T W O - Heppner Gazette- Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 16, 1991
lone Cardinals move into first in
Big Sky League East division
By Anne Morter
The lone Cardinals added to their
winning streak and strolled into first
place in the East Division of the Big
Sky League, defeating Condon on
Saturday and downing Arlington on
Monday. The Cards league record
now stands at 4-0 and their season
mark moves to 7-4.
On Saturday, Jan. 12 the Cards
traveled to Condon for the second
time this season, downing them
80-52. Condon, playing without the
services of high-scoring Ryan
Johnson who sprained an ankle the
night before, was no match for the
high-flying Cards. lone dominated
almost every aspect of the game, in
cluding shooting a sizzling 47 per
cent from the field.
Mike Garrett led all scorers with
24 points. Gabe Garcia tacked on
another 22 and David Wagenblast
added II. Garcia, Wagenblast and
Brent Sheirbon each hit a three-
pointer in the game. The Cards
outrebounded the Blue Devils,
35-26, led by Mike Garrett with 13
and Deacon Heideman with nine.
Heideman also had four blocked
shots, giving him a total of 10 in the
last two games. “ Deacon is getting
his timing down and that is really
helping us,” commented coach Del
LaRue. David Wagenblast dished
out seven assists while Gabe Garcia
nabbed five steals and Ryan
Halvorsen added four to lead the
Cardinal attack.
The Cards finally got their shots
to fall, hitting 32 of 68 from the field
for a fine 47 percent. At the free
throw line, they were 13 of 21 for
Photo by Pam Minster
62 percent. Condon was 19 of 59
from the floor for 32 percent and R yan H a lvo rsen goes up for shot ag a in s t C o n d o n
9-20 for 45 percent from the free
The Heppner Mustangs traveled to
badly and that hurt us.”
throw line.
Pilot Rock to face a Rocket team
So did cold shooting. The
“ Our intensity was excellent. The with one of the worst pre-season
Mustangs were 17-76 from the field,
kids focused on the task at hand and win-loss marks in the league. On
22 percent. They are averaging 36
got the job done,” said coach paper it looked like an easy win for
percent for the year.
LaRue. He noted that Deacon the Mustangs. The Rockets turned
Doug Devin led Heppner with 19
Heideman had an impressive perfor the tables on the over confident and
points and nine rebounds. Brandon
stone cold Mustangs and won the
mance on the boards and on defense.
Pedro had 10 points, 10 rebounds
“ This was by far Deacon’s best game 66-47.
and seven steals.
The first two quarters ended in a
game,” he said. He also commend
Jereme Rasico, a transfer student,
ed David Wagenblast and Gabe Gar dead heat with a 26-26 tie. Doug
had 26 points to top the Rockets.
Devin kept the Mustangs in the game
cia for a good effort, saying that they
Rob Quaempts added 13 points.
with 13 of his team high 19 points
were instrumental in holding the tur
They, along with Tyler Tresham and
before halftime.
novers to an almost unbelievable 11.
Bill Murphy, controlled the boards
The third quarter proved to be the
“ They all played real well,” said a
for Pilot Rock.
pleased LaRue.
turning point of the game. Tile
The loss brought Heppners’
Rockets outscored Heppner 11-1 in
The JV team avenged an earlier
record to 2-1 in league and ties them
the first 4:30 of the quarter to take
eight-point loss to Condon, squeak
with the Rockets for second place.
a 37-27 lead that they never
ing by them 52-51.
Heppner
13 13 10 11 47
relinquished.
Pilot Rock
15 11 17 23 66
The Mustangs were able to get
Heppner: Pettyjohn 1 3, Krein I 0-4 2,
Britt 1 2, Osmin 2 4, Pedro 3 4-7 10,
within five points at 41-35 but Pilot
Grabeel 1 2, Rathbun 0-2 0, Devin 6 “M l
Rock pulled away in the last quarter
19, Bond, Currin 2 t-2 5, Koffler 0-1 0,
for the win.
Totals 17 12-27 47
Coach Padberg said he, “ thought
Pilot Rock: Hemphill 1 2, Thacker 1 2,
the kids played hard. I can’t fault
Miller 1 2-2 4, Rasico 10 5-8 26, Murphy
2 5-6 8, Erickson 2 2-2 6, Quaempts 6 1-3
their desire. We got outrebounded
Heppner JVs
beat Pilot
Rock
13, Tresham 1 2-5, Totals 24 17-26 66
By Pete Pearson
The Heppner JV boys beat Pilot
Rock’s JV boys 68-61 Friday night
to improve their record to 7-2.
