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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 6, 1991 Mustangs disarm Rockets Shrove pancake supper set Feb. 12 All Saints church will hold its an nual Shrove Tuesday community pancake supper on Tues. Feb. 12 at the parish hall. Pancakes, ham, fruit and beverages will be served from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Fillies m ove into second place Church youth group hears presentation By Anne Morter Sister Catherine Hertel, religious education director for the Baker Diocese, gave a presentation titled “ Passionate St. Paul” Sunday, January 27, at St. William’s Catholic Church in lone. The program was for junior high and high school students from lone and Heppner. Participants acted out a play to il lustrate the life of Paul. They then divided into pairs and wrote homilies which they shared with the group. The program ended with participants sharing what they had learned and offering prayers. vJi. " in m i il 5 v a i n o n e y u u u i host the Mass Sunday, February 10, at St. Williams. Other youth group members are invited to attend. Also on February 10, the Catholic Youth Group will sponsor a presen tation by the Hermiston Crisis Pregnancy C enter. Debbie Machado, PCS director, will show slides and answer questions about the center’s origins and the services they now provide. All high school students are invited to attend. The program starts at 2 p.m. and will be held in the basement of St. William’s Church. Cards chalk up two m ore in win colum n Photo By Joyce Hughes Brandon Pedro (30) shoots jum per over Rocket defender The Heppner Mustangs turned Floor leader Bob Krein kept the back a tough challenge from the Pilot tempo to the Mustangs' liking, Rock Rockets Friday night in Hepp pushing the ball up the floor and ner and bested the Rockets, 79-69. either dishing out one of his seven The battle, for a piece of first assists or pulling up for short place in the Columbia Basin Con jumpers. Krein scored 16 points, in ference, pitted finesse against size cluding 7-9 from the field. and the Mustangs were ready for the Balanced scoring is rapidly getting test. The Mustangs started fast with to be a trademark of this Mustang a giant first quarter, outscoring Pilot team. All of the other starters scored Rock. 30-10. in double figures. Rick Osmin and The Rockets, the only team to Brandon Pedro each had 15 points have defeated Heppner in league and Pedro added nine rebounds. play this year, didn't throw in the Doug Devin had 10 points and nine towel. They came back with a 24-13 rebounds. second quarter to trail, 43-34, at The win put some distance bet halftime. ween Heppner and Pilot Rock. This The Rockets strategy was to pound was Pilot Rocks’ third loss against the ball inside to Rob Quaempts and five wins and brought Heppners’ Jereme Rasico. They finished with record to 7-1. 20 and 23 points respectively. They Heppner 30 13 20 16 79 just couldn’t make up that huge first Pilot Rock 10 24 19 16 69 quarter deficit. Heppner: koffler 1 2; Currtn 1 2; Petty john, Krein 7 2-4 16; Britt 6 5-6 19; Osmin The closest the Rockets got was 7 1-4 15; Pedro 6 3-6 15; Grabed, Rathbun. 65-61 midway through the fourth Devin 4 2-2 10; Bond. Totals 32 13-22 79. quarter. After that, the Mustangs Pilot Rock: Hemphill, Thacker 6 14; took over and finished fast, outscor Miller 2 5; Nelson, Rasico 11 1-1 23; ing Pilot Rock, 14-8, for the win. Krickson 2 6; Quaempts 9 2-8 20; Tresham 1-3 1. Totals 30 4-12 69. Jason Britt had one of his best Team fouls Heppner 17 Pilot Rock 19. games of the season, scoring 19 Three point goals Heppner-Britt 2. Pilot points on 6-11 from the field and 5-6 Rock-Thacker 2. Rasico. Erickson 2. from the line. County to get $5,000 Morrow County has been chosen to receive $5000 to supplement emergency food and shelter pro grams in the area. This selection was made by a committee chaired by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). A local board of county residents will meet to determine how these funds will be distributed among local