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SIX- Heppner Gazette-Time«, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday January 15, 1W2 PMH Auxiliary to hold raffle Mustangs open league play with wins By Jeremy Maddern The Pioneer M emorial Hospital Auxiliary recently reorganized after many years, is raffling a handmade wooden rocking horse as a fundraiser. The horse, made and donated by Lowell Jones, is on display at Gardner’s Men’s Wear. Tickets will be available at Gardner’s or by contacting Tonya Jones or Delia Robinson. Tickets are $1 each or six for $5. The group plans several other fund raisers including an Amish quilt raffle, and will meet every month to organize activities at the nursing home and fund raising events. “ Although the Jan. 9 meeting was well attended, more members are very welcome and needed. This is promising to be a fun and busy group,” said a club spokesperson. The next meeting is scheduled for Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. upstairs at Kate’s Pizza. The Mustangs opened up league play last Friday, Jan. 10 at home with a 60-21 victory against the Wahtonka Eagles. The Mustangs had no problem with the Eagles, jumping out to a big lead after the first quarter. With a swarming press and an offen sive onslaught the Mustangs cruised to a 45-9 halftime lead. The Mustangs were in complete control and slowed the pace down with their halfcourt offense in the second half. The Mustangs emp tied their bench in the fourth quarter and posted a 60-21 victory. Rick Koffler and Ryan Currin led the Mustangs with 10 points each. Saturday the Mustangs con tinued their defense of the league championship by beating last year’s league runner-up Umatilla, 90-57. The first half saw a very physical close game. The Mustangs saw only a three-point lead at halftime but began to pull away in the second half. The Mustangs defense held the Vikings to only four points in the third quarter and put on an offnesive show to put away the Vikings. However, the Mustangs couldn’t control senior guard Rusty Green who led all scorers with 28 points. C harlie Rathbun led the Mustangs with 19 and Tony Burt came off the bench to provide another big game with 17 points. Rick Koffler and Jason Britt each had 11 and Ryan Currin had 10. Theater group to meet Jan. 18 Photo by Joyce Hughes Ryan Currin (24) tries a hook shot against Wahtonka Photo by Joyce Hughes Rick Koffler (35) has shot blocked. No. 31 is Scott Coe Lady Cardinals start league play with two wins By Anne Morter The lone Lady Cardinals started their league season with two wins this past weekend, in cluding an important victory over Sherman County. Both games were played on the road. The Lady Cards now boast a season record of 10-1 and a league mark of 2-0. On Friday, Jan. 10, the Cards used their tough defense to stymie Helix in the early going, holding them to just five points in the first half. The Grizzlies, who put up a much better fight in their last outing against lone, couldn’t muster a challenge this time as the Cards rolled to a 44-21 win. Kari Morgan led all scorers with 12 points. Jannie Cupps and Danielle Stefani helped out with eight points each. Morgan’s nine boards led the Lady Cards to a 30-25 rebounding edge. Cupps nabbed four steals and Stefani had two assists to pace the team. The Lady Cardinals shot 18 out of 40 from the floor for 45 per cent and six of 11 from the free throw line for 54 percent. On Saturday, the Lady Cards scored the first two baskets against powerful Sherman Coun ty and kept that lead for the en tire game, ending with a nine point victory. 43-34. Sherman, ranked third in the latest Class 1A coaches’ poll, had trouble with the Cards sticky full-court press, while the Cards struggled with bad passes and turnovers. At the end of the first quarter, lone held a slim 12-10 lead. By halftime, they had stretched it out to a 25-18 margin. The Huskies edged closer in the final quarter until Kari Morgan fired off nine of her 21 points (and nine of the team’s 11 points for the quarter) to preserve the win. Sherman's 5’10 and 5'11 re bounding duo led them to a slight edge, 23-21. Kari Morgan led the Cards with 13 boards. She also had six steals, while Nancy Morter and Crystal Minster each had two assists. lone shot 18 of 49 from the floor for 35 percent and six of 11 from the line for 55 percent. Sherman made 13 of 42 for 31 percent from the field and eight of 14 for 57 percent from the line. Coach Dana Heideman said the team was a little apprehensive about taking on the Huskies since they had beat them at district last year and had been highly ranked Photo by Wayne Hams Jannie Cupps finds the loose ball in the polls. “ I told them if they were that scared, maybe we should just forfeit. That seemed to fire them up." he said. Heideman credited the defense with an outstanding game, noting that they had held a good team to just 34 points. "It was a big win for us," said Heideman. By Becky Wagenblast The lone Middle School lady Cardinals traveled to Echo and trounced the Echo Cougars on January 9. The teams had met earlier with lone winning a close game by five points, so the Cards were looking for another tough game. lone came out fired up and won this game too, 39-20. The score at the end of the first quarter was 9-3 lone’s favor. In the second quarter lone us ed their press for an advantage in the game. Suzy Heideman. Lynde Minster and Dawn Boor did a good job on defense mak ing key steals. Melissa McElligott led the scorers in the first half with 10 points, most off the fast break. The Cardinals led 20-13 going into the half. lone played excellent team work in the third quarter and easi ly broke Echo’s press. In the fourth quarter the Cards kept up the fast break and scored 11 points Becky Wagenblast had the only three-pointer of the game The final score was lone 39, Echo The Lady Cards nave just one game on their weekend agenda, at home against Echo on Friday. Originally, they were scheduled to play Arlington on Saturday but Arlington is not fielding a girls’ team this year. The game to watch this weekend will be Sher man at Condon on Saturday. Currin wins at