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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 8, 1992
Cards win Helix Tip Off Tournament
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By Anne Morter
The bench provided the spark
for the lone Cardinal machine as
the Cards won the Helix Tip-Off
Tournament last weekend. The
reserves scored 33 of the lone’s
82 points on Friday against Arl
ington and followed that up on
Saturday by scoring 41 out of the
team’s 86 points against Helix.
In opening round play, Arl
ington hung with the Cardinals
for the first quarter, where they
trailed just 15-16. But by
halftime, lone had put the game
out of reach by picking up the
defensive intensity, and in the
words of coach Del LaRue, “ get
ting right with the program. ’’ The
Cards outscored the Honkers,
26-7, in the second period to lead
42-22. The second half was much
the same story as the Cardinals
rolled on to an 82-48 win.
Mike Garrett led all scorers
with 20 points. Deacon
Heideman with 13 and Gabe Gar
cia with 12 also hit double
figures. The Cards hit the boards
hard, outrebounding Arlington
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56-29, led by Garrett with 15 and
Aaron Heideman with 10. David
Wagenblast had seven assists and
reserve, Justin Miller added six
to pace the team. The Cardinals
had a decent shooting night mak
ing 46 percent from the floor,
33-72, and 71 percent from the
line 12-17.
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Saturday the Cards met their
hosts. Helix in the final round.
Helix took advantage of lone’s
cold shooting to stay in the game
the first half. With foul trouble
and injuries sending several
starters to the bench, it was once
again the reserves to the rescue
in the second half. The Cards
cranked up the defensive pressure
and regained some momentum in
the second half to win the game,
86-45.
Reserves Justin Miller with 12
points and Tony Bjerke with 11
paced the Cardinal scoring attack.
David Wagenblast had 11 and
Gabe Garcia and Mike Garrett
had 10 points each as five Cards
were in double figures. Again the
Cards nailed their opponent on
the boards by a margin of 68-32.
Garrett led with 17 followed by
Ryan Halvorsen with 16 and
Bjerke
with
11.
David
Wagenblast had six assists and
three steals to lead those
categories. Deacon Heideman
had two blocked shots.
The Cards stayed hot at the free
throw line shooting 17 of 24 for
71 percent. From the field they
hit 33 of 85 for 38 percent.
“ The kids off the bench played
really well,’’ commented coach
LaRue. “ That will really help us
down the line.”
The Cards now take their 5-2
preseason record into conference
play, which starts this Friday,
Jan. 10 at Helix.
Photo by Wayne Hams
lone’s Gabe Garcia (10) plays defense against Grizzlies.
Lady Cards roll to victory in Helix
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‘‘I was pleased with our
shooting,” said coach Heideman,
especially noting an improvement
in the team's outside shooting.
The lady Cardinals now exit
the preseason with an 8-1 mark
and averaging 51 points per game
to their opponents 35.5.
Heideman also noted that the
team has averaged 35 percent
shooting from the floor this year,
a 10 percent improvement from
last year at this time.
“ All in all, I was very happy
with the p reseason,” said
Heideman. "W e had some easy
games but we also had some real
tough ones,” he noted.
The lone Lady Cardinals easi
ly rolled to the championship of
last weekend’s Helix Tip-Off
Tournament, defeating the Grant
Union JV team on Friday, Jan.
3 and downing Helix on Satur
day, Jan. 4.
The starters saw only 10
minutes of action in the 51-35 win
over Grant Union. The lady
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steals to pace the team.
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for 43 percent. At the line, they
hit six of 17 for 35 percent.
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a scrappy Helix team, and while
Helix didn’t get many points on
the board in the 26-50 loss, they
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in their shooting pleased coach
Dana Heideman. The Cards shot
20 of 44 from the field for 45 per
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two more by Kristine Bedortha.
From the line, they made five of
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