service agencies that provide emergency food and shelter, said local board chairman Scott Bauska. In order for a service agency to qualify for these funds it must be non-profit, have an accounting system and annual audit, practice nondiscrim ination, and show capability to deliver emergency food and shelter. Qualifies organizations are urged to apply for funds at a meeting of the local board set for 1 p.m. Tuesday, February 12, at the courthouse an nex building in Irrigon. Further information may be ob tained by contacting local board chairman. Scott Bauska at 481-7047. SW EETH EA R T SIL V ER N ew Shipm ent!! X E arrings, Bracelets, Pins, Necklaces, lillEEN^X Bo,° Ties’ FEE» & S E E I^ k f f f ^ H IW A Y 207 B u c k l e s ^ ^ r H E P P N E R , OR Mike & Kay Proctor IJ AT)EHCAKKIAGE REPAIR ^NEW & REBUILT RAILS - RIMS - ROLLERS^ ^ MACHINE BUILD- UP „ _____ Of IDLERS & ROLLERS ^RERIM SPROCKETS > TITIM TT I T P DESIGN & BUILD O U R L 1 U I M I ^ - U r OWN CABS & PRESSURIZER UNITS ^TRACK PRESS TO TURN OR REPLACE PIN & BUSHINGS" 4 TIME FOR B&C REPAIRS. INC. 4 2 2 7418 I2 2 -7 4 M IONE, OREGON By Anne Morter The lone Cardinals continued with their winning ways, chalking up two more in the win column last weekend, defeating Echo on Friday and downing Culver on Saturday. Both games were played on the road. The Cards now boast a 9-2 league record, with their overall mark stan ding at 12-6. On Friday evening, a rejuvenated Echo team gave the unsuspecting Cardinals a run for their money before falling 71-77. The last place Cougars, with the help of a newly- added transfer student from Alaska, lit up the scoreboard in the second half as the Cards struggled to focus on the task at hand. Mike Garrett led all scorers with 22 points. Deacon Heideman added 13 and Justin Miller and Gabe Gar cia each had 11. Garrett also had a good night on the boards, pulling down 22 rebounds, 11 offensive and 11 defensive. Playing all over the court, Garrett also paced the Cards in steals with six. Point guard David Wagenblast handed out 11 assists with Ryan Halvorsen adding four and Gabe Garcia chipping in three. Deacon Heideman had four blocked shots for the Cardinals. lone shot 40 percent from the floor making 31 of 77. Echo shot a red-hot 47 percent from the floor, making 26 of 55 and from three-point land, they hit four of six for 67 percent. At the line, the Cards were 13 of 26 for 50 percent and the Cougars were 15 of 26 for 58 percent. According to coach Del LaRue, the Cardinals didn’t play well although Garrett had a good in dividual effort. “ We went through the motions,” he said. “ When you beat a team by 36 (in their last outing) it’s hard to get too excited,” he added. On Saturday, the Cardinals made the long trek to Culver and returned with a 66-49 victory. The game was close in the first half, when Mike Garrett and Ryan Halvorsen were forced to spend most of the second quarter on the bench because of foul trouble. But in the third quarter, Gabe Garcia scored 13 of his game high 19 points, banging in three three-point shots, to lead a Cardinal spurt that broke the game open. Besides Garcia’s 19 points, which included a total of four three- pointers, Mike Garrett had 14 points. Deacon Heideman had 12 and Ryan Halvorsen added 10. The Cards flexed their rebounding muscles, outrebounding the Bulldogs 62-29. Garrett led the attack with a season-high 25 boards. Halverson pulled down 11 and Heideman add ed 10. Heideman also blocked five shots in the game. David Wagenblast dished out 10 assists with Gabe Gar cia adding four and Ryan Halverson tallying three. Garcia also led in steals with five. The Cards had a fair shooting night, making close to 40 percent from the floor. Coach Del LaRue was happy with the win and commended Gabe Gar cia for a good effort, noting that he nailed several key three-point baskets and played well defensively. This weekend, the Cardinals face a critical game with Condon on Fri-; day and then travel to Cascade Locks ; on Saturday. The Cards must beat Condon to enter the district tourna ment as the first place team from