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Page 9, THE GAZETTE TIMES, Heppner. OR, Thursday. April 15. 1976 Hoppnsr Elm! Sdiool MUSTANGS PLACE HIGII In WILLAMETTE RELAY Heppner High School boyi tracksten arc currently well into the 1976 spring sports competition. Last Saturday the Mustangs participated in the Willamette Relays. Tuesday Heppner co mpeted in a four-way meet at Boardman. Tomorrow a group of Mustangs go to Milton Freewater for the Carnival of Speed. Saturday the boys are Involved in the Condon Invita tional and the following Tues day there is a four-way meet at Condon. ' "We are a little short in numbers," said head coach Chuck Starr. "But the boys we do have out are a fine group of Competitors." This statement proved true at Salem as the 12 participants from Heppner collected 12 place finishes in the A competition. The Willamette Relays is , traditionally one of Oregon's .largest and best track meets and this year, featured 63 schools and nearly 1,500 parti cipants in A. AA and AAA competition.The competition was keen in all events as many meet records were broken. The Mustangs ran, Jumped and threw against Amity, Canyonvllle Bible Academy, Colton, Jefferson, John F. Kennedy. Mt. Angel. Pilot Rock, Perrydale, Prairie City, Regis, St, Paul, Salem Acad emy. Santiam and Scio. No team results were kept but the Mustangs would have placed very high in team scoring. Individual top per formers for Heppner were Clayton Wilson who collected IP j points and Dan Marshall (with 8. Marty Smith was the op novice performer with 8 points. Novice is for those boys who haven't earned a varsity letter. HEPPNER RESULTS: Novice high hurdles, Bryce Powell. th. :18 8. 440 relay- Metal, metal reinforced or wet ladders that you might use around your home or other buildings are , conductors of electricity. Use extreme caution when using these types of ladders around electrical wires, service drops and equipment. Electric Service is dependable but you must respect and react safely to it as you work near overhead power lines. COLUMBIA BASIN ELECTRIC COOP., INC urges the members to observe and report any potentially hazardous condition observed. Cobniljla Bosb Ehtfric Co-op COLUMBIA BASIN ELECTRIC CO0PJIJ .quart miles In Umatilla. Morrow, G.lham. Sherman and Wheeler Counties. Ray Cate, Steve McLaugh ghlin, Wade Padberg, Clayton Wilson, 4th, :46 8. 880 Relay Cate, David Bradley, Pad berg, Wilson, 1st 1:38.9. 440 Shuttle Hurdle Relay Pow ell, David Allstott, Brian Marlin, McLaughlin, 5th .51.3. Mile Relay-Wilson, Bradley, Cate, Padberg, 2nd, :3.44. 3,000 Meter Steeple chaseMcLaughlin, n.t. High Jump-Allstott, 3rd, 5'10". Long Jump Bradley, 153". Discus Dan Marshall, third, 123'; Greg Clow, 6th, 105'5". Novice Discus Marty Smith, 2nd, 105'6". Shot Put-Marshall, 5th, 39'8";low, 36'5". Novice Shot-Marty Smith, 2nd, 39'8"; Bob Smith, 34'9". Javelin-Wilson, 2nd, 160'4"; McLaughlin, U8'9". Novice Javeline-Marty Smith, 115'. The only Heppner runner not participating in Satur day's meet was freshman Jeff Fortenberry who will be running long distance racer for the Mustangs. Kcglers (Corner Peterson's Jewelers and Central Market split their 4 game series taking 2 games a piece, Gardner's Men's Wear took 4 games from the Morrow County Grain Growers and Fiesta Bowl lost 4 games to Coast to Coast. Roberta Klaus, Coast to Coast took high honors with a 191 for individual high game and rolled a 531 for individual high series. Coast to Coast won high team game with a 916 and high team series with a 2719. Team W L Petersons 36', 19 Central Market 30 26 MCGG 29', 26' i Gardners 28 28 Coast to Coast 28 28 Fiesta Bowl 