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.”
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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
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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!!!!
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(tickets on sale now at lodge or ask an Elk)
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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 —
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