FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 8, 1997
Vikings can't get past Lady Cards H eppner Mustangs w hip
Cards lose to Vikings, 70-58
Sherm an County
M aci C hilders shoots against Um atilla C am ie Burright fights for a
possible rebound position.
By Kara Miller
The Umatilla Lady Vikings
rowed their way into lone,
Saturday, Jan. 4, only to be
capsized by the Lady Card
inals' varsity, 44-30. Strong
guards were the advantage the
Cards had over the Vikings, in
both the JV and varsity match
ups.
In the JV game, freshman
Nikki McElligott had seven
steals and eight rebounds. Niki
Sullivan led the Cards with 12
points. Camie Burright fol
lowed closely with 11. They
hustled their way to a 44-36
final score and extended their
record to 6-2.
The Cardinals' varsity squad
came out on the court ready
for a strong match after lone
beat Umatilla on their home
court just a week ago. The
scoring was close in the first
quarter, with lone's Suzy
Heideman and Umatilla's
Alecia Johnson battling it out
under the basket.
Heideman put in eight of her
game-high 20 points in the
first quarter and Dawn Boor
added a three-point goal for a
total of 11 points on the
Cardinals' side. Johnson put in
six of her team-high 17 points,
with shots from Tina Kik and
Cherra Charlo to put Umatilla
at 10.
In the second quarter, the
Viking offense stepped it up
with all their guards scoring.
By hustling and running fast
breaks, they met and passed
the Cards by seven on the
scoreboard, with lone 15 and
Umatilla 22 at the half.
When the Lady Cardinals
came back out on the court in
the third, the intensity was
back in their faces. Brenda
Burright and Heideman were
the only scorers in the quarter,
but they both shot on the mark
and brought the Cards back up
to the lead on the scoreboard.
Steals from Tori Odinet, La-
Ree Anderson and Dawn Boor
helped Heideman and Burright
complete the offensive game.
The score was 28-24 at the end
of the eight minutes.
The Lady Cards pulled away
in the final quarter, as Uma
tilla was in foul trouble. The
Cards made their bonus shots
and although the Vikings'
Johnson scored, it wasn't
enough for a comeback against
the Cardinal offense. The
Cards finished the evening
with a 52-27 victory to bring
their preseason record to 6-4.
All o f the Cardinal teams
will travel to Condon on
Friday, Jan. 10 to open league
play against the Condon Blue
Devils. Play starts at 3 p.m.
with the girls' JV game.
photo by Joyce Hughes
Eric Schonbachler on the fast break at Sherman
The Mustangs used a 20-8
fourth quarter to shake the
pesky Sherman County Hus
kies at Moro to even up their
league record to 1 -1 and bring
their season record to 8-3.
Heppner won the game, 52-33.
The Mustangs led 13-9 at the
first quarter break and 23-17 at
the half. The Huskies used a
tight zone defense and the
Mustangs weren't shooting the
ball well from the perimeter.
Heppner used Justin Matte-
son’s 11 points and Tim Dick
enson's nine points to run
away from Sherman County.
Jim Schlaich dominated on the
boards with 13 rebounds.
Jesse Thomas led Sherman
County with nine counters.
The Mustangs have a bye on
Friday, Jan. 10,. then travel to
LImatilla to face the league
favorite Umatilla Vikings Sat
urday, J a n .11.
Joe Bacon goes up for a shot against Um atilla. Jake M cElligott gets
ready for the rebound.
By Shelby Krebs
An exciting game ended in
an lone Cardinal loss to the
Umatilla Vikings Saturday,
Jan. 4. The Vikings, highly
rated in the Columbia Basin
Conference league, beat the
Cardinals, 70-58.
Junior Jake McElligott had
an outstanding game, leading
the Cardinals with 22 points
and 10 rebounds. McElligott
shot 82 percent from the field
JH Lady Cards lose to Cougars
and was four for four on the
free throw line.
Coach Del LaRue said, "We
didn't play as well as we
should have. We tried to do
some individual things rather
than staying in our team focus.
As a result, we didn’t play as
well."
