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The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 11, 1978 NINE First trophy in decade TT a ff in -f i"i s. 0. .ky Coiiff erence tome strikes oid at Jra C7 K 1 : L'i4. '" ' if' ' ?s j , (y-i pr a? ya d". w -t l"4 -iJL!S It's all smiles in lone, as Cardinals' track team members show off trophy for winning the Big Sky Invitational. From left to right in front row are Larry Snyder, Robin LaRue, Gregg Rietmann, and Bruce Millman. In back row are Terry Starr, Les Thompson, Treve Peterson, and coach Gordon Meyers. Not pictured are team members Gari Gaustad, Shawn LaRue, Jerry Rietmann and Duane Fetsch. ustang thinclads win Pendleton track meet No less than five Heppner High thinclads logged per sonal bests to help the Mustangs muscle their way to. a first-place finish in the May 4 Pendleton Invitational. A 400 meter relay time of 46.37 set a district landmark for the Mustangs, thanks to the efforts of sprinters Sam Myers, Jim Kenney, Bryan Marlin and Dennis Peck. The Mustangs pared off 15 seconds from their previous best time in the 1600 relay, racing to a 3:38.9 second-place finish, with anchorman Myers scoring a hot 52.9-second leg. Distance runner Dan Nix trimmed 7 seconds from his previous best showing to win the 3,000 meter run in 9:51 believed to be the second-best time in the district. Other personal bests were achieved by Todd Sherer, who strided his way to a 4 : 31 win in the 1,500, and Dennis Peck, who won the 100 meter in 11.52. In field events, Jim Parker logged a personal best in the discus, with a 129 foot, 8 inch toss to place third. Bryan Marlin bested his personal record in the long jump, soaring 20 feet, 8 inches for second place honors, two inches behind the Mustangs' Richard Schmidt. Other first-place showings were recorded by Myers, with a 52.75 win in the 400, and Marty Smith, who put the shot a winning 47 feet, 9V2 inches, and won the discus with a 143 foot, 2lA inch hurl. Other second-place finishers included Schmidt, with a 40 foot, 3 inch triple jump, and a 6 foot, 4 inch high jump. Parker's 42 foot, 11 inch effort in the shot put earned him a second, as did Smith's 133-foot javelin toss. Nix placed sec ond in the 1,500, five seconds behind Todd Sherer. Other third place showings included David Piper's 6 foot, 2 inch mark in the high jump. Fourth places were logged by Todd Sherer in the 800, Jim Kenny in the 200, and Jim Parker in javelin competition. The Mustangs faced Pilot Rock, Weston-McEwen, Pen dleton's JV and frosh squads, and JV teams from Hermiston and Kennewick. Pennant looms within reach as eppner nine outclass Sherman Heppner's varsity baseball team won a 3-2 thriller during a May 5 road trip to Sherman County, bringing the Mus tangs within one game of first place in the conference pen nant race. Sherman got off to a 2-0 lead in the third inning, scoring on two base hits, a sacrifice fly snd an infield out. Heppner countered with three runs in the sixth, on hits by Randy Worden, Jim Ken ny, Dale Holland, Lionel Wood and Bryan Marlin. Sherman threatened again in the seventh, but a threw from Wood cut down a Husky runner at home plate to end the game. Both Mustang pitchers Ran dy Worden and Dennis Peck had respectable outings at the mound, giving up a total of only five hits. Peck was credited with the win, reliev ing Worden in the fifth, with two men on base and one out. The Mustang reliever struck out the first batter he faced, then forced the next to ground out, ending the inning. Heppner hitters fared well, with Marlin slugging two hits in three trips to the plate. Peck went one for two, while Wood, Groshen and Worden each got one hit in three attempts. Heppner ended the day with 8 hits, 3 runs and two errors, compared with Sherman's 5 hits, 2 runs and 2 miscues. Thus far this season, the Mustangs have logged a 3-1 win-loss record, one place below league-leading Con don's 4-1 mark. Sherman is in third place with 2-2, followed by Wasco at 1-3 and a hapless lone with no wins and four losses. The Mustangs are scheduled to meet lone at 4 p.m. today. The lone boys' track squad took home its first trophy in more than 10 years, by upsetting eight other teams to win the Big Sky Conference track meet May 6 in Arlington. Cardinals thinclads chalked up eight first-place showings, and scored points in every event. School records were set in both the 440 and mile relays. "Everybody performed up to capacity," commented an ecstatic coach Gordon Mey ers, "we got performance from everyone." The record-setting 440 relay team, consisting of Duane Fetsch, Treve Peterson, Ro bin LaRue and Gary Gaustad took first place with a time of 48.9 seconds. Fetsch and Peterson teamed up with Gregg Riet mann and Leslie Thompson to win the mile relay in 3:58.1. Sophomore Jerry Rietmann soared 10 feet in the pole vault, to score a personal best and win first place. Hurler Terry Starr uncorked a 120 foot 1 inch throw in the discus and a 144 foot 10 inch javelin toss to take top honors in both events. Other firsts went to Robin LaRue, clocked at 16.9 in the 120 high hurdles, and Leslie Thompson, who won the 330 intermediate hurdles in 45.8. Thompson finished second in the pole vault, with a 9 foot 6 inch