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Mustang thinclads place at state "We could have done better and we could have done worse," was the way Heppner track coach Dale Conklin summed up his team's per formance at the state Class A track and field championships held Saturday at Lewis and Clark College in Portland. Three Mustang tracksters placed among the top six finishers in their events, set ting one school record along the way. Sophomore Maureen Healy led the Heppner delegation Indians in Little LITTLE LEAGUE STANDINGS Indians 3-2 Braves 3-3 Giants 2-2 Dodger 2-3 The Indians are leading the Little League as of May 23. They won 10-2 over the Braves Monday night to take over first place. Howard Leavitt .was winning pitcher. The leading hitter for the Indians for the season has been Roger Morter. Steve Millman has done a good job at bat he had two hits in the Records set at lone Three county records and two school records powered the eighth grade segment of the lone Junior High School boys' track team to a first place finish in a field of nine teams at the combined Morrow-Umatilla Counties meet held May 19 at Blue Mountain Community College. Ione's medley relay team of Greg Rietmann, Scott Martin, Duane Fetsch and Treve Peterson set a new county mark with a 2:51.7 first place finish. The 440 relay team of Peterson, Fetsch, Rietmann and John Murray finished second but still managed to set a new school record of 50.8. In individual events, Leslie Thompson's 9'7" pole vault set a new county mark and he was followed by Rietmann in third and Martin in fifth. Thompson tied for first and gained a share of the new county record with a 15.8 showing in the 120-yard low hurdles. Fetsch took third in the event. Thompson placed second place in both the high jump and the 100-yard high hurdles. His 16.1 timing in the hurdles set a new school record and his high jump tied the old S, COLE'S HOUSE OF 223 N. MAM with a second place finish in the 220, covering the distance in 26.7. Healy's high jump of 5'2" placed third and she also finished third in the 440 with a time of 61.4. Her preliminary 440 time of 60.9 set a new school mark. Healy's 20 points place her in a second place tie for individual girls' scoring. The girls' 440 relay team of Healy, Jackie Mollahan, Laur ie Harrison and Tami Lucas missed qualifying for the finals and Diane Holland also grab lead League loss to the Dodgers Saturday. Millman is also a leading fielder on the team. The Braves have been led at bat by Buddy Marlin who was batting .500 through games of last week. Pat Parker was hitting at a .360 pace. Parker, Marlin, and Brannon have each been a winning pitcher for the Braves. Brannon has been one of the team's leading fielders to date. The Giants' leading batter is Justin Lowe. Bruce and Mark Way are also doing a good job at the plate. Mark Way has school mark. Rietmann plac ed fifth in the high jump. Peterson took top honors in the 220 with a time of 25.9., and placed fifth in the 100 with a time of 11.8. In the 880, Martin was second across the line in 2:25.6 and Shawn LaRue was fourth. LaRue also placed second in the 1,320 with a time of 3:57.1 and Barnie Rey finished fifth in 4:07.9. The seventh grade boys had one first place winner in John Murray, who won the 220 in a new county record time of 26.9. Other lone scoring came from Murray's third place 100 run of 11.7 and Roger Morter's fourth place 880 run of 2:44.9. The 440 relay team, consisting of Craig Gutierrez, Morter, Casey Farger and Denny Starr placed seventh. The seventh grade team placed seventh overall. The lone eighth grade girls' track team set a new school record in the 1,320 medley relay while finishing sixth overall among ten teams during junior high school track action at BMCC. The school record breaking team of Lisa Meyers, Lori Prock, MAY 29, 9 to 11 UJVjL, X Cut & Artificial Flower Arrangi ''VSfrvM PricesSta i FLOWER SHOP . LJ 676-9426 competed in the javelin and discus. In the boys' competition, Dave Allstott placed fourth in the high jump with a leap of 6'3" but missed qualifying in both the triple jump and long jump. Marty Smith finished sixth in the shot put with a throw of 46'4 V and also competed in the discus. Although Carl Christman didn't place in the pole vault, his showing of 11'9" was a lifetime best. possibly provided the best steadying influence in the field for the Giants. The last place Dodgers have some heavy hitting in Jay Hayes who is batting over .600 and Greg Connor who is batting over .500. Steve Crewse was the winning pitcher in the 23-4 victory