Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 19, 1990 - SEVEN
Annual almumni basketball tournament set to go
JV Fillies
slip by lone
By Lisa Willman
Carl Bauman, No. 22, David George, 40, and
Dave Anderson in a 1964 game
Anticipating those Christmas
blahs? Heppner is again hosting an
alumni basketball tournament to
relieve those between Christmas and
New Year’s doldrums.
Three Outstanding Heppner High
School alums are returning again this
year to pique your interest-Gene
Heliker, Carl Bauman and Jim
Doherty.
Gene Heliker, ‘66, the son of Bar
bara Cutsforth Gilbert, has return
ed each year from California to play
in his home town tournament. A San
Diego businessman, Heliker is still
active in sports, coaching a NCAA-
level team. In his senior year at
Heppner High School Heliker was
leading scorer with 339 points,
followed by Mac Hoskins with 283
and Jim Doherty with 235. In
strumental, along with Stuart Dick
and others, in getting the alumni
tournament started three years ago,
Heliker told Dick that it’s great to
have the opportunity to “ come back
and relive the excitement and inten
sity that it took to get to Coos Bay.
(In 1965 Heppner played Coos Bay
in an A A tournament.) This is a
chance to be a 17-year-old kid
again,” he said. He added that it was
a “ real incentive to stay in shape.”
Heliker and his wife, Luann, have
one child.
Carl Bauman, ‘65, also played in
Coos Bay in ‘65. He is now a lawyer
in Alaska, traveling extensively
representing a major oil industry.
Bauman is still active in sports, play
ing rugby, basketball and softball.
Bauman represented Heppner in the
days when Heppner was a Class AA
team, playing Madras and Burns,
now AAA teams, and Pilot Rock,
John Day and Wahtonka, still in
Heppner’s league. According to
Dick, also a ‘65 alum, the Class AA
ranking meant a lot of travel for the
players,
which
som etim es
necessitated overnight trips. “ The
crowd support was phenomenal,”
said Dick. “ It was an exciting brand
of basketball. Bauman and his wife,
Meg. have three sons, John, Matt
and Mark.
Jim Doherty, ‘67, earned a place
on the league’s first-team all-star
squad. In ‘67 the Mustangs ended a
“ virtual tie with Sherman for first
place in the Western Division of the
Greater Oregon League.” The
Mustangs lost to Vale in the finals
of the District 7 A-2 tournament at
LaGrande. Doherty, who also
played in the East-West Shrine game
his senior year, now lives in Wilson-
ville. He is still involved in sports,
playing golf and coaching his
daughters. “ He is still pretty com
petitive,” said Dick. “ It’s amazing
how fit some of the alums are.”
Doherty, who is employed in a gift
boxing businsess, is married to the
former Pam McCabe, daughter of
Ernie and Mary Jean McCabe. He
is a brother to Mike Doherty of
Heppner. He and his wife have two
daughters, Jennifer, 15 and Sarah,
11 .
The Morrow County Alumni
Tournament will get underway Fri
day, December 28 at 6 p.m. at the
HHS gym. The first game Friday
will be the classes of 1976-79 vs the
classes of ‘83-87. At 7:30 p.m. the
classes of ‘64-67 will play ‘68-‘71,
followed by ‘80-82 vs ‘88-90 at 9
p.m. On Saturday, Dec. 29, at 9:30
a.m. ‘72-‘75 will play non-lettering
alums. A team from Condon and
lone will play the losers of the Hepp-
lone Varsity falls to Spray Eagles
By Anne Mortor
The lone boys varsity lost in their
only game of the week, falling to the
Spray Eagles last Saturday in a game
played in Spray. The Cards couldn't
muster much intensity, and in the
words of their coach, played “ flat-
footed” in the 55-72 loss to Spray.
Their season record now moves to
3-2.
Ryan Halvorsen was high point
for the Cards with 16 points. Mike
Garrett added 13. High scorer for
the game was J.P. Green of Spray
with 25 points. The Cardinals held
a 41-27 rebounding edge over the
Eagles. Garrett led the way with 11,
followed by Halvorsen with 10 and
Deacon Heideman with nine. David
Wagenblast had seven assists and
two steals to lead lone in those
departments. The Cards shot 35 per
cent from the field, making 22 of 62.
