TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner. Oregon Wednesday. March 18, 1992
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winners announced
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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
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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
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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
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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
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ment. By the end of the tourna
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top it off, the Cardinal team set
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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.
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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. Ryan Halvorsen and
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