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EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 27, 1993 Mustang strong defense beat Rockets Cards cruise to an 80-38 win over Echo By Anne Morter The Cards picked up where they left off Saturday night, Jan. 23, at home against Echo, cruis ing to an 80-38 win. Aaron Heideman was the game’s high scorer with 22 points. Deacon Heideman added 12 and Jared Ashbeck had 10. The Cards doubled Echo’s re bounding total, 52-26, with Aaron Heideman leading the way with 13. Ryan H alvorsen, Deacon Heideman and Jared Ashbeck added eight each. Wagenblast moved the ball well in the game and racked up 12 assists. Tony Bjerke and Ryan Halvorsen each had three steals to lead that category. lone frustrated the Cougars with 10 blocked shots. Deacon Heideman led with six and Wagenblast and Jason Halvorsen each had two. The Cards shot well, making 34 of 73 for 47 percent from the floor. They hit 10 of 13 from the line for 77 percent. Echo shot 17 of 51 from the field for 33 per cent and four of 12 for 33 percent from the line. Photo by Wayne Hams David Wagenblast (22) goes up for jumper Cards take easy 66-40 win over Falcons Heppner’s Trent Hughes looks to pass against Rockets Leonard Brittner gives a crowd pleasing dunk By Jeremy Maddern The Heppner Mustangs strong defense proved to be the dif ference as they blasted the Pilot Rock Rockets 66-39 in a league game last Friday, Jan. 22. The Mustangs jumped all over the Rockets as they built an ear ly 17-9 lead after the first quarter the pace down as they kept in creasing their lead. The Mustangs enjoyed a 21 point lead after three quarters of play. The Mustangs emptied their bench as they cruis ed to a win. Leonard Brittner led the Mustangs with 19 followed by Rick Koffler who had 16 points. of play. The defense kept Pilot R ock's best player Casey Perkins, who was leading the league in scoring, to just five points. The Mustangs doubled their lead to 18 points heading in to the half. The Rockets never got close as they couldn't muster any type of offense. Heppner slowed Cards struggle, lose to Condon By Anne Morter The Condon game Saturday. Jan. 16, was another story for the lone Lady Cards. As the Cards struggled offensively in the first quarter, everything the Blue Devils threw towards the basket went in. At the end of one, Con don held a commanding 25-9 lead, and it proved to be an in surmountable obstacle for the lady Cards. The score at the half was 38-23. Condon, and even with a good comeback in the fourth quarter, the Blue Devils took the win 67-53. Jamie Lovett led the lone scorers with 20 points. Melissa McElligott and Crystal Minster added 12 each. Tawna Shannon of Condon was the game's high scorer with 25. The lady Cards held the rebounding edge, 37-25. led by Lovett with nine. McElligott paced the team with five assists and five steals. The Cards shot 23 of 56 for 41 percent from the floor but hit just six of 22 for 27 percent from th; line. Condon sizzled in the shooting department making 24 of 51 from the floor for 47 per cent and 15 of 19 for 79 percent from the line. That same team shot 16 percent from the floor in a Tuesday loss to Wheeler. “ They played a perfect game.” said coach Dana Heideman. He noted that the Cards seemed to be mentally unprepared in the first quarter and took the floor with no Photo by Wayne Hams Lady Cards battle Condon intensity. He also commented that the free throw line continued to be a problem. “ When one team shoots that well and we miss that many free throws, w ell....” The lady Cards still hold a one Mustangs increase record with Wahtonka victory By Jeremy Maddern The Mustangs increased their league record to 3-0 after a pair of wins over the Wahtonka Eagles 70-43, and Stanfield Tigers last Friday and Saturday. Jan. 15 and 16 at home. The Mustangs came out strong to start the game with 30 points in the first quarter. Rick Kofflcr scored all of his 17 points in the first quarter mainly off of W ahtonka turnovers. The Mustang press was causing Wahtonka problems as they were unable to produce any type of of- fense or defense. The Mustangs slowed the pace down, as they held a 19 point lead after the first quarter. The Eagles survived the Mustang press to stay with them in the second quarter but still trailed by 21 points at the half. Heppner ran their half court of fense the entire second half to save the Eagles from an embar rassing loss. The Eagles were unable to catch up though as the Mustangs defense was awesome. Len Brittner added 15 points as the Mustangs had a number of people in the scoring column. game lead over Condon on their side of the league. This weekend they take on Wheeler in Fossil on Friday and host Echo on Satur day in lone. By Anne Morter The lone Cardinals continued their winning ways last weekend with easy wins over Wheeler on Friday, Jan. 22 and Echo on Saturday, Jan. 23. The Cards’ league record is a perfect 6-0 and their season record now stands at 9-4. lone took it to their hosts early in the Friday game played at Wheeler, beating the Falcons 66-40. The Cards led 20-2 at the end of the first