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r jr " r V j The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 25, 1978 FIVE The Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES t . , . -i . v,. i- Healy high jump champ IV' Five Heppner thinclads score points at state track meet f M . .... .- , ii 15,' r1 8"--i:v I i .1 If . 1 If t H i A F t . t if II ' :' Iff I- i 5 . 1 ill f t , - i -.f f Standing tall after good showings at state and district golf tourneys are, from left, Cindy Kerr, Tom Day, Shelly Grace, Kathy Wolff, and Kristi Edmundson. Mustang girls first in state 'A 5 golf Heppner High's girls' golf team topped all state class-A teams last week for the third consecutive year, during state tournament play at Portland's Glendoveer golf course. The Mustang squad placed eleventh in statewide competi tion for girls from both A, double-A and triple-A schools. Their showing at the Portland tourney included a six-point margin over Bend, which edged out Heppner for first place in the district during the Mustang nine lose playoff berth to Condon in season closer A heartbreaking 1-4 loss to Condon Friday dashed the Heppner Mustangs' hopes for district baseball playoff ac tion. The loss brought Heppner's season record to 6-2 in conference play, leaving the Mustangs in a conference championship tie with Con don. However, Condon scored nine more AZZI points during the season than Heppner, and will go on to face Riverside for the sub-district title. AZZI points are tabulated by the amount of runs by which a teams wins or loses. Friday's game was a classic pitching duel between Hepp ner's Randy Worden and Condon's Brian Shaffer. Both teams were held scoreless Awards night held for HHS sports . Heppner High School stand outs in track, baseball and golf were honpred Monday night during the school's annual Spring Sports Award Dessert. Awards ranged from plaques for top performers in each event, to letters for varsity regulars, to certifi cates of merit for jayvee competitors. r YOU'RE INVITED All children, parents & interested persons are invited to a special free film and fun time to be held on May 27, from 2:30-4:00p.m., at the Masonic Hall in lone. THE film" "TWO THIEVES Besides tha film, there will be a program, j awards ana refreshments. j Come and bring a friend, and support the i Good News Cuibs. ! previous week. Bend finished 13th in the state. Cindy Kerr had the best individual showing for the Heppner girls competing at Glendoveer, completing the tournament in 177 strokes. The first-place individual titalist at the tourney was South Salem's Susan Sanders, with 157. Cindy was 16th in indivi dual standings. Next best on the Heppner roster was Kristi Edmundson with 209, followed by Kathy until the sixth inning, when Condon batters drove two runs across the plate. Heppner came back with one run in its half of the sixth, with Dennis Peck reaching first on an error, moving to third on a second Condon mistake, then scoring on a base hit by Lionel Woods. Condon blasted out its final two runs in the seventh, before Peck relieved Worden of duties at the mound. Worden was charged with all four Condon runs only one of them earned. Bruce Young tagged two hits in as many trips to the plate, while fellow Mustangs Dale Holland and Lionel Woods each got one hit in three attempts. Heppner tal Baseball plaques were awarded Dale Holland, the Mustangs' leading hitter, with a .386 average for the 1978 season, and to first baseman Mike Stookey, the team's most improved player. Named to the 300 club for holding batting averages above the .300 mark Conf on page 7 "i FOR ALL AGES Wolff, 216; Joanie Warren, 217; and Shelly Grace, 274. Lake Oswego's team placed first in the girls' state tourna ment. Heppner qualified for the state competition by placing second in district competition at the Bend Country Club. Maximizing a home links advantage, Bend outdistanced second-place Heppner by 13 strokes. The lady Mustangs edged Redmond by one stroke to take second in district play. lied two errors, compared with four Condon. "I think we probably had the better team," reflected coach Dale Holland after the game. "I know we are a better team defensively. But they just outhit us Friday." Heppner's only other loss during conference play came during the first game, against Sherman. The Mustangs went on to win the next six staight, including a win over Condon, until last Friday's season ender. The Mustangs logged a first-rate .944 fielding average Please fade time f o buy a poppy. The VFW and Auxiliary will be selling Buddy Poppies May 25 & 26 BAKED FOODS SALE Sponsored by the VFW Auxiliary at Central Market May 26. ...8a.m. until items are sold. This Message Sponsored Columbia Basin Electric Trfdi Cooperative, Inc. Joanie Warren, coach In individual statistics at the district tourney, Cindy Kerr earned a fourth-place tie with a final tally of 196, while Kristi Edmundson placed sixth with 208, and Joanie Warren tied for seventh with Kathy Wolff at 213. Shelly Grace shot a 272 during the Bend tourney. Mustang girls' may be hard-pressed to match this season's showing during the coming year, since all varsity girls except Cindy Kerr will graduate. during the season, averaging only about one error per game in conference play. Heppner -moundsman Randy Worden finished the season with a 1.99 earned run average, logging a 3-1 win-loss record. Reliever Dennis Peck tallied an ERA of 3.10, with a 4-3 record. Despite a 1-3 win-loss record, Lionel Wood was credited with a 1.62 ERA. Mustang catcher Dale Hol land topped the team's season batting statistics, with an average of .386. Peck was next with .341, followed by Mike Stookey with .318. In The Public Interest By J Heppner's District 7-A champion track team made its final appearance of the year last weekend, when it placed 13th at the State Class A meet at Lewis and Clark College in Portland. Despite Heppner's 13th place showing, the Mustangs' 19 points earned at the state finals were only 9 points away from a second place finish. Gilchrist won the meet with 37 points. But the weekend was not , without its brighter moments for the Heppner representa tives. Maureen Healy, the Mustangs' lone girl qualifier for the Portland meet, won the state championship in the high jump with a leap of 5 feet 4 inches. After making her first-place winning jump, Maureen had to prepare for a running event. "If she would have had time to continue jumping, she may well have broken the 5 foot 434 inch meet record," said coach Dale Conklin. Richard Schmidt took sec ond place in the triple jump, soaring 42 feet 1134 inches, after leading the field in that event during the prelimina ries. Schmidt was upset by a 44 foot leap by Tim Beckley of Elkton a new meet record. Schmidt had broken the 43 foot mark in district competition. Heppner weightman Marty Smith placed third in the shot put, with a heave of 28 feet 8 inches the best throw of his Mustang baserunners showed good speed, with Jim Kinney leading the club in steals with 8, followed by Petk with 7. Only three players Jim Kinney. Bruce Young, and Dave Jones will graduate this year. "I think we'll be real tough next year," said coach Hol land. ,11 bfi I Mf-fV'lHirf; VV v. i Congratulations Grads! kN you ve got the y key to the future You've got the key to success right in your hands. Here's hoping that diploma opens many doors for you! We know you'll go far Grads! GOOD LUCK 1 Peterson's life. Smith hurled the weight more than 50 feet during the weekend meet, but scratched. Other Heppner pointwinners were Sam Myers, fifth in the 300 intermediate hurdles with a time of 40.7 seconds, and Schmidt, again, in the high jump, placing fifth with a 6 foot 3 inch leap. Schmidt cleared the bar at 6-5 in district competition. David Piper was sixth in the high jump, soaring 6 feet 1 inch. "If we would have had a few more breaks, we would have I . ... .... "i , ' Fireball from Mustang pitcher Randy Worden arcs toward . plate during last week's game with Condon. Worden held Condon scoreless for five innings. . k, t il till Jewelers 7 h sS 'A I Sf been right in there," commen ted Conklin. "A quarter inch here, a tenth of a second there we were that close. ..I guess we got all our breaks at the district." But, the track coach added, "you've got to be pleased any time you get people placing at the state meet." 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