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TW O - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 23, 1992 M ustangs lose to D ufur 60-57 Fillies beat Pioneers up record 4-0 By Jeremy Maddern The Mustangs continued their basketball season with a 60-57 loss to the Dufur Rangers on Fri day, Dec. 18 on the Mustangs’ home court. The Mustangs were coming off a loss to the Riverside Pirates from the previous Tues day night and were looking to even their record 2-2. Both teams started the basketball season late with their success in football. The Rangers showed no signs of it, as they jum ped all over the Mustangs, with the help of five three-point shots from Spencer Browning. Dufur took an eight point lead at the end of the first quarter 19-11. The Mustangs up tempo of fense allowed them to catch up with the Rangers and eventually take a 36-30 lead into the second half. However Heppner went down hill from there. They miss ed easy shots and the Rangers took advantage of this capturing a two point lead going into the fourth and final quarter. The Mustangs were their own worst enemy in the final quarter as they shot a horrible 1-13 from the charity stripe. The Rangers kept pace with the Mustangs the entire fourth quarter to take By Jeremy Maddern home a 60-57 win. The Rangers were led by Jason Alexander who finished with 17 points. Brown ing also had 16 followed by Bran don Jones with 14. Rick K offler paced the Mustangs with 17 and Trent Hughes added 12. The Mustangs were outscored by 14 points from the line which led to the Rangers win. The Mustangs played Prairie City Tuesday night in a non league game. Telecomm, link planned The Port of Morrow has ap proved an easement for PTI Communications which will bring fibre optic telecommunica tions and data transfer capabilities to the industries in the Boardman Industrial Park and the city of Boardman. The project will link PTl’s Boardman telephone customers with U.S. West with the latest in telecommunications technology, according to Gary Friberg. divi sion engineer for PTI. “ This pro ject will provide an adequate data link well into the future.” Scheduled for construction in 1993, the new fibre optic cable will connect with U.S. West at the intersection of Hwy. 730 and Paterson Ferry road about eight miles east of Boardman. The pro ject is expected to cost $350-400.000. Alumni volleyball tourney Jan. 2 The Heppner Volleyball alum ni tournament will be held on Saturday. Jan. 2, in conjunction with the basketball tournament. Registration will begin at 8:45 am . Women will be divided into five or six teams. Players will be mixed and will not necessarily play with those in their graduating classes. Games will be on a 30-minute clock. Anyone wishing to play is welcome. Contact Susie Hisler, 676-5878. or G eri G rieb. 989-8585 as soon as possible since teams are being formed now. The Heppner High senior class w ill operate the concession stand. The Heppner Fillies continued their winning ways by increasing their record to 4-0 with a 55-35 victory over the Mac-Hi Pioneers last Saturday, Dec. 19. The Fillies offense started fast as they outscored the Pioneers 18-7 in the first quarter. The Fillies rebound- Cards take third in Rocket tournament w rs £st « a ts* » st » a tea * o Photo by Joyce Hughes Lady Cards place third at Pilot Rock warmed up. Our intensity level wasn’t there,” noted Heideman. The lone Lady Cardinals On Saturday, it was another finished third in last weekend’s close one for the Lady Cards, Rocket Invitational at Pilot Rock, closer than it should have been losing to Enterprise on Friday due to icy shooting from the floor night, Dec. 18 and downing Pilot and the line. The Cards held a Rock on Saturday, Dec. 19. one-point advantage at halftime, The young Cards finish the pre 21-20. With slightly improved season with a 3-3 record, and all shooting in the second half, they but one game against 2A schools. were able to inch ahead for the The game on Friday night 42-35 victory. against Enterprise was squeaky Jamie Lovett hit 16 points to be tight for most of the game. The the game’s high scorer. April Cards led 22-20 at the half and Taylor added 10. The rebounds had a 28-25 lead at the end of were virtually even, 35-34, with three. But the Savages connected Lovett leading the way for the on 12 free throws in the fourth at C ards with 10. M elissa about the same time the Lady McEUigott chalked up five assists