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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 12, 1990 - FIVE Cardinals take first place at Condon tournament Wheeler in the first round and upen ding the host school in the champion ship game. In addition to the cham pionship trophy, the Cards had two players, Mike Garrett and Ryan Halvorsen, named to the All-Star team. The Cardinals now boast a 3-1 season record. On Friday,the Cards downed Wheel er 72-65 but not without putting the fans on the edge of their seats first. lone came out gunning in the first quarter, leading 27-11 at the end of the period. In the second quarter, Wheeler started to fight back and the Cards couldn’t get their shots to fall. Despite this lapse in momentum, lone took a 40-33 lead to the locker room at halftime. After the half, point guard David Wagenblast was 4-H News Crazy Cookers forced to sit out due to foul trouble and the Cardinal offense sputtered, fhey held a slim one point margin entering the final period and in that quarter, Wheeler took its first lead of the game 59-57. After a few lead changes, the Cards turned up the defensive pressure and pulled away for the victory. Mike Garrett was high scorer for the Cardinals with 28 points. Gabe G arcia added 16 and Ryan Halvorsen had 14. Eric Todd of Wheeler was the game’s high scorer with 29 points. The Cardinals held a 39-32 re bounding edge over the Falcons with Mike Garrett leading the attack with 15. Garcia had five steals and eight assists to pace the Cards. In the assist department, he was aided by Ryan Halvorsen with five and David Wagenblast with four. The Cardinals shot a hot 48 per cent from the floor, making 29 of 60. From the free throw line, they only managed 12 of 23 for 52 percent. “ We played pretty well,” said coach Del LaRue, although the lapse in the second and third quarter did concern him. “ We got the shots that we wanted but they just didn’t fall.” LaRue commended Mike Garrett and Gabe Garcia for their good per formances. Garrett led in scoring and rebounding while Garcia led in assists and steals, and shot 54 per cent from the field. Defensively he said that Ryan Halvorsen did a great Lady Cards take win over Helix, lose Condon tournament By Anne Morter * • Photo by Pam Minster lone player grabs rebound in Condon Tourney By Anne Morter The lone Cardinals sewed up first place in the Condon Christmas Tour nament last weekend, defeating job defending Wheeler’s Chris Craig, holding him to just 11 points. LaRue also said that Eric Orem came off the bench with a good defensive effort. “ The subs are do ing a heck of a job for us,” he added. On Saturday evening the Cardinals put away the defending state cham pion, Condon Blue Devils, 72-60, to win the championship. The first quarter was played almost even, ending with a score of 18-16. In the second quarter, Con don cranked out 22 points to the Cards’ 13 to take the lead 38-31 at the half. After halftime, the Car dinals picked up their rebounding and turned up the defensive pressure to get back in the game. At the end of the third period, the Cards held a 49-46 advantage and went on to outscore the Blue Devils 23-14 in the fourth quarter for the final margin. Mike Garrett led all scorers with 25 points. Gabe Garcia added 17 and David Wagenblast chipped in with 14 points. Garrett pulled down 21 re bounds and Deacon Heideman add ed 11 but the Cards were out re bounded by Condon, 45-52. Garcia and Wagenblast each had four assists and Garcia nabbed four steals followed by Deacon Heideman with three. The Cards kept their turnovers low in the game, turning the ball over only 17 times, a number that coach LaRue calls “ tremendous. I could settle for 17 turnovers a game,” said LaRue. From the field, the Cardinals shot a respectable 39 percent making 28 of 72. From the line they hit 11 of 18 for 61 percent. “ I was happy with the win,” said LaRue, calling it a good team effort. On defense, he commended Ryan Halvorsen for holding Condon’s Brian Johnson to 21 points. “ He did a heck of a jo b ,” commented LaRue. He also noted that Eric Orem played some strong defense backing up Halvorsen. “ I was pleased with all of our kids,” LaRue said. “ If I was pick ing the All-Star team, all five of our players would have been on it,” he added. JV Fillies make comeback but still lose by one 41-42 By Lisa Willman On December 7 , the JV Fillies played the Union Bobcats, losing 41 -42 after making a great comeback in the last couple minutes of the game. Heppner started out in the first quarter a little shaky but led the scor ing 8-6. In the second quarter Union started pressuring the Fillies and the game became very fast-paced. With 5:17 left in the quarter both teams were in a one-on-one at the line. The Fillies, however, just couldn’t make their foul shots count when it was needed. Union got hot, scoring several baskets to lead at halftime. 