Shane Munkers again led the
Mustangs in scoring this time with
18 points. Scott Coe added 12.
Travis Driskel led Pilot Rock with
16.
The Mustangs led 41-22 at
halftime but the Rockets fought their
way back into the game in the second
half, shooting 13 of 16 from the free
throw line, and outscoring Heppner.
22-12, in the fourth quarter.
Heppner’s next games are Jan. 25
in Athena against Weston-McEwen
at 4:30 p.m. and at home against
Wahtonka, Jan. 26 at 2:30 p.m.
Heppner JV boys win tw o,
record now 6-1
By Pete Pearson
The Heppner JV boys won two
games last weekend against
Wahtonka’s and Umatilla’s JV boys
team s. The M ustangs routed
Wahtonka, 60-38, and held off a
Umatilla rally to win, 45-40.
In the Wahtonka game Heppner
started off slow. But in the second
half the Mustangs started rolling and
cruised to an easy victory over the
Eagles. Kevin Payne made three
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Against Umatilla. Scott Coe got
the Mustangs off and running with
two 3-pointers to start the game.
Heppner jumped out to an early lead,
and led 25-10 at halftime.
In the second half Umatilla came
roaring back with a full court press
and got some quick points. But the
young Mustangs held off the rally to
win. Scott Coe led Heppner with 15
points.
The JV boys next game is Friday,
Jan. 11 in Pilot Rock at 4:30 p.m.
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Lady Cards upended in
back see-saw battle, 37-41
JV Fillies lose
two back to
By Lisa Witlman
The JV Fillies started the new year
off on the wrong foot, losing two
games back to back.
On January 4 they traveled to The
Dalles to Play Wahtonka losing
19-35. It was an off day for Hepp
ner as they had trouble making their
shots count and were unable to ever
get ahead.
On Jan. 5 the Fillies played at
home against Umatilla in a much
better played game, however they
still lost 36 to 41.
The first quarter went by with
neither team able to score many
points. Heppner got into foul trou
ble with 33 seconds left but manag
ed to lag by only one point at the end
of the quarter.
In the second quarter defense got
really tough on both teams. There
were quite a few steals and turnovers
before Umatilla started to sink their
shots. At halftime the scoreboard
read Fillies, 13, Umatilla, 19.
In the third quarter both teams
played man to man but Umatilla got
open for shots to outscore the Fillies
once again. With two minute.« left.
Heppner was in foul trouble and
Umatilla was ahead by 11 points.
Heppner started to make a com
eback in the fourth quarter. They
picked up the tempo to run some fast
breaks and forced Umatilla to turn
over the ball
,ci«ti times. With
four minutes left, two of Heppner’s
players had fouled out and several
others had four fouls each. The
Fillies continued to battle back, on
ly to lose by five points with an en
ding score of Heppner, 36, Umatilla,
41.
Jenni Ashbeck led the Fillies with
14 points and eight rebounds.
Chrissy Schultz tossed in eight points
and pulled down six rebounds. Lon
Adams was high scorer for Umatilla
with 16 points.
Heppner coach Lana Orr was
pleased with her girls. “ This was the
best defensive game we have played
all year. Getting into foul trouble did
hurt us, but overall the v iole team
pulled together to play very well ”
Cards down
Dufur 6-47
By Anne Morter
On Saturday, January 5, the Cards
took an early 14-3 lead and never let
Dufur get much closer, going on to
win 66-47. Both teams had trouble
hitting the basket, both shooting in
the neighborhood of 30 percent but
the Card’s fast-paced game eventual
ly was the undoing of the Rangers.
High scorer for the Cardinals was
Ryan Halvorsen with 19 points.
Mike Garrett added 18 and Deacon
Heideman had 13. The rebounds
were plentiful for both teams with
the Cards holding a 51-47 edge. Gar
rett and Halvorsen each had 15 and
Heideman added 10. In the assist
department, David Wagenblast had
eight and Gabe Garcia added seven
while Ryan Halvorsen had five steals
to pace the Cardinals.
lone was 23 of 74 from the floor
for 31 percent and managed just 18
of 42 free throw attempts for 43 per
cent. Dufur was 19 of 64 from the
field for 30 percent and eight of 17
from the line for 47 percent.
“ Neither one of us shot very
well,” said coach LaRue, especial
ly noting the sub-par performance
from the free throw line. He was
pleased with other aspects of the
game, namely that everyone played
and almost everyone made it into the
scoring column.
This weekend, the Cards face Arl
ington at home on Friday and travel
to Condon on Saturday.
