EIGHT The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Ore.. Thursday. April 28. 1977
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Heppner bowlers on top
Although Heppner women
bowlers have been seen in the
limelight, their male counter
parts are holding their own,
too, in state bowling tour
nament competition.
Heppner area keglers hold
top honors in 12 different
spots, including the state leads
in seven events.
On the women's side in
Pendleton, Barbara Strahm
still leads the class D singles
and class D all-events com
petition. Strahm holds a four
pin edge over Jan Cook of
Pendleton in singles and a
seven pin lead over Cook in
all-events. Her singles series
is 505 and all-events total is
1338.
Martha Doherty is currently
listed second in class C singles
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A little about a lot
A little about a lot.
If this is the first word you've heard concerning Portland's
IO.-!Mi win over Denver Tuesday night, then you can't be an
avid Blazer Ian.
The Blazers put together a
team effort, not counting
solely on big Bill Walton or
consistent Maurice Lucas.
Bob Gross popped 24 to lead
Portland while Loyd Neal and
Lucas added 17 and 16 re
spectively. Portland has to epitomize
the word "teamwork" this
season. Sure, when Walton
plays. Portland has a way of
wlnhingTBulguys like Lucas,
Dave Twardzick, Neal, Lionol
Hollins and Gross have cer
tainly carried their own
weight.
No more Cinderella team. Portland isn't a loser anymore
and it's about time. Denver has to fight back now and they
have to win three in a row to do it.
We'll go with Portland in Sunday's game at Denver. They
have the momentum and the bench strength.
The Columbia Basin Conference baseball race is already a
bizarre story, even almost before it began.
Heppner has dumped every CBEC east foe except the team
that isn't expected to do much. The Mustangs beat Umatilla,
Pilot Rock, Weston-McEwen and Riverside. Oregon Trail
fouled them up.
Predictions for the season won't leave Heppner fans happy,
but the way it looks is the way it'll probably be.
In the east, we'll pick Umatilla for two reasons.
Experience. The Viks have an experienced ball club and an
experienced first year coach. Jim McGraw took over the
Viking Club this year and is riding a 3-0 conference mark
already with wins over Riverside, Weston-McEwen and Pilot
Rock.
In the west, sorry Mustang fans, it looks like perennial
powerhouse Sherman County will again be back in the
playoff saddle.
What does Sherman County have? I asked Wasco Redside
coach Jim Rogers. "Everything," he said with a respectful
air. "They hit Woodside like he was their own."
Jeff Woodside, the pitcher who beat Heppner Tuesday for
Rogers, is considered one of the finer hurlers in the league.
Sherman is knee deep in team strength, boasting an almost
full roster of returning lettermen.
Wasco already has the upper hand on second place, but the
Mustangs will surely figure into the race and with hopes,
could pull off some key wins and be in the picture.
Not the prettiest picture was painted Tuesday on the
Mustang bench. It needs mentioning, but it's nothing to dwell
on.
Bush league jeers don't breed respect from fellow baseball
players or fans. A team that gets behind its own squad and
wins the baseball game is better than a team that jeers the
opposing team and wins. The Mustangs had it lost after four
and a half innings.
A matter of principle. If Wasco County was the "loser"
Tuesday, according to the Mustang bench, then where does
that leave Heppner.
It's all part of the game? Sure is, but that doesn't make it
good. Sportsmanship and good, crisp, physical competition,
not sarcastic, bush league verbal attacks, make baseball
games.
Enough said.
Mustang thinclads are improving and leaving a mean
mark in their path. People like Bryan Marlin and Mike Smith
and Carl Christman and Dave Allstott are really starting to
make names for themselves in Eastern Oregon track and
field.
And we must not forget Maureen Healy, who still, along
with Marlin, is a state leader in class A events.
While the first place, record breakers are in the news,
worth mentioning are the consistent second and thirds and
fourths from people like Bryce Powell, Dave Piper, Mike
Jones, Dan Nix, Troy Borst, Lerry Palmer and newcomer
Robert Schmidt.
So far this year, it has been overall team strength and
depth that's pulled the Mustangs out of the fire and won some
big track meets, not just the firsts.
The Mustang tracksters are beginning to take on the gleam
of a powerhouse. We hope it continues and look for good
things in the district track meet
and second in class C all
events. She is seven pins back
of singles leader, Cheryl
Carey of Hood River and 58
pins back of all-events leader,
Sandra Lagers of Gresham.
Doherty 's singles series is a
498 and her all-events total is
1404.
