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EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 17, 1993 Mustangs survive Huskies’ scare Cardinals lose to Condon but stay No. 1 By Jeremy Maddern The Heppner Mustangs surviv ed a scare from lowly Sherman Union as they barely pulled out a 48-46 win last Saturday, Feb. 13 in Heppner. The Huskies had a moral victory over the power ful Mustangs. The Huskies stayed within reaching distance from the lead after the first quarter of play was over. Heppner had a four point lead and looked as they were go ing to run away with the game after a big second quarter. The Mustangs enjoyed an 11 point lead heading into the half. The Sherman Union Huskies scrapped back into the game as they actually outscored the CBC leaders 12-10 to keep themselves w ithin distance of the lead, only trailing by nine at the end of the third quarter. The Mustangs seemed to fall apart as they saw a more motivated Huskie team battle back behind three three-pointers late within the fourth quarter. The Mustangs were not about to let the lead get away as they held on for the win. Rick K offler paced the Mustangs with 15 points follow ed by Len Brittner who had 12. Photo by Joyce Hughes Rick Koffler drives against Husky defenders Jason Beers led the Huskie team with 10 points. The Mustangs are still setting the pace in the CBC w ith a 10-0 record in league play and a 13-3 overall record. The Mustangs play host to Umatilla on Thursday, Feb. 18 and travel to Weston-McEwen on Friday to take on the TigerScots in the final game of the regular season. Huskies blemish Fillies’ record By Jeremy Maddern The Heppner Fillies are now in a tie for second place in the Col umbia Basin Conference league standing with a 44-41 loss to the Sherman Union Huskies last Saturday. Feb. 13 on the Fillies' home court. The Huskies are the only team that has blemished the Fillies’ record with two losses. Heppner and Sherman battled back and fourth throughout the whole game. It was neck and neck as defense played an impor tant role and it showed as both teams were knotted up at eight points each after a quarter of play. The Fillies looked intent on winning as they rode the hot shooting of Jodi Johnston in the second quarter as she scored eight of her 15 points taking the girls into the locker room w ith a 23-19 lead. The Fillies, in the third quarter, found themselves in trouble as they couldn't stop the scoring of Thia Sanderson. Sanderson had all of the nine points scored for Photo by Joyce Hughes the Huskies. The Fillies still lead Ruth Norton (42) and Jenny Krein (12) go for rebound by two points heading into the fourth quarter. The lead was not safe though, as the Huskies caught up with the Fillies early in the fourth quarter. It was a bat tle for both teams. The Fillies got into foul trouble and Sherman hit the free throws when they counted. Heppner on the other season-best 14 points, and By Anne Morter hand missed important free On Saturday, Feb. 13 the Lady Melissa McElligott and April throws and lost the game 44-41. Cards reeled off nine points in the Taylor each had 11. Lovett and Jodi Johnston led the Fillies first 32 seconds of the game and Bedortha each had six rebounds with 18 points and Thia Sander put Cascade Locks on notice that as the Cards grabbed 30 boards son led all scorers with 26 points. they were in for a long night. The to the Pirates’ 24. Taylor had four Combined with their loss and a steals and McElligott dished out Cards won 69-32. Stanfield upset over the The Lady Cards took the open five assists. TigerScots, the Fillies are in a tie Both teams shot 55 times from ing tip in for a lay-in and then for second place with an 8-2 April Taylor stole the ball and the field, but lone hit 30 of theirs record in league play and 14-2 nailed a three-pointer, all in the while Cascade Locks connected overall. The Fillies play host to first eight seconds of the game, on just 11. At the fine, the Lady the Umatilla Vikings on Thurs lone used a sticky press to keep Cards had one of their better day, Feb. 18 and travel to Athena the Pirates from bringing the ball nights, making eight of 13 for 62 Friday, Feb. 19 to take on the down the court, and on their end. percent. The Pirates hit 10 of 15 TigerScots. This will end the passed the ball well and shot a for 75 percent. regular season play. “ It was one of our best sizzling 55 percent from the field. shooting nights of the year,” said Four Lady Cardinals scored in Wranglers meeting double figures, led by Jamie coach Dana Heideman. “ We are Lovett with 18. Kim Bedortha starting to come together as a The Wranglers Riding Club came off the bench to score a team real well," he added. will hold a full membership meeting Wednesday, Feb. 24, 7 p.m. at Kate’s Pizza. The agenda will include elec tion of officers, playday schedul ing and future plans. All members are urged to attend. March 4. 1993 - 7:30 p .m .4 ^ i Cardinals sizzle, defeat Cascade Locks By Anne Morter Six seniors, Justin Miller, David W agenblast, Deacon Heideman, Ryan Halvorsen, Mac Lovett and Tony Bjerke, played their last home game to a packed house on Friday, Feb. 12 but the end result wasn’t quite what they had in mind. The Cardinals took a disappointing loss to the Blue Devils 52-47. Condon seemed in tent on not letting the Cards get away from them by slowing the pace of the game a bit and turn ing on the defensive pressure. The Cards led 14-13 at the end of one but trailed 23-29 at the half. In the third quarter, they held Condon to just one field goal and pulled back to a 35 33 lead. But in the fourth quarter, the Blue Devils canned nine of their 13 free throw attempts as the Car dinals continued to have trouble getting their shots to fall, and Condon came away with the 52-47 win. Tony Bjerke was the only Card in double figures with 10 points. The Cards were hurt on the boards, where Condon out re bounded them 35-31. Aaron Heideman paced the Cardinals with 10, followed by Deacon Heideman with six. Deacon Heideman also had four blocked shots and Jason Halvorsen add ed three. David Wagenblast handed out six assists and Jim Logan grabbed five steals in the game. The Cardinals actually made four more field goals than Con- Cards run off with 95-54 victory By Anne Morter Cascade Locks drew the lone Cardinals into their style of game for the first half of the game on Saturday, Feb. 13 and kept the game close for the first half. In the second half though, the Car dinals settled down and got back into their own game and ran off with the 95-54 victory. Deacon Heideman was the game’s high scorer with 16 points. He also had 10 rebounds and three blocked shots. Justin Miller hit three treys and ended the game with 15 points, and Ryan Halvorsen chipped in with 14. The Cards dominated the boards 68-25, led by Jared" Ashbeck with 11 and Heideman and Tony Bjerke with 10 each. There were plenty of assists to go around with David Wagenblast and Ashbeck each tallying four and Jim Logan, Jake Bacon and Ryan Halvorsen each con tributing three. The Cards improved their shooting, making 38 of 85 for 45 percent from the floor and 14 of 22 for 64 percent from the fine. Cascade Locks shot just 19 of 68 for 28 percent from the field and 13 of 25 for 52 percent from the “ Legend of ■Wolf Mountain” 1 Sunday, F eb.21 Multipurpose Room (Heppner Elementary | SO* admission | Refreshments for Sale | Free popcorn for Children through 8th grade s p o n s o re d D y |The Parents Club I 4 Teams - Senior Boys - Senior Girls Teachers and Town Team and Bacon had five. “ They real ly lit it up in the fourth quarter," he said. Coach Del LaRue hit a land mark in his career recently mark ing his 350th win in the game against Culver on February 6. 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