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The Gazette-Times. Heppner, Ore., Thursday, July 14. 1977 SEVEN f Swimmers lose home opener X-.V ..,4 . 1977 Willow Creek All-Stars Practice is now underway for the 1977 Willow Creek Little an(1 Archie Lucas. Back (l-r) Coach Bob Ployhar, Pat League All-Stars pictured here. Front (l-r) Bradley Marlin, Parker, Bob McEwen, Jay Hayes, Tom Huston, Casey Roger Morter, Ken Gouchnauer, Mark Way, Russcl Brannon Fargar, Greg Connor, Bruce Way, Rick Cole and Manager Ted Toll. 'Zu drops 2nd Kinzua held Roemarks through 5Ms inings before dropping a tightly contested game last Thursday in Herm iston. By coming up on the short end of the 9-7 score, Kinzua recorded its fourth loss of the season to remain in sole possession of third place in the Hermiston Slow-Pitch Softball league. Swim lessons start July 19 The third and possibly final session of swimming lessons will get underway Tuesday, July 19 and run through Saturday July 30, according to Tom Franks, pool manager. Those desiring swimming or diving lessons should arrive at the pool at 11 a.m. for registration and the first lesson session. Tuesday, July 19 at 9 a.m. will be the registration and entry test day for both junior and senior life saving classes. Course hours will be arranged for those who complete the test. The cost of lessons is $5 for 10 one-hour sessions. The cost for junior and senior life saving will be $5 plus the Red Cross text for the courses. The pool will be closed this Season stats for Dodgers The Dodgers were led for the season by Jay Hayes with a .607 batting average. Greg Connor had a .559 batting average, followed closely by Rod Cole who hit .558. Greg Connor scored 26 runs to lead the team in that department. Ken Gochnauer and Rod Cole scored 23 runs for the season. Jay Hayes had 34 hits, Greg Connor had 33 hits and Rod Cole had 29 hits for the The 'Zu racked up 13 hits in the game but Roemarks' total of 10 hits included four home runs. Another deciding factor was Kinzua 's 11 men left on base while Roemarks strand ed only two runners. Bill Baker led the Kinzua attack with three hits followed by Mike Rowell and Jamie Query with two hits a piece. coming Sunday, July 17, for the Heppner Invitational swim meet which gets underway with a warm up for Heppner from 9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., followed by a half hour warm up for Prineville, Hermiston and members of a third team swimming in the invitational. The first event of the meet gets underway at 10:30 a.m. Trophies will be given for first places with team trophies or plaques for other events and ribbons for second through sixth places. Activity continues at the pool this week with adult swim at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights for persons 20 years of age and older. Teen night, including per sons 12 years of age and older begins at 8 p.m. Friday. eighteen game season. Ken Gochnauer, Eric Thompson and John Sumner all had 18 hits for the season. Rod Cole pitched steadily most of the season to lead the pitchers. Others who pitched for the Dodgers were: Jay Hayes.greg Connor, Steve crewse, and Chuck Coffman. Coffman came in with strong relief jobs the last two games. f CONGRATULATIONS. ( 7 JACKIE BERGSTROM, you have joined the 'Over-the-Ilill Gang' on reaching the age of 40 on July 16th. place bid In the first inning, the locals scored after two outs with runs from Baker, Marvin Lane and John McCabe. Roemarks responded with a run in the second and the fourth inning saw Kinzua runs scored by Query and Kemp. Roemarks came back in their half of the fourth with four runs on two round trippers. The game was tied 5-5 going into the sixth when Rowmarks Over the Tee Cup by Cindy Kerr Heading golf action this past week was Robb Rush's hole-in-one on the par 3 110-yard fourth hole, Sunday July 10. In keeping with tradition, the acer bought a round of beers for the clubhouse crowd. In ladies action, Cindy Kerr won low gross for ladies day, Tuesday July 5. Low net honors went to Joyce Winters. The long drive contest was won by Pat Edmundson and KP on the second shot was won by Cindy Kerr. Looking to the men, John Babe Morrow County's Babe Ruth baseball team carried a five game win streak into last week's contest with Sands Caravan only to lose the nine inning thriller by an 11-10 margin. Entering the seventh inning trailing 9-5, Morrow County sent 11 batters to the plate and scored five runs on just three hits. They were aided by five walks and a bases-loaded Bin Job? Catttotattfttt 676-9228 Ml i ft scored four times to take a 9-5 lead. Kinzua fought back with two runs scored by Lane and Dave Eckman on Roemark errors but the rally fell short. The other scheduled game last week was forfeited by Umatilla Army Depot. Kinzua travels to Hermiston this week to take on Marlette and will host the Hermiston Herald Wednesday in Lexington. Edmundson won low gross for men's play, Sunday July 10. Ray Massey took low net and Dave McLeod, Jeff Edmund son and Mike Lott tied for least putts. Craig Cooley won the long drive contest and Francis Doherty took the KP award. In coming events, the women travel to Condon Wednesday, July 12, to meet the Condon women in play. July 24 the men and women will travel to Kinzua for club play. Ruthers split final single by Scott Martin which scored two runs. Sands-Caravan sent the game into, extra innings