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WÊ. Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday January 8, 1997 - FIVE Dufur Rangers fall to Lady Cardinals, 53-33 By Kara Miller The Lady Cardinals' varsity game against the Dufur Lady Rangers Friday, Jan. 3, started out with a quick three-pointer by Cardinal Dawn Boor and that was all it took for the Cards to gain the lead and get their momentum for the rest of the ball game. The Lady Cards won the game, 53-33. The lone girls held the Rangers to eight points while they upped their own by 14 in the first quarter. Suzy Heide- man helped the Cards in a big way in the second quarter by scoring seven o f her game- high 15 points. Heideman was the only Cardinal scorer o f the quarter, but she kept the in tensity rolling on the court. Dufur matched Heideman with their 57" junior, Amanda Lindell, who led her team with 14 points. In the third, the Cards mixed up their offense and let every one have a chance at a shot at Camie Burright steals the ball against Dufur the hoop. That strategy seemed to be successful, as they held the Rangers to one point, while increasing their own Heppner JV teams nearly flawless score by 17. The fourth quarter was really pose a threat at all riddled with fouls and bonus By Lonnie Rill during the game. The Heppner High School attempts by both teams, but at Both JV teams won at the final buzzer, lone won, 53- JV boys and girls' teams were close to flawless this weekend Sherman County on Saturday. 33. After the first two league Stats: lone 53-Boor 2 0-1 5, Childers, when they met up with their Anderson 3 2-2 8, Haguewood 1 0-0 2, games it looks like both teams Odinet 0 1-2 1, C. Bumght 1 0-0 2, first league games against are going to have very pro B Bumght 4 4-4 12, K. Burright 4 0-0 8, Weston-McEwen on Friday gressive seasons. They both Heideman 7 1-4 15. Totals: 21 8-13 53. and then Sherman County on Dufur 33-Lindell 8 0-0 16, Cantrell 0 have a lot to look forward to 1-21, Thomas 2 4-8 8, Duncan 1 1-43, Saturday. Both teams played and are expected to do well. Ashbrook, Thompson 1 2-4 5. Totals: 12 extremely well against the 8-18 33. Due to some confusion in TigersScots who are Heppner Three-point goals: Ione-Boor, B scheduling, the Heppner Burright 2. Total fouls: lone 16, Dufur main league rivalry. II The boys won with ease over Junior High School games the TigersScots, who didn't were not played. Bowlins League Thursday Nite Mixers week of December 26 W L Lancer Lanes 36 20 Wright's Century 31 25 24 32 R & W Skagg's Auto Clinic 21 31 High games: Randy Sample 206. Dianna Hoeft 178. High series: Randy Sample 566. Dianna Hoeft 484 Splits converted: Doug Gunderson 5-7, 3-6-7-10, 3-10. Dime A Dozen week of December 29 W L 42 22 Penland House 48 16 D-Don's 42 22 Pin Dodgers 31 33 BM's Bunn Horseshoeing 22 42 10 54 Our Gang High games: Randy Sample 191, Katie McRoberts 189 High series: Randy Sample 546. Maude Hughes 469 Splits converted: Gerald Hoeft 3-10, 2-4-5-10, Dianna Hoeft 5-10. Mustangs JV girls lose to TigerScots by Mollv Rhea The Heppner JV girls played a great game Friday, January 3, against a strong Weston- McEwen group, but once again the outcome was determined at the foul line The Mustangs were sent to the line 19 times and capitalized only five times While the young Tiger-Scots got only eight Tree throw attempts, they converted four The first half was strong defense and low scoring with the game tied at 11 at the end of two quarters At the end of the third quarter the Mustangs led 21-20. Heppner led much of the fourth, only to be overcome at the finish The final score was 33-38, Weston- McEwen Heppner’s Amy Papineau led all scorers with 12 points while pulling down eight rebounds in her two quarters Casey Ingraham scored nine and scooped five boards Kathleen Greenup had eight, while Kim Pointer and Stephanie Clough each added two W-M TigerScots take victory over Mustangs Blue Mountain week of December 18 W L 36 16 Beecher’s 301/2 21V2 Who Knows 