quarter, due to and Jason Halvorsen each added five. Wagenblast dished out nine assists and Logan led in the steal department with three. Deacon Heideman had a good night bat- tig down shots with nine block ed shots. The Cards shot 27 of 71 from the floor for 38 percent and hit nine of 16 for 56 percent from the line. The Falcons connected on just 18 of 75 for 24 percent from the floor and hit four of 10 for 40 percent from the line. Cards take 71-59 win over Condon On Saturday, Jan. 16, Condon pre ved to be a much tougher mat chup but the Cards still pulled away with the win 71-59. The score at the end of one period was 17-16 lone and the Cards continued to lead at halftime, 33-25. The Blue Devils took advantage of the Heideman cousins on the bench in foul trou ble in the third quarter to make a run, pulling to within four points. The Heidemans returned to the floor in the fourth and lone pulled away for the 71-59 win. Jim Logan scored 19 points to lead all scorers. Aaron Heideman had 17 and David Wagenblast added 16. lone had a one board advantage in the rebounding department, 36-35, led by Aaron Heideman with 11. Wagenblast paced the team with seven assists and Logan had five steals. Deacon Heideman had four blocked shots. The Cards shot 23 of 57 for 40 percent from the floor and 22 of 30 for 70 percent from the line. The Blue Devils hit 22 of 50 for 44 percent from the floor and 12 of 24 for 50 percent from the line. “ We’re starting to shoot well at the line and that’s helping us. The last three games, we’ve shot over 70 percent,” noted coach Del LaRue. He also commented that Condon is the toughest team on this side of the league and the Cards will face them again February 12 at home. illies suffer first loss of iason to Sherman in OT By Jeremy Maddern The Heppner Fillies suffered their first loss of the season last Saturday, Jan. 23 in a league game with the Sherman Union Huskies. The Huskies beat Hepp ner in overtime. 53-51. The Fillies got behind early as they were outscored 15-12 after the first quarter of play. The Fillies were in a position they haven’t been in all season, and never seemed to get back on track as they tied the score going into the half. The Huskies, led by II- ene Townsend who had 13 points including three treys, were not in timidated by the Fillies. strong lone defense and poor shooting on the part of the Falcons. The Cards led 31-16 at halftim e and continued to lengthen the lead for the final 66-40 margin. Aaron Heideman was the game's high scorer with 16 points. David Wagenblast and Jim Logan also made it into dou ble figures with 10 points each. The Cards controlled the boards, 41-32. Jared Ashbeck was the leader with six rebounds. Wagenblast, Deacon Heideman The Fillies saw themselves behind by four heading into the fourth quarter. Heppner thought they had the game won when Townsend hit two clutch free throws to tie the game. The Fillies had once chance to win with six seconds left but failed to get a shot off. The Fillies and Huskies entered the overtime, but both teams failed to get their of fense going. Sherman outscored Heppner 5-3 in overtime to win 53-51. The Fillies, now 4-1 in league and 10-1 overall will travel to The Dalles again this Saturday, Jan. 30 to take on the Wahtonka Eagles. Photo by Wayne Hams Ryan Halvorsen (32) grabs rebound against Condon Lady Cards improve league record to 5-1 By Anne Morter The lone lady Cardinals im proved their league record to 5-1 with two wins over the weekend. On Friday. Jan. 22, they down ed Wheeler in Fossil for the first time under coach Dana Heideman’s reign, 54-34, and on Saturday they blew out Echo at home, 68-29. Their season record now stands at 8-5. The Wheeler game was tied at halftime, 22-22. but the lady Cards played one of their best quarters of the year in the third period to pull away. They hit the court after the half and scored the first seven points. With that momentum, they went on to outscore the Falcons, 24-6 in that period and roll on to a 54-34 victory. Melissa McElligott led all scorers with 26 points. She rounded out her game with 12 re bounds and six steals. Jamie Lovett added 15 points and 11 re bounds. April Taylor paced the team with three assists. The Cards shot 23 of 72 for 32 percent from the floor but con tinued to struggle at the line, where they connected on just eight of 19 for 42 percent. “ I figured they would be a respectable team,” commented coach Heideman. He noted that the team was able to move the ball to the inside where they dominated, and he was very pleased with the third quarter. “ We kicked into gear and got motivated,” he said. Irrigon center plans dinner, game night A clam chowder and potato soup dinner will be held at .Stokes Landing Senior Center in Irrigon on Friday, Jan. 29 from 5 to 7 p.m. This is a fund raising din ner open to the public. Everyone is welcome. The $2.50 price in cludes hot rolls, vegetable tray. dessert, coffee or juice. Game night at $1 each will follow the dinner at 7:30 p.m. Pinochle, card games. Scrabble and other table games will be available. There will be refreshments and prizes to the winners.
