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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 5, 1990 - FIVE Cardinals take third in tournam ent Topic club learns about United Way are volunteers. Allocations go to groups such as the North M orrow County Homemakers for clothing for the needy, the Heppner Senior Center, EMT’s, Heppner Day Care Center, the Foster Grandparents program, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, the Christmas basket program, the Neighborhood Center, the Morrow County Disaster Relief fund for special needs and other special re quests as needed. The goal for 1991 is $18,000 and anyone who wishes to contribute may send money to United Way of Morrow County, PO Box 501, Boardman, OR 97818. "United Way of Morrow Coun ty” was the topic presented by Lisa Rietmann at the lone Topic Club on Wednesday Nov. 28 at the lone United Church social room. Hostesses for the day were Kerry Rietmann and Jeri McElligott. Lisa explained that Morrow County has its own chapter and therefore makes use of 100 percent of the pionies in the county. The group was organiz ed by employees of Portland General Electric in 1982 and recieves con tributions from employees of 17 companies in Morrow County. Ten board members throughout the coun ty are responsible for administration and allocating of funds. All members t _ Photo by Pam Minster Mike Garrett (45) snares a rebound. 15 is Eric Orem. coach Del LaRue. "It went just like By Anne Morter it is supposed to go.” He was also The lone Cardinals took third pleased with the play off of the place in the Morrow County Invita bench, commending Mack Lovett, tional Tournament held last weekend Eric Orem and Aaron Heideman for in Boardman. They lost their opener good performances in their varsity to Heppner but came back on Satur showing. day to easily dispatch the Joseph Next for the Cardinals will be the Eagles. Wheeler Falcons in the first round On Friday, the Heppner Mustangs o f the C ondon C hristm as jumped out to a quick 21-13 lead in Tournament. the first quarter but the Cards found their rhythm in the second quarter, outscoring them 24-15 to hold a one- point halftime advantage. Heppner returned after the half and turned up the pressure. The young Cardinals suffered through bouts of panic and the Mustangs reclaimed the lead. Heppner led 60-48 at the end of the third period but lone never gave up, pulling within three points with 1:50 to go. The Cards put up some three- point shots and were forced to foul By Anne Morter in an effort to tie the game, which The lone girls’ basketball team Heppner used to their favor, pulling kicked off their season with a third- out a 10 point victory, 75-65. place finish at the Morrow County Leading scorer for the Cardinals Invitational Tournament held last was Gabe Garcia with 21 points. weekend at Riverside High School. Mike Garrett added 16, Ryan They opened the tourney with a Halvorsen had 23 and David down-to-the-wire, double-overtime Wagenblast chipped in 11. High loss to Heppner and then wrapped up point scorer for the game was Rick third place with a come-from-behind Osmin with 24 points. Deacon win over the Joseph Eagles on Heideman had 12 rebounds and Gar Saturday. rett had nine, but the Cards were The Lady Cardinals took an early beaten badly on the boards by the lead over Heppner, leading 9A at the Mustangs. Garcia and Wagenblast end of the first quarter and 19-9 at each had six steals and Wagenblast the half. At one point in the second had five assists to pace the Cards. quarter, the Cards opened up a Shooting from the field, lone hit 22 14-point lead. In the second half, of 53 for 42 percent. From the line though, things started to change. they were 18 of 22 for 82 percent. Heppner outscored lone 25-15 and Ryan Halvorsen hit eight of his nine roared back to tie the game at the end attempts and David Wagenblast hit of regulation play. At the end of the six of seven. first overtime, the teams remained “ I thought we played real well,” deadlocked with 36 points each. said coach Del LaRue. “ We had a Finally in the second overtime, the few more turnovers than I like and Fillies wore the Cards down and we didn’t rebound as well as I would outscored them 4-1 to eek out the like but it was a pretty good first 37-40 win. game.” He said he was especially "W e ran out of gas,” said coach pleased with the Card’s free throw Dana H eidem an. ‘‘The girls shooting, calling