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EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 16, 1992 Lady Cards take first in tournament lone takes Christmas tournament By Anne Morter The lone Lady Cardinals won two close games to claim the championship of the Condon Christm as Tournament last weekend in Condon. On Friday, they squeezed out a one point vic tory over Umatilla and then came back to down Condon by two on Saturday. April Taylor was named to the Tournament All-Star team. The Lady Cardinals realigned their defense at the end of the first quarter against Umatilla Friday night, Dec. 11. switching to full court pressure, to get back into the game. Trailing 21-26 at halftime, the Cards started to wear the Vikings down in the third period, holding them to just four points. Down the critical fourth quarter stretch, Melissa McEUigott made six of her 10 points and Randy Wise came off the bench to hit a couple of crucial buckets. Three Lady Cards shared team scoring honors. Crystal Minster. April Tay lor and McEUigott each had 10 points in the game. Umatilla, with two six foot girls on the roster, used their height to claim a slight rebounding advan tage, 32-27. Minster paced the Cardinal rebounding effort with six while Taylor and Jamie Lovett added five each. lone nabbed 20 steals, ("that’s where we won the gam e,” noted coach Dana Heideman), led by McEUigott with five. Both teams shot fairly well with lone hitting 18 of 44 from the floor for 44 percent and the Vik ings making 15 of 40 for 38 per cent. At the line, the Lady Cards shot seven of 11 for 64 percent while Umatilla made 12 of 24 for 50 percent. "I still haven't figured out how we won that game,” commented Heideman. He noted that the ear ly change in defense kept the Vik ings out of their half court offense and "that’s where they were kill ing us.” On Saturday. Condon lost their second big post player in this young season, leaving the door open for the Lady Cards. Con don’s Michelle Wilkins went down with a knee injury late in the first half, and without her to break the press, the Lady Car dinals were able to make their press more effective. Trailing 8-18 at the half, lone was able to start getting the ball inside to Jamie Lovett, who scored 13 points in the second half. A 21 point fourth quarter effort put lone out front for good, 41-39. Lovett was the game's high scorer with 18 points. The Lady Cards dominated the boards 40-24. led by Melissa McEUigott with 14 and Lovett with 12. April Taylor and Crystal Minster each had four steals and Taylor had four assists to pace the team. The shooting from the floor was fairly even with lone mak ing 13 of 38 for 34 percent and Condon hitting 14 of 43 for 32 percent. At the line, the Lady Cards struggled, hitting just 13 of 30 for 43 percent. The Blue Devils were eight of 15 for 53 percent. "W e made about as many mistakes as you can make and still win a g am e,” noted Heideman. Nevertheless, it was still a big win for the Lady Cards. Noting that the Blue Devils were weakened without their post player. Heideman said "We were able to attack their weakness in the second half. We used our quickness to wear them down.” 'Sv,,. ■*» Photo by Wayne Hams Photo by Wayne Hams Lady Cards battle Blue Devils Jason Halvorsen (44) goes for shot against Condon Fillies open season with 47-35 win By Jeremy Maddern The Heppner Fillies opened the season with an impressive 47-35 win over the Enterprise Savages on the Filly home court Saturday, Dec. 12. The Fillies season was delay ed by the state championship football game but showed no signs of that bothering them. The Fillies defense was outstanding as they caused 30 turnovers to just 16 of their own. The Fillies jumped to an early nine to four lead after the first quarter of play. The Savages kept pace in the second quarter to trail 21-16 going into the half. The Fillies began to pull away led by Jodi Johnston who had 12 points, eight rebounds and seven assists. The Filies used their up tempo of fense to outscore the Savages 15-8 to take a 12 point lead into the fourth and final quarter. Enterprise was unable to dig themselves out of the hole as the Fillies cruised to a victory. Kelsie Evans and Holly Eckman both chipped in 12 points along with Johnston’s, for top point honors. Shelly Anderson led the Savages with 14 points. The Fillies beat the Cardinals 55-48 Monday night at lone to keep their record to 2-0, and played Riverside Tuesday night, Dec. 14 Stats and scores for the J.V . Fillies game were