26V2 251/2 Willow Lanes 20V2 31V2 Misfits 20V2 31V2 Team 2 22 22 Young Guns High games: Gerald Hoeft 197, John Breidenbach 194. High series: Gerald Hoeft 567, Randy Sample 566. Splits converted: Randy Sample 4-9, 3-10, Blu Blakeley 3-10. Gene Doherty 6-7-8-10 JV Lady Cards beat Rangers, 33-20 By Kara Miller The lone Lady Cardinals JV team traveled to Dufur to take on the Lady Rangers Friday, Jan. 3, and won, 33-20. The score stayed close although the Cards were run ning the floor more quickly than the Rangers. The shots weren't falling for the fledg ling Cardinals, but it was enough to pull out the victory. Nikki McElligott led the team with 15 points and grabbed six steals. Camie Bumght and Niki Sullivan both added six boards to help the JV team soar to the 33-20 victory. photo by Joyce Hughes Justin Matteson looks for room around Tigerscot high 33 points in the second The Heppner Mustangs got a half to put the game out of split on the opening weekend reach. Jim Schlaich led the Mus o f Columbia Basin Conference tangs with 14 points and 12 re league action. The Weston- bounds, and point guard Justin McEwen TigerScots ran away Matteson also scored 14 points with an 81-69 victory Friday and added seven assists to try night, Jan. 3, and the Mustangs to keep things close. Eric whipped the Sherman County Schonbachlcr hit for 11 points Huskies on the road, 52-33, in the losing cause. Saturday, Jan. 4, to finish with one win and one loss. The TigerScots used a one- two punch of seniors Michael George Fox Lady Bruin Peterson and Morgan Dunlap Keelie Keown dished out a to blast by the Mustangs. game-high six assists in the Dunlap scored 15 o f his 17 l ady Bruin's game against points in the first half to lead Concordia University. In its last game before Weston-McEwen to a 41-29 b e g i nning No r t h we s t lead at intermission. Peterson Conference play, no 24- exploded for 21 o f his game- Lady Mustangs blow away W-M TigerScots by Molly Rhea The wind blew in the Weston-McEwen Tiger-Scots for the first league match up on Friday, January 3, and the Heppner Mustangs blew them on out. Although it wasn’t actually a “blowout” the Heppner girls did best the seventh ranked team - exciting stuff for us Mustang fans It was an intense game with both teams in a press The Mustangs trailed 11-14 after the first eight minutes, then by the end o f the second quarter were able to narrow the Tiger- Scot lead to one, 23- 24 Heppner scored 11 points to Weston-McEwen’s eight in the third, and 15 to best their 13 in the fourth to leash and muzzle the Tiger-Scots The difference in the game came down to the free throw line In the first half the Mustangs sent the Tiger-Scots to the line 14 times to convert 10, while Heppner was able to make only four o f 12 from the charity stripe In the second half Heppner put up a tough defense while committing only six fouls so as not to allow Weston-McEwen a free shot While the Mustangs were playing “hands-off defense” the Tiger-Scots committed 13 fouls, allowing the Heppner girls to bag 11 o f 15 free throws. Lori Moeller led Heppner’s scoring with 15, seven from the free throw line, and pulled down seven rebounds Jaci Hughes came off the bench to tally 10, six popped in as free throws Brooke Boyer came in to rack up seven points, while Annie Hisler and Casey Ingraham each scored five Jill Barber scored three with a trey; Mindy Binchus and Lexi Matteson each dished out a bucket for two points apiece Weston-McEwen’s Amber Weatherspoon was their high scorer with 15 in the losing effort This was definitely the CBC’s game of the week and it took some spunky Mustang girls to reveal that the real “truth about cats and dogs” is that they can be beaten. photo bv Jovce Hughes Mindy Binschus makes save against Tigerscots H eppner JV girls beat H uskies Huskies 16 to ten and galloped _hy. Molly Rhea Heppner’s JV girls may have on out with the win, 39-35. Displaying a fierce tenacity, been a little s> rprised by the team leader Kathleen Greenup