16 40 Sports TRACK The Heppner Mustangs col lected two plays in the Milton Freewater Carnival of speed last Friday. Competing against AAA, AA and A high - schools from Eastern Oregon and South eastern Washington, the Mus tangs displayed strength in the middle distance races. Wade Padberg ran 2nd In the 440 dash with a :53.2 clocking. Ray Cate finished in 4th place in the 880 run with a time of 2:08.8. Also competing were Greg Clow and Dan Marshall in the shot and discus, with Steve McLaughlin running the low hurdles. Although none plac ed, season and and career bests were turned in. Absent team members wor ked against the Heppner boys track squad in the Condon Invitational last Saturday. Although lacking three par ticipants the Mustangs mana ged to do very well placing 3rd overall in a field of 20 class A schools. David Allstott was missed from the triple and high Jump as he was hospitalized with a broken hand and will remain out of competition for another week. Illness prevented fresh man Brian Marlin from com peting in the hurdles and jumping events. Clayton Wil son was in Arizona with his parents. All would have plac ed and probably given the Mustangs the first place tro phy. Joseph and Sherman Coun ties tied for team honors with 68 points, while Heppner had 58. Other teams scoring were Prairie City 56. Condon 35, Riverside 32' , Umatilla 32, Weslon McEwen 29. Wishram 21, Pilot Rock, Imbler and Long Creek 20, Wasco Co. and Helix 12, Monument 10. Culver and Arlington 8. Wheeler Co. 21 1, lone 1, and Ukiah 0. The only Mustang to place 1st was Wade Padberg in the 440 Outstanding efforts and high place finishes came from Ray Cate, 100 meters and the 880; Dan Marshall shot put, Marty Smith, shot and javelin. Steve McLaughlin and Bryce Powell both performed well in the hurdles. ECHO C LIPS JVS The Heppner JVS played host to the Echo varsity Monday and came up on the wrong end of a 14-6 score. Bob Smith and Jack Yocom both hit doubles for the JVs. The Mustang pitcher gave up a total of 10 bases on balls Heppner: 6 R. 3 H. 12 E. Echo: 13 R. 5 H. 4 E. LTl fx BOYSEN'S DSST lUTEiHOH LATEX FLAT imjjy m ' Ado ait JLxl BASEBALL The Heppner Mustangs ev ened their record to 4-4 on the season by dropping 2 games to the Umatilla Vikings by iden tical scores of 4 3. In the first game the Heppner diamond crew gave up 3 runs in the 2nd inning on 3 hits and an error. The Mustangs fought back and scored once in the 3rd on a homer by Clayton Wilson. In the 4th they managed to tie up the game on singles by Peck, Henry and Wilson. The Vikings came back with a run in the 5th to ice the victory. Mustang Robert Hen ry worked 4 innings on the mound with Jim Lankford pitching .the last 3 innings. They gave up 8 hits, walked 3 and managed to strike out 5. The Mustangs lost catcher Dave Allstott with a broken . thumb in the 3rd inning and he will be out of the lineup for 3-5 weeks. In the return engagement at Umatilla, the Vikings took an early 1-0 lead in the 1st inning. The Mustangs tied the ball game in the 2nd inning on singles by Henry and Kenny. The Mustangs led 2-1 after 4 innings on a triple by Jim Kenny. In the top of the 5th Umatilla scored twice to take a 3-2 lead. The Heppner team scored in the 6th on a walk by Jim Kenny and an RBI double by Dennis Peck. The Vikings scored again in the 6th to make the final score 4 3. Lankford went the distance for Heppner giving up 5 hits and striking out 2. The Mustangs opened their league schedule Tuesday. Ap ril 14 hosting the Sherman Huskies. JVS DROP TWIN BILL The Heppner JVs dropped 2 Sinning games to the Umatil la Vikings Saturday by scores of 8 5 and 5 3 In the first game the Mustangs scored twice in the 2nd inning on singles by Burkenbine and Stooky. They also bunched 1 error. 