SIX- Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 11, 1996
Fillies canter to win over Lady Cardinals
to Molly Rhea
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Tuesday, December 3,
marked the season opener for
both the Heppner Fillies and
lone Cardinals. After a tight
first half the hosting Fillies
broke loose and cantered to a
56-43 win over the Lady
Cards.
With a meager 20-16
halftime lead, the Fillies went
on a stampede in the second
half, scoring 18 points in both
the third and fourth quarters.
Late in the game lone mounted
a successful press which
resulted in 19 fourth quarter
points, several coming off of
forced turn overs. Although
the Lady Cards outscored tne
Fillies in the final period, they
were unable to overcome the
lead the Fillies had built in the
first three quarters.
“The. girls put out great
effort,” Coach John Boyer
said.
Lori Moeller led the Fillies
with 12 points and 10
rebounds. Sne was followed
by Lexi Matteson with 11
points. Heppner displayed a
running attack with 11 players
contributing to the final score.
lone showed six players
scoring with Dawn Boor and
Suzy Heideman leading the
Cardinals with 13 points
apiece.
Casey Ingraham scored 11
points, with Amy Papineau
and Kathleen Greenup adding
seven
and
six . points,
respectively, in the JV Fillies'
loss to the Lady Cardinals.
The young Heppner squad
looked a
little tight with
points coming from only five
of their 14 players.
lone’s Cammie Burright
scored 12 points to lead the JV
Cards to a 43-27 win.
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The Heppner Fillies lost the
first game in the Grant Union
T ou rn am en t
by
a
heartbreaking two points in
overtime to a Pine Eagle, 44-
46.
“Our girls showed up ready
to play," said Coach John
Boyer. “Friday’s game was
wild and physical; the girls
played hara.”
The four-team tournament
started Friday afternoon, Dec.
6, with the Fillies pitted
against the tall, physical team
of Pine Eagle High. The
game was close throughout
with Heppner leading by two
points after the first quarter,
and only one at the half. At
the close of the third quarter
the Fillies were again up by
two. At the end of regulation
play the score was tied at 39.
In the three minute overtime
the Fillies were only able to
score five while the Spartan’s
managed seven points to tough
out the win.
On Saturday, December 7,
Heppner easily won the
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consolation game against the
Joseph E-Gals, 55-44. The
Jill Barber (14) tries to stop Suzy Heideman from passing the ball.
Fillies came out strong in the
#10 is Dawn Boor
first quarter and were ahead
16-5 after the first eight
minutes. Heppner managed to
build the lead to 15 at the half
and maintained that margin
throughout the second halt to
ice the win.
Coach Boyer stated, “I’m
pleased with the weekend’s
effort. On Saturday the girls
played strong and made good
decisions.”
The Fillies'
leading scorers for the two-
game tournament were Annie
Hisler with 23 points and Lori
Moeller with 19.
Heppner hosted Condon on
Tuesday, December 10. No
photo by Joyce Hughes
Lindsey Waterland fights for a jump ball against Joseph. #24 is Toni
Kemp
By Jeremy Rietmann
By Shelby Krebs
The lone Cardinals varsity
boys suffered a tough loss to
the Pilot Rock Rockets, 60-56,
Friday, Dec. 6.
The first quarter score favor
ed the Rockets, 10-9. At the
half, the Cards led 28-22. The
third quarter score was 42-40 in
favor of the Cardinals.
Saturday, Dec. 7, the Car
dinals defeated Baptist Chris
tian, 77-57. The Cards had 40
points on the scoreboard at the
half and followed it up with 37
points in the last two quarters.
Top scorers for the Cardinals
were Jake McElligott with 16
points and Steve Allen and Jory
Crowell with 12 each. Marc
Orem had 13 points, Kelly
Morgan, eight, Randy Scott,
six, Patrick Eberhard and Joe
Bacon each had four, and Jacob
Taylor checked in with two.
Mustangs defeat Cards, 86-58
By Jennifer Thompson
The time for the Heppner
High School Boys C-team
basketball same, originally
scheduled for 6 p.m. this
Thursday, Dec. 12, has been
changed
to
3:30
p.m.
Thursday.
The HHS C-team will play
Spray at home.
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Mustangs, Rockets
IMS girls beat
Arlington, 21-11
Heppner C-team
game time changed
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JV Cards lose to
to Grant Union
The lone Middle School girls
started their basketball season
off by defeating the Arlington
Goslings, 21-11.
The top scorer for the Lady
Cardinals was eighth grader
Allison Halvorsen with six
points, followed by Charissa
Gates, Nonnee Walters and
Shelby Krebs, each with four,
Jennifer Thompson, two and
Jeanette Brantley, one.
