Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday. February 24, 1993 - FIVE
Fillies win big over Umatilla Vikings Mustangs suffer first league loss
By Jeremy Maddern
The Heppner Fillies came off
an emotional loss to the Sherman
Union Huskies and beat the
Umatilla Vikings 44-38 last
Thursday night, Feb. 18.
The Fillies had beaten the Vik
ings in their First league game by
10 points but it was a much closer
game this time than anyone ex
pected. The Vikings came out
hot, as they made their first 10
shots while the Fillies were strug
gling to get their offense intact.
The Vikings jumped out to a
20-10 point first quarter lead with
Kristin Charlo scoring 10 of their
20 points.
The Vikings went three of 11
from the field while the Fillies
doubled their score to cut the Vik
ings’ lead to just four points
heading into the half.
The third quarter was a seesaw
battle as both teams were strug
gling offensively. Holly Eckman
scored six of her 10 points in the
third quarter to keep the Fillies
within reaching distance of the
lead.
The Vikings leading 36-30 go
ing into the fourth and final
quarter of play self destructed
after the Fillies turned up the
defense. With solid defense and
12 Viking turnovers, the Fillies
gave up only two points the whole
Photo by Joyce Hughes
Kelsie Evans (10) guards Viking player, Jodi Johnston helps
Robinson and Eckman each
quarter. Char Coe and Rondi
Robinson came off the bench to had 10 points followed by Char
provide 10 points in the fourth Coe who chipped in eight. Charlo
quarter and lead the Fillies to a led all scorers with 12 points in
their losing effort.
well earned 44-38 win.
Lady Cards outscore Wasco 53-29
By Anne Morter
With both teams showing some
tournament jitters, the score was
close between the lone lady Car
dinals and Wasco County for the
first few minutes in the girls’
championship game held at
Umatilla Friday, Feb. 19. The
Cards came out victorious with a
53-29 win and a chance for the
state title to be played in Baker
City March 3-6.
Melissa McElligott dumped in
eight points in the last two
minutes of the first quarter and
added six more in the second
quarter to get things rolling for
the lady Cardinals.
At halftime, the Cardinals led
25-14 and then came a big third
quarter where they outscored the
Photo by Wayne Hams
Wasco player plays tight defense on Lady Card
Redsides, 16-5, to take a 41-19
lead. “ That pretty well finished
them off,” said coach Dana
Heideman. With one quarter left,
the lady Cards didn’t let up, go
ing on to win 53-29.
McElligott led all scorers with
19 points. Jamie Lovett was the
only other Cardinal in double
figures with 10. McElligott also
had 15 rebounds. She and Crystal
Minster paced the team in the
assist department.
The lady Cardinals shot 43 per
cent from the floor, making 23 of
53. At the line, they connected on
five of 10 for 50 percent. Wasco
County shot 11 of 39 for 28 per
cent from the field and seven of
15 from the line for 47 percent.
“ We played some tremendous
ly good defense," commented
coach Heideman. He said that
KQFM of Hermiston gave the
“ Player of the Game" honor to
the entire lone defense. “ We had
great intensity. The kids really
wanted it bad and played hard,”
he added. He also noted that the
lady Cardinals allowed the Red-
sides just 39 shots in the game.
‘ * It was probably one of the best
games we played," he said.
“ They just keep surprising me,”
said Heideman on his young
team. “ We just need to go up and
make a run in Baker. I think we
can place and bring home some
hardware.”
By Jeremy Maddern
The Heppner Mustangs suf
fered their first league loss of the
year by dropping a close game at
Weston-McEwen 49-47 last Fri
day, Feb. 19 in Athena. With the
loss, the Mustangs are now tied
with the TigerScots for first place
in the Columbia Basin Con
ference. A playoff game was held
Tuesday night in Hermiston. The
M ustangs had handed the
TigerScots their only league loss
in an earlier game at Heppner.
The TigerScots were not in
timidated as they stayed neck and
neck with the Mustangs and even
tually pulled out the win. The first
quarter saw both teams come out
in a fast break pace, as the
Mustangs got ahead early but the
scrappy TigerScots came back
and trailed by only two points at
the end of the first quarter.
The second quarter saw both
teams turn up the defensive
pressure and struggle offensive
ly. The TigerScots were shutting
down the inside game as Hepp
ner’s big men Len Brittner and
Tony Burt combined for only 10
points but that opened things up
for Rick Koffler who had a game
high 28 points. The Mustangs still
held a four point lead going into
the half.
Weston-McEwen then turned
the momentum back their way as
Heppner struggled for any type
Photo by Joyce Hughes
Tony Burt protects the ball against TigerScots
of offense. The Mustangs were
plagued by turnovers and poor
shooting in the third quarter as
they trailed 36-35 going into the
final quarter. The TigerScots and
Mustangs battled back and fourth
throughout the entire quarter but
the TigerScots pulled ahead by
excellent free throw shooting as
they connected 15 of 17 free
throws. The Mustangs had one
final shot for the win as Koffler
got a shot off with four seconds
left in the game and the Mustangs
trailing by two, but it rimmed out
and the TigerScots pulled out a
squeaker.
Fillies end season with TigerScot win
By Jeremy Maddern
The Heppner Fillies ended the
regular season in spectacular
fashion as they beat the Weston-
McEwen TigerScots 52-45 in the
season finale Friday, Feb 19 in
Athena. The Fillies handed the
TigerScots their first loss in
league play earlier in the season
and tied with the TigerScots for
second place.
The TigerScots were out to
avenge their earlier loss and it
showed as they hit their first
seven shots of the game. They
eventually cooled off but enjoyed
a 14-10 lead heading into the se
cond quarter. The TigerScots
then turned ice cold as they
couldn’t buy a bucket throughout
the second quarter. The Fillies on
the other hand were running and
gunning to an eventual lead. The
TigerScots shot a dismal one for
15 from the field and saw
themselves behind by four points
after two quarters of play were in
the books.
The third quarter saw both
teams battle back and fourth
throughout the third quarter. The
TigerScots stayed with the fast
break offense of the Fillies as they
outscored the Fillies machine
15-13, but still trailed by a slim
two points.
The fourth quarter was a bat
tle for both teams. The Fillies’
defense was intense as the
TigerScots could not muster any
type of offense. Elizabeth Hansell
scored six of her 17 points in the
third quarter for W eston-
McEwen, but she couldn’t help
her team to victory as the Fillies
ran away with a 52-45 victory and
assured themselves of a second-
place CBC league finish.
Jodi Johnston led all scorers
with 19 points while Holly
Eckman led all rebounders with
seven boards.
The Fillies finished the league
season with a 10-2 record and tied
with Sherman Union. Sherman
Union won the league champion
ship because they beat the Fillies
twice earlier in the season. Both
of these teams will meet in the
opening round of the District 7
2 A tournament this weekend in
The Fillies will play Weston-
McEwen at 1:30 p.m. on Friday,
February 26 with the loser out.
Winner will advance to Saturdays
game at 1 p.m. to play the win
ner of Friday evenings game.
Saturday’s game will deteimine
the seating at the Regional
Tournament.
P p n rU p fn n
Photo by Joyce Hughes
Jenny Krein looks for passing room against TigerScots
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