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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner. Oregon Wednesday. March 18, 1992 o ’ Ducky winners announced D t i m a m i n Sargent. W Hermiston, p rm icto n Benjamin was first place winner of the St. Pat’s O’Dueky Race, as his plastic duck, number 240, was the first to cross the Willow Creek finish line. Benjamin, the grandson of Dick and Lynnea Sargent. Heppner, won $100. Second place went to Aaron Harris, Heppner, who won $75 i : i a a _ r* __ and third went to Mary Benge, also of Heppner who won $50. The first 10 ducks to cross the line also earned T-shirts for the lucky number holders. Fourth through 10th place finishers w ere: David Sicilia, Carl Christman, Jim Williams, Creagh Williams, Kim Morris, Sandy Matthews and Jillian Smalley. Garcia, Garrett friends on and off the court ' Photo« by Wayne Hams dumps the ball to Garrett who has a clear shot at the basket. How did this unconventional move become a vital part of the Car dinal offense? Not without a lot of practice and just a few bungl ed passes. "The first five times he tried it, the ball hit me in the back of the head. I learned to never look at the basket until I saw the ball leave his hands,” said Mike. Both boys hope to continue playing basketball as they move on to college. If intercollegiate ball isn’t in the cards, they talk about intramurals or rat ball on the playground. ‘‘We’ll never quit,” says Garcia. Gabe has already been accepted at Eastern Oregon College in La Grande, the school that Mike also hopes to attend. The friends have talked about rooming together. Both are leaning towards the education field and an eventual career in teaching and coaching. Boat are consistent performers on the “ B” honor roll and with similar grade point averages, they talk about studying together at college and helping each other out, just like on the basketball court. For now, they will wind down from their exhausting but ex hilarating weekend in Baker Ci ty and prepare for all the springtime activities that go along with being a senior. Both hope for a return trip to the state track meet and of course, there’s the prom, banquet, graduation and a trip to Disneyland in the works. But who could blame them if they wanted to relive this season and their high school basketball careers for just a few more days before moving on. Paustians take first in Golf Cart contest Leslie and Janice Paustian took first place, out of eight, in the first O'Golfers Decorated golf cart challenge, from Willow Creek Country Club. Second place went to Frank and Neoma Bailey and third to Earl and Carol Norris. Others taking part in the fun were: Louis and Betty Carlson, Ray and Norma French, Howard and Helen Gilliam, Wayland and Pat Hyatt and Ray and Deena Reid. Gilliams' cart was driven and decorated by Luvilla Sonstegard, Kip Clark drove the Hyatt cart and Tom Sturgen assisted with the Reids’. Judges were Dorthy Wilson, Paul Heinrichs and O.L. Adams. Mike Garrett Gabe Garcia By Anne Morter They are as different as night and day but that doesn’t stop Mike Garrett and Gabe Garcia Reserve a new 1993 Polaris from being good friends and soul snowmobile with a $200 mates on the basketball court. At non-refundable deposit bv April 15. 1992. Polaris wiil the recent Class 1A State Tour guarantee availability of nament in Baker City, they took the model you choose. their basketball magic to new Take delivery by September 30. levels, rewriting the record 1992* and your Polaris dealer books, stumping opponents, and will give vou $500 in FREE Polaris clothing and accessories. 1993 Polaris Models dazzling the crowds. *lf Polaris advertises a factory In their opening game, Garrett Indy Classic sponsored deal better than $500 Indy StarLite in clothing and accessories by Indy StarLite GT Indy Classic scored a whopping 43 points, 12/31/92. Snow Check cus Touring breaking the old single game tomers will receive the difference Indy Lite in FREE clothing and accessories. Indy Lite Deluxe Indy 500 EFI Indy 500 EFI SKS scoring record. Not only that, but Indy Lite GT he shot 19 of 27 from the floor, Indy XLT Indy Sport Receive a FREE engraved name establishing new records for Indy XLT Special ate to attach to your new Indy Trail 93 Polaris snowmobile. number of field goals and for the Indy Trail Deluxe Indy XLT SKS Indy RXL Indy WideTrak highest individual shooting Indy RXL SKS Indy 440 percentage with 70 percent. (For Indy Storm Indy 440 SKS the record, Mike has had a higher Indv Storm SKS Indy XCR point total in a game, scoring 48 points in a game against Helix last year.) In that same game, Gabe came up with 13 assists and his first record of the state tourna Lexington, O re. 989-8586 ment. By the end of the tourna ment, Garrett had established •The Soow C heck program s oof available to principals or employees o» Poians Inousmes new three game scoring and re aumonzeo Poians distributors or authorized Poians dealerships Í 1992 Poians industries. I P A ^anace at participating dealers V o d where p ro ftfe ts d Dv law Manu»acTurer*s suggested retail pnces do not refte a freight, set-up or 'axes SrowmoPnes purchased under the snow Check bounding records and Garcia had program must be 'egistered