by pushing across a single run on a hit-and-run play in the bottom of the seventh. The score remained knotted until Sands-Caravan swiped the victory on a home-stealing play in the ninth. The last win in Morrow County's five-game streak It was simply a matter of numbers Monday night at Heppner pool as The Dalles swim team came to town in large numbers and outman ned a determined Heppner team. The final score of 593-441 didn't reflect the real contest as many of The Dalles points came on uncontested relay and individual events. Heppner swimmers came away with 16 individual blue ribbons and four relay wins. Karen Kenny set a new pool record in the girls 13-14 60-meter backstroke with a time of 49.9 which shattered the old mark of 53.2. Kelli Bergstrom had a clean sweep with first place finishes in each of the four individual strokes in the girls 9-10 age group. Her times included; 53.0 in the 60-meter free, 1 : 06. 1 in the breast stroke, 1:09.0 in the backstroke and 1:06.5 in the butterfly event. Shane Laughlin finished with three wins including a 49.5 in the boys 11-12 free, 1:05 in the breast and 1:06.4 in the backstroke. Other first place winners for Heppner included Penny Con Heppner swimmers took a dive at the hands of The Dalles here Monday night but form and spirit on the local team wasn't lacking with many first and second places staying at came at the expense of Tum-A-Lum, which fell to the locals by a 11-9 score. Tum-A-Lum jumped off to a quick start, scoring six runs off just two hits in the first three innings but Morrow County recovered from the deficit by scoring nine runs in the fifth on just two hits. John Murray, Doug Hol land, Scott Martin and Rick Cole each collected one of Morrow County's four hits in the contest with Holland and Cole knocking in two runs each. 1( iniiiMf in;- -rfglliil""r'""illt' ' ----- -'-- i nor with winning times of 43.0 in the girls 8 and under 30-meter breast and 41.8 in the backstroke. Tom James plac ed first in the boys 9-10 60-meter free with a time of 55.8, Karen Kenny took anoth er first in the freestyle with a time of 45.8, Mardel James won the girls 11-12 breast in 1:05.0, Sandra Ward topped the field in the girls 13-14 breast in 57.7, Dale Holland won the boys 15-17 breast in 50.8 and David Franks took the boys 9-10 back in 1 : 18. Relay winners for Heppner included the boys 9-10 medley relay of David Franks, Cam George, Ronnie Klaus and Tom James; the girls 13-14 medley relay of Karen Kenny, Sandra Ward, DeeAnn Connor and Sonja Biddle; the girls 15-17 medley relay of Debra Klaus, Sandra Ward, Lottie Laughlin and Cindy Berg strom ; the boys 9-10 free relay of Klaus, George, Franks and James; the girls 13-14 free relay of Kenny, Biddle, Ward and Connor and the girls 15-17 free relay of Laughlin, Alice Abrams, Melody Gochnauer "Wte. V." w 1J if On your marks...set games With the final three games on the schedule cancelled due . to All-Star conflicts, Morrow County wrapped up the season with a league mark of 5-7 and an overall record of 6-8. Manager Jim Swanson said his young team, comprised mainly of 13-year-olds, had developed into a fine playing unit over the second half of the season. "We cut our errors in half and our wins were attributed to good team play with contributions coming from everyone on the roster," Swanson said. and Diane Holland. Other results: Girls 8 and under 30-meter . free: Penny Connor, second. Girls 9-10 60-meter free: Ellen Arbogast, fifth; Stephanie Sumner, sixth. Boys 9-10 60-meter free: Cam George, second; David Franks, third. Girls 11-12 60-meter free: Connie Franks, fourth; Mary Arbogast, fifth and Mardel James, sixth. Boys 11-12 60-meter free: Jon Sumner, sixth. Girls 13-14 60-meter free: Sandra Ward, third; DeeAnn Conor, fourth and Sonja Bid dle, sixth. Girls 15-17 60-meter free: Diane Holland, third; Alice Abrams, fourth and Melody Gochnauer, sixth. Boys 15-17 60-meter free: Dale Holland, second and Kevin Gray, third. Girls 9-10 60-meter breast: Ellen Arbogast, fourth and Stephanie Sumner, sixth. Boys 9-10 breast: Cam Geo rge, second and Ronnie Klaus, fourth. Girls 11-12 breast: Mary Arbogast, fourth, Connie it i rr home. Here Kevin Gray and Dale Holland show their different form at the "set" position at the start of the 60-meter race. Heppner Franks, fifth and Lisa Wilson, sixth. Boys 11-12 breast: Jon Sum ner, fifth. Girls 13-14 breast: Cindi Bergstrom, second; Karen Kenny, third; Lottie Laughlin, fourth and Sonja Biddle, fifth. Girls 15-17 breast: Alice Abrams, second and Diane Holland, third. Boys 15-17 breast: Kevin Gray, third. Girls 9-10 back: Ellen Arbo gast, third and Stephanie Sumner, sixth. Boys 9-10 back: Cam George, second; Tom James, third and Ronnie Klaus, fifth. Girls 11-12 back: Mary Arbo gast, fourth; Mardel James, fifth and Connie Franks, sixth. Boys 11-12 back : Greg Connor, third and Jon Sumner, sixth. Girls 13-14 back: DeeAnn Connor, third; Sandra Ward, fourth; Debra Klaus, fifth and Sonja Biddle, sixth. Girls 15-17 back: Alice Abrams, second; Diane Hol land, third and Melody Goch nauer, fourth. Boys 15-17 back: Dale Hol land, second and Kevin Gray, third. . ... J rr-1 f - ' " . - f pi, eswimm ''J . ... ' 1 1 i ... i . ( The pure, foxy lines of mi now JEANS DENIM SHORTS PANTS AMD NELLY DON TOPS MODERATELY V" PRICED Lebush Shoppe 676 - 5561 u With Love Your Family .J H m ii n T w m 0 m it -s.(a ((ftt, .fw,,!!,', f.1 f. j !?
