FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 21, 1996
C ard boys secure state trip
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Heppner Fillies avenge earlier
C a rd in a ls celeb rate win
lone athletes all.league picks ^oss *° Sherman County
Jacob T aylo r goes up for layin
The lone C ardinals got
another slow start on Saturday,
Feb. 17, against the Helix
Grizzlies, but did what they
had to do in the finish to secure
a fifth straight berth at the state
tournament in Baker City on
February 28-29 and March 1-2
by winning, 69-65.
The Cardinals found them
selves in a 17-10 hole after the
first quarter. In the second
quarter, the Cards made a run
to cut the Grizzly lead to two
points at 32-30 at the break.
Marc Orem led the second
quarter charge, scoring 10 of
the Cardinals points in the
pivotal quarter. Jon Garrett also
hit two three-pointers in the
quarter to help close the gap.
In the third quarter, the Car
dinals kicked into another gear,
upping the defensive and of
fensive pressure. The defensive
pressure caused several Grizzly
turnovers and the offensive
pressure led to some quick
buckets for the Cards. lone was
led in the third quarter by Kel
ly Morgan who scored eight
points, had two steals and
caused other turnovers.
The Cards entered the final
stanza with a 52-46 lead and
never trailed. Helix made a
rush in the last minute, scoring
seven points as the Cards
seemed to think the game was
in hand and relaxed a little
early.
Hannes Kreft and Ben Maney
led the Helix onslaught with 20
points apiece, followed by
Casey Peters with 16. The Car
dinals answered with balanced
scoring. Four players scored in
double figures, led by Orem
with 14, followed by Garrett
and Morgan with 12 and Joe
Bacon with 10. Luke Swanson
and Jake McElligott followed
closely behind with eight each.
Strong contributions off the
bench by Garrett, McElligott,
Jacob Taylor, and Petr Hybs
were instrumental in assuring
the Cards the win.
Orem and Morgan both had
good shooting nights, shooting
75 percent from the floor.
Swanson led on the boards
with nine rebounds, followed
by Bacon with eight caroms
and four assists. McElligott led
the defensive effort with four
blocked shots and one steal.
Sw anson contributed f o ur ;
steals to the effort. '
Luké S w anson (14) picked up first team allstars honors
STATS: lone 29 7-14 69. Allen 2 1 - 1 5 ,
Swanson 3 2-2 8, McElligott 4 0-0 8, Gar
rett 4 0-0 12, Bacon 4 2-4 10, Orem 6 2-4
14, Morgan 6 0-112, Hybs 0 0-2 0, Taylor.
Helix 23 1 2-19 65. R. Raymond 3 0-0
6, T. Raymond 1 0-0 3, Kreft 7 0-0 20,
Maney 7 6-8 20, Peters 5 6-1116. Whaley,
Kosey.
Lindsay W aterlan d fights for a rebound. No 12 is M indy Binschus,
24 is Toni K em p
By D o nna M oeller
The Heppner Fillies came out
Saturday night, Feb. 17, with
the determination to avenge
their Feb. 13 loss at Sherman
County. The Fillies led the en
tire game, beating Sherman
County 39-33. The girls played
tough defense and offense.
"Each player on this team gave
a little extra that contributed to
the w in," said coach John Boy
er. "W e played our toughest
game both physically and men
tally."
Lori Moeller played 3/4 of the
game with a split over her right
eye, which required seven stit
ches at the completion of the
game to repair. Senior Jossie
W asco Co. downs Cardinals
determined the final score as
The lone Cardinals ran into the Cards fouled to try to get
Wasco County, or, you might the ball back.
say Eric Balentine, on Friday,
According to coach Del
Feb. 16, and came out on the LaRue, "The Cardinals played
short end, 64-53. Balentine hit
hard and with a lot of heart. We
a game-high 36 points on 12 of
had the opportunity to win the
16 shots from the floor and 12 district championship if only a
of 15 from the charity stripe. He few shots had dropped."
also contributed 13 rebounds to
Balentine was unstoppable
the Redsides' effort.
with his shooting accuracy as
Meanwhile, the Cardinals the Cards were all over him a
shot a miserable 30 percent few times and the ball still
from the floor, hitting only two dropped in. Luke Swanson
of 22 from the three-point range was the scoring leader for the
for nine percent. As a result, Cards with 11 points, followed
the Cards were down early in by Joe Bacon with 10. Bacon
the first quarter by 10 points. also led the Cards with 11 re
Wasco extended that lead to 14 bounds for a double-double.