2 walks and a single by Smith in the 3rd for 3 more runs. Randy Worden pitched for the Mustangs giving up 8 hits and striking out 7. 2nd Game: The JVs took a 2-1 lead after the 1st inning on 2 walks. 1 error and a single by Bruce Young. The only other Mustang run came on a homerun by Dennis Peck in the 3rd inning. Peck also pitched for the JVs giving up 6 hits, walking 6 and striking out 6. irr Juv I I S XhJ U i in .i ... ij i I Yimrlj tiirniil f LiiLviLaLi3LlvlJ (some colors higher) LEXINGTON LUMDER CC. Lexington, Oregon S33-C5C3 Wranglers play day The Wranglers held their 2nd playday last Sunday at the Wranglers field following a potluck luncheon. Following is a list of the winners listed from 1st throu gh 4th places: 6 and under, barrels: Jason Dougherty, Angie Ashbeck, Duane Ball and Jimmie Cur rin. Poles: Jason Dougherty, Duane Ball, mike Van Schoi ack and Angie Ashbeck. Put-N Take: Jason Dougherty, Du ane Ball and Angie Ashbeck. Figure 8: Jason Dougherty, Duane Ball, Mike Van Schoi ack and Angie Ashbeck. 7 through 9, barrels, Scott Dougherty, Steve Currin and Bridget! Greenup, tie, Trisha Mahoney, Steve Miller. Poles: Scott Dougherty, Trisha Ma honey, Steve Currin and Steve Miller. Put-N-Take: Steve Currin, Bridgett Greenup, Steve Miller and Trisha Ma honey. Figure 8: Steve Currin, Steve Miller, Trisha Mahoney and Bobby Kinzer, tie, and Scott Dougherty. 10 through 12, barrels: Ann Van Schoiack, Anita Palmer, Cliff Dougherty and Brett Sherer. Poles: Cliff Dougher ty, Brett Sherer, Tara Maho ney and Ann Van Schoiack. Put-N-Take: Mike Currin, Brett Sherer, Cliff Dougherty and Anita Palmer. Musical Ropes: Brett Sherer, Cliff Dougherty, Anita Palmer and Tara Mahoney. 13 through 17, barrels: Jana Steagall, Dawn Peterson, Ja nice and Maureen Healy tie, and Donna Palmer. Poles: Cindy Dougherty, Todd Sher er, Janice Healy and Dawn Peterson, Put-N-Take: Todd Sherer. Jack Yocom.Laune A.C. HOUGHTON PROGRAM A C. Houghton School, Irri gon. is observing the Bicen tennial with two special pro grams in the near future. Thursday. April 22. 6:30-8:30 p.m.. class and individual projects pertaining to our nation's first 200 years will be displayed and a special pro gram will be presented. Saturday. April 24, AC. Houghton will sponsor a Bi centennial Fair from 1 : 00 until 5:00. The public is encouraged to participate by displaying items of historical interest as well as demonstrating crafts and skills relating to the past. Anyone wishing to display items or participate in the fair should contact A C. Houghton School before April 22. hold Childers and Diana Ball. Musical Ropes: Brian Thom pson, Cindy Dougherty, Marie Van Schoiack and Dawn Pet erson. 18 and over, barrels: Judy Currin, Diana Ball, Sherry Kemp and Patricia Van Scho iack. Poles: Judy Currin, Dick Sherer, Bruce Bergstrom and Diana Ball. Put-N-Take: Judy Currin, Ann Schwartz, Lee Palmer and Diana Balls. Mu sical Ropes: Dick Sherer, Patricia Van Schoiack, Kathy Gilbert and Lee Palmer. Winners in the team roping events are as follows: Roice Fulleton and David Steagall 1st, Kathy Gilbert and Todd Sherer 2nd. Donny Papineau and Dick Hoffman 3rd, Ron Currin and Debra Palmer 4th. MORROW COUNTY. STUDENTS ENTER Students from Morrow Cou nty's three high schools will be competing in the Mid Columbia-Eastern Oregon Career Education Skills Contest to be held at Pendleton High School and Blue Mountain Communi ty College on April 15. The contests are being coor dinated by the directors for career education for the Uma tilla and Wasco Intermediate