21- 14. Coming back from halftime Hepp ner slowed the ball down but was still having problems sinking any baskets. Near the end of the third quarter Heppner was behind by nine points and in foul trouble. Sara Greenup fouled out after scoring a total of six points and at the end of the third quarter was still behind 22- 31. In the fourth quarter, the game got good. Forty seconds into the quarter Toni Cutsforth made a layup on a fast break and then fouled out two minutes later. Two minutes after that Heppner pulled within three points by playing better defense and mov ing the ball around to score. With 4:28 left in the game Heppner tied the score at 35. Two minutes left in the game and the score was tied again, 37-37. Jodi Johnston shot a foul shot and the Fillies moved ahead by one point. Union came back, made a layup and got fouled. They scored on the foul shot and led, 40-38. Tension mounted as it came down to the final 24 seconds. The Fillies were behind 38-42 but stuck together to finally pull within one point as the buzzer ended the game. High scorer for the Fillies was Jodi Johnston with 10 points, eight steals, and four offensive rebounds. Teammate Jennie Ashbeck threw in nine points and made four offensive rebounds. “ In the first half we just didn't play well and Union’s full court press and man-to-man defense made us very uncomfortable,” stated coach Lana Orr. “ We just couldn’t handle the ball. However, in the se cond half the girls started playing as a team We made a great come back effort. With a minute left we had several chances to score but the ball just wouldn’t fall.” with Wendy Anderson grabbing 11 and Kari Morgan and Nancy Morter pulling down nine each. Morter dished out three assists and nabbed four steals to lead both those categories. The Lady Cards managed just 25 percent shooting from the floor, making 16 of 64. At the line, where they only had six chances, they made just two for 33 percent. Wheeler shot 30 percent from the field, making 16 of 53 and 45 percent from the free throw line, making nine of 20. The free throws made the difference in the game according to Coach Heideman. ” We played a pretty good game,” said Heideman, noting that his guards kept the Falcons from shooting three pointers and held Stacie Geer to just five points. ’’The game was really even most of the way,” said Heideman. ” We didn’t shoot very well but that’s been the story all year,” he added. He com mended Wendy Anderson for a good game, saying she was tough on the rebounds. On Saturday, the Lady Cards fell to a tall Goldendale JV squad 37-44. Again the Lady Cardinals got close in the fourth quarter but failed to capture the lead. The score was tied at the end of the first quarter, 8-8. By halftime, Goldendale held a five-point advan tage, 19-14. The Cards were within three points at the end of the third quarter and again with three minutes to go in the game, but Goldendale stubbornly refused to give up the lead. Kari Morgan led the Cardinals with 10 points. Brandi Ball added eight. Morgan also led in rebounds, pulling down eight. Nancy Morter had two assists and Crystal Minster had five steals to pace lone. The Lady Cards shot 16 of 66 for 24.4 percent from the floor and just four of 14 from the free throw line for 28.5 percent. Goldendale hit 17 of 49 from the floor for 34.7 percent and 10 of 25 from the line for 40 percent. “ The intensity wasn’t there after playing W heeler,” said coach Heideman. He noted that Brandi Ball had a good game, shooting four of six from the field and grabbing five rebounds and also that Kari Morgan did a good job on the inside. The Lady Cardinals next outing will be against Mitchell in Spray Saturday, Dec. 15 at 4 followed by a game in Heppner on Monday, Dec. 17. The lone Lady Cardinals finish ed a busy week of basketball with a non-conference win over Helix Dec. 4 and two losses at the Condon Christmas Tournament Dec. 7 and 8. Their season record stands at 2-3. On Tuesday, the Cards dispatch ed Helix, 41-25, in a game where eight Cardinals scored and playing time was spread equally. 