uRue and his players I aRuc said the boys played very strong in the second halt and handled the Pirate’ s press belter than they have handled a press so tar this season. 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