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.