Two local doubles teams are
currently running one and two
in respective divisions.
Strahm has teamed with her
mother, Jackie Allstott, to
hold the class D doubles lead
with a 926, 47 pins up on second
placers from Independence.
Hilda Yocom and Iris Camp
bell of Lexington are listed
second in class C doubles, two
pins back of leaders from
Dallas. Their total is 982,
compared with the leaders'
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984.
The men are doing just as
well, leading four events from
the 36th annual Oregon State
Championships at Town and
Country Lanes in Salem.
Ted Toll is leading the class
D all-events by more than 100
pins. Toll's 1712 total betters
Andy Vandermolin of Tilla
mook, who is second at 1611.
Toll is also second in class D
singles with a 617 series, five
pins back of leader Bob Atter-
M
ustangs grind
out 3 way win
For the first time this
season, Heppner's Mustangs
won't be in the limelight for
breaking school records. This
time, at Blue Mountain Com
munity College's track, the
Mustang thinclads simply rol
led to a routine three way
triumph.
There was no fanfare, just
grind it out wins, including
eight firsts, seven seconds,
seven thirds and six fourths.
Brian Marlin returned to the
winner's circle with three
firsts. Marlin won the 200
meters in 24.3, the 400 meters
with no recorded time, and the
triple jump with a 39-ll3,4
effort.
Heppner pounded the cinder
for 85 points, ahead of
Wahtonka at 71 and Oregon
Trail at 25.
Freshman distance man
Dan Nix found his slot and
paced himself to a first in both
individual distance races. Nix
time in the 1600 meters was
4:49.5 and his first place time
in 3000 meters was 10:20.9.
Carl Christman was first in
the pole vault, clearing the bar
at 9-6. Dave Piper was first in
the high jump at 5-9 and the
Janet McElligott
leads Card girls
Janet McElligott grabbed a
second, a third and a fifth
Tuesday to lead Ione's girls to
a third place finish in a five
way track meet in Condon.
McElligott raced to a second
in the half mile and was third
in the javelin and fifth in the
disc.
Sherman County won the
meet with 84 points, followed
by Wasco at 69, lone 26,
Condon 19 and Umatilla 14.
Kegler's Korner
Fiesta Bowl prevails
Ann Melland rolled a 204 to pace Fiesta Bowl to a 2633 series
Tuesday night and the season title over Central Market in
Kegler's Korner action.
The two teams squared off after each won their halves in
regular season play.
In regular action, Fiesta Bowl finished the year off with a 46-18
record, besting Morrow County Grain Growers by four games.
Gardner's lost three to Fiesta Bowl, Peterson's took four from
Coast -to-Coast and Central fell in four to Morrow County Grain
Growers.
Peterson's rolled a 933 high game and a 2696 series. Phyllis
Cole rolled a 208 for a high game and Inetia Cantin had a 205 and
a 533 series.
Card girls fall
to Condon, 7-1
It wasn't a good day for lone
netters Tuesday. The Card
females dropped a 7-1 dual
meet to the Blue Devil ladies,
winning a single singles
match.
Susan Thompson fell in her
bid for a first singles win, but
bounced back to knock off the
Condon fourth singles player
in split sets for the lone lone
win.
Thompson won the match
6-3, 4-6 and 5-0 on a tie
breaker.
In other matches, Thomp
.son fell to Jennifer Bowman
bury of Sutherland.
Larry Heath is leading the
class C all-events competition
with a 1694 total, 15 pins ahead
of Dan Verlander of Mil
waukee. Gene Doherty is first in
class C singles with a 645
series up by 15 on Carlyle Hass
of Dallas. Jim Ackley is tied
for third in class C singles, 46
pins behind the leader and 41
pins back of Toll in second.
In class D team events,
Heppner 1600 meter relay
team was first in 3:43.9.
A latecomer, Robert
Schmidt, got the nod from his
doctor Monday and picked up
a pair of seconds for Heppner
in the leaping events. Schmidt
was second in the long jump
and high jump.
Heppner places follow:
1600 meters: Nix first, Pal
mer second, Borst third; High
jump: Piper first, Schmidt
second; Disc: Smith third;
Javelin: Smith third, Christ
man fourth;
Long jump: Schmidt sec
ond, Piper third; 200 meters:
Marlin first, Jones fourth; 400
meters: Marlin first; 100
meters: Christman second,
Jones third;
Shot: Smith third; Triple
jump: Marlin first, Jones
third; 100 M hurdles: Powell
third, McLaughlin fourth;
Pole vault: Christman first;
800 meters: Piper second,
Miller fourth.