Spray was deadly accurate, shooting
in the neighborhood of 50 percent
from the field. The Cards were
seven of 14 from the line and the
Eagles hit 18 of 24 free throws,
something that really hurt the Cards,
according to coach Del LaRue.
“ We didn’t play with much inten
sity,” said LaRue. He did say,
however, that Ryan Halvorsen
worked hard and had a really good
game.
The Cards have a rematch with
Spray this Friday, Dec. 21 in lone.
Game time is 3 p.m.
Cardinals down Sheridan, Mitchell
By Anne Morter
The lone Lady Cardinals got back
on the winning track, winning two
games over the weekend. On Friday
evening, they downed the visiting
Sheridan Spartans, a team coached
by former lone student, Michelle
LaRue, and on Saturday, they came
back from a half time deficit to han
dily defeat the Mitchell Lady
Loggers.
Sheridan, a 2A school from the
Willamette Valley, played even with
the Cards except for a lapse in the
second quarter which proved to be
the difference in the game. The
Cards turned a 12-9 first quarter lead
into a 27-12 halftime advantage.
They held onto that edge to win
48-31. lone, playing without point
guard Danielle Stefani who is out
with a knee injury, used a sticky
press in the second quarter to break
open the game.
Kari Morgan led all scorers with
19 points. Nancy Morter had nine
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and Brandi Ball added eight for the
Cardinals. The Lady Caerds flexed
their rebounding muscles, out-
rebounding the Spartans 37-25. Kari
Morgan pulled down nine boards
and Wendy Anderson added eight.
Nancy Morter had four assists and
seven steals to lead in those depart
ments. Janie Cupps had four block
ed shots. The Cards saw an improve
ment in their shooting percentages,
shooting 36.8 percent from the floor
21-57, and 50 percent from the line
4-8. Sheridan managed just 24.5 per
cent from the floor 12-49, and 44
percent from the line 7-16. In
dividually Kari Morgan shot 8-15
from the floor, Brandi Ball made
three of five and April Taylor was
three of six.
Coach Dana Heideman had plen
ty of good things to say about the
win. “ Kari and Wendy (Anderson)
did an excellent job rebounding.” he
said. He also said that Brandi Ball
had a good game playing the point
guard position, with eight points,
five rebounds, three assists and two
steals.
“ We had our inside and outside
game going, and when we do that,
we usually w in," added Heideman.
On Saturday, the Lady Cards
found themselves down at halftime
18-21 but came roaring back in the
second half to outscore Mitchell 29-9
and win the game 47-33. The Car
dinals struggled in the first half
against a scrappy Lady Logger squad
but came out in the second half play
ing more aggressively and with more
intensity.
Kari Morgan, shooting 12 of 16
from the floor, was the game’s high
scorer with 24 points. Nancy Morter
added 11. The Cardinals made
mincemeat of Mitchell on the
boards, coming up with a 48-19 re
bounding edge. “ Rebounding was
the difference in the game,” said
coach Dana Heideman. “ Mitchell
got very few second opportunities,”
he added. Kari Morgan led the Car
dinals rebounding attack with 11
boards. Wendy Anderson and Nan
cy Morter added eight each. Nany
Morter had four steals and she and
Morgan had two assists each to pace
the Cards. lone further improved
their shooting percentage, making 22
of 53 from the field for 41.5 percent
compared to Mitchell’s 12 of 51 for
24 percent.
The Lady Cards continued to strug
gle at the line, making just three of
10.
Coach Heideman said that Kari
Morgan had a good weekend of
basketball. “ Kari is starting to play
real well,” he said. He also com
mended Heidi Orem for her defen
sive efforts against one of Mitchell’s
big scorers.
The Lady Cardinals season record
now stands at 4-3. They play their
final game before Christmas on Fri
day against Helix. Game time is 6
p.m. in lone.
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Eddie, Bev. Doug, Christy & Shannon
ay Your Table
Be Blessed
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We join you in celebrating the birth
of our Savior, and thank you
for your loyal support.
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W R EC K E R S
JV Fillies open
league with win
By Lisa Willman
The Junior Varsity Fillies started
their league games Tuesday, Dec. 11
beating the Stanfield Tigers 35-32.