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lone Cardinals win one, lose one
Mustangs lose
The Heppner Mustangs mix
ed it up with the 3A Grant
Union Prospectors and came
up on the short end of a 77-66
score in the tournament cham
pionship game.
The game was played in
streaks as the Prospectors
jumped to a 16-8 first quarter
lead. Heppner clawed back
within three points, but Grant
Union went on a 15-0 run to
lead 39-21 at the half. Heppner
didn't have an answer for 6'4"
senior Bo Workman, who
scored 10 of his game-high 18
points in the second quarter.
Heppner rallied back to with
in eight points inside two
minutes remaining in the
game, but the Prospectors seal
ed the victory, making 9 for 14
free throws in the fourth
quarter.
Jeff Watkins led Heppner
with 13 points, Justin Matteson
added 12 and Eric Schonbach-
ler scored 10. Jim Schlaich led
the team on the boards with 10
caroms. The Mustangs didn't
help themselves, as they shot
only 16 for 35 at the free throw
line, while the Prospectors
were 17 for 23.
Heppner plays three games
the week of Dec 9. They host
ed Condon, Tuesday, Dec. 10,
and will hit the road on the
weekend, traveling to lone Fri
day night, Dec. 13, and River
side Saturday, Dec. 14.
Fillies lose one, win one in tournament
Marc Orem shoots over Jeff Watkins (32) while Tim Dickenson
watches
The Heppner Mustangs
started their 1996-97 basketball
season beating the lone Car
dinals, 86-58. After taking a six
point lead through one quarter,
Hepner raced to a 44-29 Jialf-
time lead in the Mustang home
opener.
The game was typical of ear
ly season contests, as the teams
combined for 45 fouls. The
Mustangs had balanced scor-
ing, with four players in dou
ble figures. Heppner was led
by Eric Schonbachler with 15
points, Chris Anthony with 12,
Justin Matteson, 11, and Tim
Dickenson, 10.
The Cardinals' leading
scorers were Jake McElligott
with 20, and Marc Orem, 10.
lone played without senior
starters Jon Garrett and Luke
Swanson; both were out with
injuries.
Police Chief issues warning
Heppner Police Chief Doug
Rathbun has issued a warning
concerning third-party calls.
"If you get any calls from an
operator wanting you to accept
the charges for a third-party call
or conference call, be sure you
know the party that is calling, "
said Chief Rathbun.
The lone Cardinals JV team
kicked off its season on Tues
day, Dec. 3, against the Hepp
ner Mustangs. The Cards lost
to the Mustangs, 60-39. Car
dinal freshman, Allen Grib-
skov, lead the scoring with 12
points, followed by Randy
Scott with six. Nathan Riet
mann, Mark McElligott and
Pete Cantu followed up with
five points each. Foreign ex
change student Patrick Eber
hard pulled out with four
points and freshman Dylan
Pettyjohn came out with two.
At halftime, the Cardinals
were behind by 17 points and
they stayed behind for the re
mainder of the game.
The lone JV team played their
second game in Pilot Rock
against the Rockets. They lost
by only two points, with a final
score of 44-42.
Leading scorers were Allen
Gribskov with 15 and Randy
Scott, 13.
The game was close all the
way, but at the half, the
Rockets were leading by four.
The score was tied at 29 in the
third quarter, but the Cardinals
again fell behind and lost by
two.
The Cards played the Hepp
ner "C " team on Saturday,
Dec. 7, and won by a score of
65-25. Nathan Rietmann lead
the scoring with 13 points,
followed by Mark McElligott
with 12. The Cardinals lead the
entire game and were leading
by 20 at the half.
Filly JVs
trounce RHS
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Heppner’s JV girls looked
like a different team as they
trounced Riverside’s JV ’s on
Thursday, December 5. The
young Fillies jumped to a 13-2
uarter and
lead after one qiu
never looked back, winning
47-23.
Casey Ingraham contributed
17 7 points and eight rebounds
in tne effort. To enhance the
win, eight o f the 14
JV
pla^e ers scored for the Fillies.
'V coach Dana Reid was
pleased with her team's
periformance. “It was good to
see them working hard and
hustling tonight,” Coach Reid
commented.
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Lori Moeller (30) throws long pass against Spartans
story was available at press Tuesday, December 17, the
Riverside varsity teams will be
time.
The Heppner teams
back
in Heppner for the
travel to lone on Friday,
rematch.
December 13, for a rematch
All in all, the Heppner
with the
Cardinals.
On
hoopsters
and their faithful
Saturday, December 14, the
fans
have
a busy schedule
Heppner teams will be found
throughout
the month of
at Boardman taking on the 3A
December.
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