Education Districts. Students from Heppner Hi gh who will be taking part in the competition include Sandi Bennett -photography; Sharon McCarl, Lori Dunlap and Darla Cooper-business educa tion; and David McLachlin and Pat Baker-welding and machine shop. lone High students who will enter the contests are as follows: home economics Kim Cofenas, Grace McElli gott, Debra Pettey, and Mag gie Baker; business education-Kevin McCabe, Dan Mc Elligott, Michelle McEUigott, Janet McEUigott, Arietta Al drich, Robin Leavitt, Lisa Martin, Terry McEUigott and Lauretta Piening: electronics Tim Cheney ; and mechanics Dan Akers, Larry Graham, Richard Keene, David Zinter and Skye Krebs. Another 22 students, mainly in business education will be participating from Riverside High. Schools from seven counties in North Central Ore gon are sending students to compete in the skills contests. ' V nn hud DEVELOPING ft PRINTING GAF Cc!cr Prist cr Icdswlcf 12-EXPOSURE 20-EXPOSURE X Ea. Slide and Movie Film Developing nM m mate bond I pnC...wMttffHtpCtl 'Offer Good: 3 ir.y.-y.-M The weather cooperated for the work day and opening of men's Sunday play this past weekend. A large turnout on Saturday for the work day made many noticeable improvements at Willow Creek Country Club. The club storage building that was built last year was painted and benches around the clubhouse also received a new coat of paint. Electricity was extended to the two storage buildings and with the trimming of trees and clean ing of debris from the fair ways the course looks real sharp. It is now everyone's duty to help keep it in top condition. Twelve ladies participated in the opening of women's morning play on Tuesday. April 6. Familiar names appeared in the winner col umn with Bev Gunderson win- lone tennis The lone tennis team split with Pilot Rock in a match at lone. April 9. For the girls, Arlene Cannon was defeated by Brenda Liebe 2-6, 1-6 in singles, while Susan Thompson won over Sue McLaren 6-7, 6-4, 6-4- In doubles. Terry McEUigott and Carol McEUigott were defeat ed by Brenda Lyon and Becky Bensel -- 4 Rea won their doubles match JUST ARRIVED tt 4-bedroom 28 by 70 Over 1800 sq. ft. 2 full baths large living room with family room unbelievable spaciousness Under $14.00 per sq. ft. MADISOM-PACIF1C Mobile Homes of Hermiston Hermiston rc-r o-scn i i i i i n X Fib prccessei X 869 MtftOU Ca. OAF or KODAK o 4t o mov Of sPtr April 15th -April Muaaijr4 Diiug HlTPNtR OREGON IMfJj i i!J Overni2 Tea Ccp By A. Duffer ning low net and also tieing with Lois Hunt for least putts. Low gross for new members went to Pat Lankford. Women's evening play will begin Tuesday, April 20, 5 p.m. All ladies are invited to participate. Men's play Sunday morning saw some familiar winners also as Charlie Rawlins won low gross with a 66. Low net went to Ed Struthers who shot a 60. John Edmundson came in with the least putts. 30. Tom Sherer connected with a drive of about 285 yards to win that event and also won KP. Next Sunday's play has been set ahead to Saturday because of Easter. Francis Doherty and Lowell Gribble will be in charge of play. We welcome the new mem bers who joined us over the weekend. Have a good season people! 6. Donna Palmer and Darcy from Tammy Coiner ana Cathy Ulrich 7-6. 6-4. In boys singles. Rick Gilbert defeated Dan Golden 7-5, 6-4 and John Ekstrom was de feated by Tim Pilch in a pro set 1-8. In doubles, Kim Gutierrez and Dan McEUigott took an impressive victory from Tim Pilch and Curtis Robinson 6-2. 6-4. Clint Carl son and Stuart Keene were defeated by Wes Harrison and Gary Hemenway 3-6, 2hS. ! n n .- . V borderless Slides 39 1 22 4. Exrmi IT1II44