300 IM: Powell second,
McLaughlin fourth; 3000 met
ers: Nix first, Palmer second,
Borst fourth; 1600 meter
relay: Heppner first.
Three other seconds were
garnered by lone girls. Grace
McElligott was second in the
mile, Kim Pettyjohn sprinted
to a 100 yard dash second, and
the lone 400 meter relay squad
took a second.
Lisa Martin was third in the
100 meter hurdles, Kim Cof
enas was fourth in the hurdles
and Brenda Patton was fifth in
the 200 meter sprint.
6-1 and 6-1 ; Arlene Cannon fell
to Leah Potter, 6-4, 5-7 and 6-4;
Tammy Tucker fell to Cindy
Satland, 6-4 and 6-4.
In doubles, the picture was
no brighter. Carol McElli-gott-Natalie
Tews fell to Rose
Kackley-Kim Learman, 6-1
and 6-4. Jan Peterson-Kim
Cofenas dropped 6-0 and 6-4 to
Amy Harrison-Hildred Davis.
Martha and Michelle McElli
gott fell to Helen Thayer-Tam-mi
Harrison, 6-0 and 6-1 and
followed with a 6-4 and 6-4 loss
to Cindy Rouska-Tammy Bre
hut. .
Central Market is currently
blowing Dairy Queen of Tilla
mook out by 27 pins. Central
Market, consisting of Ernie
McCabe, Toll, Jamie Sands,
Ed Hiemstra and Ackley, has
a 2471 total, ahead of DQ at
2444.
The tourney is a long one,
running until the third of June.
The bowler's totals will have
to hold up through more than
950 teams, 6,000 bowlers and
45,000 lanes of bowling
through the June 3 finish.
Area bowlers' leads and
scores follow:
Men: Central Market, first
class D team event, 2471;
Gene Doherty, first class C
singles, 645; Ted Toll, second
class D singles, 617; Jim
Ackley, third class D singles,
576; Larry Heath, first class C
all-events; 1694; Toll, first
class D all-events, 1712.
Women : Jackie Allstott
Barbara Strahm, first class D
doubles, 926; Hilda Yocom
Iris Campbell, second class C
doubles, 982; Martha Doherty,
second class C singles, 498;
Strahm, first class D singles,
505; Doherty, second class C
all-events, 1404; Strahm, first
class D all-events, 1338.
lone boys
2nd at PR
lone boys took second in a
field of 12 junior high track
clubs Thursday in Pilot Rock.
Weston-McEwen won with
89 points, followed by lone 65,
Pilot Rock 58, Pleasant View
39, Riverside 37, Umatilla
29'-2, Union 29, Heppner 21,
Oregon Trail 14 k, Umapine 3,
Helix 1, Ukiah 0.
The meet was a relay meet
with combined times and dis
tances determining places.
Ione's finishes follow: First
places : , pole vault, . Leslie
Thompson, Scott Martin,
Gregg Rietmann ; distance re
lay: Thompson, Rietmann,
Martin, Duane Fetsch;
Hurdle shuttle relay: John
Murray, Fetsch, Thompson,
Sean LaRue; 1320: Sean
LaRue.
Seconds: 440 relay: Riet
mann, Murray, Fetsch, Treve
Peterson; Medley relay: Mar
tin, Murray, Fetsch, Paul
Snow;
Thirds: 1320: Barney Rea;
high jump: Thompson, Riet
mann, LaRue; 100 yard shut
tle: Casey Fargher, Snow,
Donny Taylor, Murray.
Jr. High
track
In an age division track and
field meet in Condon Satur
day, some Cardinal junior
high competitors picked up
wins.
Girls' wins came from Kris
Pettyjohn, 880 for 12-13; Mar
garet Doherty, long jump for
12-13; and Margaret Kincaid,
long jump for 14-15.
In the boys' competition,
John Murray was first in the
100 for 12-13; Duane Fetsch,
first in 220 for 12-13; Sean
LaRue, first in 880 for 12-13.
In the 14-15 class, Scott
Martin first in 880, Leslie
Thompson first in high jump,
Paul Snow first in disc, and 400
relay team of Treve Peterson,
Thompson, Gregg Rietmann,
Martin first.
In the 10-11 age group,
Roger Morter was first in the
880.
