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Lady Cards chalk up victorious weekend
By Anne Morter
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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
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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
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Fillies beat Tigers
By Scott Johnston
IU points and dished out lout assists
for the Fillies
Heppner. now V | in CBC play,
w ill face the CBC leading Weston
SKI wen I igct S^ots who are 10-0
m league games Heppncr's only
loss m t B< play was a hcartbreaker
to the I tger S m >I s earlier in the
season The game Friday in Athena
w ill start at 6 p m On Saturday the
Fillies w ill host the W asco Co Red
sides The game w ill start at 4 p m
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I he Heppner Fillies beat die
visiting Stanfield 1 igers 4X 42 S.itur
day, Feb 3 D k - Fillies found
themselves trailing throughout the
first three quarters, but ra llu ti in the
tourth to capture the victory
Lhc Fillies got oft to a verv slow
start in the first quarter as they
managed only three points, but still
found themselves trailing by only
three [Hunts as Stanfield couldn't get
its offense on track cither The
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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.
I heir shooting did them in As
laiRuc says."we had our oppor
(unities but just blew it "
Fhe Cards lace two games critical
to their district tournament chances
this weekend Friday they host Helix
in what could he a "m ust w in " game
for them and Saturday they travel to
Du fur
Brent Sheirbon drives against Cascade Locks
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