unavailable. Grange slates meeting By Delpha Jones The Lexington Grange will meet Monday, December 21 for a potluck dinner beginning at 6:30 p.m. Members are asked to bring things for the Ronald McDonald house. This is in place of the usual gift exchange. The program will be by the First Christian church Sunday school children following dinner. Christmas Open House Drop in for Christmas cookies & punch Door Prizes Garden Club met December 9 The lone Garden Club members met December 9 at the home of Pat Pettyjohn for their annual Christmas luncheon and Christmas party. Along with club members, guests for the day were Ruth McCabe, Pat Wright, Eunice McEUigott and Barbara Zinter. Following lunch members exchanged gifts by choosing a gift from under the tree or stealing one from someone who had already opened a gift much to the merriment of all. Heppner Elk’s Lodge #358 Says: Jodie Johnston guards Enterprise player Photo by Joyce Hughes For a warm and loving _ g ift... fH h SU/VDAV M *"°P p in g o^oitobie SIO <Jly '*>unds orterof/onj Sweaters fr o m Isle of Cotton Saturdays & Pendleton Bank of Eastern Oregon lone Branch By Anne Morter The lone Cardinals shook off their opening game blues of last weekend to capture the cham pionship of the Condon Christmas Tournament held December 11 and 12. The Cards opened with a close win over Umatilla on Friday and then bested the host team on Saturday. Along with the championship trophy, Jim Logan and David Wagenblast were named to the tournament All-Star team. In the Friday game, neither lone nor Umatilla could shake loose of the other team. The Car dinals led 20-19 at the end of one and the game was tied at halftime, 30-30. The game remained tight on into the fourth quarter where the Cards were able to reduce the Vikings offensive output to just three points. Early in the fourth quarter. David Wagenblast was fouled as he canned a three- pointer and then made the free throw to put the Cards up by four. With that burst of momentum, lone turned up the defense and went on to a 58-49 win. Jim Logan was the game’s high scorer w ith 16 points, 12 of those coming from three point range. David Wagenblast added 13 and Jared Ashbeck had 12. The Car dinals used their height advantage to command the boards 50-31. Aaron and Deacon Heideman each had 13 rebounds and Ashbeck added 11. lone had shooting woes from the field, hitting just 18 of 58 for 31 percent. They fared better at the line, making 16 of 24 for 67 percent while Umatilla managed just nine of 30 for 32 percent. “ That really helped us,” com mented coach Del LaRue. Turnovers were the key to the championship game against Con don on Saturday according to LaRue. The Cardinals racked up 29 steals using a press that the Blue Devils had trouble negotiating. The game was tight through the first quarter with neither team shooting very well. A second quarter spurt helped the Cards widen the lead to 30-19 by halftime. The lead stayed in the 10-11 point range on into the fourth quarter, where it was stret ched to as much as 20 at one time. The final margin was 12 points, 66-54. Jim Logan was again high point man with 14 points. Deacon Heideman chipped in 11 and David Wagenblast added 10. The Cards grabbed a small reboun ding advantage, 38-34, led by Aaron Heideman with 10. lone still had trouble shooting, hitting just 25 of 71 from the field for 35 percent and 13 of 23 for 56 percent from the free throw line. Condon didn’t fare much better from the floor where they made 20 of 55 for 36 percent. They had more success at the line where they hit 10 of 15 for 67 percent. Coach LaRue credited his team's press for the win. “ We pressed and they didn't respond very well.” Invites our Members & Guests to the “ Annual” Tom & Jerry Party and this years dance with “ Top Hand” country band Hollomon’s Special Recipe & Toy’s For Tot’s Dance (admission to dance: 1 toy - wrapped & tagged [ie: boy-4 yrs.] or donation.) All This On Dec. 19th JOIN US!!!! _ ^ “Cracked Crab Feed”-New Years Eve (tickets on sale now at lodge or ask an Elk) ¥ Complimentary Champagne Hors d’ oeuvres (all evening long) Party favors Dance music by ‘‘Full Tilt Video” Elk’s Lodge will be closed Dec. 24th through 29th MERRY CHRISTMAS to all! — This Saturday — Dance to the music of “ Top Hand” Don’t Forget...Fine Dining As Usual, Wed-Thurs-Fri...Lunch Buffet 100% W 00 I& 100% Cotton Sign up for dance lessons “ NOW“ L I V E M U S IC Gardner’s 193 N Main. Heppner 676 9218 MEN S W EAR Heppner Elks 35! & 676-9181 "Where Friends M eet" 142 N. Mair
