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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 8, 1993 - FIVE Mustangs beat lone, 73-61 Cardinals lose to Fillies Pirates nip Mustangs 51-48 By Anne Morter Heppner jumped on the lone Cardinals early in the game Saturday Dee. 4, downing the Cards 73-61 on the Mustang home court. The Cards struggled in the first half, shooting and executing poorly. The Mustangs' press add ed to the Cards’ woes. ‘*We were tighter than a banjo in the first half. We panicked a bit,” com mented LaRue. The Cards relax ed and played better in the second half and Heppner pulled off its press, leading to the final 73-61 score in Heppncr’s favor. Jim Logan was the game’s high scorer with 23 points, including five three-pointers. 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But the Mustangs shot 19 of 24 for 79 percent from the line while the Cardinals manag ed just one of five for 20 percent. “ They’re going to be a good ball club,” said LaRue of Hepp ner. “ They have good depth and quickness.” LaRue noted that the weekend was not a bad start for the team. “ It gave us some direction and showed us the things we need to work on. It was nothing to be disappointed in,” he said. The Cards take on Stanfield on Friday, Dec. 10 and Cascade Locks Saturday, Dec. 11. Both games will be played in lone. Photo by Joyce Hughes Melissa McElligott guards Heppner’s Kelsie Evans in Sat. game. Wheatland to install The Heppner Fillies game against the Cardinals Saturday night in Heppner lasted about 10 seconds too long for the lone team and fans as Heppner beat By Delpha Jones Installation of Wheatland lone in a last 10 second left hand Pomona Grange and subordinate ed lay-in by Kelsie Evans that officers will be held Sunday, pushed the Fillies ahead for the Dec. 12 at the Lexington Grange win 48-47. Heppner led in the Hall. Activities will begin with a early minutes. 4-0, before the potluck dinner at 1:30 p.m. Gifts Cards overtook them and led un are to be brought for the Salva til the last 10 seconds. The lady Cardinals led 27-18 tion Army. The installation will at the half and 38-27 at the end be directed by Glenabelle Lewis, Baker City and members of the of three. But things started to go state ex-committee, followed by sour for the lady Cardinals as they watched a 14 point lead a mini Christmas party. evaporate. “ They started making and we started missing. We did everything wrong. We started playing not to lose rather than to w in ,” said coach Dana Heideman. The Fillies outscored Singspiration has been chang the Cards 21-9 in the fourth ed to Sunday, Dec. 19 at the quarter. Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Only two players were in dou Singing begins at 7 p.m . ble figures. Heppner’s Ruth Nor- Everyone is invited to attend. ” 'ton w*a(r’th e’game’s high scorer 'lr|*T wiflfi' *14 and Ion£‘s April Taylof had 12. The Cards were thumped on the boards. 30-50 with last year’s leading rebounder, Jamie Lovett parked on the bench in major foul trouble. Melissa McElligott led the Cards in rebounds with six w hile T aylor and Becky Wagenblast each added five. McElligott paced the team with four steals and three assists. 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So from all of us a Tpam.__________________________ BIG THANK YOU lone shot 18 of 48 from the floor for 38 percent. At the line, they connected on 10 of 21 for 48 percent. The Fillies were 19 of 65 for 29 percent from the field and 10 of 25 for 40 percent at the line. Heideman feels that ’’dumb mistakes" down the stretch and troubles on the boards were big problems for his team. Also he felt the girls learned a lesson. “ You have to keep going at the other team,” he said, “ even if you have a comfortable lead.” Overall Heideman ranked his team ’s weekend effort as ’’good” . “ We did pretty well. We’re going to keep getting bet ter,” he added. This weekend, the lady Cards play Stanfield on Friday, Dec. 10, with the JV game starting at 3 p.m. and Cascade Locks on Saturday, Dec. 11, starting at 1 p.m. Both are home games. Photo by Joyce Hughes Rick Koffler keeps ball away from Pirate The Heppner Mustangs open ed the 1993-94 basketball season- with games against county rivals Riverside and lone. The Mustangs wefe nipped 51-48 by the Riverside Pirates Friday, Dec. 3 in Boardman and drilled the lone Cardinals Saturday. Dec. 4 in Heppner. The Mustangs faced the 3A Riverside Pirates Friday night and the game was a typical early season tilt for the Mustangs. The Pirates broke on top early, leading 17-11 at the first quarter break and 31-21 at the half. The Mustangs were plagued by turnovers, poor shooting and con fusion on offense. Heppner could manage only 12-52 shooting from the field for 23 percent. The Mustangs continue to struggle in the third quarter, scor ing only five points. The Pirates led 40-26 and it looked like a rout was on. The Mustangs finally caught fire in the fourth quarter outscor- ing the Pirates 22-11. coming within three points. The final score was 51-48. Len Brittner sparked the Mustang rally with 14 of his game-high 22 [joints in the final stanza. Brittner added eight re bounds to pace the Mustangs on the boards. The Pirates were led by Jon Tallman w'ith 14 counters with 6’8" junior Aaron Keizer grab bing seven rebounds. One bright spot for the Mustangs was their free throw shooting. The over aggressive Pirates were whistled tor 28 fouls and Heppner shot 23-32 for 72 percent from the line. Lady Cardinals roll to convincing win over Umatilla Vikings By Anne Morter The lone lady Cardinals started their season off with a win and a loss last weekend, rolling to a convincing 60-35 win over Umatilla on Friday Dec. 3 and losing a squeaker to Heppner Saturday, Dec. 4. Umatilla got a stiff dose of lo n e ’s tradem ark pressure defense and couldn't respond, giving the lady Cards the early lead despite a case of the first game jitters. Both teams had trou ble finding the basket and ex ecuting in general in the early g o ing. The Cards settled down mid way through the second quarter, building a 25-14 halftime advan tage. The lady Cardinals crack ed the game wide open scoring 24 points in the fourth quarter, “ playing the kind of ball we should,” in the words of coach Dana Heideman. The final score was lone 60. Umatilla 35. Fouls could have been a pro blem if the game had been closer with three starters. April Taylor. Jam ie Lovett and M elissa McElligott in foul trouble in the first quarter. The Cards had a total of 28 fouls for the game to the Vikings 10. Eventually, Lovett and freshman Suzie Heideman fouled out. McElligott was the game’s high scorer with 18 points. Taylor added 15. including two three pointers. Suzie Heideman led the Cards’ rebounding effort with nine boards. Lovett had six and McElligott added five. Umatilla had the team rebounding edge 29-27. The lady Cards got 62 shots off, connecting on 26 for 42 per cent. At the line, they struggled on six of 14 shooting tor 43 per cent. Umatilla hit 12 of 39 from- the flcxir for 30 percent and 11 of 29 for 38 percent from the line. We Print Business Cards Gazette-Times 676-9228 Look who’s THIRTY Happy Birthday Dave Love Kay