The Cardinals will begin
league play Friday, Jan. 10,
w hen they travel to Condon to
take on the Condon Blue
Devils.
Echo beats lone Cards, 32-12
lone downs Dufur 66-47
Allison Halvorsen takes a shot over Echo in the lone Jr. High gam e
vs. Echo
By Jennifer Thom pson
The lone Lady Cardinals
played the Echo Cougars in
Echo on Friday, Jan. 3 and lost
to the Cougars, 33-21.
The Lady Cards had suffered
a tough loss to Echo on Dec.
14, and had hoped to make a
comeback.
The top scorers for the Cards
were eighth grader Charissa
Gates and seventh grader
Amellia Peck, with eight. Alli
son Halvorsen followed with
six points.
Coach Steve Schaber said,
"The score says we lost, but as
a team, it was a victory."
Past Noble Grands meet
By D elpha Jones
Luke Sw anson goes high over the Dufur team for'tw o of his gam e-
high 20 points
On the strength o f a strong
second half the lone Cardinals
defeated the Dufur Rangers
66-47and gave head coach Del
LaRue his 400th career win
The Cards pulled ahead by
eight points at the end o f the
first quarter, but when the
Rangers found their three point
range and popped in five tnrees
lone saw its lead evaporate to
one point
Luke Swanson led the Card's
offensive muscle with a game
high 20 points including two
three pointers
Jake McElligott led lone off
the glass with 11 boards, while
also scoring 11 points
Joe Bacon and Kelly Morgan
gabbed 10 rebounds apiece
or the winners Bacon was
also the second leading
Cardinals scorer with 15
The Cardinals received strong
floor leadership from the 10
assists o f Steve Allen
f
The Past Noble Grand
Christmas supper was held
recently at the Cecil Jones'
ranch, with Luella Taylor as
hostess.
A business meeting was held
following the dinner, with an
election o f officers» Delpha
Jones was elected chairman.
Annetta Padberg, vice chair
man and Kathy Tellechea, sec
retary. Secret Sister names
were revealed and new names
drawn. Dates were chosen for
the year's hostesses. Each
member received a Christmas
ornament and a magnet teapot
for refrigerators.
Members
present
were
Kathy Tellechea, Annetta Pad
berg, Dorothy Jackson, Leila
Palmer, hostess Luella Taylor
and Delpha Jones.
The next meeting will be in
March.
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Dustin H aguew ood m akes a shot against Echo
By Jennifer Thom pson
The lone Cardinals traveled
to Echo to take on the Echo
Cougars, Friday, Jan. 3. The
Cards' performance didn’t
prove to be enough to defeat
the Cougars. lone couldn't
match up to Echo's height and
hustle and was defeated, 32-
12 .
The Cardinals' top scorer
was eighth grader Dustin
Haguewood with six points.
Korcy Morgan, Jeremiah Mc
Elligott and Brad Burright fol
lowed with two points each.
The Cardinals will take on
the Blue Devils when they
travel to Condon on Friday,
Jan. 10.
Willow Grange conference set
By D elpha Jones
Saturday, February 1, has
been chosen for a Grange con
ference at the Willows Grange
Hall.
This is a meeting for all
grangers concerning a leader
ship and programming project.
State officers w ill be present to
conduct the meeting, which
will be from 5-8 p.m.
The card party held recently
at the Rcbekah hall was well
attended. Winning prizes were
high-Bob Taylor and Ginger
Keithley, individual high-Lyle
Peck and Joyce Buchanan, and
traveling-Gingcr and Vem
Keithley. Refreshments were
served following cards.
Commission to meet
The next meeting of the
Morrow County Commission
on Children and Families
(MCCCF) will be held on
Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 7 p.m.. at
the Morrow County annex
building in Irrigon.
The main topics o f dis
cussion will be the approval o f
the Comprehensive Plan and
the Child Care Development
block grant proposals. This is
a public meeting and any in
terested party is encouraged to
attend and participate in the
discussions, said Dar Merrill,
MCCCF director.
For more information, call
676-9675.