SIX- Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 16, 1994
Cards beat Wheeler in tough game
Fillies handed
first league
loss
Heideman with 14. Jared
Ashbeck with 12 and Halvorsen
with 11. The Cards had a total of
25 assists led by Bacon with nine
and Jim Logan and Ashbeck.
The Sherman County Huskies
both with six. Bacon also led in
held
Heppner’s leading scorer
steals with three. Halvorsen had
Kelsie
Evans to just seven points
three blocked shots.
Saturday,
Feb. 12 as the Huskies
The Cards had a hot shooting
handed
the
Fillies their First
night, hitting 38 of 67 for 56 per
league
loss
71-53.
The Fillies
cent from the floor. At the line,
they made seven of 12 for 58 per were unable to get any kind of
cent. Wheeler made 23 of 64 for defense going as all they heard
36 percent from the floor and 17 was whistle blowing.
The Fillies got into foul trou
of 23 for 71 percent from the line.
The Field goal shooting percen ble early with Evans, Holly
tage made coach LaRue happy Eckman and Jodi Johnston sitting
and some individual stats looked on the bench in the second
even better. Aaron Heideman quarter. Heppner, who couldn’t
shot eight of nine for 89 percent hardly buy a basket, didn’t stand
and Jake Bacon made eight of 13 a chance against Sherman’s Five
for 62 percent including two of and their two refs. The Huskies
three from three point range. took advantage of the Fillies hard
“ Jake had a big game.” com luck in the second half and
outscored the Fillies by 22 points.
mented LaRue.
"They’re a real tough ball Four of Heppner’s starting Five
club,” noted LaRue. "They gave fouled out in the fourth quarter.
Tiah Sanderson scored 29
us a good ball game, something
points
for the Huskies while Jen
we needed at this point in the
ny
Krien
put in 14 four the Fillies
season to sharpen us up.” he
and
Jody
Johnston added 10.
added.
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Photo by Joyce Hughes
Holly Eckman brings in a rebound
G ood L u c k C a r d in a ls
rn o to Dy w ayne Hams
at the
lone’s Jerad Ashbeck goes up againts Wheeler
ed ahead by eight points. 35-27
By Anne Morter
at the half. The Cardinals settled
The game against Wheeler was
down in the second half and got
a tight one for the Cardinals dur
the passes and fast break moving
ing the First quarter, but the Car
better and just “ got things click
dinals prevailed taking the win
ing" said coach LaRue. The
87-65.
Cards pulled away to an 87-65
The Falcons were up by one win.
19-18 at the end of the First
Jason Halvorsen scored a game
quarter and continued to force the
high 23 points. Other players in
ball and play impatiently in the
double Figures were Jake Bacon
second quarter according to coach
with 18 and Aaron Heideman
Del LaRue. A big dunk by 6 ’8”
w ith 16 points. The Cards had an
exchange student Lars Krechting
impressive 51-23 rebounding
sparked the Cardinals and got the
edge. Leading the way were
team going as the Cardinals mov
District 3 1-A Basketball Tournament
Coordinating council to meet Feb. 22
The next meeting of the Hepp
ner Coordinating Council will be
Tuesday . Feb. 22 at 7:30 a.m. at
the GEODC office in Heppner.
Topics to be discussed include
updates on health services in
Morrow County from Kevin
Erich and the swimming pool
project from Gary M arks.
George Koffler and Greg Smith
will lead a discussion of housing
development in Heppner.
The council will also discuss
any new developments regarding
the sale of Kinz.ua Corporation.
The public is welcome to attend
the meeting.
Cardinals prevail
over Wheeler
By Anne Morter
The lady Cards struggled with
their shooting Friday night. Feb.
11 in the game against Wheeler,
but still came out with the win
46-38.
The Cards came out flat while
the Falcons came ready to play.
At the end of one. Wheeler was
up 13-7. A 15 point second
quarter got the lady Cards back
in the game, but the Falcons still
led by one at the half, 23-22. lone
outscored Wheeler 16-5 in the
third quarter and held on to a 10
point lead for most of the re
mainder of the game, until the
Falcons hit a bucket in the clos
ing minutes to pull the tlnal
margin to within eight points.
46-38.
Jamie Lovett paced the team
with 21 points and 13 rebounds.
Kim Bedortha was the only other
Cardinal in double Figures with
10 points. She and Melissa
McElligott each had eight re
bounds as lone outrebounded
Wheeler. 37-33. McElligott had
two assists and Mary Jane
McCarty had three steals to lead
the team.
The lady Cards matched their
season low in shooting percen
tage. hitting 17 of 55 for just 31
percent. At the line, they hit 12
of 25 for 48 percent. Wheeler
made 16 of 45 attempts for 35
percent from the floor and six of
13 for 46 percent from the line.
“ We didn’t come out with a lot
of intensity. That hurt us in the
early going.” commented coach
Dana Heideman. " F o r not
shooting well, we had to play bet
Photo by Wayne Hams
ter defense and rebound better
Kim
Bedortha
puts up shot
and we did those things." he add
ed. He noted that Jamie Lovett
bounds He also said that Kim
put together a good game,
Bedortha had one of her better
shining 64 percent from the Field
games
o f the year before
and 58 percent from the line as
dislocating her ankle late in the
well as leading the team in re-
game.
Friday, Feb. 18
Girls
lone vs Wasco Co.
6 p.m.
Boys
lone vs. Wasco Co.
7:30 p.m.
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