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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 30, 1991 - SEVEN
Mustangs hit century mark in
Cards have mixed results
Wahtonka blowout, 102-43
The Heppner Mustangs lit it up
Saturday night as the hapless
Wahtonka Eagles came to town and
the Mustangs scored a 102-43
victory.
The game was decided after the
first quarter as Heppner raced to a
23-8 lead.
The Eagles, from The Dalles,
trailed at the half, 49-22 and all the
Mustangs had already seen action.
The real drama unfolded in the
fourth quarter with all the Mustang
starters getting slivers on the bench.
It was 84-39 with 4:12 left in the
game and 100 points seemed
unlikely.
With 1:12 to go Jacob Maben hit
a rainbow for three to get the
Mustangs to 94. Rick Koffler hit a
trey the next time down the floor
from the same spot. Charlie Rathbun
scored with 12 seconds left to make
it 99-43. The Eagles rushed down
and gunned it up and missed. Kevin
Bond grabbed the rebound and
dribbled down the floor with the
clock running out. He launched a
22-foot scud as time expired. It rip
ped the net and the crowd went wild.
The players celebrated like they had
just won the state championship.
Ryan Currin had his best outing of
the season. He scored 15 points,
mostly on hard drives to the basket.
Rick Osmin topped Heppner with 20
points and senior Brandon Pedro had
19 points.
The win was the Mustangs sixth
in league against only one loss and
brought their season record to 12-3.
Heppner is alone in first place after
the weekend of action.
Heppner faces a critical weekend
as they challenge for the league
championship. Friday night they
host the Pilot Rock Rockets, the on
ly team to have beaten Heppner in
league play. On Saturday the
Mustangs travel to Umatilla for a
tough rematch with the Vikings.
Heppner
23 26 27 26 102
W ahtonka
8 14 13 8 43
Photo by Joyce Hughes
Charlie Rathbun plays tight defense on Wahtonka player. Kevin
Bond (44) looks on.
Cardinals upset Sherman
Heppner: Koffler 3 0-2 7; Currin 7 1-1
1 Sr Pettyjohn 2 1-2 5: Maben 2 1-2 6: Krein
2 2-4 6: Britt 1 3-4 5: Osmin 9 1-1 20; Pedro
7 4-6 19; Johnston 0 2-2 2; Rathbun 3 0-1
6; Devin 2 4; Bond 2 1-2 7. Totals 40 16-27
102
Wahtonka: Cisneros, Brittle 5 3-3 14;
Tobias I 2-4 4; Rensing 3 2-6 9; Sohler t-4
1; Morrell 1-2 1; Beardsley 3 1-2 7; Kent
2 0-2 4; Mathlson 1-2; Pinedo 1-2 1. Totals
15 11-25 43.
Team fouLs Heppner 21 Wahtonka 23.
Three-point goals Heppner: Koffler,
Maben, Osmin, Pedro, Bond 2. Wahtonka:
Brittle, Rensing.
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JV Fillies
down Condon
38-32
By Lisa Willman
On January 22 the JV Fillies
travelled to play Condon in a game
that was scheduled but no one seem
ed to know about, and came out on
top, 38-32.
The Fillies looked better defen
sively holding Condon to only five
points in the first quarter while they
scored 13. At halftime the Fillies led
by six points.
In the second half the Fillies
defense was still looking good and
offensively the Fillies were scoring
good except at the charity stripe.
The Fillies made only 31 percent at
the foul line, not as good as their
game against Helix. The Fillies still
managed to stay ahead all through
the game and win, 38-32.
Chrissy Schultz led the Fillies with
13 points and 13 rebounds. Sara
Greenup tossed in nine points, eight
rebounds and stole the ball eight
times.
had a good shooting game, as did
Deacon Heideman, who hit 50 per
cent of his shots from the floor. He
By Anne Morter
Photo by Wayne Hams
incy Morter (32) looks for room around Husky defender
man hit 16 of 39 for 41 percent.
By Anne Morter
On Saturday, January 26, the
Lady Cards shocked the Sherman
County Huskies when Nancy Morter
hit a three-pointer with two seconds
to go in the game to give lone the
win, 47-45. Morter’s shot, “ an
NBA three-pointer that hit nothing
but twine" caused the packed house
to go crazy, said coach Heideman.