Cards were running out of steam. and Kim Bedortha had three Enterprise outscored lone, 20-9 steals to lead those departments. in the final period to record the lone shot 15 of 51 from the 45-37 win. field for 29 percent but Pilot Rock Melissa McEUigott was the team’s high scorer with 14 points. was worse, making just 14 of 55 April Taylor, who struggled with for 25 percent. The Cards’ per her perimeter shooting for most formance at the line was the dif ference between a win and a of the game, added 11. blowout. They shot nine of 25 for The Lady Cards had the edge just 36 percent. The Rockets on the boards, 41-36, led by made 11 of 23 for 48 percent. Jamie Lovett with nine. Crystal “ The-kids worked hard for the Minster with eight and McEUigott win,” said Heideman. He noted with seven. Minster also had six that they struggled defensively steals and Taylor had three assists because they were playing for the game. “ They buried us at the free without Crystal Minster, who throw line.” commented coach was involved in an automobile Dana Heideman. “ We were 0-8 accident. Heideman felt good about his and they were 18-31. It’s hard to win a game when someone shoots team’s efforts in the preseason. 31 free throws and you shoot “ It was a tough schedule. We came out pretty well. The kids eight.” he added. “ We were frostbitten from the learned a lot and that should help ride over there, we just never us in league play.” By Anne Morter A very special thank you for your valued patronage. *0 mi im . ti- Ho*’ » « mi stun • w m m i o*f cm »»I» • »run? 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The January meeting will be held at the lone United Church with Jean Nelson and Delpha Jones as hostesses. The subject will be “ The Oregon Trail through Morrow County.” r s b s i « s h s r s m i r » W ILDLIFE VIDEOS The lone Cardinals lost their first game and won their second to finish third in the Rocket In vitational in Pilot Rock last weekend. On Friday evening, Dec. 18, the Enterprise Savages, the 2A second ranked team, took it to the Cardinals early on. Enterprise led 23-13 at the end of the first quarter and 41-22 at the half. The Cards started connecting on their shots halfway through the third quarter but the Savages had the game out of reach by that time. The final score was 83-64. Jim Logan was the Cardinals’ high scorer with 16 points, followed by Aaron Heideman with 12. Rob Brown of Enter prise was the game's high scorer with 26 points. The Cardinals clashed with Joseph on Saturday afternoon for third place, and it looked like it would be close in the first quarter as Joseph led, 14-13. The second quarter was all lone, as the Cards ran off 23 points to their opponents’ four. The third quarter was much the same story, with the Cardinals racking up a 20-6 scoring advan tage. They then coasted home for a 68-52 win. Three Cardinals scored in dou ble figures. Aaron Heideman paced the team with 15 followed by Ryan Halvorsen with 11 and Jared Ashbeck with 10. The Cardinals finished the preseason with a 3-3 record. Topic club has meeting lone Topic Club members met at the home of Birdine Tullis on Dec. 16 for their annual Christmas salad luncheon and gift exchange. Katherine Lindstrom acted as co-hostess. Special guests included Edith Matthews and Alice Harper. New members Lea Matthieu and Alice Harper were welcomed to the group. Katherine gave some Christmas readings for the program. Thomas who each had 10. The Fillies played Prairie City Tues day night in a non-league game. jjj A Special Christmas Gift For The Outdoor Man 2 By Anne Morter Heppner’s Leonard Brittner goes up for shot against Dufur lead with awesome defense and an unforgiving offense as they cruised to a 55-35 win. The Fillies dominted the boards led by Holly Eckman and Jenny Krein who each had nine, followed by three other Fillies with seven. Kelsie Evans led the Fillies with 15 points and Eckman added 11. The Pioneers were led by Leigh Wishard, Jill Bishop and Joy ed well which led to their fast start. They held the Pioneers to just one shot as they were getting three of their own each time down the court. The Pioneers began to claw their way back into the game in the second quarter as they outscored the Fillies 13-7 for a 25-20 lead going into the half. The Fillies dominated in the third quarter as they increased their lead to 12 going into the fourth quarter. 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