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Heppner fell, 7-1. in CBC opener. (G T Photo) "
Wasco
One of the classic baseball
coaching problems presented
itself to Heppner Tuesday:
how to get runners across the
plate.
Heppner's Mustangs drop
ped their opening Columbia
Basin Conference counter, 7-1
after leaving 11 men stranded
on base in seven innings.
Heppner outhit Wasco Coun
ty, 7-5, but timeliness took its
toll.
Except for a first inning four
bagger blast by Dennis Peck,
the Mustangs failed to score
again. Wasco scored in the
first, third and fifth innings.
Peck's homer started a
three-for-three day that in
cluded a pair of singles. He
also worked five innings on the
mound, giving up five hits and
seven runs.
Jeff Woodside hurled for
Wasco,1' allowing" seven hits
from the Mustang sticks.
Heppner mounted attacks in
almost every inning, but
couldn't capitalize. In the
second inning, men reached
second and third; in the third '
inning, the bases were loaded;
in the fourth, men reached
Starr
paces
lone
Terry Starr picked up a first
and two thirds, including a
school record, en - route to
leading Ione's thinclads to a
third place finish Tuesday in a
. five way meet in Condon.
Starr broke his own record
in the javelin with a hurl of
147-8, good for first place. His
thirds came in the disc and
shot.
Todd Sherer was first in the
pole vault at 9-6 and second in
the mile and fourth in the 880.
Brother Scott was lined in the
two mile and fifth in the mile.
Mike Conklin picked up
some points for the Cards,
with a first in the high hurdles
along .with a fifth in the long
jump and a third in the inter
mediate hurdles.
Gari Gaustad had a third in
the 100 yard dash 'and two
fourths in the triple jump and
long jump. Robin LaRue was
third in the high hurdles and
foueth in the intermediate
hurdles and the high jump.
Ione's 440 yard relay team
took fourth.
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first and second; in the fifth, a
man was stranded on second;
in the seventh, men walked off
second and third with the last
out.
Wasco scored in the first
after a fielder's choice. In the
third, two singles and a walk
produced three runs. In the
fifth, a single, a walk and a
couple bobbles yielded three
more.
Peck was the Mustangs'
Pearson wins shoot
Almost 50 shooters competed Saturday in the first Morrow
County Gun Club turkey shoot of the year in Heppner. Three
divisions of the clay pigeon target practice were run.
In each of the singles, doubles and handicap divisions, two
go 'rounds were made. Winners from the divisions in both '
- shoots follow:
Singles. A and B class: Frank Pearson 25-25, Ron
lliiguowood 24, Pat Cutsforth 22; Feank Pearson 22, Simon
Winters 22, Ron Haguewood 21.
Singles C and D class: Kelwayne Haguewod 22-25, Jeff
.. Adams 20, Jeff Cutsforth 20; Kelwayne Haguewood 24, Bill
-Brannon 23, Dick Hoffman 22.
Doubles, A and B: Pearson 40-50, Winter 37, Ron
Haguewood 33. Adams 38, Brannon 36, Larry Snider 34
(Snider was youngest shooter, age 16.)
Straight handicap: Larry Brinda, Pendleton, 24-25, '
Pearson 22, Monte Stookey 21; Pearson 24, Kelwayne
Haguewood 23, Brinda 22. Overall handicap tie: Pearson,,
Brinda 46.
Fillys third
Powerful Wahtonka continued to plague Heppner's track
and field win hopes Tuesday,
triumph at Blue Mountain Community College track.
Wahtonka finished the meet with 64 points, bettering
Oregon Trail at 36 and Heppner at 34.
Maureen Healy took a pair of firsts, a second and a fourth.
Healy won the 200 meters in 26.7 and the 400 meters in 60.5.
She was second in the high jump at 5-1 and after hitting a
hurdle, dropped to fourth in the 100 meter hurdles.
The meet marked the return of Diane Holland's counted-on
performance. Holland hurled the javelin 97-5 to start her 1
comeback and was first in that event.
Other Heppner places follow: Tammy Lucas: second 100
meters, third 200 meters; Jackie Mollahan: second 100 meter
hurdles: Janice Healy: third 100 meter hurdles; Diane '
Holland: second shot, third disc. f
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leading hitter while Dave All"
stott, Bruce Young, Randy:
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smacked base hits.
Henry went three for four i
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Heppner: Peck five, Worden
two to Holland; Peck 3-3,'
Allstott 1-4, Young 1-4, Worden
1-3, Sweek 1-3. Homerun:
Peck. Double: Young.
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