early in the third quarter before Steve Allen dished out six
the Cardinals mounted a come assists. Both Jake McElligott
back effort to get within four and Jacob Taylor came off the
points with less than five mi bench and allowed the Cards to
nutes to go. The Cards had the stay close.
ball and a chance to cut the lead
STATS: lone 22 7-12 53. Allen 3 2-2 8,
to two, but a steal off of a dou Swanson 5 1 - 2 1 1 , Garrett 2 0 -0 6 , Bacon
5 0-0 10, Orem 1 0-2 2, Morgan 1 0-0 2,
ble team and a layup by the
Taylor
1 3-4 5, Hybs 1 0-0 2.
Redsides' Gary Delco thwarted
Wasco County 22 20-29 64. G. Delco 4
the effort. Redsides free throws
3-4 11, Balentine 12 12-15 36, Russell 3
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Evans had a good game, scor
ing five points and was there
for rebounds and defense. Tina
Kemp and Jaci Hughes led the
scoring with seven points each;
Lori Moeller had six, with Lexi
Matteson and Evans each ad
ding five points. Jill Barber had
four points; Stormy Howard
had a nice three-point shot and
Annie Hisler added two free
throws to round out the scor
ing.
The Fillies ended their re
gular season play with an 8-4
record, securing the third place
position at District. The Fillies
will play the Weston-McEwen
TigerScots at the Convention
Center in Pendleton, Friday »
night Feb. 23, at 7 p.m.
Luke Swanson of lone High
School was named to the Big
Sky Conference East Division
boys' all league first team and
Melissa McElligott and Suzy
Heideman were named to the
girls' all league first team.
Joe Bacon and Marc Orem,
both IHS, were named to the
second team.
Other Big Sky all league
selections are as follows: first
team bovs-Ben Maney, Helix;
Randy Shaffer, Wheeler; Bi
Lathrop, Condon; and Je
miah Hart, Echo; second te,
boys-Hanes Kreft and Ca<
Peters, Helix; and Ben Can
bell, Echo; first team gii
Margaret Schott, Condon; Je
Fisher and Kelly Brownit
Echo; second team girls-Ca?
Seeger, Echo; Kelly Potter a
Sarah Campbell, Wheeler; a
LeAnn Barnett and Kacee K<
nedy, Condon.
The lone preschool children and teachers presented table
decorations made by the children and had dinner with the seniors
at the center on Valentine's Day. The children really brightened
up the day.
There were 129 people present for the dinner. Six meals were
home delivered and one meal was taken out. Members of the
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints served. Ruth
Bergstrom and John Hanna each received a chocolate rose as a
door prize. Vern Batty won the meal ticket and Bob Taylor, the
bingo ticket. The Senior Center Board met following the meal.
The menu for the birthday dinner Feb. 28 will be baked chicken,
baked beans, coleslaw, carrot sticks, bran muffins and fruit.
Members of the Catholic Church will serve.
Quilt raffle tickets were sold at the First Interstate Bank Fri
day, Feb. 16, by Velma Wight, Doll Campbell, Ralph and Barb
Struthers, and Eleanor and Tom Gonty, working in two hour
shifts.
No one played cards Friday afternoon at the center. The bus
did not go to Hermiston Saturday night, as only three people
had signed up to go. Eight seniors saw the first half of the movie,
"Dr. Zhivago", Sunday evening. The rest was shown Monday
evening. The tape was loaned by Irene Swanson.
Volunteer some time to help with the seniors' part of the St.
Patrick's celebration. Sign-up sheets will be at the center for work
shifts for the breakfast at the fairgrounds, the soup and roll lunch
and the pie and coffee sale at the center. Fruit pies are needed
also. More seniors are needed to sell chances on the quilt.
Dates to remember: Tuesday and Thursday exercise, 10 a m.;
Wednesday blood pressure clinic, 11 a m., senior meal, noon]
quilting 1 p.m.; Friday cards, 2 p.m.; Sunday movie, 6 p.m.
There will be a Housing Authority meeting at the center on
Monday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m.