It pulled the Lady Cards from a one-
point deficit into a two-point victory.
Nancy Morter led all scorers with
25 points. Kari Morgan, who saw
limited playing time because of
fouls, added eight and Janie cupps
had another eight. The Cards were
outrebounded by the tall Huskies.
24-35. Sherman boasts a front line
measuring 5’1 0 '\ 5 ’11" and 6'.
Nancy Morter had six boards and
Janie Cupps added five. Brandi Ball
and Morter each dished out two
assists and Morter grabbed five
steals to lead those categories. The
Lady Cards shot 32 percent from the
floor, making 17 of 53, while Sher
From the line, both teams hit 50 per
cent with lone shooting nine of 18
and the Huskies shooting 13 of 26.
“ Nancy had an excellent game.
She took charge and was all over the
court,” said coach Heideman. He
also noted that Janie Cupps did a fine
job filling in the gap when Kari
Morgan was forced to the bench with
foul trouble. He also mentioned that
Amy Pointer came off the bench in
the fourth quarter with a good effort
for the Cards.
“ It was a good w in,” said
Heideman. “ We played good
basketball and really executed well
in the first half which forced them
into a lot of mental mistakes,” he
added.
This weekend the girls have just
one game which will be against
Culver in Culver. According to
coach Heideman. they will use the
free Friday to heal up from all the
bumps and bruises they suffered in
this weekend’s matches.
The lone Cardinals finished last
week with mixed results, defeating
Arlington and Helix before falling to
the tough Sherman County Huskies
on Saturday. The Cards played the
Huskies close in their Saturday
match-up, but in the end, Sherman
held the upper hand. lone's record
now stands at 8-1 in league and 11-5
overall.
On Tuesday, January 22, the
Cards traveled to Arlington where
they easily dispatched the inex
perienced Honkers, 77-44. lone
jumped out to a 24-8 first quarter
lead and never looked back. The
game saw some strong performances
off the bench from Justin Miller,
who scored three three-pointers in
the fourth quarter, Aaron Heideman
with 15 rebounds. Mack Lovett with
14 rebounds and Brent Sheirbon with
10 points.
The game’s leading scorer was
Mike Garrett with 24 points. Gabe
Garcia chipped in 11. Garrett also
was the leading rebounder with 19
boards. The Cards held an incredi
ble 75-33 rebounding edge over the
Honkers. lone also had plenty of
assists with David Wagenblast
dishing out five, Gave Garcia adding
three and Jason Proudfoot and Brent
Sheirbon each adding two. David
Wagenblast had three steals and
Deacon Heideman had two blocked
shots to lead in those departments.
The Cards shot 38 percent from
the floor, making 30 of 78 while Arl
ington managed just 18 of 78 for 23
percent. From the free throw line,
lone was 12 of 25 for 48 percent and
Arlingtron hit two of 10 for 20
percent.
On Friday afternoon, January 25,
the Helix Grizzlies came to town,
and it looked like they were gunn
ing for an upset in the first half
before the Cards got the momentum
and went on to win, 81-64. The Car
dinals held a 34-29 advantage at half
time but came roaring out in the third
quarter to break the game open.
Gabe Garcia lit up the scoreboard
with three three-pointers in that
quarter.
Mike Garrett led all scorers with
25 points. Hot-shooting Gabe Gar
cia added 20 and Aaron Heideman
came off the bench to chip in 11. The
Cardinals held a 54-45 rebounding
edge with Garrett leading the way
with 20 and Ryan Halvorsen adding
10. Point guard David Wagenblast
chalked up 12 assists and Gabe Gar
cia added seven and each had two
steals to pace the Cards. lone shot
40 percent from the field, making 34
of 83 while Helix hit 23 of 84 for 28
percent. From the line, the Cards
were eight of 18 for 44 percent and
the Grizzlies were 15 of 20 for 75
percent.
Coach Del LaRue was happy with
the game. He noted that both times
they have played Helix, they have
played tough in the first half but the
Cards were able to break them in the
second. He said that Gabe Garcia
also commended Aaron Heideman
for providing a "good lift off the
bench" in that crucial third quarter.
Photo by Wayne Hams
Mike Garrett (44) grabs rebound over Huskies
lone player lays up shot against Grizzlies
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