n the custom er's nam e as shown on the Snow Check Maxim um of 3 Snow Checks per custom er Snow Check consum ers w.M n o t qualify for any other Poians set a three game assist mark. To programs .n effect at Tie time of delivery Offer expires Apnl 15^ 19G2 _Po*ans reserves the nght Believe It to change models and specifications at anyhm« without incurring obligations top it off, the Cardinal team set LEXINGTON LUMBER There’s no better service! This decal on our door proves that w e’ve passed the industry’s toughest test. The Case IH people came out to our place recently and checked out our Service Center. They really put us through the wringer! They checked out our tools, diagnostic equipment and other service facilities; they looked into the servicing abilities of our technicians and reviewed their records at factory- sponsored training sessions. In short, they checked us out on the hundreds of items on their list that they consider key. But as many of our satisfied customers could have predicted— we passed with flying colors and our Service Center earned the Case IH Certi-Plus rating . . that’s the industry’s highest standard. Come in . . . enjoy the most professional servicing organization in our area. Let us help to keep you farming profitably. THE NEW OWNERS OF INC Phone 989 8221 mm Deacon Heideman, and to the Cardinal bench. Affectionately known as "The Posse,” the Car dinal reserves often rode to the rescue and many times scored more points than the starters. One of Mike and Gabe’s all- star moves was what the East Oregonian called a "no-look pass.” Gabe calls it a “jump shot pass.” Whatever you call it, the maneuver worked like a charm, especially the unsuspecting state tourney teams. It works like this: Garcia drives the baseline, draw ing out Garrett’s defender. He goes up, seemingly to shoot a jump shot, but once airborne. Hooley party set for pageant cast Heppner Intergenerational Theatre will have a "hooley” cast party Sunday, March 29 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the St. Patricks Senior Center dining room for all those who worked on ‘‘Erin Came to County Morrow". All drinks will be provided. Guests are asked to bring snack foods and be prepared to do something for the show part of the hooley. For more information call 676-9435. IHS senior class plans car wash The senior class of lone High School will hold a car wash and bake sale on Saturday, March 21 between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the lone Key Lock Gas Station. Cost is $5 for the exterior and $7.50 for the interior and exterior. Pro ceeds will go towards the seniors trip to Disneyland in May. PLOYHAA INSURANCE Talk to us about your IRA, KEOGH, or SEP We handle and can discuss the advantages of an annuity. We also have all types o f Life Insurance. 127 N. M ain H eppner, Oregon Proud to serve the community that we grew up in! CLASS RINGS STARTING A T ___ $CQ95 C O N C R E T E & R O C K SALES Morrow County Grain 1 800452 7396 LEXINGTON. OREGON 97839 a new record for team assists in the Wallowa game as well as the three-game assist standard. The Cardinals, in their first state tournament appearance since 1981, didn’t make it home with any of the highly coveted trophies, but the fans can attest, they provided some of the best games in the tournament. The one-point loss to Butte Falls in the semi-finals, sending the loggers on to become the eventual state champions, was a hard loss to swallow for the Cards and their two starting seniors, Gabe and Mike. The game was neck and neck the whole way but Butte Falls in their third state appearance, just wanted it more, and had the ex perience to get the job done. The game came down to the last nine seconds, nine seconds that will play over and over in the minds of the Cardinals for weeks to come. “ I could tell you about everyone of those last nine seconds," says Gabe. ‘‘They seemed to take forever. We would do anything to have those last nine seconds over again” said Mike, "and keep having them over until we won,” added Gabe. The state tournament was the culmination of three years of basketball ups and downs for the duo. Gabe transferred to lone from Heppner at the start of his sophomore year. That was the year that he and Mike first established their on-court rapport and, with the help of three freshmen, established themselves as a fast-moving, run-and-gun type team. Advancing to district, they upset Culver in the opening round and then lost by seven to Sherman County, the eventual state runner-up. That perfor mance set high expectations for the next season, where the Cards took a 17-5 record into the district tourney. Much to their disap pointment. they lost both district games, even to Condon, whom they had defeated in all their previous games that season. But if nothing else, the experience provided motivation for this year where the Cardinals exited the district tournament as the cham pions after winning their first game. Both Garrett and Garcia were named to the All-Star team of each tournament the Cardinals played this year, including district and state. However, they are quick to spread the credit around, to fellow starters, David Wagenblast. 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