it ‘outstanding for physically wore down in the fourth a first game.” quarter. We made key turnovers that On Saturday, the Cardinals hit the cost us the game.” court ready to play, scoring 30 Leading scorer for the Lady Car points in the first quarter and roll dinals was Nancy Morter with 19. ing on to an 80-52 victory over Kari Morgan added eight and Bran Joseph. di Ball had seven. Morgan had 11 re With the Cards holding a 30-14 bounds but the Cards were out- lead at the end of the first quarter, rebounded 35-42. A sticky full-court coach LaRue was able to spread press yielded 17 steals for lone with around the playing time, giving Nancy Morter leading the way with some of his players their first taste five. Danielle Stefani, Morter and of varsity experience. The Eagles Morgan had two assists each to lead pulled to within six points at halftime that department. but lone went on to outscore them The Cards managed just 20.5 per 42-20 in the second half. cent shooting from the field, mak Mike Garrett led all scorers with ing 12 of 58, and from the free throw 22 points. Also in double figures line they managed just 13 of 25 for were Gabe Garcia with 14. David 52 percent. Heppner was equally Wagenblast with 13 and Ryan cold from the field shooting 21.3 Halvorsen with 10. Coming off the percent 13 of 61 but they found their bench, Justin Miller scored nine points and Deacon Heideman added eight in the balanced scoring effort. The Cards out-rebounded the Eagles with Garrett grabbing 16 and Heideman nabbing 11. David Wagenblast dished out eight assists and Halvorsen had six steals to lead the Cardinals. lone shot 40 percent from the field, making 28 of 70 and 60 percent from the line for 21 of 35. “ We had a fine first quarter.” said Girls take third at Morrow Tourney Fill Your \ Christmas List ) HERE ? m /á i O N A PA Nylint Photo by Pam Minster Nancy Morter goes up for shot mark better at the line hitting 11 of 14 for 79 percent. The loss snapped an 18-game win ning streak for lone, dating back to the fifth game of last season. On Saturday the Lady Cards wat ched the Joseph Eagles take a 21-9 lead at halftime before rallying back to a 37-32 victory. The teams were tied at the end of the first quarter, 6-6, but as Joseph scored 15 points in the second quarter, the Cards managed just three points as tur novers and mistakes plagued them. In the third quarter, the Cardinals hit their stride, outscoring the Eagles, 18-4. Nancy Morter hit two three- point shots in that quarter and Amy Pointer and April Taylor came off the bench to play well. The Cards lengthened their lead in the fourth quarter, outscoring Joseph 10-7 for the final five-point margin. Nancy Morter led the scoring at tack with 12 points. Kari Morgan had nine and freshman April Taylor chipped in six. The Cards held a 40-35 rebounding edge with Kari Morgan grabbing 12. Morgan also accounted for nine of the Cardinals 19 steals. April Taylor had two assists to lead that effort. It was another cold shooting night for lone. They shot 13 of 67 for 19 percent from the field and 9-18 for 50 percent from the line. Fortunate ly, Joseph was having much the same trouble making just nine of 42 for 21.4 percent from the field and 14-32 for 44 percent from the line. Coach Dana Heideman was en couraged by the win. He commend ed Kari Morgan for a good game, saying that ‘she was everywhere,” racking up steals, rebounds and for cing turnovers. He said he was also pleased with the girls coming off the bench. "It was nice to come back for the win so the girls know they can do it,” said Heideman. This weekend, the Cardinals play at the Condon Christmas Tourna ment. Friday, they face rival Wheeler, the team currently ranked number-one in the state. Chief Rathbun’s _ , lip s How to report suspicious ac tivities: Be prepared. Keep the number of the police by your telephone. Remain calm. Avoid tak ing any risks. Keep away from the crim e scene. Remain on the telephone. ‘ - ^ P ' loor Fillies off to slow start Mats ’ U Scm covers UDash Mats OTooJ Sets O D n W n g U ghts By Lisa Willman The Varsity Fillies basketball team got off to a slow start, winning one out of three games this past week. On Nov. 27 they played Mac-Hi, losing by nine points, 32-41. The first half was close with neither team able to penetrate and make very many points. At half-time the score was Mac-Hi. 20, Heppner 13. 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