their division. The Condon games will be played in lone starting at 3 p.m. with two JV contests. Mustangs take heart stopping win over Vikings The Heppner Mustangs ran their record in league play to 8-1 with a heartstopping 75-74 victory over the Umatilla Vikings Saturday night in Umatilla. The thrilling victory almost elud ed Heppner at end of the game. Doug Devin, who was 10-12 from the freethrow line for the evening, hit some big free throws to give Heppner a 73-72 lead inside one minute to play. Andy Beitel hit McClen Montez for the Vikings and Montez’ basket put Umatilla up 74-73 with 14 seconds left. The Mustangs brought the ball down the court and after four passes, Rick Osmin took a short baseline jumper. The ball rimmed out but he was fouled on the play. With six seconds left. Osmin calmly hit both freethrows. A last second shot by Rusty Green was long as time ran out and Hepp ner stayed alone in first place in league play. The first half was a draw as it end ed 41-40. Heppner was red hot from the field, canning 16-30 shots. They cooled off considerably, hitting on ly 9-31 in the second half. The 61 attempts was one of the season’s lowest against the taller Vikings. One big difference in the game was at the freethrow line. Heppner was 23-30 for 77 percent and Umatilla could only hit 10-22 for 45 percent. Heppner led 60-57 after three quarters and that set the stage for the exciting finish. Balanced socring for the Mustangs saw five players in dou ble figures. Osmin led Heppner with 17 points and Devin added 16 points. Bob Krein hit double figures for the second night in a row with 13 counters. Rick Koffler had 11 points on 5-7 shooting from the field and Jason Britt tallied 10 points Britt also led Heppner with eight rebounds. Green, a smooth 6 ’1” junior, led Umatilla with 23 points and Matt Iveson, a 6 ’3” senior added 20 points. Sean Sunday and McClen Montez had 12 and 10 points respectively. The win kept Heppner in first place in the CBC, one game ahead of the Wasco County Redsides. Heppner entertains the Weston- McEwen TigerScots Friday night and then travels to Stanfield to play the Tigers on Saturday. Heppner 19 22 19 15 75 Umatilla 18 22 17 17 74 Heppner; Currin 01-21; Pettyjohn 0 2-2 2; Krein 5 3-5 13; Britt 4 2-3 10; Osmin 6 4-4 17; Pedro 2 1-2 5; Devin 3 10-12 16; Bond. Koffler 5 11. Totals 25 23-30 75. Umatilla; Beitel, Sunday 6 0-2 12; Pur- sifull 1 1-2 3; Green 8 5-7 23; Iveson 9 2-6 20; Thomas, Montez 5 0-3 10; Nobels 2 2-2 6. Totals 31 10-22 74. Team fouls Heppner 16 Umatilla IS. Three point goais: Heppner-Osmin, Kof fler. Umatilla-Green 2. Photo by Lisa wiuman H eather Eckm an (32) has shot blocked by Pilot Rock By Lisa Willman and scoring another 16 to win. The Fillies started February off on Nikki Brisbois led her team with a winning note in back-to-back con 24 points while Holly Eckman ference games. Friday night they scored 10 and Amy Greenup added played Pilot Rock on the Fillies nine points. home court, in a fast paced game and This weekend the Fillies will play won 57-35. at home against Weston-McEwen on In the first half the Fillies took the Friday, Feb. 8. Game time will be lead from the start. With 3:44 left in approximately 7 p.m. On Saturday, the second quarter the score was Feb. 9 they travel to Stanfield. 19-8 in favor of the Fillies. By halftime the Fillies led the game Tandy 24-16. In the second half the Fillies’ 1000 R L bench came in and proceeded to help shut down Pilot Rock’s offense. C o m p u te r Meanwhile the Fillies continued to pass the ball around for openings to •80-86 processor score. •512 k RAM Seniors Amy Greenup and Nikki •3Vi" Drive Brisbois led scorers with 14 and 13 points respectively. Heather Eckman •Expandable pulled down six rebounds and Hol ly Eckman, Brisbois and Greenup each grabbed five. On Saturday, Feb. 2 the Fillies traveled to Umatilla and held their CM5 own the whole game winning 55-34. In the first half both teams were Color monitor evenly matched with the halftime score being tied at 22. 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