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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 14, 1996 lone Cardinals overwhelm the Wheeler Falcons, 48-26 Stanfield finishes strong to TigerScots grab second win of season from Mustangs take win over Heppner Adam Doherty brings the ball up court Stephanie Haguewood goes up for a layin By Kara Miller Seniors Melissa McElligott and Angie Ball took the basket ball court for their last regular season game Saturday, Feb. 10. The Cardinals overwhelmed the Wheeler Falcons, 48-26. Prior to the opening tip, McElligott, Ball, and their par ents were introduced by junior Suzy Heideman and honored with carnations and congratula tions for the girls' high school achievements. The game began with lone getting the tip and Heideman scored the first two points of the contest. Dawn Boor had an excellent game, hitting four three-point shots and she and teammate Heideman each scored 14 points for the Car dinals. McElligott scored 13 points and several Cardinals contributed to make the final score. STATS: Total-lone 20 3-6 48 Boor 5 0-0 14, Haguewood 1 0-0 2, Miller 2 0-0 4, McElligott 6 0-0 13, J. Sullivan 0 1-2 1, Heideman 6 2-4 14, Ball, Odinet. Three-point goals: Boor 4, McElligott, The Cardinals will compete at the Big Sky District Tourna ment in Hermiston this Friday night, Feb. 16. As the number one team from the East, they will play Wasco County Red- sides, the number one team from the West. The winner automatically gets a trip to Baker City and the Oregon State 1-A High School Cham pionship Tournament. The girls' game will start at 6 p.m. in the Hermiston High School gymnasium. It will be follwed by the game between the number one boys' teams, which will also be an lone and Wasco County contest. Stan field 's hot outside shooting and a bunch of second half Heppner fouls, led the Tigers to a 79-73 victory over the visiting Mustangs Saturday night. The two teams stayed even through the first half, with Stanfield up by one at the break, and Heppner came out to take a lead in the third quarter, but a rash of Heppner fouls that put the Tigers in the bonus and at the line early, helped Stanfield erase a 10 point Mustang lead and claim the victory. The Tigers also bagged eight 3-point baskets in the game. The Mustangs Ben Hubert had his best scoring night of the year, putting up 34 points in the effort. Others reaching dou ble figures were Jim Schliach with 15 and Chris Sykes with 14 points on the night. Others scoring were Eric Schonbachler 2, Adam Doher ty and Dan Burnside 4. Lady Cards end with big win Photo by Joyce Hughes David Michael gets a Mustang rebound The W eston-McEwen TigerScots seem to have Hepp- ner's number this season, and that number is two-2 wins. Friday the TigerScots delivered a strong third quarter, playing the game their way and coming away with a 71-51 victory for the second time this season. Halftime showed Weston- McEwen up by only 4, but a 23-12 advantage on offense in the third, and a strong TigerScot defense on the other end put the game out of reach for the Mustangs. Heppner couldn't get inside shots past Weston-McEwen's big 6ft-8inch post man, and coupled with a strong third quarter of offense by Morgan Dunlap, pulled away for the victory. Justin Matteson lead the Mustang scoring with 18, followed by Ben Hubert with 12, Chris Sykes with 8, Eric Shonbachler 6, Dan Burnside 3, and Jim Schliach and David Michael with 2 each. Heppner Fillies take win over Stanfield Tigers, 42-28 1 IMS ends with 6-6 season By Shelby Krebs The lone Middle School Car dinals ended their season with a 6-6 record. The Cardinals beat Arlington for the first game of the season. Then, after an upsetting loss to the Condon Blue Devils, the Cards beat the Fossil Falcons, 42-12. lone then traveled to Echo and lost 23-20. The Cards defeated the Helix Grizzlies with a score of 31-15, lost to the Heppner Ponies, but came back with a win over Helix the following week. lone had another matchup with the Echo Cougars and were defeated, 23-15. After another win over the Arlington Goslings, it was tour nament time. lone traveled to the Helix tournament on Jan. 27 . They could not beat the Cougars and lost in overtime, 43-34. With a trophy out of their mind, they came back with a