EIGHT • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 9, 1994
lone Cardinals district champions Mustangs end season 7-2 with loss
played a solid game. The score
was close until five points
when lone began to pull away
and Dufur began to make er
rors. "They looked relaxed but
they played very aggressively.
They wanted it," commented
coach McElligott.
The lady Cards served 91
percent as a team going to the
srevice line 85 times. Allison
Sullivan was 100 percent on 17
serves, Becky Wagenblast was
100 percent on 16 and Mary
Jane McCarty missed just one
of her 15 tries to lead the Cards
in scoring.
Back row leaders were
Melissa McElligott with 95 per
cent on serve receives, Sullivan
with 86 percent and Kim Bedor-
tha with 81 percent. Suzie
Heideman led the team to 88
percent blocking with 10-11
blocking with four stuffs.
Sullivan was 9-11 blocking with
two stuffs and McElligott and
Jessica Stefani had one stuff
each.
Wagenblast had 42 assists
and McCarty had 32 as the
team tallied a 99 percent suc
cess rate in setting. At the net
the lady Cards peppered the
Rangers with 101 hits in the
game, missing ju st 12.
McElligott led with five kills
and Wagenblast, Heideman
and Sullivan each tallied one.
Coach McElligott was happy
with the win over Dufur, the
number two-ranked team in
the last Class 1A poll. "They
were tough but we pulled it
together for the win," she said.
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Photo by Joyce Hughes
Chad Skroch carries the ball for the Mustangs. No 76 is Jon Hanna and 77 is Chris Sykes.
Photo by Wayne Hams
lone Cardinal puts ball over net
Photo by Joyce Hughes
Chad Skroch (21) blocks for Mustang ball carrier Jim Schlaich
The Heppner M ustangs
playoff hopes and season were
. drowned in a sea of Weston-
McEwen TigerScots first
quarter touchdowns as the
Mustangs lost 26-8 to the
visiting Tigerscots Friday night,
Nov. 4, at the Morrow County
fairgrounds.
Weston-McEwen scored the
first three times they had the
Lady Card attempts a block ball. Running back Kris Robin-
ed shot
Photo by Wayne Hams
Cardinals celebrate victory
By Anne Morter
The lone lady Cardinals took
their perfect league record to
the District Volleyball Tourna
ment Saturday, November 5 at
Sherman County High School
in Moro. After slugging it out
with Dufur, the number one
team from the West Division
and a team that the Cardinals
had previously lost to in non
conference play, emerged the
District Champions with a
12-15, 15-8, 16-6 win.
The emotianally charged
matched took one hour and 45
minutes to play with the con
ference's number one seeding
at the State Tournament on the
line.
"Tentative” and "nervous”
described the lady Cards in the
first game as they struggled to
pick up Dufur's hard serves
and spikes. They had trouble
passing and hitting in the ear
ly going. The team went
through a full rotation before
getting on the scoreboard. The
Cards were whistled several
times for net fouls before settl
ing down and playing their
usual game. By that time,
though, it was too late to catch
the Rangers.
The second game started out
much the same way with Dufur
taking the early lead 3-0. lone
responded with a six point run
to take control of the game.
The Cards made their presence
known at the net with strong
blocking. "O ur blocks rattled
them ,” said coach Charity
McElligott. "It threw them off
mentally, ” she added. She also
noted that the team did a much
better job returning Dufur's
hits.
In the third game, with the
championship in sight, the
Cards started strong and
Construction will begin on
Black Horse Canyon Bridge and
Bunker Hill (Terry Thompson)
Bridge in mid November, and
continue through February,
1995. Bridges will be closed to
all through traffic. If you have
questions you may call Morrow
County Public Works.
Cards end season with
perfect 10-0 record
By Anne Morter
The lone lady Cardinals
finished the league season with
a perfect 10-0 record, defeating
Helix 15-8 on Tuesday,
November 1. Kim Bedortha led
in scoring with 10 points on 10
of 10 serving. Mary Jane
McCarty scored nine points on
perfect nine for nine serving.
Everyone played in the
match and the substitutes did
well according to assistant
coach, Anne Bedortha.
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son capped a 60 yard drive with
a 35 yard touchdown run to put
Weston-McEwen on the board.
The pat was no good and the
Mustangs trailed 6-0.
Sophomore Casey Perkins hit
Thomas Grimes with a nine
yard scoring pass to put
Weston-McEwen up 12-0 with
3:15 left in the first quarter.
Defensive back Curt Sloan in
tercepted the Mustangs on the
next possession and returned it
to the Heppner 20 yard line
where Perkins hit tight end
Matt Bailey for the score.
Perkins hit Sloan for a 16
yard touchdown pass to make
the score 26-0 midway through
the third quarter.
The Mustangs finally got on
the board with a scoring drive
of 60 yards. Quarterback Brian
Koffler hit Brent Wright with
completions of 13 and 25 yards
to set up a three yard touch
down run by senior Chris
Dickenson. Koffler and Wright
teamed up for the pat to make
the final score 26-8.
The TigerScots travel to Im-
bler to take on the Panthers
next week and the Mustangs
end their season 7-2.
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