Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Monday, Detern be r 31, 1991 - THREE
Cardinals win championship trophy, beat Mustangs, Blue Devils
Photos by Wayne Hams
By Anne Morter
The Ione Cardinals won the
championship trophy at the Con
don Christmas Tournament held
December 20 and 21. Ione first
defeated Heppner in the opening
round and then downed their
hosts, Condon, in the final. Un
til Saturday, Condon sported a
perfect record and had been rank
ed number-one in the coach’s
poll.
In two previous attempts, the
Ione boys team couldn’t keep the
pace with the Heppner Mustangs.
But in opening round play of the
Condon Christmas Tournament,
they finally pulled off a victory
to advance to the championship
game Saturday against Condon.
The Cardinals downed the
Mustangs by a final score of
68-59.
The first quarter didn’t look
good for the Cardinals, when the
Mustangs jumped out to a 10-0
lead. According to head coach,
Del LaRue, Ione spent most of
the first quarter fighting their way
back into the game. By halftime,
the tide had turned in the Car
dinals favor, with Ione leading,
31-26. Mike Garrett sparked a
19-point third quarter effort with
15 points of his own and the
Cards coasted home for the win.
Garrett was the game’s high
scorer with 33 points. He also
pulled down 20 rebounds, had
five assists and three steals for an
all-around good game. Gabe Gar
cia and Deacon Heideman were
the other Cards in double figures
with 10 points each. Stressing re
bounds in practice for the last
week and a half paid off as the
Cards
outrebounded
the
Mustangs for the first time this
season, 49-25. Aaron Heideman
added 10 boards to Garrett’s 20.
Gabe Garcia paced Ione with nine
assists, followed by David
Wagenblast with seven.
On Saturday, the Cards pounc
ed on Condon early and never
trailed in the game. They led
17-10 at the end of the first
quarter and 36-24 at the half. The
Blue Devils were never able to
quite catch the Cardinals as Ione
won 63-52.
Garrett again led all scorers
with 20 points followed by Gar
cia with 18. Deacon Heideman
pulled down nine rebounds to
lead the Cardinals to a 37-36 re
bounding advantage.
Coach Del LaRue was pleased
with the weekend’s games noting
that he saw improvement in many
aspects of the Cardinals game. He
especially liked the fact that they
only committed 10 turnovers in
the Condon game, a key factor in
the win.
lone’s Mike Garrett (44) guards Condon player
Condon hands Lady Cards’ first loss
in the words of coach Dana
Heideman, they “just couldn’t
break over the hump." Condon
ended up winning the game
53-43.
Kari Morgan scored 17 points
in the game to lead the Carindals.
Janie Cupps added eight. Morgan
had 16 rebounds and Cupps, 12
but Ione was outrebounded by
Condon, 55-41. The most telling
statistic was the lady Cards’
shooting percentage. Of the 81
Ryan Currin, 25, fights lone Cardinal for the rebound. No. 32
is Ryan Halvorsen.
Drug, alcohol free dance for
teens, New Year’s Eve
The senior class parents will
hold a drug and alcohol free
dance with a disc jockey on New
Years Eve, December 31, from
9 p.m. to 1 a.m. The cost will be
$3 single, $5 couple. Everyone in
seventh grade and up is invited to
attend.
They will also have a can and
bottle drive January 4, beginning
at 11 a.m. “Please save your bot-
tles and cans and support the
senior class,” said a spokesper
son.
The Christmas tree pick-up
held by the seniors will be
January 2 and 4. Call Becky
676-9968 or Jim 676-5223 to
have your tree picked up.
All proceeds go towards the
drug and alcohol free graduation
night with a trip to Disneyland.
shots they put up from the field,
only 16 found the bucket for a
meager 19 percent. Morter and
Morgan both fouled out of the
game, leaving the team without
two starters.
“We played hard but couldn’t
get the ball in the basket," said
Heideman, summing up the
game.
Kari Morgan and Janie Cupps
were named to the all-star team.
Court seeks pennant bearers
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The Morrow County Fair &
Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo court is
seeking pennant bearers for the
1992 season. Preference will be
given for riders between the ages
of 10 and 15. Pennant bearers
will be required to attend at least
two parades prior to the Morrow
County Fair and Oregon Trail
Pro Rodeo in August and all ac-
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tivities associated with the court
during fair week, including
parade, grand entry and
luncheon.
Anyone interested should write
a letter stating your desire to
serve as a pennant bearer to Julie
Ashbeck, Court Chaperone and
mail it to: HC70 Box 411, Echo,
OR 97826 by January 15, 1992.
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tones’ Nancy Morter (32) shoots through Heppners’ Jodi
Johnston (25) and Becky Norton
By Anne Morter
The Condon girls put the first
blemish on the Ione Lady Car
dinals’ season record in the cham
pionship game of the Condon
Christmas Tournament held this
past weekend. The Lady Cards
defeated Heppner on Friday to
advance to the finals but ran into
shooting and foul trouble against
the towering Lady Blue Devils.
The Ione Lady Cardinals
defeated the Heppner Fillies for
the second time this season in
opening round play of the Con
don Christmas Tournament. The
game wasn’t as close as the 49-41
final score indicated thanks to a
couple three-pointers and free
throws by Heppner in the late
going.
Ione jumped out to a 10-0 lead
before Heppner started a rally to
close the gap. The Lady Cards
led by 10 at halftime, 28-18.
Ione applied some full court
pressure in the third quarter,
creating turnovers under their
own baskets and setting up some
easy scores.
Kari Morgan led all scorers
with 16 points followed by Janie
Cupps with 12. Morgan also pac
ed the rebounding effort with 16
boards. Brandi Ball added nine as
the Lady Cards outboarded the
Fillies 48-32. Ione racked up 17
assists and 20 steals with Nancy
Morter leading the way in both
categories, with four and five
respectively. The Cardinals shot
22 of 61 for 36 percent from the
floor and a paltry five for 15 from
the line for 30 percent. Heppner
shot 16 of 54 for 30 percent from
the floor and seven of 13 for 54
percent from the line.
Icy cold shooting from the field
and two starters fouling out cost
the Lady Cards a chance at the
championship against Condon.
The Blue Devils overpowered
Ione in the first quarter, where
they led, 13-4. Ione started to pull
back into the game but still trail
ed 26-18 at halftime. The Lady
Cards managed to pull even with
Condon in the third quarter, but
Condon Blue Devil tries to get through the Lady Cards