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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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news rep o rter-Jak e
McEUigott. Leader Nancy Miller
said that the rest of our meetings will
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