physical play allowed in the Sherman County gym, but they scored five points, chased adjusted quickly to take the down seven rebounds and had four steals to help snatch the win on Saturday, January 4 game out of the Huskies' jaws The first quarter the tough Seven Mustangs kicked in Huskies set tne Mustangs back on their heels and led at end of with points for this win Kim eight minutes 12 to five The Pointer led all scorers with second quarter the Heppner eleven points while pulling Ashley girls held their grouncf and down eight boards narrowed the gap to three at Ropp and Leah Denton each the half with Snerman County scored six points and Amy Papineau scored five along leading 20-17 with Greenup Casey Ingraham Although the third quarter was low scoring, Heppner had four and Macy Rhea added again gained some"ground and two points Under the guidance of coach was trailing by only two at the Dana Reid, the JV girls are end of the three The young Mustangs put it all together in showing improvement at every the final quarter, outscored the outing Their win-loss record now stands at an even 4-4 Lady Mustangs defeated by Sherman Co. hy Molly Rhea It was Saturday, January 4, so the Heppner Mustangs and most of tneir fans were in Moro facing the Sherman County Huskies Heppner’s varsity girls were defeated by a team of physical players that worked a tight zone defense to sew up the inside while hardly missing a shot throughout the game After one quarter Heppner trailed Sherman County 11-20. The Mustangs came out in the second quarter and worked a series of plays to come within two points before the Huskies went into a scoring frenzy and finished first half once again leading by nine, 34-25. The Mustangs worked hard but continued to have a tough time penetrating the zone, while the Huskies never lost their hothand The margin at the end of the third remained at nine, 35-46 Near the end of the fourth quarter Coach John Boyer went to a “shoot a trey and quickly foul” offense that brought Heppner within five points, but they were unable to overcome the deficit and ending up losing, 50-58 The margin o f loss was again seen at the free throw line with the Mustangs converting on only eight of 16 while Sherman County hit eight o f 11 This brings the Mustangs’ record an even 1-1 for league play, and 9-3 for the season With 14 points, Lori Moeller was once again Heppner’s top scorer Jaci Hughes came in photo by Joyce Hughes Brooke Boyer (22) guards Sherman player and scored 12, including two treys Annie Hisler and Brooke Boyer both racked up six points, Lexi Matteson made five, Janelle Healy, three, while Mindy Binchus and Jill Barber had two points apiece Only six players from Sherman County contributed to their scoring Topping all scorers was the Husky’s Tvan Sanderson with 16, followed by Maria Macnab with 14 and Miranda Shull with 10 The varsity and JV Mustangs will enjoy a bye on Friday, January 10, then will resume league play in Umatilla on Saturday, January 11 0 We Print B u sin ess C a r d s Gazette-Times Shorthanded, lone loses to Umatilla inson, who also commented that the team had returned Despite the lack o f players, from a previous ball game at the lone Cardinals JV team 1:30 a m. played a respectable game The Cards still had quite a Saturday, Jan. 4 when they game. Pete Cantu w’as the hosted the Umatilla Vikings. leading scorer with 12 points, The Cards lost, 68-40. six of which were three- lone had only six players pointers. Mark McElligott had available. "They just ran out of a great game with 10 points, steam," said coach Dean Rob including two three-pointers. By Jeremy Rletmann Keown dishes six assists ranked George Fox (3-3) defeated Concordia (1-12) 82- 59 at Newberg The Lady Bruins lead 24-8 at the 9 05 mark of the first half and never surrendered the lead Keown is the daughter of Michael and Kari Keown of Heppner .* .. •. . ; • \ A - , .. • - . V ' - - " ' - •• . M *• .- V A ,.'-' ' > ■ y V i- •» * , ' ' • •- ; - v » V , . • - * ' • V-