win over the Grizzlies for a third place finish. To end the season, lone traveled to Condon and lost, 32-14. The lone Middle School girls team consists of eighth graders Nikki McElligott, Sybil Krebs, Erin Crowell and Miranda McElligott; seventh graders Allison Halvorsen, Shelby Krebs, Charissa Gates, Jennifer Thompson, Nonnee Walters and Rose Parm; and sixth graders Salli McElligott, Amelia Peck and Kristina Powell. The Cardinals are coached by Steve Schaber and managed by Adrienne Swanson and Katie Bacon. Dawn Boor grabs a rebound By Kara Miller It came right down to the last few minutes in a close-scoring contest before the lone fans could breathe a sigh of relief Friday, Feb. 9. The home team pulled out the win, 54-50, over the Echo Cougars. Melissa McElligott had a great night, scoring a game- high 32 points by hitting 10 field goals and making 11 of 13 free throws. Suzy Heideman contributed 17, with seven field goals and three for three from the foul line. Battery Charger.................................Melba Miller lone outscored Echo 14-9 in the first quarter and 16-7 in the HyQual Jacket...................Charlie Sumner third. Echo shot a higher per Shoe Dryer............................ Mike Lovgren centage than the Cardinals from the field, making 40 per Chargeable Screw Driver....Mike McGuire cent of their shots, compared to Propane Cooker.................... Ruth McCabe lone's 38.8 percent. However, the Lady Cards shot 87.5 per Antique Lennex Truck............... Tom Kraft cent to the Cougars 69.2 per Oil & Filter Change................ John Renfro cent from the free throw line. Echo's junior guard, Kelly Farm Toy............................ Blair Keithley Browning put the first two Farm Toy............................ Krystal Nairns points on the scoreboard by Farm Toy............................................Adam Collin taking the tip from their center, Jesse Toy Farm Set....................................Caitlin Orem Fisher, and going all the way to the basket for a lay-in. lone answered the challenge with two points each from We Thank the over 700 attendees for Heideman and McElligott. helping make this a very successful The Cardinals held the lead through the first quarter and Appreciation Day. until the final minute of the se cond. lone's press forced several turnovers by Echo, but the first half ended with the score tied, 21-21. The Cards came out fast in '' - j1 350 Mam Street Lexington, Oregon 97839 the third quarter and Heide man scored four points with Phone 989 8221 1 800 452 7396 Congratulations Customer Appreciation Day Door prize winners two quick baskets. lone set up a half court trap that stopped Echo's Fisher and Seeger from getting easy shots or rebounds. Third quarter ended with lone ahead by nine, 37-28. The Cardinals found them selves in foul trouble when Heideman committed her fifth and left the game with two minutes left in the final quarter. Echo chipped away at lone's lead, but time ran out and the final score was lone, 54, Echo, 50. STATS: lone-19 14-16 54 Boor 2 0-0 5. McElligott 10 11-13 32, Heideman 7 3-3 17, Haguewood, Miller. Ball, J. Sullivan, Odinet. Three-point goals: Boor. McElligott. ra jiM iiiT ìi' i : - i l i i . » • ______* - * • . . . . . . z The Heppner Fillies traveled to Stanfield, Saturday, Feb. 11. Heppner pulled out the win, 42-28, but played very flat the first half; the team seemed tired after their effort against West on-McEwen the previous evening. Midway through the third quarter, the guards, Annie Hisler, Lexi Matteson and Jill Barber took control and helped spark the team to victory. Hisler lead the scoring with 11, while Lori Moeller and Barber each had nine points. Jossie Evans added five, Tina Kemp and Matteson each had three points, and Mindy Binschus rounded out the scor ing with two points. The Fillies' next game was at Sherman County on Tuesday, Feb. 13; they travel to Pilot Rock on Friday, Feb. 16 and will then host Sherman Coun ty on Saturday, Feb. 17, for their last home game. We have Bear Mountain Pellets By the bag or ton 989-S5S6 G O O D FOR $ 1 0 O FF O N E T O N O F F U E L P E L L E T S , - . Jill Barber passes out from a pack of Stanfield players. Lexington Polaris M orrow County ^ G rain G row ers r Photo by Joyce Hugnes •M .