jump. Other seconds went to Terry Starr in the shot put, Shawn LaRue in the mile run, Robin LaRue in the 330 intermediates, and Larry Sni der in the two-mile run. Third place showings were recorded by Robin LaRue in the high jump, and Gary Gaustad in the shot put. Finishing fourth were Gaus tad in the long jump and Shawn LaRue in the high hurdles. LaRue finished fifth in high jump competition, as did Duane Fetsch in the 100 meter and Peterson in both the 440 and 200 meter runs. Sixth place Cardinals were Bruce Millman in the discus and Gregg Rietmann in the 440. All totaled, the lone squad logged 151 points at the Arlington meet, with Culver finishing second, a whopping 35 points behind. Other teams competing were Cascade Locks, Dufur, Helix, Uma pine, Wheeler and Arlington. In lone girls' action at the Arlington meet, first-place showings were made by Janet McElligott with a 95 foot 7 inch javelin throw, and Grace McElligott in the two mile run, to help bring the lady Cards to a fourth-place finish. Distance runner Grace took second in the mile run, and second-place honors also went to the 440 relay combo of Janet McElligott, Lisa Meyers, Mar garet Kincaid and Brenda Patton. Kincaid also took third in the 220 and fourth in the long jump. Janet McElligott placed third in discus competition, and Lisa Meyers captured third in the 880. The Cardinal mile relay team of Kincaid, Patton, Meyers and Tina Liiidstrom also finished third with a time of 4:55. . S J Card netters tie, suffer defeat Despite singles victories by Cardinal tennis powers Rick Gilbert and Susan Thompson, a May 2 lone road trip to Umatilla resulted in a 2-2 tie in boys' competition and a 2-4 loss for the lady Cards. Gilbert defeated the Vik ings' Lester Martin 6-2 and 6-0, while teammate Mike Leavitt chalked up a 6-4, 6-1 loss to Umatilla's Tim Maag. In boys' doubles action, Ione's Dennis Stefani and Dan McElligott paired up to hand Richard Landau and Dave - Carlson a 6-3, 6-3 defeat, while fellow Cards Clint Carlson and Stuart Keene were edged by Maag and Martin 7-6 and 7-5. In girls' action, Thompson overpowered Umatilla's Maria Churchill 6-1 and 6-3, while teammates Jeanie Pien ing and Natalie Tews lost to Local horse to run in Cal. race "Roemark", the two-year-old Quarterhorse owned and raised by Mary Ann and Max Barclay oi Heppner, has qualified for the $160,000 Bay Meadows Futurity to be run May 14 at the San Mateo, Calif., racetrack. The Morrow County horse placed sixth out of 68 entrants to qualify for the Futurity during May 4 time trials in San Mateo. Oregon roads face ruin Pleasure woo critical Oregon roads many of them old are losing a disastrous battle against in flation, weather, pounding traffic, and lack of funds to keep them repaired and maintained. Measure S YES can save roads Passage of Measure 5 will accomplish two vitally im portant road-saving tasks: 1. Measure 5 DEMANDS that highway funds be used FIRST for repair and maintenance to reverse deterioration. 2. The modest 2c gas tax increase and the fair 12 percent weight-mile tax increase for trucks and buses will assure funds for vitally necessary repair and maintenance. Highway experts warn that road deterioration is serious. If road-ruin is not reversed now, the cost to replace roads may be almost prohibitive within a few years. Already maintenance and operation costs are up 73 since 1970. Our roads need HELP. Vote Measure 5 YES Ptld fof by Highway Improvwnont Commute, Warwi A. McMlnlm, Chairman, 1000 Caacada Bldg., 520 S.W. Sixth Avanua, Portland, Or agon 07204, Phona 221-1470 ANNOUNCING BASEBALL All kids from 13 to 15, from all Morrow County are urged to try out. First practice and tryouts will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, May 13 at the Heppner rodeo grounds, and Saturday May 20 at noon in lone. For More Information Bob Ployhar 676-9649 Jim Swanson 422-7162' Jrj I Therese DeCan and Marci Greenwalt. The lady Cards' Tews fared better in doubles competition, when she teamed up with Kim Cofenas to overpower the Vikings' Cindy Roxbury and Dorothy Churchill 8-1. Roger Martin believes that land use planning will not be practical until it is brought back to the county level. RogerMartin FOR GOVERNOR Paid By The Roger Martin For Governor Committee, Morrow County S.K. Peck Bon 4010 Lexington printing 676-9228 RE-ELECT JUDGE WM W. WELLS CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE Dept 1 NON-PARTISAN JUDGE WELLS as a practising attorney and Circuit Court Judge for 25 years serves as proof of his legal knowledge and sense of fairness. JUDGE WELLS has done and will continue to do an excellent job as Circuit Court Judge. Gene Pierce Matthew P. Doherty Poid for by committee to Re-Elect Judge Wells; Henry Barhom, Treas., 1324 N.W. King, Pendleton, Oegon 97801 ..2s " " iiMHimn mi ilil.lirrni.nnimin "inn I iinnir mi i nr irn-il n m. r n I ! ij Heppner Bowl limner Liiis 6 Weeks In June and July Monday Mixed Doubles 7 p.m. Starts June 5 th Wednesday Ladies 7 p.m. Starts June 7th Tuesday Men's Team 9 a.m. & 7 p.m. Starts June 6th Thursday Ladies Team 9 a.m. Starts June 8th (3 per team) Evening League If Enough Sign Up Heppner Bowl will be closed Friday, Saturday & Sunday, starting May 26 until July 25th SOUL Xjt Mil ii