1 he Lady Cards led 8-4 at the end of the first quarter and lengthened that lead to 17-8 at the half. In the third quarter lone outscored Helix 13-4 to put the game out of reach, and cruised to the win. Kari Morgan was the leading scorer for the Lady Cards with 10. Wendy Anderson, Brandi Ball and Danielle Stefani added six points each. Morgan had eight rebounds and Anderson had seven but the Car dinals were beaten badly on the boards by Helix and their 6 ’0 ” center. Kari Morgan grabbed seven of the Cardinals’ 17 steals and two Cards, Brandi Ball and Crystal Minster, had two assists each to pace lone. The Cardinals shot 32.7 percent from the floor making 18 of 55 and a paltry 28.6 from the free throw line, making just four of 14. Helix shot 10 of 46 for 21.7 percent from the floor and 29.4 percent (five of 17) from the line. ” We played pretty well,” said coach Dana Heideman. ’’Eight peo ple scored and everyone con tributed.” He was also happy with the Cardinal’s press and that they had cut down on turnovers. The wins were harder to find at the Condon Christmas Tournament where the Lady Cards lost to Wheeler on Friday evening and then to the Goldendale JV team on Saturday. On Friday, the Cardinals played the Wheeler Falcons tough before finally falling, 35-42. Wheeler, cur rently the number one ranked team in the state Class 1 A, couldn’t shake the pesky Cardinals until the final minutes of the fourth quarter when the Cardinals were forced to foul. Wheeler held a 14-7 edge at the end o f the first quarter but their lead was cut to 19-15 at the half. In the third quarter, Wheeler started to get away, holding a 35-26 lead at the end of the period. In the fourth quarter, lone scrapped back to within two points with two minutes to go, but their shots wouldn’t fall when they really needed them. The Falcons pulled away for the final seven point margin. Nancy Morter and Kari Morgan each scored nine points while Janie Cupps and Danielle Stefani added seven points each. Tracie Geer of Wheeler was high point for the game with 19 points. Geer, her sister, Stacie Geer, and her teammate, Robyn Meisner, accounted for 40 of the Falcon's 42 points. Rebounding was almost even for the two teams ; ■.- « * *. • 1 'vv."Vf •*« By Becky Wagenblast, reporter On December 4, the Crazy Cookers older members met at the lone high school home-ec room. There were nine members present. They made clam chowder, home made crackers and fruit salad. They all tasted good. Leaders Nancy Miller and Maryan McEUigott, showed the group how to make pie crusts. The members made them and some baked their crusts. The next meeting will be held Jan. 8. -' .-Ai V ■ * .• . - • d - •i , I* • 1 .* -*w A ■ ’< . »;* .- X •> ,r- r Photo Lady Card looks for shot against Goldendale i i . -* i I j-: by Pam Minster SUPERIOR The Nation’s Oldest & Largest Video Auction Co. NEXT Satellite Livestock Auction Saturday, Dec. 15,1990 Preview starts 7 A .M .; Sale 8 A.M . Turn your satellite to Westar 5, Channel 2 .:y V ★ ★ ★ ★ Featuring from this area ★ ★ ★ ★ • 150 head-4 to 8 year old cows, approx. 80% black and black white face, balance mixed colored. Bangs vacc., bred to Angus, Gelbvieh cross, and Hereford bulls. Solid mouth, preg. checked, legible tattoo. Chief Rathbun’s Tips______ Oregon New Safety Belt law: The new law is in effect. Everyone in the vehicle both front seat and back seat must buckle up if belts are available. The penalties for not buckling up fine can be up to $50. -• . I .. .• •. .1 ,•* • . • .J * . *• V*. - j •*' ■ • 4 : * 43 head-2 to 6 year old fall pairs, mixed colored, bangs vacc., legible tattoo. Black bulls back with cows approx. 3 wks. Calves 3 wks. to 80 days old. micr ' «D r . V'l "S* « *, ■ « \ ■ For more information or how to buy from this sale, ★ ★ ★ CALL TODAY!!! * * * HEPPNER BRANCH Wishes you a Happy Holiday Season. Please join us for our Annual Monte Bruck Ontario, Ore. (503)889-3624 Jim Davis Ontario, Ore. (503)889-8073 O PEN H O USE u rjo ™ V January 12, 1991 - Catalog deadline Santa will be present for free snapshots 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Harley , Chuck, Darlene, ^ Sharon, Andrea, HEPPNER, OR. D ec. 28, 1990 This sale will be held along with the Denver Stock Show, “ STOCK SHOW SPECIAL” % V>°°v V*v l t c s GltEEN FEED & SEED 070-0422 UPCOMING SALES 10 a .m .- 4 p .m . JWIRSMITHS Ftonne, Jackie X 2’ 1991 ~ ^ I V \W deadllne Jan- 22~1991 Ü V , • „.'j • * Vw. ■ . . • - • • • >.■*! . Thursday. December 20 - J ■•• •• ' V W * >- j WB j 1st Interstate Bank S w eetheart S ilver HIWAY 207 Crazy Cookers • /.* ; * - , r : - - c : ^ • : . . V »; j K- The Staff of CHRISTMAS By Jake McEUigott, Reporter The first and second year members of the Crazy Cookers met Monday, December 3. Members cooked clam chowder, fruit salad and home made crackers. After eating officers were elected. They are: co-presidents Kara Miller and Nathan Rietmann, secretary-Jamie Perez, news rep o rter-Jak e McEUigott. Leader Nancy Miller said that the rest of our meetings will probably be at 5:45. : • * . • % • ■......... 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