The boys’ JV team won two
games last week also, defeating
Helix, 67-42, and slipping by Dufur,
53-48. Justin Miller hit three three-
point shots against Helix and led the
scoring with 22 points. Jake Deputy
added 10. Miller shared scoring
honors with Aaron Heideman
against Dufur with each scoring 18
points, the JV team now boasts a 3-1
season record.
Photo by Pam Minster
N a n c y M o rter plays tight d e fen s e ag ain st C o n d o n
By Anne Morter
ding attack with seven boards and
The Condon girls squelched the
idea of an lone sweep, upending the
Lady Cardinals, 37-41, in a game
played in Condon last Saturday. As
most lone-Condon games are, it was
an emotional and sometimes con
troversial, touch-and-go battle until
the end. The Lady Cards’ league
mark now stands at 2-1 and their
season record moved to 8-4.
Condon prevailed early in the
game, leading until the third quarter.
At the end of the third period, the
Cards held a 30-29 lead. From there,
the game see-sawed back and forth.
With a minute to go, the score was
tied. Condon then scored and lone
was unable to capitalize on any scor
ing opportunities. Condon ended up
getting the ball back and the Lady
Cards were forced to foul, giving the
Blue Devils the final four-point
margin.
Nancy Morter was the Cardinal's
high scorer with nine points. Kari
Morgan and Danielle Stefani each
added eight. Tana Shannon of Con
don was the high scorer for the game
with 14 points. Condon’s tall
backcourt, led by 6 ’ Mardie Durfie
and 5’ 11“ Shanna Wilkins, controll
ed the boards, coming up with a lop
sided 42-24 rebounding edge. Nan
cy Morter led the Cardinal reboun
Janie Cupps grabbed five. Brandi
Ball had two assists and Janie Cupps
had three steals to pace the
Cardinals.
The Lady Cards had a cold
shooting night, hitting just 16 of 61
from the floor for 26 percent. The
story was worse from the free throw
line where they hit just 25 percent
of their shots, making just three of
12. Condon hit 14 of 47 from the
field for 30 percent and 13 of 22
from the free throw line for 59
percent.
Despite the poor performance at
the free throw line, coach Dana
Heideman was happy with the Lady
C ards’ perform ance. “ It was
anybody’s game until the last 15
seconds,” commented Heideman.
“ The team played very aggressive
ball-they played their hearts out,”
he added.
Next up for the lone team is a
tough game with Wheeler in Fossil.
Wheeler started the season ranked
number-one in the class 1A coaches’
poll but has dropped to number two
in the latest release of that poll. In
any event, the Lady Cards expect a
tough match from the perennial
powerhouse Falcons, especially
when the game is on their home
court. Game time is 6 p.m.
Mustangs run past
Columbia Burbank 88-73
The Heppner Mustangs ran past
the visiting Columbia-Burbank
Coyotes 88-73 in a non league
basketball contest Tuesday, January
8. The game was a makeup from the
Christmas Tournament game at
Mac-Hi that was cancelled in
December.
Heppner exploded for 28 points in
the second quarter with Bob Krein
and Doug Devin each getting eight
in the quarter. The Mustangs led
44-33 at the half in a pressing, tur
nover filled half.
The lead shrank to as little as four
points in the third quarter but the
Mustangs’ relentless pressure wore
down the visitors from Washington.
Heppner scored 27 points in the last
quarter to win
All five of the Mustang starters
scored in double figures. Bob Krein
scored a season high 16 points along
with five assists while Jason Britt
also had 16 counters. Doug Devin,
12, and Brandon Pedro had 12 points
and a season high 12 rebounds. Rick
Osmin tallied 10 points.
Andony Amorebieta scored a
game high 19 points for the Coyotes,
a 3A team in Washington hoops.
Aaron Rowe had 18 and Benji
Debord had 14.
Heppner
16 28 17 27 88
Columbia-Burbank
12 21 24 16 73
Heppner: Koffler 2-2 2, Currin 1-2 1,
Pettyjohn 2 1-2 6. Maben, Krein 7 2-5 16,
Britt 4 6-6 16. Osmin 5 0-1 10. Pedro 6 12,
Johnston 0-2 0, Graybeel 1 2, Rathbun 3
2-2 8, Devin 6 0-112, Bond 1 1-3 3. Totals
34 15-26 88.
Columbia-Burbank: Debord 6 2-2 14,
\v e 1 3. Knsunsa 1 2-2 5, Wirtzberger 1
1-3 3, Rowe 9 0-2 18, Amorebieta 7 5-7 19,
Hoogendorn 3 3-4 9, Asher 1 0-1 2 Totals
23 13-21 73
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