Yakima rodeo Less than a month after the conclusion of the National Finals Rodeo, that championship feeling is still in the air with three of the 12 Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association regional circuits con ducting finals rodeos over the weekend of Jan. 3-5. Ron Currin, a local steer wrestler downed three steers in 14.6 seconds to win $1,736 at the Columbia River Circuit Finals Rodeo in Yakima, WA. In the Pacific Northwest, John Turney o f Spokane, Wash., recovered from a third-place finish in the first round of bareback riding to top the second and third rounds and the average for a total payoff of $2,222. That put him ahead of newly crowned world champion Clint Corey of Kennewick, WA.. who finished second at the Columbia River Circuit Finals with $1,045. Another comeback was staged by saddle bronc rider Shawn Henry of Cayuse, who, after fail ing to place in the first round, moved up to second spot in the second round and won the third to top the average and pocket, $1,805. In bull riding Scott Raley of Vancouver, WA., scored 257 points on three rides to win the event and $1,763. Calf roping winner was Dave Lexington Grange has Christmas party By Delpha Jones Lexington Grange met for their Christmas meeting with a potluck dinner. Santa and goodies, on Dec. 16. The meeting was called to 20 . Melissa McElligott led all order by the master Joe Yocom. scorers with 14 points. Suzy Officers’ reports and applications Heideman pulled down seven re for four members and one bounds helping the Cardinals to transfer were read. a total of 30 boards and had seven A lovely program by the Sun steals. Lynde Minster led lone in day School classes of the Hepp assist dishing out four of the 10. ner First Christian Church was The Cards had a total of 18 steals greatly enjoyed under the direc and shot 35 percent from the tion of Rosalee Scharon. Music was provided by Betty Mar- field. Coach Steve Schaber com quardt. Following the program mented. "The girls are coming Santa appeared, giving bags of together as a complete team play goodies. The next meeting will be Jan. ing team ball." lone plays in Heppner at 10 20 and will be men's night, with a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18. pancakes cooked by the men. Kenneth Smouse, legislation chairm an, will bring the program. Market Report Compliments of the M orrow County Qram Growers Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1W2 Soft White Jan. Feb March April New Crop *4.58 »4 64/*4 67 *4 68 *4.66/*4 58 *4 05 Barley Jan. *108/*109 A Heppner Intergeneration Theater meeting has been set for Saturday, Jan. 18 at II a.m. at Kate’s Pizza. The theater group is planning a St. Patrick’s Day pageant “ Erin Came to County M orrow.” The pageant will feature skits, music and dances. Anyone interested in perform ing or working on the pageant is invited to attend. Health Care council to meet The Morrow County Health Care Council will meet in Lex ington on January 16. at the Mor row County School District Of fice at 7 p.m. The public is welcome to attend. Cannon of Hermiston, who had a combined time of 27.7 seconds on three head and collected, $2,222. David Inman of Colfax, W A ., and Tim F uller of Lewiston, ID. won the team rop ing with a three-steer time of 23.3 seconds worth $641 each. The biggest check of the weekend in Yakima went to bar rel racer Wynette Dale, whose combined time of 40.88 seconds on three rounds earned her $2,361. Kelsey Felton of Lewiston, Idaho, won the rodeo’s all-around cowboy title with $1,293 in calf and team roping. At the Mountain States Circuit Finals in Cheyenne, the big win ner was Ricky Lauridsen of Erie, Colo., who was named the top all-around cowboy thanks to a combined payoff of $2,015 in calf roping and team roping. Lauridsen paired with Wade Masters of Durango, Colo., to win the team roping event and $1,016. He placed third in calf roping, good for $999. K.C. Jones of Pueblo, Colo., won calf roping and $1,374. R.C. Patterson of Kim, Colo., finished fourth in the first round of bareback riding but bounced back to win the next two rounds and the average to bring his total payoff to $1,936. Another Kim, Colo., cowboy. Bliss Mayhan, won the bull riding and collected $1,624. Two-time NFR qualifier Craig Latham of Kaycee, Wyo., won the saddle bronc riding event and $1,437. Steer wrestler Ray Dorenkamp of Lamar, Colo., pinned three steers in 15.8 seconds for the $1,187 bulldog- ging victory. World team roping champion Bob Harris of Gillette, Wyo., won the most money in the cir cuit finals steer roping competi tion with $1,240, but first-place honors went to another perennial NFR qualifier, J.D. Yates of Pueblo, Colo., who landed $1,127. The barrel racing winner was Kristie Peterson of Elbert, Colo., with a three-round time of 53.79 seconds worth $1,874. After blazing to six first-place finishes at the NFR and coming within bumping distance of eight time world champion Charmayne Rodman, barrel racer Twila Haller of Phoenix, Ariz., con tinued her impressive showing at the Turquiose Circuit Finals, winning all three rounds and the average for a reward of $2,727, the biggest check of the rodeo. Also fresh from the NFR was PRCA Rookie of the Year Brent Lewis ofPinon, N.M ., who top ped calf roping for $2,045, and Martin Lucero of Villa Nueva, N.M., who paired with Steve Purcella of Roswell, N.M. to win the team roping competition and $1,441 each. Other Turquiose Circuit Finals winners included Jeff Cordova of Peoria, Ariz., bareback riding ($1,916); Steve Dollarhide of Wikieup, Ariz., saddle bronc riding ($2,197); Brent Althoff of Oracle, Ariz., bull riding ($1,515); and Bob Ryan of Chandler, Ariz., steer wrestling ($1,969). Circuit finals winners, as well as circuit champions, qualify for March 18-21 Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo in Pocatello, Idaho. Valentine’s Day is February 14th. This Valentine’s Day, remember your friends and loved ones with the cards which do it best. Our Hallmark cards will help you express in words what you feel in your heart. Come shop our Valentine’s Day display to find the cards and gifts that will be remembered.