over the Indians last Saturday. He also had four hits. Dennis Papineau turned in the best fielding game of the year for any Dodger as he played a fine game at shortstop last Satur day. Margaret Kincaid and Teena Linstrom placed fifth in the event with a time of 3:32.2. Meyers also took second in the 880 with a time of 2:50.1 and third in the 440 with a 71.4 clocking. In the long jump, Kincaid's 14'3'4" leap was good for a third place finish. The seventh grade girls scored well, finishing fourth in the team standings. The 1,320 relay team of Mary Kincaid, Anita Palmer, Diane Morter and Michelle LaRue finished second with a time of 3:42.1 while the 440 relay team consisting of Mor ter, Kincaid, LaRue and Anne Murray took third place in a time of 62.7. Margaret Doherty's season best of 12.6 in the 100 was good for a third place and her 220 run of 29.6 also placed her third. Lori Prock also recorded her season best in the 880 where her time of 2:54.7 was good for a fifth place finish. Kincaid rounded out Ione's scoring with second place high jump of 4'4'2" and a 74.4 timing in the 440 which placed her fifth. f I S-A7-L iv- J mm Heppner turned a six-run fifth inning into the winning margin and went on to beat Sherman 9-5, gaining a double header split in high school baseball action Thursday. The Mustangs dropped the first game of the twin bill 14-3. Eleven batters went to the plate during the big inning, which began with a single by Scott Groshens. Jim Kenny then doubled and both runners were knocked home by Dave Allstott's double. Dennis Peck season tickets ready Season tickets for the 1977-78 Heppner High School football schedule are now ready for distribution. The price for the five-game home slate is $6.25 a savings of $1.25 over the individual game price. This year, season ticket holders will also be entitled to a 25 per cent reduction on the purchase of volleyball game tickets. Further information concerning the season tickets can be obtained by calling John Sporseen, HHS Athletic Director. Hunting season set General buck season for the Northwest Region will run this year from Oct. 1 through Nov. 6, and the Southwest Region season will run Oct. 1 through 30, according to the state Fish and Wildlife Commission. The commission has ap proved a high Cascade buck season for Sept. 10-18 and a mule deer harvest for Oct. 15-23. The general mule deer H eppner nets 8-8 season added another RBI with a single and Randy Worden and Groshens both produced two run singles. Heppner got some clutch relief pitching from Allstott statistics Bat. Field. Innings AB R H Ave. SB BB SO RBI BOE PO A E Ave. Played Kendall Thomas (jr. )CF 51 8 8 .157 3 7 23 8 4 24 1 1 .962 107 Jim Kenny (jr.) LF 50 1 5 12 .240 6 1 2 9 4 3 19 0 0 1.000 105 Dennis Peck (so.) P-C-38-SS 50 1 5 17 .340 7 7 6 7 6 24 88 8 .933 107 David Allstott (sr.) P-18 49 13 16 .327 2 8 10 11 4 73 41 1 .991 107 Randy Worden (so.) RF-P-38 46 14 12 .261 2 6 14 12 3 6 31 4 .902 107 Bruce Young (jr. )DH-RF 40 7 15 .375 2 4 9 12 4 7 1 2 .800 82 DaleHolland(fr.)C-SS-38 55 11 20 .364 1 6 13 12 2 106 21 9 .934 107 Curtis Sweek (jr.) SS-38 33 6 3 .091 3 8 17 4 3 23 25 6 .889 90 Scott Groshens (so) 28 12 3 3 .250 3 6 7 5 0 15 17 2 .941 98 Scott McEwen (so.) 38-SS 7 0 1 .143 0 1 2 2 0 7 10 10 .630 55 JodyMarlatt(fr.)RF-LF 14 0 0 . 000 0 0 4 1 03 1 0 1,000 42 MikeStookey (so.) PR-PH-DH-18 11 6 1 .091 0 9 5 2 0 0 0 0 37 JackYocum(jr.)18-RF-DH-PH 840. 000 044 1 0403 .571 34 Gordon Hoffnagle (jr.) RF 1 O 0 . 000 0 0 1 0 0000 5 Chris Rauch (sr. )PH-18 1 0 0 . 000 0 0 1 0 0000 2 Marty Smith (jr.) PH 1 0 0 . 000 0 0 1 0 0000 1 TEAM 428 104 108 .252 29 75 123 91 29 309 234 46 .922 107 PITCHING IP R ER ERA H BB SO W L Peck 45 46 18 2.73 41 34 46 4 4 Worden 35 36 19 3.78 43 14 23 3 1 Allstott 22 33 12 3.71 20 26 36 1 3 TEAM 103 115 49 3.29 104 74 105 8 8 buck season will be Oct. 1-12. Rocky Mountain elk season is set for Oct. 29-Nov. 13 except in the hunting areas of Desolation, Pine Creek, Star key, Wanaha and Snake River where it will end Nov. 6. Roosevelt elk season will run Nov. 12-20. General buck season for antelope is set for Aug. 27-31. Bear season for the Coast IIS ii)fj WITH A FIRST 48-MONTH AUTO LOAN. " H There's a Est time for everything FIRST cz51 The Gazette-Times, who shut down a bases loaded two-out Sherman threat in the fifth to preserve the win for Worden. For the game, Allstott banged three hits and Peck HITTING Range and Northwest area is set for Aug. 1-Dec. 31 and in the Cascades and Central area for Aug. 1-Nov. 30. 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