The first half was pretty one-sided
with the Tigers taking the lead from
the start. Heppner just couldn’t make
their shots sink and the first quarter
ended with Stanfield leading, 14-3.
The second quarter was still in favor
of Stanfield as they stole the ball and
ran the entire length of the court for
a layup. The Fillies tried to fight
back. One outstanding play was
when Toni Cutsforth dished the ball
through two Tiger defenders legs to
Donita Sharp who shot for a basket.
At halftime the Tigers were still
ahead 24-12.
Coming back from halftime things
looked a lot different. The Fillies
were fired up and played like an en
tirely different team. The Fillies
made two baskets right off, to pick
up the momentum and away they
went. The defense was tougher, not
allowing Stanfield to shoot, which
created several turnovers in favor of
the Fillies. At the end of the third
quarter the Fillies had almost caught
up, 24-28.
In the fourth quarter the Fillies
looked the same, still very much
fired up. With six minutes left, the
Fillies were behind by only two
points. Thirty seconds later they tied
up the game, 28-28. Their full court
press was working, causing the
Tigers to turn the ball over. Two
more times in the game Heppner tied
the score and finally pulled ahead
with 1:30 left and won by three
points, 35-32.
Toni Cutsforth lead the Fillies in
double figures with 10 points and
three assists. Jodi Johnston threw in
seven points, pulled down seven re
bounds and four steals. Jennie
Ashbeck tossed in six points.
Chief Rathbun’s
Tips
Don’t lose a friend to drugs. Has
a friend become moody, short
tempered and hostile? Does he seem
spaced out and always short of cash?
Is he suddenly failing courses and
running around with kids you don’t
trust? Stop and think about it. Your
friend may have a drug or alcohol
problem.
valued patrons.
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ner alumni semi finals. Defending
champion is the alumni team of the
classes of ‘80-82. Don Lott is
captain.
The women’s alumni basketball
tournament will begin Saturday Dec.
29 at 8 p.m.
The Heppner women’s alumni odd
vs. even game will be Sunday, Dec.
30 at 2:30 p.m. For more informa
tion contact Lana Orr.
The JV Fillies struggled in the first
quarter Monday night against lone,
but came out victorious 30-27. Go
ing in the second quarter the score
was Heppner four lone 11. The
Fillies then picked up the pace and
were able to sink a few much need
ed baskets. With 2:32 left in the half
the Fillies managed to tie the score
12-12. Two minutes later it was tied
up again 14-14 and in the last 12
seconds the Fillies pulled ahead by
two. An inbounds pass interference
play caused Heppner to receive a
technical foul and lone scored two
points to tie the game up at the half
16-16.
In the third quarter the Fillies
scored the first basket of the half to
get the game rolling. lone, however,
took off to score two baskets and
pulled ahead. With 2:20 on the clock
the score was tied at 20-20. With 50
seconds left lone shot and scored to
end the third quarter ahead by two
points. In the fourth quarter Hepp
ner took off on a fast break with Toni
Cutsforth handing the ball off to
Ruth Norton for two points. The
Fillies pulled ahead by one point
with the scoreboard reading 24-23.
lone tried to make a comeback, but
just couldn’t do it, losing to the
Fillies 30-27.
Toni Cutsforth was high scorer for
the JV Fillies with seven points. Jodi
Johnston and Jennie Ashbeck each
added six points. High scorer for
lone was April Taylor who tossed in
eight points. "W e had trouble play
ing in the first quarter but we played
well the last three. Our next game
won’t be until Jan. 5 and we have
played so many games back to back
we haven’t had a lot of time to prac
tice. Now we have time to practice
the things we need work on,” stated
coach Lana Orr.
HEPPNER BOWL
The family and friends of
BOB & LOR RENE MONTGOMERY
cordially invite their friends to an
OPEN HOUSE
to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1990
from 2-4 p.m. at the
Montgomery’s residence
285 Arcade St.
Lexington, Oregon
In lieu of gifts a money tree
W e Wish You A
M e r r y C I hr I stm a s
Hoping for you and yours a holiday that sings with Joy!
Thanks, fnends.
Morrow Co.
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